North East Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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	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

Election		Member[5]	Party
	1997	Nicholas Lyell	Conservative
	2001	Alistair Burt	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: North East Bedfordshire[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alistair Burt	34,891	59.5	+3.7
	Labour	Saqhib Ali [7]	9,247	15.8	−0.4
	UKIP	Adrianne Smyth[8]	8,579	14.6	+10.5
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Morris [9]	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
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2010: North East Bedfordshire[10]
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	+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
Turnout			49,505	68.0	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	0[n 3]

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
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 J. Bristow	7,179	14.2	N/A
	Referendum	John C. Taylor	2,490	4.9	N/A
	Independent Conservative	Lew Foley	1,842	3.7	N/A
	Natural Law	Bernard H. 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

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire

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.
3. This election saw a -5.8% total swing from Labour-Others

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. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
7. http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/bedfordshire-north-east-2015.html
8. http://www.adriannesmyth.uk
9. "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
10. http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/bedfordshirenortheast