Parliamentary representation from Buckinghamshire

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The historic county of Buckinghamshire, in the 21st century region of South East England, was represented in Parliament from the 13th century. This article provides a list of constituencies constituting the Parliamentary representation from Buckinghamshire.

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In 1889 Buckinghamshire became an administrative county. In 1974 a new non-metropolitan county of Buckinghamshire lost the Eton and Slough areas to Berkshire, while the part of Colnbrook formerly included in the county also became part of Berkshire in 1995.

The first part of this article covers the constituencies wholly or predominantly within the area of the historic county of Buckinghamshire, both before and after the administrative changes of 1889, 1974 and 1995. The second part refers to constituencies mostly in another historic county, which included some territory from the historic county of Buckinghamshire. The summaries section only refers to the constituencies included in the first section of the constituency list.

Note: Dates of representation before 1510 are provisional.

List of constituencies

Article names are followed by (UK Parliament constituency). The constituencies which existed in 1707 were those previously represented in the Parliament of England.

Key to abbreviations:

Constituencies wholly or predominantly in the historic county

ConstituencyTypeFromToMPsNotes
Amersham BC1300<13072Bu1: Unrepresented 1654–1659
16251832
Aylesbury BC (1554–1885)1554*2 (1554–1654)Bu1, Bu2, Bu3
1 (1654–1659)
2 (1659–1885)
CC (1885–*)1 (1885–*)
Beaconsfield CC1974*1Bu3
Buckingham BC (1542–1885)1542*2 (1542–1654)Bu1, Bu2, Bu3
1 (1654–1659)
2 (1659–1868)
CC (1885–*)1 (1868–*)
Buckinghamshire CC129018852 (1290–1654)Bu1
5 (1654–1659)
2 (1659–1832)
3 (1832–1885)
South Buckinghamshire CC195019741Bu2
Chesham and Amersham CC1974*1Bu3
Eton and Slough CC (1945–1950)194519831Bu2, Be
BC (1950–1983)
Great Marlow BC1300<13072Bu1: Unrepresented 1654–1659
162518852 (1625–1868)
1 (1868–1885)
Milton Keynes CC198319921Bu3
Milton Keynes North CC2010*1Bu3
Milton Keynes South BC2010*1Bu3
Milton Keynes South West BC199220101Bu3
North East Milton Keynes CC199220101Bu3
Slough BC1983*1Be
Wendover BC1300<13072Bu1: Unrepresented 1654–1659
16251832
Wycombe BC (1295–1885)1295*2 (1295–1654)Bu1, Bu2, Bu3: Includes Chipping Wycombe.
1 (1654–1659)
2 (1659–1868)
CC (1885–*)1 (1868–*)

Constituencies mostly in another historic county

ConstituencyTypeFromToMPsNotes
Windsor CC1997*1Be: Includes the Eton and Colnbrook areas.
Windsor and Maidenhead CC198319971Be: Includes the Eton area.

Periods constituencies represented

 1290–12951295–13001300–<1307<1307–15421542–15541554–16251625–16541654–16591659–1832
Amersham  1300–<1307 1625–1654 1659–1832
Aylesbury  1554–*
Buckingham  1542–*
Buckinghamshire 1290–1885
Great Marlow  1300–<1307 1625–1654 1659–1885
Wendover  1300–<1307 1625–1654 1659–1832
Wycombe  1295–*
 1832–18681868–18851885–19181918–19451945–19501950–19741974–19831983–19921992–1997
Aylesbury 1554–*
Beaconsfield  1974–*
Buckingham 1542–*
Buckinghamshire 1290–1885 
South Buckinghamshire  1950–1974 
Chesham and Amersham  1974–*
Eton and Slough  1945–1983 
Great Marlow 1659–1885 
Milton Keynes  1983–1992 
Milton Keynes South West  1992–next
North East Milton Keynes  1992–next
Slough  1983–*
Windsor and Maidenhead  1983–1997
Wycombe 1295–*
 1997–nextnext–*
Aylesbury 1554–*
Beaconsfield 1974–*
Buckingham 1542–*
Chesham and Amersham 1974–*
Milton Keynes North  next–*
Milton Keynes South  next–*
Milton Keynes South West 1992–next 
North East Milton Keynes 1992–next 
Slough 1983–*
Windsor 1997–*
Wycombe 1295–*

Summaries

Summary of constituencies by type and period

Type129012951300<1307154215541625165416591832186818851918194519501974198319921997next
Borough1412363644111222
County11111111111334456666
Total12523474755334567888

Summary of members of parliament by type and period

Type129012951300<1307154215541625165416591832186818851918194519501974198319921997next
Borough282461231285111222
County22222225233334456666
Total241046814814118334567888

See also

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