History
The seat has elected Conservative MPs since 1931. It was held from 1983 to 1997 by the former Attorney General Sir Nicholas Lyell, who then transferred to the newly created seat of North East Bedfordshire; his old seat was won by Jonathan Sayeed, a former MP in Bristol in the 1980s. Sayeed was forced to retire in 2005 due to ill health, following a row over allegations he had profited from private tours of Parliament and a resulting deselection attempt by the constituency party. Nadine Dorries has held the seat since, but the Conservative whip was withdrawn from her in 2012.
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