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Local Election Results 2004

Bedford

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Carlton, Harrold, Oakley, Riseley, Roxton, Sharnbrook, Turvey or Wilshamstead.

ABC = Association of Bedfordshire Citizens
Bedford = Better Bedford Independent

Other results for Bedford: 2002 2003 2006 2007
By-elections for Bedford (may be incomplete): 17th October 2002 (Elected Mayor)
Results for Bedfordshire county council: 2005

Map of the resultsExport spreadsheet


Consolidated results — Bedford 2004

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 11488 32.3% 5
Liberal Democrat 9867 27.7% 5
Labour 8170 23.0% 6
Better Bedford Independent 3008 8.5% 1
Association of Bedfordshire Citizens 1661 4.7% 0
Independent 603 1.7% 1
UK Independence Party 523 1.5% 0
Green Party 227 0.6% 0
The Consensus 16 0.0% 0

Brickhill

Andrew McConnell C 1584 48.2%
Mark Fitzpatrick LD 1377 41.9%
Rebecca Chowdhury Lab 211 6.4%
Nicholas Pape ABC 117 3.6%

Bromham

James Ashby C 1582 66.4%
Stelios Mores LD 432 18.1%
Yanina Jones Lab 248 10.4%
Sarah Taylor ABC 122 5.1%

Castle [Bedford gain from C]

Peter Chiswell Bedford 1127 44.3%
Jane Caldwell Lab 624 24.5%
Pierrette Lob-Levyt LD 324 12.7%
Michael Williams C 303 11.9%
Glenn Farrar ABC 105 4.1%
Saul Keyworth Grn 62 2.4%

Cauldwell

Randolph Charles Lab 937 51.8%
Katherine Stacey C 393 21.7%
Barry Bentham LD 327 18.1%
Janet Bartram ABC 153 8.5%

Clapham [Ind gain from C]

Mollie Foster Ind 603 37.1%
Frederick Sparrow C 525 32.3%
Terence Carroll Lab 230 14.1%
Stephen Lawson LD 202 12.4%
Paul Dempsey ABC 66 4.1%

De Parys [C gain from LD]

Tarsem Paul C 748 42.7%
John Ryan LD 648 37.0%
Michael Mawson Bedford 178 10.2%
Marilyn Leask Lab 140 8.0%
Deba Choudhury ABC 36 2.1%

Eastcotts

Christine McHugh LD 569 61.5%
Paul Chetcuti C 267 28.9%
Franca Garrick Lab 47 5.1%
Vivian Suter ABC 42 4.5%

Goldington

Philip Merryman LD 1076 44.8%
Patrick Naughton Bedford 661 27.5%
Timothy Caswell Lab 313 13.0%
Alan Cassan C 303 12.6%
Francesca Ariano ABC 33 1.4%
Dirk Bruere C'sensus 16 0.7%

Great Barford

Robert Harrison C 1152 63.9%
Paul Stekelis LD 296 16.4%
Pauline Curl Lab 212 11.8%
Rita Robinson ABC 144 8.0%

Harpur

Colleen Atkins Lab 889 41.7%
Brian Dillingham C 638 29.9%
Alberto Thomas Bedford 285 13.4%
Melanie Parra-Whitehead LD 177 8.3%
Jennifer Foley Grn 113 5.3%
Brian Gibbons ABC 32 1.5%

Kempston East [Lab gain from C]

David Lewis Lab 707 42.8%
Eileen Whitmore C 454 27.5%
Mary Stupple Bedford 281 17.0%
Joan Slater LD 161 9.7%
Janet Suter ABC 50 3.0%

Kempston North

Ray Oliver Lab 611 43.3%
Mark Smith C 456 32.3%
Andrew Gerard LD 161 11.4%
Gurminder Singh Bedford 136 9.6%
Christine Richards ABC 48 3.4%

Kempston South

William Hunt Lab 804 45.1%
Jagdish Singh C 437 24.5%
Timothy Hill LD 348 19.5%
Barbara Lowden-Smith ABC 193 10.8%

Kingsbrook

Dave Hodgson LD 1067 52.4%
Elizabeth Luder Lab 551 27.1%
Barbara Purbrick C 280 13.8%
Charlene Tillotson ABC 138 6.8%

Newnham [LD gain from C]

Paul Whitehead LD 465 30.0%
Colin Crane C 461 29.8%
Edward Davey Bedford 340 22.0%
June McDonald Lab 203 13.1%
Chris Davies Grn 52 3.4%
Betty Stapleton ABC 27 1.7%

Putnoe

Linda Weerasirie LD 1277 43.6%
Peter Allen C 814 27.8%
Mark Adkin UKIP 523 17.8%
Charan Sekhon Lab 211 7.2%
Robert Wane ABC 105 3.6%

Queen's Park

Muhummad Khan Lab 1078 57.8%
Neal Bath LD 348 18.6%
Atul Sikand C 302 16.2%
Roland Warder ABC 138 7.4%

Wootton [C gain from Ind]

John Tait C 789 47.3%
Michael Murphy LD 612 36.7%
Adrien Beardmore Lab 154 9.2%
Stewart Lister ABC 112 6.7%

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