Local Election Results 2003
Bedford
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.
Bedford = Better Bedford Independent Party
Other results for Bedford:
2002
2004
2006
2007
By-elections for Bedford (may be incomplete): 17th October 2002 (Elected Mayor)
Results for Bedfordshire county council: 2005
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
7902 |
28.7% |
5 |
| Liberal Democrat |
6706 |
24.4% |
5 |
| Labour |
5170 |
18.8% |
3 |
| Better Bedford Independent |
5163 |
18.8% |
2 |
| Independent |
2154 |
7.8% |
3 |
| British National Party |
223 |
0.8% |
0 |
| Green Party |
186 |
0.7% |
0 |
| Lynne Faulkner |
C |
1191 |
45.0% |
| Paul Whitehead |
LD |
1003 |
37.9% |
| Roberto Bosco |
Bedford |
234 |
8.8% |
| Karl Sorembik |
Lab |
178 |
6.7% |
| Jennifer Foley |
Grn |
40 |
1.5% |
| Robert Rigby |
C |
1181 |
70.2% |
| Stephen Rutherford |
LD |
176 |
10.5% |
| Leslie Hunt |
Bedford |
175 |
10.4% |
| Arun Muzhi |
Lab |
151 |
9.0% |
| Jim Brandon |
Ind |
953 |
81.2% |
| Anthony Morris |
C |
108 |
9.2% |
| David Robertson |
LD |
63 |
5.4% |
| Stephen Poole |
Lab |
49 |
4.2% |
| Margaret Davey |
Bedford |
994 |
46.2% |
| Marilyn Leask |
Lab |
751 |
34.9% |
| Michael Williams |
C |
230 |
10.7% |
| Pierrette Lob-Levyt |
LD |
177 |
8.2% |
| Christopher Black |
Lab |
742 |
50.6% |
| Gurminder Dosanjh |
Bedford |
352 |
24.0% |
| Neal Bath |
LD |
206 |
14.1% |
| Denise Coates |
C |
166 |
11.3% |
| Tom Foster |
Ind |
633 |
48.1% |
| Judith Arnold |
C |
310 |
23.6% |
| John Creasey |
Ind |
196 |
14.9% |
| Terence Carroll |
Lab |
119 |
9.0% |
| Stephen Lawson |
LD |
57 |
4.3% |
| David Sawyer |
LD |
559 |
38.6% |
| Tarsem Paul |
C |
473 |
32.6% |
| Susannah Senior |
Bedford |
242 |
16.7% |
| Jane Caldwell |
Lab |
140 |
9.7% |
| Mark Steinhardt |
Grn |
35 |
2.4% |
| Paul Smith |
LD |
975 |
54.6% |
| Stewart Lister |
Bedford |
350 |
19.6% |
| David Lewis |
Lab |
293 |
16.4% |
| Valerie Fulford |
C |
169 |
9.5% |
| Carole Ellis |
C |
787 |
53.4% |
| Elizabeth Ferguson |
Bedford |
454 |
30.8% |
| Paul Stekelis |
LD |
121 |
8.2% |
| Pauline Curl |
Lab |
112 |
7.6% |
| Ian Nicholls |
Lab |
777 |
46.3% |
| Michael Spavins |
C |
439 |
26.1% |
| Stuart Channon |
Bedford |
214 |
12.7% |
| Rodney Cottrell |
LD |
167 |
9.9% |
| Colin Grimley |
Grn |
82 |
4.9% |
| Carl Meader |
Lab |
749 |
49.2% |
| David Merry |
Bedford |
481 |
31.6% |
| Timothy Hill |
LD |
132 |
8.7% |
| Jagdish Singh |
C |
132 |
8.7% |
| Neil Foley |
Grn |
29 |
1.9% |
| Anita Gerard |
LD |
784 |
45.3% |
| James Valentine |
Lab |
534 |
30.8% |
| Katherine Alder |
Bedford |
255 |
14.7% |
| Barbara Purbrick |
C |
158 |
9.1% |
| Myrtle Stewardson |
LD |
1250 |
49.2% |
| Glenn Farrar |
Bedford |
477 |
18.8% |
| Ralph Hall |
C |
427 |
16.8% |
| Richard Green |
BNP |
223 |
8.8% |
| David Williams |
Lab |
166 |
6.5% |
| William Clarke |
C |
497 |
70.6% |
| Sophia Stow |
LD |
132 |
18.8% |
| Rosemary Roome |
Lab |
75 |
10.7% |
| Douglas McMurdo |
Bedford |
491 |
54.2% |
| Richard Davison-Francis |
C |
338 |
37.3% |
| Michael Murphy |
LD |
43 |
4.7% |
| Yanina Jones |
Lab |
34 |
3.8% |
| Celia Hanbury |
C |
560 |
70.4% |
| Eric Evans |
Bedford |
84 |
10.6% |
| Gerald Elliott |
LD |
77 |
9.7% |
| Yvonne Anderson |
Lab |
74 |
9.3% |
| Anthony Hare |
Ind |
372 |
30.3% |
| Victor Wilson-MacCormack |
C |
286 |
23.3% |
| Martin Parker |
LD |
231 |
18.8% |
| Vivian Suter |
Bedford |
221 |
18.0% |
| Franca Garrick |
Lab |
117 |
9.5% |
| Gordon Willey |
LD |
553 |
44.2% |
| Roy Judge |
C |
450 |
36.0% |
| Leslie Walker |
Bedford |
139 |
11.1% |
| Adrien Beardmore |
Lab |
109 |
8.7% |
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