Luton North (UK Parliament constituency)

Luton North Borough constituency

Luton North shown within Bedfordshire, and Bedfordshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Kelvin Hopkins
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Bedfordshire
EP constituency:	East of England

Luton North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

[edit] Boundaries

Luton North is a borough constituency which represents the northern part of the town of Luton.

Following their review into parliamentary representation in Bedfordshire and Luton, the Boundary Commission for England made only minor alterations to the existing constituencies.

Luton North was formed from electoral wards entirely within the boundaries of the town of Luton, namely;

The other constituency in Luton is Luton South.

Year		Member	Party
	1983	John Russell Carlisle	Conservative
	1997	Kelvin Hopkins	Labour

General Election 2005: Luton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kelvin Hopkins	19,062	48.7	−8.0
	Conservative	Hannah Hall	12,575	32.1	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Jack	6,081	15.5	+5.8
	UK Independence	Colin Brown	1,255	3.2	+0.8
	Open Forum	Kayson Gurney	149	0.4	N/A
Majority			6,487	16.6
Turnout			39,122	57.4	−0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.5

General Election 2001: Luton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kelvin Hopkins	22,187	56.7	+2.1
	Conservative	Amanda Sater	12,210	31.2	-3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Hoyle	3,795	9.7	+0.6
	UK Independence	Colin Brown	934	2.4	+0.9
Majority			9,977	25.5
Turnout			39,126	57.9	-15.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Constituencies in the East of England
Conservative	Billericay \| Braintree \| Brentwood and Ongar \| Broxbourne \| Bury St Edmunds \| Castle Point \| Central Suffolk and North Ipswich \| Epping Forest \| Harwich \| Hemel Hempstead \| Hertford and Stortford \| Hertsmere \| Hitchin and Harpenden \| Huntingdon \| Maldon and East Chelmsford \| Mid Bedfordshire \| Mid Norfolk \| North Essex \| North East Bedfordshire \| North East Cambridgeshire \| North East Hertfordshire \| North West Cambridgeshire \| North West Norfolk \| Peterborough \| Rayleigh \| Rochford and Southend East \| Saffron Walden \| Southend West \| South Cambridgeshire \| South East Cambridgeshire \| South Norfolk \| South Suffolk \| South West Bedfordshire \| South West Hertfordshire \| South West Norfolk \| St Albans \| Suffolk Coastal \| Welwyn Hatfield \| West Chelmsford \| West Suffolk
Labour	Basildon \| Bedford \| Great Yarmouth \| Harlow \| Ipswich \| Luton North \| Luton South \| Norwich North \| Norwich South \| Stevenage \| Thurrock \| Watford \| Waveney
Liberal Democrat	Cambridge \| Colchester \| North Norfolk
East of England European constituency: Conservative (3) \| UKIP (2) \| Labour (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)

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