Local Election Results 2005
Bedfordshire
Whole council up for election on new division boundaries.
Results for district councils — Bedford 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
— Mid Bedfordshire 2003
2007
— South Bedfordshire 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
81732 |
42.8% |
36 |
| Liberal Democrat |
56390 |
29.5% |
9 |
| Labour |
45035 |
23.6% |
7 |
| Better Bedford Independent |
3526 |
1.8% |
0 |
| Green Party |
2888 |
1.5% |
0 |
| Independent |
1125 |
0.6% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
315 |
0.2% |
0 |
| Gary Summerfield |
LD |
2159 |
57.0% |
| Michael Gibson |
C |
1631 |
43.0% |
| Ian Shinglre |
LD |
1711 |
46.2% |
| Peter Parrish |
C |
1405 |
37.9% |
| David King |
Lab |
588 |
15.9% |
| David Lawrence |
C |
2884 |
39.3% |
| Madeline Russell |
C |
2820 |
|
| Bernard Briars |
Lab |
2588 |
35.3% |
| Rex Skinner |
Lab |
2485 |
|
| Margaret Bracey |
LD |
1866 |
25.4% |
| Gee Leach |
LD |
1543 |
|
| Peter Hand |
C |
2025 |
43.6% |
| Charles Royden |
LD |
1895 |
40.8% |
| Brian Anderson |
Lab |
729 |
15.7% |
| Roger Gwynne Jones |
C |
2067 |
53.6% |
| Yanina Jones |
Lab |
716 |
18.6% |
| Stelios Mores |
LD |
696 |
18.1% |
| Eileen Whitmore |
Ind |
374 |
9.7% |
| Bob Elford |
Lab |
1876 |
59.4% |
| Kitty Stacey |
C |
711 |
22.5% |
| Andrew Gerard |
LD |
569 |
18.0% |
| Jane Walker |
C |
2282 |
52.5% |
| Terence Carroll |
Lab |
1190 |
27.4% |
| Conrad Longmore |
LD |
874 |
20.1% |
| Roger Baker |
C |
1177 |
48.8% |
| Laurence Pollock |
Lab |
694 |
28.8% |
| Judith Cunningham |
LD |
540 |
22.4% |
| Tarsem Paul |
C |
1101 |
31.0% |
| Lynda Aylett-Green |
LD |
1005 |
28.3% |
| Margaret Davey |
Bedford |
684 |
19.2% |
| James Valentine |
Lab |
592 |
16.6% |
| Mark Steinhardt |
Grn |
175 |
4.9% |
| Gillian Howard |
C |
3121 |
48.3% |
| Jennifer Fairbairn |
C |
3076 |
|
| Michelle Henderson |
Lab |
1973 |
30.6% |
| Joy Shaw |
Lab |
1674 |
|
| David Larkman |
LD |
1363 |
21.1% |
| Sally Pointer |
LD |
1336 |
|
| Susan Gaszczak |
LD |
1356 |
41.2% |
| Richard Payne |
C |
1270 |
38.6% |
| Pauline Curl |
Lab |
557 |
16.9% |
| Mary Fogg |
Bedford |
108 |
3.3% |
| Victor Lee |
C |
1893 |
48.6% |
| John Watton |
LD |
1502 |
38.5% |
| Gareth Ellis |
Grn |
502 |
12.9% |
| Stephen Male |
C |
1916 |
48.6% |
| Isobel Mason |
LD |
915 |
23.2% |
| Adrian Beardmore |
Lab |
906 |
23.0% |
| Marina Torselli |
Grn |
207 |
5.2% |
| Sylvia Gillard |
LD |
1545 |
40.6% |
| Elizabeth Grugeon |
Lab |
1108 |
29.1% |
| Alan Casan |
C |
825 |
21.7% |
| Brian Endersby |
Bedford |
326 |
8.6% |
| Paul Record |
C |
1456 |
42.3% |
| Russell Goodchild |
LD |
1032 |
30.0% |
| Maurice Blackman |
Lab |
953 |
27.7% |
| Colleen Atkins |
Lab |
1435 |
43.6% |
| Brian Dillingham |
C |
947 |
28.8% |
| John Ryan |
LD |
530 |
16.1% |
| Stuart Channon |
Bedford |
196 |
6.0% |
| Jennifer Foley |
Grn |
183 |
5.6% |
| Phyllis Gershon |
C |
2641 |
53.5% |
| Nicholas Charsley |
LD |
1367 |
27.7% |
| Stephen Poole |
Lab |
931 |
18.8% |
| Susan Goodchild |
LD |
2619 |
41.5% |
| Jack Goodchild |
LD |
2530 |
|
| John Kinchella |
Lab |
2093 |
33.2% |
| David Barker |
Lab |
1930 |
|
| Christopher Pine |
C |
1597 |
25.3% |
| Geoffrey Thompson |
C |
1427 |
|
| Peter Swaisland |
C |
1430 |
45.2% |
| Janet Pantry |
Lab |
1145 |
36.2% |
| Peter Hatswell |
LD |
592 |
18.7% |
| Kay Burley |
Lab |
3724 |
41.6% |
| Ray Oliver |
Lab |
3571 |
|
| Mark Smith |
C |
2479 |
27.7% |
| Atul Sikand |
C |
1922 |
|
| Timothy Hill |
LD |
1409 |
15.8% |
| Joan Slater |
LD |
1297 |
|
| Marlies Branston |
Bedford |
802 |
9.0% |
| Christopher Davies |
Grn |
529 |
5.9% |
| David Reedman |
C |
1408 |
60.8% |
| David Gallagher |
LD |
633 |
27.3% |
| Ben Foley |
Grn |
275 |
11.9% |
| David Grugeon |
Lab |
1460 |
40.8% |
| Dave Hodgson |
LD |
1441 |
40.3% |
| Barbara Purbrick |
C |
676 |
18.9% |
| Tony Rogers |
C |
1903 |
43.6% |
| Neil Cliff |
LD |
1613 |
37.0% |
| David Devereux |
Lab |
848 |
19.4% |
| Roy Johnstone |
C |
2408 |
38.2% |
| Brian Spurr |
C |
2119 |
|
| Mark Freeman |
LD |
1986 |
31.5% |
| Adrian Heffernan |
Lab |
1902 |
30.2% |
| Stephen Owen |
LD |
1865 |
|
| Margaret Stannard |
Lab |
1579 |
|
| Bob King |
C |
1278 |
52.5% |
| Ian Booth |
LD |
1154 |
47.5% |
| Alan Carter |
C |
2097 |
52.1% |
| Mark Cathrall |
LD |
1134 |
28.2% |
| Julian Murray |
Lab |
797 |
19.8% |
| John Mingay |
C |
1241 |
28.9% |
| June McDonald |
Lab |
1070 |
24.9% |
| Anita Gerard |
LD |
947 |
22.0% |
| Edward Davey |
Bedford |
825 |
19.2% |
| Saul Keyworth |
Grn |
212 |
4.9% |
| Thomas Wootton |
C |
2657 |
60.6% |
| Paul Stekelis |
LD |
788 |
18.0% |
| Philip Otubanjo |
Lab |
589 |
13.4% |
| Mark Powell |
Grn |
350 |
8.0% |
| Duncan Ross |
Lab |
1444 |
46.9% |
| Sheroo Anklesaria |
C |
1021 |
33.2% |
| Lynda Walmsley |
LD |
613 |
19.9% |
| John Scott |
C |
2277 |
50.0% |
| Nigel Aldis |
LD |
1489 |
32.7% |
| Rose Forbes |
Lab |
792 |
17.4% |
| Paul Walley |
C |
2113 |
59.1% |
| Anthony Griffin |
LD |
1461 |
40.9% |
| Richard Baker |
C |
2015 |
52.5% |
| Patrick Heskins |
Lab |
930 |
24.2% |
| Brian Phillips |
LD |
896 |
23.3% |
| Rosemary Bootiman |
LD |
1989 |
42.6% |
| Ralph Hall |
C |
1647 |
35.3% |
| Mohammad Yasin |
Lab |
715 |
15.3% |
| Mark Adkin |
UKIP |
315 |
6.8% |
| Gordon Colling |
Lab |
1536 |
41.4% |
| Roger Rigby |
C |
823 |
22.2% |
| Neal Bath |
LD |
634 |
17.1% |
| Michael Bonito |
Bedford |
585 |
15.8% |
| Paul Wheatley |
Grn |
131 |
3.5% |
| Peter Blaine |
LD |
1863 |
45.0% |
| Doreen Gurney |
C |
1306 |
31.5% |
| Allister Dennis |
Lab |
773 |
18.7% |
| Oliver Campbell |
Grn |
198 |
4.8% |
| Robin Younger |
C |
1863 |
43.9% |
| Mark Chapman |
LD |
1422 |
33.5% |
| Carolyn Devereux |
Lab |
961 |
22.6% |
| Rita Drinkwater |
C |
2040 |
52.3% |
| Alison Graham |
LD |
1132 |
29.0% |
| Thoufique Ali |
Lab |
729 |
18.7% |
| Richard Stay |
C |
2691 |
65.1% |
| Javed Akhter |
Lab |
812 |
19.6% |
| Patricia Larkman |
LD |
631 |
15.3% |
| Brian Piggott |
C |
2815 |
72.9% |
| Raymond Harris |
Lab |
1048 |
27.1% |
| Brian Sadler |
C |
1563 |
42.7% |
| Peter Snelling |
LD |
1357 |
37.1% |
| Peter Palfrey |
Lab |
738 |
20.2% |
| John Saunders |
C |
2734 |
44.2% |
| John Street |
C |
2725 |
|
| Brian Collier |
LD |
1863 |
30.1% |
| Douglas Landman |
Lab |
1584 |
25.6% |
| Joseph Mayes |
Lab |
1343 |
|
| Trevor Barnes |
LD |
1137 |
|
| Rhys Goodwin |
C |
1871 |
55.4% |
| Edward Keane |
Lab |
771 |
22.8% |
| Shirley Gilchrist |
LD |
735 |
21.8% |
| Peter Hollick |
C |
1818 |
52.6% |
| Michael Rogers |
Lab |
945 |
27.3% |
| Alan Keyes |
LD |
569 |
16.5% |
| Gyl Campbell |
Grn |
126 |
3.6% |
| Lynne Faulkner |
C |
976 |
39.5% |
| Anthony Hare |
Ind |
751 |
30.4% |
| Malcolm Whiteman |
LD |
745 |
30.1% |
| Anthony Duggan |
C |
2536 |
46.4% |
| Brian Golby |
LD |
2137 |
39.1% |
| David Lewis |
Lab |
793 |
14.5% |
| Gordon Willey |
LD |
1613 |
59.5% |
| John Tait |
C |
1097 |
40.5% |
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