South Buckinghamshire was a

parliamentary constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...

in the county of

Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-ea ...

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. From 1950 to 1974, it returned one

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(MP) to the

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of the

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, elected by the

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voting system.

History

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election as part of the

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of seats by a permanent

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which had been established by the

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. The constituency comprised the Urban District of Beaconsfield and parts of the Rural District of Amersham, transferred from the

Aylesbury Aylesbury ( ) is the county town of Buckinghamshire, South East England. It is home to the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery, David Tugwell`s house on Watermead and the Waterside Theatre. It is in central Buckinghamshire, midway between High Wy ...

constituency, and the Rural District of Eton, transferred from Eton & Slough. The constituency was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when major boundary changes split the area between the new constituencies of

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and Chesham & Amersham. The parts of the Rural District of Amersham were included in Chesham and Amersham. Beaconsfield and the Rural District of Eton formed the bulk of the Beaconsfield constituency.

Boundaries

The Urban District of Beaconsfield, the Rural District of Eton, and in the Rural District of Amersham the parishes of Amersham, Chalfont St Giles, Chalfont St Peter, Chenies, Chesham Bois, Coleshill, Penn, and Seer Green. South Buckinghamshire was a

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and a division of the administrative county of

. It comprised part of southern Buckinghamshire, bordering

to the north, Wycombe to the west and

Eton and Slough Eton and Slough was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system. History The House of Commons (Redi ...

to the south.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

References

Sources

* ''Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972'', compiled and edited by

F. W. S. Craig Frederick Walter Scott Craig (10 December 1929 – 23 March 1989) was a Scottish psephologist and compiler of the standard reference books covering United Kingdom Parliamentary election results. He originally worked in public relations, compilin ...

(Political Reference Publications, 1972) * ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1983). {{DEFAULTSORT:Buckinghamshire South Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1974