South West Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| South West Bedfordshire County constituency |
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| South West Bedfordshire shown within Bedfordshire, and Bedfordshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Andrew Selous |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Bedfordshire |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
South West Bedfordshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Boundaries
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Bedfordshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made only minor changes to the existing constituencies.
South West Bedfordshire will be fought at the 2009 or 2010 general election and is formed from the following electoral wards from the district of South Bedfordshire;
- All Saints, Chiltern, Dunstable Central, Eaton Bray, Grovebury, Heath and Reach, Houghton Hall, Icknield, Kensworth and Totternhoe, Linslade, Manshead, Northfields, Parkside, Planets, Plantation, Southcott, Stanbridge, Tithe Farm and Watling
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1983)
- 1983 — 2001: Sir David Madel, Conservative (Previous MP for South Bedfordshire)
- 2001 — present: Andrew Selous, Conservative
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: South West Bedfordshire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Andrew Selous | 22,114 | 48.3 | +6.2 | |
| Labour | Joyce Still | 13,837 | 30.2 | −10.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Strange | 7,723 | 16.9 | +2.1 | |
| UK Independence | Tom Wise | 1,923 | 4.2 | +1.5 | |
| Open Forum | Kenson Gurney | 217 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,277 | 18.1 | |||
| Turnout | 45,814 | 61.8 | −0.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +8.2 | |||
| General Election 2001: South West Bedfordshire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Andrew Selous | 18,477 | 42.1 | +1.4 | |
| Labour | Andrew Date | 17,701 | 40.4 | -0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Pantling | 6,473 | 14.8 | +0.5 | |
| UK Independence | Tom Wise | 1,203 | 2.7 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 776 | 1.7 | |||
| Turnout | 43,854 | 62.1 | -13.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
