Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency)

Buckingham (/ˈbʌkɪŋəm/) was a constituency^{[n 1]} that was last represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Greg Smith, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Buckingham
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Buckingham in Buckinghamshire
Location of Buckinghamshire within England
County	Buckinghamshire
Population	97,184 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	79,515 (2018)[2]
Major settlements	Buckingham Princes Risborough Winslow
1885–2024
Seats	One
1542–1885
Seats	Two until 1868, then one until 1885
Type of constituency	Borough constituency

The seat was abolished for the 2024 general election and largely replaced by the new constituencies Buckingham and Bletchley and Mid Buckinghamshire, with some areas transferred to Aylesbury.^[3]

History

After its creation in 1542, the Parliamentary Borough of Buckingham sent two MPs to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and finally to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801, reduced to one MP from 1868 by the Representation of the People Act 1867. The Borough was abolished altogether by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and it was transformed into a large county division, formally named the North or Buckingham Division of Buckinghamshire. It was one of three divisions formed from the undivided three-member Parliamentary County of Buckinghamshire, the other two being the Mid or Aylesbury Division and the Southern or Wycombe Division.

In the twentieth century, the constituency was held by the Conservative Party for most of the time. However, Aidan Crawley, a Labour Party MP, served Buckingham from 1945 until 1951, and from 1964 until 1970, its Labour MP was the controversial publisher Robert Maxwell.

Before the periodic review effected in 1983, the new town of Milton Keynes, including its older parts such as Bletchley and Fenny Stratford,^{[n 3]} was in the constituency. The 1983 review followed the previous national review in 1974 and recognised the large increase in voters in the constituency. The sitting Buckingham MP, William Benyon, stood for the newly created Milton Keynes constituency, where he was elected. The residual seat was won in 1983 by Conservative George Walden. Walden retired in 1997, and John Bercow won the following general elections in 2001, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2017. At the 2005 general election, this constituency had the Conservatives' highest numerical majority, although a higher share of the vote was achieved in Kensington and Chelsea in London, the constituency of Malcolm Rifkind, and Richmond in North Yorkshire, the constituency of William Hague.

In 2009, Bercow was elected as Speaker of the House of Commons following the resignation of Michael Martin. There is an inconsistently followed convention, which is mostly kept by the major parties, not to oppose a Speaker at election. Nonetheless, UKIP's leader, Nigel Farage, stood against Bercow in the 2010 election but finished third behind the Buckinghamshire Campaign for Democracy founder, who previously founded the Pro-Euro Conservative Party.^[4]

In both the 2015 and 2017 general elections, Bercow was challenged by only UKIP and the Green Party, with the addition of the independent candidate Scott Raven in the latter election. In September 2019 the Conservative Party announced their intention to stand a candidate against Bercow in the next election, breaking the convention of major parties not opposing a Speaker, seemingly in response to Bercow's opposition to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's handling of Brexit. However, Bercow announced in September 2019 that he would stand down as Speaker on either October 31 or at the next election, whichever occurred first.^[5]

Boundaries and boundary changes

1885–1918

• The Municipal Borough of Buckingham;
• The Sessional Divisions of Ashendon, Buckingham, Newport, and Stony Stratford; and
• Part of the Sessional Division of Winslow.^[6]

1918–1950

• The Municipal Borough of Buckingham;
• The Urban Districts of Bletchley, Linslade, and Newport Pagnell;
• The Rural Districts of Buckingham, Newport Pagnell, Stratford and Wolverton, Wing, and Winslow; and
• Parts of the Rural Districts of Aylesbury and Long Crendon.^[7]

Gained Linslade and the Rural District of Wing from Aylesbury.

1950–1974

• The Municipal Borough of Buckingham;
• The Urban Districts of Bletchley, Linslade, Newport Pagnell, and Wolverton; and
• The Rural Districts of Buckingham, Newport Pagnell, Wing, and Winslow.^[7]

The Urban District of Wolverton had succeeded the Rural District of Stratford and Wolverton. The parts of the Rural District of Aylesbury and the (former) Rural District of Long Crendon were transferred to Aylesbury.

1974–1983

• The Municipal Borough of Buckingham;
• The Urban Districts of Bletchley, Newport Pagnell, and Wolverton; and
• The Rural Districts of Buckingham, Newport Pagnell, Wing, and Winslow.^[7]

Lost Linslade to South Bedfordshire; the Urban District of Linslade had been merged with that of Leighton Buzzard to form the Urban District of Leighton-Linslade, which was included in the Administrative County of Bedfordshire.

1983–1992

• The District of Aylesbury Vale wards of Bierton, Brill, Buckingham North, Buckingham South, Cheddington, Eddlesborough, Great Brickhill, Great Horwood, Grendon Underwood, Haddenham, Hogshaw, Long Crendon, Luffield Abbey, Marsh Gibbon, Newton Longville, Oakley, Pitstone, Quainton, Steeple Claydon, Stewkley, Stone, Tingewick, Waddesdon, Wing, Wingrave, and Winslow; and
• The Borough of Milton Keynes wards of Stony Stratford, Wolverton, and Wolverton Stacey Bushes.^[8]

Rural areas to the north and west of the town of Aylesbury transferred from the constituency thereof.  The area comprising the new District of Milton Keynes, except for Stony Stratford and Wolverton, formed the new constituency of Milton Keynes.

1992–1997

For the 1992 general election, outside the normal cycle of periodic reviews by the Boundaries Commission, the Milton Keynes constituency was split in two, with Stony Stratford and Wolverton being included in the new Borough Constituency of Milton Keynes South West.^[9] No further changes.

1997–2010

The District of Aylesbury Vale wards of Aston Clinton, Bierton, Brill, Buckingham North, Buckingham South, Cheddington, Eddlesborough, Great Brickhill, Great Horwood, Grendon Underwood, Haddenham, Hogshaw, Long Crendon, Luffield Abbey, Marsh Gibbon, Newton Longville, Oakley, Pitstone, Quainton, Steeple Claydon, Stewkley, Stone, Tingewick, Waddesdon, Wing, Wingrave, and Winslow.^[10]

The Aston Clinton ward was transferred from Aylesbury.

2010–2024

Map of boundaries 2010-2024

• The District of Aylesbury Vale wards of Buckingham North, Buckingham South, Eddlesborough, Gatehouse, Great Brickhill & Newton Longville, Great Horwood, Grendon Underwood & Brill, Haddenham & Stone, Long Crendon, Luffield Abbey, Marsh Gibbon, Oakfield & Bierton, Oakley, Pitstone & Cheddington, Quainton, Steeple Claydon, Stewkley, Tingewick, Waddesdon, Watermead, Weedon, Wing, Wingrave, and Winslow; and
• The District of Wycombe wards of Icknield and The Risboroughs.^[11]

The District of Wycombe wards, including Princes Risborough, were transferred from Aylesbury, offset by the return of Aston Clinton.

In April 2020, the Districts of Aylesbury Vale and Wycombe, as well as those of South Bucks and Chiltern were merged into the new unitary authority of Buckinghamshire Council. Accordingly, the current contents of the constituency are:

• The Buckinghamshire Council wards of Aston Clinton and Bierton (part), Bernwood, Buckingham East, Buckingham West, Great Brickhill, Grendon Underwood, Ivinghoe, Ridgeway East (part), Stone and Waddesdon (part), The Risboroughs, Wing (part), and Winslow.

The constituency covered a large part of central Buckinghamshire, covering much of the Aylesbury Vale including the town of Buckingham, and some areas south of it, including Chequers, the official country residence of the Prime Minister since 1921.^[12][13] To the north, the remaining part of ceremonial Buckinghamshire forms two Borough of Milton Keynes constituencies (Milton Keynes South and Milton Keynes North).

Abolition

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was be abolished for the 2024 general election, with its contents distributed three ways:^[3]

• Buckingham, Winslow, Great Brickhill and surrounding rural areas form part of the newly created constituency of Buckingham and Bletchley, with the Bletchley area of the City of Milton Keynes
• Western areas, extending southwards to Haddenham and Princes Risborough, form part of the new constituency of Mid Buckinghamshire.
• Wing and Ivinghoe wards were transferred to Aylesbury.

Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1542)

MPs to 1660

Year	First member	Second member
1529	John Hasilwood	Edward Lloyd[14]
1536	Thomas Pope	George Gifford[14]
1539	TBA	TBA
1542	TBA	TBA
1545	John Josselyn	Ralph Gifford[14]
1547	Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon	John Josselyn[14]
1553 (Mar)	Edward Chamberlain	Francis Verney[14]
1553 (Oct)	William Walter	Edward Gifford[14]
1554 (Apr)	Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon	George Fettiplace[14]
1554 (Nov)
1555		Hugh Mynors[14]
1558	Bernard Brocas[15]	John Higford[14]
1558–59	Robert Drury	William Riseley[16]
1562–63	Robert Newdigate I	Paul Wentworth[16]
1571		Thomas Wenman[16]
1572	Henry Carey	Lawrence Holinshed[16]
1584	Michael Harcourt	John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon[16]
1586	John Fortescue	Christopher Edmonds[16]
1588–89	John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon	Francis Fortescue[16]
1593
1597	Sir Edward [or Edmund] Carey
1601	Christopher Hatton	Robert Newdigate II[16]
1604	Sir Thomas Denton	Sir Edward Tyrrell (1604–1606)
		Sir Francis Goodwin (1606–1614)
1614		Sir Ralph Winwood
1621–22		Richard Oliver
1624	Sir Edmund Verney
1625	Sir Alexander Denton
1626		Sir John Smythe
1628–29	Sir Thomas Denton	Richard Oliver

Year	First member	Second member
Apr 1640	Sir Peter Temple	Sir Alexander Denton
Nov 1640
1645		John Dormer
1653	Buckingham not Represented in Barebones Parliament
1654	Francis Ingoldsby	(one seat only)
1656
1659		Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet

MPs 1660–1868

Year	First member[17][18]	First party		Second member[17][18]	Second party
1660	John Dormer			Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet
1661	Sir William Smyth, 1st Baronet
February 1679	Viscount Latimer			Sir Peter Tyrrell, 1st Baronet
August 1679				Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Bt.
1681	Sir Ralph Verney, 1st Bt.
1690	Alexander Denton
1697				Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt.		Whig
1698	Edmund Denton
1702				Roger Price
May 1705				Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt.		Whig
December 1705				Browne Willis
1708	Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt.		Whig	Alexander Denton
1710				Thomas Chapman
1713	John Radcliffe
1715	Alexander Denton			Abraham Stanyan
1718				Edmund Halsey
March 1722				Richard Grenville
October 1722	William Heathcote
March 1727				John Fane
August 1727	Thomas Lewis
1728	George Chamberlayne
1734				Richard Grenville
1741				George Grenville		Whig
1747	Richard Grenville
1753	Temple West
1754	James Grenville
1768	Henry Grenville
1770				James Grenville		Tory[19]
1774	Richard Grenville
1780	Richard Aldworth-Neville
1782	William Grenville		Tory[19]
1784	Charles Edmund Nugent		Tory[19]
June 1790	George Nugent		Tory[19]
December 1790				The Lord Bridport		Tory[19]
1796				Thomas Grenville		Tory[19]
1802	Lord Proby		Tory[19]
1805	Lord Proby		Tory[19]
August 1806	Earl Percy		Tory[19]
November 1806	Sir William Young, 2nd Bt.		Tory[19]
March 1807	Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Bt.
May 1807	Hon. Richard Griffin		Tory[19]
1810				Lord George Grenville		Tory[19]
1812	Viscount Ebrington		Tory[19]	William Fremantle		Tory[19]
1817	James Hamilton Stanhope		Tory[19]
1818	Sir George Nugent, 1st Bt.		Tory[19]
1827				Sir Thomas Fremantle, 1st Bt.		Tory[19]
1832	Sir Harry Verney		Whig[20][21][22][19]
1834						Conservative[19]
1841	Sir John Chetwode, 4th Bt.		Conservative[19]
January 1846	John Hall		Conservative
February 1846				Marquess of Chandos		Conservative
1857				Sir Harry Verney		Whig[20][21][22]
1859	John Hubbard		Conservative			Liberal
1868	Representation reduced to one member

MPs since 1868

Election		Member[18][23]	Party
	1868	Sir Harry Verney	Liberal
	1874	Egerton Hubbard	Conservative
	1880	Sir Harry Verney	Liberal
	1885	Edmund Verney	Liberal
	1886	Egerton Hubbard	Conservative
	1889 by-election	Edmund Verney (expelled)	Liberal
	1891 by-election	Herbert Leon	Liberal
	1895	William Carlile	Conservative
	1906	Frederick Verney	Liberal
	1910	Sir Harry Verney	Liberal
	1918	George Bowyer	Conservative
	1937 by-election	John Whiteley	Conservative
	1943 by-election	Lionel Berry	Conservative
	1945	Aidan Crawley[n 4]	Labour
	1951	Frank Markham[n 5]	Conservative
	1964	Robert Maxwell	Labour
	1970	William Benyon	Conservative
	1983	George Walden	Conservative
	1997	John Bercow	Conservative
	2009		Speaker
	2019	Greg Smith	Conservative

Elections

2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – 1850s – 1840s – 1830s

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Buckingham^[24][25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Greg Smith	37,035	58.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Dorrell	16,624	26.2	New
	Labour	David Morgan	7,638	12.0	New
	Brexit Party	Andrew Bell	1,286	2.0	New
	Independent	Ned Thompson	681	1.1	New
	English Democrat	Antonio Vitiello	194	0.3	New
Majority			20,411	32.2	N/A
Turnout			63,458	76.3	+10.1
	Conservative gain from Speaker		Swing

General election 2017: Buckingham^[26][27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Speaker	John Bercow[n 6]	34,299	65.1	+0.6
	Green	Michael John Sheppard	8,574	16.3	+2.6
	Independent	Scott Darren Raven	5,638	10.7	New
	UKIP	Brian James Mapletoft	4,168	7.9	–13.8
Majority			25,725	48.8	+6.0
Turnout			52,679	66.2	–3.1
	Speaker hold		Swing

General election 2015: Buckingham^[28][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Speaker	John Bercow[n 6]	34,617	64.5	+17.2
	UKIP	Dave Fowler	11,675	21.7	+4.3
	Green	Alan Francis	7,400	13.7	New
Majority			22,942	42.8	+16.9
Turnout			53,692	69.3	+4.8
	Speaker hold		Swing	+6.4

General election 2010: Buckingham^[30][31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Speaker	John Bercow[n 6]	22,860	47.3	−10.1
	Buckinghamshire Campaign for Democracy	John Stevens	10,331	21.4	New
	UKIP	Nigel Farage	8,410	17.4	+14.4
	Independent	Patrick Phillips	2,394	5.0	New
	Independent	Debbie Martin	1,270	2.6	New
	BNP	Lynne Mozar	980	2.0	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Colin Dale	856	1.8	New
	Independent	Geoff Howard	435	0.9	New
	Christian	David Hews	369	0.8	New
	Independent	Anthony Watts	332	0.7	New
	Cut The Deficit	Simon Strutt	107	0.2	New
Majority			12,529	25.9	−11.6
Turnout			48,344	64.5	−3.8
	Speaker hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Buckingham^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bercow	27,748	57.4	+3.8
	Labour	David Greene	9,619	19.9	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Croydon	9,508	19.7	−0.3
	UKIP	David Williams	1,432	3.0	+0.9
Majority			18,129	37.5	+8.1
Turnout			48,307	68.7	−0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.0

General election 2001: Buckingham^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bercow	24,296	53.6	+3.8
	Labour	Mark Seddon	10,971	24.2	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Isobel Wilson	9,037	20.0	−4.6
	UKIP	Christopher Silcock	968	2.1	New
Majority			13,325	29.4	+4.3
Turnout			45,272	69.4	−9.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.2

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Buckingham^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bercow	24,594	49.8	−12.7
	Labour	Robert C. Lehmann	12,208	24.7	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Stuart	12,175	24.6	+4.0
	Natural Law	Geoffrey Clements	421	0.9	+0.2
Majority			12,386	25.1	−16.8
Turnout			49,398	78.5
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

General election 1992: Buckingham^[35][36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Walden	29,496	62.5	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tudor Jones	9,705	20.6	−4.3
	Labour	Keith M. White	7,662	16.2	−0.3
	Natural Law	Lawrence R. Sheaff	353	0.7	New
Majority			19,791	41.9	+8.2
Turnout			47,216	84.2	+5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.1

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Buckingham^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Walden	32,162	58.6	+1.7
	Liberal	Charles Burke	13,636	24.9	−3.2
	Labour	Martyn Groucutt	9,053	16.5	+1.5
Majority			18,526	33.7	+4.9
Turnout			54,851	78.3	+1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.5

General election 1983: Buckingham^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Walden	27,522	56.9
	Liberal	Richard Ryder	13,584	28.1
	Labour	Martyn Groucutt	7,272	15.0
Majority			13,938	28.8
Turnout			48,378	77.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Buckingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Benyon	41,719	51.3	+9.1
	Labour	J.S. Fryer	27,752	34.1	−3.5
	Liberal	S.B. Crooks	11,045	13.6	−6.6
	National Front	M. Smith	803	1.0	New
Majority			13,967	17.2	+12.6
Turnout			81,319	78.6	−1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.3

General election October 1974: Buckingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Benyon	26,597	42.2	+1.5
	Labour	Robert Maxwell	23,679	37.6	+1.6
	Liberal	S.B. Crooks	12,707	20.2	−3.1
Majority			2,918	4.6	−0.1
Turnout			62,983	79.7	−5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.1

General election February 1974: Buckingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Benyon	27,179	40.7	−6.8
	Labour	Robert Maxwell	24,056	36.0	−7.2
	Liberal	C. Crooks	15,519	23.3	+14.0
Majority			3,123	4.7	+0.4
Turnout			66,754	85.3	+3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.2

General election 1970: Buckingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Benyon	28,088	47.5	+4.3
	Labour	Robert Maxwell	25,567	43.2	−4.3
	Liberal	John Martin Cornwall	5,475	9.3	−0.1
Majority			2,521	4.3	N/A
Turnout			59,130	81.8	−4.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+4.3

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Buckingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Maxwell	24,854	47.5	+1.6
	Conservative	Elaine Kellett-Bowman	22,600	43.2	+0.2
	Liberal	John M Cornwall	4,914	9.4	−1.7
Majority			2,254	4.3	+1.4
Turnout			52,368	85.8	−0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.7

General election 1964: Buckingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Maxwell	23,085	45.9	+2.6
	Conservative	Elaine Kellett-Bowman	21,604	43.0	−4.0
	Liberal	Jack Raphael Wallis	5,578	11.1	+1.4
Majority			1,181	2.9	N/A
Turnout			50,267	86.5	+0.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.3

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Buckingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Markham	22,304	47.0	−4.3
	Labour	Robert Maxwell	20,558	43.3	−5.4
	Liberal	Evan Laurence Frederick Richards	4,577	9.7	New
Majority			1,746	3.7	+1.1
Turnout			47,439	86.4	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.6

General election 1955: Buckingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Markham	23,250	51.3	+1.2
	Labour	David Gordon Evans	22,110	48.7	−1.2
Majority			1,140	2.6	+2.4
Turnout			45,360	85.1	−1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.2

General election 1951: Buckingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Markham	22,688	50.1	+6.7
	Labour	Aidan Crawley	22,634	49.9	+2.8
Majority			54	0.2	N/A
Turnout			45,322	86.6	+0.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+2.0

General election 1950: Buckingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aidan Crawley	20,782	47.1	−7.6
	Conservative	Frank Markham	19,128	43.4	−1.9
	Liberal	John Denis Gilbert Kellock	4,196	9.5	New
Majority			1,654	3.7	−5.7
Turnout			44,106	86.2	+13.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.9

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Buckingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aidan Crawley	22,302	54.7	+12.7
	Conservative	Lionel Berry	18,457	45.3	−12.7
Majority			3,845	9.4	N/A
Turnout			40,759	71.8	−3.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.7

1943 Buckingham by-election^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lionel Berry	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Buckingham by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Whiteley	17,919	52.6	−5.4
	Labour	James Viner Delahaye	12,820	37.6	−4.4
	Liberal	E.J. Boyce	3,348	9.8	New
Majority			5,099	15.0	−1.0
Turnout			34,087	71.4	−3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1935: Buckingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Bowyer	20,616	58.0	−9.0
	Labour	Joseph Sparks	14,928	42.0	+9.0
Majority			5,688	16.0	−17.9
Turnout			35,544	75.13	−2.60
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1931: Buckingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Bowyer	23,783	66.96
	Labour	James Lievsley George	11,736	33.04
Majority			12,047	33.92
Turnout			35,519	77.73
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Buckingham ^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George Bowyer	16,375	45.8	−6.0
	Labour	James Lievsley George	11,718	32.7	+2.1
	Liberal	Norman Crump	7,713	21.5	+3.9
Majority			4,657	13.1	−8.1
Turnout			35,806	79.6	+1.5
Registered electors			44,974
	Unionist hold		Swing	−4.1

General election 1924: Buckingham ^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George Bowyer	15,129	51.8	−1.2
	Labour	E. J. Pay	8,939	30.6	−16.4
	Liberal	Richard Kingsley Johnson	5,144	17.6	New
Majority			6,190	21.2	+15.2
Turnout			29,212	78.1	+9.7
Registered electors			37,394
	Unionist hold		Swing	+7.6

General election 1923: Buckingham ^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George Bowyer	13,351	53.0	+3.6
	Labour	E. J. Pay	11,824	47.0	+20.7
Majority			1,527	6.0	−17.1
Turnout			25,175	68.4	−8.5
Registered electors			36,785
	Unionist hold		Swing	−8.6

General election 1922: Buckingham ^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George Bowyer	13,751	49.4	−4.3
	Labour	Owen Connellan	7,343	26.3	−6.0
	Liberal	Charles Hobhouse	6,789	24.3	+10.3
Majority			6,408	23.1	+1.7
Turnout			27,883	76.9	+13.3
Registered electors			36,262
	Unionist hold		Swing	+0.9

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Buckingham ^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	George Bowyer	12,441	53.7	+5.1
	Labour	John Scurr	7,481	32.3	New
	Liberal	Harry Verney	3,250	14.0	−37.4
Majority			4,960	21.4	N/A
Turnout			23,172	63.6	−26.1
Registered electors			36,434
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Verney

General election December 1910: Buckingham^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Verney	6,029	51.4	+0.9
	Liberal Unionist	Francis Tyringham Higgins Bernard	5,702	48.6	−0.9
Majority			327	2.8	+1.8
Turnout			11,731	89.7	−2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.9

General election January 1910: Buckingham^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Verney	6,055	50.5	−6.7
	Conservative	Thomas Fremantle	5,944	49.5	+6.7
Majority			111	1.0	−13.4
Turnout			11,999	91.7	+3.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.7

Elections in the 1900s

Frederick Verney

General election 1906: Buckingham^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Verney	6,253	57.2	+9.3
	Conservative	Thomas Fremantle	4,673	42.8	−9.3
Majority			1,580	14.4	N/A
Turnout			10,926	88.6	+4.9
Registered electors			12,334
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.3

General election 1900: Buckingham^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Carlile	5,101	52.1	−0.1
	Liberal	Hubert Beaumont	4,684	47.9	+0.1
Majority			417	4.2	−0.2
Turnout			9,785	83.7	−4.9
Registered electors			11,685
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.1

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Buckingham^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Carlile	5,266	52.2	+4.5
	Liberal	Herbert Leon	4,830	47.8	−4.5
Majority			436	4.4	N/A
Turnout			10,096	88.6	+3.0
Registered electors			11,395
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.5

General election 1892: Buckingham^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herbert Leon	5,153	52.3	+3.7
	Conservative	William Carlile	4,704	47.7	−3.7
Majority			449	4.6	N/A
Turnout			9,857	85.6	+7.3
Registered electors			11,518
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.4

Leon

1891 Buckingham by-election^[43][42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herbert Leon	5,013	52.0	+2.4
	Conservative	Evelyn Hubbard	4,632	48.0	−2.4
Majority			381	4.0	N/A
Turnout			9,645	84.6	+6.3
Registered electors			11,407
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.4

Elections in the 1880s

By-election, 11 Oct 1889: Buckingham ^[43][44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edmund Verney	4,855	51.1	+1.5
	Conservative	Evelyn Hubbard	4,647	48.9	−1.5
Majority			208	2.2	N/A
Turnout			9,502	75.6	−2.7
Registered electors			12,565
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.5

• Caused by Hubbard's elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Addington.

General election 1886: Buckingham ^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Egerton Hubbard	4,460	50.4	+8.1
	Liberal	Edmund Verney	4,389	49.6	−8.1
Majority			71	0.8	N/A
Turnout			8,849	78.3	−5.4
Registered electors			11,307
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.1

General election 1885: Buckingham ^[44][45][46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edmund Verney	5,462	57.7	+7.3
	Conservative	Samuel Wilson	4,006	42.3	−7.3
Majority			1,456	15.4	+14.6
Turnout			9,468	83.7	−7.5
Registered electors			11,307
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.3

General election 1880: Buckingham ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Verney	528	50.4	+10.5
	Conservative	Egerton Hubbard	520	49.6	−10.5
Majority			8	0.8	N/A
Turnout			1,048	91.2	+3.5
Registered electors			1,149
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.5

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Buckingham ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Egerton Hubbard	589	60.1	+17.9
	Liberal	Harry Verney	391	39.9	−17.9
Majority			198	20.2	N/A
Turnout			980	87.7	+3.2
Registered electors			1,118
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+17.9

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Buckingham ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Verney	463	57.8	N/A
	Conservative	John Hubbard	338	42.2	N/A
Majority			125	15.6	N/A
Turnout			801	84.5	N/A
Registered electors			948
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1865: Buckingham ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Verney	Unopposed
	Conservative	John Hubbard	Unopposed
Registered electors			948
	Liberal hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Buckingham ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Verney	198	36.6	−21.8
	Conservative	John Hubbard	196	36.2	+9.2
	Conservative	George Barrington[48]	147	27.2	+12.6
Majority			2	0.4	−7.1
Turnout			271 (est)	74.3 (est)	−4.8
Registered electors			364
	Liberal hold		Swing	−21.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.1

General election 1857: Buckingham ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Harry Verney	193	34.5	New
	Conservative	John Hall	151	27.0	N/A
	Whig	Richard Cavendish[49]	134	23.9	New
	Conservative	Philip Box[50]	82	14.6	N/A
Turnout			280 (est)	79.1 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			354
Majority			42	7.5	N/A
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A
Majority			17	3.1	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1852: Buckingham ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hall	Unopposed
	Conservative	Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville	Unopposed
Registered electors			349
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

By-election, 5 March 1852: Buckingham ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

• Caused by Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville's appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: Buckingham ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hall	Unopposed
	Conservative	Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville	Unopposed
Registered electors			388
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

By-election, 11 February 1846: Buckingham ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

• Caused by Fremantle's resignation by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds

By-election, 20 January 1846: Buckingham ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hall	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

• Caused by Chetwode's death.

By-election, 10 February 1845: Buckingham ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Fremantle	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

• Caused by Fremantle's appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

By-election, 25 May 1844: Buckingham ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Fremantle	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

• Caused by Fremantle's appointment as Secretary at War

General election 1841: Buckingham ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Fremantle	Unopposed
	Conservative	John Chetwode	Unopposed
Registered electors			396
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Whig

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Buckingham ^[47][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Fremantle	236	44.4	N/A
	Whig	Harry Verney	157	29.6	N/A
	Conservative	John Chetwode	138	26.0	N/A
Turnout			299	87.7	N/A
Registered electors			341
Majority			79	14.8	N/A
	Conservative hold
Majority			19	3.6	N/A
	Whig hold

General election 1835: Buckingham ^[47][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Fremantle	Unopposed
	Whig	Harry Verney	Unopposed
Registered electors			351
	Conservative hold

General election 1832: Buckingham ^[47][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Harry Verney	175	37.3	New
	Tory	Thomas Fremantle	156	33.3	N/A
	Whig	George Morgan	138	29.4	New
Turnout			270	90.0	N/A
Registered electors			300
Majority			19	4.0	N/A
	Whig gain from Tory
Majority			18	3.9	N/A
	Tory hold

General election 1831: Buckingham^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Thomas Fremantle	Unopposed
	Tory	George Nugent	Unopposed
	Tory hold

General election 1830: Buckingham^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Thomas Fremantle	Unopposed
	Tory	George Nugent	Unopposed
	Tory hold

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire

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. The development of Milton Keynes commenced in 1967.
4. Aidan Crawley later served as a Conservative MP
5. Frank Markham formerly served as a Labour MP
6. John Bercow stood as 'The Speaker seeking re-election'.

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External links

• nomis Constituency Profile for Buckingham — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
• Buckingham UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• Buckingham UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK

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