2003 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election

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2003 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election
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53 seats for Whole Council
27 seats needed for a majority
Registered94,569
Turnout33%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Seats won37114
Popular vote12,7947,4972,466
Percentage41.9%24.6%8.1%
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Labour Green
Seats won10
Popular vote6,7261,053
Percentage22.0%3.4%
Mid Bedfordshire UK ward map 2003.svg
Results by ward

Elections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council were held on 1 May 2003. All 53 seats were up for election. Councillors elected would serve a four-year term, expiring in 2007. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, winning 37 of 53 seats on the council. The Conservatives won 7 seats (5 wards) unopposed.

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Result

Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Result 2003 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 3769.8141.912,794-3.8
  Liberal Democrats 1120.7524.67,497+5.9
  Independent 47.558.12,466-0.2
  Labour 11.8922.06,726-5.4
  Green 00.03.41,053+3.4

Ward results

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

This election was the first with the new ward boundaries. [3]

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 1999 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 1999 District Council election.

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

Ampthill

Ampthill (3 seats, 5,335 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gary Summerfield*1,17959.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Cathrall94947.7
Conservative Richard Holden*82341.4+0.1
Labour Mark Smith70435.4
Conservative Jeremy Jones58029.1
Conservative John Stratton48924.6
Green Gavin Harrison37018.6
Turnout 1,99037.3−0.2

Arlesey

Arlesey (2 seats, 3,832 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Victor Williams*60762.4+9.0
Labour Dorothy Brown49250.6
Conservative Peter Woodward34435.4
Independent David West12713.1
Turnout 97325.4−2.1

Aspley Guise

Aspley Guise (1 seat, 1,946 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fiona Chapman* [a] UnopposedNA

Biggleswade Holme

Biggleswade Holme (2 seats, 3,617 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Smith*54942.8
Conservative Peter Vickers*52540.9−2.2
Liberal Democrats Margaret Bracey39931.1+8.8
Labour Rose Forbes34526.9
Liberal Democrats Anthony Baines30924.1
Labour Alistair Costley*30523.8−26.0
Turnout 1,28435.5

Biggleswade Ivel

Biggleswade Ivel (3 seats, 5,494 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maurice Jones64542.9
Conservative Patricia Rouse63442.1+2.0
Conservative Jane Lawrence61440.8
Labour Bernard Briars59439.5
Labour Rex Skinner*53535.5−13.0
Labour Hilary Broderick*52735.0−4.7
Liberal Democrats Gary Laver26817.8
Liberal Democrats Glenys Leach23815.8
Turnout 1,50527.4−4.5

Biggleswade Stratton

Biggleswade Stratton (2 seats, 2,723 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Lawrence33546.8+8.4
Conservative Michael Cazaly33146.2+8.8
Labour Rebecca Kerfoot26637.2
Labour Kevin Merrett24033.5−5.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hartwell14520.3
Turnout 71626.3−3.8

Clifton and Meppershall

Clifton and Meppershall (2 seats, 3,388 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Rogers*75856.4
Conservative Paul Carne70952.7
Liberal Democrats Pauline Livesey53739.9−0.7
Labour David Devereux28321.0−2.5
Turnout 1,34539.7

Cranfield

Cranfield (2 seats, 4,084 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Matthews*73762.9+23.3
Conservative Alan Bastable70560.2+30.5
Labour Alan Morris36831.4
Labour Laurence Pollock34229.2+2.4
Turnout 1,17228.7−1.2

Flitton, Greenfield and Pulloxhill

Flitton, Greenfield and Pulloxhill (1 seat, 1,668 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Thompson*33554.5
Green Richard Ellis28045.5
Turnout 61536.9

Flitwick East

Flitwick East (2 seats, 4,131 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Lee49642.0
Liberal Democrats John Watton44037.3+11.6
Conservative Rowland Goodman*37631.8−20.1
Conservative Jack North33027.9
Labour Paul Griffiths*29424.9−23.2
Green Marina Torselli21618.3
Turnout 1,18128.6+0.9

Flitwick West

Flitwick West (3 seats, 5,803 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dennis Gale*1,01261.0+18.8
Conservative James Gardner*97458.7+18.0
Conservative Stephen Male92755.8
Labour Heather Mallett57434.6
Labour Maurice Layton53832.4−13.8
Labour Glen Pullen53432.2+1.5
Turnout 1,66028.6−0.7

Harlington

Harlington (1 seat, 1,790 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Golby*74786.6+1.0
Conservative Andrew Langham10812.5
Turnout 86348.2−1.2

Houghton, Haynes, Southill and Old Warden

Houghton, Haynes, Southill and Old Warden (2 seats, 3,164 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rodney Bowdidge*UnopposedNA
Conservative Neal Capon*UnopposedNA

Langford and Henlow Village

Langford and Henlow Village (2 seats, 3,754 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats William Cliff*73846.3+0.3
Liberal Democrats Sonia Sewell58836.9
Conservative Steven Dixon58136.4
Conservative Philip Wright57636.1
Labour David Handscombe32820.6
Turnout 1,59542.5

Marston

Marston (2 seats, 3,860 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Darren Tysoe*65163.9+11.9
Conservative Simon Prince62661.4
Labour Elizabeth Rooney29128.6+1.5
Labour Richard Greenough28628.1
Turnout 1,01926.4−4.7

Maulden and Clophill

Maulden and Clophill (2 seats, 3,543 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Howard Lockey*85255.9−2.3
Conservative Martin Hawkins*79151.9−22.2
Liberal Democrats Bettina Fitt46930.8
Labour Geoffrey Thorp27217.9
Labour Terry Shanahan26717.5
Turnout 1,52343.0

Northill and Blunham

Northill and Blunham (2 seats, 3,483 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joanna Davison*UnopposedNA
Conservative Patricia Turner*UnopposedNA

Potton and Wensley

Potton and Wensley (3 seats, 5,527 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Doreen Gurney*1,11859.9+1.2
Conservative Anita Lewis*1,09658.7−2.1
Conservative John Lewis98652.8
Labour Patrick Heskins74339.8
Turnout 1,86833.8

Sandy Ivel

Sandy Ivel (2 seats, 3,486 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Gurney*69164.8+13.6
Conservative Alistair Gammell*55351.8−7.7
Independent Anthony Goss*39637.1−14.2
Green Paul Wheatley18717.5
Turnout 1,06730.6

Sandy Pinnacle

Sandy Pinnacle (3 seats, 4,904 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Blaine*87161.3+22.9
Independent Max McMurdo*72250.8+9.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Aldis63744.8
Conservative Michael Scott37026.0
Conservative Robert Smith32522.9
Labour Natasha Hetherington24016.9
Labour Drosten Fisher21315.0
Turnout 1,42229.0

Shefford, Campton and Gravenhurst

Shefford, Campton and Gravenhurst (3 seats, 5,151 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lewis Birt*80249.8+1.0
Conservative Anthony Brown*76947.7+2.9
Liberal Democrats Mark Chapman67041.6
Conservative Ashley Green63939.6
Labour Carolyn Devereux50531.3−4.8
Turnout 1,61231.3

Shillington, Stondon and Henlow Camp

Shillington, Stondon and Henlow Camp (2 seats, 3,774 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rita Drinkwater*86470.4+12.0
Conservative Anthony Whiteman*71057.9+7.3
Labour Andrea Wilson34428.0
Labour Janet Mallett30624.9
Turnout 1,22732.5

Silsoe

Silsoe (1 seat, 1,391 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kathleen Keen*UnopposedNA

Stotfold

Stotfold (3 seats, 4,998 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Street*98158.3+0.8
Liberal Democrats Brian Collier*97858.1+2.3
Conservative John Saunders82148.8−3.3
Conservative Peter Evans81548.4+6.4
Turnout 1,68433.7−4.3

Westoning and Tingrith

Westoning and Tingrith (1 seat, 1,656 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Andrew Rayment* [b] 44683.4+7.2
Labour Jean Pullen8315.5
Turnout 53532.3

Woburn

Woburn (1 seat, 2,067 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Duggan*UnopposedNA

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. [4] [5] She is sometimes listed as Catherine Chapman, [1] and sometimes as Fiona Chapman. [6] [5] 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. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2003 - Mid Bedfordshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael, "Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Results 1973-2007" (PDF), www.electionscentre.co.uk, The Elections Centre, Plymouth University, retrieved 14 May 2017
  3. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Mid Bedfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Cllr Mrs C Fiona Chapman MBE", centralbeds.moderngov.co.uk, archived from the original on 14 August 2017, retrieved 14 May 2017
  5. 1 2 "Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Central Bedfordshire Council, Vice-Chairman Councillor Fiona Chapman MBE", www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk, retrieved 14 May 2017[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2007 - Mid Bedfordshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  7. ↑ "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 14 May 2017
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