Luton North is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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. It elects one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

Luton North was created in 1983, primarily from the former seat of Luton West

Luton West (UK Parliament constituency)

Luton West is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was created upon the abolition of the Luton constituency in 1974 and, with Luton East, divided into Luton North and Luton South in 1983.-Members of Parliament:...

. It is a borough constituency which represents the northern portion of the town of Luton

Luton

Luton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000....

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Boundary review

Following the latest review into parliamentary representation in Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east....

 and Luton, the Boundary Commission for England made only minor alterations to the existing constituencies.

Luton North is formed from electoral wards entirely within the boundaries of the town of Luton:

• Barnfield, Bramingham
  Bramingham
  Bramingham is an area of Luton in Bedfordshire. The area is situated in the north of the town and takes its name from Bramingham Farm, the farm house of which is now a grade II listed building betrays the areas rural past.-Bramingham Wood:...
  
  , Challney
  Challney
  Challney is a district in Luton off the main arterial road leading from Luton to the town of Dunstable. Challney was originally just another name for Chaul End up on the hill to the south of the district....
  
  , Icknield
  Icknield
  Icknield is a ward in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The area takes its name from the Icknield Way a Roman road which passes through Luton...
  
  , Leagrave
  Leagrave
  For other uses see Leagrave Leagrave is a former village and now a suburb of Luton in Bedfordshire in the northwest of the town. Connected by train from Leagrave station into London and Bedford by First Capital Connect...
  
  , Lewsey
  Lewsey
  Lewsey is a residential area of Luton, near the Luton and Dunstable NHS hospital.Lewsey Takes its name from the former farm on the site of the modern estates, 'Lewsey Farm'...
  
  , Limbury
  Limbury
  Limbury, or using the full name Limbury-cum-Biscot, was a civil parish in Bedfordshire before becoming part of Luton and has a long history dating back before the Norman conquest of England....
  
  , Northwell
  Northwell, Luton
  For more information on this article, follow the link to Marsh FarmNorthwell is a ward in the north of Luton, England. The ward is more commonly known as Marsh Farm, but this also includes parts of Sundon Park and Bramingham...
  
  , Saints
  Saints, Luton
  The Saints area of Luton, in England, is an affluent suburb situated off the New Bedford Road about one mile north of the town centre. Its name is taken from the group of streets off Montrose Avenue that are named after early Christian saints such St Ethelbert, St Catherine and St Augustine...
  
  , Sundon Park
  Sundon Park
  Sundon Park is an area of north Luton in Bedfordshire. The name is taken from the nearby villages of Upper Sundon and Lower Sundon, and the estate was originally built as a self contained community based around the SKF ball bearing factory.- Local Area :...
  
  

The other constituency in Luton is Luton South

Luton South (UK Parliament constituency)

Luton South is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

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Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...	John Carlisle John Russell Carlisle John Russell Carlisle is a former Conservative Party Member of Parliament for the Luton West constituency and later Luton North constituency in Bedfordshire...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general...	Kelvin Hopkins Kelvin Hopkins Kelvin Peter Hopkins is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Luton North since 1997.-Background:...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

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