| North East Bedfordshire | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Map1: | NorthEastBedfordshire2007 |
| Map2: | Bedfordshire_in_England_2023-04-01 |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Abolished: | 2024 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Electorate: | 87,143 (2018)[1] |
| Region: | England |
| European: | East of England |
North East Bedfordshire was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2024.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to moderate boundary changes, it reverted to the name of North Bedfordshire, first contested at the 2024 general election.[2] South eastern areas, including the communities of Arlesey, Langford and Stotfold, were included in the re-established, cross-county boundary, constituency of Hitchin.
This is a mainly rural, professional area,[3] with medium level incomes, low unemployment[4] and a low proportion of social housing. The East Coast Main Line runs through the east part of the seat, with several stations connecting to Central London.
1997–2010: The District of Mid Bedfordshire wards of Arlesey, Biggleswade Ivel, Biggleswade Stratton, Blunham, Langford, Northill, Old Warden and Southill, Potton, Sandy All Saints, Sandy St Swithun's, Stotfold, and Wensley; and the Borough of Bedford wards of Bromham, Carlton, Clapham, Eastcotts, Felmersham, Great Barford, Harrold, Oakley, Renhold, Riseley, Roxton, and Sharnbrook.[5]
Formed primarily from the eastern half of Mid Bedfordshire, including Biggleswade and Sandy. It also includes rural areas previously in the abolished constituency of North Bedfordshire.
2010–2024: The District of Mid Bedfordshire wards of Arlesey, Biggleswade Holme, Biggleswade Ivel, Biggleswade Stratton, Langford and Henlow Village, Northill and Blunham, Potton and Wensley, Sandy Ivel, Sandy Pinnacle, and Stotfold; and the Borough of Bedford wards of Bromham, Carlton, Clapham, Eastcotts, Great Barford, Harrold, Oakley, Riseley, Roxton, and Sharnbrook.[6]
Marginal loss to Mid Bedfordshire due to revision of local authority wards.
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Nicholas Lyell | Conservative | ||
| 2001 | Alistair Burt | Conservative | ||
| 2019 | Independent (3 September 2019 - 29 October 2019) | |||
| 2019 | Conservative | |||
| 2019 | Richard Fuller | |||