Milton Keynes South


Milton Keynes South was a [List of United Kingdom Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament constituencies|constituency] in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 2010 until 2024. It was represented in Parliament from its creation until its abolition by Iain Stewart of the Conservative Party.
In its 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission proposed to abolish this constituency. Its area was divided three ways for the 2024 general election, with the majority forming the new constituency of Milton Keynes Central, and smaller portions becoming parts of Milton Keynes North and Buckingham and Bletchley.

History

This constituency, came into being when the two Milton Keynes constituencies 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 was the more urban of the two.
Iain Stewart MP won the new constituency for the Conservatives in the 2010 general election. This new constituency was 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 but more dense part of the City of Milton Keynes 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.
At its creation the constituency comprised the electoral wards of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford, Danesborough, Denbigh, Eaton Manor, Emerson Valley, Furzton, Loughton Park, Stony Stratford, Walton Park, Whaddon and Woughton.
Following a revision to the ward boundaries in 2013, the seat comprises part or all of the following Council electoral wards:
The City Council ward boundaries do not necessarily coincide with the town and parish council areas. Each ward returns three councillors so their electorates are broadly equal.

Abolition

Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished prior to the 2024 general election, with its contents distributed three ways: