2019 Bedford Borough Council election

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2019 Bedford Borough Council election
Bedfordshire County Flag.svg
  2015 2 May 2019 2023  

All 40 seats to Bedford Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LD
Con
Lab
LeaderWendy RiderStephen MoonSue Oliver
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour
Leader's seatBrickhillGreat BarfordKempston North
Last election9 seats, 19.4%15 seats, 39.7%14 seats, 27.5%
Seats won151111
Seat changeIncrease2.svg6Decrease2.svg4Decrease2.svg3
Popular vote22,32623,01020,325
Percentage30.3%31.3%27.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg10.9%Decrease2.svg 8.4%Decrease2.svg 0.1%

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Grn
Ind
LeadernonePat Olney
Party Green Independent
Leader's seatN/AOakley
(did not re-stand)
Last election0 seats, 5.5%2 seats, 1.8%
Seats won21
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote4,7162,691
Percentage6.4%3.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.9%Increase2.svg 1.9%

Bedford 2019 ward results.svg
Map showing the winner in each ward for the 2019 Bedford Borough Council election

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control (Lib Dem - Lab - Ind Coalition)

The 2019 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Bedford Borough Council in England.

Contents

Bedford Borough Council has been under no overall control since 2010. The Conservatives defended fifteen seats, Labour defended fourteen, the Liberal Democrats defended nine and independent councillors defended two seats. Bedford is run by the directly elected Mayor of Bedford, who has been Liberal Democrat Dave Hodgson since 2009.

Background

Bedford Borough Council held local elections on 2 May 2019 along with councils across England as part of the 2019 local elections. The council elects its members in all-out elections, with all its councillors up for election every four years. [1] [2] Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2015. In that election, fifteen Conservative councillors, fourteen Labour councillors, nine Labour councillors and two independent councillors were elected.

The same day Dave Hodgson (Liberal Democrat) was re-elected mayor in the 2019 Bedford Mayoral election.

Summary

Election result

2019 Bedford Borough Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 401560Increase2.svg 637.530.322,326+10.9
  Conservative 381104Decrease2.svg 427.531.323,010–8.4
  Labour 391114Decrease2.svg 327.527.620,325–0.1
  Green 15220Increase2.svg 25.06.44,716+0.9
  Independent 3101Decrease2.svg 12.53.72,691+1.9
  UKIP 2000Steady2.svg0.00.5394–4.5
  Renew 1000Steady2.svg0.00.2161N/A

Council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

151492
ConservativeLabourLiberal
Democrats
Ind

After the election the composition of the council was:

15111121
Liberal DemocratLabourConservativeGreenInd

Ward results

Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk (*). [3]

Brickhill

Brickhill (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Wendy Rider* 1,756 61.5 +21.1
Liberal Democrats Charles Royden* 1,756 61.5 +16.0
Conservative Nigel Haughton52418.4-8.0
Conservative Matt Stanbra40414.2-4.9
Labour Cathrine Ward31711.1-5.5
Labour Sudesh Rani29110.2-6.0
Green Tim Retout2538.9+0.7
Majority
Turnout 43.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bromham and Biddenham

Bromham and Biddenham (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Rigby* 1,607 64.2 -8.4
Conservative Jon Gambold* 1,565 62.5 -1.1
Liberal Democrats Samuel Matthews45018.0+11.0
Liberal Democrats Stelios Mores38615.4+3.8
Labour Gordon Charlton30712.3-5.8
Labour Ollie Charlton28811.5-5.5
Majority
Turnout 43.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Castle

Castle (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Lucy Bywater 957 45.0 +29.2
Green Ben Foley 732 34.4 +22.9
Labour Luigi Reale*69032.4+7.3
Labour Louise Whatham50723.8+3.3
Conservative Karen Boyes41619.6-9.1
Conservative Robert Rigby34016.0-6.7
Liberal Democrats Lorna Marchant1456.8+1.5
Liberal Democrats Pat Wood914.3+0.2
Majority42
Turnout 33.5-26.5
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing

Cauldwell

Cauldwell (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abu Sultan 1,033 50.2 +0.3
Labour Fouzia Zamir 970 47.1 +3.0
Conservative Mohammed Islam52725.6+8.9
Liberal Democrats Jacob Bale34216.6+10.5
Liberal Democrats Joy Winder29414.3+10.0
Green Kim Haskins28413.8+7.3
Majority
Turnout 29.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Clapham

Clapham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Walker* 723 63.6 +14.1
Labour Lynne Wady17515.4-6.8
Renew Eric Cooper16114.2N/A
Liberal Democrats Stephen Rutherford776.8+2.1
Majority
Turnout 33.8
Conservative hold Swing

De Parys

De Parys (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Henry Vann* 1,178 58.1 +26.0
Liberal Democrats David Sawyer* 1,125 55.5 +24.4
Conservative Robin Illingworth51025.1-3.8
Conservative Andrea Spice45622.5-6.7
Labour Conny Smith24412.0-5.7
Labour Laurence Turner20910.3-5.4
Majority
Turnout 40.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Eastcotts

Eastcotts
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah-Jayne Gallagher* 676 62.4 +14.8
Conservative Sam Ancliff21519.9-12.1
Labour Mansoor Nasir19217.7-2.7
Majority
Turnout 1,08331.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Elstow and Stewartby

Elstow and Stewartby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tim Hill* 1,062 79.5 +32.9
Conservative Jade Ancliff15711.8-16.2
Labour Anne Saunders1178.8-8.8
Majority
Turnout 36.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Goldington

Goldington (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tim Caswell 882 37.3 +12.9
Liberal Democrats Christine McHugh 871 36.8 +14.2
Labour Anthony Forth*80534.1+0.7
Labour Jade Uko*72630.7+5.9
Conservative Jenny Hedworth27711.7-12.7
Conservative Philip Merryman26411.2-3.4
UKIP Adrian Haynes2028.5-8.6
Green Philippa Fleming1335.6±0.0
Green Jennifer Foley1225.2N/A
Majority
Turnout 33.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Great Barford

Great Barford (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Moon* 1,392 56.4 -2.9
Conservative Phillippa Martin-Moran-Bryant 1,090 44.2 -6.6
Liberal Democrats Linda Carlton59123.9+6.1
Liberal Democrats Mark Fitzpatrick55422.4+8.0
Green Tobias Waltham36814.9-1.5
Labour Pauline Webb2229.0N/A
Labour Silas Wady1787.2N/A
Majority
Turnout 38.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Harpur

Harpur (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colleen Atkins* 1,217 57.4 -3.5
Labour Louise Jackson* 1,022 48.2 +3.5
Independent David Allen39518.6+9.4
Liberal Democrats Marion Zebedee-Topham33715.9+8.3
Conservative Jason Whaley28513.4-12.9
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Williams25211.9+6.0
Conservative Phoebe Kirk-Fraiser25011.8-6.6
Majority
Turnout 34.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Harrold

Harrold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alison Foster* 1,054 67.7 -6.9
Green Gary Lloyd31120.0+4.0
Labour John Dawson1026.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Daniel Norton915.8-3.6
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Kempston Central and East

Kempston Central and East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kay Burley 879 53.9 +22.5
Labour Mohammed Nawaz* 807 49.5 +15.9
Conservative Richard Hyde53332.7-4.3
Conservative Liam Rees39924.5+1.0
Liberal Democrats Hannah Farthing18011.0+3.5
Liberal Democrats Sarika Shah1257.7+2.9
Majority
Turnout 31.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

Kempston North

Kempston North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sue Oliver* 498 47.3 +0.2
Conservative Kathy Stone42340.2-3.6
Green Alison Parker837.9+1.4
Liberal Democrats George Flaxman484.6+2.0
Majority
Turnout 36.1
Labour hold Swing

Kempston Rural

Kempston Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jim Weir 860 42.7 -27.4
Liberal Democrats Steve Gallagher73636.6+25.0
Labour Ashley Frith25112.5-5.8
Green Ann Hagen1668.2N/A
Majority
Turnout 34.5
Conservative hold Swing

Kempston South

Kempston South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carl Meader* 1,000 83.5 +14.2
Conservative Barry Ryan15713.1-12.6
Liberal Democrats Conrad Longmore413.4+0.9
Majority
Turnout 37.4
Labour hold Swing

Kempston West

Kempston West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Valentine 631 52.1 +9.5
Conservative Matt McCarthy49340.7+7.5
Liberal Democrats Bipinchandra Shah877.2+2.8
Majority
Turnout 31.8
Labour hold Swing

Kingsbrook

Kingsbrook (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patrick Solomon 840 41.6 +16.2
Liberal Democrats Dean Crofts 830 41.1 +20.4
Labour James Saunders*70034.7-5.6
Labour Wendie Harvey58328.9+5.5
Conservative Martine Moon25612.7-2.6
Green Isabelle Sykes20410.1+3.4
Majority
Turnout 30.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Newnham

Newnham (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hilde Hendrickx 894 35.8 +18.9
Liberal Democrats Jake Sampson 795 31.9 +15.5
Conservative John Mingay*75130.1-8.4
Conservative Alison Crook68727.5-1.5
Labour Shane Kelly42116.9-7.9
Labour Ceciliah Chigwada41416.6-2.4
Green Richard Baker38715.5+7.2
Green Brant Tilds24910.0+4.9
Majority
Turnout 43.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Oakley

Oakley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jon Abbott 887 57.7 +54.1
Conservative Andrew Senior57537.4-2.0
Labour Ian Bagueley764.9-1.7
Majority
Turnout 52.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

Putnoe

Putnoe (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Headley* 1,731 63.9 +18.6
Liberal Democrats Max Royden 1,351 49.8 +14.3
Conservative Dawn Allen72426.7-5.9
Conservative Mike Seamarks52619.4-5.5
Labour Lila Begum2388.8-4.4
Labour Co-op Graham Tranquada2168.0-4.0
Green Kate Retout2037.5+1.3
Majority
Turnout 45.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Queens Park

Queens Park (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nesreen Akhtar 1,507 48.8 -5.0
Labour Mohammed Masud* 1,291 41.8 -8.0
Independent Taru Miah1,29041.7N/A
Conservative Abdul Ahmed39212.7-20.2
Green Hannah Jones2648.5+0.8
Conservative June Kuria1996.4-18.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Pattison1083.5-0.1
Liberal Democrats Janet Trengrove963.1+0.3
Majority
Turnout 49.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Riseley

Riseley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Towler* 823 60.5 +2.5
Labour Martyn Wady35225.9+14.6
Liberal Democrats Liam Martin-Day18513.6+6.8
Majority
Turnout 50.1
Conservative hold Swing

Sharnbrook

Sharnbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Doug McMurdo* 1,006 64.1 +21.6
Conservative Martin Quince40325.7-10.5
Liberal Democrats Bernadette Walsh-Mason915.8+1.8
Labour Paul Barton694.4-6.5
Majority
Turnout 49.9
Independent hold Swing

Wilshamstead

Wilshamstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graeme Coombes* 992 73.8 +1.0
Labour Saqhib Ali21215.8-0.6
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Smith14010.4-0.4
Majority
Turnout 34.8
Conservative hold Swing

Wootton

Wootton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Wheeler* 861 57.1 +16.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Stephens27318.1-2.0
UKIP Bill Hall19212.7-8.8
Labour Adrien Breadmore18112.0+1.8
Majority
Turnout 32.4
Conservative hold Swing

Wyboston

Wyboston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tom Wootton* 900 71.5 -2.0
Liberal Democrats Derek Eyre35928.5+14.1
Majority
Turnout 42.1
Conservative hold Swing

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