Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency)
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Aylesbury | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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![]() Boundary of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.
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![]() Location of Buckinghamshire within England.
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County | Buckinghamshire |
Population | 108,027 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 79,664 (April 2015)[2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of parliament | David Lidington (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
1553–1885 | |
Number of members | Two |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Aylesbury is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since 1992 by David Lidington, of the Conservative Party.[n 1]
Contents
Boundaries
The constituency is based on the large town of Aylesbury and its suburbs as well as a small swathe of villages broken up by woods and cultivated land in the centre of the Chilterns which cover most of Buckinghamshire and parts of three other counties.
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Buckinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England made several changes to the Aylesbury constituency, which took effect at the 2010 general election. Aylesbury has electoral wards:
- Aston Clinton, Aylesbury Central, Bedgrove, Coldharbour, Elmhurst and Watermead, Gatehouse, Mandeville and Elm Farm, Oakfield, Quarrendon, Southcourt, Walton Court and Hawkslade and Wendover (the latter of which was a borough constituency until abolition as a 'rotten borough' in 1832) in the district of Aylesbury Vale
- Bledlow and Bradenham, Greater Hughenden, Lacey Green, Speen and the Hampdens, and Stokenchurch and Radnage in Wycombe District[3]
History
The seat was a much narrower, generally urban borough with a two-member status at Westminster from its grant of a limited franchise in 1553 until the passing of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 when it transformed into a large county division which has seen on national boundary reviews a gradual reduction in physical size as its population has grown.
- Political history
The Conservative Party has held the seat since 1924, and held it at the 2015 general election with a 50.7% share of the vote.
- Frontbenchers
David Lidington is the UK Government's Minister for Europe since May 2010, having been three years before, his party's Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
- MPs who have received honours
Sir Stanley Reed edited The Times of India from 1907 until 1924 and received correspondence from the major figures of India such as Mahatma Gandhi. In all he lived in India for fifty years. He was respected in the United Kingdom as an expert on Indian current affairs. He devised the sobriquet for Jaipur, 'the Pink City of India'.
Constituency profile
Aylesbury expanded significantly after World War II, in a diverse way with a similar proportion of this recent development being social housing estates as private estates.
Workless claimants who were registered jobseekers were in November 2012 lower than the regional average of 2.4% and national average of 3.8%, at 2.2% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[4]
Whereas the average house price is higher than the national average, in the Aylesbury Vale authority (which largely overlaps) this in the first quarter of 2013 was £262,769, the lowest of the four authorities in Buckinghamshire and this compares to the highest county average of £549,046 in South Bucks District.[5]
Members of Parliament
MPs 1553–1659
- Constituency created (1553)
Year | First member | Second member |
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1554 (Apr) | Thomas Smith | Humphrey Moseley |
1554 (Nov) | William Rice | John Walwyn |
1555 | Anthony Restwold | |
1558 | Names lost | |
1559 | Arthur Porter | Thomas Crawley |
1563 | Thomas Sackville | Thomas Coleshill |
1571 | Thomas Lichfield | Edmund Dockwra |
1572 | George Burden | |
1584 | Thomas Tasburgh | John Smith |
1586 | Thomas Scott | |
1589 | Thomas Pigott | Henry Fleetwood |
1593 | Sir Thomas West | John Lyly |
1597 | Thomas Tasburgh | Thomas Smythe |
1601 | John Lyly | Richard More |
1604 | Sir William Borlase | Sir William Smith |
1614 | Sir John Dormer | Samuel Backhouse |
1621 | Henry Borlase | |
1624 | Sir John Pakington, Bt | Sir Thomas Crewe |
1625 | Sir Robert Carr | |
May 1625 | Sir John Hare | |
1626 | Clement Coke | Arthur Goodwin |
1628 | Sir Edmund Verney | |
April 1640 | Sir John Pakington, Bt | Ralph Verney |
1640 | Thomas Fountaine | |
November 1640 | Sir John Pakington, Bt | |
1645 | Thomas Scot | Simon Mayne |
- Returned one member to the First and Second Protectorate Parliaments
Year | Member |
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1654 | Henry Philips |
1656 | Thomas Scot |
- Returned two members to the Third Protectorate Parliament and thereafter
MPs 1659–1885
MPs since 1885
Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the parliamentary borough of Aylesbury was abolished. The name was transferred to a new, larger, county division of Buckinghamshire, which elected one Member of Parliament (MP).
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Lidington | 28,083 | 50.7 | -1.5 | |
UKIP | Chris Adams | 10,925 | 19.7 | +12.9 | |
Labour | William Cass | 8,391 | 15.1 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Steven Lambert | 5,885 | 10.6 | -17.8 | |
Green | David Lyons | 2,135 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 17,158 | 31.0 | |||
Turnout | 55,419 | 69.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Lidington | 27,736 | 52.2 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Steven Lambert | 15,118 | 28.4 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Kathryn White | 6,695 | 12.6 | -5.9 | |
UKIP | Chris Adams | 3,613 | 6.8 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 12,618 | 23.7 | |||
Turnout | 53,162 | 68.2 | +5.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.1 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Lidington | 25,252 | 49.1 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Jones | 14,187 | 27.6 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Mohammed Khaliel | 9,540 | 18.5 | -4.7 | |
UKIP | Chris Adams | 2,479 | 4.8 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 11,066 | 21.5 | |||
Turnout | 51,458 | 62.4 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Lidington | 23,230 | 47.3 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter M. Jones | 13,221 | 26.9 | -2.6 | |
Labour | Keith M. White | 11,388 | 23.2 | +1.0 | |
UKIP | Justin D. Harper | 1,248 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,009 | 20.4 | |||
Turnout | 49,087 | 61.4 | -11.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Lidington | 25,426 | 44.2 | -13.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sharon Bowles | 17,007 | 29.5 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Robert Langridge | 12,759 | 22.2 | +8.8 | |
Referendum | Marc John | 2,196 | 3.8 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Lawrence R. Sheaff | 166 | 0.3 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 8,419 | 14.6 | |||
Turnout | 57,554 | 72.8 | -6.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Lidington | 36,500 | 57.4 | -0.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sharon Bowles | 17,640 | 27.7 | -0.9 | |
Labour | Roger Priest | 8,517 | 13.4 | -0.5 | |
Green | Nigel A. Foster | 702 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Natural Law | Bruno H.M. D'Arcy | 239 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 18,860 | 29.7 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 63,598 | 80.4 | +5.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Timothy Hugh Francis Raison | 32,970 | 57.5 | ||
Social Democratic | Michael Alexander Soole | 16,412 | 28.6 | ||
Labour | Miss Julie Larner | 7,936 | 13.9 | ||
Majority | 16,558 | 28.89 | |||
Turnout | 74.52 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Timothy Hugh Francis Raison | 30,230 | 58.06 | ||
Social Democratic | Michael Alexander Soole | 15,310 | 29.40 | ||
Labour | M.P. Moran | 6,364 | 12.22 | ||
Independent | T. Chapman | 166 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 14,920 | 28.65 | |||
Turnout | 71.53 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Timothy Hugh Francis Raison | 33,953 | 58.25 | ||
Labour | JG Power | 14,091 | 24.17 | ||
Liberal | MJ Cook | 10,248 | 17.58 | ||
Majority | 19,862 | 34.07 | |||
Turnout | 77.99 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Timothy Hugh Francis Raison | 23,565 | 46.78 | ||
Labour | Reginald Groves | 14,592 | 28.97 | ||
Liberal | MJ Cook | 12,219 | 24.36 | ||
Majority | 8,973 | 17.81 | |||
Turnout | 74.38 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Timothy Hugh Francis Raison | 25,764 | 47.0 | ||
Liberal | MJ Cook | 14,581 | 26.6 | ||
Labour | Reginald Groves | 14,463 | 26.4 | ||
Majority | 11,183 | 20.4 | |||
Turnout | 91.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Timothy Hugh Francis Raison | 31,084 | 53.25 | ||
Labour | James E Mitchell | 20,441 | 35.02 | ||
Liberal | Philip S Kinsey | 6,849 | 11.73 | ||
Majority | 10,643 | 18.23 | |||
Turnout | 58,374 | 75.46 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Gerard Spencer Summers | 23,673 | 44.91 | ||
Labour | Peter Allison | 19,766 | 37.50 | ||
Liberal | Timothy Joyce | 9,272 | 17.59 | ||
Majority | 3,907 | 7.41 | |||
Turnout | 52,711 | 79.90 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Gerard Spencer Summers | 23,856 | 47.12 | ||
Labour | Gordon Douglas Western | 16,467 | 32.53 | ||
Liberal | Timothy Joyce | 10,301 | 20.35 | ||
Majority | 7,389 | 14.60 | |||
Turnout | 50,624 | 80.02 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Gerard Spencer Summers | 22,504 | 51.20 | ||
Labour | Hugh Gray | 14,549 | 30.83 | ||
Liberal | Howard Levett Fry | 7,897 | 17.97 | ||
Majority | 8,955 | 20.38 | |||
Turnout | 43,950 | 81.25 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gerard Spencer Summers | 20,330 | 49.87 | ||
Labour | Anthony Shannon Harman | 14,569 | 35.74 | ||
Liberal | Howard Levett Fry | 5,869 | 14.40 | ||
Majority | 5,761 | 14.13 | |||
Turnout | 40,768 | 81.80 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gerard Spencer Summers | 22,455 | 56.05 | ||
Labour | Anthony Shannon Harman | 17,605 | 43.95 | ||
Majority | 4,850 | 12.11 | |||
Turnout | 83.14 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gerard Spencer Summers | 17,623 | 44.69 | ||
Labour | Anthony Shannon Harman | 14,262 | 36.17 | ||
Liberal | George Guthrie Moir | 7,547 | 19.14 | ||
Majority | 3,361 | 8.52 | |||
Turnout | 83.43 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Herbert Stanley Reed | 24,537 | 47.85 | ||
Labour | Reginald Groves | 16,445 | 32.07 | ||
Liberal | Maj. Guy Naylor | 10,302 | 20.09 | ||
Majority | 8,092 | 15.78 | |||
Turnout | 69.55 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1939/40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; *Conservative: Stanley Reed
- Liberal: Atholl Robertson
- Labour: Reginald Groves
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Herbert Stanley Reed | 21,695 | 54.1 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Atholl Robertson | 10,751 | 26.8 | ||
Labour | Reginald Groves | 7,666 | 19.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 63.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Wentworth Beaumont | 24,728 | 57.42 | ||
Liberal | Margaret Wintringham | 13,622 | 31.63 | ||
Labour | E W Shearer | 4,716 | 10.95 | ||
Majority | 11,106 | 25.79 | |||
Turnout | 70.24 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Wentworth Beaumont | 29,368 | 68.34 | ||
Liberal | Cyril Berkeley Dallow | 8,927 | 20.77 | ||
Labour | Miss Dorothy Woodman | 4,677 | 10.88 | ||
Majority | 20,441 | 47.57 | |||
Turnout | 75.61 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Michael Wentworth Beaumont | 20,478 | 48.1 | -7.9 | |
Liberal | Thomas Keens | 17,594 | 41.3 | +5.5 | |
Labour | F G Temple | 4,509 | 10.6 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 2,884 | 6.8 | -13.4 | ||
Turnout | 78.7 | -3.3 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Sir Alan Hughes Burgoyne | 18,132 | 56.0 | +8.4 | |
Liberal | Thomas Keens | 11,574 | 35.8 | -12.1 | |
Labour | Frederick Charles Watkins | 2,655 | 8.2 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 6,558 | 20.2 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 82.0 | +7.3 | |||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Thomas Keens | 13,575 | 47.9 | +1.0 | |
Unionist | Sir Alan Hughes Burgoyne | 13,504 | 47.6 | -3.5 | |
Labour | Frederick Charles Watkins | 1,275 | 4.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 71 | 0.3 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 74.7 | +3.3 | |||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Lionel Nathan de Rothschild | 13,406 | 51.1 | n/a | |
Liberal | Thomas Keens | 12,835 | 48.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 571 | 2.2 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 71.4 | n/a | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | unopposed | n/a | n/a | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
- endorsed by the Coalition Government
See also
Notes and references
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- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press, revised edition 1977)
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- ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ↑ BBC News - latest house price averages Retrieved 2013-07-17
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 3)[self-published source][better source needed]
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