Milton Keynes North | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Buckinghamshire |
Population | 132,698 [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 [lower-alpha 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2024 United Kingdom general election by Chris Curtis for the Labour Party. [3] [lower-alpha 2]
With effect from the 2024 United Kingdom 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).
At the 2019 election, the seat covered Central Milton Keynes and areas to the north including 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]
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 [lower-alpha 3] (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.
The constituency takes up the majority of the City of Milton Keynes unitary authority area and is one of the borough's two constituencies. Milton Keynes North has a larger rural area; the other, Milton Keynes South, covers a smaller area and is more urban. [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 comprises 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 & Hanslope and Olney are more rural. The remainder are more urban. [9] Each ward returns three councillors so their electorates are broadly equal.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 United Kingdom general election, with effect from the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
"The constituency will be subject to major changes, with the city centre and suburbs to the east (comprising 43% of the current electorate) being included in the new constituency of Milton Keynes Central. To partly compensate, Stony Stratford will be added to Milton Keynes North from the (to be 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.)
North East Milton Keynes prior to 2010
Election | Member [12] | Party | |
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2010 | Mark Lancaster | Conservative | |
2019 | Ben Everitt | Conservative | |
2024 | Chris Curtis | Labour Party |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chris Curtis | 19,318 | 42.0 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Ben Everitt | 13,888 | 30.2 | −21.4 | |
Reform UK | Jane Duckworth | 6,164 | 13.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Clare Tevlin [13] | 3,365 | 7.3 | +0.6 | |
Green | Alan Francis | 3,242 | 7.1 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 5,430 | 11.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,977 | 65.0 | –3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 70,709 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.5 | |||
2019 notional result [14] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 24,933 | 51.6 | |
Labour | 18,606 | 38.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,246 | 6.7 | |
Green | 1,499 | 3.1 | |
Turnout | 48,284 | 68.4 | |
Electorate | 70,620 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ben Everitt | 30,938 | 49.5 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Charlynne Pullen | 24,683 | 39.5 | −5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Aisha Mir | 4,991 | 8.0 | +4.1 | |
Green | Catherine Rose | 1,931 | 3.1 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 6,255 | 10.0 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 62,543 | 68.3 | −3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Lancaster | 30,367 | 47.5 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Charlynne Pullen | 28,392 | 44.5 | +14.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Imogen Shepherd-Dubey | 2,499 | 3.9 | −2.3 | |
UKIP | Jeff Wyatt | 1,390 | 2.2 | −9.7 | |
Green | Alan Francis | 1,107 | 1.7 | −2.2 | |
CPA | Venetia Sams | 169 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,975 | 3.0 | −13.9 | ||
Turnout | 64,044 | 71.8 | +5.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −7.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Lancaster | 27,244 | 47.2 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Emily Darlington | 17,491 | 30.3 | +3.5 | |
UKIP | David Reilly | 6,852 | 11.9 | +8.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Graham | 3,575 | 6.2 | −15.9 | |
Green | Jennifer Marklew | 2,255 | 3.9 | +2.5 | |
TUSC | Katie Simpson | 163 | 0.3 | New | |
Independent | David Mortimer | 112 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 9,753 | 16.9 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 57,692 | 66.4 | +0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Lancaster [20] | 23,419 | 43.5 | +7.3 | |
Labour Co-op | Andrew Pakes | 14,458 | 26.8 | −11.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jill Hope | 11,894 | 22.1 | +1.4 | |
UKIP | Michael Phillips | 1,771 | 3.3 | +0.5 | |
BNP | Richard Hamilton | 1,154 | 2.1 | New | |
Green | Alan Francis | 733 | 1.4 | −0.8 | |
CPA | John Lennon | 206 | 0.4 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | Matt "Bananamatt" Fensome | 157 | 0.3 | New | |
Independent | Anant Vyas | 95 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 8,961 | 16.7 | +18.4 | ||
Turnout | 54,292 | 65.8 | +2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.2 | |||
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