Milton Keynes North (UK Parliament constituency)


Milton Keynes North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2019 United Kingdom general election by Ben Everitt, a Conservative.

Demographics

Milton Keynes North has a higher average income, less social housing and less rented housing than the national average.

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 is the more rural of the two.
Mark Lancaster, who had been the incumbent for Milton Keynes North East, won the new constituency for the Conservatives in the 2010 general election and retained it in the 2015 general election. He stood down before the 2019 general election after abuse and two threats to his life. His successor to the Conservative candidacy
is Ben Everitt.

Boundaries

The constituency takes up the majority of the area of the Borough of Milton Keynes and is one of the borough's two constituencies. Milton Keynes North has a larger rural area; the other, Milton Keynes South, covers a smaller area and is more urban.
At its creation the constituency comprised the electoral wards of Bradwell, Campbell Park, Hanslope Park, Linford North, Linford South, Middleton, Newport Pagnell North, Newport Pagnell South, Olney, Sherington, Stantonbury, and Wolverton.
Following a revision to the ward boundaries in 2013, the seat comprises part or all of the following Council electoral wards:
The Borough ward boundaries do not necessarily coincide with the town and parish council areas.
Of these wards, Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope and Olney are more rural. The remainder are more urban. Each ward returns three Councillors so their electorates are broadly equal.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2010s