Milton Keynes North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Milton Keynes North
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Milton Keynes North in Buckinghamshire
EnglandBuckinghamshire.svg
Location of Buckinghamshire within England
County Buckinghamshire
Population132,698 [1]
Electorate 88,630 (2018) [2]
Major settlements Milton Keynes
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of Parliament Ben Everitt (Conservative)
Created from North East Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes South West

Milton Keynes North is a constituency [lower-alpha 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2019 United Kingdom general election by Ben Everitt, a Conservative. [3] [lower-alpha 2] At that election, it was one of two constituencies covering the City of Milton Keynes unitary authority area. [lower-alpha 3]

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Constituency profile

The seat covers Central Milton Keynes and areas to the north including Wolverton, Newport Pagnell and Olney. Milton Keynes North has a higher average income, [4] less social housing and less rented housing than the national average. [5]

History

This constituency (and its counterpart, Milton Keynes South), came into being when the two parliamentary constituencies covering the City of Milton Keynes unitary authority area [lower-alpha 3] (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 at the 2015 and 2017 general elections. He stood down before the 2019 general election, citing abuse and two threats to his life. [6] His successor to the Conservative candidacy was Ben Everitt, who won the seat with an increased majority.

Boundaries

Milton Keynes North (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

The constituency takes up the majority of the City of Milton Keynes unitary authority area and is one of the borough's two constituencies. Milton Keynes North has a larger rural area; the other, Milton Keynes South, covers a smaller area and is more urban. [7]

At its creation the constituency comprised 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. [8]

Following a revision to the ward boundaries in 2013, the seat comprises part or all of the following Council electoral wards: [9]

The City Council ward boundaries do not necessarily coincide with the town and parish council areas.

Of these wards, Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope and Olney are more rural. The remainder are more urban. [9] Each ward returns three councillors so their electorates are broadly equal.

Planned

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

"The constituency will be subject to major changes, with the city centre and suburbs to the east (comprising 43% of the current electorate) being included in the new constituency of Milton Keynes Central. To partly compensate, Stony Stratford will be added to Milton Keynes North from the (to be abolished) Milton Keynes South seat". [11] (A new constituency, Buckingham and Bletchley will (in effect) give Milton Keynes its third parliamentary constituency, albeit one that straddles the border with Buckinghamshire Council.)

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [12] Party
2010 Mark Lancaster Conservative
2019 Ben Everitt Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Milton Keynes North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Curtis [13]
Reform UK Jane Duckworth [14]
Conservative Ben Everitt [15]
Green Alan Francis [16]
Liberal Democrats Clare Tevlin [17]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Milton Keynes North [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ben Everitt 30,938 49.5 +2.0
Labour Charlynne Pullen24,68339.5−5.0
Liberal Democrats Aisha Mir4,9918.0+4.1
Green Catherine Rose1,9313.1+1.4
Majority6,25510.0+7.0
Turnout 62,54368.3−3.5
Conservative hold Swing +3.4
General election 2017: Milton Keynes North [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Lancaster 30,367 47.5 +0.3
Labour Charlynne Pullen28,39244.5+14.2
Liberal Democrats Imogen Shepherd-Dubey2,4993.9−2.3
UKIP Jeff Wyatt1,3902.2−9.7
Green Alan Francis1,1071.7−2.2
CPA Venetia Sams1690.3New
Majority1,9753.0−13.9
Turnout 64,04471.8+5.4
Conservative hold Swing −7.0
General election 2015: Milton Keynes North [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Lancaster 27,244 47.2 +3.7
Labour Emily Darlington17,49130.3+3.5
UKIP David Reilly6,85211.9+8.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Graham3,5756.2−15.9
Green Jennifer Marklew2,2553.9+2.5
TUSC Katie Simpson1630.3New
Independent David Mortimer1120.2New
Majority9,75316.9+0.2
Turnout 57,69266.4+0.6
Conservative hold Swing +0.1
General election 2010: Milton Keynes North [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Lancaster [23] 23,419 43.5 +7.3
Labour Co-op Andrew Pakes 14,45826.8−11.1
Liberal Democrats Jill Hope11,89422.1+1.4
UKIP Michael Phillips1,7713.3+0.5
BNP Richard Hamilton1,1542.1New
Green Alan Francis7331.4−0.8
CPA John Lennon2060.4New
Monster Raving Loony Matt "Bananamatt" Fensome1570.3New
Independent Anant Vyas950.2New
Majority8,96116.7+18.4
Turnout 54,29265.8+2.0
Conservative hold Swing +9.2

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  3. 1 2 At the time, the Borough of Milton Keynes.

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  9. 1 2 Ward map (PDF) Archived 11 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine City of Milton Keynes 2013
  10. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
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  23. ↑ Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament in the predecessor constituency of North East Milton Keynes

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