Milton Keynes South (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 52°01′16″N 0°41′13″W / 52.021°N 0.687°W

Milton Keynes South
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Milton Keynes South in Buckinghamshire.
Location of Buckinghamshire within England.
County	Buckinghamshire
Electorate	85,552 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of parliament	Iain Stewart (Conservative)
Created from	Milton Keynes South West, North East Milton Keynes
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Milton Keynes South is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Iain Stewart, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

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 Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies with the aim of equalising the electorate as between the constituencies in the light of population growth that had occurred mainly in the Milton Keynes Urban Area. This constituency is the more urban of the two.

Iain Stewart MP won the new constituency for the Conservatives 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 Phyllis Starkey for Labour 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.

Boundaries

The constituency takes up the smaller part of the area of the Borough of Milton Keynes but the more dense 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.^[2]

The electoral wards that make up this constituency are Bletchley & Fenny Stratford; Danesborough; Denbigh; Eaton Manor; Emerson Valley; Furzton; Loughton Park; Stony Stratford; Whaddon (West Bletchley); Walton Park; Woughton^[3]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[4]	Party
	2010	Iain Stewart[5]	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Milton Keynes South[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Stewart[7]	27,601	46.8	+5.2
	Labour	Andrew Pakes[8]	18,929	32.1	-0.1
	UKIP	Vince Peddle[9]	7,803	13.2	+9.5
	Liberal Democrat	Lisa Smith[10]	2,309	3.9	-13.8
	Green	Samantha Pancheri	1,936	3.3	+1.9
	Independent	Stephen Fulton	255	0.4	+0.4
	Keep It Real Party	Matthew Gibson	116	0.2	+0.2
Majority			8,672	14.7
Turnout			59,019	65.8	+1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.65

General Election 2010: Milton Keynes South[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Stewart	23,034	41.6	N/A
	Labour	Phyllis Starkey[n 3]	17,833	32.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Jones	9,787	17.7	N/A
	UKIP	Philip Pinto	2,074	3.7	N/A
	BNP	Matthew Tait	1,502	2.7	N/A
	Green	Katrina Deacon	774	1.4	N/A
	Christian Peoples	Suzanne Nti	245	0.4	N/A
	Nationwide Reform Party	Jonathan Worth	84	0.2	N/A
Majority			5,201	9.4	N/A
Turnout			55,333	63.9	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

See also

• Milton Keynes North
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire

Notes and references

Notes

1. A borough 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. Served as an MP in the three elections won under the Blair Ministry

References

1. "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
3. Milton Keynes South Conservatives
4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
5. http://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000822
6. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
7. http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/milton-keynes-south-2015.html
8. http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/milton-keynes-south-2015.html
9. http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/miltonkeynessouth/
10. "Lisa Smith PPC page". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
11. Milton Keynes Council – General Election results, Milton Keynes South, 2010