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class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire">Bedfordshire</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1 April 2009</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Admin. HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chicksands" title="Chicksands">Chicksands</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Unitary authorities of England">Unitary authority</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Central_Bedfordshire_Council" title="Central Bedfordshire Council">Central Bedfordshire Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_England#Councillors_and_mayors" title="Local government in England">Leadership</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data">Leader & Cabinet</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Executive:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 2005 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Fuller_(Bedford_MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Fuller (Bedford MP)">Richard Fuller</a> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">(C)</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Hopkins" title="Rachel Hopkins">Rachel Hopkins</a> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">(L)</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Alex_Mayer" title="Alex Mayer">Alex Mayer</a> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">(L)</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Strathern" title="Alistair Strathern">Alistair Strathern</a> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">(L)</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Blake_Stephenson" title="Blake Stephenson">Blake Stephenson</a> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">(C)</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">276 sq mi (716 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_area" title="List of English districts by area">45th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">301,501</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_population" title="List of English districts by population">Ranked 47th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,100/sq mi (420/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Ethnicity <span style="font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021</a>)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">Ethnic groups</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 90.2% <a href="/wiki/White_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="White people in the United Kingdom">White</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 3.5% <a href="/wiki/British_Asians" title="British 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class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 47.9% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England#Christianity" title="Religion in England">Christianity</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 42.8% <a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Irreligion in the United Kingdom">no religion</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 8% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">other</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 1.3% <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_England" title="Islam in England">Islam</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B0" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+0">UTC+0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">Greenwich Mean Time</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">British Summer Time</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:GB" title="ISO 3166-2:GB">ISO 3166-2</a></th><td class="infobox-data">GB-CBF</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ONS_coding_system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">00KC (ONS)<br />E06000056 (GSS)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://centralbedfordshire.gov.uk">centralbedfordshire<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Central Bedfordshire</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Unitary authorities of England">unitary authority area</a> in the ceremonial county of <a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire">Bedfordshire</a>, England. It was created in 2009. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formation">Formation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Central Bedfordshire was created on 1 April 2009 as part of a structural reform of local government in Bedfordshire. The <a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire_County_Council" title="Bedfordshire County Council">Bedfordshire County Council</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Mid_Bedfordshire_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid Bedfordshire (district)">Mid Bedfordshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Bedfordshire" title="South Bedfordshire">South Bedfordshire</a> Districts.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The local authority is called <a href="/wiki/Central_Bedfordshire_Council" title="Central Bedfordshire Council">Central Bedfordshire Council</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_representation">Parliamentary representation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Parliamentary representation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2023_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies">2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies</a>, Central Bedfordshire would be split between five <a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">parliamentary constituencies</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dunstable_and_Leighton_Buzzard_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard (UK Parliament constituency)">Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard</a> (entirety)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitchin_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hitchin (UK Parliament constituency)">Hitchin</a> (part also in the District of <a href="/wiki/North_Hertfordshire" title="North Hertfordshire">North Hertfordshire</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_South_and_South_Bedfordshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Luton South and South Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Luton South and South Bedfordshire</a> (part)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Bedfordshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Mid Bedfordshire</a> (part)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Bedfordshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)">North Bedfordshire</a> (part)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Towns_and_villages">Towns and villages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Towns and villages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_Bedfordshire" title="Civil parishes in Bedfordshire">Civil parishes in Bedfordshire</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Central_Bedfordshire_UK_ward_map_2010_(blank).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Central_Bedfordshire_UK_ward_map_2010_%28blank%29.svg/220px-Central_Bedfordshire_UK_ward_map_2010_%28blank%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Central_Bedfordshire_UK_ward_map_2010_%28blank%29.svg/330px-Central_Bedfordshire_UK_ward_map_2010_%28blank%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Central_Bedfordshire_UK_ward_map_2010_%28blank%29.svg/440px-Central_Bedfordshire_UK_ward_map_2010_%28blank%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1139" data-file-height="1266" /></a><figcaption>Map of wards within Central Bedfordshire</figcaption></figure> <p>Central Bedfordshire comprises a mix of <a href="/wiki/Market_town" title="Market town">market towns</a> and rural villages. The largest town is <a href="/wiki/Leighton_Buzzard" title="Leighton Buzzard">Leighton Buzzard</a> followed by <a href="/wiki/Dunstable" title="Dunstable">Dunstable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Houghton_Regis" title="Houghton Regis">Houghton Regis</a>. Dunstable and Houghton Regis form part of the <a href="/wiki/Luton/Dunstable_urban_area" title="Luton/Dunstable urban area">Luton/Dunstable urban area</a>. Central Bedfordshire includes the following towns and villages. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ampthill" title="Ampthill">Ampthill</a> (town)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlesey" title="Arlesey">Arlesey</a> (town)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspley_Guise" title="Aspley Guise">Aspley Guise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barton-le-Clay" title="Barton-le-Clay">Barton-le-Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biggleswade" title="Biggleswade">Biggleswade</a> (town)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blunham" title="Blunham">Blunham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broom,_Bedfordshire" title="Broom, Bedfordshire">Broom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caddington" title="Caddington">Caddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campton,_Bedfordshire" title="Campton, Bedfordshire">Campton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifton,_Bedfordshire" title="Clifton, Bedfordshire">Clifton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clophill" title="Clophill">Clophill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalton,_Bedfordshire" title="Chalton, Bedfordshire">Chalton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicksands" title="Chicksands">Chicksands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranfield" title="Cranfield">Cranfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunstable" title="Dunstable">Dunstable</a> (town)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunton,_Bedfordshire" title="Dunton, Bedfordshire">Dunton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaton_Bray" title="Eaton Bray">Eaton Bray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eversholt" title="Eversholt">Eversholt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfield,_Bedfordshire" title="Fairfield, Bedfordshire">Fairfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flitton" title="Flitton">Flitton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flitwick" title="Flitwick">Flitwick</a> (town)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenfield,_Bedfordshire" title="Greenfield, Bedfordshire">Greenfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlington,_Bedfordshire" title="Harlington, Bedfordshire">Harlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haynes,_Bedfordshire" title="Haynes, Bedfordshire">Haynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heath_and_Reach" title="Heath and Reach">Heath and Reach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henlow" title="Henlow">Henlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higham_Gobion" title="Higham Gobion">Higham Gobion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houghton_Conquest" title="Houghton Conquest">Houghton Conquest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houghton_Regis" title="Houghton Regis">Houghton Regis</a> (town)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Husborne_Crawley" title="Husborne Crawley">Husborne Crawley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensworth" title="Kensworth">Kensworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langford,_Bedfordshire" title="Langford, Bedfordshire">Langford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leighton_Buzzard" title="Leighton Buzzard">Leighton Buzzard</a> (town)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lidlington" title="Lidlington">Lidlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linslade" title="Linslade">Linslade</a> (town)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marston_Moretaine" class="mw-redirect" title="Marston Moretaine">Marston Moretaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maulden" title="Maulden">Maulden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meppershall" title="Meppershall">Meppershall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millbrook,_Bedfordshire" title="Millbrook, Bedfordshire">Millbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northill" title="Northill">Northill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Warden" title="Old Warden">Old Warden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pepperstock" title="Pepperstock">Pepperstock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potton" title="Potton">Potton</a> (town)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulloxhill" title="Pulloxhill">Pulloxhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridgmont,_Bedfordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Ridgmont, Bedfordshire">Ridgmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy,_Bedfordshire" title="Sandy, Bedfordshire">Sandy</a> (town)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shefford,_Bedfordshire" title="Shefford, Bedfordshire">Shefford</a> (town)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silsoe" title="Silsoe">Silsoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shillington,_Bedfordshire" title="Shillington, Bedfordshire">Shillington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slip_End" title="Slip End">Slip End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southill,_Bedfordshire" title="Southill, Bedfordshire">Southill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford,_Bedfordshire" title="Stanford, Bedfordshire">Stanford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steppingley" title="Steppingley">Steppingley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stotfold" title="Stotfold">Stotfold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton,_Bedfordshire" title="Sutton, Bedfordshire">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tebworth" title="Tebworth">Tebworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tempsford" title="Tempsford">Tempsford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toddington,_Bedfordshire" title="Toddington, Bedfordshire">Toddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westoning" title="Westoning">Westoning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wingfield,_Bedfordshire" title="Wingfield, Bedfordshire">Wingfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wixams" title="Wixams">Wixams</a> (new town, partly in Central Bedfordshire and partly in the <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Bedford" title="Borough of Bedford">Borough of Bedford</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woburn,_Bedfordshire" title="Woburn, Bedfordshire">Woburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodside,_Bedfordshire" title="Woodside, Bedfordshire">Woodside</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Bedfordshire" title="List of places in Bedfordshire">List of places in Bedfordshire</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCensus_2021E06000056" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">UK Census</a> (2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021/report?compare=E06000056">"2021 Census Area Profile – Central Bedfordshire Local Authority (E06000056)"</a>. <i>Nomis</i>. <a href="/wiki/Office_for_National_Statistics_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom)">Office for National Statistics</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 January</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Nomis&rft.atitle=2021+Census+Area+Profile+%E2%80%93+Central+Bedfordshire+Local+Authority+%28E06000056%29&rft.date=2021&rft.au=UK+Census&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nomisweb.co.uk%2Fsources%2Fcensus_2021%2Freport%3Fcompare%3DE06000056&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACentral+Bedfordshire" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> The local authority is called <a href="/wiki/Central_Bedfordshire_Council" title="Central Bedfordshire Council">Central Bedfordshire Council</a>.<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084018/http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/local-government-in-central-bedfordshire/statistics-and-census-information/about-central-bedfordshire-council.aspx">"About Central Bedfordshire Council | Central Bedfordshire Council"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/local-government-in-central-bedfordshire/statistics-and-census-information/about-central-bedfordshire-council.aspx#">the original</a> on 4 March 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 October</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=About+Central+Bedfordshire+Council+%26%23124%3B+Central+Bedfordshire+Council&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk%2Fcouncil-and-democracy%2Flocal-government-in-central-bedfordshire%2Fstatistics-and-census-information%2Fabout-central-bedfordshire-council.aspx%23&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACentral+Bedfordshire" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/907/note/made">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/907/note/made</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150105040848/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/907/note/made#">Archived</a> 5 January 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> - The Bedfordshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/eastern/">"Eastern | Boundary Commission for England"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Boundary_Commission_for_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Boundary Commission for England">Boundary Commission for England</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 June</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Boundary+Commission+for+England&rft.atitle=Eastern+%7C+Boundary+Commission+for+England&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fboundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk%2F2023-review%2Feastern%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACentral+Bedfordshire" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/">Central Bedfordshire Council Website</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style 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Hove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_Council" title="Bristol City Council">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire_Council" title="Buckinghamshire Council">Buckinghamshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bedfordshire_Council" title="Central Bedfordshire Council">Central Bedfordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_East_Council" title="Cheshire East Council">Cheshire East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_West_and_Chester_Council" title="Cheshire West and Chester Council">Cheshire West and Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornwall_Council" title="Cornwall Council">Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Durham_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="County Durham Council">County Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Council" title="Cumberland Council">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darlington_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Darlington Borough Council">Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby_City_Council" title="Derby City Council">Derby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorset_Council_(UK)" title="Dorset Council (UK)">Dorset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire_Council" title="East Riding of Yorkshire Council">East Riding of Yorkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halton_Borough_Council" title="Halton Borough Council">Halton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Hartlepool Borough Council">Hartlepool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herefordshire_Council" title="Herefordshire Council">Herefordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_Council" title="Isle of Wight Council">Isle of Wight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_Isles_of_Scilly" title="Council of the Isles of Scilly">Isles of Scilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull_City_Council" title="Hull City Council">Kingston upon Hull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_Council" title="Leicester City Council">Leicester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Borough_Council" title="Luton Borough Council">Luton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medway_Council" title="Medway Council">Medway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_Council" title="Middlesbrough Council">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_City_Council" title="Milton Keynes City Council">Milton Keynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_East_Lincolnshire_Council" title="North East Lincolnshire Council">North East Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Lincolnshire_Council" title="North Lincolnshire Council">North Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Northamptonshire_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="North Northamptonshire Council">North Northamptonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Somerset_Council" title="North Somerset Council">North Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Yorkshire_Council" title="North Yorkshire Council">North Yorkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_County_Council" title="Northumberland County Council">Northumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_City_Council" title="Nottingham City Council">Nottingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterborough_City_Council" title="Peterborough City Council">Peterborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_City_Council" title="Plymouth City Council">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_City_Council" title="Portsmouth City Council">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading_Borough_Council" title="Reading Borough Council">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redcar_and_Cleveland_Borough_Council" title="Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council">Redcar and Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutland_County_Council" title="Rutland County Council">Rutland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shropshire_Council" title="Shropshire Council">Shropshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slough_Borough_Council" title="Slough Borough Council">Slough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_Council" title="Somerset Council">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton_City_Council" title="Southampton City Council">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southend-on-Sea_City_Council" title="Southend-on-Sea City Council">Southend-on-Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Gloucestershire_Council" title="South Gloucestershire Council">South Gloucestershire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockton-on-Tees_Borough_Council" title="Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council">Stockton-on-Tees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_City_Council" title="Stoke-on-Trent City Council">Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Borough_Council" title="Swindon Borough Council">Swindon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telford_and_Wrekin_Council" title="Telford and Wrekin Council">Telford and Wrekin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurrock_Council" title="Thurrock Council">Thurrock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torbay_Council" title="Torbay Council">Torbay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrington_Borough_Council" title="Warrington Borough Council">Warrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Berkshire_Council" title="West Berkshire Council">West Berkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westmorland_and_Furness_Council" title="Westmorland and Furness Council">Westmorland and Furness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Northamptonshire_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="West Northamptonshire Council">West Northamptonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_Council" title="Wiltshire Council">Wiltshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor_and_Maidenhead_Borough_Council" title="Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council">Windsor and Maidenhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wokingham_Borough_Council" title="Wokingham Borough Council">Wokingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_York_Council" title="City of York Council">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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