Central Bedfordshire

Unitary authority area in Bedfordshire, England

Local government district in England

Central Bedfordshire

Local government district

* Top:Leighton Buzzard Market Cross
* Bottom: Alameda in Ampthill and Shefford High Street.

Shown within Bedfordshire

Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Constituent country| England
Region| East of England
Ceremonial county| Bedfordshire
Founded| 1 April 2009
Admin. HQ| Chicksands
Government

• Type| Unitary authority
• Body| Central Bedfordshire Council
• Leadership:| Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:| No overall control
• MPs:| Richard Fuller (C)
Rachel Hopkins (L)
Alex Mayer (L)
Alistair Strathern (L)
Blake Stephenson (C)
Area

• Total

| 276 sq mi (716 km2)
• Rank| 45th
Population

(2022)

• Total

| 301,501
• Rank| Ranked 47th
• Density| 1,100/sq mi (420/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)

[1]

• Ethnic groups|

List

* 90.2% White
* 3.5% Asian
* 3% Mixed
* 2.4% Black
* 0.8% other

Religion (2021)

[1]

• Religion|

List

* 47.9% Christianity
* 42.8% no religion
* 8% other
* 1.3% Islam

Time zone| UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ISO 3166-2| GB-CBF
ONS code| 00KC (ONS)
E06000056 (GSS)
Website| centralbedfordshire.gov.uk

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

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Central Bedfordshire was created on 1 April 2009 as part of a structural reform of local government in Bedfordshire. The Bedfordshire County Council and all the district councils in the county were abolished, with new unitary authorities created providing the services which had been previously delivered by both the district and county councils. Central Bedfordshire was created covering the area of the former Mid Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire Districts.[2][3]

The local authority is called Central Bedfordshire Council.

## Parliamentary representation

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Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, Central Bedfordshire would be split between five parliamentary constituencies:[4]

* 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

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See also: Civil parishes in Bedfordshire

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

## See also

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* List of places in Bedfordshire

## References

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1. ^ a b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Central Bedfordshire Local Authority (E06000056)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
2. ^ The local authority is called Central Bedfordshire Council."About Central Bedfordshire Council | Central Bedfordshire Council". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
3. ^ http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/907/note/made Archived 5 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine \- The Bedfordshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008
4. ^ "Eastern | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

## External links

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* Central Bedfordshire Council Website

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Unitary authorities|

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Major settlements
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* Ampthill
* Arlesey
* Bedford
* Biggleswade
* Dunstable
* Flitwick
* Houghton Regis
* Kempston
* Leighton Buzzard
* Linslade
* Luton
* Potton
* Sandy
* Shefford
* Shortstown
* Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick
* Stotfold
* Wixams
See also: List of civil parishes in Bedfordshire

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* Bath and North East Somerset
* Bedford
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* Bracknell Forest
* Brighton and Hove
* Bristol
* Buckinghamshire
* Central Bedfordshire
* Cheshire East
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* Cornwall
* County Durham
* Cumberland
* Darlington
* Derby
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* East Riding of Yorkshire
* Halton
* Hartlepool
* Herefordshire
* Isle of Wight
* Isles of Scilly
* Kingston upon Hull
* Leicester
* Luton
* Medway
* Middlesbrough
* Milton Keynes
* North East Lincolnshire
* North Lincolnshire
* North Northamptonshire
* North Somerset
* North Yorkshire
* Northumberland
* Nottingham
* Peterborough
* Plymouth
* Portsmouth
* Reading
* Redcar and Cleveland
* Rutland
* Shropshire
* Slough
* Somerset
* Southampton
* Southend-on-Sea
* South Gloucestershire
* Stockton-on-Tees
* Stoke-on-Trent
* Swindon
* Telford and Wrekin
* Thurrock
* Torbay
* Warrington
* West Berkshire
* Westmorland and Furness
* West Northamptonshire
* Wiltshire
* Windsor and Maidenhead
* Wokingham
* York

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