Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801 onwards}}

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{{Infobox UK constituency main

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|caption = Boundaries since

|image2 = File:South East England - Aylesbury constituency.svg

|caption2 = Boundary of Aylesbury in South East England

|year = 1885

|abolished =

|type = County

|previous =

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| population = 108,027 (2011 census){{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6507711&c=&d=27&e=62&g=6430187&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1422104706393&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473|title=Usual Resident Population, 2011 |website=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=26 January 2015}}

|electorate = 75,636 (2023){{cite web

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|mp = Laura Kyrke-Smith

|party = Labour

|towns = Aylesbury, Aston Clinton, Wing

|region = England

|county = Buckinghamshire

|year2 = 1553

|abolished2 = 1885

|type2 = Borough

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Aylesbury is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament,{{#tag:ref|This is currently still a county constituency, so-called for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer. Elections are held at least every five years.|group= n}} currently represented by Laura Kyrke-Smith, a member of the Labour Party.{{TOC limit|1}}

Constituency profile

Aylesbury expanded significantly after World War II, in a diverse way with a similar proportion of this recent development being social housing estates as private estates.

Workless claimants who were registered jobseekers were in November 2012 lower than the regional average of 2.4% and national average of 3.8%, at 2.2% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics Unemployment claimants by constituency] The Guardian

Whereas the average house price is higher than the national average, in the Aylesbury Vale authority (which largely overlaps) this in the first quarter of 2013 was £262,769, the lowest of the four authorities in Buckinghamshire and this compares to the highest county average of £549,046 in South Bucks District.

History

=Early form=

The Parliamentary Borough of Aylesbury sent two MPs to the House of Commons of England from 1553 to 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and finally to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801.

The seat was a much narrower, generally urban borough with two-member status at Westminster from its grant of a limited franchise in 1553 until the passing of the Great Reform Act 1832.{{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/aylesbury

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{{anchor|Parliamentary Elections, Aylesbury Act 1804}}

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| type = Act

| parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom

| long_title = An act for the preventing of Bribery and Corruption in the Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Aylesbury in the County of Buckingham.

| year = 1804

| citation = 44 Geo. 3. c. 60

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In 1804, following the voiding of the election of the sitting MP, Robert Bent, for corruption, the franchise was extended by the Parliamentary Elections, Aylesbury Act 1804 (44 Geo. 3. c. 60) to the forty-shilling freeholders of the Three Hundreds of Aylesbury (Aylesbury, Risborough, and Stone).{{cite book |last=Bushby |first=Henry Jeffreys |author-link= |date=1857 |title=A Manual of the Practice of Elections in the United Kingdom |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-9iAAAAcAAJ |location=London |publisher=W. G. Benning & Co. |chapter=Aylesbury Act (44 Geo. III. c. 60). An Act for the Preventing of Bribery and Corruption in the Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Aylesbury in the County of Buckingham |page=xxviii–xxx |isbn=}} Subsequently, the contents of the Parliamentary Borough were defined within the 1832 Reform Act itself as the Three Hundreds of Aylesbury.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/statutesunitedk21britgoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/statutesunitedk21britgoog/page/n180 154]|title=The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69]|last=Britain|first=Great|date=1832|publisher=His Majesty's Statute and Law Printers|language=en}} This extended the seat to include Wendover and Princes Risborough.{{Cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1868/Aylesbury_1868|title=H.M.S.O. Boundary Commission Report 1868, Aylesbury|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk|access-date=2019-02-06}}

The borough continued to elect two MPs until its abolition by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and transformation into a large county division, formally named the Mid or Aylesbury Division of Buckinghamshire. It was one of three divisions formed from the undivided three-member Parliamentary County of Buckinghamshire, the other two being the Northern or Buckingham Division and the Southern or Wycombe Division. As well as the areas previously represented by the abolished Borough, the reconstituted seat included Linslade to the north-east and Chesham to the south-east. Since then national boundary reviews have seen a gradual reduction in its physical size as its population has grown (see Boundaries Section below).

=Political history=

The Conservative Party had held the seat from 1924 to 2024, and held it at the 2015 general election with a 50.7% share of the vote. The result made the seat the 133rd safest of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority.{{cite web |url=http://www.ukpolitical.info/conservative-mps-elected-2015.htm |title=Conservative Members of Parliament 2015 |website=UK Political.info |access-date=2017-02-12 |archive-date=2017-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608170823/http://www.ukpolitical.info/conservative-mps-elected-2015.htm |url-status=live}} The closest result since 1929 but prior to 2024 was in 1966 when the Labour Party candidate fell 7.4% short of a majority. Labour gained the seat for the first time in its history in 2024, on a swing of over 15%.

In June 2016, an estimated 51.8% of local adults voting in the EU membership referendum chose to leave the European Union instead of to remain. This was matched in two January 2018 votes in Parliament by its MP.{{cite web |title=European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Reject Third Reading — Membership of the European Union: Recent Votes |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw-2018-01-17-104-commons/mp/10241 |website=TheyWorkForYou |access-date=28 August 2021 |language=English |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221203222/https://www.theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw-2018-01-17-104-commons/mp/10241 |archive-date=21 December 2021 }}

=Frontbenchers=

David Lidington, the constituency's MP from 1992 until 2019, was the Secretary of State for Justice in Theresa May's cabinet since succeeding Liz Truss in the 2017 cabinet reshuffle, before becoming the effective First Secretary of State in the place of Damian Green in 2018's new year's reshuffle. During the premiership of David Cameron he served as Minister for Europe, campaigning unsuccessfully (in the constituency as well as the whole country) to remain in the EU. From 2007 to 2010 he had been his party's Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

=MPs who have received honours=

Stanley Reed edited The Times of India from 1907 until 1924 and received correspondence from the major figures of India such as Mahatma Gandhi. In all he lived in India for fifty years. He was respected in the United Kingdom as an expert on Indian current affairs. He devised the sobriquet for Jaipur, 'the Pink City of India'.

Boundaries and boundary changes

= 1885–1918 =

  • The Sessional Divisions of Aylesbury, Chesham, and Linslade; and
  • Parts of the second Sessional Division of Desborough and the Sessional Division of Winslow.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/publicgeneralac01walegoog|title=The public general acts|last=Great Britain|first=Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales|publisher=Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports, 1884|others=unknown library|language=en}}

File:1918-1944 Aylesbury.png

= 1918–1945 =

  • The Borough of Aylesbury;
  • The Urban Districts of Beaconsfield and Chesham;
  • The Rural District of Amersham;
  • The part of the Rural District of Aylesbury not included in the Buckingham Division;
  • The Rural District of Long Crendon parish of Towersey; and
  • The Rural District of Wycombe parishes of Bledlow, Bradenham, Ellesborough, Great and Little Hampden, Great and Little Kimble, Horsenden, Hughenden, Ilmer, Monks Risborough, Princes Risborough, Radnage, Saunderton, and Wendover.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/representationof00frasrich|title=The Representation of the people act, 1918 : with explanatory notes|last=Fraser|first=Hugh|date=1918|publisher=London : Sweet and Maxwell|others=University of California Libraries}}

Linslade and Wing were transferred to the Buckingham Division and Amersham and Beaconsfield were transferred from the Wycombe Division.

= 1945–1950 =

The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944 set up Boundaries Commissions to carry out periodic reviews of the distribution of parliamentary constituencies. It also authorised an initial review to subdivide abnormally large constituencies in time for the 1945 election.{{Cite journal|last=Gay|first=Oonagh|date=2010-07-28|title=The Rules for the Redistribution of Seats- history and reform|url=https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN05628}} This was implemented by the Redistribution of Seats Order 1945 under which Buckinghamshire was allocated an additional seat. As a consequence, the parts of the (revised) Rural District of Wycombe in the Aylesbury Division, including Hughenden and Princes Risborough (but not Wendover which had been moved from the Rural District of Wycombe to that of Aylesbury by the reorganisation of local authorities in Buckinghamshire), were transferred to Wycombe.

There were no further changes and the revised composition of the constituency, after taking account of changes to local authorities, was:

  • The Borough of Aylesbury;
  • The Urban Districts of Beaconsfield and Chesham;
  • The Rural District of Amersham;
  • Parts of the Rural Districts of Aylesbury and Wing; and
  • The part of the Rural District of Bullingdon in Buckinghamshire.{{Cite book|title=Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885–1972;|last=S.|first=Craig, Fred W.|date=1972|publisher=Political Reference Publications|isbn=0900178094|location=Chichester|oclc=539011}}

= 1950–1974 =

  • The Borough of Aylesbury;
  • The Urban District of Chesham;
  • The Rural District of Aylesbury; and
  • The Rural District of Amersham parishes of Ashley Green, Chartridge, Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards, Great Missenden, Latimer, Lee, and Little Missenden.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1948/65/contents/enacted/data.htm|title=Representation of the People Act, 1948|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-02-07}}

Beaconsfield and southern parts of the Rural District of Amersham (including Amersham itself) were transferred to the new constituency of South Buckinghamshire. The boundary with Buckingham was redrawn to align with the northern boundary of the Rural District of Aylesbury.

= 1974–1983 =

  • The Borough of Aylesbury;
  • The Rural District of Aylesbury; and
  • The Rural District of Wycombe parishes of Bledlow-cum-Saunderton, Bradenham, Ellesborough, Great and Little Hampden, Great and Little Kimble, Ibstone, Lacey Green, Longwick-cum-Ilmer, Princes Risborough, Radnage, and Stokenchurch.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1970/1674/contents/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|access-date=2019-02-07}}

Parts of the Rural District of Wycombe, including Princes Risborough (but excluding Hughenden), transferred back from Wycombe. Chesham and the northern part of the Rural District of Amersham included in the new constituency of Chesham and Amersham.

= 1983–1997 =

  • The District of Aylesbury Vale wards of Aston Clinton, Aylesbury Central, Bedgrove, Elmhurst, Gatehouse, Grange, Mandeville, Meadowcroft, Oakfield, Southcourt, Wendover, and Weston Turville;
  • The District of Chiltern wards of Ballinger and South Heath, Great Missenden, and Prestwood and Heath End; and
  • The District of Wycombe wards of Bledlow-cum-Saunderton, Icknield, Lacey Green and Hampden, Naphill-cum-Bradenham, Princes Risborough, and Stokenchurch.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/417/contents/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|access-date=2019-02-07}}

Great Missenden transferred from Chesham and Amersham. Rural areas to the north and west of the town of Aylesbury transferred to Buckingham.

= 1997–2010 =

  • The District of Aylesbury Vale wards of Aylesbury Central, Bedgrove, Elmhurst, Gatehouse, Grange, Mandeville, Meadowcroft, Oakfield, Southcourt, Wendover, and Weston Turville;
  • The District of Chiltern wards of Ballinger and South Heath, Great Missenden, and Prestwood and Heath End; and
  • The District of Wycombe wards of Bledlow-cum-Saunderton, Icknield, Lacey Green and Hampden, Naphill-cum-Bradenham, Princes Risborough, and Stokenchurch.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1626/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-02-07}}

Minor changes, including the transfer of the District of Aylesbury Vale ward of Aston Clinton to Buckingham.

= 2010–2024 =

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  • The District of Aylesbury Vale wards of Aston Clinton, Aylesbury Central, Bedgrove, Coldharbour, Elmhurst and Watermead, Gatehouse, Mandeville and Elm Farm, Oakfield, Quarrendon, Southcourt, Walton Court and Hawkslade, and Wendover; and
  • The District of Wycombe wards of Bledlow and Bradenham, Greater Hughenden, Lacey Green, Speen and the Hampdens, Stokenchurch, and Radnage.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1681/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|access-date=2019-02-07}}

Hughenden transferred from Wycombe. Princes Risborough transferred to Buckingham, offset by return of Aston Clinton. Great Missenden returned to Chesham and Amersham.

In April 2020, the Districts of Aylesbury Vale and Wycombe, as well as those of South Bucks and Chiltern were merged into the new unitary authority of Buckinghamshire Council. Accordingly, the contents of the constituency were:

  • The Buckinghamshire Council wards of Aston Clinton and Bierton (part), Aylesbury East, Aylesbury North, Aylesbury North West, Aylesbury South East, Aylesbury South West, Aylesbury West, Ridgeway East (part), Ridgeway West, Stone and Waddesdon (part), Wendover, Hatton & Stoke Mandeville, West Wycombe (part), and Wing (part).

The constituency is based on the large town of Aylesbury and its suburbs as well as a small swathe of villages broken up by woods and cultivated land in the centre of the Chilterns which cover most of Buckinghamshire and parts of three other counties.

= 2024–present =

Further to the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies which became effective for the 2024 general election the constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

  • The District of Buckinghamshire wards of: Aston Clinton and Bierton; Aylesbury East; Aylesbury North; Aylesbury North West; Aylesbury South East; Aylesbury South West; Aylesbury West; Ivinghoe; Wing.{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region}}

The constituency was subject to significant changes, with southern, largely rural parts, including the town of Wendover, being included in the newly created seat of Mid Buckinghamshire. To partly compensate, the boundaries were extended northwards to include the communities of Ivinghoe and Wing, together with surrounding rural areas, previously part of the abolished Buckingham constituency.

Members of Parliament

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MPs 1553–1659

MPs 1659–1885

MPs 1885–1982

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= MPs 1553–1659 =

= MPs 1659–1885 =

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colspan="3"|YearFirst member{{Rayment-hc|a|3|date=March 2012}}First partySecond memberSecond party
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|1659

| James Whitelocke

| Thomas Tyrrill
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|1660

| Sir Thomas Lee, 1st Bt.

| Sir Richard Ingoldsby
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|1685

| Sir William Egerton

| Richard Anderson
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan="4"|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|1689

|rowspan="4"|Sir Thomas Lee, 2nd Bt.

rowspan="4"|

| Richard Beke

style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|1690

| Sir Thomas Lee, 1st Bt

style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|1691

| Simon Mayne

style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan="5"|

|1695

|rowspan="5"| James Herbert

rowspan="5"|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|1699

| Robert Dormer

style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|1701

| Sir Thomas Lee, 2nd Bt.

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|July 1702

| Sir John Pakington, 4th Bt.

Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan="2"|

|December 1702

|rowspan="2"|Simon Harcourt

rowspan="2"|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|1704

|Sir Henry Parker, 2nd Bt.

style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|1705

|Sir John Wittewrong, 3rd Bt.

|Simon Mayne
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|1710

|Simon Harcourt

|John Essington
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan="2"|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|January 1715

|rowspan="2"|Nathaniel Meade

rowspan="2"|

|John Deacle

style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|April 1715

|Trevor Hill

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|1722

|Richard Abell

Whig

|John Guise

Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan="2"|

|1727

|Sir William Stanhope

|rowspan="2"|Philip Lloydrowspan="2"|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan="2"|

|1728 by-election

|rowspan="2"|Edward Rudge

rowspan="2"|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|1730 by-election

|Thomas Ingoldsby

style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|1734

|George Champion

|Christopher TowerWhig
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|1741

|Charles Pilsworth

|Viscount Petersham
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|1747

|The Earl of Inchiquin

Whig

|Edward Willes

style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan="2"|

|1754

|Thomas Potter

|rowspan="2"|John Willesrowspan="2"|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan="2"|

|1757

|rowspan="2"|John Wilkes

rowspan="2"|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan="2"|

|1761

|rowspan="2"|Welbore Ellis

rowspan="2"|
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" rowspan="4"|

|1764 by-election

|rowspan="4"|Anthony Bacon

rowspan="4"| Whig{{cite book

|last=Stooks Smith

|first=Henry.

|editor=Craig, F. W. S.

|title=The Parliaments of England

|orig-year=1844–1850

|edition=2nd

|year=1973

|publisher=Parliamentary Research Services

|location=Chichester

|isbn=0-900178-13-2

|pages=[https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/15 15–17]

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style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|1768

|John Durand

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|1774

|John Aubrey

Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|1780

|Thomas Orde

Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan="2"|

|1784

|Sir Thomas Hallifax

|rowspan="2"|William Wrightsonrowspan="2"|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan="2"|

|1789 by-election

|rowspan="2"|Scrope Bernard

rowspan="2"|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|1790

|Gerard Lake

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" rowspan="2"|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|1802

|rowspan="2"|James Du Pre

rowspan="2"| Whig

|Robert Bent

Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|1804 by-election

|William Cavendish

Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" rowspan="2"|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|1806

|rowspan="2"|George Nugent, 1st Bt.

rowspan="2"| Tory

|George Cavendish

Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" rowspan="2"|

|1809 by-election

|rowspan="2"|Thomas Hussey

rowspan="2"| Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" rowspan="3"|

|1812

|rowspan="3"|George Nugent-Grenville

rowspan="3"|Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|1814 by-election

|Charles Cavendish

Whig{{cite web |last1=Fisher |first1=David R. |title=CAVENDISH, Charles Compton (1793–1863), of Latimers, nr. Chesham, Bucks. |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/cavendish-charles-compton-1793-1863 |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=29 July 2018 |date=1986 |editor-last=Thorne |editor-first=R.}}{{cite web |editor-last=Fisher |editor-first=D. R. |author1=Spencer, Howard |author2=Salmon, Philip |title=CAVENDISH, Charles Compton (1793–1863), of Latimers, nr. Chesham, Bucks. |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/cavendish-charles-1793-1863 |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=29 July 2018}}{{cite news |title=Bucks Gazette |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001288/18470807/049/0004 |access-date=29 July 2018 |date=7 August 1847 |page=4 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" rowspan="2"|

|1818

|rowspan="5"|William Rickford

rowspan="2"| Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|1832

|rowspan="2" | Henry Hanmer

Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|1834

| Conservative

| rowspan="3" | Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|1837

|Winthrop Mackworth Praed

Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" rowspan="2"|

|1839 by-election

|rowspan="2"|Charles Baillie-Hamilton

rowspan="2"| Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|1841

|Rice Richard Clayton

Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" rowspan="2"|

|1847

|John Peter Deering

Conservative

|rowspan="2"|The Lord Nugent

rowspan="2"|Whig{{cite news |title=Political |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000247/18470731/015/0002 |access-date=26 October 2018 |work=Norfolk News |date=31 July 1847 |page=2 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" rowspan="3"|

|1848 by-election

|rowspan="3"|Quintin Dick

rowspan="3"| Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|1850 by-election

|Frederick Calvert

Whig{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000244/18501221/009/0002|title=1850 Election|access-date=7 April 2018|work=The Norfolk Chronicle|date=21 December 1850|page=2|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news|title=The Aylesbury Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000270/18501228/015/0004|access-date=7 April 2018|work=Bucks Herald|date=28 December 1850|page=4|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" rowspan="3"|

|1851 by-election

|rowspan="3"|Richard Bethell

rowspan="3"| Whig{{cite book|last1=Hawkins|first1=Angus|title=The Forgotten Prime Minister: The 14th Earl of Derby|date=2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=9780199204403|page=156|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eJgUDAAAQBAJ&q=richard+bethell+radical+whig&pg=PA156|access-date=7 April 2018|chapter=War and Peace: 1855-1858}}{{cite web|last1=Marx|first1=Karl|author-link1=Karl Marx|title=The Paper Tax.—The Emperor's Letter|url=http://marxengels.public-archive.net/en/ME1213en.html|access-date=7 April 2018|page=Aug 7, 1860}}
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Radicals (UK)}}" |

|1852

|Austen Henry Layard

Radical{{cite book|last1=Bonakdarian|first1=Ansour|title=Britain and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906–1911: Foreign Policy, Imperialism, and Dissent|date=2006|publisher=Syracuse University Press|location=Syracuse|isbn=0815630425|page=8|edition=First|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K0jw3zg5iOsC&q=austen+henry+layard+whig+radical&pg=PA8|access-date=7 April 2018}}{{cite book|last1=Long|first1=Renata Eley|title=In the Shadow of the Alabama: The British Foreign Office and the American Civil War|date=2015|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis|isbn=9781612518374|page=5|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oBxpCQAAQBAJ&q=austen+henry+layard+whig+radical&pg=PA5|access-date=7 April 2018|chapter=Family and Foreign Office}}
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" rowspan="2"|

|1857

|rowspan="2"|Thomas Bernard

rowspan="2"| Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" rowspan="2"|

|1859

|rowspan="2"|Samuel George Smith

rowspan="2"| Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" rowspan="2"|

|1865

|rowspan="2"|Nathan Rothschild

rowspan="2"| Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" rowspan="2"|

|1880

|rowspan="2"|George W. E. Russell

rowspan="2"| Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

|1885 by-election

|Ferdinand de Rothschild

Liberal
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|1885

|colspan="4"|Parliamentary borough abolished

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= MPs 1885–present =

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the parliamentary borough of Aylesbury was abolished. The name was transferred to a new, larger, county division of Buckinghamshire, which elected one Member of Parliament (MP).

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|YearMemberParty
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

|1885

|rowspan="2"|Ferdinand de Rothschild

Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}" |

|1886

|Liberal Unionist

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}" |

|1899

|Walter Rothschild

Liberal Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}" |

|1910

|rowspan="4"|Lionel de Rothschild

Liberal Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Unionist Party (UK)}}" |

|1912

|Unionist

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Coalition Unionist}}" |

|1918

|Coalition Unionist

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Unionist Party (UK)}}" |

|1922

|Unionist

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

|1923

|Thomas Keens

Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|1924

|Sir Alan Burgoyne

Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|1929

|Michael Beaumont

Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|1938

|Sir Stanley Reed

Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|1950

|Spencer Summers

Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|1970

|Timothy Raison

Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|1992

|Sir David Lidington

Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|2019

|Rob Butler

Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|2024

|Laura Kyrke-Smith

Labour

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Elections

= Elections in the 2020s =

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Aylesbury{{cite web|url=https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/documents/32507/2024.07.04_Aylesbury_Constituency_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated.pdf |title=Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situations of Polling Stations |publisher=Buckinghamshire Council |language=en-gb |access-date=7 June 2024}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Laura Kyrke-Smith

|votes = 15,081

|percentage = 30.2

|change = +7.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Rob Butler

|votes = 14,451

|percentage = 28.9

|change = −22.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Steve Lambert

|votes = 10,440

|percentage = 20.9

|change = −1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Reform UK

|candidate = Lesley Taylor

|votes = 6,746

|percentage = 13.5

|change = +13.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Julie Atkins

|votes = 2,590

|percentage = 5.2

|change = +2.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Workers Party of Britain

|candidate = Jan Gajdos

|votes = 516

|percentage = 1.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)

|candidate = Richard Wilding

|votes = 116

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 630

|percentage = 1.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 49,940

|percentage = 63.1

|change = −13.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 79,169

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +15.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 2010s=

class="wikitable"
colspan="4" | 2019 notional result{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/5 |title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 |date= |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=UK Parliament}}
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

{{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| Conservative

align=right| 29,924align=right| 51.7
{{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}

| Labour

align=right| 13,284align=right| 22.9
{{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| Liberal Democrats

align=right| 12,670align=right| 21.9
{{party color cell|Green Party of England and Wales}}

| Green

align=right| 1,701align=right| 2.9
{{party color cell|Brexit Party}}

| Brexit Party

align=right| 309align=right| 0.5
colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"|
colspan="2"|Turnout

|align=right|57,888

|align=right|76.5

colspan="2"|Electorate

|align=right|75,636

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2019: Aylesbury{{cite news |title=Ashford Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000536 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=26 November 2019}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Rob Butler

|votes = 32,737

|percentage = 54.0

|change = −1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Liz Hind

|votes = 15,364

|percentage = 25.4

|change = −4.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Steven Lambert

|votes = 10,081

|percentage = 16.6

|change = +7.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Coral Simpson

|votes = 2,394

|percentage = 4.0

|change = +1.9

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 17,373

|percentage = 28.6

|change = +3.6

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 60,576

|percentage = 69.9

|change = −1.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 86,665

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2017: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Lidington

|votes = 32,313

|percentage = 55.0

|change = +4.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Mark Bateman

|votes = 17,657

|percentage = 30.0

|change = +14.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Steven Lambert

|votes = 5,660

|percentage = 9.6

|change = −1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Vijay Singh Srao

|votes = 1,296

|percentage = 2.2

|change = −17.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Coral Simpson

|votes = 1,237

|percentage = 2.1

|change = −1.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Kyle Michael

|votes = 620

|percentage = 1.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 14,656

|percentage = 25.0

|change = −6.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 58,743

|percentage = 71.4

|change = +2.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 82,546

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −5.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2015: Aylesbury{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk/news/2015/may/general-election-2015-results/|title=News | Buckinghamshire Council | Aylesbury Vale Area|website=www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Lidington

|votes = 28,083

|percentage = 50.7

|change = −1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Chris Adams

|votes = 10,925

|percentage = 19.7

|change = +12.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = William Cass

|votes = 8,391

|percentage = 15.1

|change = +2.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Steven Lambert

|votes = 5,885

|percentage = 10.6

|change = −17.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = David Lyons

|votes = 2,135

|percentage = 3.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 17,158

|percentage = 31.0

|change = +7.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 55,419

|percentage = 69.0

|change = +0.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 80,315

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −7.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2010: Aylesbury{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013 }}{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a09.stm | work=BBC News | title=BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Aylesbury}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Lidington

|votes = 27,736

|percentage = 52.2

|change = +3.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Steven Lambert

|votes = 15,118

|percentage = 28.4

|change = +0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Kathryn White

|votes = 6,695

|percentage = 12.6

|change = −5.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Chris Adams

|votes = 3,613

|percentage = 6.8

|change = +2.0

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 12,618

|percentage = 23.8

|change = +2.3

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 53,162

|percentage = 68.2

|change = +5.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 77,844

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +2.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

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=Elections in the 2000s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2005: Aylesbury{{cite web|url=http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/elections/results/general_elections/uk-general-election-2005/aylesbury |title=- Electoral Commission |access-date=2010-05-29 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515085206/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/elections/results/general_elections/uk-general-election-2005/aylesbury |archive-date=15 May 2010 |df=dmy }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Lidington

|votes = 25,252

|percentage = 49.1

|change = +1.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Peter Jones

|votes = 14,187

|percentage = 27.6

|change = +0.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Mohammed Khaliel

|votes = 9,540

|percentage = 18.5

|change = −4.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Chris Adams

|votes = 2,479

|percentage = 4.8

|change = +2.3

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 11,066

|percentage = 21.5

|change = +1.1

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 51,458

|percentage = 62.4

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 81,320

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +0.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2001: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Lidington

|votes = 23,230

|percentage = 47.3

|change = +3.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Peter M. Jones

|votes = 13,221

|percentage = 26.9

|change = −2.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Keith M. White

|votes = 11,388

|percentage = 23.2

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Justin D. Harper

|votes = 1,248

|percentage = 2.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 10,009

|percentage = 20.4

|change = +5.7

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 49,087

|percentage = 61.4

|change = −11.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 80,002

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +2.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

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=Elections in the 1990s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1997: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Lidington

|votes = 25,426

|percentage = 44.2

|change = −13.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Sharon Bowles

|votes = 17,007

|percentage = 29.5

|change = +1.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Langridge

|votes = 12,759

|percentage = 22.2

|change = +8.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Referendum Party

|candidate = Marc John

|votes = 2,196

|percentage = 3.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = Lawrence R. Sheaff

|votes = 166

|percentage = 0.3

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 8,419

|percentage = 14.7

|change = −15.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 57,554

|percentage = 72.8

|change = −6.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 79,047

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −7.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1992: Aylesbury{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=6 Dec 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Lidington

|votes = 36,500

|percentage = 57.4

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Sharon Bowles

|votes = 17,640

|percentage = 27.7

|change = −0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Roger Priest

|votes = 8,517

|percentage = 13.4

|change = −0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Nigel A. Foster

|votes = 702

|percentage = 1.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = Bruno H.M. D'Arcy

|votes = 239

|percentage = 0.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 18,860

|percentage = 29.7

|change = +0.8

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 63,598

|percentage = 80.4

|change = +5.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 79,208

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +0.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

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=Elections in the 1980s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1987: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Timothy Raison

|votes = 32,970

|percentage = 57.5

|change = −0.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael Soole

|votes = 16,412

|percentage = 28.6

|change = −0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Julie Larner

|votes = 7,936

|percentage = 13.9

|change = +1.7

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 16,558

|percentage = 28.9

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 57,318

|percentage = 74.5

|change = +3.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 76,919

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +0.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1983: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Timothy Raison

|votes = 30,230

|percentage = 58.1

|change = −0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael Soole

|votes = 15,310

|percentage = 29.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael Moran

|votes = 6,364

|percentage = 12.2

|change = −12.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = T. Chapman

|votes = 166

|percentage = 0.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 14,920

|percentage = 28.7

|change = −5.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 52,070

|percentage = 71.5

|change = −6.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 72,792

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

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=Elections in the 1970s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1979: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Timothy Raison

|votes = 33,953

|percentage = 58.3

|change = +11.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = J.G. Power

|votes = 14,091

|percentage = 24.2

|change = −4.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = M.J. Cook

|votes = 10,248

|percentage = 17.6

|change = −6.8

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 19,862

|percentage = 34.1

|change = +16.3

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 58,292

|percentage = 78.0

|change = +3.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 74,746

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election October 1974: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Timothy Raison

|votes = 23,565

|percentage = 46.8

|change = −0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Reginald Groves

|votes = 14,592

|percentage = 29.0

|change = +2.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = M.J. Cook

|votes = 12,219

|percentage = 24.4

|change = −2.2

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 8,973

|percentage = 17.8

|change = −2.6

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 50,376

|percentage = 74.4

|change = −16.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 67,729

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election February 1974: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Timothy Raison

|votes = 25,764

|percentage = 47.0

|change = −5.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = M.J. Cook

|votes = 14,581

|percentage = 26.6

|change = +14.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Reginald Groves

|votes = 14,463

|percentage = 26.4

|change = −8.9

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 11,183

|percentage = 20.4

|change = +2.1

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 54,808

|percentage = 91.2

|change = +15.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 60,070

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1970: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Timothy Raison

|votes = 31,084

|percentage = 53.3

|change = +8.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = James E. Mitchell

|votes = 20,441

|percentage = 35.0

|change = −2.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Philip S. Kinsey

|votes = 6,849

|percentage = 11.7

|change = −5.9

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 10,643

|percentage = 18.3

|change = +10.9

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 58,374

|percentage = 75.5

|change = −4.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 77,358

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +5.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

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=Elections in the 1960s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1966: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Spencer Summers

|votes = 23,673

|percentage = 44.9

|change = −2.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Allison

|votes = 19,766

|percentage = 37.5

|change = +5.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Timothy Joyce

|votes = 9,272

|percentage = 17.6

|change = −2.7

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 3,907

|percentage = 7.41

|change = −7.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 52,711

|percentage = 79.9

|change = −0.12

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 65,968

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1964: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Spencer Summers

|votes = 23,856

|percentage = 47.1

|change = −4.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Gordon Western

|votes = 16,467

|percentage = 32.5

|change = +1.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Timothy Joyce

|votes = 10,301

|percentage = 20.4

|change = +2.4

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 7,389

|percentage = 14.6

|change = −5.8

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 50,624

|percentage = 80.0

|change = −1.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 63,262

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

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=Elections in the 1950s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1959: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Spencer Summers

|votes = 22,504

|percentage = 51.2

|change = +1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Hugh Gray

|votes = 13,549

|percentage = 30.8

|change = −5.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Howard Levett Fry

|votes = 7,897

|percentage = 18.0

|change = +3.6

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 8,955

|percentage = 20.4

|change = +6.3

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 43,950

|percentage = 81.3

|change = −0.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 54,089

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1955: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Spencer Summers

|votes = 20,330

|percentage = 49.9

|change = −6.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Tony Harman

|votes = 14,569

|percentage = 35.7

|change = −8.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Howard Levett Fry

|votes = 5,869

|percentage = 14.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 5,761

|percentage = 14.1

|change = +2.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 40,768

|percentage = 81.8

|change = −1.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 49,841

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1951: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Spencer Summers

|votes = 22,455

|percentage = 56.1

|change = +11.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Tony Harman

|votes = 17,605

|percentage = 44.0

|change = +7.8

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 4,850

|percentage = 12.1

|change = +3.6

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 40,060

|percentage = 83.1

|change = −0.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 48,181

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1950: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Spencer Summers

|votes = 17,623

|percentage = 44.7

|change = −3.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Tony Harman

|votes = 14,262

|percentage = 36.2

|change = +4.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Guthrie Moir

|votes = 7,547

|percentage = 19.1

|change = −1.0

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 3,361

|percentage = 8.5

|change = −7.3

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 39,432

|percentage = 83.4

|change = +13.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 47,261

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

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=Elections in the 1940s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1945: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Stanley Reed

|votes = 24,537

|percentage = 47.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Reginald Groves

|votes = 16,445

|percentage = 32.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Guy Naylor

|votes = 10,302

|percentage = 20.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 8,092

|percentage = 15.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 51,284

|percentage = 69.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 73,737

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

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= Elections in the 1930s =

{{Election box begin|title=1938 Aylesbury by-election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Stanley Reed

|votes = 21,695

|percentage = 54.1

|change = −1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = T. Atholl Robertson

|votes = 10,751

|percentage = 26.8

|change = −4.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Reginald Groves

|votes = 7,666

|percentage = 19.1

|change = +8.2

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 10,994

|percentage = 27.3

|change = +1.5

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 40,112

|percentage = 63.1

|change = −7.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:1921 Margaret Wintringham.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1935: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael Beaumont

|votes = 24,728

|percentage = 57.4

|change = −10.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Margaret Wintringham

|votes = 13,622

|percentage = 31.6

|change = −10.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Eric W. Shearer

|votes = 4,716

|percentage = 11.0

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 11,106

|percentage = 25.8

|change = −21.8

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 43,066

|percentage = 70.2

|change = −5.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 61,315

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:Cyril Berkeley Dallow.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1931: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael Beaumont

|votes = 29,368

|percentage = 68.3

|change = +20.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Cyril Berkeley Dallow

|votes = 8,927

|percentage = 20.8

|change = −20.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Dorothy Woodman

|votes = 4,677

|percentage = 10.9

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 20,441

|percentage = 47.6

|change = +40.8

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 42,972

|percentage = 75.6

|change = −3.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

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= Elections in the 1920s =

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1929: Aylesbury}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael Beaumont

|votes = 20,478

|percentage = 48.1

|change = −7.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Keens

|votes = 17,594

|percentage = 41.3

|change = +5.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = F G Temple

|votes = 4,509

|percentage = 10.6

|change = +2.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,884

|percentage = 6.8

|change = −13.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 42,531

|percentage = 78.7

|change = −3.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = −6.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1924: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Alan Hughes Burgoyne

|votes = 18,132

|percentage = 56.0

|change = +8.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Keens

|votes = 11,574

|percentage = 35.8

|change = −12.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Fred Watkins

|votes = 2,655

|percentage = 8.2

|change = +3.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,558

|percentage = 20.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 32,361

|percentage = 82.0

|change = +7.3

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +10.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1923: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Keens

|votes = 13,575

|percentage = 47.9

|change = −1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Alan Hughes Burgoyne

|votes = 13,504

|percentage = 47.6

|change = −3.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Fred Watkins

|votes = 1,275

|percentage = 4.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 71

|percentage = 0.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 28,354

|percentage = 74.7

|change = +3.3

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = +1.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1922: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Lionel de Rothschild

|votes = 13,406

|percentage = 51.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Keens

|votes = 12,835

|percentage = 48.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 571

|percentage = 2.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 26,241

|percentage = 71.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

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= Elections in the 1910s =

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1918: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link coalition 1918|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Lionel de Rothschild

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end 1918}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election December 1910: Aylesbury{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate = Lionel de Rothschild

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Unionist Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election January 1910: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate = Lionel de Rothschild

|votes = 6,037

|percentage = 56.9

|change = +0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = A.R.W. Atkins

|votes = 4,574

|percentage = 43.1

|change = −0.9

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,463

|percentage = 13.8

|change = +1.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 10,611

|percentage = 86.8

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 12,218

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Unionist Party

|swing = +0.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

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=Elections in the 1900s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1906: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate = Walter Rothschild

|votes = 5,675

|percentage = 56.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Silas Hocking

|votes = 4,463

|percentage = 44.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,212

|percentage = 12.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 10,138

|percentage = 86.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 11,661

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Unionist Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1900: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate = Walter Rothschild

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Unionist Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

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=Elections in the 1890s=

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 1899: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Walter Rothschild

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1895: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Ferdinand de Rothschild

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1892: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Ferdinand de Rothschild

|votes = 5,515

|percentage = 64.8

|change = −9.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= T.H. Dolbey

|votes = 2,992

|percentage = 35.2

|change = +9.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,523

|percentage = 29.6

|change = −18.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,507

|percentage = 77.8

|change = +17.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,928

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

|swing = −9.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

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=Elections in the 1880s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1886: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Ferdinand de Rothschild

|votes=4,723

|percentage= 73.8

|change= +42.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= Charles Durant Hodgson{{cite news|title=The General Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000369/18860717/027/0004|access-date=23 November 2017|work=Reading Mercury|date=17 Jul 1886|page=4}}

|votes=1,680

|percentage=26.2

|change=−39.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes= 3,043

|percentage=47.6

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=6,403

|percentage=60.8

|change=−18.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors=10,535

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Unionist Party

|loser=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +40.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box begin|title=General election 1885: Aylesbury The Liberal Year Book, 1907Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Ferdinand de Rothschild

|votes=5,476

|percentage=65.2

|change=−7.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Frederick Charsley

|votes=2,624

|percentage=31.3

|change=+4.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Independent Liberal

|candidate=Charles James Clarke

|votes=296

|percentage=3.5

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=2,852

|percentage=33.9

|change=+26.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=8,396

|percentage=79.7

|change=+14.1 (est)

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors=10,535

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing =−5.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 18 Jul 1885: Aylesbury {{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Ferdinand de Rothschild

|votes= 2,353

|percentage= 62.4

|change= −10.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= William Graham{{cite news|title=Forthcoming Aylesbury|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001652/18850627/044/0005|access-date=23 November 2017|work=The Globe|date=27 Jun 1885|page=5}}

|votes= 1,416

|percentage= 37.6

|change= +10.3

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes= 937

|percentage= 24.8

|change= +17.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 3,769

|percentage= 84.3

|change= +18.7 (est)

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors= 4,473

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −10.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

  • Caused by Rothschild's elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Rothschild.

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1880: Aylesbury (Two seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Nathan Rothschild

|votes= 2,111

|percentage= 38.1

|change= −0.8

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= George W. E. Russell

|votes= 1,919

|percentage= 34.6

|change= +9.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Samuel George Smith

|votes= 1,511

|percentage= 27.3

|change= −8.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes= 408

|percentage= 7.3

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=2,771 (est)

|percentage= 65.6 (est)

|change= +9.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors= 4,228

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +3.5

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +6.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box begin|title=General election 1874: Aylesbury (Two seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Nathan Rothschild

|votes= 1,761

|percentage= 38.9

|change= −3.5

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Samuel George Smith

|votes= 1,624

|percentage= 35.9

|change= +0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal-Labour (UK)

|candidate= George Howell

|votes= 1,144

|percentage= 25.3

|change= +2.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 2,265 (est)

|percentage= 55.7 (est)

|change= −2.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors= 4,064

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes= 137

|percentage= 3.0

|change= −4.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −2.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes= 480

|percentage= 10.6

|change= −2.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −0.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

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=Elections in the 1860s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1868: Aylesbury (Two seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Nathan Rothschild

|votes= 1,772

|percentage= 42.4

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Samuel George Smith

|votes= 1,468

|percentage= 35.1

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal-Labour (UK)

|candidate= George Howell

|votes= 942

|percentage= 22.5

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 2,091 (est)

|percentage= 58.1 (est)

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors= 3,602

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes= 304

|percentage= 7.3

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing =N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes= 526

|percentage= 12.6

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1865: Aylesbury (Two seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Nathan Rothschild

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Samuel George Smith

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors= 1,225

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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=Elections in the 1850s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1859: Aylesbury (Two seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Thomas Bernard

|votes = 552

|percentage = 34.0

|change = +15.6

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Samuel George Smith

|votes = 535

|percentage = 33.0

|change = +14.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= Thomas Wentworth{{cite news|title=The Aylesbury Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000270/18590416/011/0005|access-date=7 April 2018|work=Bucks Herald|date=16 April 1859|page=5|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 534

|percentage = 33.0

|change = −30.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,079 (est)

|percentage = 82.7 (est)

|change = +24.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors= 1,304

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +15.4

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +14.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

  • On the original count, both Smith and Wentworth received 535 votes, meaning there were three MPs elected. However, after scrutiny, Wentworth lost one vote and was declared unduly elected on 2 August 1859.{{Rayment-hc|a|3|date=April 2018}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1857: Aylesbury (Two seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Thomas Bernard

|votes = 546

|percentage = 36.7

|change = −8.1

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Richard Bethell

|votes = 501

|percentage = 33.7

|change = +7.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Radicals (UK)

|candidate= Austen Henry Layard

|votes = 439

|percentage = 29.5

|change = +1.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 743 (est)

|percentage = 58.7 (est)

|change = −10.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors= 1,266

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 107

|percentage = 7.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Radicals (UK)

|swing = −2.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 62

|percentage = 4.2

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +5.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 9 February 1857: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Richard Bethell

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 6 January 1853: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Richard Bethell

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1852: Aylesbury (Two seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Radicals (UK)

|candidate= Austen Henry Layard

|votes = 558

|percentage = 28.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Richard Bethell

|votes = 525

|percentage = 26.7

|change = −6.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Augustus Frederick Bayford

|votes = 447

|percentage = 22.7

|change = −14.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= John Temple West{{cite news|title=Election Intelligence|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18520419/027/0003|access-date=7 April 2018|work=London Evening Standard|date=19 April 1852|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 435

|percentage = 22.1

|change = −7.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 983 (est)

|percentage = 69.3 (est)

|change = +8.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors= 1,417

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 123

|percentage = 6.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner= Radicals (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +2.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 78

|percentage = 4.0

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 11 April 1851: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Richard Bethell

|votes = 544

|percentage = 51.2

|change = +17.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= William Ferrand{{cite news|title=Mr. Ferrand at Aylesbury|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000270/18510405/012/0004|access-date=7 April 2018|work=Bucks Herald|date=5 April 1851|page=4|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 518

|percentage = 48.8

|change = −17.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 26

|percentage = 2.4

|change = −1.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,062

|percentage = 70.2

|change = +9.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors= 1,512

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +17.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

  • Caused by the 1850 by-election being declared void on petition due to treating and bribery.{{cite news|title=Latest News|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000249/18510405/019/0003|access-date=7 April 2018|work=Leamington Spa Courier|date=5 April 1851|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 27 December 1850: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Frederick Calvert

|votes = 499

|percentage = 77.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= John Houghton{{cite news|title=Aylesbury Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000051/18501228/010/0003|access-date=7 April 2018|work=London Daily News|date=28 December 1850|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 147

|percentage = 22.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 352

|percentage = 54.4

|change = +51.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 646

|percentage = 42.7

|change = −18.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors= 1,512

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

  • Caused by Nugent-Grenville's death. Houghton retired before polling.{{cite news|title=Aylesbury Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000317/18501214/012/0003|access-date=7 April 2018|work=Northampton Mercury|date=14 December 1850|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

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=Elections in the 1840s=

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 29 March 1848: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Quintin Dick

|votes = 614

|percentage = 64.0

|change = −2.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= John Houghton

|votes = 345

|percentage = 36.0

|change = +2.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 269

|percentage = 28.0

|change = +24.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 959

|percentage = 63.4

|change = +2.2

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors= 1,513

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −2.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

  • Caused by Deering's election being declared void on petition due to treating by his agents.{{cite news |title=England |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000461/18480329/010/0003 |access-date=26 October 2018 |work=Dumfries and Galloway Standard |date=29 March 1848 |page=3 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1847: Aylesbury (Two seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= John Peter Deering

|votes = 687

|percentage = 37.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= George Nugent-Grenville

|votes = 620

|percentage = 33.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Rice Richard Clayton

|votes = 546

|percentage = 29.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 927 (est)

|percentage = 61.2 (est)

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors= 1,513

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 67

|percentage = 3.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 74

|percentage = 4.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1841: Aylesbury (Two seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Charles Baillie-Hamilton

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Rice Richard Clayton

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors= 1,624

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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=Elections in the 1830s=

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 31 July 1839: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Charles Baillie-Hamilton

|votes = 620

|percentage = 89.2

|change = +15.4

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Radicals (UK)

|candidate= John Ingram Lockhart

|votes = 72

|percentage = 10.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= George Nugent-Grenville

|votes = 3

|percentage = 0.4

|change = −25.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 548

|percentage = 78.8

|change = +73.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 695

|percentage = 49.1

|change = −34.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors= 1,416

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +20.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

  • Caused by Praed's death

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1837: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= William Rickford

|votes = 865

|percentage = 41.9

|change = +3.4

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Winthrop Mackworth Praed

|votes = 657

|percentage = 31.9

|change = +5.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= George Nugent-Grenville

|votes = 540

|percentage = 26.2

|change = +14.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 117

|percentage = 5.7

|change = +2.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,188

|percentage = 84.0

|change = +5.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors= 1,414

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −1.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −0.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1835: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= William Rickford

|votes = 855

|percentage = 38.5

|change = −7.6

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Henry Hanmer

|votes = 586

|percentage = 26.4

|change = −1.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Radicals (UK)

|candidate= Thomas Hobhouse{{citation |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001174/18350115/033/0002 |access-date=6 September 2019 |title=Perthshire Courier |date=15 January 1835 |page=2 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}

|votes = 508

|percentage = 22.9

|change = −2.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= John Lee

|votes = 269

|percentage = 12.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 78

|percentage = 3.5

|change = +1.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,210

|percentage = 78.4

|change = +1.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors= 1,544

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −3.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −0.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1832: Aylesbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Tories (British political party)

|candidate= William Rickford

|votes = 1,076

|percentage = 46.1

|change = −0.7

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Tories (British political party)

|candidate= Henry Hanmer

|votes = 657

|percentage = 28.1

|change = +3.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Radicals (UK)

|candidate= Thomas Hobhouse

|votes = 602

|percentage = 25.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 55

|percentage = 2.3

|change = −15.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,268

|percentage = 76.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors= 1,654

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Tories (British political party)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner= Tories (British political party)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1831: Aylesbury{{cite web |last1=Fisher |first1=David R. |title=Aylesbury |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/aylesbury |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=6 September 2019 |date=2009}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Tories (British political party)

|candidate= William Rickford

|votes = 986

|percentage = 46.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= George Nugent-Grenville

|votes = 606

|percentage = 28.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Tories (British political party)

|candidate= Thomas FitzMaurice

|votes = 509

|percentage = 24.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,150

|percentage =

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 380

|percentage = 18.0

|change = N/A

}}

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|winner= Tories (British political party)

|swing = N/A

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 97

|percentage = 4.6

|change = N/A

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|winner= Whigs (British political party)

|swing = N/A

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 3 December 1830: Aylesbury

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= George Nugent-Grenville

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner= Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1830: Aylesbury

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party= Tories (British political party)

|candidate= William Rickford

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= George Nugent-Grenville

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner= Tories (British political party)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner= Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

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See also

Notes

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References

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Sources

  • {{cite book | title=The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935 | publisher=Politico's (reprint) | year=2003 | editor=Iain Dale | isbn=1-84275-033-X }}
  • {{cite book | title=The Times House of Commons 1945 | work=The Times | year=1945 }}
  • {{cite book | title=The Times House of Commons 1950 | work=The Times | year=1950 }}
  • {{cite book | title=The Times House of Commons 1955 | work=The Times | year=1955 }}
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press, revised edition 1977)