MID BEDFORDSHIRE (UK PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)


'Mid 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.

Contents
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
Election results
See also

Boundaries


Following their review of parliamentary representation in Bedfordshire and Luton, the Boundary Commission for England have made only minor changes to the existing constituencies.[1]
The Mid Bedfordshire seat was fought at the UK general election in 2005 and has been formed from electoral wards under the Borough of Bedford, District of Mid Bedfordshire and the District of South Bedfordshire.

★ From Bedford Borough Council:- Turvey, Wilshamstead and Wootton

★ From the District of South Bedfordshire:- Barton-le-Clay, Streatley and Toddington

★ From the District of Mid Bedfordshire:- Ampthill, Aspley Guise, Clifton and Meppershall, Cranfield, Flitton, Greenfield and Pulloxhill, Flitwick East, Flitwick West, Harlington, Houghton, Haynes, Southill and Old Warden, Marston, Maulden and Clophill, Shefford, Campton and Gravenhurst, Shillington, Stondon and Henlow Camp, Silsoe, Westoning and Tingrith and Woburn

Members of Parliament


YearMemberParty
1918 Maximilian Gouvan Townley Coalition Conservative
1922 Frederick Caesar Linfield Liberal
1924 William Ward Warner Unionist
1929 Milner Gray Liberal
1931 Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd Conservative
1960 Stephen Lewis Edmonstone Hastings Conservative
1983 ''significant boundary change''
1983 Sir Nicholas Walter Lyell Conservative
1983 ''significant boundary change''
1997 Jonathan Sayeed Conservative
2005 Nadine Vanessa Dorries Conservative

Election results


See also



List of Parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire

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