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Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Buckingham
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Buckingham in Buckinghamshire
Outline map
Location of Buckinghamshire within England
CountyBuckinghamshire
Population97,184 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate79,515 (2018)[2]
Major settlementsBuckingham
Princes Risborough
Winslow
1885–2024
SeatsOne
1542–1885
SeatsTwo until 1868, then one until 1885
Type of constituencyBorough constituency

Buckingham (/ˈbʌkɪŋəm/) was a constituency[n 1] that was last represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Greg Smith, a Conservative.[n 2]

The seat was abolished for the 2024 general election and largely replaced by the new constituencies Buckingham and Bletchley and Mid Buckinghamshire, with some areas transferred to Aylesbury.[3]

History

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After its creation in 1542, the Parliamentary Borough of Buckingham sent two MPs to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and finally to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801, reduced to one MP from 1868 by the Representation of the People Act 1867. The Borough was abolished altogether by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and it was transformed into a large county division, formally named the North or Buckingham Division of Buckinghamshire. It was one of three divisions formed from the undivided three-member Parliamentary County of Buckinghamshire, the other two being the Mid or Aylesbury Division and the Southern or Wycombe Division.

In the twentieth century, the constituency was held by the Conservative Party for most of the time. However, Aidan Crawley, a Labour Party MP, served Buckingham from 1945 until 1951, and from 1964 until 1970, its Labour MP was the controversial publisher Robert Maxwell.

Before the periodic review effected in 1983, the new town of Milton Keynes, including its older parts such as Bletchley and Fenny Stratford,[n 3] was in the constituency. The 1983 review followed the previous national review in 1974 and recognised the large increase in voters in the constituency. The sitting Buckingham MP, William Benyon, stood for the newly created Milton Keynes constituency, where he was elected. The residual seat was won in 1983 by Conservative George Walden. Walden retired in 1997, and John Bercow won the following general elections in 2001, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2017. At the 2005 general election, this constituency had the Conservatives' highest numerical majority, although a higher share of the vote was achieved in Kensington and Chelsea in London, the constituency of Malcolm Rifkind, and Richmond in North Yorkshire, the constituency of William Hague.

In 2009, Bercow was elected as Speaker of the House of Commons following the resignation of Michael Martin. There is an inconsistently followed convention, which is mostly kept by the major parties, not to oppose a Speaker at election. Nonetheless, UKIP's leader, Nigel Farage, stood against Bercow in the 2010 election but finished third behind the Buckinghamshire Campaign for Democracy founder, who previously founded the Pro-Euro Conservative Party.[4]

In both the 2015 and 2017 general elections, Bercow was challenged by only UKIP and the Green Party, with the addition of the independent candidate Scott Raven in the latter election. In September 2019 the Conservative Party announced their intention to stand a candidate against Bercow in the next election, breaking the convention of major parties not opposing a Speaker, seemingly in response to Bercow's opposition to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's handling of Brexit. However, Bercow announced in September 2019 that he would stand down as Speaker on either October 31 or at the next election, whichever occurred first.[5]

Boundaries and boundary changes

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1885–1918

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  • The Municipal Borough of Buckingham;
  • The Sessional Divisions of Ashendon, Buckingham, Newport, and Stony Stratford; and
  • Part of the Sessional Division of Winslow.[6]

1918–1950

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  • The Municipal Borough of Buckingham;
  • The Urban Districts of Bletchley, Linslade, and Newport Pagnell;
  • The Rural Districts of Buckingham, Newport Pagnell, Stratford and Wolverton, Wing, and Winslow; and
  • Parts of the Rural Districts of Aylesbury and Long Crendon.[7]

Gained Linslade and the Rural District of Wing from Aylesbury.

1950–1974

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  • The Municipal Borough of Buckingham;
  • The Urban Districts of Bletchley, Linslade, Newport Pagnell, and Wolverton; and
  • The Rural Districts of Buckingham, Newport Pagnell, Wing, and Winslow.[7]

The Urban District of Wolverton had succeeded the Rural District of Stratford and Wolverton. The parts of the Rural District of Aylesbury and the (former) Rural District of Long Crendon were transferred to Aylesbury.

1974–1983

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  • The Municipal Borough of Buckingham;
  • The Urban Districts of Bletchley, Newport Pagnell, and Wolverton; and
  • The Rural Districts of Buckingham, Newport Pagnell, Wing, and Winslow.[7]

Lost Linslade to South Bedfordshire; the Urban District of Linslade had been merged with that of Leighton Buzzard to form the Urban District of Leighton-Linslade, which was included in the Administrative County of Bedfordshire.

1983–1992

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  • The District of Aylesbury Vale wards of Bierton, Brill, Buckingham North, Buckingham South, Cheddington, Eddlesborough, Great Brickhill, Great Horwood, Grendon Underwood, Haddenham, Hogshaw, Long Crendon, Luffield Abbey, Marsh Gibbon, Newton Longville, Oakley, Pitstone, Quainton, Steeple Claydon, Stewkley, Stone, Tingewick, Waddesdon, Wing, Wingrave, and Winslow; and
  • The Borough of Milton Keynes wards of Stony Stratford, Wolverton, and Wolverton Stacey Bushes.[8]

Rural areas to the north and west of the town of Aylesbury transferred from the constituency thereof.  The area comprising the new District of Milton Keynes, except for Stony Stratford and Wolverton, formed the new constituency of Milton Keynes.

1992–1997

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For the 1992 general election, outside the normal cycle of periodic reviews by the Boundaries Commission, the Milton Keynes constituency was split in two, with Stony Stratford and Wolverton being included in the new Borough Constituency of Milton Keynes South West.[9] No further changes.

1997–2010

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The District of Aylesbury Vale wards of Aston Clinton, Bierton, Brill, Buckingham North, Buckingham South, Cheddington, Eddlesborough, Great Brickhill, Great Horwood, Grendon Underwood, Haddenham, Hogshaw, Long Crendon, Luffield Abbey, Marsh Gibbon, Newton Longville, Oakley, Pitstone, Quainton, Steeple Claydon, Stewkley, Stone, Tingewick, Waddesdon, Wing, Wingrave, and Winslow.[10]

The Aston Clinton ward was transferred from Aylesbury.

2010–2024

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Map
Map of boundaries 2010-2024
  • The District of Aylesbury Vale wards of Buckingham North, Buckingham South, Eddlesborough, Gatehouse, Great Brickhill & Newton Longville, Great Horwood, Grendon Underwood & Brill, Haddenham & Stone, Long Crendon, Luffield Abbey, Marsh Gibbon, Oakfield & Bierton, Oakley, Pitstone & Cheddington, Quainton, Steeple Claydon, Stewkley, Tingewick, Waddesdon, Watermead, Weedon, Wing, Wingrave, and Winslow; and
  • The District of Wycombe wards of Icknield and The Risboroughs.[11]

The District of Wycombe wards, including Princes Risborough, were transferred from Aylesbury, offset by the return of Aston Clinton.

In April 2020, the Districts of Aylesbury Vale and Wycombe, as well as those of South Bucks and Chiltern were merged into the new unitary authority of Buckinghamshire Council. Accordingly, the current contents of the constituency are:

  • The Buckinghamshire Council wards of Aston Clinton and Bierton (part), Bernwood, Buckingham East, Buckingham West, Great Brickhill, Grendon Underwood, Ivinghoe, Ridgeway East (part), Stone and Waddesdon (part), The Risboroughs, Wing (part), and Winslow.

The constituency covered a large part of central Buckinghamshire, covering much of the Aylesbury Vale including the town of Buckingham, and some areas south of it, including Chequers, the official country residence of the Prime Minister since 1921.[12][13] To the north, the remaining part of ceremonial Buckinghamshire forms two Borough of Milton Keynes constituencies (Milton Keynes South and Milton Keynes North).

Abolition

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Further to the completion of the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was be abolished for the 2024 general election, with its contents distributed three ways:[3]

Members of Parliament

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  • Constituency created (1542)

MPs to 1660

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Year First member Second member
1529 John Hasilwood Edward Lloyd[14]
1536 Thomas Pope George Gifford[14]
1539 TBA TBA
1542 TBA TBA
1545 John Josselyn Ralph Gifford[14]
1547 Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon John Josselyn[14]
1553 (Mar) Edward Chamberlain Francis Verney[14]
1553 (Oct) William Walter Edward Gifford[14]
1554 (Apr) Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon George Fettiplace[14]
1554 (Nov)
1555 Hugh Mynors[14]
1558 Bernard Brocas[15] John Higford[14]
1558–59 Robert Drury William Riseley[16]
1562–63 Robert Newdigate I Paul Wentworth[16]
1571 Thomas Wenman[16]
1572 Henry Carey Lawrence Holinshed[16]
1584 Michael Harcourt John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon[16]
1586 John Fortescue Christopher Edmonds[16]
1588–89 John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon Francis Fortescue[16]
1593
1597 Sir Edward [or Edmund] Carey
1601 Christopher Hatton Robert Newdigate II[16]
1604 Sir Thomas Denton Sir Edward Tyrrell (1604–1606)
Sir Francis Goodwin (1606–1614)
1614 Sir Ralph Winwood
1621–22 Richard Oliver
1624 Sir Edmund Verney
1625 Sir Alexander Denton
1626 Sir John Smythe
1628–29 Sir Thomas Denton Richard Oliver
Year First member Second member
Apr 1640 Sir Peter Temple Sir Alexander Denton
Nov 1640
1645 John Dormer
1653 Buckingham not Represented in Barebones Parliament
1654 Francis Ingoldsby (one seat only)
1656
1659 Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet

MPs 1660–1868

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Year First member[17][18] First party Second member[17][18] Second party
1660 John Dormer Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet
1661 Sir William Smyth, 1st Baronet
February 1679 Viscount Latimer Sir Peter Tyrrell, 1st Baronet
August 1679 Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Bt.
1681 Sir Ralph Verney, 1st Bt.
1690 Alexander Denton
1697 Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt. Whig
1698 Edmund Denton
1702 Roger Price
May 1705 Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt. Whig
December 1705 Browne Willis
1708 Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt. Whig Alexander Denton
1710 Thomas Chapman
1713 John Radcliffe
1715 Alexander Denton Abraham Stanyan
1718 Edmund Halsey
March 1722 Richard Grenville
October 1722 William Heathcote
March 1727 John Fane
August 1727 Thomas Lewis
1728 George Chamberlayne
1734 Richard Grenville
1741 George Grenville Whig
1747 Richard Grenville
1753 Temple West
1754 James Grenville
1768 Henry Grenville
1770 James Grenville Tory[19]
1774 Richard Grenville
1780 Richard Aldworth-Neville
1782 William Grenville Tory[19]
1784 Charles Edmund Nugent Tory[19]
June 1790 George Nugent Tory[19]
December 1790 The Lord Bridport Tory[19]
1796 Thomas Grenville Tory[19]
1802 Lord Proby Tory[19]
1805 Lord Proby Tory[19]
August 1806 Earl Percy Tory[19]
November 1806 Sir William Young, 2nd Bt. Tory[19]
March 1807 Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Bt.
May 1807 Hon. Richard Griffin Tory[19]
1810 Lord George Grenville Tory[19]
1812 Viscount Ebrington Tory[19] William Fremantle Tory[19]
1817 James Hamilton Stanhope Tory[19]
1818 Sir George Nugent, 1st Bt. Tory[19]
1827 Sir Thomas Fremantle, 1st Bt. Tory[19]
1832 Sir Harry Verney Whig[20][21][22][19]
1834 Conservative[19]
1841 Sir John Chetwode, 4th Bt. Conservative[19]
January 1846 John Hall Conservative
February 1846 Marquess of Chandos Conservative
1857 Sir Harry Verney Whig[20][21][22]
1859 John Hubbard Conservative Liberal
1868 Representation reduced to one member

MPs since 1868

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Election Member[18][23] Party
1868 Sir Harry Verney Liberal
1874 Egerton Hubbard Conservative
1880 Sir Harry Verney Liberal
1885 Edmund Verney Liberal
1886 Egerton Hubbard Conservative
1889 by-election Edmund Verney (expelled) Liberal
1891 by-election Herbert Leon Liberal
1895 William Carlile Conservative
1906 Frederick Verney Liberal
1910 Sir Harry Verney Liberal
1918 George Bowyer Conservative
1937 by-election John Whiteley Conservative
1943 by-election Lionel Berry Conservative
1945 Aidan Crawley[n 4] Labour
1951 Frank Markham[n 5] Conservative
1964 Robert Maxwell Labour
1970 William Benyon Conservative
1983 George Walden Conservative
1997 John Bercow Conservative
2009 Speaker
2019 Greg Smith Conservative

Elections

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2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – 1850s – 1840s – 1830s

Elections in the 2010s

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General election 2019: Buckingham[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Greg Smith 37,035 58.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Stephen Dorrell 16,624 26.2 New
Labour David Morgan 7,638 12.0 New
Brexit Party Andrew Bell 1,286 2.0 New
Independent Ned Thompson 681 1.1 New
English Democrat Antonio Vitiello 194 0.3 New
Majority 20,411 32.2 N/A
Turnout 63,458 76.3 +10.1
Conservative gain from Speaker Swing
General election 2017: Buckingham[26][27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Speaker John Bercow[n 6] 34,299 65.1 +0.6
Green Michael John Sheppard 8,574 16.3 +2.6
Independent Scott Darren Raven 5,638 10.7 New
UKIP Brian James Mapletoft 4,168 7.9 –13.8
Majority 25,725 48.8 +6.0
Turnout 52,679 66.2 –3.1
Speaker hold Swing
General election 2015: Buckingham[28][29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Speaker John Bercow[n 6] 34,617 64.5 +17.2
UKIP Dave Fowler 11,675 21.7 +4.3
Green Alan Francis 7,400 13.7 New
Majority 22,942 42.8 +16.9
Turnout 53,692 69.3 +4.8
Speaker hold Swing +6.4
General election 2010: Buckingham[30][31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Speaker John Bercow[n 6] 22,860 47.3 −10.1
Buckinghamshire Campaign for Democracy John Stevens 10,331 21.4 New
UKIP Nigel Farage 8,410 17.4 +14.4
Independent Patrick Phillips 2,394 5.0 New
Independent Debbie Martin 1,270 2.6 New
BNP Lynne Mozar 980 2.0 New
Monster Raving Loony Colin Dale 856 1.8 New
Independent Geoff Howard 435 0.9 New
Christian David Hews 369 0.8 New
Independent Anthony Watts 332 0.7 New
Cut The Deficit Simon Strutt 107 0.2 New
Majority 12,529 25.9 −11.6
Turnout 48,344 64.5 −3.8
Speaker hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2005: Buckingham[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Bercow 27,748 57.4 +3.8
Labour David Greene 9,619 19.9 −4.3
Liberal Democrats Luke Croydon 9,508 19.7 −0.3
UKIP David Williams 1,432 3.0 +0.9
Majority 18,129 37.5 +8.1
Turnout 48,307 68.7 −0.7
Conservative hold Swing +4.0
General election 2001: Buckingham[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Bercow 24,296 53.6 +3.8
Labour Mark Seddon 10,971 24.2 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Isobel Wilson 9,037 20.0 −4.6
UKIP Christopher Silcock 968 2.1 New
Majority 13,325 29.4 +4.3
Turnout 45,272 69.4 −9.1
Conservative hold Swing +2.2

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1997: Buckingham[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Bercow 24,594 49.8 −12.7
Labour Robert C. Lehmann 12,208 24.7 +8.5
Liberal Democrats Neil Stuart 12,175 24.6 +4.0
Natural Law Geoffrey Clements 421 0.9 +0.2
Majority 12,386 25.1 −16.8
Turnout 49,398 78.5
Conservative win (new boundaries)
General election 1992: Buckingham[35][36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Walden 29,496 62.5 +3.9
Liberal Democrats Tudor Jones 9,705 20.6 −4.3
Labour Keith M. White 7,662 16.2 −0.3
Natural Law Lawrence R. Sheaff 353 0.7 New
Majority 19,791 41.9 +8.2
Turnout 47,216 84.2 +5.9
Conservative hold Swing +4.1

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1987: Buckingham[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Walden 32,162 58.6 +1.7
Liberal Charles Burke 13,636 24.9 −3.2
Labour Martyn Groucutt 9,053 16.5 +1.5
Majority 18,526 33.7 +4.9
Turnout 54,851 78.3 +1.2
Conservative hold Swing +2.5
General election 1983: Buckingham[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Walden 27,522 56.9
Liberal Richard Ryder 13,584 28.1
Labour Martyn Groucutt 7,272 15.0
Majority 13,938 28.8
Turnout 48,378 77.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1979: Buckingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Benyon 41,719 51.3 +9.1
Labour J.S. Fryer 27,752 34.1 −3.5
Liberal S.B. Crooks 11,045 13.6 −6.6
National Front M. Smith 803 1.0 New
Majority 13,967 17.2 +12.6
Turnout 81,319 78.6 −1.1
Conservative hold Swing +6.3
General election October 1974: Buckingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Benyon 26,597 42.2 +1.5
Labour Robert Maxwell 23,679 37.6 +1.6
Liberal S.B. Crooks 12,707 20.2 −3.1
Majority 2,918 4.6 −0.1
Turnout 62,983 79.7 −5.6
Conservative hold Swing −0.1
General election February 1974: Buckingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Benyon 27,179 40.7 −6.8
Labour Robert Maxwell 24,056 36.0 −7.2
Liberal C. Crooks 15,519 23.3 +14.0
Majority 3,123 4.7 +0.4
Turnout 66,754 85.3 +3.5
Conservative hold Swing −0.2
General election 1970: Buckingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Benyon 28,088 47.5 +4.3
Labour Robert Maxwell 25,567 43.2 −4.3
Liberal John Martin Cornwall 5,475 9.3 −0.1
Majority 2,521 4.3 N/A
Turnout 59,130 81.8 −4.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +4.3

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1966: Buckingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Maxwell 24,854 47.5 +1.6
Conservative Elaine Kellett-Bowman 22,600 43.2 +0.2
Liberal John M Cornwall 4,914 9.4 −1.7
Majority 2,254 4.3 +1.4
Turnout 52,368 85.8 −0.7
Labour hold Swing +0.7
General election 1964: Buckingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Maxwell 23,085 45.9 +2.6
Conservative Elaine Kellett-Bowman 21,604 43.0 −4.0
Liberal Jack Raphael Wallis 5,578 11.1 +1.4
Majority 1,181 2.9 N/A
Turnout 50,267 86.5 +0.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +3.3

Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1959: Buckingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frank Markham 22,304 47.0 −4.3
Labour Robert Maxwell 20,558 43.3 −5.4
Liberal Evan Laurence Frederick Richards 4,577 9.7 New
Majority 1,746 3.7 +1.1
Turnout 47,439 86.4 +1.3
Conservative hold Swing +0.6
General election 1955: Buckingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frank Markham 23,250 51.3 +1.2
Labour David Gordon Evans 22,110 48.7 −1.2
Majority 1,140 2.6 +2.4
Turnout 45,360 85.1 −1.5
Conservative hold Swing +1.2
General election 1951: Buckingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frank Markham 22,688 50.1 +6.7
Labour Aidan Crawley 22,634 49.9 +2.8
Majority 54 0.2 N/A
Turnout 45,322 86.6 +0.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +2.0
General election 1950: Buckingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Aidan Crawley 20,782 47.1 −7.6
Conservative Frank Markham 19,128 43.4 −1.9
Liberal John Denis Gilbert Kellock 4,196 9.5 New
Majority 1,654 3.7 −5.7
Turnout 44,106 86.2 +13.4
Labour hold Swing −2.9

Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Buckingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Aidan Crawley 22,302 54.7 +12.7
Conservative Lionel Berry 18,457 45.3 −12.7
Majority 3,845 9.4 N/A
Turnout 40,759 71.8 −3.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +12.7
1943 Buckingham by-election[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lionel Berry Unopposed N/A N/A
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1930s

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1937 Buckingham by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Whiteley 17,919 52.6 −5.4
Labour James Viner Delahaye 12,820 37.6 −4.4
Liberal E.J. Boyce 3,348 9.8 New
Majority 5,099 15.0 −1.0
Turnout 34,087 71.4 −3.7
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1935: Buckingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Bowyer 20,616 58.0 −9.0
Labour Joseph Sparks 14,928 42.0 +9.0
Majority 5,688 16.0 −17.9
Turnout 35,544 75.13 −2.60
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Buckingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Bowyer 23,783 66.96
Labour James Lievsley George 11,736 33.04
Majority 12,047 33.92
Turnout 35,519 77.73
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1929: Buckingham [40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Bowyer 16,375 45.8 −6.0
Labour James Lievsley George 11,718 32.7 +2.1
Liberal Norman Crump 7,713 21.5 +3.9
Majority 4,657 13.1 −8.1
Turnout 35,806 79.6 +1.5
Registered electors 44,974
Unionist hold Swing −4.1
General election 1924: Buckingham [40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Bowyer 15,129 51.8 −1.2
Labour E. J. Pay 8,939 30.6 −16.4
Liberal Richard Kingsley Johnson 5,144 17.6 New
Majority 6,190 21.2 +15.2
Turnout 29,212 78.1 +9.7
Registered electors 37,394
Unionist hold Swing +7.6
General election 1923: Buckingham [40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Bowyer 13,351 53.0 +3.6
Labour E. J. Pay 11,824 47.0 +20.7
Majority 1,527 6.0 −17.1
Turnout 25,175 68.4 −8.5
Registered electors 36,785
Unionist hold Swing −8.6
General election 1922: Buckingham [40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Bowyer 13,751 49.4 −4.3
Labour Owen Connellan 7,343 26.3 −6.0
Liberal Charles Hobhouse 6,789 24.3 +10.3
Majority 6,408 23.1 +1.7
Turnout 27,883 76.9 +13.3
Registered electors 36,262
Unionist hold Swing +0.9

Elections in the 1910s

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General election 1918: Buckingham [40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist George Bowyer 12,441 53.7 +5.1
Labour John Scurr 7,481 32.3 New
Liberal Harry Verney 3,250 14.0 −37.4
Majority 4,960 21.4 N/A
Turnout 23,172 63.6 −26.1
Registered electors 36,434
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
Verney
General election December 1910: Buckingham[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harry Verney 6,029 51.4 +0.9
Liberal Unionist Francis Tyringham Higgins Bernard 5,702 48.6 −0.9
Majority 327 2.8 +1.8
Turnout 11,731 89.7 −2.0
Liberal hold Swing +0.9
General election January 1910: Buckingham[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frederick Verney 6,055 50.5 −6.7
Conservative Thomas Fremantle 5,944 49.5 +6.7
Majority 111 1.0 −13.4
Turnout 11,999 91.7 +3.1
Liberal hold Swing -6.7

Elections in the 1900s

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Frederick Verney
General election 1906: Buckingham[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frederick Verney 6,253 57.2 +9.3
Conservative Thomas Fremantle 4,673 42.8 −9.3
Majority 1,580 14.4 N/A
Turnout 10,926 88.6 +4.9
Registered electors 12,334
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +9.3
General election 1900: Buckingham[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Carlile 5,101 52.1 −0.1
Liberal Hubert Beaumont 4,684 47.9 +0.1
Majority 417 4.2 −0.2
Turnout 9,785 83.7 −4.9
Registered electors 11,685
Conservative hold Swing −0.1

Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1895: Buckingham[42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Carlile 5,266 52.2 +4.5
Liberal Herbert Leon 4,830 47.8 −4.5
Majority 436 4.4 N/A
Turnout 10,096 88.6 +3.0
Registered electors 11,395
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.5
General election 1892: Buckingham[42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Herbert Leon 5,153 52.3 +3.7
Conservative William Carlile 4,704 47.7 −3.7
Majority 449 4.6 N/A
Turnout 9,857 85.6 +7.3
Registered electors 11,518
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +3.4
Leon
1891 Buckingham by-election[43][42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Herbert Leon 5,013 52.0 +2.4
Conservative Evelyn Hubbard 4,632 48.0 −2.4
Majority 381 4.0 N/A
Turnout 9,645 84.6 +6.3
Registered electors 11,407
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.4

Elections in the 1880s

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By-election, 11 Oct 1889: Buckingham [43][44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edmund Verney 4,855 51.1 +1.5
Conservative Evelyn Hubbard 4,647 48.9 −1.5
Majority 208 2.2 N/A
Turnout 9,502 75.6 −2.7
Registered electors 12,565
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +1.5
  • Caused by Hubbard's elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Addington.
General election 1886: Buckingham [44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Egerton Hubbard 4,460 50.4 +8.1
Liberal Edmund Verney 4,389 49.6 −8.1
Majority 71 0.8 N/A
Turnout 8,849 78.3 −5.4
Registered electors 11,307
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.1
General election 1885: Buckingham [44][45][46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edmund Verney 5,462 57.7 +7.3
Conservative Samuel Wilson 4,006 42.3 −7.3
Majority 1,456 15.4 +14.6
Turnout 9,468 83.7 −7.5
Registered electors 11,307
Liberal hold Swing +7.3
General election 1880: Buckingham [47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harry Verney 528 50.4 +10.5
Conservative Egerton Hubbard 520 49.6 −10.5
Majority 8 0.8 N/A
Turnout 1,048 91.2 +3.5
Registered electors 1,149
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +10.5

Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: Buckingham [47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Egerton Hubbard 589 60.1 +17.9
Liberal Harry Verney 391 39.9 −17.9
Majority 198 20.2 N/A
Turnout 980 87.7 +3.2
Registered electors 1,118
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +17.9

Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1868: Buckingham [47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harry Verney 463 57.8 N/A
Conservative John Hubbard 338 42.2 N/A
Majority 125 15.6 N/A
Turnout 801 84.5 N/A
Registered electors 948
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1865: Buckingham [47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harry Verney Unopposed
Conservative John Hubbard Unopposed
Registered electors 948
Liberal hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1859: Buckingham [47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harry Verney 198 36.6 −21.8
Conservative John Hubbard 196 36.2 +9.2
Conservative George Barrington[48] 147 27.2 +12.6
Majority 2 0.4 −7.1
Turnout 271 (est) 74.3 (est) −4.8
Registered electors 364
Liberal hold Swing −21.8
Conservative hold Swing +10.1
General election 1857: Buckingham [47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Harry Verney 193 34.5 New
Conservative John Hall 151 27.0 N/A
Whig Richard Cavendish[49] 134 23.9 New
Conservative Philip Box[50] 82 14.6 N/A
Turnout 280 (est) 79.1 (est) N/A
Registered electors 354
Majority 42 7.5 N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing N/A
Majority 17 3.1 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1852: Buckingham [47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hall Unopposed
Conservative Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville Unopposed
Registered electors 349
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
By-election, 5 March 1852: Buckingham [47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1847: Buckingham [47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hall Unopposed
Conservative Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville Unopposed
Registered electors 388
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
By-election, 11 February 1846: Buckingham [47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville Unopposed
Conservative hold
By-election, 20 January 1846: Buckingham [47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hall Unopposed
Conservative hold
  • Caused by Chetwode's death.
By-election, 10 February 1845: Buckingham [47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Fremantle Unopposed
Conservative hold
By-election, 25 May 1844: Buckingham [47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Fremantle Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1841: Buckingham [47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Fremantle Unopposed
Conservative John Chetwode Unopposed
Registered electors 396
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Whig

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1837: Buckingham [47][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Fremantle 236 44.4 N/A
Whig Harry Verney 157 29.6 N/A
Conservative John Chetwode 138 26.0 N/A
Turnout 299 87.7 N/A
Registered electors 341
Majority 79 14.8 N/A
Conservative hold
Majority 19 3.6 N/A
Whig hold
General election 1835: Buckingham [47][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Fremantle Unopposed
Whig Harry Verney Unopposed
Registered electors 351
Conservative hold
General election 1832: Buckingham [47][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Harry Verney 175 37.3 New
Tory Thomas Fremantle 156 33.3 N/A
Whig George Morgan 138 29.4 New
Turnout 270 90.0 N/A
Registered electors 300
Majority 19 4.0 N/A
Whig gain from Tory
Majority 18 3.9 N/A
Tory hold
General election 1831: Buckingham[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Thomas Fremantle Unopposed
Tory George Nugent Unopposed
Tory hold
General election 1830: Buckingham[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Thomas Fremantle Unopposed
Tory George Nugent Unopposed
Tory hold

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  3. ^ The development of Milton Keynes commenced in 1967.
  4. ^ Aidan Crawley later served as a Conservative MP
  5. ^ Frank Markham formerly served as a Labour MP
  6. ^ a b c John Bercow stood as 'The Speaker seeking re-election'.

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