The 1999 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Bedford Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
| 1999 Bedford Borough Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Labour | 6 |  3 | 35.3 | 13 | 19 | 35.8 | 10,084 | 35.8 | –0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 5 |  3 | 29.4 | 13 | 18 | 34.0 | 7,460 | 26.5 | –1.5 | |
| Conservative | 4 |  | 23.5 | 5 | 9 | 17.0 | 9,094 | 32.3 | +2.2 | |
| Independent | 2 | | 11.8 | 5 | 7 | 13.2 | 1,552 | 5.5 | ±0.0 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Eric Threapleton | 1,110 | 45.0 | +17.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Raymond Waterhouse* | 1,012 | 41.1 | –14.0 | |
| Labour | Yvonne Anderson | 342 | 13.9 | −3.3 | |
| Majority | 98 | 4.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,464 | 42.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,833 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Dean Laley* | 1,150 | 68.9 | +18.0 | |
| Labour | Roger Jackson | 307 | 18.4 | –0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Howker | 212 | 12.7 | –17.5 | |
| Majority | 843 | 50.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,669 | 32.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,188 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Christopher Whitehead* | 862 | 50.6 | –6.6 | |
| Conservative | Robert Rigby | 650 | 38.1 | +15.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Lawson | 192 | 11.3 | −9.0 | |
| Majority | 212 | 12.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,704 | 37.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,599 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Randolph Charles | 1,201 | 76.5 | −4.7 | |
| Conservative | Janet Pilgrim | 201 | 12.8 | +4.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anita Gerard | 167 | 10.6 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 1,000 | 63.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,569 | 25.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,130 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Arthur Foster | 419 | 41.0 | +14.1 | |
| Labour | Jennifer Jackson* | 418 | 40.9 | +11.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Giorgio Garofolo | 184 | 18.0 | +3.1 | |
| Majority | 1 | 0.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,021 | 37.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,773 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Neal Bath | 955 | 44.2 | –6.6 | |
| Conservative | Terence Rigby | 872 | 38.9 | +11.9 | |
| Labour | Charles Baily | 334 | 15.5 | −6.7 | |
| Majority | 83 | 3.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,161 | 38.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,668 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Ruffin* | 1,006 | 53.6 | −2.5 | |
| Labour | Laurence Evans | 730 | 38.9 | +0.8 | |
| Conservative | Valerie Fulford | 140 | 7.5 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 276 | 14.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,876 | 35.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,255 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Carole Ellis* | 488 | 69.8 | +16.6 | |
| Labour | Richard Crane | 136 | 19.5 | –13.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Veronica Harvey | 75 | 10.7 | –3.6 | |
| Majority | 352 | 50.4 | |||
| Turnout | 699 | 35.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,968 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ian Nicholls* | 834 | 56.6 | –9.2 | |
| Conservative | Jean Pilgrim | 466 | 31.6 | +10.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Vogel | 173 | 11.7 | +2.3 | |
| Majority | 368 | 25.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,473 | 24.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,952 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Lewis* | 1,157 | 53.6 | –5.5 | |
| Conservative | Richard Hyde | 800 | 37.0 | +5.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Smithson | 203 | 9.4 | ±0.0 | |
| Majority | 357 | 16.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,160 | 29.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,346 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Fogarty | 482 | 44.2 | +10.5 | |
| Conservative | David Reedman | 475 | 43.6 | +2.8 | |
| Labour | Adrien Beardmore | 133 | 12.2 | –13.3 | |
| Majority | 7 | 0.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,090 | 49.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,231 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Christopher Black* | 1,023 | 50.9 | –11.8 | |
| Conservative | Charlotte Attenborough | 875 | 43.5 | +16.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Standley | 113 | 5.6 | –4.3 | |
| Majority | 148 | 7.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,011 | 30.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,561 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Shirley McKay | 847 | 51.0 | +39.8 | |
| Labour | Frank Garrick* | 696 | 41.9 | –33.2 | |
| Conservative | Janet Suter | 119 | 7.2 | –6.5 | |
| Majority | 151 | 9.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,662 | 34.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,901 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Bootiman | 1,158 | 61.7 | +2.0 | |
| Conservative | Denise Coates | 502 | 26.7 | +2.3 | |
| Labour | David Lukes | 217 | 11.6 | −4.3 | |
| Majority | 656 | 34.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,877 | 35.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,381 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Muhammad Khan* | 1,420 | 72.2 | –1.0 | |
| Conservative | Michael Williams | 328 | 16.7 | +2.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Murphy | 219 | 11.1 | –1.8 | |
| Majority | 1,092 | 55.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,967 | 32.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,238 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William Bates | 412 | 42.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Robert Pearson* | 331 | 34.2 | –10.7 | |
| Labour | Anthea Cooke | 181 | 18.7 | –13.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Hall | 44 | 4.5 | –8.0 | |
| Majority | 81 | 8.4 | |||
| Turnout | 968 | 46.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,101 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Mark Smith* | 1,140 | 62.7 | +34.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian White | 418 | 23.0 | –0.5 | |
| Conservative | Vivian Suter | 168 | 9.2 | –15.5 | |
| Labour | Paban Sharma | 93 | 5.1 | –18.4 | |
| Majority | 722 | 39.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,819 | 46.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,955 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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