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Central Bedfordshire

Unitary authority area in Bedfordshire, England

Summary

Unitary authority area in Bedfordshire, England

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name	Central Bedfordshire
type	Local government district
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leader_name2	Richard Fuller (C)
Rachel Hopkins (L)
Alex Mayer (L)
Alistair Strathern (L)
Blake Stephenson (C)
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Central Bedfordshire is a local government district in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. It is administered by Central Bedfordshire Council, a unitary authority. It was created in 2009.

Formation

Central Bedfordshire was created on 1 April 2009 as part of a structural reform of local government in Bedfordshire. Bedfordshire County Council and all the district councils in the county were abolished and replaced by unitary authorities. The unitary authorities provide the services previously delivered by the district and county councils. Central Bedfordshire covers the area of the former Mid Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire Districts.

The local authority is called Central Bedfordshire Council.

Parliamentary representation

Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, Central Bedfordshire would be split between five parliamentary constituencies:

Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard (entirety)
Hitchin (part also in the District of North Hertfordshire)
Luton South and South Bedfordshire (part)
Mid Bedfordshire (part)
North Bedfordshire (part)

Towns and villages

Map of wards within Central Bedfordshire

Central Bedfordshire comprises a mix of market towns and rural villages. The largest town is Leighton Buzzard followed by Dunstable and Houghton Regis. Dunstable and Houghton Regis form part of the Luton/Dunstable urban area. Central Bedfordshire includes the following towns and villages.

Ampthill (town)
Arlesey (town)
Aspley Guise
Barton-le-Clay
Biggleswade (town)
Blunham
Broom
Caddington
Campton
Clifton
Clophill
Chalton
Chicksands
Cranfield
Dunstable (town)
Dunton
Eaton Bray
Eversholt
Fairfield
Flitton
Flitwick (town)
Greenfield
Harlington
Haynes
Heath and Reach
Henlow
Higham Gobion
Houghton Conquest
Houghton Regis (town)
Husborne Crawley
Kensworth
Langford
Leighton Buzzard (town)
Lidlington
Linslade (town)
Marston Moretaine
Maulden
Meppershall
Millbrook
Northill
Old Warden
Pepperstock
Potton (town)
Pulloxhill
Ridgmont
Sandy (town)
Shefford (town)
Silsoe
Shillington
Slip End
Southill
Stanford
Steppingley
Stotfold
Sutton
Tebworth
Tempsford
Toddington
Westoning
Wingfield
Wixams (new town, partly in Central Bedfordshire and partly in the Borough of Bedford)
Woburn
Woodside

References

"Central Bedfordshire Local Authority".
"About Central Bedfordshire Council | Central Bedfordshire Council".
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/907/note/made {{Webarchive. link. (5 January 2015 - The Bedfordshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008)
"Eastern {{!}} Boundary Commission for England".

Wikipedia Source

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