Beaconsfield (UK Parliament constituency)
51°36′36″N 0°38′42″W / 51.610°N 0.645°W
Beaconsfield | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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County | Buckinghamshire |
Population | 99,387 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 75,320 (December 2010)[2] |
Major settlements | Beaconsfield, Marlow |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of Parliament | Dominic Grieve (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | South Buckinghamshire |
Beaconsfield /ˈbɛkənzfiːld/ is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Dominic Grieve QC of the Conservative Party, the former Attorney General of England and Wales.[n 2]
Boundaries
1974-1983: The Urban District of Beaconsfield, the Rural District of Eton (the civil parishes of Boveney, Burnham, Datchet, Denham, Dorney, Eton Wick, Farnham Royal, Fulmer, Gerrards Cross, Hedgerley, Hedgerley Dean, Hitcham, Horton, Iver, Langley Marish, Stoke Poges, Taplow, Upton-cum-Chalvey, Wexham, and Wyrardisbury), and in the Rural District of Wycombe the civil parishes of Hedsor and Wooburn.
1983-1997: The District of South Bucks, and the District of Wycombe wards of Bourne End-cum-Hedsor, Flackwell Heath, Loudwater, The Wooburns, and Tylers Green.
1997-2010: The District of South Bucks, and the District of Wycombe wards of Bourne End-cum-Hedsor, Flackwell Heath, Little Marlow, Loudwater, The Wooburns, and Tylers Green.
2010-present: The District of South Bucks (the wards of Beaconsfield North, Beaconsfield South, Beaconsfield West, Burnham Beeches, Burnham Church, Burnham Lent Rise, Denham North, Denham South, Dorney and Burnham South, Farnham Royal, Gerrards Cross East and Denham South West, Gerrards Cross North, Gerrards Cross South, Hedgerley and Fulmer, Iver Heath, Iver Village and Richings Park, Stoke Poges, Taplow, and Wexham and Iver West), and the District of Wycombe wards of Bourne End-cum-Hedsor, Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow, Marlow North and West, Marlow South East, and The Wooburns.
The seat consists of Beaconsfield, most of Burnham (including Burnham Beeches forest), Denham, Dorney, Farnham Common, Farnham Royal, Fulmer, Gerrards Cross, Hedgerley, Iver, Stoke Poges, Taplow and Wexham (excluding Wexham Court);[n 3] Hedsor, Little Marlow, Marlow, Wooburn and Bourne End and the Flackwell Heath settlement of Chepping Wycombe.[n 4]
History
The constituency was created in 1974, mostly from the former seat of South Buckinghamshire, since which date the area has formed the southernmost part of Buckinghamshire — before 1974 the notable settlements of Slough and Eton, and less well-known Langley, Wraysbury, Sunnymeads and Datchet were in the county. This leads to the unusual shape of the constituency, further accentuated in irregularity by the Thames meander containing Cookham, Berkshire to the west and southwest. It is traditionally one of the safest Conservative seats in Britain.
2010 election
The Conservative incumbent's win in 2010, Dominic Grieve, with 61.1% of the vote, was the second highest share of the vote in the general election after William Hague in Richmond, North Yorkshire.
1982 candidates
In the Beaconsfield by-election, 1982 caused by the death of Sir Ronald Bell, the third-placed candidate was Tony Blair for the Labour party. Tim Smith is the last person to have beaten Blair in an election. Paul Tyler was in second place; he later became an MP for North Cornwall, meaning that, most unusually, the three main-party candidates subsequently served in the House of Commons at the same time.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Feb 1974 | Sir Ronald Bell | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1982 by-election | Tim Smith | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1997 | Dominic Grieve | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dominic Grieve | 33,621 | 63.2 | +2.2 | |
UKIP | Tim Scott [6] | 7,310 | 13.8 | +8.8 | |
Labour | Tony Clements | 6,074 | 11.4 | −0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Chapman [7] | 3,927 | 7.4 | −12.2 | |
Green | Dave Hampton | 2,231 | 4.2 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 26,311 | 49.5 | |||
Turnout | 53,163 | 71.1 | +1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dominic Grieve | 32,053 | 61.1 | +7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Edwards | 10,271 | 19.6 | −2.4 | |
Labour | Jeremy Miles | 6,135 | 11.7 | −7.8 | |
UKIP | Delphine Gray-Fisk | 2,597 | 4.9 | +0.1 | |
Green | Jem Bailey | 768 | 1.5 | N/A | |
A Vote Against MP Expense Abuse | Andrew Cowen | 475 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Quentin Baron | 191 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 21,782 | 41.5 | |||
Turnout | 52,490 | 70.0 | +6.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.7 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dominic Grieve | 24,126 | 55.4 | +2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Chapman | 8,873 | 20.4 | −1.2 | |
Labour | Alex Sobel | 8,422 | 19.4 | −2.4 | |
UKIP | John Fagan | 2,102 | 4.8 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 15,253 | 35.0 | |||
Turnout | 43,523 | 63.9 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dominic Grieve | 22,233 | 52.8 | +3.5 | |
Labour | Stephen Lathrope | 9,168 | 21.8 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Lloyd | 9,117 | 21.6 | +0.3 | |
UKIP | Andrew Moffatt | 1,626 | 3.9 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 13,065 | 31.0 | |||
Turnout | 42,144 | 60.8 | −12.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dominic Grieve | 24,709 | 49.2 | −14.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter G.D. Mapp | 10,722 | 21.4 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Alastair S. Hudson | 10,063 | 20.0 | +6.5 | |
Referendum | Humphrey A. Lloyd | 2,197 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Ind. Conservative | Christopher Story | 1,434 | 2.9 | N/A | |
UKIP | Christopher W.R. Cooke | 451 | 0.9 | N/A | |
ProLife Alliance | Mrs. Gillian S. Duval | 286 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Tom W.S. Dyball | 193 | 0.4 | +0.0 | |
Independent | Robert R. Matthews | 146 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,987 | 27.9 | −16.7 | ||
Turnout | 50,201 | 72.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Smith | 33,817 | 64.0 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ms. Anne Purse | 10,220 | 19.3 | −4.4 | |
Labour | Graham Smith | 7,163 | 13.5 | +3.2 | |
Ind. Conservative | William F. Foulds | 1,317 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Natural Law | Andrew P.O. Foss | 196 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Ms. Joan Martin | 166 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 23,597 | 44.6 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 52,879 | 79.0 | +4.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Smith | 33,324 | 66.0 | ||
Liberal | David Harry Ive | 11,985 | 23.7 | ||
Labour | Kenneth John Harper | 5,203 | 10.3 | ||
Majority | 21,339 | 42.3 | |||
Turnout | 74.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Smith | 30,552 | 63.8 | ||
Liberal | David Harry Ive | 12,252 | 25.6 | ||
Labour | J.S. Smith | 5,107 | 10.7 | ||
Majority | 18,300 | 38.2 | |||
Turnout | 72.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Smith | 23,049 | 61.8 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Paul Tyler | 9,996 | 26.8 | +8.7 | |
Labour | Tony Blair | 3,886 | 10.4 | −9.8 | |
New Britain | Michael Byrne | 225 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Democratic Monarchist | Bill Boaks | 99 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Benn in Ten Unless Proportional Representation | Thomas Keen | 51 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,053 | 35.0 | −8.2 | ||
Turnout | 37,306 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronald Bell | 31,938 | 61.7 | +13.4 | |
Labour | E.L. Glasson | 10,443 | 20.2 | −5.2 | |
Liberal | P. Meyer | 8,853 | 17.1 | −9.1 | |
National Front | J. Noyes | 548 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 21,495 | 41.5 | +19.4 | ||
Turnout | 51,782 | 76.2 | +6.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronald Bell | 23,234 | 48.3 | ||
Liberal | W.H. Eastwell | 12,606 | 26.2 | ||
Labour | M. Johnson | 12,253 | 25.5 | ||
Majority | 10,628 | 22.1 | |||
Turnout | 48,093 | 70.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronald Bell | 26,040 | 49.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | W.H. Eastwell | 14,792 | 28.2 | N/A | |
Labour | P.M. Jones | 11,691 | 22.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,248 | 21.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,523 | 77.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ 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.
- ^ These are all civil parishes in the South Bucks district
- ^ These are all civil parishes in the Wycombe (district)
- References
- ^ "Beaconsfield: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ http://www.southbucks.gov.uk/article/4975/Beaconsfield-Constituency on 16Jun15
- ^ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/beaconsfield-2015.html
- ^ "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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