North East Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Bedfordshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of North East Bedfordshire in Bedfordshire.

Location of Bedfordshire within England.
County Bedfordshire
Electorate 78,350 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament Alistair Burt (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Mid Bedfordshire, North Bedfordshire
Overlaps
European Parliament 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

Boundaries

Following the latest review into parliamentary representation in Bedfordshire in 2007, the Boundary Commission for England made only minor changes to the existing constituencies.

The electoral wards of the North East Bedfordshire seat are:

Members of Parliament

Election Member [2] Party
1997 Nicholas Lyell Conservative
2001 Alistair Burt Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: North East Bedfordshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alistair Burt 30,989 55.8 +5.9
Liberal Democrat 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 n/a
Majority 18,942 34.1 +9.3
Turnout 55,552
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

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
UKIP 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
UKIP Ros Hill 1,242 2.7 N/A
Majority 8,577 18.9
Turnout 45,246 64.8 -12.4
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

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

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
  3. ^ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/bedfordshirenortheast
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