Milton Keynes South West (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 52°00′32″N 0°43′16″W / 52.009°N 0.721°W / 52.009; -0.721

Milton Keynes South West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Milton Keynes South West in Buckinghamshire for the 2005 general election.
Location of Buckinghamshire within England.
County	Buckinghamshire
1992–2010
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Milton Keynes North, Milton Keynes South
Created from	Milton Keynes and Buckingham^[1]

Milton Keynes South West was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1992 to 2010. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

The constituency was one of two covering the Borough of Milton Keynes. It included the more urban parts of the borough: Bletchley, Fenny Stratford, Loughton, the Shenlies, Stony Stratford and more modern districts in between.

The constituency consisted of 12 electoral wards of the Borough of Milton Keynes: Church Green, Denbigh, Eaton, Fenny Stratford, Loughton, Manor Farm, Newton, Stony Stratford, Whaddon, Wolverton, Wolverton Stacey Bushes, and Woughton.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Buckinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England created two new seats for Milton Keynes, effectively replacing the current South West/North East division with a North and South division from the 2010 general election.

History

Construction of Milton Keynes began in 1967, as a new town. Until 1983, it was part of the Buckingham constituency. As its population grew, Milton Keynes then gained its own constituency, which was taken by William Benyon of the Conservative Party.

The continuing expansion in the population of Milton Keynes led to this constituency being divided for the 1992 general election into two parts (Milton Keynes South West and North East Milton Keynes). The new South West constituency was taken by Barry Legg of the Conservatives, who lost the seat to Labour's Phyllis Starkey in the 1997 election. The Milton Keynes South West seat was abolished, and replaced with the Milton Keynes South seat for the 2010 general election. Phyllis Starkey ran in the Milton Keynes South seat, but lost to the Conservative candidate Iain Stewart.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[2]	Party
1992	Barry Legg	Conservative
1997	Phyllis Starkey	Labour
2010	Constituency abolished: see Milton Keynes North and Milton Keynes South

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Milton Keynes South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Phyllis Starkey	20,862	42.4	−7.1
	Conservative	Iain Stewart	16,852	34.2	0.0
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Stuart	7,909	16.1	+5.5
	UKIP	George Harlock	1,750	3.6	+1.7
	Green	Alan Francis	1,336	2.7	+0.6
Majority			4,010	8.1	−7.2
Turnout			49,209	59.8	−2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.6

General Election 2001: Milton Keynes South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Phyllis Starkey	22,484	49.5	−4.2
	Conservative	Iain Stewart	15,506	34.2	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Nazar Mohammed	4,828	10.6	−1.3
	Green	Alan Francis	957	2.1	N/A
	UKIP	Clive Davies	848	1.9	N/A
	Legalise Cannabis	Patman Denning	500	1.1	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Dave Bradbury	261	0.6	N/A
Majority			6,978	15.3
Turnout			45,384	62.3	−9.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Milton Keynes South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Phyllis Starkey	27,298	53.8	+16.4
	Conservative	Barry Legg	17,006	33.5	−13.1
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Jones	6,065	12.0	−2.5
	Natural Law	Hugh Kelly	389	0.8	+0.4
Majority			10,092	20.3	+11.1
Turnout			50,758	71.4	−5.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+14.6

General Election 1992: Milton Keynes South West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barry Legg	23,840	46.6
	Labour	Kevin Wilson	19,153	37.4
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Pym	7,429	14.5
	Green	Dr. Caroline Field	525	1.0
	Natural Law	H. Kelly	202	0.4
Majority			4,687	9.2
Turnout			51,149	77.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

↑ "UK Parliamentary Constituency: 'Milton Keynes South West', April 1992 - April 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

Constituencies in South East England (84)

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Labour (4)	Hove Oxford East Slough Southampton Test

Green (1)	Brighton Pavilion

Speaker (1)	Buckingham

South East England European constituency: UKIP (4) Conservative (3) Green (1) Labour (1) Liberal Democrats (1)

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