Parliamentary representation from Buckinghamshire

Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...

of Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....

, in the 21st century region of South East England

South East England

South East England is one of the nine official regions of England, designated in 1994 and adopted for statistical purposes in 1999. It consists of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex...

, was represented in Parliament from the 13th century. This article provides a list of constituencies constituting the Parliamentary representation from Buckinghamshire.

In 1889 Buckinghamshire became an administrative county. In 1974 a new non-metropolitan county of Buckinghamshire lost the Eton

Eton, Berkshire

Eton is a town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, lying on the opposite bank of the River Thames to Windsor and connected to it by Windsor Bridge. The parish also includes the large village of Eton Wick, 2 miles west of the town, and has a population of 4,980. Eton was in Buckinghamshire until...

and Slough

Slough

Slough is a borough and unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Royal Berkshire, England. The town straddles the A4 Bath Road and the Great Western Main Line, west of central London...

areas to Berkshire, while the part of Colnbrook

Colnbrook

Colnbrook is a large village in the unitary authority of Slough, in Berkshire, England. It is situated southeast of central Slough, east of Windsor and west of central London....

formerly included in the county also became part of Berkshire in 1995.

The first part of this article covers the constituencies wholly or predominantly within the area of the historic county of Buckinghamshire, both before and after the administrative changes of 1889, 1974 and 1995. The second part refers to constituencies mostly in another historic county, which included some territory from the historic county of Buckinghamshire. The summaries section only refers to the constituencies included in the first section of the constituency list.

Note: Dates of representation before 1510 are provisional.

List of constituencies

Article names are followed by (UK Parliament constituency). The constituencies which existed in 1707 were those previously represented in the Parliament of England

Parliament of England

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. In 1066, William of Normandy introduced a feudal system, by which he sought the advice of a council of tenants-in-chief and ecclesiastics before making laws...

.

Key to abbrieviations:-

(Type) BC Borough constituency, CC County constituency.
(County in Notes) Be non-metropolitan/ceremonial county of Berkshire (from 1974), Bu1 historic county of Buckinghamshire (to 1889), Bu2 administrative county of Buckinghamshire (1889–1974), Bu3 non-metropolitan/ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire (from 1974).

Constituencies wholly or predominantly in the historic county

Constituency	Type	From	To	MPs	Notes
Amersham Amersham (UK Parliament constituency) Amersham, often spelt as Agmondesham, was a constituency of the House of Commons of England until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and finally in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...	BC	1300	<1307	2	Bu1: Unrepresented 1654-1659
	BC	1625	1832	2	Bu1: Unrepresented 1654-1659
Aylesbury Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency) 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.-Boundaries:...	BC (1554-1885)	1554	*	2 (1554–1654)	Bu1, Bu2, Bu3
				1 (1654–1659)
				2 (1659–1885)
	CC (1885-*)			1 (1885-*)
Beaconsfield Beaconsfield (UK Parliament constituency) Beaconsfield is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. It is among the safest of Conservative seats....	CC	1974	*	1	Bu3
Buckingham Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency) Buckingham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...	BC (1542-1885)	1542	*	2 (1542–1654)	Bu1, Bu2, Bu3
				1 (1654–1659)
				2 (1659–1868)
	CC (1885-*)			1 (1868-*)
Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency) Buckinghamshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.Its most prominent member was...	CC	1290	1885	2 (1290-1654)	Bu1
				5 (1654–1659)
				2 (1659–1832)
				3 (1832–1885)
South Buckinghamshire	CC	1950	1974	1	Bu2
Chesham and Amersham	CC	1974	*	1	Bu3
Eton and Slough Eton and Slough (UK Parliament constituency) Eton and Slough was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post voting system....	CC (1945–1950)	1945	1983	1	Bu2, Be
	BC (1950–1983)	1945	1983	1	Bu2, Be
Great Marlow Great Marlow (UK Parliament constituency) Great Marlow, sometimes simply called Marlow, was a parliamentary borough in Buckinghamshire. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons between 1301 and 1307, and again from 1624 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.-History:In the...	BC	1300	<1307	2	Bu1: Unrepresented 1654-1659
		1625	1885	2 (1625–1868)
		1625	1885	1 (1868–1885)
Milton Keynes Milton Keynes (UK Parliament constituency) Milton Keynes was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1992.It covered the north Buckinghamshire Borough of Milton Keynes, including Milton Keynes itself together with Newport Pagnell, Olney and the rural area to the...	CC	1983	1992	1	Bu3
Milton Keynes North	CC	next	*	1	Bu3
Milton Keynes South	BC	next	*	1	Bu3
Milton Keynes South West	BC	1992	next	1	Bu3
North East Milton Keynes	CC	1992	next	1	Bu3
Slough Slough (UK Parliament constituency) Slough is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...	BC	1983	*	1	Be
Wendover Wendover (UK Parliament constituency) Wendover was a borough constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...	BC	1300	<1307	2	Bu1: Unrepresented 1654-1659
	BC	1625	1832	2	Bu1: Unrepresented 1654-1659
Wycombe Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency) Wycombe is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It currently elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of elections....	BC (1295-1885)	1295	*	2 (1295-1654)	Bu1, Bu2, Bu3: Includes Chipping Wycombe.
				1 (1654–1659)
				2 (1659–1868)
	CC (1885-*)			1 (1868-*)

Constituencies mostly in another historic county

Constituency	Type	From	To	MPs	Notes
Windsor Windsor (UK Parliament constituency) Windsor is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In its modern form, it elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election.-Boundaries:...	CC	1997	*	1	Be: Includes the Eton and Colnbrook areas.
Windsor and Maidenhead Windsor and Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency) Windsor and Maidenhead was a county constituency in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....	CC	1983	1997	1	Be: Includes the Eton area.

Periods constituencies represented

	1290–1295	1295–1300	1300–<1307	1542–1554	1554–1625	1625–1654	1659–1832
Amersham Amersham (UK Parliament constituency) Amersham, often spelt as Agmondesham, was a constituency of the House of Commons of England until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and finally in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...			1300–<1307			1625–1654	1659–1832
Aylesbury Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency) 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.-Boundaries:...					1554–*
Buckingham Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency) Buckingham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...				1542–*
Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency) Buckinghamshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.Its most prominent member was...	1290–1885
Great Marlow Great Marlow (UK Parliament constituency) Great Marlow, sometimes simply called Marlow, was a parliamentary borough in Buckinghamshire. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons between 1301 and 1307, and again from 1624 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.-History:In the...			1300–<1307			1625–1654	1659–1885
Wendover Wendover (UK Parliament constituency) Wendover was a borough constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...			1300–<1307			1625–1654	1659–1832
Wycombe Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency) Wycombe is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It currently elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of elections....		1295–*

	1832–1868	1945–1950	1950–1974	1974–1983	1983–1992	1992–1997
Aylesbury Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency) 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.-Boundaries:...	1554–*
Beaconsfield Beaconsfield (UK Parliament constituency) Beaconsfield is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. It is among the safest of Conservative seats....				1974–*
Buckingham Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency) Buckingham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...	1542–*
Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency) Buckinghamshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.Its most prominent member was...	1290–1885
South Buckinghamshire			1950–1974
Chesham and Amersham				1974–*
Eton and Slough Eton and Slough (UK Parliament constituency) Eton and Slough was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post voting system....		1945–1983
Great Marlow Great Marlow (UK Parliament constituency) Great Marlow, sometimes simply called Marlow, was a parliamentary borough in Buckinghamshire. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons between 1301 and 1307, and again from 1624 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.-History:In the...	1659–1885
Milton Keynes Milton Keynes (UK Parliament constituency) Milton Keynes was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1992.It covered the north Buckinghamshire Borough of Milton Keynes, including Milton Keynes itself together with Newport Pagnell, Olney and the rural area to the...					1983–1992
Milton Keynes South West						1992–next
North East Milton Keynes						1992–next
Slough Slough (UK Parliament constituency) Slough is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...					1983–*
Windsor and Maidenhead Windsor and Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency) Windsor and Maidenhead was a county constituency in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....					1983–1997
Wycombe Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency) Wycombe is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It currently elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of elections....	1295–*

	1997–next	next–*
Aylesbury Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency) 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.-Boundaries:...	1554–*
Beaconsfield Beaconsfield (UK Parliament constituency) Beaconsfield is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. It is among the safest of Conservative seats....	1974–*
Buckingham Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency) Buckingham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...	1542–*
Chesham and Amersham	1974–*
Milton Keynes North		next–*
Milton Keynes South		next–*
Milton Keynes South West	1992–next
North East Milton Keynes	1992–next
Slough Slough (UK Parliament constituency) Slough is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...	1983–*
Windsor Windsor (UK Parliament constituency) Windsor is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In its modern form, it elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election.-Boundaries:...	1997–*
Wycombe Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency) Wycombe is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It currently elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of elections....	1295–*

Summary of Constituencies by Type and Period

Type	1290	1295	1300	<1307	1542	1554	1625	1654	1659	1832	1868	1885	1918	1945	1950	1974	1983	1992	1997	next
Borough	–	1	4	1	2	3	6	3	6	4	4	–	–	–	1	1	1	2	2	2
County	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	6
Total	1	2	5	2	3	4	7	4	7	5	5	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	8	8

Summary of Members of Parliament by Type and Period