Aylesbury
Conservative hold

It is not the rather mixed town of Aylesbury itself -with its sprawling middle and working class estates - which has kept this seat in the hands of the Conservatives even in their darkest years, but the half of the electorate located in the small towns and villages such as Great Missenden, Princes Risborough, Stokenchurch and Wendover. Buckinghamshire is one of the most Tory of counties, along with Surrey and Dorset, and the only one whose county council remained in the overall control of the Tories throughout their 18 years in national government. David Lidington is a deputy to Ann Widdecombe as home affairs shadow and spoke from the front bench on foxhunting. There is little thrill for other parties in the fruitless chase of Mr Lidington here in the Vale of Aylesbury.

David Lidington, elected in 1992, is a mildly Eurosceptic orthodox loyalist member of Hague’s frontbench home affairs team, having been for two years his leader’s PPS. As a former adviser to Douglas Hurd, he made a guarded defence of the Maastricht treaty, favouring a Europe of "variable geometry". Born 1956, and educated at Haberdashers' Aske's and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (acquiring a doctorate in History, which he decently ignores in his mode of address), he was previously a PR man with RTZ and BP. Sensing the mood, and as his former PPS, he voted for Michael Howard for leader in 1997, then prudently switched to Hague in the final ballots.

Buckinghamshire County Council

Aylesbury District Council

Aylesbury Liberal Democrats

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   Thriving Wealthy Achievers, Suburban Areas 31.88% 14.99% 212.63 Affluent Greys, Rural Communities 0.00% 2.13% 0.00 Prosperous Pensioners, Retirement Areas 2.16% 2.49% 86.73 Expanding Affluent Executives, Family Areas 12.99% 4.43% 293.50 Well-Off Workers, Family Areas 9.88% 7.27% 135.78 Rising Affluent Urbanites, Town & City Areas 3.38% 2.56% 131.83 Prosperous Professionals, Metropolitan Areas 0.00% 2.04% 0.00 Better-Off Executives, Inner City Areas 0.53% 3.94% 13.40 Settling Comfortable Middle Agers, Mature Home Owning Areas 10.18% 13.04% 78.11 Skilled Workers, Home Owning Areas 6.55% 12.70% 51.53 Aspiring New Home Owners, Mature Communities 6.87% 8.14% 84.37 White Collar Workers, Better-Off Multi Ethnic Areas 1.00% 4.02% 24.92 Striving Older People, Less Prosperous Areas 1.86% 3.19% 58.49 Council Estate Residents, Better-Off Homes 11.00% 11.31% 97.29 Council Estate Residents, High Unemployment 0.24% 3.06% 7.77 Council Estate Residents, Greatest Hardship 1.21% 2.52% 48.24 People in Multi-Ethnic, Low-Income Areas 0.27% 2.10% 12.73 Unclassified Unclassified 0.00% 0.06% 0.00

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   £0-5K 5.39% 9.41% 57.27 £5-10K 11.52% 16.63% 69.25 £10-15K 13.58% 16.58% 81.93 £15-20K 12.78% 13.58% 94.09 £20-25K 10.93% 10.39% 105.21 £25-30K 8.95% 7.77% 115.12 £30-35K 7.17% 5.79% 123.83 £35-40K 5.69% 4.33% 131.43 £40-45K 4.51% 3.27% 138.06 £45-50K 3.57% 2.48% 143.83 £50-55K 2.84% 1.90% 148.88 £55-60K 2.26% 1.47% 153.31 £60-65K 1.81% 1.15% 157.21 £65-70K 1.46% 0.91% 160.65 £70-75K 1.18% 0.72% 163.71 £75-80K 0.96% 0.57% 166.44 £80-85K 0.78% 0.46% 168.87 £85-90K 0.64% 0.37% 171.04 £90-95K 0.53% 0.31% 173.00 £95-100K 0.44% 0.25% 174.76 £100K + 2.44% 1.34% 181.62