North East Bedfordshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Bedfordshire |
Electorate | 87,143 (2018) [1] |
Major settlements | Biggleswade and Sandy |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Richard Fuller (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Mid Bedfordshire, North Bedfordshire |
North East Bedfordshire is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2019 by Richard Fuller, of the Conservative Party. [n 2]
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to moderate boundary changes and will revert to the name of North Bedfordshire , to be first contested at the next general election. [2] South eastern areas, including the communities of Arlesey, Langford and Stotfold, will be included in the re-established, cross-county boundary, constituency of Hitchin.
This is a mainly rural, professional area, [3] with medium level incomes, low unemployment [4] and a low proportion of social housing. The East Coast Main Line runs through the east part of the seat, with several stations connecting to Central London.
1997–2010: The District of Mid Bedfordshire wards of Arlesey, Biggleswade Ivel, Biggleswade Stratton, Blunham, Langford, Northill, Old Warden and Southill, Potton, Sandy All Saints, Sandy St Swithun's, Stotfold, and Wensley; and the Borough of Bedford wards of Bromham, Carlton, Clapham, Eastcotts, Felmersham, Great Barford, Harrold, Oakley, Renhold, Riseley, Roxton, and Sharnbrook. [5]
Formed primarily from the eastern half of Mid Bedfordshire, including Biggleswade and Sandy. It also includes rural areas previously in the abolished constituency of North Bedfordshire.
2010–present: The District of Mid Bedfordshire wards of Arlesey, Biggleswade Holme, Biggleswade Ivel, Biggleswade Stratton, Langford and Henlow Village, Northill and Blunham, Potton and Wensley, Sandy Ivel, Sandy Pinnacle, and Stotfold; and the Borough of Bedford wards of Bromham, Carlton, Clapham, Eastcotts, Great Barford, Harrold, Oakley, Riseley, Roxton, and Sharnbrook. [6]
Marginal loss to Mid Bedfordshire due to revision of local authority wards.
Election | Member [7] | Party | |
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1997 | Nicholas Lyell | Conservative | |
2001 | Alistair Burt | Conservative | |
2019 | Independent (3 September 2019 - 29 October 2019) | ||
2019 | Conservative | ||
2019 | Richard Fuller | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Fuller | 38,443 | 59.1 | -1.8 | |
Labour | Julian Vaughan | 14,160 | 21.8 | -6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Norton | 7,999 | 12.3 | +6.5 | |
Independent | Adam Zerny | 2,525 | 3.9 | New | |
Green | Philippa Fleming | 1,891 | 2.9 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 24,283 | 37.3 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 65,018 | 71.7 | -1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alistair Burt | 39,139 | 60.9 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Julian Vaughan | 18,277 | 28.5 | +12.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Rutherford | 3,693 | 5.8 | 0.0 | |
UKIP | Duncan Strachan | 1,896 | 3.0 | -11.6 | |
Green | Philippa Fleming | 1,215 | 1.9 | -2.4 | |
Majority | 20,862 | 32.4 | -11.3 | ||
Turnout | 64,220 | 73.4 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alistair Burt | 34,891 | 59.5 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Saqhib Ali [11] | 9,247 | 15.8 | −0.3 | |
UKIP | Adrianne Smyth [12] | 8,579 | 14.6 | +10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Morris [13] | 3,418 | 5.8 | −15.9 | |
Green | Mark Bowler | 2,537 | 4.3 | New | |
Majority | 25,644 | 43.7 | +9.6 | ||
Turnout | 58,672 | 70.2 | -1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alistair Burt | 30,989 | 55.8 | +5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Pitt | 12,047 | 21.7 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Ed Brown | 8,957 | 16.1 | −9.1 | |
UKIP | Brian Capell | 2,294 | 4.1 | +0.1 | |
BNP | Ian Seeby | 1,265 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 18,942 | 34.1 | +9.3 | ||
Turnout | 55,552 | 71.2 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alistair Burt | 24,725 | 49.9 | 0.0 | |
Labour | Keith White | 12,474 | 25.2 | −5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Rutherford | 10,320 | 20.8 | +4.4 | |
UKIP | James May | 1,986 | 4.0 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 12,251 | 24.7 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 49,505 | 68.0 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alistair Burt | 22,586 | 49.9 | +5.6 | |
Labour | Philip Ross | 14,009 | 31.0 | −1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dan Rogerson | 7,409 | 16.4 | +2.2 | |
UKIP | Rosalind Hill | 1,242 | 2.7 | New | |
Majority | 8,577 | 18.9 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,246 | 64.8 | -12.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nicholas Lyell | 22,311 | 44.3 | ||
Labour | John Lehal | 16,428 | 32.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philip Bristow | 7,179 | 14.2 | ||
Referendum | John Taylor | 2,490 | 4.9 | ||
Ind. Conservative | Frank Foley | 1,842 | 3.7 | ||
Natural Law | Bernard Bence | 138 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 5,883 | 11.7 | |||
Turnout | 50,388 | 77.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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