| Milton Keynes North | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
 Boundaries since 2024 | |
 Boundary of Milton Keynes North in South East England | |
| County | Buckinghamshire |
| Population | 132,698[1] |
| Electorate | 70,620 (2023)[2] |
| Major settlements | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Chris Curtis (Labour) |
| Created from | North East Milton Keynes,Milton Keynes South West |
Milton Keynes North is aconstituency[a] represented in theHouse of Commons of theUK Parliament since the2024 general election byChris Curtis for theLabour Party.[3][b]
With effect from the 2024 general election, Milton Keynes has three constituencies: one of these is called Milton Keynes North but its boundaries were changed significantly since the2019 election, in particularly losingCentral Milton Keynes to a new constituency (Milton Keynes Central) and gainingStony Stratford from the (abolished)Milton Keynes South).
At the 2024 election, the seat covered northern and western areas of theCity of Milton Keynes, includingStony Stratford,Wolverton,Newport Pagnell andOlney. Milton Keynes North has a higher average income,[4] lesssocial housing and less rented housing than the national average.[5]
This constituency (and its counterpart,Milton Keynes South), came into being when the two parliamentary constituencies covering the City of Milton Keynes unitary authority area[c] (Milton Keynes North East andMilton Keynes South West) were reconfigured following theBoundary Commission'sFifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies with the aim of equalising the electorate as between the constituencies in the light of population growth that had occurred mainly in theMilton Keynes Urban Area. This constituency is the more rural of the two.
Mark Lancaster, who had been the incumbent for Milton Keynes North East, won the new constituency for theConservatives in the2010 general election and retained it at the2015 and2017 general elections. He stood down before the2019 general election, citing abuse and two threats to his life.[6] His successor to the Conservative candidacy wasBen Everitt, who won the seat with an increased majority. Everitt was defeated at the2024 general election byLabour'sChris Curtis on a swing of 12.5%.
The constituency took up the majority of the City of Milton Keynes unitary authority area and was one of the borough's two constituencies. Milton Keynes North has a larger rural area; the other, Milton Keynes South, covered a smaller, more urban area.[7]
At its creation the constituency comprised the electoral wards ofBradwell,Campbell Park,Hanslope Park,Linford North, Linford South,Middleton,Newport Pagnell North, Newport Pagnell South, Olney,Sherington,Stantonbury, andWolverton.[8]
Following a revision to the ward boundaries in 2013, the seat comprised part or all of the following Council electoral wards:[9]
The City Council ward boundaries do not necessarily coincide with the town and parish council areas.
Of these wards, Newport Pagnell North and Hanslope, and Olney are more rural. The remainder are more urban.[9] Each ward returns three councillors so their electorates are broadly equal.
Further to the2023 review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The constituency was subject to major changes, with 43% of its electorate, includingMilton Keynes city centre and suburbs to the east (Campbell Park,Old Woughton,Monkston andBroughton), forming part of the new constituency ofMilton Keynes Central. To partly compensate,Stony Stratford was added to Milton Keynes North from the abolishedMilton Keynes South seat".[11]
A new constituency,Buckingham and Bletchley, will (in effect) give Milton Keynes its third parliamentary constituency, albeit one that straddles the border withBuckinghamshire Council.
North East Milton Keynes prior to 2010
| Election | Member[12] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mark Lancaster | Conservative | |
| 2019 | Ben Everitt | Conservative | |
| 2024 | Chris Curtis | Labour | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Chris Curtis | 19,318 | 42.0 | +3.5 | |
| Conservative | Ben Everitt | 13,888 | 30.2 | −21.4 | |
| Reform | Jane Duckworth | 6,164 | 13.4 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Clare Tevlin[13] | 3,365 | 7.3 | +0.6 | |
| Green | Alan Francis | 3,242 | 7.1 | +4.0 | |
| Majority | 5,430 | 11.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 45,977 | 65.0 | –3.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 70,709 | ||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +12.5 | |||
| 2019notional result[14] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 24,933 | 51.6 | |
| Labour | 18,606 | 38.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3,246 | 6.7 | |
| Green | 1,499 | 3.1 | |
| Turnout | 48,284 | 68.4 | |
| Electorate | 70,620 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ben Everitt | 30,938 | 49.5 | +2.0 | |
| Labour | Charlynne Pullen | 24,683 | 39.5 | −5.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Aisha Mir | 4,991 | 8.0 | +4.1 | |
| Green | Catherine Rose | 1,931 | 3.1 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 6,255 | 10.0 | +7.0 | ||
| Turnout | 62,543 | 68.3 | −3.5 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mark Lancaster | 30,367 | 47.5 | +0.3 | |
| Labour | Charlynne Pullen | 28,392 | 44.5 | +14.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Imogen Shepherd-Dubey | 2,499 | 3.9 | −2.3 | |
| UKIP | Jeff Wyatt | 1,390 | 2.2 | −9.7 | |
| Green | Alan Francis | 1,107 | 1.7 | −2.2 | |
| CPA | Venetia Sams | 169 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 1,975 | 3.0 | −13.9 | ||
| Turnout | 64,044 | 71.8 | +5.4 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | −7.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mark Lancaster | 27,244 | 47.2 | +3.7 | |
| Labour | Emily Darlington | 17,491 | 30.3 | +3.5 | |
| UKIP | David Reilly | 6,852 | 11.9 | +8.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Graham | 3,575 | 6.2 | −15.9 | |
| Green | Jennifer Marklew | 2,255 | 3.9 | +2.5 | |
| TUSC | Katie Simpson | 163 | 0.3 | New | |
| Independent | David Mortimer | 112 | 0.2 | New | |
| Majority | 9,753 | 16.9 | +0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 57,692 | 66.4 | +0.6 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mark Lancaster[20] | 23,419 | 43.5 | +7.3 | |
| Labour Co-op | Andrew Pakes | 14,458 | 26.8 | −11.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jill Hope | 11,894 | 22.1 | +1.4 | |
| UKIP | Michael Phillips | 1,772 | 3.3 | +0.5 | |
| BNP | Richard Hamilton | 1,154 | 2.1 | New | |
| Green | Alan Francis | 733 | 1.4 | −0.8 | |
| CPA | John Lennon | 206 | 0.4 | New | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Matt "Bananamatt" Fensome | 157 | 0.3 | New | |
| Independent | Anant Vyas | 95 | 0.2 | New | |
| Majority | 8,961 | 16.7 | +18.4 | ||
| Turnout | 53,888 | 65.8 | +2.0 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +9.2 | |||
