2007 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election

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2007 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election
←  2003 May 2007 Central Bedfordshire 2009  →
53 seats for Whole Council
27 seats needed for a majority
Registered98,917
Turnout39%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Seats won37114
Popular vote16,71210,9133,429
Percentage47.1%30.8%9.7%
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Green Labour BNP
Seats won100
Popular vote6123,591224
Percentage1.7%10.1%0.6%
Mid Bedfordshire UK ward map 2007.svg
Results by ward

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.

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Result

Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Result 2007 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 3763+369.8147.116,712+5.2
  Liberal Democrats 1114-320.7530.810,913+6.2
  Independent 41107.559.73,429+1.6
  Green 11011.891.7612-1.7
  Labour 001-10.010.13,591-11.9
  BNP 00000.00.6224+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)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gary Summerfield*1,38155.2−4.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Pearce1,07743.1
Independent Mark Smith1,06042.4+7.0
Conservative Paul Duckett1,03541.4
Conservative Richard Holden*97438.9−2.4
Conservative Carol Gibson93937.5
Turnout 2,50146.4+9.1

Arlesey

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

Arlesey (2 seats, 4,107 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Harper56244.0
Conservative Ian Dalgarno49138.4
Labour Dorothy Brown*44234.6−16.0
Independent Victor Williams*42733.4−28.9
Labour Lorraine Warwick27521.5
Independent David West20215.8+2.8
Turnout 1,27731.1+5.7

Aspley Guise

Aspley Guise (1 seat, 1,913 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fiona Chapman* [a] UnopposedNA

Biggleswade Holme

Biggleswade Holme (2 seats, 3,666 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Vickers*80660.6+19.7
Conservative David Smith*79559.7+17.0
Labour Sheila Grayston47135.4
Labour Dennis James39529.7
Turnout 1,33136.3+0.8

Biggleswade Ivel

Biggleswade Ivel (3 seats, 5,716 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wendy Smith*1,01554.0
Conservative Jane Lawrence*98052.1+11.3
Conservative Maurice Jones*91448.6+5.7
Labour Rex Skinner69737.1+1.5
Labour Bernard Briars68036.2−3.3
Labour David Albone67836.0
Turnout 1,88132.9+5.5

Biggleswade Stratton

Biggleswade Stratton (2 seats, 2,741 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Lawrence*50948.8+2.0
Conservative Michael Cazaly*49747.6+1.4
Labour Amy Forbes32230.8
Labour Rebecca Kerfoot29228.0−9.2
BNP Philippa Carter22421.5
Turnout 1,04438.1+11.8

Clifton and Meppershall

Clifton and Meppershall (2 seats, 3,605 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Rogers*1,14371.1+14.7
Conservative Paul Carne*1,11269.2+16.4
Labour David Devereux35722.2+1.2
Turnout 1,60844.6+4.9

Cranfield

Cranfield (2 seats, 4,241 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Bastable*87362.9+2.8
Conservative Kenneth Matthews*86762.5−0.4
Labour Alan Morris42930.9−0.5
Labour Laurence Pollock41129.6+0.5
Turnout 1,38732.7+4.0

Flitton, Greenfield and Pulloxhill

One Green gain from Conservatives. [1]

Flitton, Greenfield and Pulloxhill (1 seat, 1,762 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Richard Ellis61264.4+18.8
Conservative David Thompson*33435.1−19.4
Turnout 95154.0+17.1

Flitwick East

Flitwick East (2 seats, 4,425 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Mitchell*88356.1
Liberal Democrats John Watton*76648.6+11.4
Conservative Victor Lee63340.2
Conservative Sohail Aslam47830.3
Turnout 1,57535.6+7.0

Flitwick West

Flitwick West (3 seats, 5,795 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Male*1,28365.9+10.1
Conservative Dennis Gale*1,19161.2+0.2
Conservative David Bayntun1,06754.8
Liberal Democrats Isobel Mason71536.7
Turnout 1,94733.6+5.0

Harlington

Harlington (1 seat, 1,796 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Golby*73972.2−14.4
Conservative Margaret Moriondo21621.1
Labour Margaret Brown666.4
Turnout 1,02457.0+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)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Baines77753.2+29.1
Conservative Angela Barker67045.9
Liberal Democrats John Goode61342.0
Conservative Alan Carter56938.9
Turnout 1,46145.8

Langford and Henlow Village

Two Conservative gains from Liberal-Democrats.

Langford and Henlow Village (2 seats, 0 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Clarke96666.1
Conservative Zain Haider86247.5
Liberal Democrats William Cliff*82245.3−0.9
Liberal Democrats Francis Hendrix74441.0
Turnout 00.0+3.0

Marston

Marston (2 seats, 4,259 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Darren Tysoe*84659.5−4.4
Conservative Michael Gibson59842.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Booth48233.9
Independent Iain Clapham45431.9
Turnout 1,42333.4+7.0

Maulden and Clophill

Maulden and Clophill (2 seats, 3,694 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Hawkins*UnopposedNA
Conservative Howard Lockey*UnopposedNA

Northill and Blunham

Northill and Blunham (2 seats, 3,525 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joanna Davison*1,10270.4
Conservative Patricia Turner*1,03466.1
Liberal Democrats Gail Davis44028.1
Turnout 1,56544.4

Potton and Wensley

Potton and Wensley (3 seats, 5,698 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Doreen Gurney*UnopposedNA
Conservative Anita Lewis*UnopposedNA
Conservative John Lewis*UnopposedNA

Sandy Ivel

Sandy Ivel (2 seats, 3,425 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Blaine*77355.2−6.1
Independent John Gurney*72751.9−12.9
Conservative Robert Smith53738.3+15.5
Conservative Douglas McIlwain48434.5
Turnout 1,40140.9+10.3

Sandy Pinnacle

Sandy Pinnacle (3 seats, 5,182 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Aldis*1,01654.2+9.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Butler90048.0
Independent Kenneth Lynch76140.6
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey White73739.3
Conservative Rachel Smith65835.1
Turnout 1,87636.2+7.2

Shefford, Campton and Gravenhurst

Shefford, Campton and Gravenhurst (3 seats, 5,546 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lewis Birt*1,23757.8+8.0
Conservative Anthony Brown*1,11752.2+4.5
Liberal Democrats Mark Chapman*1,01647.5+5.9
Conservative Richard Stidolph93943.9
Labour Carolyn Devereux42419.8−11.5
Turnout 2,14138.6+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)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rita Drinkwater*1,01860.5−9.9
Liberal Democrats Alison Graham88652.7
Conservative Anthony Whiteman*64938.6−19.3
Turnout 1,68238.3+5.8

Silsoe

Silsoe (1 seat, 1,379 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kathleen Keen*UnopposedNA

Stotfold

One Conservative gain from Liberal-Democrats. [1]

Stotfold (3 seats, 5,730 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Street*1,26861.1+2.9
Conservative Christina Turner1,15855.8
Conservative John Saunders*1,01248.8+0.0
Liberal Democrats Brian Collier*98347.4−10.7
Labour Allister Dennis38318.5
Turnout 2,07436.2+2.5

Westoning and Tingrith

Westoning and Tingrith (1 seat, 1,720 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Andrew Rayment* [b] UnopposedNA

Woburn

Woburn (1 seat, 2,035 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Budge WellsUnopposedNA

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2007 - Mid Bedfordshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  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
  3. ↑ "Cllr Mrs C Fiona Chapman MBE", centralbeds.moderngov.co.uk, archived from the original on 14 August 2017, retrieved 14 May 2017
  4. 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 ]
  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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