2011 Bedford Borough Council election
The 2011 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 9 May 2011 to elect members of Bedford Borough Council in Bedfordshire, England. All 40 seats of the council were up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council (with change) was
- Labour 12 (+5)
- Liberal Democrat 12 (−1)
- Conservative 12 (+4)
- Independent 4 (−4)
Results
Individual gains and losses are not given due to boundary changes.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 12 | +4 | 36.63 | 30,375 | |||||
Labour | 12 | +5 | 28.63 | 23,737 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | 12 | -1 | 25.54 | 21,179 | |||||
Independent | 4 | -4 | 7.80 | 6470 | |||||
Green | 0 | 1.14 | 946 | ||||||
UKIP | 0 | 0.25 | 211 |
By ward
Elected candidates in bold.
In multi-member wards, "majority" is the margin of votes between the lowest placed elected candidate and the highest placed non-elected candidate.
Brickhill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Charles Royden | 2089 | 33.30 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Rider | 1795 | 28.61 | ||
Conservative | Oliver Richbell | 857 | 13.66 | ||
Conservative | Paul Stonebridge | 781 | 12.45 | ||
Labour | Charles Baily | 432 | 6.89 | ||
Labour | Thoufique Ali | 319 | 5.09 | ||
Majority | 938 | 14.95 | |||
Turnout | 6273 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Bromham and Biddenham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Rigby | 1929 | 36.71 | ||
Conservative | Jon Gambold | 1832 | 34.87 | ||
Labour | Nicholas Luder | 512 | 9.74 | ||
Labour | Ashley Frith | 434 | 8.26 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stelios Mores | 334 | 6.36 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Rutherford | 213 | 4.05 | ||
Majority | 1320 | 20.08 | |||
Turnout | 5254 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Castle
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Apu Bagchi | 758 | 19.23 | ||
Conservative | Caroline Fensome | 571 | 14.49 | ||
Conservative | Shishum Miah | 539 | 13.67 | ||
Independent | Paul Ogden | 486 | 12.33 | ||
Labour | Chris Lowe | 481 | 12.20 | ||
Labour | Richard Johnson | 477 | 12.10 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mags Brady | 200 | 5.07 | ||
Green | Lucy Bywater | 180 | 4.57 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Ryan | 162 | 4.11 | ||
Green | Tony Upton | 88 | 2.23 | ||
Majority | 32 | 0.81 | |||
Turnout | 3942 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Cauldwell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sue Oliver | 1087 | 27.03 | ||
Labour | Randolph Charles | 1077 | 26.78 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jake Sale | 537 | 13.35 | ||
Conservative | Kitty Sams | 457 | 11.37 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lynn Southwell | 449 | 11.17 | ||
Conservative | Amanda Murrell | 414 | 10.30 | ||
Majority | 540 | ||||
Turnout | 4021 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Clapham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Walker | 837 | 59.28 | ||
Labour | Jenni Jackson | 437 | 30.95 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Anscomb | 138 | 9.77 | ||
Majority | 400 | ||||
Turnout | 1412 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
De Parys
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Sawyer | 1072 | 24.12 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Henry Vann | 876 | 19.71 | ||
Conservative | Katherine Groves | 786 | 17.69 | ||
Conservative | Adrian Lennox-Lamb | 780 | 17.55 | ||
Labour | Frank McMahon | 406 | 9.14 | ||
Labour | Jane Pritchard | 396 | 8.91 | ||
Green | David Maxwell | 128 | 2.88 | ||
Majority | 90 | ||||
Turnout | 4444 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Eastcotts
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Holland | 613 | 64.32 | ||
Conservative | Martine Moon | 195 | 20.46 | ||
Labour | James Grady | 145 | 15.22 | ||
Majority | 418 | ||||
Turnout | 953 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Elstow
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tim Hill | 501 | 38.16 | ||
Conservative | Lynne Faulkner | 434 | 33.05 | ||
Independent | Tony Hare | 203 | 15.46 | ||
Labour | Sophie Sands | 175 | 13.33 | ||
Majority | 67 | ||||
Turnout | 1313 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Goldington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Gillard | 960 | 23.67 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Phil Merryman | 897 | 22.12 | ||
Labour | Anthony Forth | 620 | 15.29 | ||
Labour | Hazera Forth | 582 | 14.35 | ||
Conservative | John Robertson | 542 | 13.37 | ||
Conservative | Gillian Rose | 454 | 11.20 | ||
Majority | 277 | ||||
Turnout | 4055 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Great Barford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Carole Eliis | 1929 | 35.97 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Moon | 1788 | 33.34 | ||
Labour | John Dawson | 463 | 8.63 | ||
Labour | Samuel Goodby | 407 | 7.59 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sandra Thacker | 404 | 7.53 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Vanessa Holland | 372 | 6.94 | ||
Majority | 1325 | ||||
Turnout | 5363 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Harpur
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colleen Atkins | 1483 | 31.62 | ||
Labour | Louise King | 1065 | 22.71 | ||
Conservative | Mohammed Kabir | 749 | 15.97 | ||
Conservative | Domenico Canzoneri | 626 | 13.35 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Bootiman | 223 | 4.75 | ||
Green | Greg Paszyski | 199 | 4.24 | ||
Green | Ben Foley | 176 | 3.75 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Whitehead | 169 | 3.60 | ||
Majority | 316 | ||||
Turnout | 4690 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Harrold
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alison Foster | 850 | 46.83 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nick Charsley | 802 | 44.19 | ||
Labour | Stephen Poole | 163 | 8.98 | ||
Majority | 48 | ||||
Turnout | 1815 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Kempston Central and East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Valentine | 925 | 23.81 | ||
Labour | Mohammed Nawaz | 830 | 21.36 | ||
Conservative | Steve Collins | 742 | 19.10 | ||
Independent | Nicky Attenborough | 707 | 18.20 | ||
Conservative | Robert Rigby | 381 | 9.81 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Janet Trengrove | 155 | 3.99 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Johana Woodruff | 145 | 3.73 | ||
Majority | 88 | ||||
Turnout | 3885 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Kempston North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shan Hunt | 652 | 56.79 | ||
Conservative | Allan Geoffrey | 417 | 36.32 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Neal Bath | 79 | 6.88 | ||
Majority | 235 | ||||
Turnout | 1148 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Kempston Rural
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Smith | 863 | 57.50 | ||
Independent | Jim Weir | 267 | 17.79 | ||
Labour | Tim Caswell | 259 | 17.26 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Samuel Fisk | 112 | 7.46 | ||
Majority | 596 | ||||
Turnout | 1501 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Kempston South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carl Meader | 1021 | 75.63 | ||
Conservative | Richard Hyde | 269 | 19.93 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philip Standley | 60 | 4.44 | ||
Majority | 752 | ||||
Turnout | 1350 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Kempston West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Will Hunt | 624 | 53.79 | ||
Conservative | Robert Hamilton | 473 | 40.78 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Murphy | 63 | 5.43 | ||
Majority | 151 | ||||
Turnout | 1160 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Kingsbrook
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Saunders | 857 | 22.30 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anita Gerrard | 827 | 21.52 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Gerrard | 808 | 21.03 | ||
Labour | Abu Sultan | 658 | 17.12 | ||
Conservative | Alex Agius | 395 | 10.28 | ||
Conservative | Musla Uddin | 298 | 7.75 | ||
Majority | 19 | ||||
Turnout | 3843 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Newnham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Mingay | 981 | 20.42 | ||
Conservative | Kirsty Adams | 884 | 18.40 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gianni Carofano | 746 | 15.53 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Chris Leslie | 622 | 12.94 | ||
Labour | Richard Crane | 549 | 11.43 | ||
Labour | June McDonald | 464 | 9.66 | ||
Independent | Ray Hostler | 384 | 7.99 | ||
Green | Nick Wilde | 175 | 3.64 | ||
Majority | 138 | ||||
Turnout | 4805 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Oakley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Pat Olney | 1361 | 84.06 | ||
Labour | Chrissie Holloway | 149 | 9,20 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jason Parmar | 109 | 6.73 | ||
Majority | 1212 | ||||
Turnout | 1619 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Putnoe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Headley | 1849 | 32.36 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sallyanne Smith | 1450 | 25.38 | ||
Conservative | Susan Spratt | 878 | 15.37 | ||
Conservative | Irfan Latif | 664 | 11.62 | ||
Labour | Franca Garrick | 448 | 7.84 | ||
Labour | David Lukes | 425 | 7.44 | ||
Majority | 572 | ||||
Turnout | 5714 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Queens Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammed Yasin | 2114 | 32.18 | ||
Labour | Mohammed Masud | 1767 | 26.90 | ||
Conservative | Parvez Akhtar | 1383 | 21.05 | ||
Conservative | Nurul Islam | 898 | 13.67 | ||
Independent | Shanoor Miah | 186 | 2.83 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Struck | 118 | 1.80 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mahmud Rogers | 103 | 1.57 | ||
Majority | 384 | ||||
Turnout | 6569 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Riseley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ian Clifton | 1007 | 63.25 | ||
Conservative | Martin Towler | 426 | 26.76 | ||
Labour | Patrick Pollard | 114 | 7.16 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Steklis | 45 | 2.83 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1592 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Sharnbrook
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Doug McMurdo | 1111 | 59.16 | ||
Conservative | Martin Qunice | 537 | 28.59 | ||
Labour | Alistair Strathern | 167 | 8.89 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Lawson | 63 | 3.35 | ||
Majority | 574 | ||||
Turnout | 1878 | ||||
Conservative gain from {{{loser}}} | Swing | ||||
Wilshamstead
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graeme Coombes | 766 | 64.10 | ||
Labour | Susan Aykin | 227 | 19.00 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Conrad Longmore | 202 | 16.90 | ||
Majority | 539 | ||||
Turnout | 1195 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Wootton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Prescod | 617 | 38.44 | ||
Conservative | John Wheeler | 609 | 37.94 | ||
UKIP | Bob Colman | 211 | 13.15 | ||
Labour | Adrien Beardmore | 168 | 10.47 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1605 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Wyboston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tom Wootton | 1161 | 76.43 | ||
Liberal Democrats | William Hilliard | 200 | 13.17 | ||
Labour | Terry Carroll | 158 | 10.40 | ||
Majority | 961 | ||||
Turnout | 1519 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
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References
- "England council elections – Bedford". BBC. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- "ELECTION RESULTS: Round-up of all the news and candidates". Bedfordshire on Sunday. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
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