Buckingham and Bletchley
Buckingham and Bletchley is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Created as a result of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election. Since that election, it has been represented by Callum Anderson of the Labour Party.
Constituency profile
The Buckingham and Bletchley constituency is located in Buckinghamshire. Bletchley is the constituency's largest town with a population of around 37,000 and forms part of the Milton Keynes urban area. The constituency also includes Buckingham, the traditional county town, and the small market town of Winslow. The constituency is predominantly rural and agricultural, and contains many smaller villages. Most of the constituency is affluent, although there is some deprivation in parts of Bletchley.Levels of education and professional employment in the constituency are similar to national averages, and household income is high. White people make up 80% of the population with Asians being the largest ethnic minority group at 9%. Bletchley is mostly represented by the Labour Party at the local council level, whilst the rest of the constituency is predominantly represented by Conservatives. An estimated 53% of voters in Buckingham and Bletchley supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum, a similar proportion to the country as a whole.
Boundaries
The constituency is composed of the following:- The District of Buckinghamshire wards of: Buckingham; Grendon Underwood ; Horwood; Newton Longville; Quainton ; Winslow.
- The City of Milton Keynes wards of: Bletchley East; Bletchley Park; Bletchley West; Tattenhoe.
- The town of Buckingham and surrounding rural areas, transferred from the constituency of Buckingham
- The City of Milton Keynes communities of Bletchley, Fenny Stratford and Tattenhoe, transferred from the abolished constituency of Milton Keynes South.