North East Milton Keynes was a
county constituency
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represented in the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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from 1992 to 2010. It elected one member of parliament (MP) by the
first past the post
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system of election.
History
Construction of
Milton Keynes began in 1967, as a
new town
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. Until 1983, it was part of the
Buckingham
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constituency. As its population grew, Milton Keynes then gained
its own constituency, which was taken by
William Benyon of the
Conservative Party
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.
Uniquely outside the normal cycle of periodic reviews by the
Boundary Commission
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, 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 North East constituency was taken by
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of the Conservatives, who lost it to
Labour
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's
Brian White at the
1997 election. White held the seat until 2005, when it was regained by the Conservatives'
Mark Lancaster.
Boundaries
The constituency was one of two covering the
Milton Keynes borough. It covered the remaining parts of the town of
Milton Keynes
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not in the
Milton Keynes South West constituency, as well as the older settlement of
Newport Pagnell
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It is separated from the rest of the urban ...
and the more rural parts of the borough, around
Hanslope
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and
Olney.
The constituency consisted of 10 electoral wards of the Borough of Milton Keynes: Bradwell, Danesborough, Lavendon, Linford, Newport Pagnell, Olney, Pineham, Sherington, Stantonbury, and Woburn Sands.
Boundary review
Following the
Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
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into parliamentary representation in
Buckinghamshire
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, the
Boundary Commission for England
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recommended changes to the existing Milton Keynes constituencies. Beginning with the
2010 United Kingdom general election
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, there would continue to be two parliamentary constituencies for Milton Keynes, but they would be formed on a different basis, abolishing the Milton Keynes North East and
Milton Keynes South West constituencies after four general elections of use.
Milton Keynes North
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Constituency profile
The seat covers Central Milton Keynes and ar ...
was formed from the electoral wards of
Bradwell,
Campbell Park,
Hanslope
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Park,
Linford North, Linford South,
Middleton,
Newport Pagnell
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North, Newport Pagnell South, Olney,
Sherington,
Stantonbury, and
Wolverton
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.
Milton Keynes South was formed from the electoral wards of
Bletchley and Fenny Stratford
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, Danesborough,
Denbigh,
Eaton Manor
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, Emerson Valley, Furzton,
Loughton
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Park,
Stony Stratford,
Walton Walton may refer to:
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United Kingdo ...
Park,
Whaddon, and
Woughton
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For administrative purposes, the area is divided ...
.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
See also
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire
Notes and references
Sources
Election result, 2005(BBC)
Election results, 1997 – 2001(BBC)
(Election Demon)
(Election Demon)
(Guardian)
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Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1992
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2010
Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire (historic)
Politics of Milton Keynes