# Milton Keynes South (UK Parliament constituency)

Milton Keynes South was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from its 2010 creation until 2024 by Iain Stewart, a Conservative.
In its 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission proposed to abolish this constituency. Its area was divided three ways for the 2024 general election (into Milton Keynes North, Milton Keynes Central and Buckingham and Bletchley).

## History

This constituency (and its counterpart, Milton Keynes North), came into being when the two Milton Keynes constituencies (Milton Keynes North East and Milton Keynes South West) were reconfigured following the Boundary Commission's Fifth periodic review of Westminster constituencies with the aim of equalising the electorate as between the constituencies in the light of population growth that had occurred mainly in the Milton Keynes Urban Area. This constituency was the more urban of the two.
Iain Stewart MP won the new constituency for the Conservatives in the 2010 general election. This new constituency was a very large part of the former Milton Keynes South West, which had been held by Phyllis Starkey for Labour for 13 years until the 2010 general election.
In the 2015 general election, Iain Stewart again won the Milton Keynes South constituency for the Conservative Party.

## Boundaries

The constituency takes up the smaller part but more dense part of the City of Milton Keynes and is one of the borough's two constituencies. Milton Keynes South is primarily an urban area with some rural elements; the other, Milton Keynes North, covers a larger area and is more rural.
At its creation the constituency comprised the electoral wards of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford, Danesborough, Denbigh, Eaton Manor, Emerson Valley, Furzton, Loughton Park, Stony Stratford, Walton Park, Whaddon and Woughton.
Following a revision to the ward boundaries in 2013, the seat comprises part or all of the following Council electoral wards:
* Bletchley East
* Bletchley Park
* Bletchley West
* Bradwell (part)
* Broughton (part)
* Campbell Park & Old Woughton (part)
* Danesborough & Walton
* Loughton & Shenley
* Monkston (part)
* Shenley Brook End
* Stony Stratford
* Tattenhoe
* Woughton & Fishermead (part)
The City Council ward boundaries do not necessarily coincide with the town and parish council areas. Each ward returns three councillors so their electorates are broadly equal.

## Abolition

Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished prior to the 2024 general election, with its contents distributed three ways:
* Southern areas, comprising the three Bletchley wards together with Tattenhoe, to be combined with parts of the (to be abolished) constituency of Buckingham – including the town of Buckingham – to form the newly created constituency of Buckingham and Bletchley
* Stony Stratford to the reconfigured Milton Keynes North seat
* Remaining parts to be incorporated into the new constituency of Milton Keynes Central

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 2010 | Iain Stewart | Conservative |

## Elections
### Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Milton Keynes South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Iain Stewart | 32,011 | 50.0 | +2.5 |
| | Labour | Hannah O'Neill | 25,067 | 39.2 | −5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Saleyha Ahsan | 4,688 | 7.3 | +4.4 |
| | Green | Alan Francis | 1,495 | 2.3 | +0.5 |
| | Independent | Stephen Fulton | 539 | 0.8 | New |
| | CPA | Amarachi Ogba | 207 | 0.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,944 | 10.8 | +8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,007 | 66.4 | −3.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 2017: Milton Keynes South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Iain Stewart | 30,652 | 47.5 | +0.7 |
| | Labour | Hannah O'Neill | 28,987 | 44.9 | +12.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tahir Maher | 1,895 | 2.9 | −1.0 |
| | UKIP | Vince Peddle | 1,833 | 2.8 | −10.4 |
| | Green | Graham Findlay | 1,179 | 1.8 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,665 | 2.6 | −12.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,486 | 69.8 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -6.0 | |
General election 2015: Milton Keynes South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Iain Stewart | 27,601 | 46.8 | +5.2 |
| | Labour | Andrew Pakes | 18,929 | 32.1 | −0.1 |
| | UKIP | Vince Peddle | 7,803 | 13.2 | +9.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lisa Smith | 2,309 | 3.9 | −13.8 |
| | Green | Samantha Pancheri | 1,936 | 3.3 | +1.9 |
| | Independent | Stephen Fulton | 255 | 0.4 | New |
| | Keep It Real Party | Matthew Gibson | 116 | 0.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,672 | 14.7 | +5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 59,019 | 65.8 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.6 | |
General election 2010: Milton Keynes South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Iain Stewart | 23,034 | 41.6 | |
| | Labour | Phyllis Starkey | 17,833 | 32.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Jones | 9,787 | 17.7 | |
| | UKIP | Philip Pinto | 2,074 | 3.7 | |
| | BNP | Matthew Tait | 1,502 | 2.7 | |
| | Green | Katrina Deacon | 774 | 1.4 | |
| | CPA | Suzanne Nti | 245 | 0.4 | |
| | Nationwide Reform Party | Jonathan Worth | 84 | 0.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,201 | 9.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,333 | 63.9 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |