Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Aylesbury County constituency |
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| Aylesbury shown within Buckinghamshire, and Buckinghamshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1553 |
| MP: | David Lidington |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Buckinghamshire |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Aylesbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a safe Conservative seat.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is based around the town of Aylesbury and the surrounding countryside in Buckinghamshire.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Buckinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England have made minor changes to the existing Aylesbury constituency. The electoral wards used in the newly shaped seat are;
- Aston Clinton, Aylesbury Central, Bedgrove, Coldharbour, Elmhurst and Watermead, Gatehouse, Mandeville and Elm Farm, Oakfield, Quarrendon, Southcourt, Walton Court and Hawkslade and Wendover from the district of Aylesbury Vale
- Bledlow and Bradenham, Greater Hughenden, Lacey Green, Speen and the Hampdens and Stokenchurch and Radnage from Wycombe
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1553)
| Year | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| April 1554 | Thomas Smith | Humphrey Moseley |
| November 1554 | William Ryse | Unknown |
| 1555 | Anthony Restwold | |
| 1558 | Names lost | |
| 1559 | Arthur Porter | Thomas Crawley |
| 1563 | Thomas Sackville | Thomas Coleshill |
| 1571 | Thomas Lichfield | Edward Dockwra |
| 1572 | George Burden | |
| 1584 | Thomas Tasburgh | John Smith |
| 1586 | Thomas Scott | |
| 1589 | Thomas Pigott | Henry Fleetwood |
| 1593 | Sir Thomas West | John Lillye |
| 1597 | Thomas Tasburgh | Thomas Smythe |
| 1601 | John Lillye | Richard Moore |
| 1604 | Sir William Borlase | Sir William Smythe |
| 1614 | Sir John Dormer | Samuel Backhouse |
| 1621 | Henry Borlase | |
| 1624 | Sir John Pakington, Bt | Sir Thomas Crewe |
| 1625 | Sir Robert Carr | |
| May 1625 | Sir John Hare | |
| 1626 | Clement Coke | Arthur Goodwin |
| 1628 | Sir Edmund Verney | |
| April 1640 | Sir John Pakington, Bt | Ralph Verney |
| 1640 | Thomas Fountaine | |
| November 1640 | Sir John Pakington, Bt | |
| 1645 | Thomas Scot | Simon Mayne |
- Returned one member to the First and Second Protectorate Parliaments
| Year | Member |
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| 1654 | Henry Philips |
| 1656 | Thomas Scot |
- Returned two members to the Third Protectorate Parliament and thereafter
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1659 | Sir James Whitelocke | Thomas Tyrrill | ||||
| 1660 | Sir Thomas Lee, 1st Bt. | Sir Richard Ingoldsby | ||||
| 1685 | Sir William Egerton | Richard Anderson | ||||
| 1689 | Sir Thomas Lee, 2nd Bt. | Richard Beke | ||||
| 1690 | Sir Thomas Lee | |||||
| 1691 | Simon Mayne | |||||
| 1695 | James Herbert | |||||
| 1699 | Robert Dormer | |||||
| 1701 | Sir Thomas Lee, 2nd Bt. | |||||
| July 1702 | Sir John Pakington, 4th Bt. | |||||
| December 1702 | Simon Harcourt | |||||
| 1704 | Sir Henry Parker, 2nd Bt. | |||||
| 1705 | Sir John Wittewrong, 3rd Bt. | Simon Mayne | ||||
| 1710 | Simon Harcourt | John Essington | ||||
| January 1715 | Nathaniel Meade | John Deacle | ||||
| April 1715 | Trevor Hill | |||||
| 1722 | Richard Abell | John Guise | ||||
| 1727 | Sir William Stanhope | Philip Lloyd | ||||
| 1728 | Edward Rudge | |||||
| 1730 | Thomas Ingoldsby | |||||
| 1734 | George Champion | Christopher Tower | ||||
| 1741 | Charles Pilsworth | Viscount Petersham | ||||
| 1747 | The Earl of Inchiquin | Edward Willes | ||||
| 1754 | Thomas Potter | John Willes | ||||
| 1757 | John Wilkes | |||||
| 1761 | Welbore Ellis | |||||
| 1764 | Anthony Bacon | |||||
| 1768 | John Durand | |||||
| 1774 | John Aubrey | |||||
| 1780 | Thomas Orde | |||||
| 1784 | Sir Thomas Hallifax | William Wrightson | ||||
| 1789 | Scrope Bernard | |||||
| 1790 | Gerard Lake | |||||
| 1802 | James Du Pre | Robert Bent | ||||
| 1804 | William Cavendish | |||||
| 1806 | George Nugent, 1st Bt. | George Henry Compton Cavendish | ||||
| 1809 | Thomas Hussey | |||||
| 1812 | The Lord Nugent | Liberal | ||||
| 1814 | Charles Compton Cavendish | Liberal | ||||
| 1818 | William Rickford | |||||
| 1832 | Henry Hanmer | |||||
| 1837 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed | |||||
| 1839 | Charles John Bailie Hamilton | |||||
| 1841 | Richard Rice Clayton | |||||
| 1847 | John Peter Deering | The Lord Nugent | Liberal | |||
| 1848 | Quintin Dick | |||||
| 1850 | Frederick Calvert | |||||
| 1851 | Richard Bethell | |||||
| 1852 | Austen Layard | Liberal | ||||
| 1857 | Thomas Tyringham Bernard | |||||
| 1859 | Samuel George Smith | |||||
| 1865 | Nathan Rothschild | |||||
| 1880 | George William Erskine Russell | Liberal | ||||
- Reduced to one member (1885)
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | Ferdinand James de Rothschild | Liberal | |
| 1899 | Lionel Walter Rothschild | Liberal | |
| 1910 | Lionel Nathan de Rothschild | ||
| 1923 | Thomas Keens | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Sir Alan Hughes Burgoyne | ||
| 1929 | Michael Beaumont | Conservative | |
| 1938 | Sir Stanley Reed | Conservative | |
| 1950 | Spencer Summers | Conservative | |
| 1970 | Timothy Raison | Conservative | |
| 1992 | David Lidington | Conservative | |
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
- GENUKI
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Aylesbury | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Lidington | 25,254 | 49.1 | +1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Jones | 14,187 | 27.6 | +0.7 | |
| Labour | Mohammed Khaliel | 9,540 | 18.5 | −4.7 | |
| UKIP | Christopher Adams | 2,479 | 4.8 | +2.3 | |
| Majority | 11,067 | 21.5 | |||
| Turnout | 51,460 | 62.4 | +1.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
| General Election 2001: Aylesbury | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Lidington | 23,230 | 47.3 | +3.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Jones | 13,221 | 26.9 | -2.6 | |
| Labour | Keith White | 11,388 | 23.2 | +1.0 | |
| UKIP | Justin Harper | 1,248 | 2.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,009 | 20.4 | |||
| Turnout | 49,087 | 61.4 | -11.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/acommons3.htm
- (2003) in Iain Dale: The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X.
- (1945) The Times House of Commons 1945. The Times.
- (1950) The Times House of Commons 1950. The Times.
- (1955) The Times House of Commons 1955. The Times.
