The 2019 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Bedford Borough Council in England.
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Bedford Borough Council has been under no overall control since 2010. The Conservatives defended fifteen seats, Labour defended fourteen, the Liberal Democrats defended nine and independent councillors defended two seats. Bedford is run by the directly elected Mayor of Bedford, who has been Liberal Democrat Dave Hodgson since 2009.
Background
editBedford Borough Council held local elections on 2 May 2019 along with councils across England as part of the 2019 local elections. The council elects its members in all-out elections, with all its councillors up for election every four years.[1][2] Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2015. In that election, fifteen Conservative councillors, fourteen Labour councillors, nine Labour councillors and two independent councillors were elected.
The same day Dave Hodgson (Liberal Democrat) was re-elected mayor in the 2019 Bedford Mayoral election.
Summary
editElection result
edit2019 Bedford Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Liberal Democrats | 40 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 37.5 | 30.3 | 22,326 | +10.9 | |
Conservative | 38 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 27.5 | 31.3 | 23,010 | –8.4 | |
Labour | 39 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 27.5 | 27.6 | 20,325 | –0.1 | |
Green | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 4,716 | +0.9 | |
Independent | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 2,691 | +1.9 | |
UKIP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 394 | –4.5 | ||
Renew | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 161 | N/A |
Council composition
editPrior to the election the composition of the council was:
15 | 14 | 9 | 2 |
Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats |
Ind |
After the election the composition of the council was:
15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
Liberal Democrat | Labour | Conservative | Green | Ind |
Ward results
editIncumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).[3]
Brickhill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Rider* | 1,756 | 61.5 | +21.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Royden* | 1,756 | 61.5 | +16.0 | |
Conservative | Nigel Haughton | 524 | 18.4 | −8.0 | |
Conservative | Matt Stanbra | 404 | 14.2 | −4.9 | |
Labour | Cathrine Ward | 317 | 11.1 | −5.5 | |
Labour | Sudesh Rani | 291 | 10.2 | −6.0 | |
Green | Tim Retout | 253 | 8.9 | +0.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 43.6 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Bromham and Biddenham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Rigby* | 1,607 | 64.2 | −8.4 | |
Conservative | Jon Gambold* | 1,565 | 62.5 | −1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Samuel Matthews | 450 | 18.0 | +11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stelios Mores | 386 | 15.4 | +3.8 | |
Labour | Gordon Charlton | 307 | 12.3 | −5.8 | |
Labour | Ollie Charlton | 288 | 11.5 | −5.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 43.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Castle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Lucy Bywater | 957 | 45.0 | +29.2 | |
Green | Ben Foley | 732 | 34.4 | +22.9 | |
Labour | Luigi Reale* | 690 | 32.4 | +7.3 | |
Labour | Louise Whatham | 507 | 23.8 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Karen Boyes | 416 | 19.6 | −9.1 | |
Conservative | Robert Rigby | 340 | 16.0 | −6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lorna Marchant | 145 | 6.8 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pat Wood | 91 | 4.3 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 42 | ||||
Turnout | 33.5 | −26.5 | |||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Green gain from Labour | Swing |
Cauldwell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Abu Sultan | 1,033 | 50.2 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Fouzia Zamir | 970 | 47.1 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Mohammed Islam | 527 | 25.6 | +8.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jacob Bale | 342 | 16.6 | +10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joy Winder | 294 | 14.3 | +10.0 | |
Green | Kim Haskins | 284 | 13.8 | +7.3 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 29.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Clapham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Walker* | 723 | 63.6 | +14.1 | |
Labour | Lynne Wady | 175 | 15.4 | −6.8 | |
Renew | Eric Cooper | 161 | 14.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Rutherford | 77 | 6.8 | +2.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 33.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
De Parys
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Henry Vann* | 1,178 | 58.1 | +26.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Sawyer* | 1,125 | 55.5 | +24.4 | |
Conservative | Robin Illingworth | 510 | 25.1 | −3.8 | |
Conservative | Andrea Spice | 456 | 22.5 | −6.7 | |
Labour | Conny Smith | 244 | 12.0 | −5.7 | |
Labour | Laurence Turner | 209 | 10.3 | −5.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 40.4 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Eastcotts
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sarah-Jayne Gallagher* | 676 | 62.4 | +14.8 | |
Conservative | Sam Ancliff | 215 | 19.9 | −12.1 | |
Labour | Mansoor Nasir | 192 | 17.7 | −2.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,083 | 31.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Elstow and Stewartby
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tim Hill* | 1,062 | 79.5 | +32.9 | |
Conservative | Jade Ancliff | 157 | 11.8 | −16.2 | |
Labour | Anne Saunders | 117 | 8.8 | −8.8 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 36.1 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Goldington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tim Caswell | 882 | 37.3 | +12.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine McHugh | 871 | 36.8 | +14.2 | |
Labour | Anthony Forth* | 805 | 34.1 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Jade Uko* | 726 | 30.7 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Jenny Hedworth | 277 | 11.7 | −12.7 | |
Conservative | Philip Merryman | 264 | 11.2 | −3.4 | |
UKIP | Adrian Haynes | 202 | 8.5 | −8.6 | |
Green | Philippa Fleming | 133 | 5.6 | ±0.0 | |
Green | Jennifer Foley | 122 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 33.7 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Great Barford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Moon* | 1,392 | 56.4 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | Phillippa Martin-Moran-Bryant | 1,090 | 44.2 | −6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Linda Carlton | 591 | 23.9 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Fitzpatrick | 554 | 22.4 | +8.0 | |
Green | Tobias Waltham | 368 | 14.9 | −1.5 | |
Labour | Pauline Webb | 222 | 9.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Silas Wady | 178 | 7.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 38.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Harpur
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colleen Atkins* | 1,217 | 57.4 | −3.5 | |
Labour | Louise Jackson* | 1,022 | 48.2 | +3.5 | |
Independent | David Allen | 395 | 18.6 | +9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marion Zebedee-Topham | 337 | 15.9 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | Jason Whaley | 285 | 13.4 | −12.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexandra Williams | 252 | 11.9 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Phoebe Kirk-Fraiser | 250 | 11.8 | −6.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 34.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Harrold
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alison Foster* | 1,054 | 67.7 | −6.9 | |
Green | Gary Lloyd | 311 | 20.0 | +4.0 | |
Labour | John Dawson | 102 | 6.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Norton | 91 | 5.8 | −3.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kempston Central and East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kay Burley | 879 | 53.9 | +22.5 | |
Labour | Mohammed Nawaz* | 807 | 49.5 | +15.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Hyde | 533 | 32.7 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | Liam Rees | 399 | 24.5 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hannah Farthing | 180 | 11.0 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarika Shah | 125 | 7.7 | +2.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 31.2 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kempston North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sue Oliver* | 498 | 47.3 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Kathy Stone | 423 | 40.2 | −3.6 | |
Green | Alison Parker | 83 | 7.9 | +1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Flaxman | 48 | 4.6 | +2.0 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 36.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kempston Rural
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Weir | 860 | 42.7 | −27.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Gallagher | 736 | 36.6 | +25.0 | |
Labour | Ashley Frith | 251 | 12.5 | −5.8 | |
Green | Ann Hagen | 166 | 8.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 34.5 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kempston South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carl Meader* | 1,000 | 83.5 | +14.2 | |
Conservative | Barry Ryan | 157 | 13.1 | −12.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Conrad Longmore | 41 | 3.4 | +0.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 37.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kempston West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Valentine | 631 | 52.1 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | Matt McCarthy | 493 | 40.7 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bipinchandra Shah | 87 | 7.2 | +2.8 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 31.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kingsbrook
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Solomon | 840 | 41.6 | +16.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dean Crofts | 830 | 41.1 | +20.4 | |
Labour | James Saunders* | 700 | 34.7 | −5.6 | |
Labour | Wendie Harvey | 583 | 28.9 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Martine Moon | 256 | 12.7 | −2.6 | |
Green | Isabelle Sykes | 204 | 10.1 | +3.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 30.2 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Newnham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Hilde Hendrickx | 894 | 35.8 | +18.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jake Sampson | 795 | 31.9 | +15.5 | |
Conservative | John Mingay* | 751 | 30.1 | −8.4 | |
Conservative | Alison Crook | 687 | 27.5 | −1.5 | |
Labour | Shane Kelly | 421 | 16.9 | −7.9 | |
Labour | Ceciliah Chigwada | 414 | 16.6 | −2.4 | |
Green | Richard Baker | 387 | 15.5 | +7.2 | |
Green | Brant Tilds | 249 | 10.0 | +4.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 43.6 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Oakley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jon Abbott | 887 | 57.7 | +54.1 | |
Conservative | Andrew Senior | 575 | 37.4 | −2.0 | |
Labour | Ian Bagueley | 76 | 4.9 | −1.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 52.2 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Putnoe
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Headley* | 1,731 | 63.9 | +18.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Max Royden | 1,351 | 49.8 | +14.3 | |
Conservative | Dawn Allen | 724 | 26.7 | −5.9 | |
Conservative | Mike Seamarks | 526 | 19.4 | −5.5 | |
Labour | Lila Begum | 238 | 8.8 | −4.4 | |
Labour Co-op | Graham Tranquada | 216 | 8.0 | −4.0 | |
Green | Kate Retout | 203 | 7.5 | +1.3 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 45.6 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Queens Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nesreen Akhtar | 1,507 | 48.8 | −5.0 | |
Labour | Mohammed Masud* | 1,291 | 41.8 | −8.0 | |
Independent | Taru Miah | 1,290 | 41.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Abdul Ahmed | 392 | 12.7 | −20.2 | |
Green | Hannah Jones | 264 | 8.5 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | June Kuria | 199 | 6.4 | −18.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Pattison | 108 | 3.5 | −0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Trengrove | 96 | 3.1 | +0.3 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 49.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Riseley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Towler* | 823 | 60.5 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Martyn Wady | 352 | 25.9 | +14.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Liam Martin-Day | 185 | 13.6 | +6.8 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 50.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sharnbrook
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Doug McMurdo* | 1,006 | 64.1 | +21.6 | |
Conservative | Martin Quince | 403 | 25.7 | −10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bernadette Walsh-Mason | 91 | 5.8 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Paul Barton | 69 | 4.4 | −6.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 49.9 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Wilshamstead
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graeme Coombes* | 992 | 73.8 | +1.0 | |
Labour | Saqhib Ali | 212 | 15.8 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Smith | 140 | 10.4 | −0.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 34.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wootton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Wheeler* | 861 | 57.1 | +16.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Stephens | 273 | 18.1 | −2.0 | |
UKIP | Bill Hall | 192 | 12.7 | −8.8 | |
Labour | Adrien Breadmore | 181 | 12.0 | +1.8 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 32.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wyboston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tom Wootton* | 900 | 71.5 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek Eyre | 359 | 28.5 | +14.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 42.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
- ^ "Bedford Borough Council Election Results 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ P J Simpkins (2 May 2019). "ELECTION OF BOROUGH COUNCILLORS FOR THE CASTLE WARD" (pdf). Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford.