Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard (UK Parliament constituency)
| Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundaries since 2024 | |
 Boundary of Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard in the East of England | |
| County | Bedfordshire |
| Electorate | 74,069 (2023)[1] |
| Major settlements | Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Alex Mayer (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | South West Bedfordshire |
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] It was first contested at the 2024 general election. The current MP is Alex Mayer of the Labour Party.
Constituency profile
[edit]Wealth and deprivation in this seat are around average for the UK.[3]
Boundaries
[edit]Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the composition of the constituency was defined as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- 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.[4]
It comprises the communities of Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Linslade and Houghton Regis and is the successor to South West Bedfordshire - excluding Eaton Bray, which was transferred to the new constituency of Luton South and South Bedfordshire.
Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023,[5][6] the constituency now comprises the following wards of Central Bedfordshire from the 2024 general election:
- Dunstable Central; Dunstable East; Dunstable North; Dunstable South; Dunstable West; Heath & Reach; Houghton Regis East; Houghton Regis West; Leighton-Linslade North; Leighton-Linslade South; Leighton-Linslade West.[7]
Members of Parliament
[edit]South West Bedfordshire prior to 2024
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Alex Mayer | Labour | |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alex Mayer | 14,976 | 32.5 | +5.7 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Selous | 14,309 | 31.1 | −27.6 | |
| Reform UK | Harry Palmer | 8,071 | 17.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Emma Holland-Lindsay | 6,497 | 14.1 | +3.3 | |
| Green | Sukhinder Hundal | 2,115 | 4.6 | +0.9 | |
| English Democrat | Antonio Vitiello | 77 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 667 | 1.4 | −N/A | ||
| Turnout | 46,045 | 60.0 | −5.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 76,742 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |  16.7
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Elections in the 2010s
[edit]| 2019 notional result[9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 28,341 | 58.7 | |
| Labour | 12,955 | 26.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 5,210 | 10.8 | |
| Green | 1,764 | 3.7 | |
| Turnout | 48,270 | 65.2 | |
| Electorate | 74,069 | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – Eastern". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Eastern | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2023-12-02. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
- ^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Dunstable+and+Leighton+Buzzard
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region. Archived from the original on 2024-02-24. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
- ^ LGBCE. "Central Bedfordshire | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2024-04-06. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ "The Central Bedfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2021". Archived from the original on 2023-08-26. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ "New Seat Details - Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2024-04-06. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ "Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard". BBC News. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK