Parliamentary representation from Buckinghamshire

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

Constituency	Type	From	To	MPs	Notes
Amersham	BC	1300	<1307	2	Bu1: Unrepresented 1654-1659
Amersham	BC	1625	1832	2	Bu1: Unrepresented 1654-1659
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	Bu2
Chesham and Amersham	CC	1974	*	1	Bu3
Eton and Slough	CC (1945–1950)	1945	1983	1	Bu2, Be
Eton and Slough	BC (1950–1983)	1945	1983	1	Bu2, Be
Great Marlow	BC	1300	<1307	2	Bu1: Unrepresented 1654-1659
		1625	1885	2 (1625–1868)
		1625	1885	1 (1868–1885)
Milton Keynes	CC	1983	1992	1	Bu3
Milton Keynes North	CC	2010	*	1	Bu3
Milton Keynes South	BC	2010	*	1	Bu3
Milton Keynes South West	BC	1992	2010	1	Bu3
North East Milton Keynes	CC	1992	2010	1	Bu3
Slough	BC	1983	*	1	Be
Wendover	BC	1300	<1307	2	Bu1: Unrepresented 1654-1659
Wendover	BC	1625	1832	2	Bu1: Unrepresented 1654-1659
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

Constituency	Type	From	To	MPs	Notes
Windsor	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

	1290–1295	1295–1300	1300–<1307	1542–1554	1554–1625	1625–1654	1659–1832
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–*

	1832–1868	1945–1950	1950–1974	1974–1983	1983–1992	1992–1997
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–next	next–*
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

Type	1290	1295	1300	<1307	1542	1554	1625	1654	1659	1832	1868	1885	1918	1945	1950	1974	1983	1992	1997	next
Borough	–	1	4	1	2	3	6	3	6	4	4	–	–	–	1	1	1	2	2	2
County	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	6
Total	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

Type	1290	1295	1300	<1307	1542	1554	1625	1654	1659	1832	1868	1885	1918	1945	1950	1974	1983	1992	1997	next
Borough	–	2	8	2	4	6	12	3	12	8	5	–	–	–	1	1	1	2	2	2
County	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	6
Total	2	4	10	4	6	8	14	8	14	11	8	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	8	8

References

Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
British Parliamentary Constituencies: A Statistical Compendium, by Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber and Faber 1984)
British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
The House of Commons 1509–1558, by S.T. Bindoff (Secker & Warburg 1982)
The House of Commons 1558–1603, by P.W. Hasler (HMSO 1981)
The House of Commons 1660–1690, by Basil Duke Henning (Secker & Warburg 1983)
The House of Commons 1715–1754, by Romney Sedgwick (HMSO 1970)
The House of Commons 1754–1790, by Sir Lewis Namier and John Brooke (HMSO 1964)
The House of Commons 1790–1820, by R.G. Thorne (Secker & Warburg 1986)
The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973) out of copyright