Constituency profile

Mid Bedfordshire

East of England · County constituency

Blake Stephenson MP
Sitting MP

Blake Stephenson

Conservative

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
East of England
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCC
Conservative 5/5
EU referendum 2016
52.9% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +1.0pp above mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +3.3pp
Vulnerability score 8/10 (Conservative projected to lose)
SouthernBrexit-marginal

About the Mid Bedfordshire constituency

Mid Bedfordshire is a county constituency in the East of England. The sitting MP is Blake Stephenson (Conservative), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, the Conservatives won with 34.1% to 31.4% for Labour, a majority of 1,321 votes on a 65.8% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 29.5% and the Conservatives on 26.2%, a margin of 3.3 points - a projected change of hands from the Conservatives.

Who lives in Mid Bedfordshire? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
52.9%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
36.9%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
13.0%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
74.1%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
23.3%
UK average ~36%
Median age
41.0
UK median ~40
Age 65+
21.8%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
28.6%
UK average ~28%

How did Mid Bedfordshire vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Con hold · majority 1,321 votes (2.7pp) · turnout 65.8%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Mid Bedfordshire

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Mid Bedfordshire within Central Bedfordshire and Bedford

Mid Bedfordshire crosses council boundaries: Central Bedfordshire (82%), Bedford (18%). None of the constituent councils were due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Central Bedfordshire
49 LSOAs
82%
Bedford
11 LSOAs
18%

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
AmpthillConservative 34.2%vs Labour 30.7%2023 Conservative 31.7%vs Independent 30.6%-48.7%
Aspley & WoburnConservative 31.0%vs Labour 29.6%2023 Independent 90.4%vs Conservative 5.0%-54.9%
Barton-le-Clay & SilsoeConservative 34.8%vs Labour 33.0%2023 Independent 40.5%vs Conservative 26.9%-37.3%
Cranfield & Marston MoretaineConservative 35.8%vs Labour 33.4%2023 Conservative 36.0%vs Independent 29.4%-32.7%
FlitwickLabour 35.0%vs Conservative 33.3%2023 Independent 39.2%vs Conservative 29.9%-46.1%
Houghton Conquest & HaynesConservative 31.2%vs Labour 28.8%2023 Independent 56.7%vs Conservative 21.1%-30.2%
Meppershall & ShillingtonConservative 46.1%vs Labour 28.9%2023 Conservative 55.8%vs Labour 17.1%-37.2%
ToddingtonConservative 33.3%vs Labour 31.2%2023 Independent 32.1%vs Conservative 28.9%-47.5%
Westoning, Flitton & GreenfieldConservative 41.1%vs Labour 26.0%2023 Conservative 54.7%vs Independent 18.0%-39.2%
Wixams & WilsteadConservative 31.6%vs Labour 29.8%2023 Conservative 43.9%vs Lib Dem 33.7%-28.9%
Wootton & Kempston RuralConservative 31.7%vs Labour 26.9%2023 Lib Dem 44.8%vs Conservative 40.4%-30.8%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Mid Bedfordshire at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Mid Bedfordshire at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con holdNadine Dorries14.8%52.5%24.9%5.1% UKIP1.4%1.3%15,15271.9%
2015Con holdNadine Dorries15.9%56.1%7.2%15.4% UKIP4.2%1.2%23,32774.0%+2.1
2017Con holdNadine Dorries28.4%61.7%6.0%-2.8%1.1%20,98375.0%+1.0
2019notionalConservative winnerNadine Dorries 2019 MP, pre-review boundary20.5%60.5%12.5%-3.9%2.6%20,50971.5%-3.5
2024Con holdBlake Stephenson31.4%34.1%8.2%17.3% Ref5.2%3.8%1,32165.8%-5.7

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Mid Bedfordshire

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Mid Bedfordshire. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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