Chesham and Amersham (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°41′38″N 0°36′36″W / 51.694°N 0.610°W / 51.694; -0.610

Chesham and Amersham
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Chesham and Amersham in Buckinghamshire.
Location of Buckinghamshire within England.
County	Buckinghamshire
Population	92,635 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	70,723 (December 2010)^[2]
Major settlements	Chesham and Amersham
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of parliament	Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	South Buckinghamshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Chesham and Amersham /ˈtʃɛʃəm ənd ˈæmˌəʃəm/ is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the U.K. Parliament that elects a Member of Parliament (MP)^{[n 1]}. It has to date been a safe Conservative seat.

Boundaries

1974-1983: The Urban District of Chesham, and the Rural District of Amersham.

1983-1997: The District of Chiltern wards of Amersham Common, Amersham-on-the-Hill, Amersham Town, Asheridge Vale, Ashley Green and Latimer, Austenwood, Chalfont Common, Chalfont St Giles, Chalfont St Peter Central, Chartridge, Chenies, Chesham Bois and Weedon Hill, Cholesbury and The Lee, Coleshill and Penn Street, Gold Hill, Hilltop, Holmer Green, Little Chalfont, Little Missenden, Lowndes, Newtown, Penn, Pond Park, St Mary's, Seer Green and Jordans, Townsend, and Waterside, and the District of Wycombe wards of Hazlemere North and Hazlemere South.

1997-2010: All the wards of the District of Chiltern except the wards of Ballinger and South Heath, Great Missenden, and Prestwood and Heath End, and the District of Wycombe wards of Hazlemere Central, Hazlemere East and Hazlemere West.

2010-present: The District of Chiltern wards of Amersham Common, Amersham-on-the-Hill, Amersham Town, Asheridge Vale and Lowndes, Ashley Green, Latimer and Chenies, Austenwood, Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge, Central, Chalfont Common, Chalfont St Giles, Chesham Bois and Weedon Hill, Cholesbury, The Lee and Bellingdon, Gold Hill, Great Missenden, Hilltop and Townsend, Holmer Green, Little Chalfont, Little Missenden, Newtown, Penn and Coleshill, Prestwood and Heath End, Ridgeway, St Mary’s and Waterside, Seer Green, and Vale.

The constituency is in Buckinghamshire, and broadly coincides with the Chiltern Local Government District. It includes the towns of Chesham and Amersham and outlying rural village settlements within the Metropolitan Green Belt and partly also within the Chilterns AONB. The area is connected with central London by the Metropolitan line of London Underground and the London to Aylesbury Line operated by Chiltern Railways. The constituency is also close to the M40 motorway and is one the Conservatives' safest seats, home to many affluent professionals and commuters to London.

History

The area was formerly part of the larger South Buckinghamshire constituency before boundary changes came into effect, creating this seat, for the February 1974 general election.

The constituency vote has been solidly Conservative since the seat's creation and at the 2010 election the party won with a large majority. The next largest party at that election was the Liberal Democrats, with 28% of the vote.

Members of Parliament

The current Member of Parliament for Chesham and Amersham is the Conservative Cheryl Gillan. She has been in this position since 1992.

Election		Member^[3]^[4]	Party
	Feb 1974	Sir Ian Gilmour	Conservative
	1992	Cheryl Gillan	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Chesham and Amersham^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Cheryl Gillan	31,138	59.1	-1.3
	UKIP	Alan Stevens	7,218	13.7	+9.6
	Labour	Ben Davies^[7]	6,712	12.7	+7.1
	Liberal Democrat	Kirsten Johnson^[8]	4,761	9.0	-19.5
	Green	Gill Walker^[9]	2,902	5.5	+4.0
Majority			23,920	45.4	+13.5
Turnout			52,731	72.7	-1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.5

General Election 2010: Chesham and Amersham^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Cheryl Gillan	31,658	60.4	+6.8
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Starkey	14,948	28.5	+2.3
	Labour	Anthony Gajadharsingh	2,942	5.6	-8.0
	UKIP	Alan Stevens	2,129	4.1	+0.9
	Green	Nick Wilkins	767	1.5	-2.0
Majority			16,710	31.9
Turnout			52,444	74.6	+7.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Chesham and Amersham^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Cheryl Gillan	25,619	54.4	+3.9
	Liberal Democrat	John Ford	11,821	25.1	+0.8
	Labour	Rupa Huq	6,610	14.0	-4.8
	Green	Nick Wilkins	1,656	3.5	+1.0
	UKIP	David Samuel-Camps	1,391	3.0	0.0
Majority			13,798	29.3
Turnout			47,097	68.0	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Chesham and Amersham^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Cheryl Gillan	22,867	50.5	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Ford	10,985	24.3	+0.4
	Labour	Kenneth Hulme	8,497	18.8	-0.9
	UKIP	Ian Harvey	1,367	3.0	+1.8
	Green	Nick Wilkins	1,114	2.5	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Gillian Duval	453	1.0	N/A
Majority			11,882	26.2
Turnout			45,283	64.7	-9.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Chesham and Amersham^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Cheryl Gillan	26,298	50.38	-12.92
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Brand	12,439	23.83	-0.67
	Labour	Paul Farrelly	10,240	19.62	+9.22
	Referendum	Paul Andrews	2,528	4.84	n/a
	UKIP	C Shilson	618	1.18	n/a
	Natural Law	Hugh Godfrey	74	0.14	-0.26
Majority			13,859	26.55
Turnout			52,197	74.54
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Chesham and Amersham^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Cheryl Gillan	36,273	63.3	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	AT Ketteringham	14,053	24.5	−2.6
	Labour	Candy Atherton	5,931	10.4	+1.0
	Green	Ms. CL Strickland	753	1.3	−0.1
	Natural Law	MTL Griffith-Jones	255	0.4	N/A
Majority			22,220	38.8	+3.8
Turnout			57,265	81.9	+4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.9

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Chesham and Amersham^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Gilmour	34,504	62.17
	Liberal	AT Ketteringham	15,064	27.14
	Labour	PA Goulding	5,170	9.32
	Green	AG Darnbrough	760	1.37
Majority			19,440	35.03
Turnout				77.35
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Chesham and Amersham^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Gilmour	32,435	61.04
	Liberal	R Bradnock	16,556	31.15
	Labour	C Duncan	4,150	7.81
Majority			15,879	29.88
Turnout				75.94
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Chesham and Amersham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Gilmour	32,924	61.43
	Liberal	R Bradnock	12,328	23.00
	Labour	EM Barratt	7,645	14.26
	National Front	S Clinch	697	1.30
Majority			20,596	38.43
Turnout				79.72
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Chesham and Amersham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Gilmour	25,078	50.67
	Liberal	DA Stoddart	14,091	28.47
	Labour	JR Poston	10,325	20.86
Majority			10,987	22.20
Turnout				78.08
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Chesham and Amersham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Gilmour	27,035	50.67
	Liberal	DA Stoddart	16,619	31.15
	Labour	BM Warshaw	9,700	18.18
Majority			10,416	19.52
Turnout				85.03
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ As with all constituencies, electing one member at most every five years by the first past the post system of election.

References

↑ "Chesham and Amersham: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ "Chesham and Amersham 1974-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/article/4945/Chesham--Amersham-Constituency
↑ http://www.cheshamamershamlabour.org.uk/2014/12/chesham-and-amersham-labour-party-choose-ex-political-journalist-as-candidate-for-2015-general-election/
↑ http://www.libdems.org.uk/kirsten_johnson
↑ http://www.chilterngreenparty.org.uk/get-involved.html
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links

nomis Constituency Profile for Chesham and Amersham — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.

Chiltern District

Buckinghamshire County Council elections District Council elections Chesham and Amersham Constituency

Towns (component areas and hamlets)	Amersham Woodrow Chesham Asheridge Vale Botley Chesham Vale Chessmount Codmore Great Hivings Hilltop Loundes Lye Green Newtown Pednormead End Pond Park Townsend Waterside

Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets)	Ashley Green Ashley Green Whelpley Hill Chalfont St Giles Bottrells Close Chalfont Grove Chalfont St Giles Jordans Stratton Chase Chalfont St Peter Austenwood Chalfont Common Layters Green Chartridge Asheridge Bellingdon Chartridge Hundridge Pednor Pednor Bottom Chenies Chesham Bois Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards Buckland Common Cholesbury Hawridge St Leonards Coleshill Great Missenden Ballinger Ballinger Bottom Ballinger Common Bryant's Bottom Frith-hill Great Missenden Heath End Hotley Bottom Hyde End Little Wood Corner Mobwell Prestwood South Heath Latimer Latimer Ley Hill Orchard Leigh Tyler's Hill Little Chalfont Little Missenden Beamond End Holmer Green Hyde Heath Little Kingshill Little Missenden Mantles Green Mop End Spurlands End Penn Beacon Hill Forty Green Knotty Green Penn Penn Bottom Penn Street Winchmore Hill Seer Green The Lee Lee Clump Lee Common Lee Gate Hunt's Green Potter Row Swan Bottom The Lee

Former districts and boroughs	Amersham Rural District Chesham Urban District

Former constituencies	Buckinghamshire County Constituency Amersham Constituency

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire List of places in Buckinghamshire List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire

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Labour (4)	Hove Oxford East Slough Southampton Test

Green (1)	Brighton Pavilion

Speaker (1)	Buckingham

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