The 2015 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Bedford Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 15 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 37.5 | 39.73 | 45,874 | +2.8 | |
Labour | 14 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 35.0 | 27.48 | 31,738 | -1.35 | |
Liberal Democrats | 9 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 22.5 | 19.35 | 22,342 | -6.33 | |
Independent | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 5.0 | 1.78 | 4346 | -4.06 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.45 | 6291 | +4.27 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.97 | 5742 | +4.69 | |
A total of 115,477 valid votes were cast and there were 1,060 rejected ballots.
The turnout was 66.3%
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
12 | 12 | 12 | 4 |
Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Ind |
After the election the composition of the council was:
15 | 14 | 9 | 2 |
Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Ind |
Ind - Independent
Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Charles Royden* | 2,123 | 45.54 | -15.92 | |
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Rider* | 1,882 | 40.37 | -12.44 | |
Conservative | Olly Richbell | 1,231 | 26.40 | +0.19 | |
Conservative | Rubina Shaikh | 892 | 19.13 | -3.85 | |
Labour | Cathrine Ward | 775 | 16.62 | +3.91 | |
Labour | Robert Frank Atkins | 755 | 16.19 | +6.80 | |
Green | Sara Frances Browne | 382 | 8.19 | N/A | |
Majority | 651 | 13.97 | |||
Turnout | 4,724 | 71.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Rigby* | 2,730 | 72.55 | +6.28 | |
Conservative | Jon Gambold* | 2,393 | 63.59 | +0.66 | |
Labour | Elizabeth Jane Luder | 680 | 18.07 | +0.48 | |
Labour | Ashley Spencer Firth | 638 | 16.95 | +2.04 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stelios Mores | 436 | 11.59 | +0.12 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen John Rutherford | 265 | 7.04 | -0.28 | |
Majority | 1,713 | 45.52 | |||
Turnout | 3,822 | 66.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Stanton Fletcher | 978 | 28.72 | +3.10 | |
Labour | Luigi Reale | 853 | 25.05 | +3.47 | |
Conservative | Shish Miah | 774 | 22.73 | -1.45 | |
Castle Ward Independent | Apu Bagchi* | 753 | 22.11 | -11.90 | |
Labour | Mashuk Miah Ullah | 698 | 20.50 | -0.90 | |
Castle Ward Independent | Caroline Sara Fensome* | 678 | 19.91 | -5.71 | |
Green | Lucy Clare Bywater | 539 | 15.83 | +7.75 | |
Green | Ben Foley | 390 | 11.45 | +7.50 | |
Liberal Democrats | Muhmud Henry Rogers | 181 | 5.32 | -3.65 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Rashid Rogers | 140 | 4.11 | -3.16 | |
Independent | Ameer Shajahan Mohammed | 64 | 1.88 | N/A | |
Majority | 79 | 2.32 | |||
Turnout | 3,437 | 60.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Randolph Charles* | 1,762 | 49.89 | +3.55 | |
Labour | Sue Oliver* | 1,559 | 44.14 | -2.63 | |
Conservative | Darren Jason Russell | 670 | 18.97 | -0.69 | |
Conservative | Nurul Islam | 590 | 16.70 | -1.11 | |
UKIP | Janet Culley | 477 | 13.51 | N/A | |
Green | Esin Esat | 228 | 6.46 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Jake Sale | 216 | 6.12 | -16.99 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Sabir Rahman | 153 | 4.33 | -14.99 | |
Independent | Aleksandr Zabolotnov | 42 | 1.19 | N/A | |
Majority | 889 | 25.17 | |||
Turnout | 3,575 | 52.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Anne Walker* | 1,140 | 49.50 | -9.78 | |
Labour | Jenni Jackson | 511 | 22.19 | -8.76 | |
UKIP | Peter Lund-Conlon | 420 | 18.24 | N/A | |
Green | Sarah Mingay | 124 | 5.80 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | John Robert Ryan | 108 | 4.69 | -5.08 | |
Majority | 629 | 27.31 | |||
Turnout | 2,303 | 67.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Henry Paul Vann* | 1,040 | 32.08 | -4.48 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Alexander Sawyer* | 1,007 | 31.06 | -13.68 | |
Conservative | Adrian Alexander Lennox-Lamb | 948 | 29.24 | -3.31 | |
Conservative | Robin Calverey Illingworth | 937 | 28.90 | -3.90 | |
Labour | Monika Golebiewska | 573 | 17.67 | +0.73 | |
Labour | Louise Whatham | 509 | 15.70 | -0.83 | |
UKIP | John Lathaen | 342 | 10.55 | N/A | |
Green | Alex Charlton | 224 | 6.91 | +1.67 | |
Green | Alex Willmott | 176 | 5.43 | N/A | |
Independent | John Lloyd | 99 | 3.05 | N/A | |
Majority | 59 | 1.82 | |||
Turnout | 3,288 | 64.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Holland* | 804 | 47.66 | -16.66 | |
Conservative | Michael Peter Abbott | 539 | 31.95 | +11.49 | |
Labour | James Alexander Grady | 344 | 20.39 | +5.17 | |
Majority | 265 | 15.71 | |||
Turnout | 1,687 | 62.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tim Hill* | 941 | 46.61 | +8.45 | |
Conservative | Margaret Jean Turner | 565 | 27.98 | -5.07 | |
Labour | Susan Ann Hoskin | 355 | 17.58 | +4.25 | |
Independent | Tony Hare | 158 | 7.83 | -7.63 | |
Majority | 376 | 18.63 | |||
Turnout | 2,019 | 64.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony James Forth | 1,291 | 33.38 | +5.40 | |
Labour | Jade Chelsea Uko | 961 | 24.84 | -1.42 | |
Conservative | Phillippa Anne Martin-Moran | 945 | 24.43 | -0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lorna Rose Marchant | 942 | 24.35 | -18.97 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Jefferies Harrison | 874 | 22.60 | -17.88 | |
UKIP | Adrian John Haynes | 663 | 17.14 | N/A | |
Conservative | Zulika Maria Wightman | 564 | 14.58 | -5.91 | |
Green | Brant Carl Tilds | 218 | 5.64 | N/A | |
Majority | 16 | 0.41 | |||
Turnout | 3,907 | 60.0 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Hellier Moon* | 2,615 | 59.27 | -4.29 | |
Conservative | Sheryl Lesley Maxwell Corp | 2,242 | 50.82 | -17.75 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen James Lawson | 785 | 17.79 | +3.43 | |
Green | Mark Bowler | 732 | 16.59 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Stekelis | 634 | 14.37 | +1.15 | |
Majority | 1,457 | 33.03 | |||
Turnout | 4,511 | 72.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colleen Atkins* | 1,793 | 60.92 | +2.49 | |
Labour | Louise King* | 1,316 | 44.72 | +2.76 | |
Conservative | Andrea Clare Spice | 775 | 26.33 | -3.18 | |
Conservative | Sanjit Kaur Gill Chowdrey | 541 | 18.38 | -6.29 | |
UKIP | Derek John Few | 323 | 10.98 | N/A | |
Independent | David John Allen | 272 | 9.24 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Martin Whitehead | 224 | 7.61 | +0.95 | |
Green | Jen Foley | 210 | 7.14 | -0.70 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ripal Pranesh Patel | 175 | 5.95 | -2.84 | |
Green | Racheall Monton | 153 | 5.20 | -1.73 | |
Majority | 541 | 9.36 | |||
Turnout | 2,975 | 51.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alison Jane Foster | 1,762 | 74.60 | +27.77 | |
Green | Gary Nicholas Lloyd | 377 | 15.96 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Joy Rose Winder | 223 | 9.44 | -34.75 | |
Majority | 1,385 | 58.64 | |||
Turnout | 2,362 | 75.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Frank John Boutall | 1,210 | 37.01 | +2.61 | |
Labour | Mohammed Nawaz* | 1,034 | 31.63 | -6.85 | |
Labour | James Emmanuel Valentine* | 1,028 | 31.45 | -11.43 | |
Conservative | Kuldip Singh | 769 | 23.52 | +5.86 | |
UKIP | Nicky Attenborough | 764 | 23.37 | -9.41 | |
Green | Richard James Baker | 304 | 9.30 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Terry Gasson | 245 | 7.49 | +0.30 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bipin Shah | 158 | 4.83 | -1.89 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.18 | |||
Turnout | 3,310 | 61.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shan Hunt* | 870 | 47.08 | +9.71 | |
Conservative | Matt McCarthy | 810 | 43.83 | +7.51 | |
Green | Alex Sebastian Jones | 120 | 6.49 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Mamun Islam | 48 | 2.60 | -4.28 | |
Majority | 60 | 3.25 | |||
Turnout | 1,848 | 64.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark William Smith* | 2,074 | 70.14 | +12.64 | |
Labour | Shah Shanoor Miah | 540 | 18.26 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Conrad Holden Longmore | 343 | 11.60 | -4.14 | |
Majority | 1,634 | 51.88 | |||
Turnout | 2,957 | 69.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carl Rex Meader | 1,471 | 69.29 | -6.34 | |
Conservative | Sarah King McGee | 545 | 25.67 | +5.74 | |
Green | Tim Crowhurst | 54 | 2.54 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Downing Standley | 53 | 2.50 | -1.94 | |
Majority | 926 | 43.62 | |||
Turnout | 2,123 | 67.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Will Hunt | 956 | 42.58 | -11.21 | |
Conservative | Ryan Darren Michael Gray | 746 | 33.23 | -7.55 | |
UKIP | Peter Hull | 332 | 14.79 | N/A | |
Green | Rosemary Josephine Elizabeth Wright | 112 | 4.99 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Paul Hart | 99 | 4.41 | -1.02 | |
Majority | 210 | 9.35 | |||
Turnout | 2,245 | 61.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Saunders* | 1,461 | 40.27 | +1.21 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anita Joan Gerard* | 923 | 25.44 | -12.25 | |
Labour | Abu Sultan | 848 | 23.37 | -6.62 | |
Liberal Democrats | Becky Guynn | 751 | 20.70 | -16.13 | |
UKIP | Chris Billington | 603 | 16.62 | N/A | |
Conservative | Martine Moon | 554 | 15.27 | -2.73 | |
Conservative | Shekh Sayed | 456 | 12.57 | -1.01 | |
Green | Lynn Herron | 242 | 6.67 | N/A | |
Majority | 75 | 2.07 | |||
Turnout | 3,664 | 55.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Kenneth Samuel Mingay* | 1,516 | 38.48 | +1.83 | |
Conservative | Giovanni Carofano | 1,143 | 29.01 | +1.14 | |
Labour | Margaret Ann Badley | 976 | 24.77 | +4.26 | |
Labour | June Aileen McDonald | 749 | 19.01 | +1.68 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Willey | 666 | 16.90 | -10.97 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dean Gary Crofts | 648 | 16.45 | -6.78 | |
UKIP | John Norman Robertson | 382 | 9.70 | N/A | |
UKIP | Domenico Canzoneri | 361 | 9.16 | N/A | |
Green | Janice Mary Jones | 328 | 8.32 | +1.78 | |
Independent | Saverio Bongo | 228 | 5.79 | N/A | |
Green | George Lewis Murphy | 200 | 5.08 | N/A | |
Majority | 167 | 4.24 | |||
Turnout | 3,980 | 69.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Patricia Margaret Olney | 955 | 41.20 | -42.86 | |
Conservative | Ade Clewlow | 914 | 39.43 | N/A | |
UKIP | Sebastian Sharpe | 171 | 7.38 | N/A | |
Labour | Anne Saunders | 152 | 6.56 | -2.64 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Millington Norton | 84 | 3.62 | -3.11 | |
Green | David Peter Mingay | 42 | 1.81 | N/A | |
Majority | 41 | 1.77 | |||
Turnout | 2,318 | 78.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Paul Headley* | 2,014 | 45.32 | -13.58 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Jean Bootiman | 1,578 | 35.51 | -10.68 | |
Conservative | Peter Anthony Allen | 1,447 | 32.56 | +11.41 | |
Conservative | Susan Mary Spratt | 1,105 | 24.86 | -3.11 | |
Labour | Ceciliah Chigwada | 588 | 13.23 | -1.04 | |
Labour | Graham John Tranquada | 533 | 11.99 | -1.55 | |
Green | Rosie Layton | 275 | 6.19 | N/A | |
Majority | 131 | 2.95 | |||
Turnout | 4,488 | 74.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammad Yasin* | 2,062 | 53.77 | -6.54 | |
Labour | Mohammed Masud* | 1,947 | 50.77 | +0.36 | |
Conservative | Balal Shah | 1,262 | 32.91 | -6.55 | |
Conservative | Muzakkir Hussain Khan | 965 | 25.16 | -0.46 | |
Green | Hannah Mary Jones | 297 | 7.74 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Dorothea Manar Rogers | 138 | 3.60 | +0.66 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard William Struck | 108 | 2.82 | -0.55 | |
Majority | 685 | 17.86 | |||
Turnout | 3,893 | 65.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Edward James Towler | 1,206 | 57.95 | +31.19 | |
UKIP | James Timkey | 344 | 16.53 | N/A | |
Labour | John Gerard Dawson | 235 | 11.29 | +4.13 | |
Independent | Eileen Brenda Whitmore | 154 | 7.40 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Solomon | 142 | 6.83 | +4.00 | |
Majority | 862 | 41.42 | |||
Turnout | 2,081 | 76.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Doug McMurdo* | 1,042 | 42.53 | -16.63 | |
Conservative | Robert Peter Tickle | 886 | 36.16 | +7.57 | |
Labour | Susan Jane Caroline Aykin | 266 | 10.86 | +1.97 | |
Green | Elisabeth Magda Evershed | 158 | 6.45 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Elizabeth Trengrove | 98 | 4.00 | +0.65 | |
Majority | 156 | 6.37 | |||
Turnout | 2,450 | 76.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graeme Stuart Coombes* | 1,698 | 72.78 | +8.68 | |
Labour | Akm Masum | 383 | 16.42 | -2.58 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Mason | 252 | 10.80 | -6.10 | |
Majority | 1,315 | 56.36 | |||
Turnout | 2,333 | 68.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Stephen Wheeler | 1,119 | 42.91 | +4.47 | |
UKIP | Bill Hall | 560 | 21.47 | +8.32 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Trevor Lloyd | 525 | 20.13 | -18.31 | |
Labour | Ali Askor | 266 | 10.20 | -0.27 | |
Green | Carlos Linnett | 138 | 5.29 | N/A | |
Majority | 559 | 21.44 | |||
Turnout | 2,608 | 71.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tom Wootton* | 1,618 | 73.48 | +2.95 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Joseph Kavanagh | 316 | 14.35 | +1.18 | |
Green | Lisa Bradbury | 268 | 12.17 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,302 | 59.13 | |||
Turnout | 2,202 | 73.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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