Luton North (UK Parliament constituency)

Luton North
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Luton North in Bedfordshire.
Location of Bedfordshire within England.
County	Bedfordshire
Electorate	66,273 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Luton
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	Kelvin Hopkins (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Luton West
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Luton North is a borough 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.

Boundaries

Luton North was created in 1983, primarily from the former seat of Luton West. It is a borough constituency which represents the northern portion of the town of Luton.

Boundary review

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

Luton North is formed from electoral wards entirely within the boundaries of the town of Luton:

• Barnfield, Bramingham, Challney, Icknield, Leagrave, Lewsey, Limbury, Northwell, Saints, Sundon Park

Map of Luton wards

The other constituency in Luton is Luton South.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	John Carlisle	Conservative
	1997	Kelvin Hopkins	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Luton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kelvin Hopkins	21,192	49.3	+0.7
	Conservative	Jeremy Brier	13,672	31.8	-0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Rabi Martins	4,784	11.1	-4.5
	UKIP	Colin Brown	1,564	3.6	+0.4
	BNP	Shelley Rose	1,316	3.1	N/A
	Green	Simon Hall	490	1.1	N/A
Majority			7,520	17.5
Turnout			43,018	65.5	+8.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Luton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kelvin Hopkins	19,062	48.7	-8.0
	Conservative	Hannah Hall	12,575	32.1	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Jack	6,081	15.5	+5.8
	UKIP	Colin Brown	1,255	3.2	+0.8
	Open Forum	Kayson Gurney	149	0.4	N/A
Majority			6,487	16.6
Turnout			39,122	57.4	-0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.5

General Election 2001: Luton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kelvin Hopkins	22,187	56.7	+2.1
	Conservative	Amanda Sater	12,210	31.2	-3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Bob Hoyle	3,795	9.7	+0.6
	UKIP	Colin Brown	934	2.4	+0.9
Majority			9,977	25.5
Turnout			39,126	57.9	-15.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Luton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kelvin Hopkins	25,860	54.6
	Conservative	David Senior	16,234	34.3
	Liberal Democrat	Kathryn Newbound	4,299	9.1
	UKIP	Colin Brown	689	1.5
	Natural Law	A Custance	250	0.5
Majority			9,626
Turnout				73.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Luton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Carlisle	33,777	53.7	-0.2
	Labour	A McWalter	20,683	32.9	+6.1
	Liberal Democrat	Dr. Jane Jackson	7,570	12.0	-7.4
	Green	RP Jones	633	1.0	+1.0
	Natural Law	KM Buscombe	292	0.5	+0.5
Majority			13,094	20.8	-6.2
Turnout			62,955	81.8	+4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1997: Luton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Carlisle	30,997	53.8
	Labour	M Wright	15,424	26.8
	Social Democrat	JD Stephen	11,166	19.4
Majority			15,573
Turnout				77.57
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire