The

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, which includes the

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of Buckinghamshire and the City of Milton Keynes, is divided into 8 parliamentary constituencies – 1 borough constituency and 7

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. At the 2024 general election, the county returned 5 Labour MPs, 2 Conservatives and 1 Liberal Democrat.

Constituencies

Boundary changes

2024

For the

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, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the

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, the

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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 named Buckingham and Bletchley. This led to significant changes elsewhere, with Milton Keynes Central replacing Milton Keynes South and Mid Buckinghamshire replacing the existing

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seat. These changes came into effect for the 2024 general election.

2010

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the

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

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:

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:

Percentage votes

Note that before 1983 Buckinghamshire included the Eton and Slough areas of what is now Berkshire. ¹pre-1979:

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; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance ²2019: Standing as the Brexit Party. ³Standing in

, 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

¹ John Bercow

Maps

1885-1910

File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1885Results.svg, 1885 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1886Results.svg, 1886 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1892Results.svg, 1892 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1886Results.svg, 1895 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1886Results.svg, 1900 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1906Results.svg, 1906 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1892Results.svg, Jan 1910 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1892Results.svg, Dec 1910

1918-1945

File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1918Results.svg, 1918 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1918Results.svg, 1922 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1923Results.svg, 1923 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1918Results.svg, 1924 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1918Results.svg, 1929 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1918Results.svg, 1931 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1918Results.svg, 1935 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1945Results.svg, 1945

1950-1979

File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg, 1950 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1951Results.svg, 1951 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1951Results.svg, 1955 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1951Results.svg, 1959 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1964Results.svg, 1964 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1964Results.svg, 1966 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1970Results.svg, 1970 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1974Results.svg, Feb 1974 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1974Results.svg, Oct 1974 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1974Results.svg, 1979

1983-present

File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1987Results.svg, 1983 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1987Results.svg, 1987 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency1992Results.svg, 1992 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency2001Results.svg, 1997 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency2001Results.svg, 2001 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency2005Results.svg, 2005 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg, 2010 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg, 2015 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg, 2017 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency2019Results.svg, 2019 File:BuckinghamshireParliamentaryConstituency2024Results.svg, 2024

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.

Constituencies

Boundary changes

2024

2010

Results history

2024

2019

Percentage votes

Seats

Maps

1885-1910

1918-1945

1950-1979

1983-present

Historical representation by party

1885 to 1945

1945 to 1983

1983 to present

See also

Notes

References