Election 97

Bedfordshire North East

Current MP Sir Nicholas Lyell
Conservative 97 22,311
Labour 97 16,428
LibDem 97 7,179
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 1,980
Elected party
Bedfordshire North East

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Bedfordshire Mid
Conservative 92 31,081
Labour 92 10,478
LibDem 92 9,706
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 1,127
Elected party Conservative

This new seat will be one of the safest Conservative constituencies in Britain. Yet Labour will be leaping up and down with glee at its creation. This paradox arises because the huge Tory majority in Bedfordshire North East has to have come from somewhere. In fact the creation of the seat has siphoned off Tory voters from the town of Bedford, slimmed down to its urban core, and from marginal Luton North. Both of these neighbouring seats are now highly vulnerable to Labour. The lucky Conservative candidate who stands in Bedfordshire North East can start celebrating now, but some of his neighbours have cause to be very afraid.


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