South Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)
# South Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Buckinghamshire was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Buckinghamshire, England. From 1950 to 1974, it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

## History

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election as part of the First Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies of seats by a permanent Boundary Commission for England which had been established by the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944.

The constituency comprised the Urban District of Beaconsfield and parts of the Rural District of Amersham, transferred from the Aylesbury constituency, and the Rural District of Eton, transferred from Eton and Slough.

The constituency was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when major boundary changes split the area between the new constituencies of Beaconsfield and Chesham and Amersham. The parts of the Rural District of Amersham were included in Chesham and Amersham. Beaconsfield and the Rural District of Eton formed the bulk of the Beaconsfield constituency.

## Boundaries

* The Urban District of Beaconsfield;
* The Rural District of Eton; and
* The Rural District of Amersham parishes of Amersham, Chalfont St Giles, Chalfont St Peter, Chenies, Chesham Bois, Coleshill, Penn, and Seer Green.

South Buckinghamshire was a county constituency and a division of the administrative county of Buckinghamshire. It comprised part of southern Buckinghamshire, bordering Aylesbury to the north, Wycombe to the west and Eton and Slough to the south.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 1950 | Ronald Bell | Conservative |
| | Feb 1974 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Elections

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: South Buckinghamshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Ronald Bell | 26,865 | 58.6 | |
| | Labour | Cyril Alfred Dee | 11,389 | 23.9 | |
| | Liberal | Bruce Belfrage | 7,559 | 16.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,476 | 33.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,813 | 85.7 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

General election 1951: South Buckinghamshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Ronald Bell | 30,976 | 68.61 | +10.0 |
| | Labour | Cyril Alfred Dee | 14,170 | 31.4 | +7.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,806 | 37.2 | +3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,146 | 80.1 | -5.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

General election 1955: South Buckinghamshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Ronald Bell | 29,165 | 61.75 | |
| | Labour | William Ernest Robinson | 11,184 | 23.68 | |
| | Liberal | Patrick Brunner | 6,885 | 14.58 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,981 | 38.07 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,234 | 78.07 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

General election 1959: South Buckinghamshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Ronald Bell | 34,154 | 59.10 |
| | Labour | Richard J Sankey | 13,050 | 22.58 |
| | Liberal | Ralph Kilner Brown | 10,589 | 18.32 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21,104 | 36.52 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,793 | 79.75 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: South Buckinghamshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Ronald Bell | 33,905 | 52.75 |
| | Liberal | Ralph Kilner Brown | 16,151 | 25.13 |
| | Labour | John Ryan | 14,216 | 22.12 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,754 | 27.62 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,272 | 78.89 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

General election 1966: South Buckinghamshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Ronald Bell | 33,997 | 51.24 |
| | Labour | Frank Field | 17,005 | 25.63 |
| | Liberal | Harry T. Cowie | 15,348 | 23.13 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,992 | 25.61 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66,350 | 80.20 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: South Buckinghamshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Ronald Bell | 40,039 | 58.7 | +7.5 |
| | Labour | Keith Davison | 16,465 | 24.1 | -2.5 |
| | Liberal | Iain Fowler | 11,750 | 17.2 | -5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23,574 | 34.5 | +8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 68,254 | 72.0 | -8.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
