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Parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire

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Parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire
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The ceremonial county of Bedfordshire (which comprises Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton unitary authorities) is split into 7 seats – 2 borough and 5 county constituencies.[nb 1]

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The county of Bedfordshire in relation to England

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour

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Boundary changes

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2024

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Bedfordshire with Hertfordshire as a sub-region of the East of England region, with the creation of the cross-county boundary constituency of Hitchin. As a result of the changes, Luton South was renamed Luton South and South Bedfordshire, North East Bedfordshire renamed North Bedfordshire, and South West Bedfordshire renamed Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard.[5]

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2010

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain Bedfordshire's constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies.

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Results history

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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Bedfordshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:[nb 5][2]

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2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Bedfordshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

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Percentage votes

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1 Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966

2 2019: as the Brexit Party –

3 1950-1979 - Liberal ; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

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1Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966

Maps

1885-1910


1918-1945



1950-1979


1983-present


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Timeline

  Former constituency   Current constituency

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Historical representation by party

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A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1802 to 1837

  Conservative   Tory   Whig

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1837 to 1885

  Conservative   Liberal   Whig

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1885 to 1918

  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal Unionist

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1918 to 1974

  Coalition Liberal (1918–22) / National Liberal (1922–23)   Conservative   Labour   Liberal   National Liberal (1931–68)

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1974 to 1997

  Conservative   Labour

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1997 to present

  Change UK   Conservative   Independent   The Independents   Labour

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See also

Notes

  1. Hitchin is a cross-county boundary constituency, mostly covering areas of northern Hertfordshire but also containing electoral wards in Central Bedfordshire.
  2. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  3. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
  4. Hitchin is a cross-county boundary constituency, mostly covering areas of northern Hertfordshire but also containing electoral wards in Central Bedfordshire.
  5. It should be acknowledged that as Hitchin is a cross-county constituency between Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, and the results of UK elections on sub-constituency levels are not disclosed, the following vote shares include parts of the Hitchin constituency located in Hertfordshire
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