North East Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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North East Bedfordshire County constituency
North East Bedfordshire shown within Bedfordshire, and Bedfordshire shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Alistair Burt
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Bedfordshire
EP constituency:	East of England

North East Bedfordshire is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Following their review into parliamentary representation in Bedfordshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made only minor changes to the existing constituencies.

The electoral wards of the North East Bedfordshire seat from the 2009 or 2010 election are:

• From Bedford, Bromham, Cardington, Carlton, Clapham, Eastcotts, Great Barford, Harrold, Oakley, Riseley, Roxton and Sharnbrook
• From Mid Bedfordshire, Arlesey, Biggleswade Holme, Biggleswade Ivel, Biggleswade Stratton, Langford and Henlow Village, Northill and Blunham, Potton and Wensley, Sandy Ivel, Sandy Pinnacle and Stotfold.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1997 — 2001: Sir Nicholas Lyell, Conservative
• 2001 — present: Alistair Burt, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: North East Bedfordshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alistair Burt	24,725	49.9	0.0
	Labour	Keith White	12,474	25.2	−5.8
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Rutherford	10,320	20.8	+4.4
	UK Independence	James May	1,986	4.0	+1.3
Majority			12,251	24.7
Turnout			49,505	68.0	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.9

General Election 2001: North East Bedfordshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alistair Burt	22,586	49.9	+5.6
	Labour	Philip Ross	14,009	31.0	-1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Dan Rogerson	7,409	16.4	+2.1
	UK Independence	Ros Hill	1,242	2.7	N/A
Majority			8,577	18.9
Turnout			45,246	64.8	-12.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: North East Bedfordshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Lyell	22,311	44.3	N/A
	Labour	John Lehal	16,428	32.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Bristow	7,179	14.2	N/A
	Referendum Party	J. Taylor	2,490	4.9	N/A
	Independent Conservative	L. Foley	1,842	3.7	N/A
	Natural Law	B. Bence	138	0.3	N/A
Majority			5,883		N/A
Turnout				77.8	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire

Constituencies in the East of England
Conservative	Billericay | Braintree | Brentwood and Ongar | Broxbourne | Bury St Edmunds | Castle Point | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Epping Forest | Harwich | Hemel Hempstead | Hertford and Stortford | Hertsmere | Hitchin and Harpenden | Huntingdon | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Mid Bedfordshire | Mid Norfolk | North Essex | North East Bedfordshire | North East Cambridgeshire | North East Hertfordshire | North West Cambridgeshire | North West Norfolk | Peterborough | Rayleigh | Rochford and Southend East | Saffron Walden | Southend West | South Cambridgeshire | South East Cambridgeshire | South Norfolk | South Suffolk | South West Bedfordshire | South West Hertfordshire | South West Norfolk | St Albans | Suffolk Coastal | Welwyn Hatfield | West Chelmsford | West Suffolk
Labour	Basildon | Bedford | Great Yarmouth | Harlow | Ipswich | Luton North | Luton South | Norwich North | Norwich South | Stevenage | Thurrock | Watford | Waveney
Liberal Democrat	Cambridge | Colchester | North Norfolk
East of England European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Labour (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)