Aylesbury's MP says the town is "at last" getting the attention it deserves

It follows comments made by the newly selected Conservative candidate for the constituency.

Businesswoman Jane MacBean was chosen on Saturday (7/11) to fight for the Conservatives at the next election said “Aylesbury and its villages are being ignored by the Labour government".

MacBean has promised to "fight to ensure the constituency is no longer ignored by Westminster and its representatives".

She continued: “I entered politics to be a strong advocate for our communities, and I remain committed to putting the people and places of this constituency right at the heart of British politics.”

Association Conservative Chairman, Richard Newcombe, said: “Jane MacBean is an excellent local candidate to be the next MP for the Aylesbury constituency. We will work tirelessly alongside Jane to meet even more residents and share her plan for our local area.”

It's said Jane has lived in Buckinghamshire for almost 30 years and served as an elected councillor for a decade. Before entering politics, she worked in marketing and communications across music, film and television and now runs a financial services firm supporting businesses in a range of sectors.

After MacBeans claims Labour’s Laura Kyrke-Smith said: “We are lucky to live in a beautiful part of the country, in a friendly and diverse community full of kindness, talent and potential.

“For too long we have been overlooked, but that’s starting to change with this Labour Government. From the shorter waiting times at the hospital to our new Best Start Family Hub, from the additional funding for potholes to the new roads being built, we’re at last getting the attention and ambition that we deserve.”

Kyrke-Smith won in 2024 in an extremely close result, overturning a decades-long Tory hold. She won 15,081 votes, beating Conservative Rob Butler by 630.

Mr Butler had represented the previous Aylesbury constituency, winning in 2019 with a majority of 17,373. Constituency boundaries changed before the 2024 election, so the two results are not a direct like-for-like comparison.

A YouGov constituency projection published in September suggested the Conservatives could take Aylesbury back at the next election.

It put the Tories on 24 per cent, with Labour, the Liberal Democrats and Reform UK each on 20 per cent, and classed the seat as a Conservative “toss-up”.

The projection was based on a national survey of nearly 17,000 people, rather than a poll of Aylesbury voters, so it suggests a competitive race rather than a guaranteed Tory win.