Local Election Results 2011
Bedford
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.
CastleWd = Castle Ward Independents
Other results for Bedford:
2009
2015
2019
2023
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
First preferences
| Dave Hodgson |
LD |
19966 |
37.7% |
| John Guthrie |
C |
17501 |
33.0% |
| Michelle Harris |
Lab |
11197 |
21.1% |
| Tony Hare |
Ind |
3133 |
5.9% |
| Greg Paszynski |
Grn |
1211 |
2.3% |
Run-off
| Dave Hodgson |
LD |
24291 |
55.7% |
| John Guthrie |
C |
19325 |
44.3% |
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
20036 |
36.5% |
12 |
| Labour |
14836 |
27.0% |
12 |
| Liberal Democrat |
13117 |
23.9% |
12 |
| Independent |
5336 |
9.7% |
3 |
| Castle Ward Independents |
758 |
1.4% |
1 |
| Green Party |
659 |
1.2% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
211 |
0.4% |
0 |
| Charles Royden |
LD |
2089 |
61.8% |
| Wendy Rider |
LD |
1795 |
|
| Oliver Richbell |
C |
857 |
25.4% |
| Paul Stonebridge |
C |
781 |
|
| Charles Baily |
Lab |
432 |
12.8% |
| Thoufique Ali |
Lab |
319 |
|
| Roger Rigby |
C |
1929 |
69.5% |
| Jon Gambold |
C |
1832 |
|
| Nicholas Luder |
Lab |
512 |
18.5% |
| Ashley Frith |
Lab |
434 |
|
| Stelios Mores |
LD |
334 |
12.0% |
| Stephen Rutherford |
LD |
213 |
|
| Apu Bagchi |
CastleWd |
758 |
34.6% |
| Caroline Fensome |
C |
571 |
26.1% |
| Shishum Miah |
C |
539 |
|
| Paul Ogden |
CastleWd |
486 |
|
| Chris Lowe |
Lab |
481 |
22.0% |
| Richard Johnson |
Lab |
477 |
|
| Mags Brady |
LD |
200 |
9.1% |
| Lucy Bywater |
Grn |
180 |
8.2% |
| John Ryan |
LD |
162 |
|
| Tony Upton |
Grn |
88 |
|
| Sue Oliver |
Lab |
1087 |
52.2% |
| Randolph Charles |
Lab |
1077 |
|
| Jake Sale |
LD |
537 |
25.8% |
| Kitty Sams |
C |
457 |
22.0% |
| Lynn Southwell |
LD |
449 |
|
| Amanda Murrell |
C |
414 |
|
| Jane Walker |
C |
837 |
59.3% |
| Jenni Jackson |
Lab |
437 |
30.9% |
| Matthew Anscomb |
LD |
138 |
9.8% |
| David Sawyer |
LD |
1072 |
44.8% |
| Henry Vann |
LD |
866 |
|
| Katherine Groves |
C |
786 |
32.9% |
| Adrian Lennox-Lamb |
C |
780 |
|
| Frank McMahon |
Lab |
406 |
17.0% |
| Jane Pritchard |
Lab |
396 |
|
| David Maxwell |
Grn |
128 |
5.4% |
| Sarah Holland |
LD |
613 |
64.3% |
| Martine Moon |
C |
195 |
20.5% |
| James Grady |
Lab |
145 |
15.2% |
| Tim Hill |
LD |
501 |
38.2% |
| Lynne Faulkner |
C |
434 |
33.1% |
| Tony Hare |
Ind |
203 |
15.5% |
| Sophie Sands |
Lab |
175 |
13.3% |
| Sylvia Gillard |
LD |
960 |
45.2% |
| Phil Merryman |
LD |
897 |
|
| Anthony Forth |
Lab |
620 |
29.2% |
| Hazera Forth |
Lab |
582 |
|
| John Robertson |
C |
542 |
25.5% |
| Gillian Rose |
C |
454 |
|
| Carole Ellis |
C |
1929 |
69.0% |
| Stephen Moon |
C |
1788 |
|
| John Dawson |
Lab |
463 |
16.6% |
| Samuel Goodby |
Lab |
407 |
|
| Sandra Thacker |
LD |
404 |
14.4% |
| Vanessa Holland |
LD |
372 |
|
| Colleen Atkins |
Lab |
1483 |
56.4% |
| Louise King |
Lab |
1065 |
|
| Mohammed Kabir |
C |
749 |
28.5% |
| Domenico Canzoneri |
C |
626 |
|
| Rosemary Bootiman |
LD |
223 |
8.5% |
| Paul Whitehead |
LD |
199 |
|
| Ben Foley |
Grn |
176 |
6.7% |
| Greg Paszynski |
Grn |
169 |
|
| Alison Foster |
C |
850 |
46.8% |
| Nick Charsley |
LD |
802 |
44.2% |
| Stephen Poole |
Lab |
163 |
9.0% |
| James Valentine |
Lab |
925 |
36.6% |
| Mohammed Nawaz |
Lab |
830 |
|
| Steve Collins |
C |
742 |
29.3% |
| Nicky Attenborough |
Ind |
707 |
28.0% |
| Robert Rigby |
C |
381 |
|
| Janet Trengrove |
LD |
155 |
6.1% |
| Johana Woodruff |
LD |
145 |
|
| Shan Hunt |
Lab |
652 |
56.8% |
| Allan Gough |
C |
417 |
36.3% |
| Neal Bath |
LD |
79 |
6.9% |
| Mark Smith |
C |
863 |
57.5% |
| Jim Weir |
Ind |
267 |
17.8% |
| Tim Caswell |
Lab |
259 |
17.3% |
| Samuel Fisk |
LD |
112 |
7.5% |
| Carl Meader |
Lab |
1021 |
75.6% |
| Richard Hyde |
C |
269 |
19.9% |
| Philip Standley |
LD |
60 |
4.4% |
| Will Hunt |
Lab |
624 |
53.8% |
| Robert Hamilton |
C |
473 |
40.8% |
| Michael Murphy |
LD |
63 |
5.4% |
| James Saunders |
Lab |
857 |
41.2% |
| Anita Gerard |
LD |
827 |
39.8% |
| Andrew Gerard |
LD |
808 |
|
| Abu Sultan |
Lab |
658 |
|
| Alex Agius |
C |
395 |
19.0% |
| Musla Uddin |
C |
298 |
|
| John Mingay |
C |
981 |
34.5% |
| Kristy Adams |
C |
884 |
|
| Gianni Carofano |
LD |
746 |
26.2% |
| Chris Leslie |
LD |
622 |
|
| Richard Crane |
Lab |
549 |
19.3% |
| June McDonald |
Lab |
464 |
|
| Ray Hostler |
Ind |
394 |
13.8% |
| Nick Wilde |
Grn |
175 |
6.2% |
| Pat Olney |
Ind |
1361 |
84.1% |
| Chrissie Holloway |
Lab |
149 |
9.2% |
| Jason Parmar |
LD |
109 |
6.7% |
| Michael Headley |
LD |
1849 |
58.2% |
| Sally Smith |
LD |
1450 |
|
| Susan Spratt |
C |
878 |
27.7% |
| Irfan Latif |
C |
664 |
|
| Franca Garrick |
Lab |
448 |
14.1% |
| David Lukes |
Lab |
425 |
|
| Mohammad Yasin |
Lab |
2114 |
55.6% |
| Mohammed Masud |
Lab |
1767 |
|
| Parvez Akhtar |
C |
1383 |
36.4% |
| Nurul Islam |
C |
898 |
|
| Shanoor Miah |
Ind |
186 |
4.9% |
| Richard Struck |
LD |
118 |
3.1% |
| Mahmud Rogers |
LD |
103 |
|
| Ian Clifton |
Ind |
1107 |
65.4% |
| Martin Towler |
C |
426 |
25.2% |
| Patrick Pollard |
Lab |
114 |
6.7% |
| Paul Stekelis |
LD |
45 |
2.7% |
| Doug McMurdo |
Ind |
1111 |
59.2% |
| Martin Quince |
C |
537 |
28.6% |
| Alistair Strathern |
Lab |
167 |
8.9% |
| Stephen Lawson |
LD |
62 |
3.3% |
| Graeme Coombes |
C |
766 |
64.1% |
| Susan Aykin |
Lab |
227 |
19.0% |
| Conrad Longmore |
LD |
202 |
16.9% |
| Paul Prescod |
LD |
617 |
38.4% |
| John Wheeler |
C |
609 |
37.9% |
| Bob Colman |
UKIP |
211 |
13.1% |
| Adrien Beardmore |
Lab |
168 |
10.5% |
| Tom Wootton |
C |
1161 |
76.4% |
| William Hilliard |
LD |
200 |
13.2% |
| Terry Carroll |
Lab |
158 |
10.4% |
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