Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency)
Buckingham is a parliamentary 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.
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 ceremonial Buckinghamshire forms two Borough of Milton Keynes constituencies (Milton Keynes South West and Milton Keynes North East).
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Buckinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made several changes to the existing Buckingham seat which came into effect at the 2010 general election. The electoral wards newly included in the modified constituency are:
- (from Aylesbury Vale district) Bierton, Brill, Buckingham North, Buckingham South, Cheddington, Edlesborough, Great Brickhill, Great Horwood, 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.
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 (created in 1967) was in the Buckingham constituency, until its population 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. In 2009, Bercow was elected as Speaker of the House of Commons following the resignation of Michael Martin.
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.
Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1542)
MPs to 1660
MPs 1660–1868
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First member[4] |
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Second member[4] |
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1660 |
John Dormer |
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Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet |
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1661 |
William Smith |
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February 1679 |
Viscount Latimer |
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Sir Peter Tyrrell, 1st Baronet |
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August 1679 |
Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Bt. |
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1681 |
Sir Ralph Verney, 1st Bt. |
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1690 |
Alexander Denton |
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1697 |
Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt. |
Whig |
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1698 |
Edmund Denton |
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1702 |
Roger Price |
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May 1705 |
Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt. |
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December 1705 |
Browne Willis |
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1708 |
Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt. |
Whig |
Alexander Denton |
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1710 |
Thomas Chapman |
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1713 |
John Radcliffe |
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1715 |
Alexander Denton |
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Abraham Stanyan |
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1718 |
Edmund Halsey |
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March 1722 |
Richard Grenville |
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October 1722 |
William Heathcote |
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March 1727 |
John Fane |
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August 1727 |
Thomas Lewis |
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1728 |
George Chamberlayne |
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1734 |
Richard Grenville |
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1741 |
George Grenville |
Whig |
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1747 |
Richard Grenville |
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1753 |
Temple West |
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1754 |
James Grenville |
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1768 |
Henry Grenville |
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1770 |
James Grenville |
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1774 |
Richard Grenville |
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1780 |
Richard Aldworth-Neville |
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1782 |
William Grenville |
Whig |
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1784 |
Charles Edmund Nugent |
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June 1790 |
George Nugent |
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December 1790 |
The Lord Bridport |
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1796 |
Thomas Grenville |
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1802 |
Lord Proby |
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1805 |
Lord Proby |
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August 1806 |
Earl Percy |
Tory |
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November 1806 |
Sir William Young, 2nd Bt. |
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March 1807 |
Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Bt. |
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May 1807 |
Hon. Richard Griffin |
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1810 |
Lord George Grenville |
Liberal |
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1812 |
Viscount Ebrington |
Whig |
William Henry Fremantle |
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1817 |
James Hamilton Stanhope |
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1818 |
Sir George Nugent, 1st Bt. |
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1827 |
Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, 1st Bt. |
Conservative |
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1832 |
Sir Harry Verney |
Liberal |
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1841 |
Sir John Chetwode, 4th Bt. |
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January 1846 |
John Hall |
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February 1846 |
Marquess of Chandos |
Conservative |
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1857 |
Sir Harry Verney |
Liberal |
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1859 |
John Gellibrand Hubbard |
Conservative |
1868 |
Representation reduced to one member |
MPs since 1868
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1930s
See also
Notes and references
Sources
- Iain Dale, ed (2003). The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X.
- The Times House of Commons 1945. 1945.
- The Times House of Commons 1950. 1950.
- The Times House of Commons 1955. 1955.
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