Local Election Results 2023
Bedford
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.
Other results for Bedford:
2009
2011
2015
2019
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
| Tom Wootton |
C |
15747 |
33.1% |
| Dave Hodgson |
LD |
15602 |
32.8% |
| Saqhib Ali |
Lab |
11568 |
24.3% |
| Adrian Spurrell |
Grn |
3795 |
8.0% |
| Alberto Thomas |
Heritage |
887 |
1.9% |
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
14623 |
29.2% |
14 |
| Labour |
13365 |
26.6% |
14 |
| Liberal Democrat |
12848 |
25.6% |
13 |
| Green Party |
5469 |
10.9% |
3 |
| Independent |
3530 |
7.0% |
2 |
| Reform UK |
310 |
0.6% |
0 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
6 |
0.0% |
0 |
| Communist Party of Britain |
5 |
0.0% |
0 |
| Jon Gambold |
C |
442 |
44.4% |
| Adrian Spurrell |
Grn |
423 |
42.5% |
| Christopher Howes |
Lab |
90 |
9.0% |
| Stelios Mores |
LD |
40 |
4.0% |
| Charles Royden |
LD |
1208 |
49.0% |
| Wendy Rider |
LD |
1201 |
|
| Gill Scott |
C |
645 |
26.2% |
| Sharon Thompson |
C |
609 |
|
| Elizabeth Pugsley |
Lab |
380 |
15.4% |
| Warwick MacKie |
Lab |
352 |
|
| Stephen Bywater |
Grn |
232 |
9.4% |
| Robert Rigby |
C |
1061 |
43.4% |
| Dylan Simmons |
C |
1055 |
|
| Richard Jones |
LD |
449 |
18.4% |
| Gordon Charlton |
Lab |
419 |
17.2% |
| Ashley Frith |
Lab |
383 |
|
| Kathryn Hill |
Grn |
320 |
13.1% |
| Stephen Rutherford |
LD |
230 |
|
| Kathy Wallis |
RUK |
194 |
7.9% |
| Lucy Bywater |
Grn |
1689 |
53.2% |
| Paul Edmonds |
Grn |
1157 |
|
| Sam Blacklaws |
Lab |
626 |
19.7% |
| Hilde Hendrickx |
LD |
566 |
17.8% |
| Tom Pattinson |
LD |
348 |
|
| Simon Briggs |
C |
295 |
9.3% |
| Josh Walker |
C |
284 |
|
| Fouzia Atiq |
Lab |
1331 |
57.1% |
| Abu Sultan |
Lab |
1137 |
|
| Harish Thapar |
Lab |
1127 |
|
| Suresh Sunda |
C |
498 |
21.4% |
| Spenser Groves |
C |
433 |
|
| Ionut Milea |
C |
388 |
|
| Charlotte Bagnall |
LD |
279 |
12.0% |
| Eve McGrath |
LD |
240 |
|
| Susan Throssell |
Grn |
224 |
9.6% |
| Tristan Steyn |
LD |
173 |
|
| Jane Walker |
C |
1101 |
48.5% |
| Jonathan Abbott |
LD |
808 |
35.6% |
| Phillipa Simms |
C |
795 |
|
| John Manning |
LD |
539 |
|
| June McDonald |
Lab |
200 |
8.8% |
| Thoufique Ali |
Lab |
175 |
|
| Lynne Gray |
Grn |
163 |
7.2% |
| Henry Vann |
LD |
1044 |
53.1% |
| David Sawyer |
LD |
968 |
|
| Jason Gordon |
C |
369 |
18.8% |
| Freddie Linsley |
C |
347 |
|
| Shaun Bowman |
Lab |
322 |
16.4% |
| Mohammad Islam |
Lab |
268 |
|
| Harrison Marley |
Grn |
230 |
11.7% |
| Timothy Caswell |
LD |
792 |
42.2% |
| Christine McHugh |
LD |
729 |
|
| Shane Kelly |
Lab |
578 |
30.8% |
| Cathrine Ward |
Lab |
505 |
|
| Bernard Jones |
C |
257 |
13.7% |
| Philippa Fleming |
Grn |
136 |
7.2% |
| Adrian Haynes |
RUK |
116 |
6.2% |
| Phillippa Martin-Moran-Bryant |
C |
781 |
69.9% |
| Toby Waltham |
Grn |
160 |
14.3% |
| Malcolm Smith |
LD |
103 |
9.2% |
| Harvey Stimson |
Lab |
73 |
6.5% |
| Jim Weir |
C |
623 |
57.1% |
| Joanna Szaub-Newton |
LD |
295 |
27.0% |
| Mohammad Teahleel |
Lab |
132 |
12.1% |
| Tim Crowhurst |
Grn |
42 |
3.8% |
| Ben Foley |
Grn |
274 |
36.2% |
| Sudesh Rani |
Lab |
223 |
29.5% |
| Syedur Rahman |
Ind |
144 |
19.0% |
| Karen Boyes |
C |
67 |
8.9% |
| Nigel Spencer |
LD |
43 |
5.7% |
| Paul Mannion |
TUSC |
6 |
0.8% |
| Colleen Atkins |
Lab |
1178 |
57.2% |
| Zara Layne |
Lab |
977 |
|
| Steve Spring |
C |
302 |
14.7% |
| Elizabeth Akinwande |
C |
276 |
|
| David Allen |
Ind |
258 |
12.5% |
| Jonathan Westwood |
Grn |
165 |
8.0% |
| Barry Freeman |
Grn |
160 |
|
| Martin Kavanagh |
LD |
158 |
7.7% |
| Patricia Wood |
LD |
128 |
|
| Alison Foster |
C |
789 |
60.6% |
| James Thomson |
LD |
190 |
14.6% |
| David Bevan |
Lab |
164 |
12.6% |
| Niamh Lynch |
Grn |
160 |
12.3% |
| Mohammed Nawaz |
Lab |
907 |
46.2% |
| Caroline White |
Lab |
875 |
|
| Jas Parmar |
LD |
612 |
31.1% |
| Louise Crofts |
LD |
429 |
|
| Joseph Johnson |
C |
276 |
14.0% |
| Simran Nahar |
C |
224 |
|
| Mark Brown |
Grn |
170 |
8.7% |
| Sue Oliver |
Lab |
665 |
64.8% |
| Elizabeth Hedison |
C |
233 |
22.7% |
| Laura Fitzgerald |
Grn |
78 |
7.6% |
| Bipinchandra Shah |
LD |
50 |
4.9% |
| Carl Meader |
Lab |
902 |
82.8% |
| Barry Ryan |
C |
113 |
10.4% |
| Janet Trengrove |
LD |
44 |
4.0% |
| Sanjay Patel |
Grn |
31 |
2.8% |
| James Valentine |
Lab |
615 |
68.6% |
| Elizabeth Wootton |
C |
191 |
21.3% |
| Paramjeet Kaur |
LD |
60 |
6.7% |
| James Long |
Grn |
26 |
2.9% |
| Markus Keaney |
Comm |
5 |
0.6% |
| Dean Crofts |
LD |
879 |
38.6% |
| Ralley Rahman |
Lab |
805 |
35.4% |
| Mashuk Ullah |
Lab |
776 |
|
| Henna Khanum |
LD |
701 |
|
| Caroline Fensome |
C |
405 |
17.8% |
| Sharanjit Kaur Sira |
C |
309 |
|
| Nick Meek |
Grn |
187 |
8.2% |
| Michael Headley |
LD |
1638 |
58.5% |
| Max Royden |
LD |
1380 |
|
| Katherine Groves |
C |
581 |
20.8% |
| Martin MacPherson-Lawley |
C |
495 |
|
| Wendie Harvey |
Lab |
336 |
12.0% |
| Geoffrey Pearce |
Lab |
275 |
|
| Jen Feneley |
Grn |
245 |
8.8% |
| Nesreen Akhtar |
Lab |
1604 |
46.2% |
| Mohammed Masud |
Lab |
1484 |
|
| Mohammed Din |
Lab |
1433 |
|
| Mohammad Rafi |
Ind |
1349 |
38.8% |
| Zaffar Iqbal |
Ind |
1042 |
|
| Gulam Monowar |
Ind |
803 |
|
| Ishtiaq Ahmed |
Ind |
248 |
|
| Sydney Campbell |
LD |
193 |
5.6% |
| Jennifer Wootton |
C |
182 |
5.2% |
| Peter Davis |
C |
163 |
|
| Kelvin Plomer |
Grn |
146 |
4.2% |
| Verity Wootton |
C |
146 |
|
| James Baggaley |
LD |
133 |
|
| Rashid Rogers |
LD |
73 |
|
| Nicola Gribble |
Ind |
564 |
49.6% |
| Fiona Cardinale |
C |
397 |
34.9% |
| Melanie Purves |
Lab |
98 |
8.6% |
| Conrad Longmore |
LD |
78 |
6.9% |
| Martin Towler |
C |
865 |
62.1% |
| Min Rodriguez |
Lab |
265 |
19.0% |
| Joanne Hill |
Grn |
142 |
10.2% |
| Lorna Marchant |
LD |
121 |
8.7% |
| Billy Thompson |
LD |
524 |
55.4% |
| John Robertson |
C |
223 |
23.6% |
| Neil Mann |
Lab |
143 |
15.1% |
| Daniel Stachowiak |
Grn |
56 |
5.9% |
| Doug McMurdo |
Ind |
946 |
67.0% |
| Douglas Hansen-Luke |
C |
252 |
17.9% |
| Thomas McEwan |
Lab |
123 |
8.7% |
| Paul Stekelis |
LD |
90 |
6.4% |
| Leigh Coombs |
LD |
652 |
38.8% |
| Sarah-Jayne Gallagher |
C |
605 |
36.0% |
| Stephen Bowering |
LD |
529 |
|
| Sam Holland |
C |
419 |
|
| Ali Akbor |
Lab |
253 |
15.1% |
| Mansoor Nasir |
Lab |
204 |
|
| Richard Baker |
Grn |
170 |
10.1% |
| Graeme Coombes |
C |
1307 |
43.4% |
| Marc Frost |
C |
1129 |
|
| Andrea Spice |
C |
969 |
|
| Linda Jack |
LD |
918 |
30.5% |
| John Symonds |
LD |
868 |
|
| Sachdev Goldi |
LD |
829 |
|
| Steve Conway |
Lab |
516 |
17.1% |
| Terri Conway |
Lab |
511 |
|
| Amir Khan |
Lab |
448 |
|
| Lee Melville |
Ind |
269 |
8.9% |
| John Wheeler |
C |
885 |
43.4% |
| Susan Abood |
LD |
858 |
42.1% |
| Peter Stephens |
LD |
848 |
|
| Tristan Tyerman |
C |
652 |
|
| John Dawson |
Lab |
296 |
14.5% |
| Hamayun Shaid |
Lab |
268 |
|
| Tom Wootton |
C |
878 |
76.0% |
| Thomas Townsend |
LD |
156 |
13.5% |
| Ian Nicholls |
Lab |
121 |
10.5% |
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