North East Milton Keynes (UK Parliament constituency)

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North East Milton Keynes
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of North East Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshirefor the 2005 general election
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Location of Buckinghamshire within England
County Buckinghamshire
19922010
SeatsOne
Created from Milton Keynes [1]
Replaced by Milton Keynes North, Milton Keynes South

North East Milton Keynes was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1992 to 2010. It elected one member of parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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History

Construction of Milton Keynes began in 1967, as a new town. Until 1983, it was part of the Buckingham constituency. As its population grew, Milton Keynes then gained its own constituency, which was taken by William Benyon of the Conservative Party.

Uniquely outside the normal cycle of periodic reviews by the Boundary Commission, the continuing expansion in the population of Milton Keynes led to this constituency being divided in two for the 1992 general election (Milton Keynes South West and North East Milton Keynes).

The new North East constituency was taken by Peter Butler of the Conservatives, who lost it to Labour's Brian White at the 1997 election. White held the seat until 2005, when it was regained by the Conservatives' Mark Lancaster.

Boundaries

The constituency was one of two covering the Borough of Milton Keynes. It covered the remaining parts of the 1967 designated area of Milton Keynes not in the Milton Keynes South West constituency, as well as the older settlement of Newport Pagnell and the more rural parts of the borough, around Hanslope and Olney.

The constituency consisted of 10 electoral wards of the Borough of Milton Keynes: Bradwell, Danesborough, Lavendon, Linford, Newport Pagnell, Olney, Pineham, Sherington, Stantonbury, and Woburn Sands. [2]

Boundary review

Following the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies into parliamentary representation in Buckinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England recommended changes to the existing Milton Keynes constituencies. Beginning with the 2010 United Kingdom general election, there would continue to be two parliamentary constituencies for Milton Keynes, but they would be formed on a different basis, abolishing the Milton Keynes North East and Milton Keynes South West constituencies after four general elections of use.

Milton Keynes North was formed from 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. [3]

Milton Keynes South was formed from the electoral wards of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford, Danesborough, Denbigh, Eaton Manor, Emerson Valley, Furzton, Loughton Park, Stony Stratford, Walton Park, Whaddon, and Woughton. [3]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [4] Party
1992 Peter Butler Conservative
1997 Brian White Labour
2005 Mark Lancaster Conservative
2010 Constituency abolished: see Milton Keynes North and Milton Keynes South

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: North East Milton Keynes [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Lancaster 19,674 39.3 +1.2
Labour Brian White 18,00935.9−6.1
Liberal Democrats Jane Carr9,78919.5+1.7
UKIP Mike Phillips1,4002.8+0.6
Green Peter Richardson1,0902.2New
Independent Anant Vyas1420.3New
Majority1,6653.4N/A
Turnout 50,10463.6−1.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +3.6
General election 2001: North East Milton Keynes [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian White 19,761 42.0 +2.6
Conservative Marion Rix17,93238.1-0.9
Liberal Democrats David Yeoward8,37517.8+0.4
UKIP Michael Phillips1,0262.2New
Majority1,8293.9+3.4
Turnout 47,09464.6-8.2
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: North East Milton Keynes [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian White 20,201 39.43 +15.7
Conservative Peter Butler 19,96138.96−12.6
Liberal Democrats Graham Mabbutt8,90717.38−5.6
Referendum Michael Phillips1,4922.91New
Green Alan Francis5761.12+1.1
Natural Law Martin Simson990.190.0
Majority2400.47N/A
Turnout 51,23672.78-8.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +14.2
General election 1992: North East Milton Keynes [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Butler 26,212 51.6
Labour Maggie Cosin12,03623.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Gaskell11,69323.0
Green Alan Francis5291.0
Ind. Conservative M. Kavanagh-Dowsett2490.5
Natural Law Martin Simson790.2
Majority14,17627.9
Turnout 50,79881.0
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

  1. "UK Parliamentary Constituency: 'Milton Keynes North East', April 1992 - April 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  2. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1990". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  3. 1 2 "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
  5. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  7. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  8. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  9. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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