One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Eastcotts, Harrold, Kempston East, Kempston North, Newnham, Oakley, Queen's Park or Riseley.
BBIP = Better Bedford Independent Party
Lynne Faulkner C 1,191 Paul Whitehead LD 1,003 Roberto Bosco BBIP 234 Karl Sorembik Lab 178 Jennifer Foley Grn 40
Robert Rigby C 1,181 Stephen Rutherford LD 176 Leslie Hunt BBIP 175 Arun Muzhi Lab 151
Jim Brandon Ind 953 Anthony Morris C 108 David Robertson LD 63 Stephen Poole Lab 49
Margaret Davey BBIP 994 Marilyn Leask Lab 751 Michael Williams C 230 Pierrette Lob-Levyt LD 177
Christopher Black Lab 742 Gurminder Dosanjh BBIP 352 Neal Bath LD 206 Denise Coates C 166
Tom Foster Ind 633 Judith Arnold C 310 John Creasey Ind 196 Terence Carroll Lab 119 Stephen Lawson LD 57
David Sawyer LD 559 Tarsem Paul C 473 Susannah Senior BBIP 242 Jane Caldwell Lab 140 Mark Steinhardt Grn 35
Paul Smith LD 975 Stewart Lister BBIP 350 David Lewis Lab 293 Valerie Fulford C 169
Carole Ellis C 787 Elizabeth Ferguson BBIP 454 Paul Stekelis LD 121 Pauline Curl Lab 112
Ian Nicholls Lab 777 Michael Spavins C 439 Stuart Channon BBIP 214 Rodney Cottrell LD 167 Colin Grimley Grn 82
Carl Meader Lab 749 David Merry BBIP 481 Timothy Hill LD 132 Jagdish Singh C 132 Neil Foley Grn 29
Anita Gerard LD 784 James Valentine Lab 534 Katherine Alder BBIP 255 Barbara Purbrick C 158
Myrtle Stewardson LD 1,250 Glenn Farrar BBIP 477 Ralph Hall C 427 Richard Green BNP 223 David Williams Lab 166
William Clarke C 497 Sophia Stow LD 132 Rosemary Roome Lab 75
Douglas McMurdo BBIP 491 Richard Davison-Francis C 338 Michael Murphy LD 43 Yanina Jones Lab 34
Celia Hanbury C 560 Eric Evans BBIP 84 Gerald Elliott LD 77 Yvonne Anderson Lab 74
Anthony Hare Ind 372 Victor Wilson-MacCormack C 286 Martin Parker LD 231 Vivian Suter BBIP 221 Franca Garrick Lab 117
Gordon Willey LD 553 Roy Judge C 450 Leslie Walker BBIP 139 Adrien Beardmore Lab 109
Conservative 7,902 28.7% 5 councillors Liberal Democrat 6,706 24.4% 5 councillors Labour 5,170 18.8% 3 councillors Better Bedford Independent Party 5,163 18.8% 2 councillors Independents 2,154 7.8% 3 councillors British National Party 223 0.8% Green Party 186 0.7%
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.
Gary Summerfield LD 1,179 Mark Cathrall LD 949 Richard Holden C 823 Jeremy Jones C 580 Mark Smith Lab 704 John Stratton C 489 Gavin Harrison Grn 370
Victor Williams Ind 607 Dorothy Brown Lab 492 Peter Woodward C 344 David West Ind 127
Catherine Chapman C Unop.
David Smith C 549 Peter Vickers C 525 Margaret Bracey LD 399 Rose Forbes Lab 345 Anthony Baines LD 309 Alistair Costley Lab 305
Maurice Jones C 645 Patricia Rouse C 634 Jane Lawrence C 614 Bernard Briars Lab 594 Rex Skinner Lab 535 Hilary Broderick Lab 527 Gary Laver LD 268 Glenys Leach LD 238
David Lawrence C 335 Michael Cazaly C 331 Rebecca Kerfoot Lab 266 Kevin Merrett Lab 240 Stephen Hartwell LD 145
Anthony Rogers C 758 Paul Carne C 709 Pauline Livesey LD 537 David Devereux Lab 283
Kenneth Matthews C 737 Alan Bastable C 705 Alan Morris Lab 368 Laurence Pollock Lab 342
David Thompson C 335 Richard Ellis Grn 280
Andrew Lee LD 496 John Watton LD 440 Rowland Goodman C 376 Jack North C 330 Paul Griffiths Lab 294 Marina Torselli Grn 216
Dennis Gale C 1,012 James Gardner C 974 Stephen Male C 927 Heather Mallett Lab 574 Maurice Layton Lab 538 Glen Pullen Lab 534
Brian Golby LD 747 Andrew Langham C 108
Rodney Bowdidge C Unop. Neal Capon C Unop.
William Cliff LD 738 Sonia Sewell LD 588 Steven Dixon C 581 Philip Wright C 576 David Handscombe Lab 328
Darren Tysoe C 651 Simon Prince C 626 Elizabeth Rooney Lab 291 Richard Greenough Lab 286
Howard Lockey C 852 Martin Hawkins C 791 Bettina Fitt LD 469 Geoffrey Thorp Lab 272 Terry Shanahan Lab 267
Joanna Davison C Unop. Patricia Turner C Unop.
Doreen Gurney C 1,118 Anita Lewis C 1,096 John Lewis C 986 Patrick Heskins Lab 743
John Gurney Ind 691 Alistair Gammell C 553 Anthony Goss Ind 396 Paul Wheatley Grn 187
Peter Blaine LD 871 Max McMurdo Ind 722 Peter Aldis LD 637 Michael Scott C 370 Robert Smith C 325 Natasha Hetherington Lab 240 Drosten Fisher Lab 213
Lewis Birt C 802 Tony Brown C 769 Mark Chapman LD 670 Ashley Green C 639 Carolyn Devereux Lab 505
Rita Drinkwater C 864 Anthony Whiteman C 710 Andrea Wilson Lab 344 Janet Mallett Lab 306
Kathleen Keen C Unop.
John Street C 981 Brian Collier LD 978 John Saunders C 821 Peter Evans C 815
Andrew Rayment Ind 446 Jean Pullen Lab 83
Anthony Duggan C Unop.
Conservative 12,057 40.2% 35 councillors (7 unopposed) Liberal Democrat 7,497 25.0% 11 councillors Labour 6,358 21.2% 1 councillor Independents 2,992 10.0% 4 councillors Green Party 1,053 3.5%
One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Chiltern, Dunstable Central, Eaton Bray, Manshead, Stanbridge, Streatley or Toddington.
Raymond Berry C 378 Paul Weidner Lab 270 John Sullivan LD 193
Anthony Northwood LD 814 Mary Goldsmith C 290 Bernadette Morgan Lab 76
Anne Spencer C 892 Michael Fielding Lab 413 David Larkman LD 168
Sarah Bjelobaba C 403 Paul Record C 396 Susan Howard LD 320 Rosemary Lewis LD 303 Maurice Blackman Lab 211 Joyce Sandford Lab 209
Alan Shadolt C Unop.
Patrick Hamill C 575 Allan Witherick LD 514 Roger Turner Lab 245
Peter Swaisland C 649 Edward Keane Lab 386 Peter Hatswell LD 248
Marion Mustoe C 886 David Tooley Lab 379 Barry Basham LD 162
John Freeman LD 655 Branko Bjelobaba C 459
Duncan Ross Lab 642 Derrick Millington C 502 Elaine Morgan LD 201
David Jones LD 312 David Barker Lab 217 Christopher Pine C 113
Jeffrey Hall C 281 Peter McMorrow LD 208 Sara Harris Lab 180
Richard Walley C 659 Denis Sandford Lab 233 Rosalind Mennie LD 177
Henry Fried LD 729 Derek Packman C 585 Peter Palfrey Lab 241
Shirley Gilchrist LD 282 John Kinchella Lab 247 Deborah Hamill C 231
Ann Sparrow C 879 Raymond Harris Lab 305 Roderick Keyes LD 190
Conservative 7,782 45.8% 11 seats (1 unopposed) Liberal Democrat 5,173 30.4% 5 seats Labour 4,045 23.8% 1 seat