Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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Coordinates: 51°48′58″N 0°49′01″W / 51.816°N 0.817°W / 51.816; -0.817

Aylesbury
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.
Outline map
Location of Buckinghamshire within England.
County Buckinghamshire
Electorate 78,750 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1885 (1885)
Member of Parliament David Lidington (Conservative)
Number of members One
1553 (1553)–1885 (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. The Conservative Party has held the seat since 1924, and held it at the 2010 general election with a 52.2% share of the vote.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is based around the town of Aylesbury and the surrounding countryside in Buckinghamshire.

[edit] 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. The electoral wards included in the revised constituency are:

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1553–1659

  • Constituency created (1553)
Year First member Second member
1554 (Apr) Thomas Smith Humphrey Moseley
1554 (Nov) William Ryse John Walwyn
1555 Anthony Restwold
1558 Names lost
1559 Arthur Porter Thomas Crawley
1563 Thomas Sackville Thomas Coleshill
1571 Thomas Lichfield Edward 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 Moore
1604 Sir William Borlase Sir William Smythe
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
Year Member
1654 Henry Philips
1656 Thomas Scot

[edit] MPs 1659–1885

Year First member[2] First party Second member[2] Second party
1659 Sir James Whitelocke Thomas Tyrrill
1660 Sir Thomas Lee, 1st Bt. Sir Richard Ingoldsby
1685 Sir William Egerton Richard Anderson
1689 Sir Thomas Lee, 2nd Bt. Richard Beke
1690 Sir Thomas Lee, 1st Bt
1691 Simon Mayne
1695 James Herbert
1699 Robert Dormer
1701 Sir Thomas Lee, 2nd Bt.
July 1702 Sir John Pakington, 4th Bt. Tory
December 1702 Simon Harcourt
1704 Sir Henry Parker, 2nd Bt.
1705 Sir John Wittewrong, 3rd Bt. Simon Mayne
1710 Simon Harcourt John Essington
January 1715 Nathaniel Meade John Deacle
April 1715 Trevor Hill
1722 Richard Abell Whig John Guise
1727 Sir William Stanhope Philip Lloyd
1728 by-election Edward Rudge
1730 by-election Thomas Ingoldsby
1734 George Champion Christopher Tower
1741 Charles Pilsworth Viscount Petersham
1747 The Earl of Inchiquin Whig Edward Willes
1754 Thomas Potter John Willes
1757 John Wilkes
1761 Welbore Ellis
1764 by-election Anthony Bacon
1768 John Durand
1774 John Aubrey
1780 Thomas Orde Tory
1784 Sir Thomas Hallifax William Wrightson
1789 by-election Scrope Bernard
1790 Gerard Lake
1802 James Du Pre Robert Bent
1804 by-election William Cavendish
1806 George Nugent, 1st Bt. George Henry Compton Cavendish
1809 by-election Thomas Hussey
1812 The Lord Nugent Whig
1814 by-election Charles Compton Cavendish Whig
1818 William Rickford Whig
1832 Henry Hanmer Tory
1837 Winthrop Mackworth Praed
1839 by-election Charles Baillie-Hamilton Conservative
1841 Richard Rice Clayton
1847 John Peter Deering Conservative The Lord Nugent Liberal
1848 by-election Quintin Dick
1850 by-election Frederick Calvert
1851 by-election Richard Bethell Liberal
1852 Austen Henry Layard Liberal
1857 Thomas Tyringham Bernard
1859 Samuel George Smith Conservative
1865 Nathan Rothschild Liberal
1880 George W. E. Russell Liberal
1885 by-election Ferdinand James de Rothschild Liberal
1885 Parliamentary borough abolished

[edit] 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).

Election Member[2] Party
1885 Ferdinand James de Rothschild Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1899 by-election Lionel Walter Rothschild Liberal Unionist
1910, January Lionel Nathan de Rothschild Liberal Unionist
1912 Conservative
1918 Coalition Conservative
1922 Conservative
1923 Thomas Keens Liberal
1924 Sir Alan Hughes Burgoyne Conservative
1929 Michael Beaumont Conservative
1938 by-election Sir Stanley Reed Conservative
1950 Spencer Summers Conservative
1970 Timothy Raison Conservative
1992 David Lidington Conservative

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Aylesbury[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Aylesbury[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
General Election 2001: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Lidington 23,230 47.3 +3.1
Liberal Democrat Peter Jones 13,221 26.9 -2.6
Labour Keith White 11,388 23.2 +1.0
UKIP Justin Harper 1,248 2.5 N/A
Majority 10,009 20.4
Turnout 49,087 61.4 -11.4
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Party M. John 2,196 3.8 N/A
Natural Law K. Sheaff 166 0.3 +0.1
Majority 8,419
Turnout 57,554 72.8 -6.6
Conservative hold Swing

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General Election 1992: Aylesbury[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Lidington 36,500 57.4 -0.1
Liberal Democrat Sharon Bowles 17,640 27.7 -0.9
Labour R Priest 8,517 13.4 -0.5
Green NA Foster 702 1.1 +1.1
Natural Law BHM 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

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S Reed 24,537 47.85
Labour R Groves 16,445 32.07
Liberal G Naylor 10,302 20.09
Majority 8,092 15.78
Turnout 69.55
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 3)
  3. ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Aylesbury". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a09.stm. 
  4. ^ http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/elections/results/general_elections/uk-general-election-2005/aylesbury
  5. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010. 

[edit] Sources

  • Iain Dale, ed. (2003). The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X. 
  • The Times House of Commons 1945. The Times. 1945. 
  • The Times House of Commons 1950. The Times. 1950. 
  • The Times House of Commons 1955. The Times. 1955. 
  • 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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