South Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Buckinghamshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Buckinghamshire
1950 (1950)1974 (1974)
Number of members One
Replaced by Beaconsfield and Chesham & Amersham
Created from Aylesbury and Eton & Slough

South Buckinghamshire was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Buckinghamshire, England. From 1950 to 1974, it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

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History

The constituency was created in 1950 as part of the first general review of seats by a permanent Boundary Commission for England which had been established in 1944. Before 1950 the area had been split between the constituencies of Aylesbury and Eton & Slough.

The constituency existed until the February 1974 general election, when major boundary changes split the area between the new constituencies of Beaconsfield and Chesham & Amersham.

Boundaries

South Buckinghamshire was a County constituency and a division of the Administrative County of Buckinghamshire. It comprised part of southern Buckinghamshire, bordering Aylesbury to the north, Wycombe to the west and Eton and Slough to the south.

The constituency included the Beaconsfield Urban District, the whole of Eton Rural District and part of Amersham Rural District.

Members of Parliament

Election Member [1] Party
1950 Ronald Bell Conservative
Feb. 1974 constituency abolished

Elections

General Election 1950: South Buckinghamshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Bell 26,865 58.6 N/A
Labour Cyril Alfred Dee 11,389 23.9 N/A
Liberal B.H. Belfrage 7,559 16.5 N/A
Majority 15,476 33.7 N/A
Turnout 45,813 85.7 N/A
Registered electors 53,482
Conservative gain from new seat Swing N/A

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