Luton East is a former
United Kingdom
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Parliamentary
In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...
constituency
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
. It was created in 1974 from the bulk of abolished
Luton constituency. It was abolished in 1983 when it was absorbed into the new Borough Constituency of
Luton South
Luton South and South Bedfordshire is a constituency in Bedfordshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Rachel Hopkins, a member of the Labour Party.
Prior to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constit ...
.
Boundaries
The County Borough of Luton wards of Central, Crawley, High Town, South, Stopsley, and Wardown.
Members of Parliament
Elections
See also
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List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
This is a list of former parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom, organised by date of abolition. It includes UK parliamentary constituencies that have been abolished, including those that were later recreated, but does not include co ...
References
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Luton East (Uk Parliament Constituency)
Parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1974
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983
Politics of Luton