North East Milton Keynes (UK Parliament constituency)
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| North East Milton Keynes County constituency |
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| North East Milton Keynes shown within Buckinghamshire, and Buckinghamshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1992 |
| MP: | Mark Lancaster |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Buckinghamshire |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
North East Milton Keynes is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is one of two covering the Milton Keynes borough. It covers the remaining parts of the town of Milton Keynes not in the Milton Keynes South West constituency as well as the older settlement of Newport Pagnell and the more rural parts of the borough, around Hanslope and Olney.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review into parliamentary representation in Buckinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England has recommended changes to the existing Milton Keynes constituencies.
There will continue to be two parliamentary constituencies for Milton Keynes, but these will be formed on a North/South basis, effectively abolishing the existing arrangement.
Milton Keynes North is formed from the electoral wards of Bradwell, Campbell Park, Hanslope Park, Linford North, Linford South, Middleton, Newport Pagnell North, Newport Pagnell South, Olney, Sherington, Stantonbury, and Woverton.
Milton Keynes South is formed from the electoral wards of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford, Danesborough, Denbigh, Eaton Manor, Emerson Valley, Furzton, Loughton Park, Stony Stratford, Walton Park, Whaddon and Woughton.
[edit] History
Building started on the new town on Milton Keynes in 1967. Until 1983, it was situated in the Buckingham constituency. Milton Keynes then gained its own constituency, which was taken by William Benyon of the Conservative Party.
The expanding population of Milton Keynes led to this constituency being divided for the 1992 general election into two parts (Milton Keynes South West and North East Milton Keynes). The new North East constituency was taken by Peter Butler of the Conservatives, who lost it to Labour's Brian White at the 1997 election. White held the seat until 2005, when it was regained by the Conservatives' Mark Lancaster.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party |
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| 1992 | Peter Butler | Conservative |
| 1997 | Brian White | Labour |
| 2005 | Mark Lancaster | Conservative |
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: North East Milton Keynes | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Mark Lancaster | 19,674 | 39.3 | +1.2 | |
| Labour | Brian White | 18,009 | 35.9 | −6.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Carr | 9,789 | 19.5 | +1.7 | |
| UK Independence | Mike Phillips | 1,400 | 2.8 | +0.6 | |
| Green | Peter Richardson | 1,090 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| Independent (politician) | Anant Vyas | 142 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,665 | 3.3 | |||
| Turnout | 50,104 | 63.6 | −1.0 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.6 | |||
| General Election 2001: North East Milton Keynes | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Brian White | 19,761 | 42.0 | +2.5 | |
| Conservative | Marion Rix | 17,932 | 38.1 | -0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Yeoward | 8,375 | 17.8 | +0.4 | |
| UK Independence | Michael Phillips | 1,026 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,829 | 3.9 | |||
| Turnout | 47,094 | 64.6 | -8.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: North East Milton Keynes | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Brian White | 20,201 | 39.43 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Butler | 19,961 | 38.96 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Mabbutt | 8,907 | 17.38 | ||
| Referendum Party | Michael Phillips | 1,492 | 2.91 | ||
| Green | Alan Francis | 576 | 1.12 | ||
| Natural Law | Martin Simson | 99 | 0.19 | ||
| Majority | 240 | 0.47 | |||
| Turnout | 72.78 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +14.2 | |||
| General Election 1992: North East Milton Keynes | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Butler | 26,212 | 51.6 | ||
| Labour | Maggie Cosin | 12,036 | 23.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Gaskett | 11,693 | 23.0 | ||
| Green | Alan Francis | 529 | 1.0 | ||
| Independent Conservative | M. Kavanagh-Dowsett | 249 | 0.5 | ||
| Natural Law | Martin Simson | 79 | 0.2 | ||
| Majority | 14,176 | ||||
| Turnout | 81.0 | ||||
[edit] Sources
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1992 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)
