Chesham and Amersham (UK Parliament constituency)

Chesham and Amersham
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Chesham and Amersham in Buckinghamshire.
Location of Buckinghamshire within England.
County	Buckinghamshire
Electorate	70,723 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Chesham and Amersham
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	South Buckinghamshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Chesham and Amersham 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. It is a safe Conservative seat.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 4.1 Elections in the 2010s 4.2 Elections in the 2000s 4.3 Elections in the 1990s 5 See also 6 Notes and references

Boundaries

The constituency area is located in Buckinghamshire and is broadly co-terminus with the Chiltern Local Government District boundaries. It comprises the large towns of Chesham and Amersham and outlying village settlements set within rural land which is within the Metropolitan Green Belt and part of which also falls within the Chilterns AONB. There are transport links connecting the area to central London via the Metropolitan line of London Underground and the London to Aylesbury Line operated by Chiltern Railways. The constituency is also close to the M40 and M25 Motorways.

History

The area was formerly part of the larger South Buckinghamshire constituency before boundary changes came into effect for the 1974 General Elections.

The constituency has always been solidly Conservative, and at the 2010 election the party won with a majority of over 16,000 and 60% of the vote. The next biggest party is the Liberal Democrats, with 28% of the vote.

Members of Parliament

The current Member of Parliament for Chesham and Amersham is the Conservative Cheryl Gillan. She has been in this position since 1992.

Election		Member [2]	Party
	Feb 1974	Sir Ian Gilmour	Conservative
	1992	Cheryl Gillan	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Chesham and Amersham[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cheryl Gillan	31,658	60.4	+6.8
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Starkey	14,948	28.5	+2.3
	Labour	Anthony Gajadharsingh	2,942	5.6	-8.0
	UKIP	Alan Stephens	2,129	4.1	+0.9
	Green	Nick Wilkins	767	1.5	-2.0
Majority			16,710	31.9
Turnout			52,444	74.6	+7.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Chesham and Amersham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cheryl Gillan	25,619	54.4	+3.9
	Liberal Democrat	John Ford	11,821	25.1	+0.8
	Labour	Rupa Huq	6,610	14.0	-4.8
	Green	Nick Wilkins	1656	3.5	+1.0
	UKIP	David Samuel-Camps	1391	3.0	0.0
Majority			13,798	29.3
Turnout			47,097	68.0	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Chesham and Amersham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cheryl Gillan	22,867	50.5	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Ford	10,985	24.3	+0.4
	Labour	Kenneth Hulme	8,497	18.8	-0.9
	UKIP	Ian Harvey	1,367	3.0	+1.8
	Green	Nick Wilkins	1,114	2.5	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Gillian Duval	453	1.0	N/A
Majority			11,882	26.2
Turnout			45,283	64.7	-9.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Chesham and Amersham[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cheryl Gillan	36,273	63.3	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	AT Ketteringham	14,053	24.5	−2.6
	Labour	Miss CK Atherton	5,931	10.4	+1.0
	Green	Ms. CL Strickland	753	1.3	−0.1
	Natural Law	MTL Griffith-Jones	255	0.4	N/A
Majority			22,220	38.8	+3.8
Turnout			57,265	81.9	+4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.9

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire

Notes and references

Chiltern District Buckinghamshire County Council elections District Council elections Chesham and Amersham Constituency Towns (Component Areas and Hamlets) Amersham Woodrow Chesham Botley Chesham Vale Chessmount Codmore Great Hivings Hilltop Lye Green Newtown Orchard Leigh Pednormead End Pond Park Waterside) Other Civil Parishes (Component Villages and Hamlets) Ashley Green Ashley Green Whelpley Hill Chenies Chalfont St Giles Bottrells Close Chalfont Grove Chalfont St Giles Jordans Stratton Chase Chalfont St Peter Austenwood Chalfont Common Gravel Hill Layters Green Chartridge Asheridge Bellingdon Chartridge Hundridge Pednor Pednor Bottom Chesham Bois Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards Buckland Common Cholesbury Hawridge St Leonards Coleshill Great Missenden Ballinger Ballinger Bottom Ballinger Common Bryant's Bottom Frith-hill Great Missenden Heath End Hotley Bottom Hyde End Little Wood Corner Mobwell Prestwood South Heath Latimer Latimer Ley Hill Tyler's Hill Little Chalfont Little Missenden Beamond End Holmer Green Hyde Heath Little Kingshill Little Missenden Mantles Green Mop End Spurlands End Penn Beacon Hill Forty Green Knotty Green Penn Penn Bottom Penn Street Winchmore Hill Seer Green The Lee Lee Clump Lee Common Lee Gate Hunt's Green Swan Bottom The Lee) Former Districts and Boroughs Amersham Rural District Chesham Urban District Former Constituencies Buckinghamshire County Constituency Amersham Constituency List of Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire List of places in Buckinghamshire List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire

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