Luton West (UK Parliament constituency)

Luton West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Bedfordshire
Major settlements	Luton
1974 (1974)–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Luton North and Luton South
Created from	Luton

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.

Boundaries

The County Borough of Luton wards of Dallow, Icknield, Leagrave, Lewsey, Limbury, and Sundon Park.

General Election February 1974: Luton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Brian Sedgemore	20,083	42.02	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Atkins	15,041	31.47	N/A
	Liberal	M Dolling	12,669	26.51	N/A
Majority			5,042	10.55	N/A
Turnout				82.83	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

General Election October 1974: Luton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Sedgemore	20,402	46.74
	Conservative	Robert Atkins	13,963	31.99
	Liberal	M Dolling	9,289	21.28
Majority			6,439	14.75
Turnout				74.91
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

General Election, 1979: Luton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Carlisle	21,230	44.09
	Labour	Brian Sedgemore	20,984	43.58
	Liberal	M Dolling	5,233	10.87
	National Front	D How	701	1.46
Majority			246	0.51
Turnout				78.69
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	{{{swing}}}

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