North East Milton Keynes was a

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represented in the

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of the

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from 1992 to 2010. It elected one member of parliament (MP) by the

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system of election.

History

Construction of Milton Keynes began in 1967, as a

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. Until 1983, it was part of the

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constituency. As its population grew, Milton Keynes then gained its own constituency, which was taken by William Benyon of the

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. Uniquely outside the normal cycle of periodic reviews by the

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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

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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

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not in the Milton Keynes South West constituency, as well as the older settlement of

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and the more rural parts of the borough, around

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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

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into parliamentary representation in

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, the

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recommended changes to the existing Milton Keynes constituencies. Beginning with the

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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.

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was formed from the electoral wards of Bradwell, Campbell Park,

Park, Linford North, Linford South, Middleton,

North, Newport Pagnell South, Olney, Sherington, Stantonbury, and

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. Milton Keynes South was formed from the electoral wards of

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, Danesborough, Denbigh,

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, Emerson Valley, Furzton,

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Park, Stony Stratford,

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Park, Whaddon, and

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Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Notes and references

Sources

Election result, 2005
(BBC)
Election results, 1997 – 2001
(BBC)

(Election Demon)

(Election Demon)

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