Milton Keynes Central | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Buckinghamshire |
Electorate | 76,708 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Milton Keynes |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Emily Darlington (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Milton Keynes South |
Milton Keynes Central is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election. [2] Since that election, it is represented by Emily Darlington (Labour).
The constituency comprises the following wards of the City of Milton Keynes: [3]
It was formed from a minority of the abolished constituency of Milton Keynes South (Shenley villages, Loughton, Walton, Woughton on the Green, Wavendon and Woburn Sands), together with parts transferred from the continuing constituency of Milton Keynes North (Milton Keynes city centre, Campbell Park, Old Woughton, Monkston and Broughton).
Milton Keynes South prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Emily Darlington | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Emily Darlington | 20,209 | 42.3 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Johnny Luk | 12,918 | 27.1 | –20.4 | |
Reform UK | David Reilly | 6,245 | 13.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | James Cox | 4,931 | 10.3 | –0.1 | |
Green | Frances Bonney | 3,226 | 6.8 | +4.3 | |
Heritage | Alfred Saint-Clair | 200 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,291 | 15.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,930 | 59.1 | –9.5 | ||
Registered electors | 81,078 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 12.3 |
2019 notional result [8] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 25,035 | 47.5 | |
Labour | 20,083 | 38.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5,489 | 10.4 | |
Green | 1,297 | 2.5 | |
Others | 746 | 1.4 | |
Turnout | 52,650 | 68.6 | |
Electorate | 76,708 |
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