Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Bedfordshire
Electorate 74,069 [1]
Major settlements Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
Current constituency
Created Next United Kingdom general election
Member of Parliament TBC (TBC)
SeatsOne
Created from South West Bedfordshire

Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, [3] it will first be contested at the next general election.

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Boundaries

Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency will be composed of the following District of Central Bedfordshire wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

It will comprise the communities of Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Linslade and Houghton Regis and is the successor to South West Bedfordshire - excluding Eaton Bray, which is to be transferred to the new constituency of Luton South and South Bedfordshire.

Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023, [4] [5] the constituency will now comprise the following wards of Central Bedfordshire from the next general election:

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Harry Palmer [7]
Liberal Democrats Emma Holland-Lindsay [8]

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Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the south and the south-east, and Buckinghamshire to the west. The largest settlement is Luton (225,262), and Bedford is the county town.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leighton Buzzard</span> Town in Bedfordshire, England

Leighton Buzzard is a market town in Bedfordshire, England, in the southwest of the county and close to the Buckinghamshire border. It lies between Aylesbury, Tring, Luton/Dunstable and Milton Keynes, near the Chiltern Hills.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Bedfordshire</span> Former local government district in England

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stanbridge, Bedfordshire</span> Human settlement in England

Stanbridge is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire which lies 3 miles (5 km) east of Leighton Buzzard. It also borders the Bedfordshire villages of Hockliffe, Eggington, Tilsworth, Totternhoe and Billington.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dunstable</span> Market town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England

Dunstable is a market town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, east of the Chiltern Hills, 30 miles north of London. There are several steep chalk escarpments, most noticeable when approaching Dunstable from the north. Dunstable is the fourth largest town in Bedfordshire and along with Houghton Regis forms the westernmost part of the Luton/Dunstable urban area.

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References

  1. https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-eastern/
  2. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Eastern | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  3. 1 2 "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region.
  4. LGBCE. "Central Bedfordshire | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  5. "The Central Bedfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2021".
  6. "New Seat Details - Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  7. "Find My PPC (Eastern England)" (PDF). Reform UK . Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  8. "Another 88 Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack . Retrieved 11 February 2024.

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