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Constituency Profile
Candidates:
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Independent Anthony Watts |  |
Official Monster Raving Loony Party Colin Dale |  |
Christian Party David Hews |  |
Independent Debbie Martin |  |
Independent Geoff Howard |  |
Speaker seeking re-election John Bercow |  |
Independent John Stevens |  |
British National Party Lynne Mozar |  |
UK Independence Party Nigel Farage |  |
Independent Patrick Phillips |  |
Cut The Deficit Simon Strutt |
Incumbent: |
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John Bercow Buckingham (90.7 %) |
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Mr David Lidington Aylesbury (1.7 %) |
Electorate: |
Current | 69560 |
2005 | 72551 |
Transposed 2005 Result: Source: Electoral Calculus |
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Other | 1414 |
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 | 10 04 07 |
ridingbyriding 198.96.35.219 |
Speakers don't lose elections in the UK. I for one cannot recall the last time one lost, and a quick google search cannot help me (leading me to believe that it has possibly been over 100 years since it last happened) |
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Chris 80.47.213.164 |
Much has been made of the UKIP challenge in this seat, but the last I heard was that their candidate has not been seen in the constituency, so I think John Bercow will continue the trend of Speakers comfortably holding their seats. |
 | 10 03 08 |
Rob- London 193.34.231.235 |
I am going to go out on a limb here and suggest that Farrage will pick up this seat from the Speaker of the House. John Bercow has changed considerably from the Thatcher- rite politician who was heavily influenced by Lord Tebbit to something of a left leaning Tory. This has upset a number of loyal Conservatives and lead to questions of political opportunism. It will have to be seen how many of the Tory loyalists in this ultra- safe seat turn out to vote for the Speaker and how many stay at home or vote UKIP. The deciding factor will be how many of the Labour voters (all 3 main parties will not be standing against the Speaker)support Bercow as many Labour MPs did in the election of the Speaker. I suspect this will be closer than the notional majority suggests and could be an interesting seat to watch on election night. |
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