Central Bedfordshire Council elections

Central Bedfordshire Council is the local authority for the a unitary authority of Central Bedfordshire in Bedfordshire, England. It was created on 1 April 2009 replacing Mid Bedfordshire, South Bedfordshire and Bedfordshire County Council.

Council elections

Composition of the council ^[1]

Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats [a]	Green [b]	UKIP	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Council created from the merger of Mid Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire (66 seats)
2009	54	0	11	0	0	1		Conservative
New ward boundaries (59 seats) [2]
2011	49	1	5	0	0	4		Conservative
2015	53	2	1	0	0	3		Conservative
2019	41	1	3	0	1	13		Conservative
New ward boundaries (63 seats) [3]
2023	20	5	10	1	0	27		No overall control

District result maps

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  2009 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2023 results map

By-election results

2011-2015

Stotfold and Langford By-Election 16 August 2012 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gillian Clarke	1,021	55.6	+10.1
	Labour	Satinderjit Singh Dhaliwal	446	24.3	+8.8
	UKIP	George Konstantinidis	221	12.0	+12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Baines	147	8.0	−7.5
Majority			575	31.3
Turnout			1,835
	Conservative hold		Swing

Biggleswade South By-Election 15 November 2012 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Woodward	642	38.3	−21.2
	Labour	Sheila Grayston	523	31.2	−9.3
	Independent	Jonathan Medlock	437	26.1	+26.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gee Leach	73	4.4	+4.4
Majority			119	7.1
Turnout			1,675
	Conservative hold		Swing

Silsoe and Shillington By-Election 15 November 2012 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alison Graham	527	55.0	+55.0
	Conservative	Martin Hawkins	236	24.6	−21.6
	UKIP	Steven Wildman	73	7.6	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Nunn	66	6.9	−34.0
	Green	Gareth Ellis	56	5.8	−0.7
Majority			291	30.4
Turnout			958
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Alison Graham contested the ward as a Liberal Democrat in 2011, receiving 40.9%.

Dunstable-Northfields By-Election 12 September 2013 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bev Coleman	434	33.4	+33.4
	Conservative	Jeanette Freeman	305	23.5	−7.8
	Labour	Duncan Ross	297	22.9	−2.6
	UKIP	Garry Lelliott	227	17.5	+17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Walmsley	35	2.7	−4.2
Majority			129	9.9
Turnout			1,298
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Caddington By-Election 28 November 2013 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Collins	738	39.6	−26.9
	Independent	Christine Smith	560	30.0	+30.0
	UKIP	Steven Wildman	334	17.9	+17.9
	Labour	Ian Lowery	209	11.2	−10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Winter	24	1.3	−10.8
Majority			178	9.5
Turnout			1,865
	Conservative hold		Swing

2015-2019

Biggleswade North By-Election 4 May 2017 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Watkins	704	35.1	−5.5
	Independent	Bernard Rix	541	27.0	+27.0
	Labour	Bernard Briars	387	19.3	−5.6
	UKIP	Duncan Strachan	158	7.9	−15.7
	Green	Amy Peabody	134	6.7	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Aldis	81	4.0	+4.0
Majority			163	8.1
Turnout			2,005
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shefford By-Election 4 May 2017 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Liddiard	1,325	54.4	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Annabel Woolmer	499	20.5	+20.5
	Labour	David Short	345	14.2	−9.6
	UKIP	Roger Smith	267	11.0	−9.9
Majority			826	33.9
Turnout			2,436
	Conservative hold		Swing

2023-2027

Stotfold By-Election 11 September 2025 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Marion Mason	823	30.8	+30.8
	Conservative	Ian Dalgarno	559	20.9	+1.3
	Labour	Rachel Burgin	532	19.9	−4.2
	Green	Kate Hill-Lines	416	15.6	+15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Stevenson	339	12.7	+0.2
Majority			264	9.9
Turnout			2,669
	Reform UK gain from Labour		Swing

Notes

1. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
2. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Green Party of England and Wales, the Ecology Party and Green Party UK.

References

1. "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
2. legislation.gov.uk - The Central Bedfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2011. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
3. legislation.gov.uk - The Central Bedfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2021. Retrieved on 25 October 2024.
4. "Local Elections Archive Project — Stotfold and Langford Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
5. "Local Elections Archive Project — Biggleswade South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
6. "Local Elections Archive Project — Silsoe and Shillington Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
7. "Local Elections Archive Project — Dunstable-Northfields Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
8. "Local Elections Archive Project — Caddington Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
9. "Local Elections Archive Project — Biggleswade North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
10. "Local Elections Archive Project — Shefford Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
11. "Local Elections Archive Project — Stotfold Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2025.