Mid Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards

Great Missenden
Princes Risborough
Wendover

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Mid Buckinghamshire is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.^[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election^[3] and is represented by Greg Smith, of the Conservative Party.

Boundaries

The constituency was created by the 2023 boundary review from the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The District of Buckinghamshire wards of: Bernwood; Chiltern Ridges (polling districts CG, CGA, CM, CMA, CMB, CMC and CSB); Great Missenden; Grendon Underwood; Ridgeway East; Ridgeway West; Stone and Waddesdon; The Risboroughs; Wendover, Halton and Stoke Mandeville.^[4]

The constituency comprises the following areas:

Western and southern areas of the (to be abolished) constituency of Buckingham, including Haddenham and Princes Risborough
Southern parts of the Aylesbury constituency, including Wendover and the two Ridgeway wards
Great Missenden, transferred from Chesham and Amersham^[5]

Members of Parliament

Buckingham prior to 2024

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Greg Smith	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Despite sharing the same first name and surname, the Conservative candidate and the Green candidate, both called Greg Smith, are not the same person.

General election 2024: Mid Buckinghamshire^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Greg Smith^[7]	20,150	37.3	−24.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anja Schaefer^[8]	14,278	26.5	+6.8
	Labour	Carissma Griffiths^[9]	9,171	17.0	+1.7
	Reform UK	Stephanie Harwood	6,926	12.8	+11.9
	Green	Greg Smith^[10]	2,942	5.5	+2.8
	SDP	Yvonne Wilding^[11]	337	0.6	N/A
	Climate	Wisdom Da Costa	147	0.3	N/A
Majority			5,872	10.8	–31.0
Turnout			53,951	71.5	–3.6
Registered electors			75,415
	Conservative hold		Swing	–15.5

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result^[12]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	33,321	61.5
	Liberal Democrats	10,673	19.7
	Labour	8,283	15.3
	Green	1,477	2.7
	Brexit Party	469	0.9

Turnout		54,223	75.1
Electorate		72,240

References

^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ Ryder, Liam (2022-11-23). "Maps show huge changes proposed to Bucks' boundaries". Buckinghamshire Live. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South East | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
^ "New Seat Details - Buckinghamshire Mid". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
^ Mid Buckinghamshire
^ "Greg Smith selected for new Mid Buckinghamshire constituency for the next General Election". Bucks Radio. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^ "Carissma Griffiths is the candidate to stand out in Mid Buckinghamshire". The Times. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^ "Mid Buckinghamshire Constituency prospective candidate". Aylesbury Vale Green Party. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ "GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATES". SDP. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.