The ceremonial county of Bedfordshire (which comprises Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton unitary authorities) is split into 7 seats â 2 borough and 5 county constituencies.
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.
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.
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing â General election results from 1918 to 2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Bedfordshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Bedfordshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
<sup>1</sup> Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966
<sup>2</sup> 2019: as the Brexit Party âÂÂ
<sup>3</sup> 1950-1979 - Liberal ; 1983 & 1987 â SDP-Liberal Alliance
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Included in Other
<sup>1</sup>Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966
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A cell marked â (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.