Local Election Results 2009
Bedford
New unitary council up for election.
Other results for Bedford:
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2015
2019
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By-elections for Bedford (may be incomplete): 15th October 2009 (Elected Mayor)
— 10th December 2009 (Kingsbrook)
— 24th June 2010 (Kempston N.)
— 22nd May 2014 (Putnoe)
— 29th June 2023 (Wyboston)
— 2nd May 2024 (Riverfield)
— 4th July 2024 (Wyboston)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
18213 |
35.8% |
9 |
| Liberal Democrat |
12851 |
25.3% |
13 |
| Labour |
9326 |
18.4% |
7 |
| Independent |
7767 |
15.3% |
7 |
| UK Independence Party |
1235 |
2.4% |
0 |
| Green Party |
1121 |
2.2% |
0 |
| British National Party |
299 |
0.6% |
0 |
| Charles Royden |
LD |
1755 |
50.9% |
| Wendy Rider |
LD |
1576 |
|
| John Keech |
C |
1065 |
30.9% |
| Barry Monk |
C |
912 |
|
| Nigel Haughton |
UKIP |
393 |
11.4% |
| Hazel Mitchell |
Lab |
236 |
6.8% |
| Brian Anderson |
Lab |
230 |
|
| Roger Rigby |
C |
1717 |
55.7% |
| Roger Jones |
C |
1513 |
|
| Jim Weir |
Ind |
635 |
20.6% |
| Stelios Mores |
LD |
450 |
14.6% |
| Stephen Rutherford |
LD |
283 |
|
| Nicholas Luder |
Lab |
281 |
9.1% |
| John Dawson |
Lab |
210 |
|
| Jim Brandon |
Ind |
759 |
58.3% |
| Nigel Sparrow |
C |
347 |
26.6% |
| Hilary Ryan |
LD |
128 |
9.8% |
| Stephen Poole |
Lab |
69 |
5.3% |
| Apu Bagchi |
Ind |
1058 |
39.4% |
| Margaret Davey |
Ind |
976 |
|
| David Fletcher |
C |
661 |
24.6% |
| Andrew McConnell |
C |
564 |
|
| Lucy Bywater |
Grn |
386 |
14.4% |
| Chris Lowe |
Lab |
382 |
14.2% |
| Laurie Evans |
Lab |
331 |
|
| Janet Trengrove |
LD |
201 |
7.5% |
| Johana Woodruff |
LD |
163 |
|
| Randolph Charles |
Lab |
803 |
32.9% |
| Sue Oliver |
Lab |
710 |
|
| Kitty Sams |
C |
656 |
26.9% |
| Michael Bonito |
LD |
611 |
25.0% |
| Andrew Gerard |
LD |
593 |
|
| Oliver Richbell |
C |
530 |
|
| Bob Elford |
Ind |
186 |
7.6% |
| Boss Bentham |
Grn |
184 |
7.5% |
| Jane Walker |
C |
1014 |
52.9% |
| Simon Hart |
LD |
335 |
17.5% |
| Robin Johnstone |
BNP |
299 |
15.6% |
| Jennifer Jackson |
Lab |
270 |
14.1% |
| David Sawyer |
LD |
957 |
56.2% |
| Robert Rigby |
C |
574 |
33.7% |
| Frank McMahon |
Lab |
173 |
10.2% |
| Sarah Holland |
LD |
599 |
60.3% |
| Colin Crane |
C |
333 |
33.5% |
| Catherine Moorhouse |
Lab |
61 |
6.1% |
| Sylvia Gillard |
LD |
1107 |
52.2% |
| Phil Merryman |
LD |
1049 |
|
| Gillian Rose |
C |
715 |
33.7% |
| Paul Stonebridge |
C |
682 |
|
| Rosemary Roome |
Lab |
299 |
14.1% |
| Franca Garrick |
Lab |
290 |
|
| Carole Ellis |
C |
1202 |
53.3% |
| Robert Harrison |
Ind |
686 |
30.4% |
| Paul Stekelis |
LD |
233 |
10.3% |
| Anne Saunders |
Lab |
136 |
6.0% |
| Colleen Atkins |
Lab |
1065 |
42.6% |
| Brian Dillingham |
C |
921 |
36.9% |
| Mohammed Kabir |
C |
819 |
|
| Elizabeth Luder |
Lab |
697 |
|
| Rosemary Bootiman |
LD |
260 |
10.4% |
| Ben Foley |
Grn |
253 |
10.1% |
| John Ryan |
LD |
203 |
|
| David Maxwell |
Grn |
177 |
|
| Nick Charsley |
LD |
748 |
55.7% |
| Tricia Storer |
C |
549 |
40.9% |
| Roger Jackson |
Lab |
46 |
3.4% |
| Nicky Attenborough |
C |
739 |
48.9% |
| Kay Burley |
Lab |
540 |
35.8% |
| Neal Bath |
LD |
231 |
15.3% |
| Ray Oliver |
Lab |
641 |
43.2% |
| Martin Quince |
C |
618 |
41.6% |
| Stephen Lawson |
LD |
225 |
15.2% |
| Carl Meader |
Lab |
1271 |
56.1% |
| Will Hunt |
Lab |
1099 |
|
| Steven Collins |
C |
758 |
33.5% |
| Michele Collins |
C |
723 |
|
| Michael Murphy |
LD |
235 |
10.4% |
| Jeannette Goauder |
LD |
184 |
|
| Dave Hodgson |
LD |
866 |
46.3% |
| Anita Gerard |
LD |
861 |
|
| Margaret Bailey |
Lab |
452 |
24.1% |
| James Saunders |
Lab |
412 |
|
| Catherine Dale |
C |
381 |
20.4% |
| Lewis Williams |
C |
293 |
|
| Paul Taylor |
Grn |
173 |
9.2% |
| Tony Upton |
Grn |
170 |
|
| John Mingay |
C |
638 |
38.0% |
| Lynda Aylett-Green |
LD |
478 |
28.4% |
| Ray Hostler |
Ind |
378 |
22.5% |
| Richard Crane |
Lab |
187 |
11.1% |
| Pat Olney |
Ind |
597 |
67.2% |
| Mollie Foster |
C |
220 |
24.7% |
| Michael McGowran |
LD |
40 |
4.5% |
| Terence Carroll |
Lab |
32 |
3.6% |
| Michael Headley |
LD |
1804 |
48.8% |
| Sallyanne Smith |
LD |
1524 |
|
| Robert Hamilton |
C |
905 |
24.5% |
| Averil Watson |
C |
815 |
|
| Mark Adkin |
UKIP |
482 |
13.0% |
| Myrtle Stewardson |
Ind |
282 |
7.6% |
| David Lukes |
Lab |
226 |
6.1% |
| Alan Neate |
Lab |
196 |
|
| Mohammad Yasin |
Lab |
1698 |
55.0% |
| Parvez Akhtar |
C |
1144 |
37.1% |
| Justina McLennan |
Grn |
125 |
4.1% |
| Richard Struck |
LD |
119 |
3.9% |
| Ian Clifton |
Ind |
952 |
73.1% |
| Freya Morgan |
C |
249 |
19.1% |
| Benjamin Clackson |
LD |
53 |
4.1% |
| Paddy Pollard |
Lab |
49 |
3.8% |
| Tom Wootton |
C |
636 |
52.3% |
| Veronica Zwetsloot |
Ind |
455 |
37.4% |
| Rosalind Birtwistle |
LD |
80 |
6.6% |
| Alistair Strathern |
Lab |
44 |
3.6% |
| Doug McMurdo |
Ind |
752 |
56.5% |
| Michael Hurley |
C |
486 |
36.5% |
| Jacqueline Smithson |
LD |
53 |
4.0% |
| Christina Holloway |
Lab |
40 |
3.0% |
| Mark Smith |
C |
672 |
67.9% |
| Gordon Willey |
LD |
233 |
23.5% |
| Roger Barson |
Lab |
85 |
8.6% |
| Barry Huckle |
Ind |
772 |
46.1% |
| Lynne Faulkner |
C |
619 |
37.0% |
| Charles Baily |
Lab |
153 |
9.1% |
| Conrad Longmore |
LD |
131 |
7.8% |
| Judith Cunningham |
LD |
919 |
45.6% |
| Tim Hill |
LD |
770 |
|
| John Wheeler |
C |
394 |
19.6% |
| Bill Hall |
UKIP |
360 |
17.9% |
| Robert Colman |
UKIP |
352 |
|
| Zahida Demetri |
C |
302 |
|
| Paul Prescod |
Ind |
255 |
12.7% |
| Adrien Beardmore |
Lab |
87 |
4.3% |
| Tammy Lowe |
Lab |
66 |
|
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