Constituency profile

Buckingham and Bletchley

South East · County constituency

Callum Anderson MP
Sitting MP

Callum Anderson

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
South East
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
???CL
Spk 3/5, Conservative 1/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
51.0% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -0.9pp below mean
Current outlook
Labour +1.6pp
vs Reform UK 27.4%
SouthernBrexit-marginal

About the Buckingham and Bletchley constituency

Buckingham and Bletchley is a county constituency in the South East. The sitting MP is Callum Anderson (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 37.0% to 31.9% for the Conservatives, a majority of 2,421 votes on a 63.7% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 28.9% and Reform UK on 27.4%, a margin of 1.6 points.

Who lives in Buckingham and Bletchley? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
51.0%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
34.8%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
15.8%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
64.8%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
31.7%
UK average ~36%
Median age
40.2
UK median ~40
Age 65+
21.2%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
29.0%
UK average ~28%

How did Buckingham and Bletchley vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab gain from Con · majority 2,421 votes (5.1pp) · turnout 63.7%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Buckingham and Bletchley

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Buckingham and Bletchley within Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire

Buckingham and Bletchley crosses council boundaries: Milton Keynes (57%), Buckinghamshire (43%). The figures below are from the 7 May 2026 council elections where held, otherwise the most recent available ward result. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Milton Keynes
34 LSOAs
57%View projection ›
Buckinghamshire
26 LSOAs
43%

Recent council by-elections

Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
6 Nov 2023Buckingham East
Buckinghamshire
LD GAIN from Con

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Bletchley EastLabour 44.5%vs Conservative 26.2%2024 Labour 55.1%vs Conservative 20.6%-22.6%
Bletchley ParkLabour 40.9%vs Conservative 30.6%May 2026 Reform 32.8%vs Labour 28.8%now part of Bletchley Park Fenny Stratford
Labour→Reform
+14.6pp
39.5%
Bletchley WestLabour 42.4%vs Conservative 31.7%May 2026 Reform 35.0%vs Labour 28.6%
Labour→Reform
+17.2pp
40.7%
Buckingham EastConservative 34.3%vs Labour 31.0%2021 Conservative 46.4%vs Labour 15.4%-36.7%
Buckingham WestLabour 40.3%vs Conservative 30.9%2021 Conservative 46.1%vs Labour 33.4%-38.8%
Great BrickhillConservative 35.8%vs Labour 25.6%2021 Conservative 48.7%vs Lib Dem 35.0%-48.9%
TattenhoeLabour 40.5%vs Conservative 31.3%May 2026 Conservative 42.4%vs Labour 19.6%
Labour→Conservative
+16.0pp
43.9%
WinslowConservative 36.5%vs Labour 24.0%2021 Conservative 48.9%vs Lib Dem 36.0%-46.0%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Buckingham and Bletchley at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Buckingham and Bletchley at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010predecessorSpk gain from ConJohn Bercow Buckingham MP0%0%0%17.4% UKIP-82.6%12,52964.5%
2015predecessorSpk holdJohn Bercow Buckingham MP0%0%0%21.7% UKIP13.8%64.5%22,94269.3%+4.8
2017predecessorSpk holdJohn Bercow Buckingham MP0%0%0%7.9% UKIP16.3%75.8%25,72566.2%-3.1
2019notionalConservative winnerGreg Smith Buckingham MP, pre-review boundary27.7%53.1%15.4%-1.2%2.6%13,34571.4%
2024Lab gain from ConCallum Anderson36.9%31.9%9.0%15.7% Ref5.4%1.0%2,42163.7%-7.7

Buckingham and Bletchley was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Buckingham (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

Constituencies most like Buckingham and Bletchley

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Buckingham and Bletchley. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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