| Milton Keynes | |
|---|---|
| Formerborough constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
 Boundary of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire for the 1987 general election | |
 Location of Buckinghamshire within England | |
| County | Buckinghamshire |
| Major settlements | Milton Keynes |
| 1983–1992 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Buckingham |
| Replaced by | North East Milton Keynes andMilton Keynes South West |
Milton Keynes was aborough constituency represented in theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1992.
It covered much of the then recently createdBorough of Milton Keynes inBuckinghamshire, including most of the1967 designated area ofMilton Keynes together withNewport Pagnell,Olney and the rural area to the north of Milton Keynes. Three wards in the northwest of the borough were excluded.
TheBorough of Milton Keynes was established in 1974 by theLocal Government Act 1972, seven years afterMilton Keynes was designated as aNew Town. Before 1983, the Borough was part of theBuckingham constituency; however, its population hadexpanded to such an extent that the new constituency ofMilton Keynes was created for the1983 general election. It comprised the Borough of Milton Keynes, except for the wards of Stony Stratford, Wolverton and Wolverton Stacey Bushes, which were retained by Buckingham.
The sitting BuckinghamMP,William Benyon of theConservative Party, was elected for the new seat, and was its only ever MP.
Uniquely outside the normal cycle of periodic reviews by the Boundaries Commission, Milton Keynes was split into two constituencies for the1992 general election:North East Milton Keynes andMilton Keynes South West.[1]
The Borough of Milton Keynes wards of Bradwell, Church Green, Danesborough, Denbigh, Eaton, Fenny Stratford, Lavendon, Linford, Loughton, Manor Farm, Newport Pagnell, Newton, Olney, Pineham, Sherington, Stantonbury, Whaddon, Woburn Sands, and Woughton.[2]
| Election | Member[3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | William Benyon | Conservative | |
| 1992 | constituency divided | ||
| 1979notional result[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 23,150 | 50.0 | |
| Labour | 16,411 | 35.4 | |
| Liberal | 6,306 | 13.6 | |
| Others | 460 | 1.0 | |
| Turnout | 46,327 | ||
| Electorate | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Benyon | 28,181 | 48.0 | –1.9 | |
| SDP | Janet Nightingale | 16,659 | 28.3 | +14.8 | |
| Labour | James Thakoordin | 13,045 | 22.2 | –13.2 | |
| Ecology | A H Francis | 494 | 0.8 | New | |
| BNP | Ronald G W Rickcord | 290 | 0.5 | New | |
| Majority | 11,522 | 19.6 | +5.1 | ||
| Turnout | 58,669 | 74.0 | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Benyon | 35,396 | 47.8 | −0.2 | |
| SDP | Bill Rodgers | 21,695 | 29.3 | +1.0 | |
| Labour | Yvonne Brownfield-Pope | 16,111 | 21.8 | −0.4 | |
| Green | Alan Francis | 810 | 1.1 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 13,701 | 18.5 | −1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 74,012 | 76.3 | +2.3 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -0.6 | |||