Buckingham and Bletchley
| Buckingham and Bletchley | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
 Boundary of Buckingham and Bletchley in South East England | |
| County | Buckinghamshire |
| Electorate | 73,644 (2023)[1] |
| Major settlements | Bletchley, Buckingham, Tingewick, Winslow, Fenny Stratford |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Callum Anderson (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Buckingham & Milton Keynes South (part) |
Buckingham and Bletchley is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] Created as a result of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election.[3] Since that election, it has been represented by Callum Anderson of the Labour Party.
Constituency profile
[edit]The Buckingham and Bletchley constituency is located in Buckinghamshire. Bletchley is the constituency's largest settlement with a population of around 40,000 and forms part of the Milton Keynes urban area.[4] The constituency also includes Buckingham, the traditional county town, and the small market town of Winslow. The rest of the constituency is predominantly rural and agricultural, and contains many smaller villages. Most of the constituency is affluent, although there is some nationally significant deprivation in parts of Bletchley.[5]
Levels of education and professional employment in the constituency are similar to national averages, and household income is high.[6] White people make up 80% of the population with Asians being the largest ethnic minority group at 9%.[7] Since the 2026 local elections, Bletchley is mostly represented by the Reform UK party at the local council level, whilst the rest of the constituency is predominantly represented by Conservatives. An estimated 53% of voters in Buckingham and Bletchley supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum, a similar proportion to the country as a whole.[6]
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency is composed of the following:
- The District of Buckinghamshire wards of: Buckingham; Grendon Underwood (part); Horwood; Newton Longville; Quainton (part); Winslow.
- The City of Milton Keynes wards of: Bletchley East; Bletchley Park; Bletchley West; Tattenhoe.[8]
The constituency comprises the following areas:
- The town of Buckingham and surrounding rural areas (Great Brickhill and Winslow wards), transferred from the constituency of Buckingham (abolished, with remaining areas included in the new seat of Mid Buckinghamshire, or transferred to Aylesbury)
- The City of Milton Keynes communities of Bletchley, Fenny Stratford and Tattenhoe, transferred from the abolished constituency of Milton Keynes South (most of which became Milton Keynes Central).[9]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Buckingham prior to 2024
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Callum Anderson | Labour | |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Callum Anderson | 17,602 | 36.9 | +9.2 | |
| Conservative | Iain Stewart | 15,181 | 31.9 | −21.2 | |
| Reform | Jordan Cattell | 7,468 | 15.7 | +14.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Dominic Dyer | 4,300 | 9.0 | −6.4 | |
| Green | Amanda Onwuemene | 2,590 | 5.4 | +4.2 | |
| Independent | Ray Brady | 500 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,421 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 47,847 | 63.9 | –7.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 74,832 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +15.2 | |||
Iain Stewart was standing for re-election to the House of Commons, having been the incumbent MP for Milton Keynes South, one of the predecessor constituencies of Buckingham and Bletchley.
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]| 2019 notional result[11] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 27,912 | 53.1 | |
| Labour | 14,567 | 27.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 8,118 | 15.4 | |
| Others | 875 | 1.7 | |
| Green | 629 | 1.2 | |
| Brexit Party | 508 | 1.0 | |
| Turnout | 52,609 | 71.4 | |
| Electorate | 73,644 | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ↑ Ryder, Liam (2022-11-23). "Maps show huge changes proposed to Bucks' boundaries". Buckinghamshire Live. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
- ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South East | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ↑ "2021 Rural Urban Classification". Office for National Statistics. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 20 December 2025. Table 4A in the Supplementary Tables
- ↑ "Constituency data: Deprivation in England". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
- 1 2 "Seat Details - Buckingham and Bletchley". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
- ↑ "2021 census results: Ethnic groups in your constituency". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
- ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
- ↑ "New Seat Details – Buckingham and Bletchley". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
- ↑ "UK Parliamentary General Election on 4 July 2024". Milton Keynes Council. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Buckingham and Bletchley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
