List of parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire explained

The ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, which includes the unitary authorities of Buckinghamshire and theCity of Milton Keynes, is divided into 8 parliamentary constituencies– 1 borough constituency and 7 county constituencies. At the 2024 general election, the county returned 5 Labour MPs, 2 Conservatives and 1 Liberal Democrat.^[1]

Constituencies

Constituency^[2]	Electorate^[3]	Majority^[4]	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		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 †

Boundary changes

2024

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary 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 constituency named Mid Buckinghamshire. This led to significant changes elsewhere, particularly in Milton Keynes, with the creation of a cross-authority constituency named Buckingham and Bletchley, replacing the existing Buckingham seat.^{[5] [6]} These changes came into effect for the 2024 general election.

2010

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England^[7] 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 as Milton Keynes North and Milton Keynes South.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[8]

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Buckinghamshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019
Conservative	126,497	32.2%	20.5%	2	5
Labour	108,134	27.5%	2.1%	5	5
Liberal Democrats	79,011	20.1%	6.4%	1	1
Reform UK	49,683	12.6%	12.3%	0	0
Greens	20,433	5.2%	2.3%	0	0
Others	4,972	1.3%	3.7%	0	0
Workers Party	4,326	1.1%	New	0	New
Total	393,056	100.0		8

2019

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%	5.7%	7	1
Labour	106,226	25.4%	3.9%	0	0
Liberal Democrats	57,554	13.7%	7.3%	0	0
Greens	12,349	2.9%	1.1%	0	0
Brexit	1,286	0.3%	new	0	0
Others	20,664	5.0%	8.3%	0	1
Total	418,893	100.0		7

Percentage votes

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 Democrat^1	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 UK^2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3	12.6
Green Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-						0.8	5.7	4.0	2.9	5.2
UKIP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-				6.2	14.9	3.2		-
The Speaker^3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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	2.4^4

¹pre-1979: Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

²2019: Standing as the Brexit Party.

³Standing in Buckingham, unopposed by the 3 main parties.

⁴Including Workers Party of Britain.

* Included in Other

Accurate vote percentages for the 1918 election cannot be obtained because some candidates stood unopposed.

Seats

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 Speaker^1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-
Total	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8

¹John Bercow

Maps

1983-present

Historical representation by party

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.

1885 to 1945

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

1945 to 1983

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

1983 to present

Constituency	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	09	2010	2015	2017	19	2019	21	2024
Aylesbury	Raison		Lidington									Butler		Kyrke-Smith
Buckingham / Buckingham and Bletchley (2024)	Walden			Bercow			→					G. Smith		Anderson
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
Mid Buckinghamshire														Smith

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East (region)
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Buckinghamshire

Notes and References

1. Web site: UK Election 2024 A-Z Constituencies. BBC News. 8 July 2024.
2. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
3. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England - Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition - South East . Boundary Commission for England. 8 July 2024.
4. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
5. Web site: Ryder . Liam . 2022-11-23 . Maps show huge changes proposed to Bucks' boundaries . 2022-12-13 . buckinghamshirelive . en.
6. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report Boundary Commission for England . 2023-07-10 . boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk . paras 941-967.
7. Web site: The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007. 27 May 2020. legislation.gov.uk.
8. Watson. Christopher. Uberoi. Elise. Loft. Philip. 17 April 2020. General election results from 1918 to 2019. en-GB.