Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency)
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| County constituency | |
|---|---|
| Image:BuckinghamConstituency.png Image:EnglandBuckinghamshire.png | |
| Buckingham shown within Buckinghamshire, and Buckinghamshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1542 |
| MP: | John Bercow |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Buckinghamshire |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Buckingham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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Boundaries
The constituency takes up a large part of central Buckinghamshire, including the town of Buckingham. To the north the remaining part of Buckinghamshire forms two Milton Keynes constituencies.
Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1542)
- 1997 — present: John Bercow, Conservative
Elections
| General Election 2005: Buckingham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Bercow | 27,748 | 57.4 | +3.7 | |
| Labour | David Greene | 9,619 | 19.9 | −4.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Luke Croydon | 9,508 | 19.7 | −0.3 | |
| UK Independence | David Williams | 1,432 | 3.0 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 18,129 | 37.5 | |||
| Turnout | 48,307 | 68.7 | −0.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Buckingham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Bercow | 24,296 | 53.7 | +3.9 | |
| Labour | Mark Seddon | 10,971 | 24.2 | -0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Isobel Wilson | 9,037 | 20.0 | -4.7 | |
| UK Independence | Christopher Silcock | 968 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 13,325 | 29.5 | |||
| Turnout | 45,272 | 69.4 | -9.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
See also
