2007 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election

Elections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council were held in May 2007. These were the last elections to council, with all 53 seats being up for election. Councillors elected would serve a two-year term, expiring in 2009, when Mid Bedfordshire District Council was replaced by Central Bedfordshire Council. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, winning 37 of 53 seats on the council. The Conservatives won 8 seats (5 wards) unopposed, as did an Independent candidate in one ward.

2007 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election
May 2007
Whole Council
27 seats needed for a majority
Registered98,917
Turnout39%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Seats won 37 11 4
Popular vote 16,712 10,913 3,429
Percentage 47.1% 30.8% 9.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Green Labour BNP
Seats won 1 0 0
Popular vote 612 3,591 224
Percentage 1.7% 10.1% 0.6%
Locations of wards in Mid Bedfordshire

Result
Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Result 2007 [1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 37 6 3 +3 69.81 47.1 16,712 +5.2
  Liberal Democrats 11 1 4 -3 20.75 30.8 10,913 +6.2
  Independent 4 1 1 0 7.55 9.7 3,429 +1.6
  Green 1 1 0 1 1.89 1.7 612 -1.7
  Labour 0 0 1 -1 0.0 10.1 3,591 -11.9
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 224 +0.6

Ward Results

All results are listed below:[1][2]

Figures on turnout were taken from Plymouth University's Elections Centre, which gives the number of registered voters, and the percentage turnout for each ward. The number of ballots cast for each ward was calculated from these. Percentage change in turnout is compared with the same ward in the 2003 District Council election.

The percentage of the vote for each candidate was calculated compared with the number of ballots cast in the ward. Note that in a ward with more than one seat, voters were allowed to place as many crosses on the ballot paper as seats. The percentage change for each candidate is compared with the same candidate in the 2003 District Council election.

Candidates who were members of the council before the election are marked with an asterisk.

Asterisks denote incumbent councillors seeking re-election.

Ampthill

One Independent gain from Conservatives.[1]

Ampthill (3 seats, 5,390 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Gary Summerfield* 1,381 55.2 -4.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Pearce 1,077 43.1
Independent Mark Smith 1,060 42.4 +7.0
Conservative Paul Duckett 1,035 41.4
Conservative Richard Holden* 974 38.9 -2.4
Conservative Carol Gibson 939 37.5
Turnout 2,501 46.4 +9.1

Arlesey

One Conservative gain from Independent; one Conservative gain from Labour.[1]

Arlesey (2 seats, 4,107 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Hugh Harper 562 44.0
Conservative Ian Dalgarno 491 38.4
Labour Dorothy Brown* 442 34.6 -16.0
Independent Victor Williams* 427 33.4 -28.9
Labour Lorraine Warwick 275 21.5
Independent David West 202 15.8 +2.8
Turnout 1,277 31.1 +5.7

Aspley Guise
Aspley Guise (1 seat, 1,913 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Fiona Chapman*[lower-alpha 1] Unopposed NA

Biggleswade Holme
Biggleswade Holme (2 seats, 3,666 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Peter Vickers* 806 60.6 +19.7
Conservative David Smith* 795 59.7 +17.0
Labour Sheila Grayston 471 35.4
Labour Dennis James 395 29.7
Turnout 1,331 36.3 +0.8

Biggleswade Ivel
Biggleswade Ivel (3 seats, 5,716 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Wendy Smith* 1,015 54.0
Conservative Jane Lawrence* 980 52.1 +11.3
Conservative Maurice Jones* 914 48.6 +5.7
Labour Rex Skinner 697 37.1 +1.5
Labour Bernard Briars 680 36.2 -3.3
Labour David Albone 678 36.0
Turnout 1,881 32.9 +5.5

Biggleswade Stratton
Biggleswade Stratton (2 seats, 2,741 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative David Lawrence* 509 48.8 +2.0
Conservative Michael Cazaly* 497 47.6 +1.4
Labour Amy Forbes 322 30.8
Labour Rebecca Kerfoot 292 28.0 -9.2
BNP Philippa Carter 224 21.5
Turnout 1,044 38.1 +11.8

Clifton and Meppershall
Clifton and Meppershall (2 seats, 3,605 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Anthony Rogers* 1,143 71.1 +14.7
Conservative Paul Carne* 1,112 69.2 +16.4
Labour David Devereux 357 22.2 +1.2
Turnout 1,608 44.6 +4.9

Cranfield
Cranfield (2 seats, 4,241 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Alan Bastable* 873 62.9 +2.8
Conservative Kenneth Matthews* 867 62.5 -0.4
Labour Alan Morris 429 30.9 -0.5
Labour Laurence Pollock 411 29.6 +0.5
Turnout 1,387 32.7 +4.0

Flitton, Greenfield and Pulloxhill

One Green gain from Conservatives.[1]

Flitton, Greenfield and Pulloxhill (1 seat, 1,762 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green Richard Ellis 612 64.4 +18.8
Conservative David Thompson* 334 35.1 -19.4
Turnout 951 54.0 +17.1

Flitwick East
Flitwick East (2 seats, 4,425 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Stephen Mitchell* 883 56.1
Liberal Democrats John Watton* 766 48.6 +11.4
Conservative Victor Lee 633 40.2
Conservative Sohail Aslam 478 30.3
Turnout 1,575 35.6 +7.0

Flitwick West
Flitwick West (3 seats, 5,795 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Stephen Male* 1,283 65.9 +10.1
Conservative Dennis Gale* 1,191 61.2 +0.2
Conservative David Bayntun 1,067 54.8
Liberal Democrats Isobel Mason 715 36.7
Turnout 1,947 33.6 +5.0

Harlington
Harlington (1 seat, 1,796 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Brian Golby* 739 72.2 -14.4
Conservative Margaret Moriondo 216 21.1
Labour Margaret Brown 66 6.4
Turnout 1,024 57.0 +8.8

Houghton, Haynes, Southill and Old Warden

One Conservative gain from Liberal-Democrats.[1]

Houghton, Haynes, Southill and Old Warden (2 seats, 3,191 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Anthony Baines 777 53.2 +29.1
Conservative Angela Barker 670 45.9
Liberal Democrats John Goode 613 42.0
Conservative Alan Carter 569 38.9
Turnout 1,461 45.8

Langford and Henlow Village

Two Conservative gains from Liberal-Democrats.

Langford and Henlow Village (2 seats, 0 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jonathan Clarke 966 66.1
Conservative Zain Haider 862 47.5
Liberal Democrats William Cliff* 822 45.3 -0.9
Liberal Democrats Francis Hendrix 744 41.0
Turnout 0 0.0 +3.0

Marston
Marston (2 seats, 4,259 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Darren Tysoe* 846 59.5 -4.4
Conservative Michael Gibson 598 42.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Booth 482 33.9
Independent Iain Clapham 454 31.9
Turnout 1,423 33.4 +7.0

Maulden and Clophill
Maulden and Clophill (2 seats, 3,694 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Martin Hawkins* Unopposed NA
Conservative Howard Lockey* Unopposed NA

Northill and Blunham
Northill and Blunham (2 seats, 3,525 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Joanna Davison* 1,102 70.4
Conservative Patricia Turner* 1,034 66.1
Liberal Democrats Gail Davis 440 28.1
Turnout 1,565 44.4

Potton and Wensley
Potton and Wensley (3 seats, 5,698 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Doreen Gurney* Unopposed NA
Conservative Anita Lewis* Unopposed NA
Conservative John Lewis* Unopposed NA

Sandy Ivel
Sandy Ivel (2 seats, 3,425 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Peter Blaine* 773 55.2 -6.1
Independent John Gurney* 727 51.9 -12.9
Conservative Robert Smith 537 38.3 +15.5
Conservative Douglas McIlwain 484 34.5
Turnout 1,401 40.9 +10.3

Sandy Pinnacle
Sandy Pinnacle (3 seats, 5,182 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Peter Aldis* 1,016 54.2 +9.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Butler 900 48.0
Independent Kenneth Lynch 761 40.6
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey White 737 39.3
Conservative Rachel Smith 658 35.1
Turnout 1,876 36.2 +7.2

Shefford, Campton and Gravenhurst
Shefford, Campton and Gravenhurst (3 seats, 5,546 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Lewis Birt* 1,237 57.8 +8.0
Conservative Anthony Brown* 1,117 52.2 +4.5
Liberal Democrats Mark Chapman* 1,016 47.5 +5.9
Conservative Richard Stidolph 939 43.9
Labour Carolyn Devereux 424 19.8 -11.5
Turnout 2,141 38.6 +7.3

Shillington, Stondon and Henlow Camp

One Liberal-Democrat gain from Conservatives.[1]

Shillington, Stondon and Henlow Camp (2 seats, 4,391 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Rita Drinkwater* 1,018 60.5 -9.9
Liberal Democrats Alison Graham 886 52.7
Conservative Anthony Whiteman* 649 38.6 -19.3
Turnout 1,682 38.3 +5.8

Silsoe
Silsoe (1 seat, 1,379 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Kathleen Keen* Unopposed NA

Stotfold

One Conservative gain from Liberal-Democrats.[1]

Stotfold (3 seats, 5,730 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Street* 1,268 61.1 +2.9
Conservative Christina Turner 1,158 55.8
Conservative John Saunders* 1,012 48.8 +0.0
Liberal Democrats Brian Collier* 983 47.4 -10.7
Labour Allister Dennis 383 18.5
Turnout 2,074 36.2 +2.5

Westoning and Tingrith
Westoning and Tingrith (1 seat, 1,720 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Andrew Rayment*[lower-alpha 2] Unopposed NA

Woburn
Woburn (1 seat, 2,035 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Budge Wells Unopposed NA

Notes
  1. Mrs Chapman's full name is Catherine Fiona Chapman MBE. Since 2009 she has been councillor for Flitwick on Central Bedfordshire Council, and is listed on Central Bedfordshire Council's website as Cllr Mrs C Fiona Chapman MBE.[3][4] She is sometimes listed as Catherine Chapman,[5] and sometimes as Fiona Chapman.[1][4] She was first elected to Mid Bedfordshire District Council in 1976.[2]
  2. Andrew Rayment stood successfully for the Conservatives in this ward in the 1995 and 1999 elections,[2] and was one of the nominators of the Conservative candidate for Mid Bedfordshire in the 2017 general election.[6]
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References
  1. Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2007 - Mid Bedfordshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  2. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael, "Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Results 1973-2007" (PDF), www.electionscentre.co.uk, The Elections Centre, Plymouth University
  3. "Cllr Mrs C Fiona Chapman MBE", centralbeds.moderngov.co.uk, retrieved 14 May 2017
  4. "Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Central Bedfordshire Council, Vice-Chairman Councillor Fiona Chapman MBE", www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk, retrieved 14 May 2017
  5. Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2003 - Mid Bedfordshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  6. "Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations, Central Bedfordshire, Election of a Member of Parliament for Mid Bedfordshire" (PDF), www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2017, retrieved 17 May 2017
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