North East Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 52°13′16″N 0°34′26″W / 52.221°N 0.574°W / 52.221; -0.574

North East Bedfordshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons

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Boundary of North East Bedfordshire in Bedfordshire.

Outline map

Location of Bedfordshire within England.
County Bedfordshire
Electorate 85,000 March 2015 (78,350 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements Biggleswade and Sandy
Current constituency
Created 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 constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Alistair Burt, a Conservative.[n 2]

Boundaries

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.

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.

Constituency profile

This is a mainly rural, professional area,[2] with medium level incomes, low unemployment[3] and a low proportion of social housing.[4]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[5] Party
1997 Nicholas Lyell Conservative
2001 Alistair Burt Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: North East Bedfordshire[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Alistair Burt 39,139 60.9 +1.5
Labour Julian Vaughan 18,277 28.5 +12.7
Liberal Democrat Stephen Rutherford 3,693 5.8 -0.1
UKIP Duncan Strachan 1,896 3.0 -11.7
Green Philippa Fleming 1,215 1.9 -2.4
Majority 20,862 32.4 -11.3
Turnout 64,220 73.8 +3.6
Conservative hold Swing –5.6
General Election 2015: North East Bedfordshire[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Alistair Burt 34,891 59.5 +3.7
Labour Saqhib Ali [8] 9,247 15.8 −0.4
UKIP Adrianne Smyth[9] 8,579 14.6 +10.5
Liberal Democrat Peter Morris [10] 3,418 5.8 −15.9
Green Mark Bowler 2,537 4.3 N/A
Majority 25,644 43.7 +9.6
Turnout 58,672 70.2 -1.0
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 2010: North East Bedfordshire[11]
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 71.2 +3.2
Conservative hold Swing +3.4

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 +5.8
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 Edward Ross 14,009 31.0 −1.6
Liberal Democrat Dan Rogerson 7,409 16.4 +2.1
UKIP Mrs. Rosalind Hill 1,242 2.7 N/A
Majority 8,577 18.9 +7.2
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 John Bristow 7,179 14.2 N/A
Referendum John Charles Taylor 2,490 4.9 N/A
Independent Conservative Frank Lewis Foley 1,842 3.7 N/A
Natural Law Bernard Henry Bence 138 0.3 N/A
Majority 5,883 11.7 N/A
Turnout 50,388 77.2 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
  1. ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ Constituency Profile The Guardian
  3. ↑ Unemployment statistics The Guardian
  4. ↑ 2011 census interactive maps
  5. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
  6. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000841
  7. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/bedfordshire-north-east-2015.html
  9. ↑ http://www.adriannesmyth.uk
  10. ↑ "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  11. ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/bedfordshirenortheast
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