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Bedford Borough Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. Until 1 April 2009 it was a non-metropolitan district. Since 2002 it has also had a directly elected mayor.
Bedford held a referendum on 21 February 2002 on whether to introduce a directly elected mayor after a petition was signed by at least 5% of the electorate. The move was approved with 11,316 voting in favour and 5,357 against on a turnout of 15.5%. [6] The first mayoral election on 17 October 2002 saw independent Frank Branston elected as mayor. [7]
In 2007 Frank Branston was re-elected as mayor.
| Bedford Mayoral Election Results 2007 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | 1st Preference Votes | % | 2nd Preference Votes¹ | % | Final | %² | |
| Frank Branston | Better Bedford Independent | 15,966 | 3,732 | 19,698 | ||||
| Nicky Attenborough | Conservative | 10,710 | 2,603 | 13,313 | ||||
| Christine McHugh | Lib Dem | 10,553 | N/A | |||||
| Randolph Charles | Labour | 4,758 | N/A | |||||
| Justina McLennan | Green | 1,538 | N/A | |||||
¹Using the Supplementary Vote system.
²Percentage figures are not officially used on the final votes, they are produced here for illustration and are calculated by the candidates final vote divided by the total of final votes.
A by-election for Mayor of Bedford took place on 15 October 2009 after the death of the previous incumbent, Frank Branston in August 2009. [8] The election was won by the Liberal Democrat, Dave Hodgson. [8]
| Bedford Mayoral Election Results 2009 [9] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | 1st Preference Votes | % | 2nd Preference Votes | % | Final | % | |
| Dave Hodgson | Liberal Democrat | 9,428 | 26.8 | 4,127 | 13,555 | 54.0 | ||
| Parvez Akhtar | Conservative | 9,105 | 25.9 | 2,438 | 11,543 | 46.0 | ||
| Apu Bagchi | Independent | 7,631 | 21.7 | N/A | ||||
| Tony Hare | Independent | 4,316 | 12.3 | N/A | ||||
| James Valentine | Labour | 3,482 | 9.9 | N/A | ||||
| Eve Morley | Green Party | 1,183 | 3.4 | N/A | ||||
| Bedford Mayoral Election 5 May 2011 [10] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Hodgson | 19,966 | 37.7% | 4,325 | 24,291 | 55.7% | | |
| Conservative | John Guthrie | 17,501 | 33.0% | 1,824 | 19,325 | 44.3% | | |
| Labour | Michelle Harris | 11,197 | 21.1% | | ||||
| Independent | Tony Hare | 3,133 | 5.9% | | ||||
| Green | Greg Paszynski | 1,211 | 2.3% | | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | ||||||||
| Bedford Mayoral Election 7 May 2015 [11] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Hodgson | 25,282 | 31.4% | 10,020 | 35,302 | 57.1% | | |
| Conservative | Jas Parmar | 19,417 | 24.1% | 7,096 | 26,513 | 42.9% | | |
| Labour | Tim Douglas | 15,931 | 19.8% | | ||||
| Independent | Steve Lowe | 12,883 | 16.0% | | ||||
| UKIP | Adrian Haynes | 7,060 | 8.8% | | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | ||||||||
| Bedford Mayoral Election 2 May 2019 [12] [13] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Hodgson | 17,596 | 36.0% | 3,820 | 21,416 | 54.2% | | |
| Conservative | Giovanni Carafano | 15,778 | 32.3% | 2,327 | 18,105 | 45.8% | | |
| Labour Co-op | Jenni Jackson | 9,677 | 19.8% | | ||||
| Green | Adrian Spurrell | 3,239 | 6.6% | | ||||
| UKIP | Adrian Haynes | 2,627 | 5.4% | | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Tom Wootton | 15,747 | 33.1 |  0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Hodgson | 15,602 | 32.8 |  3.2 | |
| Labour | Saqib Ali | 11,568 | 24.3 | 4.5 | |
| Green | Adrian Spurrell | 3,795 | 8.0 | 1.4 | |
| Heritage | Alberto Thomas | 887 | 1.9 | New | |
| Majority | 145 | 0.3 | |||
| Turnout | 47,599 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Dan Rogerson | 1,043 | 53.0 | +32.0 | |
| Labour | Michael Webb | 816 | 41.5 | −21.9 | |
| Conservative | Janet Suter | 108 | 5.5 | −10.1 | |
| Majority | 227 | 11.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,967 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Gerard | 661 | 49.4 | +3.1 | |
| Labour | James Saunders | 370 | 27.6 | +3.5 | |
| Conservative | Adam Pritchard | 150 | 11.2 | −9.2 | |
| Independent | Tony Hare | 85 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
| Independent | Patrick O'Rourke | 73 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
| Majority | 291 | 11.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,339 | 18.4 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Shan Hunt | 715 | 52.1 | ||
| Conservative | Martin Quince | 384 | 28.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ant Caprioli | 272 | 19.8 | ||
| Majority | 331 | 24.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,371 | 33.2 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Bootiman | 1,364 | 46.3 | ||
| Conservative | Susan Spratt | 707 | 24.0 | ||
| UKIP | Adrian Haynes | 412 | 14.0 | ||
| Labour | Graham Tranquada | 367 | 12.5 | ||
| Green | Ben Fitch | 94 | 3.2 | ||
| Majority | 657 | 22.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,944 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,860 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Julie Cox | 610 | 63.1 | –12.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Townsend | 323 | 33.4 | +19.9 | |
| Labour | Ian Nicholls | 34 | 3.5 | –7.0 | |
| Majority | 287 | 29.7 | |||
| Turnout | 967 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Hilde Hendrickx | 579 | 57.3 | +1.9 | |
| Conservative | Natalie Christian-John | 249 | 24.7 | +1.1 | |
| Labour | Warwick Mackie | 130 | 12.9 | −2.2 | |
| Green | Emma Smart | 52 | 5.1 | −0.8 | |
| Majority | 330 | 32.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,010 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sharan Sira | 1,096 | 58.1 | −5.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Henchley | 515 | 27.3 | −6.1 | |
| Green | Richard Baker | 277 | 14.7 | +14.7 | |
| Majority | 581 | 30.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,888 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The electorate of Bedford Borough voted by a margin of 51.8% to 48.2% (on a 72.1% turnout) [21] to leave the European Union during the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum (reflecting the national picture). The Kingsbrook ward voted most heavily in favour of Leave (60.71%), while the Queen's Park ward voted most strongly for Remain (57.66%). Other areas of Bedford to favour Remain were Bromham and Biddenham, Castle, De Parys, Harpur, Kempston Rural, Newnham, Oakley and Sharnbrook. [22]
| District | Votes | Proportion of votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remain | Leave | Remain | Leave | |
| Brickhill | 2,000 | 2,092 | 48.88% | 51.12% |
| Bromham and Biddenham | 2,138 | 1,996 | 51.72% | 48.28% |
| Castle | 1,835 | 1,366 | 57.33% | 42.67% |
| Cauldwell | 1,322 | 1,880 | 41.29% | 58.71% |
| Clapham | 1,256 | 1,731 | 42.05% | 57.95% |
| De Parys | 1,683 | 1,302 | 56.38% | 43.62% |
| Eastcotts | 1,111 | 1,322 | 45.66% | 54.34% |
| Elstow and Stewartby | 1,406 | 1,677 | 45.60% | 54.40% |
| Goldington | 1,575 | 2,062 | 43.30% | 56.70% |
| Great Barford | 1,987 | 2,282 | 46.54% | 53.46% |
| Harpur | 1,837 | 1,398 | 56.79 | 43.21% |
| Harrold | 1,295 | 1,316 | 49.60% | 50.40% |
| Kempston Central and East | 1,664 | 2,080 | 44.44% | 55.56% |
| Kempston North | 1,153 | 1,406 | 45.06% | 54.94% |
| Kempston Rural | 2,066 | 1,889 | 52.24% | 47.76% |
| Kempston South | 1,170 | 1,624 | 41.88% | 58.12% |
| Kempston West | 1,433 | 1,747 | 45.06% | 54.94% |
| Kingsbrook | 1,374 | 2,123 | 39.29% | 60.71% |
| Newnham | 1,962 | 1,634 | 54.56% | 45.44% |
| Oakley | 1,269 | 1,158 | 52.29% | 47.71% |
| Putnoe | 1,818 | 2,028 | 47.27% | 52.73% |
| Queens Park | 1,573 | 1,155 | 57.66% | 42.34% |
| Riseley | 1,173 | 1,282 | 47.78% | 52.22% |
| Sharnbrook | 1,425 | 1,200 | 54.29% | 45.71% |
| Wilshamstead | 1,300 | 1,661 | 43.90% | 56.10% |
| Wootton | 1,649 | 1,891 | 46.58% | 53.42% |
| Wyboston | 1,023 | 1,268 | 44.65% | 55.35% |
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