The placeConstituency · South East · Electorate 75,622 · 2023 boundaries

Mid Buckinghamshire.

Conservative and Unionist Party MP Greg Smith holds the seat on 37.4% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentGreg Smith · Conservative and Unionist Party
CouncilBuckinghamshire
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001360
Electorate · 2024
75.6k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
37.4%
Conservative and Unionist Party · +10.9pp over LD
Settlements
25
Largest: Rural & dispersed
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
6.6
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

Voting in lockstep with his party on every recorded division, Greg Smith has nonetheless been active on the opposition front bench this week. He backed the motion to refer Keir Starmer to the Privileges Committee over the Mandelson appointment, and voted repeatedly against the government's English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill -- siding with Lords amendments that the government sought to remove. He also opposed the government's reserve power to direct pension fund investments, arguing it risks poor returns for pensioners and represents inappropriate state interference.

Smith participates in 81% of Commons votes, broadly in line with the average backbencher, and has never broken from the Conservative whip. His stance profile reflects orthodox Conservative priorities: strongly pro-business (91%), anti-tax-increases (88%), tough on crime (85%), and consistently supportive of Lords scrutiny (100%). He speaks most frequently on the economy, energy, environment, and defence -- over 930 contributions across 295 debates -- and has no current committee role.

Outside Westminster, his most visible work has been constituency-driven: campaigning against solar farm development in Botolph Claydon, escorting the new HS2 chief executive to witness local disruption firsthand, and warning that inheritance tax changes will "annihilate" family farms in Mid Buckinghamshire. Local news coverage over the past 90 days runs to nearly 80 articles, though average sentiment is close to neutral, dominated by crime reporting. His deviations from the Conservative party average are minor -- slightly less supportive than his colleagues on armed forces welfare and assisted dying. No rebel votes are on record.

37.4%
Con vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
9
Wards · 25 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.9 wards · 25 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Bernwood Sue Lewin1,158Buckinghamshire ConJun 2022
Chiltern Ridges(3 seats)MacBean · Fayyaz · Birchley5,208Buckinghamshire ConMay 2021
Great Missenden(3 seats)Wallace · Harker · Martin5,312Buckinghamshire ConMay 2021
Grendon Underwood(3 seats)Macpherson · Mahon · Rand5,801Buckinghamshire ConMay 2021
Ridgeway East(3 seats)Harriss · Carroll · Broadbent6,758Buckinghamshire ConMay 2021
Ridgeway West(3 seats)Etholen · Carington · Adoh5,732Buckinghamshire ConMay 2021
Stone Waddesdon(3 seats)Waite · Caffrey · Irwin5,033Buckinghamshire ConMay 2021
The Risboroughs(3 seats)Turner · Hall · Walsh4,629Buckinghamshire ConMay 2021
Wendover Halton Stoke Mandeville(3 seats)Strachan · Newcombe · Bowles4,198Buckinghamshire ConMay 2021

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.25 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Rural & dispersed (20,224), with Wendover (9,653) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 98,412.

city 8,239town 53,330village 36,843

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Rural & dispersed20,224town
Wendover9,653town
Princes Risborough8,547town
Aylesbury8,239city
Prestwood and Great Missenden7,120town
Haddenham (Buckinghamshire)6,420town
Showing 6 of 25·All 25 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate61.9%57.1%+8%
Owner-occupied75.6%63.1%+20%
Private rented12.7%20.0%-37%
Social rented11.7%16.8%-30%

Ethnicity.

White89.7%
Asian4.9%
Black1.8%
Mixed2.9%
Other0.8%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.3% Female 50.7% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£34,200
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£53,900
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
5,760
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
54
42 primary · 4 secondary
GCSE pass
65.0%
Attainment 8: 43.6

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£743m
Taxpayers63,000
Median per taxpayer£3,770
Mean per taxpayer£11,700

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Buckinghamshire. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
6.6
-68% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
2.2
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
41% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences2.7
Anti-social behaviour0.6
Other theft0.6
Criminal damage & arson0.5
Public order0.5
Vehicle crime0.4
Shoplifting0.3

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Greg SmithWONCon20,15037.4
Anja SchaeferLD14,27826.5
Carissma GriffithsLab9,17117.0
Stephanie HarwoodRef6,92612.8
Greg SmithGrn2,9425.5
Yvonne WildingInd3370.6
Wisdom Da CostaInd1470.3

Turnout 53,951

Prior contests.

Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission