Mid Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Mid Buckinghamshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Mid Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
South East England - Mid Buckinghamshire constituency.svg
Boundary of Mid Buckinghamshire in South East England
County Buckinghamshire
Electorate 72,240 (2023) [1]
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Greg Smith (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from Buckingham

Mid Buckinghamshire is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election [3] and is represented by Greg Smith, of the Conservative Party.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency will be composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The constituency will comprise the following areas:

Members of Parliament

Buckingham prior to 2024

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Greg Smith Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Despite sharing the same first name and surname, the Conservative candidate and the Green candidate, both called Greg Smith, are not the same person.

General election 2024: Mid Buckinghamshire [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Greg Smith [7] 20,150 37.3 −24.2
Liberal Democrats Anja Schaefer [8] 14,27826.5+6.8
Labour Carissma Griffiths [9] 9,17117.0+1.7
Reform UK Stephanie Harwood6,92612.8+11.9
Green Greg Smith [10] 2,9425.5+2.8
SDP Yvonne Wilding [11] 3370.6N/A
Climate Wisdom Da Costa1470.3N/A
Majority5,87210.8–31.0
Turnout 53,95171.5–3.6
Registered electors 75,415
Conservative hold Swing –15.5

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [12]
PartyVote %
Conservative 33,32161.5
Liberal Democrats 10,67319.7
Labour 8,28315.3
Green 1,4772.7
Brexit Party 4690.9
Turnout54,22375.1
Electorate72,240

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