Chesham and Amersham (UK Parliament constituency)

The local authority is Buckinghamshire Council and the seat formerly coincided with the now-abolished Chiltern District. It includes the towns of Chesham, Amersham and Gerrards Cross, together with outlying villages within the Metropolitan Green Belt. The area is connected with Central London by the Metropolitan Line of the London Underground, as well as the London to Aylesbury Line and the Chiltern Main Line, both operated by Chiltern Railways. The constituency is also close to the M40 and M25 motorways. It is home to many affluent professionals. The two main towns are the only part of the London Underground network amid an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (viz Chiltern Hills).{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Richard |date=5 May 2015 |title=The Chilterns' landscape landmark |url=https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/homes-and-gardens/places-to-live/the-chilterns-landscape-landmark-7160688 |accessdate=2 June 2021 |website=Great British Life}}

The seat was created for the general election in February 1974. It comprised the southern part of the former Rural District of Amersham, including Amersham and the Chalfonts, previously part of the abolished constituency of South Buckinghamshire; and Chesham and the northern part of the former Rural District of Amersham, transferred from Aylesbury.

Until the 2021 by-election was won by the Liberal Democrats candidate, the previous general election results in the seat since its creation had seen a Conservative winning margin of between 10,416 (Feb 1974) and 23,920 (2015) votes, in each case an absolute majority of the votes cast. In each of the general elections except two the Liberals, or subsequently Liberal Democrats, had come second, with results as high as 31.15 per cent of the votes cast. Labour came second only once, in 2017, when it achieved its best ever result of 20.6 per cent. UKIP came second in 2015, Labour in 2017 and the Liberal Democrats in 2019.

In June 2016, an estimated 55 per cent of adults voting in the EU referendum in the constituency voted to remain in the European Union, compared with 48% in the UK as a whole. The estimated turnout of 83.6 per cent was the highest in any constituency in the UK, the only higher turnout in the referendum being in Gibraltar.{{cite web |title=EU Referendum Results and Turnout |url=https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/eu-referendum/results-and-turnout-eu-referendum |access-date=14 December 2019 |website=Electoral Commission}} In the 2019 EU Parliament elections more than 50 per cent voted for parties supporting continued UK membership of the EU, although the turnout was only 42.8 per cent. The pro-EU Liberal Democrats were the most popular party with 31.9 per cent, with the pro-Leave Brexit Party in second place on 30 per cent.{{cite web |title=European Union Parliamentary Election Result |url=https://www.chiltern.gov.uk/article/10276/European-Union-Parliamentary-Election-Result-23-May-2019 |access-date=14 December 2019 |website=Chiltern District Council |archive-date=1 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001231359/https://www.chiltern.gov.uk/article/10276/European-Union-Parliamentary-Election-Result-23-May-2019 |url-status=dead }} Despite the seat's support for remaining in the EU, its pro-Brexit MP, Dame Cheryl Gillan, was re-elected in both general elections held after the 2016 referendum (in the case of 2017 with her highest vote share since her first election in 1992), albeit with slightly reduced majorities.

Dame Cheryl Gillan MP died in office on 4 April 2021, and the seat was gained by the Liberal Democrats' pro-EU Sarah Green in the subsequent by-election on 17 June 2021 with a majority of 8,028 votes. The Liberal Democrat win in the 2021 Chesham and Amersham by-election was seen as an upset in a historically safe Conservative seat,{{Cite news|date=2021-06-18|title=Chesham and Amersham by-election won by Lib Dems|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-57472032|access-date=2021-06-18}} and party leader Sir Ed Davey tweeted that the result had "sent a shockwave through British politics".{{cite tweet|title=Ed Davey MP @EdwardJDavey Congratulations to @SarahGreenLD who has just sent a shockwave through British politics. If @libdems can beat the Tories here, we can beat them anywhere. The blue wall can be smashed by @libdems|last=Davey|first=Ed|user=edwardjdavey|number=1405692214936809472|access-date=2021-06-18|language=en}} It was the first in a series of likewise safe Conservative seats that were lost to the Liberal Democrats through by-elections in that Parliament.

In December 2023, the Labour Party included the seat in its published list of 211 non-battleground seats, suggesting they did not see it as winnable.{{cite web |url=https://labourlist.org/2023/12/labour-seats-candidate-selections-apply-constituencies/ |title=Labour selections: Full list of 211 'non-battleground' seats now open to applications |work=labourlist.org |first=Tom |last=Belger |date=8 December 2023 |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209080344/https://labourlist.org/2023/12/labour-seats-candidate-selections-apply-constituencies/ |archive-date=9 December 2023 |url-status=live}} Sarah Green retained the seat for the Liberal Democrats at the 2024 General Election with a swing of 22.4%, giving her a majority of 5,451 (10.0%).

1974–1983: Chesham Urban District and Amersham Rural District.{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1970/1674/contents/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970|website=legislation.gov.uk|access-date=2019-02-08}}

1983–1997:

• The District of Chiltern wards of Amersham Common, Amersham-on-the-Hill, Amersham Town, Asheridge Vale, Ashley Green and Latimer, Austenwood, Chalfont Common, Chalfont St Giles, Chalfont St Peter Central, Chartridge, Chenies, Chesham Bois and Weedon Hill, Cholesbury and The Lee, Coleshill and Penn Street, Gold Hill, Hilltop, Holmer Green, Little Chalfont, Little Missenden, Lowndes, Newtown, Penn, Pond Park, St Mary's, Seer Green and Jordans, Townsend, and Waterside; and
• The District of Wycombe wards of Hazlemere North and Hazlemere South.{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/417/contents/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983|website=legislation.gov.uk|access-date=2019-02-08}}

:Hazlemere was transferred from Wycombe. Great Missenden was transferred to Aylesbury.

1997–2010:

• The Chiltern District except the wards of Ballinger and South Heath, Great Missenden, and Prestwood and Heath End; and
• The Wycombe District wards of Hazlemere Central, Hazlemere East and Hazlemere West.{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1626/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995|website=legislation.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-02-08}}

{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Chesham and Amersham (UK Parliament constituency) 2010}}|frame=yes|frame-width=260|frame-height=210|text=Map of boundaries 2010–2024}}

2010–2024: The Chiltern District.

:Great Missenden transferred back from Aylesbury and Hazlemere returned to Wycombe.{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1681/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007|website=legislation.gov.uk|access-date=2019-02-08}}

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 Amersham and Chesham Bois, Chalfont St. Giles, Chalfont St. Peter, Chesham, Chess Valley, Chiltern Ridges (polling districts CD and CDA), Denham (polling district SGE), Gerrards Cross ( polling districts SGN and SGS), Hazlemere, Little Chalfont and Amersham Common, and Penn Wood and Old Amersham.{{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 boundaries are similar to those of 1983 to 2010, with Great Missenden and the nearby village of Chartridge now included in the new constituency of Mid Buckinghamshire, and Hazlemere returned from Wycombe. In addition, the town of Gerrards Cross was transferred in from Beaconsfield.

The present Member of Parliament for Chesham and Amersham is the Liberal Democrat Sarah Green MP who was elected at the 2021 by-election. Previous MPs were the Conservative Cheryl Gillan, who held the position from 1992 until her death in 2021,{{cite web |title=Tory MP Dame Cheryl Gillan dies after long illness |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56641597 |website=BBC News |access-date=18 May 2021 |date=5 April 2021}} and Ian Gilmour, who served from 1974 to 1992.

South Buckinghamshire and Aylesbury prior to 1974

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{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Chesham and Amersham|}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate=Sarah Green{{Cite web|url= https://www.markpack.org.uk/167842/liberal-democrat-prospective-parliamentary-candidates/ |title=Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates |access-date=6 February 2024 |publisher=Mark Pack}}

|votes=24,422

|percentage=44.9

|change=+22.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Gareth Williams{{Cite web|url= https://conservativehome.com/2022/05/02/williams-selected-as-parliamentary-spokesman-for-chesham-and-amersham/ |title=Williams selected as the parliamentary candidate for Chesham and Amersham |access-date=6 February 2024 |publisher=ConservativeHome}}

|votes=18,971

|percentage=34.8

|change=−21.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Reform UK

|candidate=Laurence Jarvis{{Cite web|url= https://www.reformparty.uk/chesham-and-amersham-constituency |title=Chesham and Amersham Constituency |access-date=6 February 2024 |publisher=Reform UK}}

|votes=5,310

|percentage=9.8

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Labour Party (UK)

|candidate=Chris Chilton{{Cite tweet |author=Chris Chilton |user=chillychrisy |number=1794684332285759540 |title=I am delighted to be selected as the Labour Party Candidate for Chesham and Amersham and look forward to being elected as the first ever Labour MP to represent the seat…}}

|votes=3,502

|percentage=6.4

|change=−7.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate=Justine Fulford{{Cite web|url=https://www.greenparty.org.uk/our-candidates.html |title=Our Candidates |access-date=1 June 2024}}

|votes=1,673

|percentage=3.1

|change=−1.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Workers Party of Britain

|candidate=Muhammad Pervez Khan{{Cite tweet |author=Muhammad Pervez Khan |user=PervezKhanMP |number=1796325687931855297 |title=I am honoured to announce my candidacy for Member of Parliament in Chesham and Amersham for the Workers Party of Britain in the upcoming General Election…}}

|votes=466

|percentage=0.9

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Heritage Party (UK)

|candidate=Julian Foster[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001162 Chesham and Amersham]

|votes=111

|percentage=0.2

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=5,451

|percentage=10.1

|change=

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes=54,455

|percentage=72.7

|change=+0.3

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 74,889

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|swing = +22.0

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{{Election box end}}

Vote share changes for the 2024 election are compared to the notional results from the 2019 election, not the 2021 by-election.

{{Election box begin |title= 2021 by-election: Chesham and Amersham{{cite web |url=https://buckinghamshire.moderngov.co.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=50 |title = Election results for Chesham & Amersham, 17 June 2021 – Modern Council| date=17 June 2021 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Sarah Green

|votes = 21,517

|percentage = 56.7

|change = +30.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Fleet

|votes = 13,489

|percentage = 35.5

|change = −19.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Carolyne Culver

|votes = 1,480

|percentage = 3.9

|change = −1.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Natasa Pantelic

|votes = 622

|percentage = 1.6

|change = −11.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Reform UK

|candidate = Alex Wilson

|votes = 414

|percentage = 1.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

| colour = #f38b3d

| party = Breakthrough Party

| candidate = Carla Gregory

| votes = 197

| percentage = 0.5

| change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate|

| colour = {{party color|Freedom Alliance (UK)}}

| party = Freedom Alliance

| candidate = Adrian Oliver

| votes = 134

| percentage = 0.4

| change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate|

| colour =#003399

| party =Rejoin EU

| candidate = Brendan Donnelly

| votes = 101

| percentage = 0.3

| change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 8,028

|percentage = 21.2

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 72,828}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 37,954

|percentage = 52.1

|change = −24.7

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

| winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)

| loser = Conservative Party (UK)

| swing = +25.2

}}

{{Election box end}}Cheryl Gillan died on 4 April 2021, triggering a by-election held on 17 June 2021.{{Cite web |title=Election timetable and notices |url=https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/your-council/council-and-democracy/election-and-voting/election-timetable-and-notices/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517022522/https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/your-council/council-and-democracy/election-and-voting/election-timetable-and-notices/ |archive-date=17 May 2021 |access-date=18 May 2021 |website=Buckinghamshire Council |language=en-GB}}

{{Election box begin | title = General election 2019: Chesham and Amersham{{cite news |title=Chesham & Amersham Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000631 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=26 November 2019}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Cheryl Gillan

|votes = 30,850

|percentage = 55.4

|change = −5.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Dan Gallagher

|votes = 14,627

|percentage = 26.3

|change = +13.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Matt Turmaine

|votes = 7,166

|percentage = 12.9

|change = −7.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Alan Booth

|votes = 3,042

|percentage = 5.5

|change = +2.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 16,223

|percentage = 29.1

|change = −11.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 55,685

|percentage = 76.8

|change = −0.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2017: Chesham and Amersham{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000631|title=Chesham & Amersham parliamentary constituency – Election 2017|publisher=BBC|access-date=24 May 2017}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Cheryl Gillan

|votes = 33,514

|percentage = 60.7

|change = +1.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Nina Dluzewska

|votes = 11,374

|percentage = 20.6

|change = +7.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Peter Jones

|votes = 7,179

|percentage = 13.0

|change = +4.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Alan Booth

|votes = 1,660

|percentage = 3.0

|change = −2.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = David Meacock

|votes = 1,525

|percentage = 2.8

|change = −10.9

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 22,140

|percentage = 40.1

|change = −5.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 55,252

|percentage = 77.1

|change = +4.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2015: Chesham and Amersham{{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=http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/article/4945/Chesham--Amersham-Constituency |title=Chesham & Amersham Constituency – Chiltern District Council |access-date=22 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623004900/http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/article/4945/Chesham--Amersham-Constituency |archive-date=23 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Cheryl Gillan

|votes = 31,138

|percentage = 59.1

|change = −1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=UK Independence Party

|candidate=Alan Stevens

|votes=7,218

|percentage=13.7

|change=+9.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Labour Party (UK)

|candidate=Ben Davies

|votes=6,712

|percentage=12.7

|change=+7.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate=Kirsten Johnson

|votes=4,761

|percentage=9.0

|change=−19.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate=Gill Walker

|votes=2,902

|percentage=5.5

|change=+4.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=23,920

|percentage=45.4

|change=+13.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=52,731

|percentage=72.7

|change=−1.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2010: Chesham and Amersham{{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}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Cheryl Gillan

|votes = 31,658

|percentage = 60.4

|change = +6.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Tim Starkey

|votes = 14,948

|percentage = 28.5

|change = +2.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Anthony Gajadharsingh

|votes = 2,942

|percentage = 5.6

|change = −8.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Alan Stevens

|votes = 2,129

|percentage = 4.1

|change = +0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Nick Wilkins

|votes = 767

|percentage = 1.5

|change = −2.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 16,710

|percentage = 31.9

|change = +2.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 52,444

|percentage = 74.6

|change = +6.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +2.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2005: Chesham and Amersham{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Cheryl Gillan

|votes = 25,619

|percentage = 54.4

|change = +3.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = John Ford

|votes = 11,821

|percentage = 25.1

|change = +0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Rupa Huq

|votes = 6,610

|percentage = 14.0

|change = −4.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Nick Wilkins

|votes = 1,656

|percentage = 3.5

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = David Samuel-Camps

|votes = 1,391

|percentage = 3.0

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13,798

|percentage = 29.3

|change = +3.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 47,097

|percentage = 68.0

|change = +3.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.5

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2001: Chesham and Amersham{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Cheryl Gillan

|votes = 22,867

|percentage = 50.5

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = John Ford

|votes = 10,985

|percentage = 24.3

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Kenneth Hulme

|votes = 8,497

|percentage = 18.8

|change = −0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Ian Harvey

|votes = 1,367

|percentage = 3.0

|change = +1.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Nick Wilkins

|votes = 1,114

|percentage = 2.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = ProLife Alliance

|candidate = Gillian Duval

|votes = 453

|percentage = 1.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 11,882

|percentage = 26.2

|change = −0.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 45,283

|percentage = 64.7

|change = −9.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −0.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1997: Chesham and Amersham{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Cheryl Gillan

|votes = 26,298

|percentage = 50.4

|change = −12.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Michael Brand

|votes = 12,439

|percentage = 23.8

|change = −0.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Paul Farrelly

|votes = 10,240

|percentage = 19.6

|change = +9.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Referendum Party (UK)

|candidate = Paul Andrews

|votes = 2,528

|percentage = 4.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UKIP

|candidate = C Shilson

|votes = 618

|percentage =1.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = Hugh Godfrey

|votes = 74

|percentage = 0.1

|change = −0.3

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13,859

|percentage = 26.6

|change = −12.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 52,197

|percentage = 74.5

|change = −7.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −6.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1992: Chesham and Amersham{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{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=2010-12-06|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 = Cheryl Gillan

|votes = 36,273

|percentage = 63.3

|change = +1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Andrew Ketteringham

|votes = 14,053

|percentage = 24.5

|change = −2.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Candy Atherton

|votes = 5,931

|percentage = 10.4

|change = +1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = CL Strickland

|votes = 753

|percentage = 1.3

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = MTL Griffith-Jones

|votes = 255

|percentage = 0.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 22,220

|percentage = 38.8

|change = +3.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 57,265

|percentage = 81.9

|change = +4.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1987: Chesham and Amersham{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ian Gilmour

|votes = 34,504

|percentage = 62.2

|change = +1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Andrew Ketteringham

|votes = 15,064

|percentage = 27.1

|change = −4.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Paul Goulding

|votes = 5,170

|percentage = 9.3

|change = +1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party (UK)

|candidate = Ann Darnbrough

|votes = 760

|percentage = 1.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 19,440

|percentage = 35.1

|change = +5.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 55,498

|percentage = 77.4

|change = +1.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +2.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1983: Chesham and Amersham{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ian Gilmour

|votes = 32,435

|percentage = 61.0

|change = −0.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Bradnock

|votes = 16,556

|percentage = 31.2

|change = +8.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Clive Duncan

|votes = 4,150

|percentage =7.8

|change = −6.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 15,879

|percentage = 29.8

|change = −8.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 53,141

|percentage = 75.94

|change = −3.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −3.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1979: Chesham and Amersham

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ian Gilmour

|votes = 32,924

|percentage = 61.4

|change = +9.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = R Bradnock

|votes = 12,328

|percentage = 23.0

|change = −5.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Elizabeth Barratt

|votes = 7,645

|percentage = 14.3

|change = −6.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = National Front (UK)

|candidate = S Clinch

|votes = 697

|percentage = 1.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 20,596

|percentage = 38.4

|change = +16.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 53,594

|percentage = 79.7

|change = +1.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +7.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election October 1974: Chesham and Amersham

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ian Gilmour

|votes = 25,078

|percentage = 50.6

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = DA Stoddart

|votes = 14,091

|percentage = 28.5

|change = −2.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = JR Poston

|votes = 10,325

|percentage = 20.9

|change = +1.3

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 10,987

|percentage = 22.1

|change = +2.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 49,494

|percentage = 78.1

|change = −4.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −1.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election February 1974: Chesham and Amersham

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ian Gilmour

|votes = 27,035

|percentage = 50.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = D A Stoddart

|votes = 16,619

|percentage = 31.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = BM Warshaw

|votes = 9,700

|percentage = 18.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 10,416

|percentage = 19.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 53,354

|percentage = 85.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

• 2021 Chesham and Amersham by-election
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• [http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/wpca/1929379942/report.aspx nomis Constituency Profile for Chesham and Amersham] — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/12997.html Chesham and Amersham UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65801.html Chesham and Amersham UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168763.html Chesham and Amersham UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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