Milton Keynes North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Milton Keynes North
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Milton Keynes North (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
South East England - Milton Keynes North constituency.svg
Boundary of Milton Keynes North in South East England
County Buckinghamshire
Population132,698 [1]
Electorate 70,620 (2023) [2]
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of Parliament Chris Curtis (Labour)
Created from North East Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes South West

Milton Keynes North is a constituency [a] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2024 general election by Chris Curtis for the Labour Party. [3] [b]

Contents

With effect from the 2024 general election, Milton Keynes has three constituencies: one of these is called Milton Keynes North but its boundaries were changed significantly since the 2019 election, in particularly losing Central Milton Keynes to a new constituency (Milton Keynes Central) and gaining Stony Stratford from the (abolished) Milton Keynes South).

Constituency profile

At the 2024 election, the seat covered northern and western areas of the City of Milton Keynes, including Stony Stratford, Wolverton, Newport Pagnell and Olney. Milton Keynes North has a higher average income, [4] less social housing and less rented housing than the national average. [5]

History

This constituency (and its counterpart, Milton Keynes South), came into being when the two parliamentary constituencies covering the City of Milton Keynes unitary authority area [c] (Milton Keynes North East and Milton Keynes South West) were reconfigured following the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies with the aim of equalising the electorate as between the constituencies in the light of population growth that had occurred mainly in the Milton Keynes Urban Area. This constituency is the more rural of the two.

Mark Lancaster, who had been the incumbent for Milton Keynes North East, won the new constituency for the Conservatives in the 2010 general election and retained it at the 2015 and 2017 general elections. He stood down before the 2019 general election, citing abuse and two threats to his life. [6] His successor to the Conservative candidacy was Ben Everitt, who won the seat with an increased majority. Everitt was defeated at the 2024 general election by Labour's Chris Curtis on a swing of 12.5%.

Boundaries

2010–2024

Milton Keynes North (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of 2010–2024 boundaries

The constituency took up the majority of the City of Milton Keynes unitary authority area and was one of the borough's two constituencies. Milton Keynes North has a larger rural area; the other, Milton Keynes South, covered a smaller, more urban area. [7]

At its creation the constituency comprised the electoral wards of Bradwell, Campbell Park, Hanslope Park, Linford North, Linford South, Middleton, Newport Pagnell North, Newport Pagnell South, Olney, Sherington, Stantonbury, and Wolverton. [8]

Following a revision to the ward boundaries in 2013, the seat comprised part or all of the following Council electoral wards: [9]

The City Council ward boundaries do not necessarily coincide with the town and parish council areas.

Of these wards, Newport Pagnell North and Hanslope, and Olney are more rural. The remainder are more urban. [9] Each ward returns three councillors so their electorates are broadly equal.

2024–present

Further to the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The constituency was subject to major changes, with 43% of its electorate, including Milton Keynes city centre and suburbs to the east (Campbell Park, Old Woughton, Monkston and Broughton), forming part of the new constituency of Milton Keynes Central. To partly compensate, Stony Stratford was added to Milton Keynes North from the abolished Milton Keynes South seat". [11]

A new constituency, Buckingham and Bletchley, will (in effect) give Milton Keynes its third parliamentary constituency, albeit one that straddles the border with Buckinghamshire Council.

Members of Parliament

North East Milton Keynes prior to 2010

ElectionMember [12] Party
2010 Mark Lancaster Conservative
2019 Ben Everitt Conservative
2024 Chris Curtis Labour Party

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Milton Keynes North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Curtis 19,318 42.0 +3.5
Conservative Ben Everitt 13,88830.2−21.4
Reform UK Jane Duckworth6,16413.4N/A
Liberal Democrats Clare Tevlin [13] 3,3657.3+0.6
Green Alan Francis3,2427.1+4.0
Majority5,43011.8N/A
Turnout 45,97765.0–3.4
Registered electors 70,709
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +12.5

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [14]
PartyVote %
Conservative 24,93351.6
Labour 18,60638.5
Liberal Democrats 3,2466.7
Green 1,4993.1
Turnout48,28468.4
Electorate70,620
General election 2019: Milton Keynes North [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ben Everitt 30,938 49.5 +2.0
Labour Charlynne Pullen24,68339.5−5.0
Liberal Democrats Aisha Mir4,9918.0+4.1
Green Catherine Rose1,9313.1+1.4
Majority6,25510.0+7.0
Turnout 62,54368.3−3.5
Conservative hold Swing +3.4
General election 2017: Milton Keynes North [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Lancaster 30,367 47.5 +0.3
Labour Charlynne Pullen28,39244.5+14.2
Liberal Democrats Imogen Shepherd-Dubey2,4993.9−2.3
UKIP Jeff Wyatt1,3902.2−9.7
Green Alan Francis1,1071.7−2.2
CPA Venetia Sams1690.3New
Majority1,9753.0−13.9
Turnout 64,04471.8+5.4
Conservative hold Swing −7.0
General election 2015: Milton Keynes North [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Lancaster 27,244 47.2 +3.7
Labour Emily Darlington 17,49130.3+3.5
UKIP David Reilly6,85211.9+8.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Graham3,5756.2−15.9
Green Jennifer Marklew2,2553.9+2.5
TUSC Katie Simpson1630.3New
Independent David Mortimer1120.2New
Majority9,75316.9+0.2
Turnout 57,69266.4+0.6
Conservative hold Swing +0.1
General election 2010: Milton Keynes North [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Lancaster [20] 23,419 43.5 +7.3
Labour Co-op Andrew Pakes 14,45826.8−11.1
Liberal Democrats Jill Hope11,89422.1+1.4
UKIP Michael Phillips1,7713.3+0.5
BNP Richard Hamilton1,1542.1New
Green Alan Francis7331.4−0.8
CPA John Lennon2060.4New
Monster Raving Loony Matt "Bananamatt" Fensome1570.3New
Independent Anant Vyas950.2New
Majority8,96116.7+18.4
Turnout 54,29265.8+2.0
Conservative hold Swing +9.2

See also

Notes

  1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
  2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, at least every five years.
  3. At the time, the Borough of Milton Keynes.

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