Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wycombe
County constituency

Wycombe shown within Buckinghamshire, and Buckinghamshire shown within England
Created: 1295
MP: Paul Goodman
Party: Conservative
Type: House of Commons
County: Buckinghamshire
EP constituency: South East England

Wycombe is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has continuously returned MPs since 1295 - two members until 1832 (when the constituency was often referred to as High Wycombe or Chipping Wycombe), and one thereafter.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency shares similar borders with Wycombe local government district, although it covers a slightly smaller area. The main town within the constituency, High Wycombe contains many working class voters and a sizable ethnic minority population that totals around one quarter of the town's population, with some areas of town housing over 50% ethnic minorities. The surrounding villages which account for just under half of the electorate are some of the most wealthy areas in the country with extremely low unemployment, and high incomes.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1295-1660

  • Constituency created (1295)
Year First member Second member
1295 Stephen Ayott Thomas le Tayleur
1298 Adam de Guldeford Roger Allitarius
1300 John le Pistor
1306 Peter le Cotiler John le Bake
1307 Andrew Batyn
1307 Roger de Sandwell
1308 Edmond de Haveringdoun
1312 Thomas Gerveys Matthew le Fuller
1312 Robert Paer William le Cassiere
1318 Robert Smith William le Fote
1322 Richard le Haslere Bennet le Cassiere
1325 John le Taylor John de Sandwell
1326 Roger Sandwell Matthew le Fuller
1327 Richard atte Walle John atte Donne
1328 John atte Donne Henry de Mussenden
1330 John le Harriere Richard Perre
1332 Matthew Fuller Richard Tottering
1333 Jordan de Wycombe Richard Bennet
1335 John Ayot Richard Perkyn
1336 John le Harriere Thomas Gerveys
1336 John Ayot Richard Abyndon
1337 John le Clerk John Pool
1338 Stephen Ayot John le Taverner
1338 Thomas Gerveys Jordan de Preston
1341 Robert Stenstoole Robert Harleyford
1346 Ralph Barber
1347 John Martyn Robert Cattingham
1348 Walter atte Leech William Cassiere
1355 Thomas Gerveys Ralph Harleyford
1357 Robert Harleyford
1357 John Mepertshale
1360 Robert le Weeler
1360 Richard Spigurnell
1362 William Frere
1365 Thomas Cornwaile Richard Barbour
1368 William atte Dene
1369 Thomas Gerveys
1371 No other?
1372 John Bledlowe
1373 Thomas Ballard
1377 Richard Sandwell
1378 Richard Jordaine
1379 Richard Sandwell
1381 Thomas Ravell Walter Frere
1382 William Kele William atte Dene
1383 Stephen Watford John Petymin
1384 William atte Dene Richard Kele
1385 Stephen Watford
1386 Walter Frere Richard Holyman
1388 Stephen Watford William atte Dene
1391 William Depham
1392 Walter Waltham
1394 Walter atte Dene Nicholas Depham
1396 Richard Sandwell Walter Waltham
1399 John Cottingham William Clerke
1401 Nicholas Sperling John Sandwell
1413 Henry Sperling Roger More
1414 William Hall John Coventry
1415 William Clerke Andrew Sperling
1417 Roger More
1419 William Merchant John Cottingham
1420 Roger More Thomas Merston
1421 John Harewood Thomas Pusey
1421 Roger More Richard Merston
1422 Nicholas Stepton John Coventry
1423 Roger More
1424 William Whapelade John Cottingham
1425 Thomas Muston William Stocton
1427 John Coventry John Justice
1429 John Wellesbourn John Bishop
1430 Roger More William Fowler
1432 John Martyn John Blackpoll
1434 John Durein John Cottingham
1436 John Hill Bartholomew Halling
1441 John Radeshill John Martyn
1446 John Wellesbourn
1448 John Haynes
1449 William Stocton Nicholas Fayrewell
1450 Thomas More
1452 William Collard David Thomasyn
1461 Thomas Mansell Thomas Catsbury
1469 Thomas Fowler Thomas Fayrewell
1478 Thomas Gate Thomas Wellesbourn
1542 John Gates William Dormer
1547 Thomas Fisher Armigyll Wade
1550 Henry Peckham John Cheyne
1553 Robert Drury
1554 Thomas Pymme
1555 John ? Robert Drury
1556 Henry Peckham
1557 Thomas Pymme Robert Woodleafe
1558 No other?
1562 Thomas Fermore Thomas Neale
1570 John Russell Robert Christmas
1571 Thomas Nale Rowland Goules
1584 John Morley George Cawfield
1585 Thomas Ridley George Fleetwood
1588 Owen Oglethorp Francis Goodwin
1592 Thomas Tasburgh Thomas Fortescue
1596 William Fortescue John Tasburgh
1600 Richard Blunt Henry Fleetwood
1603 Sir John Townsend
1610 William Borlase No other?
1618 Richard Lovelace Arthur Goodwin
1623 Henry Cooke
1625 Thomas Lane
1626 Edmund Waller
1628 Sir William Borlase Thomas Lane
1640 Sir Edmund Verney
1645 Richard Browne
1649 Thomas Scot Tobias Bridge
  • Not represented in the Commonwealth or Protectorate Parliaments, except the Long Parliament

[edit] MPs 1660-1832

Year First member First party Second member Second party
1660 Edmund Petty Richard Browne
1661 Sir Edmund Pye, Bt Sir John Borlase, Bt
February 1673 Sir John Borlase, Bt
November 1673 Robert Sawyer
1679 Thomas Lewes
1685 Sir Dennis Hampson, Bt Edward Baldwin
1689 Thomas Lewes William Jephson
1691 Charles Godfrey
1696 Fleetwood Dormer
1698 John Archdale
1699 Thomas Archdale
1701 Fleetwood Dormer
1710 Sir Thomas Lee, Bt
1713 Sir John Wittewrong, Bt
February 1722 John Neale
March 1722 Charles Egerton The Earl of Shelburne
February 1726 Viscount Milsington
March 1726 Harry Waller
1727 William Lee
1734 Edmund Waller
1747 Edmund Waller
1754 The Earl of Shelburne John Waller
1757 Edmund Waller
1760 Viscount Fitzmaurice Whig
March 1761 Robert Waller
December 1761 Isaac Barré
1774 Thomas Fitzmaurice
1780 Viscount Mahon Whig
1786 Earl Wycombe
1790 Sir John Jervis Whig
1794 Sir Francis Baring, Bt
1796 Sir John Dashwood-King, Bt Tory
1802 Sir Francis Baring, Bt
1806 Sir Thomas Baring, Bt
1831 Robert John Smith
1832 Charles Grey
1837 Sir George Dashwood, Bt Liberal
1838 George Robert Smith
1841 Ralph Bernal Liberal
1847 Martin Tucker Smith
1862 John Remington Mills
1865 Hon. Charles Carington Liberal

[edit] MPs 1868-present

  • Reduced to one member (1868)
Year Member Party
1868 William Carington
1883 Gerard Smith
1885 Viscount Curzon
1900 William Grenfell Conservative
1906 Thomas Arnold Herbert
1910 Sir Charles Alfred Cripps Unionist
1914 William Baring du Pré Conservative
1923 Vera Woodhouse, Lady Terrington Liberal
1924 Sir Alfred William Fortescue Knox Unionist
1945 John Edwin Haire Labour
1951 William Astor Conservative
1952 Sir John Hall Conservative
1978 Sir Raymond Whitney Conservative
2001 Paul Goodman Conservative

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Wycombe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Goodman 20,331 45.8 +3.4
Labour Julia Wassell 13,280 29.9 −5.4
Liberal Democrat James Oates 8,780 19.8 +2.8
UK Independence Robert Davis 1,735 3.9 +1.5
Independent David Fitton 301 0.7 +0.2
Majority 7,051 15.9
Turnout 44,427 62.2 +1.7
Conservative hold Swing +4.4
General Election 2001: Wycombe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Goodman 19,064 42.4 +2.5
Labour Chauhdry Shafique 15,896 35.3 -0.1
Liberal Democrat Dee Tomlin 7,658 17.0 -1.5
UK Independence Christopher Cooke 1,059 2.4 N/A
Green John Laker 1,057 2.4 +1.0
Independent David Fitton 240 0.5 N/A
Majority 3,168 7.1
Turnout 44,974 60.5 -10.6
Conservative hold Swing

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