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Local Election Results 2015

Bedford

Whole council up for election.

Note:— The name of Elstow ward was changed to Elstow and Stewartby in January 2013.

CastleWd = Castle Ward Independents

Other results for Bedford: 2009 2011 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)

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Mayor of Bedford

First preferences

Dave Hodgson LD 25282 31.4%
Jas Parmar C 19417 24.1%
Tim Douglas Lab 15931 19.8%
Steve Lowe Ind 12833 15.9%
Adrian Haynes UKIP 7060 8.8%

Run-off

Dave Hodgson LD 35302 57.1%
Jas Parmar C 26513 42.9%

Consolidated results — Bedford 2015

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 32503 40.0% 15
Labour 20197 24.9% 14
Liberal Democrat 13969 17.2% 9
UK Independence Party 5381 6.6% 0
Green Party 5372 6.6% 0
Independent 3014 3.7% 2
Castle Ward Independents 753 0.9% 0

Brickhill (2)

Charles Royden LD 2123 47.1%
Wendy Rider LD 1882
Olly Richbell C 1231 27.3%
Rubina Shaikh C 892
Cathrine Ward Lab 775 17.2%
Robert Atkins Lab 755
Sara Browne Grn 382 8.5%

Bromham and Biddenham (2)

Roger Rigby C 2730 71.0%
Jon Gambold C 2393
Elizabeth Luder Lab 680 17.7%
Ashley Frith Lab 638
Stelios Mores LD 436 11.3%
Stephen Rutherford LD 265

Castle (2) [1 Lab gain from CastleWd]

David Fletcher C 978 29.0%
Luigi Reale Lab 853 25.3%
Shish Miah C 774
Apu Bagchi CastleWd 753 22.4%
Mashuk Ullah Lab 698
Caroline Fensome CastleWd 678
Lucy Bywater Grn 539 16.0%
Ben Foley Grn 390
Mahmud Rogers LD 181 5.4%
Richard Rogers LD 140
Ameer Mohammed Ind 64 1.9%

Cauldwell (2)

Randolph Charles Lab 1762 51.9%
Sue Oliver Lab 1559
Darren Russell C 670 19.7%
Nurul Islam C 590
Janet Culley UKIP 477 14.1%
Esin Esat Grn 228 6.7%
Jake Sale LD 216 6.4%
Mohammad Sabir Rahman LD 153
Aleksandr Zabolotnov Ind 42 1.2%

Clapham

Jane Walker C 1140 49.5%
Jenni Jackson Lab 511 22.2%
Peter Lund-Conlon UKIP 420 18.2%
Sarah Mingay Grn 124 5.4%
John Ryan LD 108 4.7%

De Parys (2)

Henry Vann LD 1040 32.2%
David Sawyer LD 1007
Adrian Lennox-Lamb C 948 29.4%
Robin Illingworth C 937
Monika Golebiewska Lab 573 17.8%
Louise Whatham Lab 509
John Lathaen UKIP 342 10.6%
Alex Charlton Grn 224 6.9%
Alex Willmott Grn 176
John Lloyd Ind 99 3.1%

Eastcotts

Sarah Holland LD 804 47.7%
Michael Abbott C 539 32.0%
James Grady Lab 344 20.4%

Elstow and Stewartby

Tim Hill LD 941 46.6%
Margaret Turner C 565 28.0%
Susan Hoskin Lab 355 17.6%
Tony Hare Ind 158 7.8%

Goldington (2) [2 Lab gains from LD]

Anthony Forth Lab 1291 31.8%
Jade Uko Lab 961
Phillippa Martin-Moran C 945 23.3%
Lorna Marchant LD 942 23.2%
Richard Harrison LD 874
Adrian Haynes UKIP 663 16.3%
Zulika Wightman C 564
Brant Tilds Grn 218 5.4%

Great Barford (2)

Stephen Moon C 2615 63.3%
Sheryl Corp C 2242
Stephen Lawson LD 785 19.0%
Mark Bowler Grn 732 17.7%
Paul Stekelis LD 634

Harpur (2)

Colleen Atkins Lab 1793 49.8%
Louise King Lab 1316
Andrea Spice C 775 21.5%
Sanjit Kaur Gill Chowdrey C 541
Derek Few UKIP 323 9.0%
David Allen Ind 272 7.6%
Paul Whitehead LD 224 6.2%
Jen Foley Grn 210 5.8%
Ripal Patel LD 175
Racheall Monton Grn 153

Harrold

Alison Foster C 1762 74.6%
Gary Lloyd Grn 377 16.0%
Joy Winder LD 223 9.4%

Kempston Central and East (2) [1 C gain from Lab]

Anthony Boutall C 1210 34.0%
Mohammed Nawaz Lab 1034 29.1%
James Valentine Lab 1028
Kuldip Singh C 769
Nicky Attenborough UKIP 764 21.5%
Richard Baker Grn 304 8.5%
Terry Gasson LD 245 6.9%
Bipin Shah LD 158

Kempston North

Shan Hunt Lab 870 47.1%
Matt McCarthy C 810 43.8%
Alex Jones Grn 120 6.5%
Mamun Islam LD 48 2.6%

Kempston Rural

Mark Smith C 2074 70.1%
Shah Miah Lab 540 18.3%
Conrad Longmore LD 343 11.6%

Kempston South

Carl Meader Lab 1471 69.3%
Sarah King McGee C 545 25.7%
Tim Crowhurst Grn 54 2.5%
Philip Standley LD 53 2.5%

Kempston West

Will Hunt Lab 956 42.6%
Ryan Gray C 746 33.2%
Peter Hull UKIP 332 14.8%
Rosemary Wright Grn 112 5.0%
Simon Hart LD 99 4.4%

Kingsbrook (2)

James Saunders Lab 1461 38.6%
Anita Gerard LD 923 24.4%
Abu Sultan Lab 848
Becky Guynn LD 751
Chris Billington UKIP 603 15.9%
Martine Moon C 554 14.6%
Shekh Sayed C 456
Lynn Herron Grn 242 6.4%

Newnham (2)

John Mingay C 1516 37.0%
Giovanni Carofano C 1143
Margaret Badley Lab 976 23.8%
June McDonald Lab 749
Gordon Willey LD 666 16.3%
Dean Crofts LD 648
John Robertson UKIP 382 9.3%
Domenico Canzoneri UKIP 361
Janice Jones Grn 328 8.0%
Saverio Bongo Ind 228 5.6%
George Murphy Grn 200

Oakley

Patricia Olney Ind 955 41.2%
Ade Clewlow C 914 39.4%
Sebastian Sharpe UKIP 171 7.4%
Anne Saunders Lab 152 6.6%
Daniel Norton LD 84 3.6%
David Mingay Grn 42 1.8%

Putnoe (2)

Michael Headley LD 2014 46.6%
Rosemary Bootiman LD 1578
Peter Allen C 1447 33.5%
Susan Spratt C 1105
Ceciliah Chigwada Lab 588 13.6%
Graham Tranquada Lab 533
Rosie Layton Grn 275 6.4%

Queens Park (2)

Mohammad Yasin Lab 2062 54.9%
Mohammed Masud Lab 1947
Balal Shah C 1262 33.6%
Muzakkir Khan C 965
Hannah Jones Grn 297 7.9%
Dorothea Rogers LD 138 3.7%
Richard Struck LD 108

Riseley [C gain from Ind]

Martin Towler C 1206 58.0%
James Timkey UKIP 344 16.5%
John Dawson Lab 235 11.3%
Eileen Whitmore Ind 154 7.4%
Patrick Solomon LD 142 6.8%

Sharnbrook

Doug McMurdo Ind 1042 42.5%
Robert Tickle C 886 36.2%
Susan Aykin Lab 266 10.9%
Elisabeth Evershed Grn 158 6.4%
Janet Trengrove LD 98 4.0%

Wilshamstead

Graeme Coombes C 1698 72.8%
Akm Masum Lab 383 16.4%
Steve Mason LD 252 10.8%

Wootton [C gain from LD]

John Wheeler C 1119 42.9%
Bill Hall UKIP 560 21.5%
Gareth Lloyd LD 525 20.1%
Ali Askor Lab 266 10.2%
Carlos Linnett Grn 138 5.3%

Wyboston

Tom Wootton C 1618 73.5%
Martin Kavanagh LD 316 14.4%
Lisa Bradbury Grn 268 12.2%

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