Milton Keynes South West (UK Parliament constituency)

Milton Keynes South West
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
Seats	One
Created from	Milton Keynes and Buckingham
Replaced by	Milton Keynes North, Milton Keynes South

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

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.

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.

Uniquely outside the normal cycle of periodic reviews by the Boundary Commission, the continuing expansion in the population of Milton Keynes led to this constituency being divided in two for the 1992 general election (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.

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 Shenleys, 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.^[2]

The Stony Stratford, Wolverton and Wolverton Stacey Bushes wards were transferred from the Buckingham constituency.

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.

Milton Keynes North was formed from the electoral wards of Bradwell, Campbell Park, Hanslope Park, Linford North, Linford South, Middleton, Newport Pagnell North, Newport Pagnell South, Olney, Sherington, Stantonbury, and Wolverton.^[3]

Milton Keynes South was formed from the electoral wards of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford, Danesborough, Denbigh, Eaton Manor, Emerson Valley, Furzton, Loughton Park, Stony Stratford, Walton Park, Whaddon, and Woughton.^[3]

Members of Parliament

	Member^[4]	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^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phyllis Starkey	20,862	42.4	−7.1
	Conservative	Iain Stewart	16,852	34.2	0.0
	Liberal Democrats	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	8.2	−7.1
Turnout			49,209	59.8	−2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.6

General election 2001: Milton Keynes South West^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phyllis Starkey	22,484	49.5	−4.3
	Conservative	Iain Stewart	15,506	34.2	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nazar Mohammed	4,828	10.6	−1.4
	Green	Alan Francis	957	2.1	New
	UKIP	Clive Davies	848	1.9	New
	Legalise Cannabis	Patman Denning	500	1.1	New
	Socialist Alliance	Dave Bradbury	261	0.6	New
Majority			6,978	15.3	−5.0
Turnout			45,384	62.3	−9.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Milton Keynes South West^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phyllis Starkey	27,298	53.8	+16.4
	Conservative	Barry Legg	17,006	33.5	−13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Jones	6,065	12.0	−2.5
	Natural Law	Hugh Kelly	389	0.8	+0.4
Majority			10,092	20.3	N/A
Turnout			50,758	71.4	−5.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+14.6

General election 1992: Milton Keynes South West^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barry Legg	23,840	46.6
	Labour	Kevin Wilson	19,153	37.4
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Pym	7,429	14.5
	Green	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. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1990". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
^ "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. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

External links

Milton Keynes South West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK

[ElectionWeb-1] "UK Parliamentary Constituency: 'Milton Keynes South West', April 1992 – April 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

[2] "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1990". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

[:0-3] "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

[rayment-4] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)

[electoralcalculus2005-5] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2001-6] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1997-7] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1992-8] "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[9] "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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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
Seats	One
Created from	Milton Keynes and Buckingham^[1]
Replaced by	Milton Keynes North, Milton Keynes South