The 1994 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Bedford Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
| 1994 Bedford Borough Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Conservative | 3 |  3 | 15.8 | 19 | 22 | 41.5 | 10,857 | 28.5 | –16.0 | |
| Labour | 8 |  1 | 42.1 | 8 | 16 | 30.2 | 14,442 | 37.9 | +10.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 1 | 31.6 | 5 | 11 | 20.8 | 11,736 | 30.8 | +7.3 | |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 10.5 | 2 | 4 | 7.5 | 1,096 | 2.9 | –1.3 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Green* | 1,779 | 57.9 | +5.4 | |
| Conservative | Eric Threapleton | 999 | 32.5 | –7.1 | |
| Labour | Christopher Black | 292 | 9.5 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 780 | 25.4 | |||
| Turnout | 3,070 | 52.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,803 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Apu Bagchi* | 968 | 40.4 | -1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lynda Aylett-Green | 793 | 33.1 | +15.1 | |
| Conservative | Aleks Simic | 637 | 26.6 | –13.7 | |
| Majority | 175 | 7.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,398 | 53.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,475 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Elizabeth White | 1,534 | 75.7 | +0.2 | |
| Conservative | Lewis Williams | 266 | 13.1 | +0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anita Gerard | 227 | 11.2 | -0.2 | |
| Majority | 1,268 | 62.6 | |||
| Turnout | 2,027 | 34.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,805 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Graham | 1,550 | 57.5 | +12.4 | |
| Conservative | Dean Laley | 742 | 27.5 | –13.7 | |
| Labour | Richard Crane | 403 | 15.0 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 808 | 30.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,695 | 48.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,548 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Dudley Hughes | 398 | 47.8 | –14.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | G. Venn | 304 | 36.5 | +9.0 | |
| Labour | Terence Carroll | 130 | 15.6 | +5.5 | |
| Majority | 94 | 11.3 | |||
| Turnout | 832 | 47.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,759 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Geoff Chislett | 1,418 | 59.3 | +23.9 | |
| Labour | Jennifer Lumsden | 764 | 32.0 | -13.7 | |
| Conservative | D. Mitchell | 209 | 8.7 | –10.2 | |
| Majority | 654 | 27.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,391 | 46.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,145 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hazel Mitchell* | 1,353 | 61.8 | +5.6 | |
| Conservative | Jean Pilgrim | 558 | 25.5 | –6.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | P. Lawson | 277 | 12.7 | +6.8 | |
| Majority | 795 | 36.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,188 | 36.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,946 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | P. Davis | 578 | 54.7 | +27.7 | |
| Conservative | Brian Cheadle* | 479 | 45.3 | –6.2 | |
| Majority | 99 | 9.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,057 | 50.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,102 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ray Oliver* | 1,680 | 56.3 | -3.3 | |
| Labour | Sesa Lehal | 1,657 | 55.6 | -4.0 | |
| Conservative | S. Kaye | 932 | 31.3 | -9.1 | |
| Conservative | David Reedman | 918 | 30.8 | -9.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Parsons | 419 | 14.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | P. Summers | 372 | 12.5 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 2,982 | 41.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,134 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Shan Hunt* | 1,362 | 55.8 | +2.5 | |
| Conservative | Richard Hyde | 815 | 33.4 | –4.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | A. Meadows | 266 | 10.9 | +2.2 | |
| Majority | 547 | 22.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,443 | 38.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,309 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Elizabeth Luder* | 1,326 | 70.5 | +4.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | L. Ames | 282 | 15.0 | +4.3 | |
| Conservative | L. Griffin | 273 | 14.5 | –9.1 | |
| Majority | 1,044 | 55.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,881 | 36.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,089 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | M. Evans* | 985 | 47.5 | +8.8 | |
| Conservative | T. Hensman | 683 | 33.0 | +0.7 | |
| Labour | M. Skelding | 404 | 19.5 | -5.1 | |
| Majority | 302 | 14.6 | |||
| Turnout | 2,072 | 47.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,343 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Patricia Olney* | 596 | 63.3 | +8.7 | |
| Conservative | C. Carlton | 317 | 33.7 | –4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Hall | 28 | 3.0 | –51.6 | |
| Majority | 279 | 29.6 | |||
| Turnout | 941 | 52.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,783 | ||||
| Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Patricia Olney had originally been elected as a Liberal Democrat, but defected to become an Independent prior to the election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Headley | 1,393 | 53.4 | +8.7 | |
| Conservative | S. Sherwood | 887 | 34.0 | –6.3 | |
| Labour | Ian Nicholls | 331 | 12.7 | +2.5 | |
| Majority | 506 | 19.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,611 | 47.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,451 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Derek Jones* | 1,678 | 77.6 | +8.3 | |
| Conservative | H. Bushell | 277 | 12.8 | –5.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Joanna Wood | 206 | 9.5 | +3.5 | |
| Majority | 1,401 | 64.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,161 | 37.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,829 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Harrison | 631 | 63.4 | –7.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | P. Chislett | 266 | 26.7 | +17.6 | |
| Labour | Philip Otubanjo | 99 | 9.9 | –10.5 | |
| Majority | 365 | 36.6 | |||
| Turnout | 996 | 55.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,797 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ian Clifton | 500 | 37.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Simon Cocksedge* | 452 | 33.7 | –25.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | P. Cook | 389 | 29.0 | +5.9 | |
| Majority | 48 | 3.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,341 | 64.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,087 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Hickling* | 584 | 46.8 | –12.2 | |
| Labour | David Lewis | 461 | 36.9 | –4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Judith Cunningham | 204 | 16.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 123 | 9.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,249 | 50.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,474 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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