The historic county of Buckinghamshire, in the 21st century region of South East England, was represented in Parliament from the 13th century. This article provides a list of constituencies constituting the Parliamentary representation from Buckinghamshire.
In 1889 Buckinghamshire became an administrative county. In 1974 a new non-metropolitan county of Buckinghamshire lost the Eton and Slough areas to Berkshire, while the part of Colnbrook formerly included in the county also became part of Berkshire in 1995.
The first part of this article covers the constituencies wholly or predominantly within the area of the historic county of Buckinghamshire, both before and after the administrative changes of 1889, 1974 and 1995. The second part refers to constituencies mostly in another historic county, which included some territory from the historic county of Buckinghamshire. The summaries section only refers to the constituencies included in the first section of the constituency list.
Note: Dates of representation before 1510 are provisional.
List of constituencies Article names are followed by (UK Parliament constituency). The constituencies which existed in 1707 were those previously represented in the Parliament of England.
Key to abbreviations: (Type) BC: Borough constituency, CC: County constituency. (County in Notes) Be: non-metropolitan/ceremonial county of Berkshire (from 1974), Bu1: historic county of Buckinghamshire (to 1889), Bu2: administrative county of Buckinghamshire (1889–1974), Bu3: non-metropolitan/ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire (from 1974).
Constituencies wholly or predominantly in the historic county ConstituencyTypeFromToMPsNotes Amersham BC 1300 <1307 2 Bu1: Unrepresented 1654–1659 1625 1832 Aylesbury BC (1554–1885) 1554 * 2 (1554–1654) Bu1, Bu2, Bu3 1 (1654–1659) 2 (1659–1885) CC (1885–*) 1 (1885–*)Beaconsfield CC 1974 * 1 Bu3 Buckingham BC (1542–1885) 1542 * 2 (1542–1654) Bu1, Bu2, Bu3 1 (1654–1659) 2 (1659–1868) CC (1885–*) 1 (1868–*) Buckinghamshire CC 1290 1885 2 (1290–1654) Bu1 5 (1654–1659) 2 (1659–1832) 3 (1832–1885)South Buckinghamshire CC 1950 1974 1 Bu2Chesham and Amersham CC 1974 * 1 Bu3 Eton and Slough CC (1945–1950) 1945 1983 1 Bu2, Be BC (1950–1983) Great Marlow BC 1300 <1307 2 Bu1: Unrepresented 1654–1659 1625 1885 2 (1625–1868) 1 (1868–1885)Milton Keynes CC 1983 1992 1 Bu3Milton Keynes North CC 2010 * 1 Bu3Milton Keynes South BC 2010 * 1 Bu3Milton Keynes South West BC 1992 2010 1 Bu3North East Milton Keynes CC 1992 2010 1 Bu3Slough BC 1983 * 1 Be Wendover BC 1300 <1307 2 Bu1: Unrepresented 1654–1659 1625 1832 Wycombe BC (1295–1885) 1295 * 2 (1295–1654) Bu1, Bu2, Bu3: Includes Chipping Wycombe. 1 (1654–1659) 2 (1659–1868) CC (1885–*) 1 (1868–*)
Constituencies mostly in another historic county ConstituencyTypeFromToMPsNotesWindsor CC 1997 * 1 Be: Includes the Eton and Colnbrook areas.Windsor and Maidenhead CC 1983 1997 1 Be: Includes the Eton area.
Periods constituencies represented 1290–12951295–13001300–<1307<1307–15421542–15541554–16251625–16541654–16591659–1832 Amersham 1300–<1307 1625–1654 1659–1832 Aylesbury 1554–* Buckingham 1542–* Buckinghamshire 1290–1885 Great Marlow 1300–<1307 1625–1654 1659–1885 Wendover 1300–<1307 1625–1654 1659–1832 Wycombe 1295–*
1832–18681868–18851885–19181918–19451945–19501950–19741974–19831983–19921992–1997 Aylesbury 1554–* Beaconsfield 1974–* Buckingham 1542–* Buckinghamshire 1290–1885 South Buckinghamshire 1950–1974 Chesham and Amersham 1974–* Eton and Slough 1945–1983 Great Marlow 1659–1885 Milton Keynes 1983–1992 Milton Keynes South West 1992–next North East Milton Keynes 1992–next Slough 1983–* Windsor and Maidenhead 1983–1997 Wycombe 1295–*
1997–nextnext–* Aylesbury 1554–* Beaconsfield 1974–* Buckingham 1542–* Chesham and Amersham 1974–* Milton Keynes North next–* Milton Keynes South next–* Milton Keynes South West 1992–next North East Milton Keynes 1992–next Slough 1983–* Windsor 1997–* Wycombe 1295–*
Summaries Summary of constituencies by type and period Type129012951300<1307154215541625165416591832186818851918194519501974198319921997nextBorough – 1 4 1 2 3 6 3 6 4 4 – – – 1 1 1 2 2 2County 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6Total 1 2 5 2 3 4 7 4 7 5 5 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 8
Summary of members of parliament by type and period Type129012951300<1307154215541625165416591832186818851918194519501974198319921997nextBorough – 2 8 2 4 6 12 3 12 8 5 – – – 1 1 1 2 2 2County 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6Total 2 4 10 4 6 8 14 8 14 11 8 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 8
See also Wikipedia:Index of article on UK Parliament constituencies in England Wikipedia:Index of articles on UK Parliament constituencies in England N-Z Parliamentary representation by historic counties First Protectorate Parliament Unreformed House of Commons
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