Mid Bedfordshire

Geography
Mid Bedfordshire District
Shown within Bedfordshire
Status:	District
Region:	East of England
Admin. County:	Bedfordshire
Area: Total:	Ranked 101st 502.85 km²
Admin. HQ:	Chicksands
ONS code:	09UC
Demographics
Population: Total (2006 est.): Density:	Ranked 139th 132,200 263 / km²
Ethnicity:	94.8% White 2.0% S.Asian 1.1% Black 1.2% Mixed Race 1.0% Chinese or Other
Politics
Mid Beds District Council http://www.midbeds.gov.uk/

Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Alistair Burt (C) Nadine Dorries (C)

Mid Bedfordshire is a local government district in Bedfordshire, England. The council has its offices in Priory House in Chicksands; a new building, built in 2006. Formerly, it had offices in Ampthill and Biggleswade.

It was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of Ampthill, Biggleswade and Sandy urban districts along with Biggleswade Rural District and Ampthill Rural District.

In the House of Commons the civil district of Mid Bedfordshire falls in part into the Mid Bedfordshire constituency, and in part into the North East Bedfordshire constituency. Both constituencies also include several rural parishes of the Borough of Bedford.

[edit] Administration

Mid Bedfordshire is currently classed as a second-tier local authority, with other major services administered by Bedfordshire County Council. In 2006 the Department for Communities and Local Government considered reorganised Bedfordshire's administrative structure as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. On the 6th March 2008 it was announced that Mid Bedfordshire will merge with South Bedfordshire to form a new unitary authority called Central Bedfordshire. The new council will be formed on 1st April 2009.^[1]