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149:. It comprised the sessional divisions of Bedford, Biggleswade and Sharnbrook, part of the sessional division of Ampthill and the municipal borough of Bedford. Only non-resident freeholders of the municipal borough (which comprised the Parliamentary Borough of
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Another
General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
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The constituency was abolished in 1918. The northern part of the
Division surrounding the Borough of Bedford, including Kempston, was included in the
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The constituency was created as the
Northern or Biggleswade Division of Bedfordshire under the
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Division. The southern part, including
Ampthill and Biggleswade, was included in the new
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from 1885 until its abolition in 1918. It elected one Member of
Parliament (MP) by the
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Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
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Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
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Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
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was divided into the two single-member constituencies of
Biggleswade and
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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918
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Parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire (historic)
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Parliamentary franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918
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List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
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Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
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Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
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Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1896
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Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
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602:Elections in the 1890s
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289:Constituency abolished
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993:General election 1906
927:General election 1900
765:General election 1895
608:General election 1892
446:General election 1886
308:General election 1885
168:Members of Parliament
1464:: Geoffrey Carr Glyn
1374:Geoffrey Carr Glyn
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251:Lord Alwyne Compton
127:first-past-the-post
115:county constituency
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1370:Conservative
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270:Arthur Black
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143:Bedfordshire
136:
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89:Bedfordshire
85:Created from
50:Bedfordshire
31:constituency
18:
1638:Biggleswade
438:(new seat)
111:Biggleswade
95:Replaced by
60:Biggleswade
24:Biggleswade
1617:Categories
1486:References
1318:Candidate
1173:Candidate
1003:Candidate
937:Candidate
775:Candidate
618:Candidate
456:Candidate
318:Candidate
164:Division.
133:Boundaries
1388:Majority
1245:Majority
1079:Majority
971:Unopposed
847:Majority
690:Majority
528:Majority
388:Majority
297:Elections
1469:See also
1462:Unionist
175:Election
35:for the
1453:Liberal
1421:Liberal
1407:12,344
1403:Turnout
1338:Liberal
1278:Liberal
1264:12,651
1260:Turnout
1193:Liberal
1130:Liberal
1118:14,085
1100:11,200
1096:Turnout
1023:Liberal
903:Liberal
884:13,744
868:11,019
864:Turnout
827:Liberal
739:Liberal
727:13,686
711:10,656
707:Turnout
638:Liberal
584:Liberal
565:13,322
545:Turnout
508:Liberal
433:Liberal
421:13,322
406:10,459
402:Turnout
338:Liberal
275:Liberal
237:Liberal
199:Liberal
178:Member
158:Bedford
151:Bedford
121:of the
99:Bedford
29:Former
1377:5,808
1351:6,536
1321:Votes
1315:Party
1270:+10.7
1254:−18.4
1234:6,020
1206:6,631
1176:Votes
1170:Party
1082:2,604
1066:4,298
1036:6,902
1006:Votes
1000:Party
940:Votes
934:Party
836:5,376
808:5,643
778:Votes
772:Party
679:5,056
651:5,600
621:Votes
615:Party
593:+10.3
549:9,224
523:−10.3
517:4,371
499:+10.3
489:4,853
459:Votes
453:Party
391:1,615
378:4,422
351:6,037
321:Votes
315:Party
181:Party
113:was a
45:County
1433:+0.5
1429:Swing
1413:−2.2
1410:88.0
1397:+1.0
1383:−0.5
1380:47.1
1361:+0.5
1356:52.9
1302:Black
1290:−9.2
1286:Swing
1267:90.2
1240:+9.2
1237:47.6
1216:−9.2
1211:52.4
1142:Swing
1135:from
1103:79.5
1085:23.2
1069:38.4
1041:61.6
912:+3.8
908:Swing
901:from
874:+2.3
871:80.2
842:−3.8
839:48.8
818:+3.8
813:51.2
755:+5.2
751:Swing
744:from
717:+8.7
714:77.9
685:−5.2
682:47.4
661:+5.2
656:52.6
589:Swing
582:from
555:−9.3
552:69.2
520:47.4
494:52.6
409:78.5
394:15.4
381:42.3
356:57.7
147:Luton
77:Seats
1424:hold
1394:5.8
1391:728
1281:hold
1251:4.8
1248:611
1133:gain
984:hold
899:gain
853:2.4
850:267
742:gain
696:5.2
693:544
580:gain
534:5.2
531:482
284:1918
265:1906
246:1895
227:1892
208:1886
189:1885
101:and
71:1918
67:1885
1147:N/A
1107:N/A
1089:N/A
1073:N/A
1047:New
857:N/A
700:N/A
538:N/A
436:win
80:One
1619::
1590:^
1578:^
1540:^
1516:^
1455::
1444::
1328:±%
1324:%
1183:±%
1179:%
1013:±%
1009:%
947:±%
943:%
785:±%
781:%
628:±%
624:%
466:±%
462:%
328:±%
324:%
69:–
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