Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Buckingham County constituency |
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| Buckingham shown within Buckinghamshire, and Buckinghamshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1542 |
| MP: | John Bercow |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Buckinghamshire |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Buckingham 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 takes up a large part of central Buckinghamshire, covering much of the Aylesbury Vale district including the town of Buckingham. To the north, the remaining part of historic Buckinghamshire forms two Borough of Milton Keynes constituencies (Milton Keynes South West and Milton Keynes North East).
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Buckinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor changes to the existing Buckingham seat which will come into effect at the next general election. The electoral wards forming the modified constituency are:
- (from Aylesbury Vale district) Bierton, Brill, Buckingham North, Buckingham South, Cheddington, Edlesborough, Great Brickhill, Great Horwood, Grendon Underwood, Haddenham, Long Crendon, Luffield Abbey, Marsh Gibbon, Newton Longville, Pitstone, Quainton, Steeple Claydon, Stewkley, Tingewick, Waddesdon, Weedon, Wing, Wingrave, Winslow;
- (from Wycombe district) Icknield and The Risboroughs.
[edit] History
There has been a Buckingham constituency since 1542. In the twentieth century, the constituency was held by the Conservative Party for most of the time. However, the Labour Party held Buckingham from 1945 until 1951 and again from 1964 until 1970, when its MP was the controversial publisher Robert Maxwell.
Prior to 1983, the new town of Milton Keynes was in the Buckingham constituency, until it had expanded substantially enough to merit a seat of its own. The sitting Buckingham MP William Benyon moved to the new Milton Keynes constituency, and was succeeded in Buckingham by George Walden. Walden retired in 1997, and John Bercow has held the seat since then.
At the 2005 general election, this constituency had the Conservatives' highest numerical majority, although the percentage majority was higher in Kensington and Chelsea in London and Richmond in North Yorkshire.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1542)
[edit] MPs 1660-1868
[edit] MPs 1868-present
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1868 | Sir Harry Verney | Liberal | |
| 1874 | Egerton Hubbard | Conservative | |
| 1880 | Sir Harry Verney | Liberal | |
| 1885 | Edmund Hope Verney | Liberal | |
| 1886 | Egerton Hubbard | Conservative | |
| 1889 | Edmund Hope Verney (expelled) | Liberal | |
| 1891 | Herbert Samuel Leon | ||
| 1895 | William Walter Carlile | ||
| 1906 | Frederick William Verney | ||
| 1910 | Sir Harry Verney | Liberal | |
| 1918 | George Wentworth Bowyer | Conservative | |
| 1937 | John Percival Whiteley | Conservative | |
| 1943 | Lionel Berry | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Aidan Crawley | Labour | |
| 1951 | Frank Markham | Conservative | |
| 1964 | Robert Maxwell | Labour | |
| 1970 | William Benyon | Conservative | |
| 1983 | George Walden | Conservative | |
| 1997 | John Bercow | Conservative | |
[edit] Election results
[edit] 2000s
| General Election 2005: Buckingham | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Bercow | 27,748 | 57.4 | +3.7 | |
| Labour | David Greene | 9,619 | 19.9 | −4.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Luke Croydon | 9,508 | 19.7 | −0.3 | |
| UK Independence | David Williams | 1,432 | 3.0 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 18,129 | 37.5 | |||
| Turnout | 48,307 | 68.7 | −0.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Buckingham | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Bercow | 24,296 | 53.7 | +3.9 | |
| Labour | Mark Seddon | 10,971 | 24.2 | -0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Isobel Wilson | 9,037 | 20.0 | -4.7 | |
| UK Independence | Christopher Silcock | 968 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 13,325 | 29.5 | |||
| Turnout | 45,272 | 69.4 | -9.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] 1930s
| By-election 1937: Buckingham | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Whiteley | 17,919 | 52.6 | −5.4 | |
| Labour | J.V. Delayhaye | 12,820 | 37.6 | −4.4 | |
| Liberal | E.J. Boyce | 3,348 | 9.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,000 | 15.0 | −1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 47,738 | 71.4 | −3.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- (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.
- (1950) The Times House of Commons 1950.
- (1955) The Times House of Commons 1955.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by vacant. Last was Sussex in 1754 |
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1763 - 1765 |
Succeeded by vacant. Next was Bath in 1766 |
