South Bedfordshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Luton and Mid Bedfordshire [1] |
Replaced by | South West Bedfordshire, Luton North and Luton South [2] |
South 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 system.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1948 as a County Constituency, comprising:
Leighton Buzzard and surrounding rural areas were transferred from Mid Bedfordshire; and Dunstable, Leagrave and Limbury from the abolished constituency of Luton.
(Second Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies)
Gained the former Urban District of Linslade from Buckingham in Buckinghamshire - this had been merged with Leighton Buzzard to form the Urban District of Leighton-Linslade in 1965. [4] Leagrave and Limbury were included in the new constituency of Luton West.
The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election. It was largely absorbed into the new constituency of South West Bedfordshire, including Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard and Linslade. Areas to the north and south of Luton were included in the constituencies of North Luton and Luton South respectively.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Edward Moeran | Labour | |
1951 | Norman Cole | Conservative | |
1966 | Gwilym Roberts | Labour | |
1970 | David Madel | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Edward Moeran | 20,070 | 45.26 | ||
National Liberal | William A Fearnley-Whittingstall | 18,546 | 41.83 | ||
Liberal | James Stewart Knight | 5,725 | 12.91 | ||
Majority | 1,524 | 3.43 | |||
Turnout | 44,341 | 86.88 | |||
Registered electors | 51,039 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Liberal | Norman Cole | 22,917 | 50.94 | +9.11 | |
Labour | Edward Moeran | 22,068 | 49.06 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 849 | 1.88 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,985 | 86.70 | −0.18 | ||
Registered electors | 51,887 | ||||
National Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +2.66 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Liberal | Norman Cole | 23,365 | 52.79 | +1.85 | |
Labour | Edward Moeran | 20,897 | 47.21 | −1.85 | |
Majority | 2,468 | 5.58 | +3.70 | ||
Turnout | 44,262 | 81.89 | −4.81 | ||
Registered electors | 54,051 | ||||
National Liberal hold | Swing | +1.85 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Liberal | Norman Cole | 25,861 | 47.13 | −5.66 | |
Labour | Walter Johnson | 21,102 | 38.45 | −8.76 | |
Liberal | Renee Soskin | 7,912 | 14.42 | New | |
Majority | 4,759 | 8.68 | +3.10 | ||
Turnout | 54,875 | 83.89 | +2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 65,416 | ||||
National Liberal hold | Swing | +1.55 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman Cole | 33,838 | 50.25 | +3.12 | |
Labour | Dennis John Nisbet | 33,499 | 49.75 | +11.3 | |
Majority | 339 | 0.50 | −8.17 | ||
Turnout | 67,337 | 80.83 | −3.06 | ||
Registered electors | 83,307 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.09 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gwilym Roberts | 34,549 | 47.75 | −2.00 | |
Conservative | Norman Cole | 30,319 | 41.90 | −8.35 | |
Liberal | Hamilton Simonds-Gooding | 7,484 | 10.34 | New | |
Majority | 4,230 | 5.85 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 72,352 | 83.74 | +2.91 | ||
Registered electors | 86,403 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.18 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Madel | 38,085 | 48.73 | +6.83 | |
Labour | Gwilym Roberts | 33,107 | 42.36 | −5.39 | |
Liberal | Godfrey Shocket | 6,956 | 8.90 | −1.44 | |
Majority | 4,978 | 6.36 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 78,148 | 77.16 | −6.58 | ||
Registered electors | 101,284 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.11 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Madel | 21,380 | 39.70 | −9.03 | |
Liberal | David John Howard Penwarden | 16,622 | 30.87 | +21.97 | |
Labour | Paul Farnham Tinnion | 15,847 | 29.43 | −12.93 | |
Majority | 4,758 | 8.83 | +2.47 | ||
Turnout | 53,849 | 84.49 | +7.33 | ||
Registered electors | 63,700 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −15.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Madel | 20,794 | 41.31 | +1.61 | |
Labour | Raymond Alfred Little | 16,351 | 32.48 | +3.05 | |
Liberal | David John Howard Penwarden | 13,194 | 26.21 | −4.66 | |
Majority | 4,443 | 8.83 | 0.00 | ||
Turnout | 50,339 | 78.27 | −6.27 | ||
Registered electors | 64,329 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.72 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Madel | 32,988 | 56.37 | +15.06 | |
Labour | John Gardner | 16,505 | 28.20 | −4.28 | |
Liberal | Malcolm Alfred Turner | 8,402 | 14.36 | −11.85 | |
National Front | Laurence Anthony Smith | 626 | 1.07 | New | |
Majority | 16,483 | 28.17 | +19.34 | ||
Turnout | 58,521 | 79.90 | +1.65 | ||
Registered electors | 73,247 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.67 | |||
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