Nadine Dorries

Bedford Ian writes…

27 June 2025: Flag flap, Magistrate moan, Nadine nonsense, and Mayoral result. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he thinks...

Dorries dives in accusing candidate selection of being “rigged” as Festus fails to make the cut

The former MP for Mid Beds said the selection process to decide the Conservative candidate for the upcoming general election was “rigged”. Last night (23 May), Blake Stephenson was selected...

Opinion: Who will the Tories send in to try and take back Mid Bedfordshire?

It's stupid o'clock on a Sunday morning in October 2023, I'm tired, and as my partner and close friends know, I love a lie-in. But there's work to do and the eyes of the world are turned...

Sir Keir Starmer joins Mid Beds MP to celebrate “incredible result”

After the by-election victories in Mid Beds and Tamworth, the changed Labour Party can go and win seats anywhere in the country, its leader has said. Sir Keir Starmer joined up with Mid Bedfordshire’s...

Mid Beds’ new Labour MP says “tonight residents have made history”

Labour has won the Mid Bedfordshire by-election, taking the seat from the Conservatives. This is a victory that is being called the “biggest by-election shock in history” after Labour overturned a Conservative...

Christian Peoples Alliance Mid Beds candidate highlights importance of marriage and family

Sid Cordle, the Christian Peoples Alliance candidate for the Mid Beds by-election, said his party has five core values. “Number one is the importance of marriage and the family,” he said...

Ann Widdecombe adds her support to Reform UK candidate’s Mid Beds campaign

Ann Widdecombe has said Reform UK’s Mid Beds candidate is “on the side of the ordinary citizen”. During a visit to Maulden, the former MP and MEP said the Reform UK candidate, Dave Holland, is “extremely...

Senior shadow minister says Labour Mid Beds candidate will be a “strong voice”

If elected Labour’s Mid Beds candidate will be a “strong voice” representing the community’s interests, a senior MP has said. Bridget Phillipson, the shadow secretary of state for education...

13 candidates confirmed as Mid-Beds by-election nominations close

One of 13 candidates will replace Nadine Dorries as Mid Bedfordshire’s MP next month, after the by-election in her constituency. Voters will go to the polls on Thursday, 19 October to choose her successor for...

Monthly column: Standards in public life have slipped under Tory rule

I’ve been campaigning in Mid Bedfordshire ahead of one of the most captivating by-elections I can remember, which is taking place on 19 October. I’ve had some great conversations but the big...

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