Chesham and Amersham (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Chesham and Amersham in Buckinghamshire.
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Location of Buckinghamshire within England.
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County | Buckinghamshire |
Population | 92,635 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 70,723 (December 2010)[2] |
Major settlements | Chesham and Amersham |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of parliament | Cheryl Gillan (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | South Buckinghamshire |
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European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Chesham and Amersham /ˈtʃɛʃəm ənd ˈæmˌəʃəm/ is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the U.K. Parliament that elects a Member of Parliament (MP)[n 1]. It has to date been a safe Conservative seat.
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Boundaries
The constituency is in Buckinghamshire, and broadly coincides with the Chiltern Local Government District. It includes the towns of Chesham and Amersham and outlying rural village settlements within the Metropolitan Green Belt and partly also within the Chilterns AONB. The area is connected with central London by the Metropolitan line of London Underground and the London to Aylesbury Line operated by Chiltern Railways. The constituency is also close to the M40 motorway.
History
The area was formerly part of the larger South Buckinghamshire constituency before boundary changes came into effect, creating the seat, for the first 1974 general election.
The constituency vote has been solidly Conservative since the seat's creation and at the 2010 election the party won with a large majority. The next largest party at that election was the Liberal Democrats, with 28% of the vote.
Members of Parliament
The current Member of Parliament for Chesham and Amersham is the Conservative Cheryl Gillan. She has been in this position since 1992.
Election | Member[3][4] | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Sir Ian Gilmour | Conservative | |
1992 | Cheryl Gillan | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Cheryl Gillan | 31,138 | 59.1 | -1.3 | |
UKIP | Alan Stevens | 7,218 | 13.7 | +9.6 | |
Labour | Ben Davies[7] | 6,712 | 12.7 | +7.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Kirsten Johnson[8] | 4,761 | 9.0 | -19.5 | |
Green | Gill Walker[9] | 2,902 | 5.5 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 23,920 | 45.4 | |||
Turnout | 52,731 | 72.7 | -1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Cheryl Gillan | 31,658 | 60.4 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Tim Starkey | 14,948 | 28.5 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Anthony Gajadharsingh | 2,942 | 5.6 | -8.0 | |
UKIP | Alan Stephens | 2,129 | 4.1 | +0.9 | |
Green | Nick Wilkins | 767 | 1.5 | -2.0 | |
Majority | 16,710 | 31.9 | |||
Turnout | 52,444 | 74.6 | +7.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Cheryl Gillan | 25,619 | 54.4 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Ford | 11,821 | 25.1 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Rupa Huq | 6,610 | 14.0 | -4.8 | |
Green | Nick Wilkins | 1,656 | 3.5 | +1.0 | |
UKIP | David Samuel-Camps | 1,391 | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 13,798 | 29.3 | |||
Turnout | 47,097 | 68.0 | +3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Cheryl Gillan | 22,867 | 50.5 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Ford | 10,985 | 24.3 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Kenneth Hulme | 8,497 | 18.8 | -0.9 | |
UKIP | Ian Harvey | 1,367 | 3.0 | +1.8 | |
Green | Nick Wilkins | 1,114 | 2.5 | N/A | |
ProLife Alliance | Gillian Duval | 453 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,882 | 26.2 | |||
Turnout | 45,283 | 64.7 | -9.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Cheryl Gillan | 26,298 | 50.38 | -12.92 | |
Liberal Democrat | M Brand | 12,439 | 23.83 | -0.67 | |
Labour | Paul Farrelly | 10,240 | 19.62 | +9.22 | |
Referendum | P Andrews | 2,528 | 4.84 | n/a | |
UKIP | C Shilson | 618 | 1.18 | n/a | |
Natural Law | H Godfrey | 74 | 0.14 | -0.26 | |
Majority | 13,859 | 26.55 | |||
Turnout | 52,197 | 74.54 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Cheryl Gillan | 36,273 | 63.3 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | AT Ketteringham | 14,053 | 24.5 | −2.6 | |
Labour | Candy Atherton | 5,931 | 10.4 | +1.0 | |
Green | Ms. CL Strickland | 753 | 1.3 | −0.1 | |
Natural Law | MTL Griffith-Jones | 255 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 22,220 | 38.8 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 57,265 | 81.9 | +4.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Gilmour | 34,504 | 62.17 | ||
Liberal | AT Ketteringham | 15,064 | 27.14 | ||
Labour | PA Goulding | 5,170 | 9.32 | ||
Green | AG Darnbrough | 760 | 1.37 | ||
Majority | 19,440 | 35.03 | |||
Turnout | 77.35 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Gilmour | 32,435 | 61.04 | ||
Liberal | R Bradnock | 16,556 | 31.15 | ||
Labour | C Duncan | 4,150 | 7.81 | ||
Majority | 15,879 | 29.88 | |||
Turnout | 75.94 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Gilmour | 32,924 | 61.43 | ||
Liberal | R Bradnock | 12,328 | 23.00 | ||
Labour | EM Barratt | 7,645 | 14.26 | ||
National Front | S Clinch | 697 | 1.30 | ||
Majority | 20,596 | 38.43 | |||
Turnout | 79.72 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Gilmour | 25,078 | 50.67 | ||
Liberal | DA Stoddart | 14,091 | 28.47 | ||
Labour | JR Poston | 10,325 | 20.86 | ||
Majority | 10,987 | 22.20 | |||
Turnout | 78.08 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Gilmour | 27,035 | 50.67 | ||
Liberal | DA Stoddart | 16,619 | 31.15 | ||
Labour | BM Warshaw | 9,700 | 18.18 | ||
Majority | 10,416 | 19.52 | |||
Turnout | 85.03 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ As with all constituencies, electing one member at most every five years by the first past the post system of election.
- References
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- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)[self-published source][better source needed]
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- ↑ http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/article/4945/Chesham--Amersham-Constituency
- ↑ http://www.cheshamamershamlabour.org.uk/2014/12/chesham-and-amersham-labour-party-choose-ex-political-journalist-as-candidate-for-2015-general-election/
- ↑ http://www.libdems.org.uk/kirsten_johnson
- ↑ http://www.chilterngreenparty.org.uk/get-involved.html
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External links
- nomis Constituency Profile for Chesham and Amersham — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.