Central Bedfordshire | |
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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) | |
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Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
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Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
ONS code | 00KC (ONS) E06000056 (GSS) |
Website | centralbedfordshire |
Central Bedfordshire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. It was created in 2009.
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.
Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, Central Bedfordshire would be split between five parliamentary constituencies:[4]
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.
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Bedfordshire | ||
Cambridgeshire | ||
Essex | ||
Hertfordshire | ||
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