2011 Central Bedfordshire Council election

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2011 Central Bedfordshire Council election
Bedfordshire County Flag.svg
  2009 5 May 2011 (2011-05-05) 2015  

All 59 seats to Central Bedfordshire Council
30 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election54 seats, 51.7%11 seats, 29.0%
Seats won495
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 6
Popular vote86,01723,040
Percentage53.6%14.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.9%Decrease2.svg 14.6%

 Third partyFourth party
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Party Independent Labour
Last election1 seat, 4.1%0 seats, 12.0%
Seats won41
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote12,92235,668
Percentage8.1%22.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.0%Increase2.svg 12.2%

Central Bedfordshire UK ward map 2011.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2011 Central Bedfordshire Council election

Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

The 2011 Central Bedfordshire Council electionfor the Central Bedfordshire Council were held on 5 May 2011, along with other United Kingdom local elections. The whole council was up for election following boundary changes, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2015.

Contents

All councillors defending their seats this year were first elected in 2009, when the council was formed.

The Conservative Party retained an overall control on the council, winning 49 of the 59 seats on the council. Of the remaining 10 seats, 4 were won by the Liberal Democrats, 4 were won by Independents and the Labour Party won its first seat on the council. [1]

Result

Central Bedfordshire Council Election Result 2011
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 49-583.0553.6186,017+1.94%
  Liberal Democrats 5-68.4714.3623,040-14.58%
  Independent 4+36.788.0512,922+4.02%
  Labour 1+11.7022.2335,668+10.18%
  Green 000.01.031,651-0.49%
  UKIP 000.00.721,150N/A

The overall turnout was 41.73% with a total of 160,448 valid votes cast.

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

54111
ConservativeLib DemI

After the election, the composition of the council was:

49541
ConservativeLib DemIL

I - Independent
L - Labour

Ward Results

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. All results are listed below: [2]

Ampthill

Ampthill (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Duckett*2,37225.42
Independent Mark Smith2,13722.90
Conservative Michael Blair2,13322.85
Conservative Howard Lockey1,88320.17
Labour Peter Joyce8088.66
Majority2502.68
Turnout 9,33348.10
Conservative win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Arlesey

Arlesey (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rita Drinkwater*2,71423.09
Conservative Ian Dalgarno*2,57521.90
Conservative Richard Wenham2,46020.93
Labour David Devereux1,40011.91
Labour Douglas Landman1,30411.09
Labour Lorraine Warwick1,30211.08
Majority1,0609.02
Turnout 11,75541.00
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Councillors Drinkwater and Dalgarno previously served as a Conservative Party Councillor in the Silsoe and Shillington ward Stotfold and Arlesey ward respectively.

Aspley & Woburn

Aspley & Woburn (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Wells1,29475.32
Labour Rachel Lewington42424.68
Majority87050.64
Turnout 1,71846.60
Conservative win (new seat)

Barton-Le-Clay

Barton-Le-Clay (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ian Shingler61531.91
Liberal Democrats Janet Nunn*45623.66
Conservative Martin Hawkins40621.07
Independent Lyndon Davison-Williams22511.68
Labour Michael Wingrove1377.11
UKIP Steven Wildman884.57
Majority1598.25
Turnout 1,92748.80
Independent win (new seat)

Janet Nunn previously served as a councillor in the Barton Ward.

Biggleswade North

Biggleswade North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Lawrence*99727.08
Conservative Maurice Jones*98826.84
Labour Bernard Briars88323.99
Labour Rex Skinner81322.09
Majority1052.85
Turnout 3,68138.20
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Councillors Lawrence and Jones both previously served as Councillors for the Biggleswade ward.

Biggleswade South

Biggleswade South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Lawrence*1,64830.43
Conservative Peter Vickers1,60429.61
Labour Sheila Grayston1,12120.70
Labour Allister Dennis1,40319.26
Majority4838.91
Turnout 5,41641.70
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Councillors Lawrence and Vickers both previously served as Councillors for the Biggleswade ward.

Caddington

Caddington (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ruth Gammons*2,21536.31
Conservative Richard Stay*2,13434.98
Labour Daniel Heley71111.65
Labour Isaac Sibiya4246.95
Liberal Democrats Adrees Latif4046.62
Liberal Democrats Salma Nasir2133.49
Majority1,42323.33
Turnout 6,10147.20
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Councillors Gammons and Stay both previously served as Councillors for the South East Bedfordshire ward.

Cranfield & Marston Stable

Cranfield & Marston Stable (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Clark1,69717.88
Conservative Alan Bastable1,63917.26
Conservative Kenneth Matthews*1,59616.81
Independent James Baker8909.38
Independent Roger Baker*7948.36
Labour Miriam Gale7327.71
Independent Iain Clapham7257.64
Labour Alan Morris7257.64
Labour Laurence Pollock6957.32
Majority7067.43
Turnout 9,49339.20
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor Matthews previously served as a Councillor in the Cranfield ward and Roger Baker was previously elected as a Conservative Party councillor in the Marston ward.

Dunstable Central

Dunstable Central (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carole Hegley*84164.64
Labour Michael Hearty30123.14
Liberal Democrats Susan Thorne15912.22
Majority54041.20
Turnout 1,30139.00
Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor Hegley previously served as a Councillor in the Dunstable Downs ward.

Dunstable Icknield

Dunstable Icknield (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David McVicar*1,092
Conservative John Young94820.64
Independent Beryl Meakins80317.48
Labour Robert Shelley70915.43
Labour Michael Stokes68214.85
Liberal Democrats Patricia Larkman2104.57
Liberal Democrats Alan Winter1503.26
Majority1453.16
Turnout 4,59434.40
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor McVicar previously served as a Councillor in the Icknield ward.

Dunstable Manshead

Dunstable Manshead (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Pepworth59142.98
Conservative John Kane*58442.47
Liberal Democrats David Larkman20014.55
Majority70.51
Turnout 1,37537.20
Labour win (new seat)

Councillor Kane previously served as a Councillor in the Icknield ward.

Dunstable Northfields

Dunstable Northfields (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Julian Murray87721.25
Conservative Denise Green75718.34
Conservative Jeannette Freeman*75318.25
Labour Michael Rogers61814.98
Labour Duncan Ross59414.39
Independent Laurie Mansfield1984.80
Liberal Democrats Roderick Keyes1684.07
Liberal Democrats Anthony Swain1172.83
Independent Mary Norman451.09
Majority40.09
Turnout 4,12736.60
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor Murray and Jeannette Freeman previously served as Councillors in the Northfields ward.

Dunstable Watling

Dunstable Watling (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Hollick*2,07434.35
Conservative Ann Sparrow*
Labour Mark Cant72311.97
Labour Michelle Henderson71311.81
Liberal Democrats Richard Hunt2564.24
Liberal Democrats Ian Witherick2504.14
Majority520.86
Turnout 6,03841.80
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Councillors Hollick and Sparrow previously served as Councillors in the Watling ward.

Eaton Bray

Eaton Bray (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marion Mustoe*1,16475.00
Labour Roger Croft29819.20
Liberal Democrats Lynda Walmsley905.80
Majority86655.80
Turnout 1,55246.00
Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor Mustoe previously served as a councillor in the South West Bedfordshire ward.

Flitwick

Flitwick (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Turner*1,91117.46
Conservative Catherine Chapman1,60714.68
Conservative Charles Gomm1,58714.50
Independent Richard Harris1,0009.13
Liberal Democrats Stephen Mitchell8757.99
Labour David Short8207.49
Labour Shelid Gardner7436.79
Liberal Democrats Louise Watton6876.28
Labour James Gledhill6035.51
Liberal Democrats Henry Harding5885.37
Green Christopher Fryer5264.80
Majority5875.37
Turnout 10,94735.60
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor Turner previously served as a councillor in the Flitwick East ward.

Heath & Reach

Heath & Reach (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Versallion1,07670.84
Labour Anthony Kent29319.29
Liberal Democrats Elaine Morgan1509.87
Majority78351.55
Turnout 1,51947.00
Conservative win (new seat)

Houghton Conquest & Haynes

Houghton Conquest & Haynes (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela Barker
Conservative win (new seat)

Angela Barker was elected unopposed, after having previously served as a councillor in the Maulden & Houghton Conquest ward.

Houghton Hall

Houghton Hall (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Goodchild*85625.12
Liberal Democrats David Jones*69920.51
Conservative John Chatterley57116.75
Conservative Peter Swaisland44513.06
Labour Paul Cunningham42912.59
Labour Maria Jones40811.97
Majority1283.76
Turnout 3,40832.10
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Councillors Goodchild and Jones previously served as councillors in the Houghton Regis ward.

Leighton Buzzard North

Leighton Buzzard North (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Johnstone*2,14519.30
Conservative Brian Spurr*2,06218.56
Conservative Alan Shadbolt1,94317.48
Labour Michael Bishop1,0609.54
Labour Heather Copley1,0599.53
Labour Daniel Scott9118.20
Liberal Democrats Anne Guess7116.40
Liberal Democrats Sheila Mercer6485.83
Liberal Democrats Rosalind Mennie5735.16
Majority8837.94
Turnout 11,11236.90
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Councillors Johnstone and Spurr previously served as councillors in the Leighton Linslade Central ward.

Leighton Buzzard South

Leighton Buzzard South (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Berry*1,52519.69
Conservative David Bowater*1,51319.53
Conservative Amanda Dodwell1,51019.49
Labour John Bone86811.20
Labour Christopher Northedge7439.59
Liberal Democrats Anne Gray5437.01
Liberal Democrats Nigel Carnell5286.82
Liberal Democrats Celia Snelling5176.67
Majority6428.29
Turnout 7,74736.00
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor Berry previously served as a councillor in the Grovebury ward and Councillor Bowater previously served as a councillor in the Leighton Linslade Central ward.

Linslade

Linslade (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Hopkin*1,99017.30
Conservative Kenneth Janes1,48612.92
Conservative Nigel Warren1,39412.12
Liberal Democrats Peter Snelling*1,37811.98
Liberal Democrats John Freeman1,33211.58
Liberal Democrats Russell Goodchild1,1139.67
Labour Peter Palfrey7906.87
Labour Joan Rampley7286.33
Green Kenneth Barry6715.83
Labour Maurice Rampley6215.40
Majority160.14
Turnout 11,50346.00
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor Hopkin and Peter Snelling previously served as councillors in the Southcott ward.

Northill

Northill (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Turner*1,22068.31
Labour Dennis James29616.57
Liberal Democrats Patrick Jones27015.12
Majority92451.74
Turnout 1,78650.90
Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor Turner previously served as a councillor in the Northill & Blunham ward.

Parkside

Parkside (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rita Egan37440.39
Independent Rae Bird35838.66
Labour Iain Matharu19420.95
Majority161.73
Turnout 92630.10
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Councillor Egan previously served as a councillor in the Houghton Regis ward.

Potton

Potton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Adam Zerny1,82436.42
Conservative Doreen Gurney*1,20424.04
Conservative Anita Lewis1,11622.28
Labour Andrew Hopkins4629.23
Labour Paul Rogers4028.03
Majority881.76
Turnout 5,00850.40
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor Gurney and Anita Lewis previously served as councillors in the Potton ward.

Sandy

Sandy (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Caroline Maudlin1,75316.84
Conservative Naomi Sheppard1,69816.31
Liberal Democrats Nigel Aldis*1,33412.82
Conservative Benson Themuka1,25612.07
Liberal Democrats Anthony Baines9118.75
Liberal Democrats Glenys Leach7987.67
Labour Sandra Lunn6736.47
Labour Kevin Edwards6726.46
Labour Cheryl McDonald6666.40
UKIP George Konstantinidis6466.21
Majority780.75
Turnout 10,40737.50
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Councillor Aldis previously served as a councillor in the Sandy ward.

Shefford

Shefford (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lewis Birt*1,45930.57
Conservative Anthony Brown*1,40229.37
Liberal Democrats Paul Mackin63713.35
Labour Nigel Rushby55111.54
UKIP Jonathan Shilton4168.72
Liberal Democrats John Goode3086.45
Majority76516.02
Turnout 4,77341.50
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Councillors Birt and Brown previously served as councillors in the Shefford ward.

Silsoe & Shillington

Silsoe & Shillington (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain MacKilligan73346.22
Liberal Democrats Alison Graham*64940.92
Green Christopher Puleston1036.49
Labour Carolyn Devereux1016.37
Majority845.30
Turnout 1,58651.50
Conservative win (new seat)

Alison Graham previously served as a councillor in the Silsoe and Shillington ward.

Stotfold & Langford

Stotfold & Langford (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Saunders2,22718.14
Conservative John Saunders*2,16217.61
Conservative Jonathan Clarke2,06316.81
Independent John Street1,1509.37
Independent Christina Turner9267.55
Labour Paul Bouch7606.19
Liberal Democrats Brian Collier7566.16
Labour George Legate6705.46
Labour Satinderjit Singh Dhaliwal6525.31
Liberal Democrats Isabella Collier5044.11
Liberal Democrats Timothy Troon4043.29
Majority9137.44
Turnout 12,27446.10
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor John Saunders previously served as a councillor in the Stotfold and Arlesey ward and Councillor Clarke previously served as a councillor in the Langford, Bedfordshire|Langford and Henlow Village ward.

Tithe Farm

Tithe Farm (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Williams*51454.62
Labour Robert Roche42745.38
Majority879.24
Turnout 94132.10
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Councillor Williams previously served as a councillor in the Houghton Regis ward.

Toddington

Toddington (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Nicols*1,71427.03
Conservative Norman Costin*1,60325.28
Liberal Democrats Brian Golby1,01415.99
Liberal Democrats Linda Jack69610.97
Labour Rachel Garnham68910.86
Labour Peter Turner6269.87
Majority5899.29
Turnout 6,34244.30
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Councillors Nicols and Costin previously served as councillors in the Toddington ward.

Westoning, Flitton & Greenfield

Westoning, Flitton & Greenfield (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Jamieson*1,05259.84
Independent Henry Howden35520.19
Green Richard Ellis35119.97
Majority69739.65
Turnout 1,75848.10
Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor Jamieson previously served as a councillor in the Flitwick East ward.

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References

  1. Central Bedfordshire Council, "2011 Election results", www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
  2. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2011 - Central Bedfordshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk.