North Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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North Bedfordshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of North Bedfordshire in Bedfordshire for the 1992 general election
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Location of Bedfordshire within England
County Bedfordshire
Major settlements Bedford
1983–1997
SeatsOne
Created from Bedford
Replaced by Bedford, Bedfordshire North East

North Bedfordshire was a county constituency in Bedfordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the next general election. It will comprise the majority of the, to be abolished, constituency of North East Bedfordshire. [1]

History

This safe Conservative seat was held for its entire existence by Trevor Skeet who had been the MP for Bedford since 1970.

Boundaries

1983-1997

The Borough of North Bedfordshire wards of Brickhill, Bromham, Carlton, Castle, Cauldwell, Clapham, De Parys, Felmersham, Goldington, Harpur, Harrold, Kingsbrook, Newnham, Oakley, Putnoe, Queens Park, Renhold, Riseley, Roxton, and Sharnbrook. [2]

The territory the seat covered was virtually the same as Bedford which it replaced. This included the town of Bedford itself, but not the adjoining community of Kempston. In 1997, the constituency was abolished, being dispersed on a roughly seven to three ratio between a re-established Bedford and the new constituency of Bedfordshire North East, with 17 electors being transferred to Huntingdon. [3]

Proposed

North Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the re-established constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be (as they existed on 1st December 2020):

Subject to minor changes due to the revision of local authority ward boundaries, the constituency is the successor to North East Bedfordshire - except south eastern areas, including the communities of Arlesey, Langford and Stotfold, which will be included in the re-established, cross-county boundary, constituency of Hitchin.

Following further local government boundary reviews in Bedford [5] [6] and Central Bedfordshire [7] [8] which came into effect in May 2023, the constituency will now comprise the following from the next general election:

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [10] Party
1983 Trevor Skeet Conservative
1997 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: North Bedfordshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Fuller [11]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: North Bedfordshire [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trevor Skeet 29,970 50.7 −1.9
Labour Patrick Hall 18,30231.0+7.9
Liberal Democrats Mike Smithson 10,01416.9−6.6
Green Louise Smith6431.1New
Natural Law Bernard H. Bence1780.3New
Majority11,66819.7−9.4
Turnout 59,10780.1+2.9
Conservative hold Swing −4.8

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: North Bedfordshire [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trevor Skeet 29,845 52.58
Liberal Janice Lennon13,34023.50
Labour Carl Henderson13,14023.15
OOBPCCrispin Slee4350.77New
Majority16,50529.08
Turnout 56,76077.19
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: North Bedfordshire [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trevor Skeet 27,969 52.03
Liberal Brian Gibbons14,12026.27
Labour Pat Healy11,32321.06
IndependentN.J. Hughes3440.64
Majority13,84925.76
Turnout 53,75675.19
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Eastern | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies", BBC/ITN/PA News/Sky, 1995, p. 191.
  4. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region.
  5. ↑ LGBCE. "Bedford | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "The Bedford (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".
  7. ↑ LGBCE. "Central Bedfordshire | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "The Central Bedfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2021".
  9. ↑ "New Seat Details - Bedfordshire North". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  10. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
  11. ↑ "Richard is reselected as the Conservative candidate for the North Bedfordshire". Richard Fuller. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  14. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  15. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

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