Mid Bedfordshire was a non-metropolitan district in Bedfordshire, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Central Bedfordshire.
The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council from 1974 until its abolition in 2009 was as follows: [1]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
No overall control | 1974-1976 | |
Conservative | 1976-1995 | |
No overall control | 1995-1999 | |
Conservative | 1999–2009 |
The last leader of the council was Tricia Turner, a Conservative. She went on to be the first leader of Central Bedfordshire Council.
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tricia Turner [2] | Conservative | 31 Mar 2009 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Yvonne Fitzgerald-Finch | 329 | 27.4 | ||
Labour | 299 | 24.9 | |||
Independent | 298 | 24.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 276 | 22.9 | |||
Majority | 30 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,202 | 33.7 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Valerie Caldicott | 346 | 58.1 | +21.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 127 | 21.3 | +21.3 | ||
Labour | 123 | 20.7 | +1.7 | ||
Majority | 219 | 36.8 | |||
Turnout | 596 | 20.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Rogers | 876 | 53.4 | +11.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | 646 | 39.4 | +2.4 | ||
Labour | 119 | 7.3 | −12.4 | ||
Majority | 230 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,641 | 37.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gary Summerfield | 2,322 | 64.7 | +20.8 | |
Conservative | 1,269 | 35.3 | −1.3 | ||
Majority | 856 | 29.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,591 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joanna Davison | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Smith | 696 | 39.9 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 544 | 31.2 | +11.0 | ||
Labour | 504 | 28.9 | −11.8 | ||
Majority | 152 | 8.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,744 | 27.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wendy Smith | 922 | 41.1 | −1.7 | |
Labour | Bernard Briars | 652 | 29.0 | −10.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Hartwell | 535 | 23.8 | +6.0 | |
Green | Royston Swarbrooke | 137 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 270 | 12.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,246 | 40.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Gillett | 803 | 52.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Marcus Tyler | 634 | 41.1 | ||
Green | Oliver Campbell | 107 | 6.9 | ||
Majority | 169 | 10.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,544 | 49.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Mitchell | 522 | 49.6 | +13.7 | |
Conservative | Victor Lee | 378 | 35.8 | +8.7 | |
Green | Marina Torselli | 82 | 7.8 | −7.8 | |
Labour | Ida Neale | 71 | 6.7 | −14.6 | |
Majority | 144 | 13.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,053 | 25.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Baines | 741 | 55.3 | ||
Conservative | Angela Barker | 555 | 41.4 | ||
Labour | Laurence Pollock | 44 | 3.3 | ||
Majority | 186 | 13.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,340 | 42.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Les Thompson | 682 | 43.6 | −14.6 | |
Conservative | Andrew Turner | 668 | 42.7 | +0.9 | |
Independent | Roy Storey | 119 | 7.6 | +7.6 | |
Green | Chris Fyer | 95 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 14 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,564 | 36.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |