Milton Keynes North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Milton Keynes North
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Milton Keynes North in Buckinghamshire.
Outline map
Location of Buckinghamshire within England.
County Buckinghamshire
Electorate 81,226 (March 2011)[1]
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of parliament Mark Lancaster (Conservative)
Created from North East Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes South West
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency South East England

Milton Keynes North is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Mark Lancaster, a Conservative.[n 2]

History

This constituency (and its counterpart, Milton Keynes South), came into being when the two Milton Keynes constituencies (Milton Keynes North East and Milton Keynes South West) were reconfigured following the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies with the aim of equalising the electorate as between the constituencies in the light of population growth that had occurred mainly in the Milton Keynes Urban Area. This constituency is the more rural of the two.

Mark Lancaster, who had been the incumbent for Milton Keynes North East, won the new constituency for the Conservatives in the 2010 general election and retained it in the 2015 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency takes up the majority of the area of the Borough of Milton Keynes and is one of the borough's two constituencies. Milton Keynes North has a larger rural area, most of its communities have larger green buffers; the other, Milton Keynes South, covers a smaller area and is more urban.[2]

This seat has electoral wards:

Of these wards, Hanslope, Olney and Sherington have substantial green buffers and are more rural. The remainder are wikt:contiguous so arguably more urban.[3]

Demographics

Milton Keynes North has a higher average income,[4] less social housing and less rented housing than the national average.[5]

Members of Parliament

Election Member[6] Party
2010 Mark Lancaster Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Milton Keynes North[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Lancaster[9] 27,244 47.2 +3.8
Labour Emily Darlington[10] 17,491 30.3 +3.5
UKIP David Reilly[11] 6,852 11.9 +8.6
Liberal Democrat Paul Graham[12] 3,575 6.2 -15.9
Green Jennifer Marklew [13] 2,255 3.9 +2.5
TUSC Katie Simpson 163 0.3 N/A
Independent David Mortimer 112 0.2 N/A
Majority 9,753 16.9 +0.3
Turnout 57,692 66.4 +0.6

UKIP candidate Stuart Moore stepped down in April 2015, and was replaced by David Reilly.[11]

General Election 2010: Milton Keynes North[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Lancaster[15] 23,419 43.5 +7.3
Labour Co-op Andrew Pakes 14,458 26.8 −11.1
Liberal Democrat Jill Hope 11,894 22.1 +1.4
UKIP Michael Phillips 1,771 3.3 +0.5
BNP Richard Hamilton 1,154 2.1 N/A
Green Alan Francis 733 1.4 −0.8
Christian Peoples John Lennon 206 0.4 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Matt "Bananamatt" Fensome 157 0.3 N/A
Independent Anant Vyas 95 0.2 N/A
Majority 8,961 16.6 +18.3
Turnout 54,292 65.8 +2.0
Conservative hold Swing +9.2

See also

Notes and references

Notes

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External links

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
  3. ↑ Open Street Map
  4. ↑ 2001 Census
  5. ↑ 2011 census interactive maps
  6. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ election result http://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/electionresults/election/3/byarea 16Jun2015
  9. ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/milton-keynes-north-2015.html
  10. ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/milton-keynes-north-2015.html
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 http://citiblogmk.co.uk/2015/04/02/exclusive-ukip-selects-youngest-parliamentary-candidate-for-milton-keynes-north/
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ http://mk.greenparty.org.uk/people/jennifer-marklew.html
  14. ↑ Milton Keynes Council – General Election results, Milton Keynes North, 2010
  15. ↑ Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament in the predecessor constituency of North East Milton Keynes


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