# Parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire

The ceremonial county of Bedfordshire (which comprises Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton unitary authorities) is split into 7 seats – 2 borough and 5 county constituencies.

## Constituencies

† Conservative †  ‡ Labour ‡
| Name | Electorate | Majority | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition | Electoral wards |
| Bedford BC | 70,068 | 9,430 | Mohammad Yasin ‡ | Pinder Chauhan † | Bedford Borough Council: Brickhill, Castle, Cauldwell, De Parys, Goldington, Harpur, Kempston Central and East, Kempston North, Kempston South, Kempston West, Kingsbrook, Newnham, Putnoe, Queen's Park. |
| Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard CC | 74,069 | 667 | Alex Mayer ‡ | Andrew Selous † | Central Bedfordshire Council: Dunstable Central, Dunstable-Icknield, Dunstable-Manshead, Dunstable-Northfields, Dunstable-Watling, Heath and Reach, Houghton Hall, Leighton Buzzard North, Leighton Buzzard South, Linslade, Parkside, Tithe Farm. |
| Hitchin CC | 72,112 | 7,109 | Alistair Strathern ‡ | Bim Afolami † | Central Bedfordshire Council: Arlesey, Shefford, Stotfold and Langford. North Hertfordshire District Council: Cadwell, Chesfield, Hitchin Bearton, Hitchin Highbury, Hitchin Oughton, Hitchin Priory, Hitchin Walsworth, Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo, Kimpton. |
| Luton North BC | 73,266 | 7,510 | Sarah Owen ‡ | Jilleane Brown † | Luton Borough Council: Barnfield, Bramingham, Challney, Ickfield, Leagrave, Lewsey, Limbury, Northwell, Saints, Stopsley, Sundon Park. |
| Luton South and South Bedfordshire CC | 70,197 | 6,858 | Rachel Hopkins ‡ | Mark Versallion † | Central Bedfordshire Council: Caddington, Eaton Bay. Luton Borough Council: Biscot, Crawley, Dallow, Farley, High Town, Round Green, South, Wigmore. |
| Mid Bedfordshire CC | 71,748 | 1,321 | Blake Stephenson † | Maahwish Mirza ‡ | Bedford Borough Council: Elstow and Stewartby, Wilshamstead, Wootton. Central Bedfordshire Council: Ampthill, Aspley and Woburn, Barton-le-Clay, Cranfield and Marston Moretaine, Flitwick, Houghton Conquest and Haynes, Silsoe and Shillington, Toddington, Westoning, Flitton and Greenfield. |
| North Bedfordshire CC | 76,319 | 5,414 | Richard Fuller † | Uday Nagaraju ‡ | Bedford Borough Council: Bromham and Biddenham, Clapham, Eastcotts, Great Barford, Harrold, Kempston Rural, Oakley, Riseley, Sharnbrook, Wyboston. Central Bedfordshire Council: Biggleswade North, Biggleswade South, Northill, Potton, Sandy. |

## Boundary changes
### 2024

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Bedfordshire with Hertfordshire as a sub-region of the East of England region, with the creation of the cross-county boundary constituency of Hitchin. As a result of the changes, Luton South was renamed Luton South and South Bedfordshire, North East Bedfordshire renamed North Bedfordshire, and South West Bedfordshire renamed Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard.
| Former name | Boundaries 2010-2024 | Current name | Boundaries 2024–present |
| Bedford BC Luton North BC Luton South BC Mid Bedfordshire CC North East Bedfordshire CC South West Bedfordshire CC | 2010-2024 constituencies in Bedfordshire | Bedford BC Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard CC Hitchin CC Luton North BC Luton South and South Bedfordshire CC Mid Bedfordshire CC North Bedfordshire CC | Current constituencies in Bedfordshire |

### 2010

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain Bedfordshire's constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies.
| Name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | Boundaries 2010–present |
| Bedford BC Luton North BC Luton South BC Mid Bedfordshire CC North East Bedfordshire CC South West Bedfordshire CC | Parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire 1997 – 2005 | Parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire 2010–present |

## Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019

### 2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Bedfordshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2019 | Seats | Change from 2019 |
| Labour | 114,813 | 36.8% | 2.6% | 5 | 2 |
| Conservative | 88,794 | 28.0% | 21.8% | 2 | 1 |
| Reform UK | 45,831 | 14.4% | 13.2% | 0 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 29,346 | 9.2% | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
| Greens | 17,092 | 5.4% | 2.5% | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 13,447 | 4.2% | 1.2% | 0 | 0 |
| Workers Party of Britain | 8,020 | 2.5% | New | 0 | New |
| Total | 317,343 | 100.0 | | 7 | |

### 2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Bedfordshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
| Conservative | 156,973 | 49.8% | 0.5% | 3 | 0 |
| Labour | 107,591 | 34.2% | 7.8% | 3 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 28,276 | 9.0% | 4.4% | 0 | 0 |
| Greens | 9,126 | 2.9% | 1.0% | 0 | 0 |
| Brexit | 3,712 | 1.2% | new | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 9,318 | 3.0% | 1.7% | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 314,996 | 100.0 | | 6 | |

### Percentage votes

| Election year | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974 (Feb) | 1974 (Oct) | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
| Labour | 42.4 | 45.3 | 44.7 | 38.8 | 43.9 | 45.6 | 40.9 | 34.0 | 37.3 | 32.9 | 22.6 | 24.2 | 30.3 | 44.0 | 42.8 | 34.2 | 27.1 | 29.5 | 42.0 | 34.2 | 36.2 |
| Conservative$^1$ | 44.5 | 49.7 | 53.5 | 49.9 | 47.8 | 43.8 | 50.5 | 39.7 | 40.4 | 51.3 | 51.0 | 54.2 | 53.2 | 38.6 | 39.4 | 40.6 | 44.7 | 47.2 | 50.3 | 49.8 | 28.0 |
| Reform UK$^2$ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.2 | 14.4 |
| Liberal Democrat$^3$ | 13.0 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 11.2 | 8.0 | 10.3 | 8.4 | 26.2 | 22.2 | 14.8 | 26.3 | 21.1 | 14.8 | 12.8 | 14.8 | 20.3 | 20.3 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 9.0 | 9.2 |
| Green Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | * | * | * | * | * | 0.7 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 5.4 |
| UKIP | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | * | * | * | 3.8 | 13.5 | 0.8 | * | * |
| Workers Party of Britain | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | 2.5 |
| Other | 0.1 | – | – | – | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 4.2 |
$^1$ Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966
$^2$ 2019: as the Brexit Party –
$^3$ 1950-1979 - Liberal ; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other

### Seats

| Election year | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974 (Feb) | 1974 (Oct) | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
| Conservative$^1$ | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
$^1$Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966

### Maps
#### 1885-1910

* 1885
* 1886
* 1892
* 1895
* 1900
* 1906
* Jan 1910
* Dec 1910

#### 1918-1945

* 1918
* 1922
* 1934
* 1924
* 1929
* 1931
* 1935
* 1945

#### 1950-1979

* 1950
* 1951
* 1955
* 1959
* 1964
* 1966
* 1970
* Feb 1974
* Oct 1974
* 1979

#### 1983-present

* 1983
* 1987
* 1992
* 1997
* 2001
* 2005
* 2010
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2024

## Timeline

Former constituency  Current constituency
| Constituency | 1295–1885 | 1885–1918 | 1918–1950 | 1950–1974 | 1974–1983 | 1983–1997 | 1997–2024 | 2024–present |
| Bedfordshire | 1295–1885 | | | | | | | |
| Bedford | 1295–1983 | 1295–1983 | 1295–1983 | 1295–1983 | 1295–1983 | | 1997–present | 1997–present |
| North Bedfordshire | | | | | | 1983–1997 | | 2024–present |
| North East Bedfordshire | | | | | | | 1997–2024 | |
| Biggleswade | | 1885–1918 | | | | | | |
| Mid Bedfordshire | | | 1918–present | 1918–present | 1918–present | 1918–present | 1918–present | 1918–present |
| South Bedfordshire | | | | 1950–1983 | 1950–1983 | | | |
| South West Bedfordshire | | | | | | 1983–2024 | 1983–2024 | |
| Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard | | | | | | | | 2024-present |
| Luton | | 1885–1974 | 1885–1974 | 1885–1974 | | | | |
| Luton East | | | | | 1974–1983 | | | |
| Luton West | | | | | 1974–1983 | | | |
| Luton North | | | | | | 1983–present | 1983–present | 1983–present |
| Luton South | | | | | | 1983–2024 | 1983–2024 | |
| Luton South and South Bedfordshire | | | | | | | | 2024–present |

## Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

### 1802 to 1837

Conservative  Tory  Whig
| Constituency | 1802 | 1806 | 1807 | 1812 | 15 | 1818 | 1820 | 1826 | 1830 | 1831 | 1832 | 34 | 1835 |
| Bedford | Antonie | Antonie | Antonie | G. Russell | G. Russell | G. Russell | G. Russell | G. Russell | Polhill | Polhill | Crawley | Crawley | Crawley |
| Bedford | S. Whitbread | S. Whitbread | S. Whitbread | S. Whitbread | Waldegrave | W. Whitbread | W. Whitbread | W. Whitbread | W. Whitbread | W. Whitbread | W. Whitbread | W. Whitbread | Polhill |
| Bedfordshire | Osborn | Osborn | FitzPatrick | F. Russell | F. Russell | F. Russell | F. Russell | F. Russell | F. Russell | F. Russell | C. Russell | C. Russell | C. Russell |
| Bedfordshire | St John | Pym | Pym | Pym | Pym | Osborn | Pym | Macqueen | Stuart | Payne | Stuart | → | Egerton |

### 1837 to 1885

Conservative  Liberal  Whig
| Constituency | 1837 | 38 | 1841 | 47 | 1847 | 51 | 1852 | 54 | 1857 | 1859 | 1865 | 1868 | 72 | 1874 | 75 | 1880 |
| Bedford | Stuart | Crawley | H. Stuart | H. Stuart | H. Stuart | H. Stuart | H. Stuart | W. Stuart | Barnard | W. Stuart | W. Stuart | Howard | Howard | Polhill-Turner | Polhill-Turner | Magniac |
| Bedford | Polhill | Polhill | Polhill | Polhill | Verney | Verney | Whitbread | Whitbread | Whitbread | → | → | → | → | → | → | → |
| Bedfordshire | C. Russell | C. Russell | Astell | C. Russell | F. Russell | F. Russell | F. Russell | F. Russell | F. Russell | → | → | → | Bassett | Bassett | G. Russell | G. Russell |
| Bedfordshire | Egerton | Egerton | Egerton | Egerton | Egerton | Gilpin | Gilpin | Gilpin | Gilpin | Gilpin | Gilpin | Gilpin | Gilpin | Gilpin | Gilpin | Howard |

### 1885 to 1918

Conservative  Liberal  Liberal Unionist
| Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 1892 | 92 | 1895 | 1900 | 1906 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 11 |
| Bedford | Whitbread | Whitbread | Whitbread | Whitbread | Pym | Pym | Barlow | Attenborough | Kellaway | Kellaway |
| Biggleswade | Magniac | Baring | Russell | Russell | Compton | Compton | Black | Black | Black | Black |
| Luton | Flower | Flower | Flower | Whitbread | Ashton | Ashton | Ashton | Ashton | Ashton | Harmsworth |

### 1918 to 1974

Coalition Liberal (1918–22) / National Liberal (1922–23)  Conservative  Labour  Liberal  National Liberal (1931–68)
| Constituency | 1918 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1929 | 31 | 1931 | 1935 | 1945 | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 60 | 63 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 |
| Bedford | Kellaway | Wells | Wells | Wells | Wells | Wells | Wells | Wells | Skeffington-Lodge | Soames | Soames | Soames | Soames | Soames | Soames | Soames | Parkyn | Skeet |
| Bedfordshire Mid | Townley | Linfield | Linfield | Warner | Gray | Gray | Lennox-Boyd | Lennox-Boyd | Lennox-Boyd | Lennox-Boyd | Lennox-Boyd | Lennox-Boyd | Lennox-Boyd | Hastings | Hastings | Hastings | Hastings | Hastings |
| Bedfordshire South | | | | | | | | | | Moeran | Cole | Cole | Cole | Cole | Cole | → | Roberts | Madel |
| Luton | Harmsworth | Hewett | Howard | O'Connor | Burgin | → | → | → | Warbey | Hill | Hill | Hill | Hill | Hill | Howie | Howie | Howie | Simeons |

### 1974 to 1997

Conservative  Labour
| Constituency | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 |
| Bedford / North Bedfordshire (1983) | Skeet | Skeet | Skeet | Skeet | Skeet | Skeet |
| Bedfordshire Mid | Hastings | Hastings | Hastings | Lyell | Lyell | Lyell |
| Bedfordshire South / South West Bedfordshire (1983) | Madel | Madel | Madel | Madel | Madel | Madel |
| Luton East / Luton South (1983) | Clemitson | Clemitson | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright |
| Luton West / Luton North (1983) | Sedgemore | Sedgemore | Carlisle | Carlisle | Carlisle | Carlisle |

### 1997 to present

Change UK  Conservative  Independent  The Independents  Labour
| Constituency | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 2019 | 23 | 2024 |
| Bedford | Hall | Hall | Hall | Fuller | Fuller | Yasin | Yasin | Yasin | Yasin | Yasin | Yasin | Yasin |
| Bedfordshire Mid | Sayeed | Sayeed | Dorries | Dorries | Dorries | Dorries | Dorries | Dorries | Dorries | Dorries | Strathern | Stephenson |
| North East Bedfordshire / N Bedfordshire (2024) | Lyell | Burt | Burt | Burt | Burt | Burt | Burt | Burt | Burt | Fuller | Fuller | Fuller |
| SW Bedfordshire / Dunstable & Leighton Buzzard ('24) | Madel | Selous | Selous | Selous | Selous | Selous | Selous | Selous | Selous | Selous | Selous | Mayer |
| Luton South / Luton S & S Bedfordshire (2024) | Moran | Moran | Moran | Shuker | Shuker | Shuker | Shuker | → | → | R. Hopkins | R. Hopkins | R. Hopkins |
| Luton North | K. Hopkins | K. Hopkins | K. Hopkins | K. Hopkins | K. Hopkins | K. Hopkins | → | → | → | Owen | Owen | Owen |