Buckingham and Bletchley
UK Parliament constituency (since 2024)
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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.
| 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) |
Constituency profile
The Buckingham and Bletchley constituency is located in Buckinghamshire. Bletchley is the constituency's largest town with a population of around 37,000 and forms part of the Milton Keynes urban area. The constituency also includes Buckingham, the traditional county town, and the small market town of Winslow. The constituency is predominantly rural and agricultural, and contains many smaller villages. Most of the constituency is affluent, although there is some deprivation in parts of Bletchley.[4]
Levels of education and professional employment in the constituency are similar to national averages, and household income is high.[5] White people make up 80% of the population with Asians being the largest ethnic minority group at 9%.[6] Bletchley is mostly represented by the Labour 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.[5]
Boundaries
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.[7]
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).[8]
Members of Parliament
Buckingham prior to 2024
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Callum Anderson | Labour | |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| 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
| 2019 notional result[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||