Election 97

Bedfordshire Mid

Current MP NEW SEAT
Conservative 97 24,176
Labour 97 17,086
LibDem 97 8,823
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 174
Elected party
Bedfordshire Mid

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency NEW SEAT
Conservative 92 31,561
Labour 92 10,016
LibDem 92 7,973
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 1,022
Elected party Conservative

The new and rather clumsily named seat of Bedfordshire Mid is carved out of the eponymous county in a way that excludes major towns. From Kempston on the fringes of Bedford, to Toddington, north of Luton on the M1, the main central communities are the market town of Ampthill and the rapidly expanding commuter town of Flitwick. The lack of a clear community focus rather denies this new constituency a certain cultural identity, but, wherever you look within its boundaries, the voting patterns are pretty much the same, with the Conservatives in the lead. The opposition parties may vie for second place, but the seat should be safely Tory.


Super Profiles

7,461 21.32 9.03 236
3,592 10.26 11.17 92
7,408 21.17 11.25 188
9,773 27.93 14.70 190
583 1.67 10.45 16
1,319 3.77 2.81 134
475 1.36 8.01 17
3,574 10.21 15.25 67
297 0.85 7.13 12
0 0.00 10.17 0