Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes was a
constituency
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...
of the
European Parliament
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located in the
United Kingdom
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, electing one
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.
When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
by the
first-past-the-post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast the ...
electoral system. Created in
1994
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from parts of
Cambridge and Bedfordshire North and
Suffolk
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, it was abolished in 1999 on the adoption of
proportional representation
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for
European elections in the United Kingdom. It was mostly succeeded by the
East of England region, with the remaining part succeeded by the
South East England region.
Boundaries
It consisted of the
parliamentary constituencies
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polit ...
of
Luton North,
Luton South
Luton South is a constituency in Bedfordshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Rachel Hopkins, a member of the Labour Party.
History
This seat was created in 1983, primarily from the former seat of Lut ...
,
Mid Bedfordshire,
Milton Keynes South West,
North Bedfordshire,
North East Milton Keynes and
South West Bedfordshire.
[''The European Parliament 1994-1999 : MEPs and European constituencies in the United Kingdom'', London : UK Office of the European Parliament, November 1994.]
Mid Bedfordshire and North Bedfordshire had previously been part of the Cambridge and Bedfordshire North constituency, while Luton North, Luton South, Milton Keynes South West, North East Milton Keynes and South West Bedfordshire had been part of the Bedfordshire South constituency.
Most of the area became part of the East of England constituency in 1999; the Milton Keynes constituencies became part of the South East England constituency.
MEPs
Election results
References
External links
David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results
European Parliament constituencies in England (1979–1999)
Politics of Bedfordshire
1994 establishments in England
1999 disestablishments in England
Constituencies established in 1994
Constituencies disestablished in 1999
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