
Theceremonial county ofBuckinghamshire, which includes theunitary authorities of Buckinghamshire and theCity of Milton Keynes, is divided into 8parliamentary constituencies– 1borough constituency and 7county constituencies. At the2024 general election, the county returned 5 Labour MPs, 2 Conservatives and 1 Liberal Democrat.[1]
Conservative † Labour ‡ Liberal Democrat ¤
| Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate[2] | Majority[1][nb 2] | Member of Parliament[1] | Nearest opposition[1] | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aylesbury CC | 75,636 | 630 | Laura Kyrke-Smith ‡ | Rob Butler † | |||
| Beaconsfield CC | 72,315 | 5,455 | Joy Morrissey † | Anna Crabtree ¤ | |||
| Buckingham and Bletchley CC | 73,644 | 2,421 | Callum Anderson ‡ | Iain Stewart † | |||
| Chesham and Amersham CC | 74,155 | 5,451 | Sarah Green ¤ | Gareth Williams † | |||
| Mid Buckinghamshire CC | 72,240 | 6,872 | Greg Smith † | Anja Schaefer ¤ | |||
| Milton Keynes Central BC | 76,708 | 7,291 | Emily Darlington ‡ | Johnny Luk † | |||
| Milton Keynes North CC | 70,620 | 5,430 | Chris Curtis ‡ | Ben Everitt † | |||
| Wycombe CC | 71,769 | 4,591 | Emma Reynolds ‡ | Steve Baker † | |||
For the2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the2024 United Kingdom general election, theBoundary Commission for England proposed that the number of seats in the combined area of Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes be increased from seven to eight with the creation of a new cross-authority constituency namedBuckingham and Bletchley. This led to significant changes elsewhere, withMilton Keynes Central replacingMilton Keynes South andMid Buckinghamshire replacing the existingBuckingham seat.[3][4] These changes came into effect for the2024 general election.
| Former name | Boundaries 2010–2024 | Current name | Boundaries 2024–present |
|---|---|---|---|
Under theFifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, theBoundary Commission for England[5] decided to retain Buckinghamshire's constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies. The changes included the return of Great Missenden to Chesham and Amersham, Hazlemere to Wycombe and Aston Clinton to Buckingham. In addition,Marlow was transferred from Wycombe to Beaconsfield and Princes Risborough from Aylesbury to Buckingham. The boundary between the two Milton Keynes constituencies was realigned and they were renamed asMilton Keynes North andMilton Keynes South.
| Former name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | Current name | Boundaries 2010–2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Buckinghamshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:[1]
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2019 | Seats | Change from 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 126,497 | 32.2% | 2 | ||
| Labour | 108,134 | 27.5% | 5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 79,011 | 20.1% | 1 | ||
| Reform UK | 49,683 | 12.6% | 0 | 0 | |
| Greens | 20,433 | 5.2% | 0 | 0 | |
| Others | 4,972 | 1.3% | 0 | 0 | |
| Workers Party | 4,326 | 1.1% | New | 0 | New |
| Total | 393,056 | 100.0 | 8 |
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Buckinghamshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 220,814 | 52.7% | 7 | ||
| Labour | 106,226 | 25.4% | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 57,554 | 13.7% | 0 | 0 | |
| Greens | 12,349 | 2.9% | 0 | 0 | |
| Brexit | 1,286 | 0.3% | new | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 20,664 | 5.0% | 0 | ||
| Total | 418,893 | 100.0 | 7 |
Note that before 1983 Buckinghamshire included the Eton and Slough areas of what is now Berkshire.
| Election year | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1929 | 1931 | 1935 | 1945 | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974 (F) | 1974 (O) | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 50.2 | 47.0 | 54.3 | 47.1 | 72.3 | 60.6 | 43.4 | 45.2 | 54.3 | 53.9 | 52.5 | 48.8 | 47.1 | 52.5 | 44.3 | 44.4 | 55.0 | 56.8 | 57.0 | 57.0 | 43.7 | 45.1 | 47.8 | 44.3 | 45.5 | 47.0 | 52.7 | 32.2 |
| Labour | 13.8 | 19.6 | 16.3 | 19.7 | 20.9 | 29.1 | 43.8 | 39.7 | 45.7 | 40.4 | 35.4 | 36.0 | 39.7 | 35.9 | 29.7 | 32.0 | 27.4 | 14.4 | 15.5 | 19.2 | 30.6 | 30.9 | 25.9 | 15.5 | 18.1 | 29.3 | 25.4 | 27.5 |
| Liberal Democrat1 | 36.1 | 33.4 | 29.4 | 33.1 | 6.8 | 10.3 | 12.7 | 14.7 | - | 5.7 | 12.1 | 15.2 | 13.2 | 11.7 | 25.4 | 22.5 | 15.9 | 28.5 | 27.0 | 22.1 | 21.2 | 19.9 | 21.2 | 20.9 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 13.7 | 20.1 |
| Reform UK2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | 12.6 |
| Green Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.8 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 5.2 |
| UKIP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | 6.2 | 14.9 | 3.2 | * | - |
| The Speaker3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.3 | 9.0 | 8.5 | - | - |
| Other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 5.0 | 2.44 |
1pre-1979:Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 -SDP-Liberal Alliance
22019: Standing as the Brexit Party.
3Standing inBuckingham, unopposed by the 3 main parties.
4IncludingWorkers Party of Britain.
* Included in Other
Accurate vote percentages for the 1918 election cannot be obtained because some candidates stood unopposed.
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Conservative | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| The Speaker1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
Conservative Liberal Liberal Unionist
| Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 89 | 91 | 1892 | 1895 | 99 | 1900 | 1906 | Jan 10 | Dec 10 | 12 | 14 | 1918 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1929 | 1931 | 1935 | 37 | 38 | 43 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aylesbury | F. de Rothschild | → | W. de Rothschild | L. de Rothschild | → | Keens | Burgoyne | Beaumont | Reed | ||||||||||||||
| Buckingham | E. Verney | Hubbard | E. Verney | Leon | Carlile | F. Verney | H. Verney | Bowyer | Whiteley | Berry | |||||||||||||
| Wycombe | Curzon | Grenfell | Herbert | Cripps | du Pré | Woodhouse | Knox | ||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | 1945 | 1950 | 1951 | 52 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 78 | 1979 | 82 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eton and Slough | Levy | Brockway | Meyer | Lestor | ||||||||||
| Aylesbury | Reed | Summers | Raison | |||||||||||
| Buckingham | Crawley | Markham | Maxwell | Benyon | ||||||||||
| Wycombe | Haire | Astor | Hall | Whitney | ||||||||||
| Buckinghamshire South /Beaconsfield (1974) | Bell | Smith | ||||||||||||
| Chesham and Amersham | Gilmour | |||||||||||||
Conservative Independent Labour Speaker Liberal Democrats
| Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 09 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 19 | 2019 | 21 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aylesbury | Raison | Lidington | Butler | Kyrke-Smith | ||||||||||
| Buckingham /Mid Buckinghamshire (2024) | Walden | Bercow | → | G. Smith | ||||||||||
| Wycombe | Whitney | Goodman | Baker | Reynolds | ||||||||||
| Beaconsfield | T. Smith | Grieve | → | Morrissey | ||||||||||
| Chesham and Amersham | Gilmour | Gillan | Green | |||||||||||
| Milton Keynes /NE MK ('92) /MK North ('10) | Benyon | Butler | White | Lancaster | Everitt | Curtis | ||||||||
| Milton Keynes SW /MK S ('10) /MK Central ('24) | Legg | Starkey | Stewart | Darlington | ||||||||||
| Buckingham and Bletchley | Anderson | |||||||||||||
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