North Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Bedfordshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County	Bedfordshire
Major settlements	Bedford
1983 (1983)–1997 (1997)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Bedford, Bedfordshire North East
Created from	Bedford

North Bedfordshire was a county constituency in Bedfordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

History

This safe Conservative seat was held for its entire existence by Trevor Skeet who had been the MP for Bedford since 1970.

Boundaries

The territory the seat covered was virtually the same as the county constituency of Bedford which it replaced. This included the town of Bedford itself. In 1997, the constituency was abolished, being dispersed on a roughly seven to three ratio between the new constituencies of Bedford and Bedfordshire North East, with 17 electors being transferred to Huntingdon.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[2]	Party
	1983	Trevor Skeet	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992:Bedfordshire North[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Trevor Skeet	29,970	50.7	-1.9
	Labour	P Hall	18,302	31.0	+7.8
	Liberal Democrat	M Smithson	10,014	16.9	-6.6
	Green	Ms. L Smith	643	1.1	+1.1
	Natural Law	BH Bence	178	0.3	+0.3
Majority			11,668	19.7	-9.3
Turnout			59,107	80.1	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.8

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire

Notes and references

1. ^ "Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies", BBC/ITN/PA News/Sky, 1995, p. 191.
2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
3. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.