Buckingham and Bletchley

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Buckingham and Bletchley
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Buckingham and Bletchley
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Boundary of Buckingham and Bletchley in South East England
County Buckinghamshire
Electorate 73,644 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Bletchley, Buckingham, Tingewick, Winslow, Fenny Stratford
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Callum Anderson (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Buckingham & Milton Keynes South (part)

Buckingham and Bletchley is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Created as a result of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election. [3] Since that election, it has been represented by Callum Anderson of the Labour Party.

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Constituency profile

The Buckingham and Bletchley constituency is located in Buckinghamshire. Bletchley is the constituency's largest town with a population of around 37,000 and forms part of the Milton Keynes urban area. The constituency also includes Buckingham, the traditional county town, and the small market town of Winslow. The constituency is predominantly rural and agricultural, and contains many smaller villages. Most of the constituency is affluent, although there is some deprivation in parts of Bletchley. [4]

Levels of education and professional employment in the constituency are similar to national averages, and household income is high. [5] White people make up 80% of the population with Asians being the largest ethnic minority group at 9%. [6] Bletchley is mostly represented by the Labour Party at the local council level, whilst the rest of the constituency is predominantly represented by Conservatives. An estimated 53% of voters in Buckingham and Bletchley supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum, a similar proportion to the country as a whole. [5]

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following:

The constituency comprises the following areas:

Members of Parliament

Buckingham prior to 2024

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Callum Anderson Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Buckingham and Bletchley [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Callum Anderson 17,602 36.9 +9.2
Conservative Iain Stewart 15,18131.9−21.2
Reform Jordan Cattell7,46815.7+14.7
Liberal Democrats Dominic Dyer4,3009.0−6.4
Green Amanda Onwuemene2,5905.4+4.2
Independent Ray Brady5001.0N/A
Majority 2,4215.0N/A
Turnout 47,84763.9–7.5
Registered electors 74,832
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +15.2

Iain Stewart was standing for re-election to the House of Commons, having been the incumbent MP for Milton Keynes South, one of the predecessor constituencies of Buckingham and Bletchley.

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [10]
PartyVote%
Conservative 27,91253.1
Labour 14,56727.7
Liberal Democrats 8,11815.4
Others8751.7
Green 6291.2
Brexit Party 5081.0
Turnout52,60971.4
Electorate73,644

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  2. ↑ Ryder, Liam (2022-11-23). "Maps show huge changes proposed to Bucks' boundaries". Buckinghamshire Live. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  3. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South East | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  4. ↑ "Constituency data: Deprivation in England". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Seat Details - Buckingham and Bletchley". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "2021 census results: Ethnic groups in your constituency". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
  8. ↑ "New Seat Details – Buckingham and Bletchley". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  9. ↑ "UK Parliamentary General Election on 4 July 2024". Milton Keynes Council . Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.

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