Beaconsfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°36′36″N 0°38′42″W / 51.610°N 0.645°W / 51.610; -0.645

Beaconsfield
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map

Boundary of Beaconsfield in .
County Buckinghamshire
Population 99,387 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate 75,320 (December 2010)[2]
Major settlements Beaconsfield, Marlow
Current constituency
Created 1974 (1974)
Member of parliament Dominic Grieve (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from South Buckinghamshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency South East England

Beaconsfield /ˈbɛkənzfiːld/ is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Dominic Grieve QC of the Conservative Party, the former Attorney General of England and Wales.[n 2]

Boundaries

1974-1983: The Urban District of Beaconsfield, the Rural District of Eton (the civil parishes of Boveney, Burnham, Datchet, Denham, Dorney, Eton Wick, Farnham Royal, Fulmer, Gerrards Cross, Hedgerley, Hedgerley Dean, Hitcham, Horton, Iver, Langley Marish, Stoke Poges, Taplow, Upton-cum-Chalvey, Wexham, and Wyrardisbury), and in the Rural District of Wycombe the civil parishes of Hedsor and Wooburn.

1983-1997: The District of South Bucks, and the District of Wycombe wards of Bourne End-cum-Hedsor, Flackwell Heath, Loudwater, The Wooburns, and Tylers Green.

1997-2010: The District of South Bucks, and the District of Wycombe wards of Bourne End-cum-Hedsor, Flackwell Heath, Little Marlow, Loudwater, The Wooburns, and Tylers Green.

2010-present: The District of South Bucks (the wards of Beaconsfield North, Beaconsfield South, Beaconsfield West, Burnham Beeches, Burnham Church, Burnham Lent Rise, Denham North, Denham South, Dorney and Burnham South, Farnham Royal, Gerrards Cross East and Denham South West, Gerrards Cross North, Gerrards Cross South, Hedgerley and Fulmer, Iver Heath, Iver Village and Richings Park, Stoke Poges, Taplow, and Wexham and Iver West), and the District of Wycombe wards of Bourne End-cum-Hedsor, Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow, Marlow North and West, Marlow South East, and The Wooburns.

The seat consists of Beaconsfield, most of Burnham (including Burnham Beeches forest), Denham, Dorney, Farnham Common, Farnham Royal, Fulmer, Gerrards Cross, Hedgerley, Iver, Stoke Poges, Taplow and Wexham (excluding Wexham Court);[n 3] Hedsor, Little Marlow, Marlow, Wooburn and Bourne End and the Flackwell Heath settlement of Chepping Wycombe.[n 4]

History

The constituency was created in 1974, mostly from the former seat of South Buckinghamshire, since which date the area has formed the southernmost part of Buckinghamshire — before 1974 the notable settlements of Slough and Eton, and less well-known Langley, Wraysbury, Sunnymeads and Datchet were in the county. This leads to the unusual shape of the constituency, further accentuated in irregularity by the Thames meander containing Cookham, Berkshire to the west and southwest. It is traditionally one of the safest Conservative seats in Britain.

2010 election

The Conservative incumbent's win in 2010, Dominic Grieve, with 61.1% of the vote, was the second highest share of the vote in the general election after William Hague in Richmond, North Yorkshire.

1982 candidates

In the Beaconsfield by-election, 1982 caused by the death of Sir Ronald Bell, the third-placed candidate was Tony Blair for the Labour party. Tim Smith is the last person to have beaten Blair in an election. Paul Tyler was in second place; he later became an MP for North Cornwall, meaning that, most unusually, the three main-party candidates subsequently served in the House of Commons at the same time.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[3]Party
Feb 1974 Sir Ronald Bell Conservative
1982 by-election Tim Smith Conservative
1997 Dominic Grieve Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Beaconsfield[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dominic Grieve 33,621 63.2 +2.2
UKIP Tim Scott [6] 7,310 13.8 +8.8
Labour Tony Clements 6,074 11.4 -0.3
Liberal Democrat Peter Chapman [7] 3,927 7.4 -12.2
Green Dave Hampton 2,231 4.2 +2.7
Majority 26,311 49.5
Turnout 53,163 71.1 +1.1
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 2010: Beaconsfield[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dominic Grieve 32,053 61.1 +7.0
Liberal Democrat John Edwards 10,271 19.6 −2.4
Labour Jeremy Miles 6,135 11.7 −7.8
UKIP Delphine Gray-Fisk 2,597 4.9 +0.1
Green Jem Bailey 768 1.5 N/A
A Vote Against MP Expense Abuse Andrew Cowen 475 0.9 N/A
Independent Quentin Baron 191 0.4 N/A
Majority 21,782 41.5
Turnout 52,490 70.0 +6.8
Conservative hold Swing +4.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Beaconsfield[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dominic Grieve 24,126 55.4 +2.6
Liberal Democrat Peter Chapman 8,873 20.4 −1.2
Labour Alex Sobel 8,422 19.4 −2.4
UKIP John Fagan 2,102 4.8 +0.9
Majority 15,253 35.0
Turnout 43,523 63.9 +3.1
Conservative hold Swing +1.9
General Election 2001: Beaconsfield[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dominic Grieve 22,233 52.8 +3.5
Labour Stephen Lathrope 9,168 21.8 +1.7
Liberal Democrat Stephen Lloyd 9,117 21.6 +0.3
UKIP Andrew Moffatt 1,626 3.9 +3.0
Majority 13,065 31.0
Turnout 42,144 60.8 −12.0
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Beaconsfield[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dominic Grieve 24,709 49.2 −14.8
Liberal Democrat Peter G.D. Mapp 10,722 21.4 +2.1
Labour Alastair S. Hudson 10,063 20.0 +6.5
Referendum Humphrey A. Lloyd 2,197 4.4 N/A
Independent Conservative Christopher Story 1,434 2.9 N/A
UKIP Christopher W.R. Cooke 451 0.9 N/A
ProLife Alliance Mrs. Gillian S. Duval 286 0.6 N/A
Natural Law Tom W.S. Dyball 193 0.4 +0.0
Independent Robert R. Matthews 146 0.3 N/A
Majority 13,987 27.9 −16.7
Turnout 50,201 72.8
Conservative hold Swing −8.2
General Election 1992: Beaconsfield[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Smith 33,817 64.0 −2.0
Liberal Democrat Ms. Anne Purse 10,220 19.3 −4.4
Labour Graham Smith 7,163 13.5 +3.2
Independent Conservative William F. Foulds 1,317 2.5 +2.5
Natural Law Andrew P.O. Foss 196 0.4 N/A
Independent Ms. Joan Martin 166 0.3 +0.3
Majority 23,597 44.6 +2.4
Turnout 52,879 79.0 +4.4
Conservative hold Swing +1.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Beaconsfield[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Smith 33,324 66.0
Liberal David Harry Ive 11,985 23.7
Labour Kenneth John Harper 5,203 10.3
Majority 21,339 42.3
Turnout 74.6
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1983: Beaconsfield[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Smith 30,552 63.8
Liberal David Harry Ive 12,252 25.6
Labour J.S. Smith 5,107 10.7
Majority 18,300 38.2
Turnout 72.4
Conservative hold Swing
By-election 1982: Beaconsfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Smith 23,049 61.8 +0.1
Liberal Paul Tyler 9,996 26.8 +8.7
Labour Tony Blair 3,886 10.4 −9.8
New Britain Michael Byrne 225 0.6 N/A
Democratic Monarchist Bill Boaks 99 0.3 N/A
Benn in Ten Unless Proportional Representation Thomas Keen 51 0.1 N/A
Majority 13,053 35.0 −8.2
Turnout 37,306
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Beaconsfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Bell 31,938 61.7 +13.4
Labour E.L. Glasson 10,443 20.2 −5.2
Liberal P. Meyer 8,853 17.1 −9.1
National Front J. Noyes 548 1.1 N/A
Majority 21,495 41.5 +19.4
Turnout 51,782 76.2 +6.0
Conservative hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Beaconsfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Bell 23,234 48.3
Liberal W.H. Eastwell 12,606 26.2
Labour M. Johnson 12,253 25.5
Majority 10,628 22.1
Turnout 48,093 70.2
Conservative hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Beaconsfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Bell 26,040 49.6 N/A
Liberal W.H. Eastwell 14,792 28.2 N/A
Labour P.M. Jones 11,691 22.3 N/A
Majority 11,248 21.4 N/A
Turnout 52,523 77.3 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

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. ↑ These are all civil parishes in the South Bucks district
  4. ↑ These are all civil parishes in the Wycombe (district)
References
  1. ↑ "Beaconsfield: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  3. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
  4. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  5. ↑ http://www.southbucks.gov.uk/article/4975/Beaconsfield-Constituency on 16Jun15
  6. ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/beaconsfield-2015.html
  7. ↑ "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Beaconsfield". YourNextMP. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  10. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
  15. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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