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| Bedfordshire | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Ceremonial & (smaller) Administrative County |
| Region: | East of England |
| Area: - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area | Ranked 41st 1,235 kmē Ranked 34th 1,192 kmē |
| Admin HQ: | Bedford |
| ISO 3166-2: | GB-BDF |
| ONS code: | 09 |
| NUTS 3: | UKH22 |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop. | Ranked 36thThis is a List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population 2002 mid-year estimates from the Office for National Statistics, unrounded figures published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the Entitlement Notification Reports for Revenue Supp 570,831 462 / kmē Ranked 32ndThis is a List of Administrative shire counties of England by Population that is to say Administrative counties with a two-tier County council structure, not including Administrative counties which are Unitary Authorities. Populations are 2002 mid-year es 384,652 |
| Ethnicity: | 86.3% White 8.3% S.Asian 2.9% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
Bedfordshire County Council http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/ | |
| Executive: | ConservativeThe Conservative Party is the largest centre right political party in the United Kingdom. It is descended from the Tory Party and its members are still commonly referred to as Tories''. It votes with the European People's Party bloc in the European Parlia |
| Members of ParliamentThis is a list of MPs elected to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Third Parliament of the United Kingdom at the UK general election, 2001, arranged by constituency. New MPs elected since the general election and changes in party allegiance are noted at | |
| Alistair BurtAlistair James Hendrie Burt (born May 25, 1955) is a British politician, and Member of Parliament for North East Bedfordshire. He is a member of the Conservative Party. He entered as MP for Bury North in 1983, but lost his seat in the 1997 elections., Patrick HallPatrick Hall (born 20 October 1951) is a British politician. He is member of Parliament for Bedford and is a member of the Labour Party. He was first elected in 1997. Hall, Patrick Hall, Patrick., Kelvin HopkinsKelvin Peter Hopkins (born 22 August 1941) is an English politician, and Labour member of Parliament for Luton North. He was first elected in the 1997 general election, but is a left-winger, being a member of the Socialist Campaign Group. Hopkins, Kelvin., Margaret MoranMargaret Moran (born 24 April 1955) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is member of Parliament for Luton South, and is a member of the Labour Party. Before her election in 1997 she had been leader of Lewisham Council. Moran, Margaret., Jonathan Sayeed, Andrew Selous | |
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Bedfordshire (abbreviated Beds) is a county in England. Its county town is Bedford. It borders on the ceremonial counties of Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire (with Milton Keynes), and Hertfordshire . Luton was part of Bedfordshire until 1997 when it was made a unitary authority, it is however still part of Bedfordshire for some ceremonial purposes.
The county motto is "Constant Be".
The first recorded use of the name was in 1011 as Bedanfordscir meanig Beda's ford or river crossing.
The highest point is 801 feet on the Dunstable Downs.
Bedfordshire was historically divided into the nine hundreds of Barford , Biggleswade , Clifton , Flitt , Manshead , Redbournestoke , Stodden , Willey , Wixamtree , along with the liberty and borough of Bedford.