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)
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.

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:

• From Bedford (borough): Bromham, Carlton, Clapham, Cople, Eastcotts, Great Barford, Harrold, Oakley, Riseley, Roxton and Sharnbrook
• From Central Bedfordshire: Arlesey, Biggleswade Holme, Biggleswade Ivel, Biggleswade Stratton, Langford and Henlow Village, Northill and Blunham, Potton and Wensley, Sandy Ivel, Sandy Pinnacle and Stotfold.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Nicholas Lyell	Conservative
	2001	Alistair Burt	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: North East Bedfordshire
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

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire