Editing High Wycombe (section)

===Parliamentary constituency===
[[Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency)|Wycombe's political]] history extends back to 1295. The Wycombe Constituency had continuously elected [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] Members of Parliament since 1951 until the Labour Party was voted in during the May 2024 general election. 

High Wycombe has been home to two [[List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom|Prime Ministers]]:

* [[William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne]], who lived at what is now [[Wycombe Abbey]] and was MP for the town.
* [[Benjamin Disraeli]], who lived at nearby [[Hughenden Manor]], was defeated as a [[Radicals (UK)|Radical]] candidate for the seat three times in the 1830s but won election in 1868 and 1874–1876 as a Conservative. Disraeli made his first political speech in Wycombe, from the portico over the door of the Red Lion Hotel at 9–10 High Street.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1125159|desc=Red Lion Hotel, 9 and 10 High Street|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>

High Wycombe was also in the constituency represented by [[John Hampden]] (1594-1643), a leading MP and [[Roundhead|Parliamentarian]] commander who was killed in action during the [[Wars of the Three Kingdoms]].

The town is represented by Labour MP Emma Reynolds.

The town until the 4th July 2024 General Election was represented by Conservative MP [[Steve Baker (politician)|Steve Baker]]. He was chairman of the eurosceptic [[European Research Group]] and was a junior minister in the [[Department for Exiting the European Union]] from 2017 to 2018. In July 2018, Baker resigned alongside Brexit Secretary [[David Davis (British politician)|David Davis]] and Foreign Secretary [[Boris Johnson]] in opposition to the [[Chequers plan]] proposed by Prime Minister [[Theresa May]].