North East Milton Keynes | |
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Former County constituency | |
for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of North East Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire for the 2005 general election. |
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Location of Buckinghamshire within England. |
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County | Buckinghamshire |
1992–2010 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Milton Keynes North, Milton Keynes South |
North East Milton Keynes was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1992 to 2010. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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The constituency is one of two covering the Milton Keynes borough. It covers the remaining parts of the town of Milton Keynes not in the Milton Keynes South West constituency as well as the older settlement of Newport Pagnell and the more rural parts of the borough, around Hanslope and Olney.
Following their review into parliamentary representation in Buckinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England has recommended changes to the existing Milton Keynes constituencies.
There will continue to be two parliamentary constituencies for Milton Keynes, but these will be formed on a North/South basis, effectively abolishing the existing arrangement.
Milton Keynes North is formed from the electoral wards of Bradwell, Campbell Park, Hanslope Park, Linford North, Linford South, Middleton, Newport Pagnell North, Newport Pagnell South, Olney, Sherington, Stantonbury, and Wolverton.
Milton Keynes South is formed from the electoral wards of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford, Danesborough, Denbigh, Eaton Manor, Emerson Valley, Furzton, Loughton Park, Stony Stratford, Walton Park, Whaddon, and Woughton.
Construction of Milton Keynes began in 1967, as a new town. Until 1983, it was part of the Buckingham constituency. As its population grew, Milton Keynes then gained its own constituency, which was taken by William Benyon of the Conservative Party.
The continuing expansion in the population of Milton Keynes led to this constituency being divided for the 1992 general election into two parts (Milton Keynes South West and North East Milton Keynes). The new North East constituency was taken by Peter Butler of the Conservatives, who lost it to Labour's Brian White at the 1997 election. White held the seat until 2005, when it was regained by the Conservatives' Mark Lancaster.
Election | Member [1] | Party | |
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1992 | Peter Butler | Conservative | |
1997 | Brian White | Labour | |
2005 | Mark Lancaster | Conservative | |
2010 | Constituency abolished: see Milton Keynes North and Milton Keynes South |
General Election 2005: North East Milton Keynes | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Mark Lancaster | 19,674 | 39.3 | +1.2 | |
Labour | Brian White | 18,009 | 35.9 | −6.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jane Carr | 9,789 | 19.5 | +1.7 | |
UKIP | Mike Phillips | 1,400 | 2.8 | +0.6 | |
Green | Peter Richardson | 1,090 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Anant Vyas | 142 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,665 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 50,104 | 63.6 | −1.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.6 |
General Election 2001: North East Milton Keynes | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Brian White | 19,761 | 42.0 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Marion Rix | 17,932 | 38.1 | -0.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Yeoward | 8,375 | 17.8 | +0.4 | |
UKIP | Michael Phillips | 1,026 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,829 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 47,094 | 64.6 | -8.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
General Election 1997: North East Milton Keynes | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Brian White | 20,201 | 39.43 | ||
Conservative | Peter Butler | 19,961 | 38.96 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Graham Mabbutt | 8,907 | 17.38 | ||
Referendum Party | Michael Phillips | 1,492 | 2.91 | ||
Green | Alan Francis | 576 | 1.12 | ||
Natural Law | Martin Simson | 99 | 0.19 | ||
Majority | 240 | 0.47 | |||
Turnout | 72.78 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +14.2 |
General Election 1992: North East Milton Keynes[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Peter Butler | 26,212 | 51.6 | ||
Labour | Maggie Cosin | 12,036 | 23.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Gaskell | 11,693 | 23.0 | ||
Green | Alan Francis | 529 | 1.0 | ||
Independent Conservative | M. Kavanagh-Dowsett | 249 | 0.5 | ||
Natural Law | Martin Simson | 79 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 14,176 | 27.9 | |||
Turnout | 50,798 | 81.0 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |