Luton North
2010 Results:
Conservative: 13672 (31.78%)
Labour: 21192 (49.26%)
Liberal Democrat: 4784 (11.12%)
BNP: 1316 (3.06%)
UKIP: 1564 (3.64%)
Green: 490 (1.14%)
Majority: 7520 (17.48%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 19095 (48.6%)
Conservative: 12658 (32.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 6127 (15.6%)
Other: 1414 (3.6%)
Majority: 6437 (16.4%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 12575 (32.1%)
Labour: 19062 (48.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 6081 (15.5%)
UKIP: 1255 (3.2%)
Other: 149 (0.4%)
Majority: 6487 (16.6%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 12210 (31.2%)
Labour: 22187 (56.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 3795 (9.7%)
UKIP: 934 (2.4%)
Majority: 9977 (25.5%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 16234 (34.3%)
Labour: 25860 (54.6%)
Liberal Democrat: 4299 (9.1%)
Other: 939 (2%)
Majority: 9626 (20.3%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Kelvin Hopkins(Labour) (more information at They work for you)
Jeremy Brier (Conservative) Kelvin Hopkins(Labour) (more information at They work for you)Rabi Martins (Liberal Democrat) Simon Hall (Green)Colin Brown (UKIP)Shelley Rose (BNP)2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 93081
Male: 49.4%
Female: 50.6%
Under 18: 26.6%
Over 60: 17.2%
Born outside UK: 17.6%
White: 73.9%
Black: 6.8%
Asian: 15.7%
Mixed: 2.8%
Other: 0.8%
Christian: 62.7%
Hindu: 3.5%
Muslim: 10.8%
Sikh: 1%
Full time students: 3.7%
Graduates 16-74: 14.5%
No Qualifications 16-74: 31.3%
Owner-Occupied: 75.6%
Social Housing: 16.1% (Council: 13%, Housing Ass.: 3.1%)
Privately Rented: 6.4%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 4.5%
Funnily enough of those that won, Nicola Blackwood must have been one of the least fancied. Only Bristol NW was a certain gain but of the others certainly Somerton, Westminster North and perhaps Hammersmith looked more likely gains than OxWAb. Of those seats I would only have said Kingston was a no hoper although I thought it unlikely the Tories would gain either Perth or Luton North.
Kulveer Ranger is often on the local London news and seems quite impressive and to have a bright future ahead of him
On the blog part of this site (…/blog/archives/2753?cp=5) I have posted on what I think the impact of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill would be on Bedfordshire.
It looks like Luton isn’t big enough for 2 constituencies, while Bedford Borough and Central Beds together will be allocated 4 (much as at present). Luton will, I think have to take in some voters from Hertfordshire somehow, and the requirement to be within +or- 5% of the UK quota size will, mean boundary changes. I anticipate that Luton North would perhaps be of suitable size with the addition of Dallow Ward, or Biscot Ward (perhaps with High Town).