Milton Keynes South is a constituency represented in the

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of the

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since its 2010 creation by Iain Stewart, a

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History

This constituency (and its counterpart, Milton Keynes North), came into being when the two Milton Keynes constituencies ( Milton Keynes North East and Milton Keynes South West) were reconfigured following the

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with the aim of equalising the electorate as between the constituencies in the light of population growth that had occurred mainly in the

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. This constituency is the more urban of the two. Iain Stewart MP won the new constituency for the

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in the 2010 general election. This new constituency is a very large part of the former Milton Keynes South West, which had been held by

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for

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for 13 years until the 2010 general election. In the 2015 general election, Iain Stewart again won the Milton Keynes South constituency for the Conservative Party.

Constituency profile

The constituency takes up the smaller part but more dense part of the

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and is one of the borough's two constituencies. Milton Keynes South is primarily an urban area with some rural elements; the other, Milton Keynes North, covers a larger area and is more rural.2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England

Boundaries

The seat comprises the City of Milton Keynes wards of: * Bletchley East * Bletchley Park * Bletchley West * Bradwell * Broughton * Campbell Park and Old Woughton * Danesborough and Walton * Loughton and Shenley * Monkston * Shenley Brook End * Stony Stratford * Tattenhoe * Woughton and Fishermead

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milton Keynes South (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2010 Politics of Milton Keynes