Mid Buckinghamshire.
Conservative and Unionist Party MP Greg Smith holds the seat on 37.4% of the vote.
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.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernwood | Sue Lewin | 1,158 | Buckinghamshire Con | Jun 2022 |
| Chiltern Ridges(3 seats) | MacBean · Fayyaz · Birchley | 5,208 | Buckinghamshire Con | May 2021 |
| Great Missenden(3 seats) | Wallace · Harker · Martin | 5,312 | Buckinghamshire Con | May 2021 |
| Grendon Underwood(3 seats) | Macpherson · Mahon · Rand | 5,801 | Buckinghamshire Con | May 2021 |
| Ridgeway East(3 seats) | Harriss · Carroll · Broadbent | 6,758 | Buckinghamshire Con | May 2021 |
| Ridgeway West(3 seats) | Etholen · Carington · Adoh | 5,732 | Buckinghamshire Con | May 2021 |
| Stone Waddesdon(3 seats) | Waite · Caffrey · Irwin | 5,033 | Buckinghamshire Con | May 2021 |
| The Risboroughs(3 seats) | Turner · Hall · Walsh | 4,629 | Buckinghamshire Con | May 2021 |
| Wendover Halton Stoke Mandeville(3 seats) | Strachan · Newcombe · Bowles | 4,198 | Buckinghamshire Con | May 2021 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Rural & dispersed | 20,224 | town |
| Wendover | 9,653 | town |
| Princes Risborough | 8,547 | town |
| Aylesbury | 8,239 | city |
| Prestwood and Great Missenden | 7,120 | town |
| Haddenham (Buckinghamshire) | 6,420 | town |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 61.9% | 57.1% | +8% |
| Owner-occupied | 75.6% | 63.1% | +20% |
| Private rented | 12.7% | 20.0% | -37% |
| Social rented | 11.7% | 16.8% | -30% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £743m |
| Taxpayers | 63,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £3,770 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £11,700 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greg SmithWON | Con | 20,150 | 37.4 |
| Anja Schaefer | LD | 14,278 | 26.5 |
| Carissma Griffiths | Lab | 9,171 | 17.0 |
| Stephanie Harwood | Ref | 6,926 | 12.8 |
| Greg Smith | Grn | 2,942 | 5.5 |
| Yvonne Wilding | Ind | 337 | 0.6 |
| Wisdom Da Costa | Ind | 147 | 0.3 |
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
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo