North East Bedfordshire is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2019 by Richard Fuller, of the Conservative Party.[n 2]
North East Bedfordshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Bedfordshire |
Electorate | 87,143 (2018)[1] |
Major settlements | Biggleswade and Sandy |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Richard Fuller (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Mid Bedfordshire, North Bedfordshire |
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to moderate boundary changes and will revert to the name of North Bedfordshire, to be first contested at the next general election.[2] South eastern areas, including the communities of Arlesey, Langford and Stotfold, will be included in the re-established, cross-county boundary, constituency of Hitchin.
This is a mainly rural, professional area,[3] with medium level incomes, low unemployment[4] and a low proportion of social housing. The East Coast Main Line runs through the east part of the seat, with several stations connecting to Central London.
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.[5]
Formed primarily from the eastern half of Mid Bedfordshire, including Biggleswade and Sandy. It also includes rural areas previously in the abolished constituency of North Bedfordshire.
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.[6]
Marginal loss to Mid Bedfordshire due to revision of local authority wards.
Election | Member[7] | Party | |
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1997 | Nicholas Lyell | Conservative | |
2001 | Alistair Burt | Conservative | |
2019 | Independent (3 September 2019 - 29 October 2019) | ||
2019 | Conservative | ||
2019 | Richard Fuller | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Fuller | 38,443 | 59.1 | -1.8 | |
Labour | Julian Vaughan | 14,160 | 21.8 | -6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Norton | 7,999 | 12.3 | +6.5 | |
Independent | Adam Zerny | 2,525 | 3.9 | New | |
Green | Philippa Fleming | 1,891 | 2.9 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 24,283 | 37.3 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 65,018 | 71.7 | -1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alistair Burt | 39,139 | 60.9 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Julian Vaughan | 18,277 | 28.5 | +12.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Rutherford | 3,693 | 5.8 | 0.0 | |
UKIP | Duncan Strachan | 1,896 | 3.0 | -11.6 | |
Green | Philippa Fleming | 1,215 | 1.9 | -2.4 | |
Majority | 20,862 | 32.4 | -11.3 | ||
Turnout | 64,220 | 73.4 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alistair Burt | 34,891 | 59.5 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Saqhib Ali [11] | 9,247 | 15.8 | −0.3 | |
UKIP | Adrianne Smyth[12] | 8,579 | 14.6 | +10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Morris [13] | 3,418 | 5.8 | −15.9 | |
Green | Mark Bowler | 2,537 | 4.3 | New | |
Majority | 25,644 | 43.7 | +9.6 | ||
Turnout | 58,672 | 70.2 | -1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alistair Burt | 30,989 | 55.8 | +5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | New | |
Majority | 18,942 | 34.1 | +9.3 | ||
Turnout | 55,552 | 71.2 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alistair Burt | 24,725 | 49.9 | 0.0 | |
Labour | Keith White | 12,474 | 25.2 | −5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alistair Burt | 22,586 | 49.9 | +5.6 | |
Labour | Philip Ross | 14,009 | 31.0 | −1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dan Rogerson | 7,409 | 16.4 | +2.2 | |
UKIP | Rosalind Hill | 1,242 | 2.7 | New | |
Majority | 8,577 | 18.9 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,246 | 64.8 | -12.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nicholas Lyell | 22,311 | 44.3 | ||
Labour | John Lehal | 16,428 | 32.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philip Bristow | 7,179 | 14.2 | ||
Referendum | John Taylor | 2,490 | 4.9 | ||
Ind. Conservative | Frank Foley | 1,842 | 3.7 | ||
Natural Law | Bernard Bence | 138 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 5,883 | 11.7 | |||
Turnout | 50,388 | 77.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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