Milton Keynes South West (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Milton Keynes South West Borough constituency |
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| Milton Keynes South West shown within Buckinghamshire, and Buckinghamshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1992 |
| MP: | Phyllis Starkey |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Buckinghamshire |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Milton Keynes South West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is one of two covering the Borough of Milton Keynes. It includes the more urban parts of the borough: much of the New Town as well as the older settlements of Bletchley and Wolverton.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Buckinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England has created two new seats for Milton Keynes, effectively replacing the current South West/North East division with a North and South division from the 2009/10 UK general election
[edit] History
Building started on the new city on Milton Keynes in 1967. Until 1983, it was situated in the Buckingham constituency. Milton Keynes then gained its own constituency, which was taken by William Benyon of the Conservative Party.
The expanding population of Milton Keynes led to this constituency being divided into two parts (Milton Keynes South West and North East Milton Keynes) for the 1992 general election. The new South West constituency was taken by Barry Legg of the Conservatives, who lost the seat to Labour's Phyllis Starkey in the 1997 election. Starkey has held the constituency since then.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party |
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| 1992 | Barry Legg | Conservative |
| 1997 | Phyllis Starkey | Labour |
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Milton Keynes South West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Phyllis Starkey | 20,862 | 42.4 | −7.1 | |
| Conservative | Iain Stewart | 16,852 | 34.2 | 0.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Neil Stuart | 7,909 | 16.1 | +5.5 | |
| Green | Alan Francis | 1,836 | 3.7 | +1.6 | |
| UK Independence | George Harlock | 1,750 | 3.6 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 4,010 | 8.1 | |||
| Turnout | 49,209 | 59.8 | −2.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −3.6 | |||
| General Election 2001: Milton Keynes South West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Phyllis Starkey | 22,484 | 49.5 | -4.2 | |
| Conservative | Iain Stewart | 15,506 | 34.2 | +0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Nazar Mohammed | 4,828 | 10.6 | -1.3 | |
| Green | Alan Francis | 957 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Clive Davies | 848 | 1.9 | N/A | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Patman Denning | 500 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Socialist Alliance | Dave Bradbury | 261 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,978 | 15.3 | |||
| Turnout | 45,384 | 62.3 | -9.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Milton Keynes South West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Phyllis Starkey | 27,298 | 53.78 | ||
| Conservative | Barry Legg | 17,006 | 33.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Peter Jones | 6,065 | 11.95 | ||
| Natural Law | H. Kelly | 389 | 0.77 | ||
| Majority | 10,092 | 20.28 | |||
| Turnout | 71.42 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +14.6 | |||
| General Election 1992: Milton Keynes South West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Barry Legg | 23,840 | 46.6 | ||
| Labour | Kevin Wilson | 19,153 | 37.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Chris Pym | 7,429 | 14.5 | ||
| Green | Dr. Caroline Field | 525 | 1.0 | ||
| Natural Law | H. Kelly | 202 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 4,687 | ||||
| Turnout | 77.0 | ||||
