2011 Bedford Borough Council election

The 2011 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Bedford Borough Council in Bedfordshire, England. All 40 seats of the council were up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council (with change) was:

Labour 12 (+5)
Liberal Democrat 12 (−1)
Conservative 12 (+4)
Independent 4 (−4)

Results

Individual gains and losses are not given due to boundary changes.

Bedford Local Election Result 2011^[1]^[2]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	12	+4	36.63	30,375
Labour	12	+5	28.63	23,737
Liberal Democrats	12	-1	25.54	21,179
Independent	4	-4	7.80	6470
Green	0		1.14	946
UKIP	0		0.25	211

By ward

Elected candidates in bold.

In multi-member wards, "majority" is the margin of votes between the lowest placed elected candidate and the highest placed non-elected candidate.

Brickhill

Brickhill^[2] (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Royden*	2,089	61.46
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Rider*	1,795	52.81
	Conservative	Oliver Richbell	857	25.21
	Conservative	Paul Stonebridge	781	22.98
	Labour	Charles Baily	432	12.71
	Labour	Thoufique Ali	319	9.39
Majority			938	27.60
Turnout			3,469	53
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bromham and Biddenham

Bromham and Biddenham^[2] (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Rigby*	1,929	66.27
	Conservative	Jon Gambold	1,832	62.93
	Labour	Nicholas Luder	512	17.59
	Labour	Ashley Frith	434	14.91
	Liberal Democrats	Stelios Mores	334	11.47
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Rutherford	213	7.32
Majority			1,320	45.34
Turnout			2,947	52
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Castle

Castle^[2] (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Apu Bagchi*	758	34.01
	Conservative	Caroline Fensome	571	25.62
	Conservative	Shishum Miah	539	24.18
	Independent	Paul Ogden	486	21.80
	Labour	Chris Lowe	481	21.58
	Labour	Richard Johnson	477	21.40
	Liberal Democrats	Mags Brady	200	8.97
	Green	Lucy Bywater	180	8.08
	Liberal Democrats	John Ryan	162	7.27
	Green	Tony Upton	88	3.95
Majority			32	1.44
Turnout			2,264	43
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Cauldwell

Cauldwell (two councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sue Oliver*	1,087	46.77
	Labour	Randolph Charles*	1,077	46.34
	Liberal Democrats	Jake Sale	537	23.11
	Conservative	Kitty Sams	457	19.66
	Liberal Democrats	Lynn Southwell	449	19.32
	Conservative	Amanda Murrell	414	17.81
Majority			540	23.23
Turnout			2,359	37
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Clapham

Clapham (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jane Walker*	837	59.28
	Labour	Jenni Jackson	437	30.95
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Anscomb	138	9.77
Majority			400	28.33
Turnout			1,432	43
	Conservative win (new seat)

De Parys

De Parys (two councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Sawyer*	1,072	44.74
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Vann	876	36.56
	Conservative	Katherine Groves	786	32.80
	Conservative	Adrian Lennox-Lamb	780	32.55
	Labour	Frank McMahon	406	16.94
	Labour	Jane Pritchard	396	16.53
	Green	David Maxwell	128	5.34
Majority			90	3.76
Turnout			2,421	43
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Eastcotts

Eastcotts (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Holland*	613	64.32
	Conservative	Martine Moon	195	20.46
	Labour	James Grady	145	15.22
Majority			418	43.86
Turnout			960	42
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Elstow

Elstow (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Hill*	501	38.16
	Conservative	Lynne Faulkner	434	33.05
	Independent	Tony Hare	203	15.46
	Labour	Sophie Sands	175	13.33
Majority			67	5.11
Turnout			1321	44
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Goldington

Goldington (two councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Gillard*	960	43.32
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Merryman*	897	40.48
	Labour	Anthony Forth	620	27.98
	Labour	Hazera Forth	582	26.26
	Conservative	John Robertson	542	24.46
	Conservative	Gillian Rose	454	20.49
Majority			277	12.50
Turnout			2,247	37
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Great Barford

Great Barford (two councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Carole Ellis*	1,929	68.57
	Conservative	Stephen Moon	1,788	63.56
	Labour	John Dawson	463	16.46
	Labour	Samuel Goodby	407	14.47
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Thacker	404	14.36
	Liberal Democrats	Vanessa Holland	372	13.22
Majority			1,325	47.10
Turnout			2,854	50
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Harpur

Harpur (two councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colleen Atkins*	1,483	58.43
	Labour	Louise King	1,065	41.96
	Conservative	Mohammed Kabir	749	29.51
	Conservative	Domenico Canzoneri	626	24.67
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Bootiman	223	8.79
	Green	Greg Paszyski	199	7.84
	Green	Ben Foley	176	6.93
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Whitehead	169	6.66
Majority			316	12.45
Turnout			2,562	44
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Harrold

Harrold (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alison Foster	850	46.83
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Charsley*	802	44.19
	Labour	Stephen Poole	163	8.98
Majority			48	2.64
Turnout			1,832	58
	Conservative win (new seat)

Kempston Central and East

Kempston Central and East (two councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Valentine	925	42.88
	Labour	Mohammed Nawaz	830	38.48
	Conservative	Steve Collins	742	34.40
	Independent	Nicky Attenborough*	707	32.78
	Conservative	Robert Rigby	381	17.66
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Trengrove	155	7.19
	Liberal Democrats	Johana Woodruff	145	6.72
Majority			88	4.08
Turnout			2,180	41
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Kempston North

Kempston North (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Shan Hunt	652	56.79
	Conservative	Allan Geoffrey	417	36.32
	Liberal Democrats	Neal Bath	79	6.88
Majority			235	20.47
Turnout			1,163	39
	Labour win (new seat)

Kempston Rural

Kempston Rural (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Smith*	863	57.50
	Independent	Jim Weir	267	17.79
	Labour	Tim Caswell	259	17.26
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Fisk	112	7.46
Majority			596	39.71
Turnout			1,514	50
	Conservative win (new seat)

Kempston South

Kempston South (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carl Meader*	1,021	75.63
	Conservative	Richard Hyde	269	19.93
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Standley	60	4.44
Majority			752	55.70
Turnout			1,371	43
	Labour win (new seat)

Kempston West

Kempston West (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Will Hunt*	624	53.79
	Conservative	Robert Hamilton	473	40.78
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Murphy	63	5.43
Majority			151	13.01
Turnout			1,177	42
	Labour win (new seat)

Kingsbrook

Kingsbrook (two councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Saunders	857	39.06
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Gerard*	827	37.69
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Gerard*	808	36.83
	Labour	Abu Sultan	658	29.99
	Conservative	Alex Agius	395	18.00
	Conservative	Musla Uddin	298	13.58
Majority			19	0.86
Turnout			2,237	35
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Newnham

Newnham (two councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Mingay*	981	36.65
	Conservative	Kirsty Adams	884	33.02
	Liberal Democrats	Gianni Carofano	746	27.87
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Leslie	622	23.23
	Labour	Richard Crane	549	20.51
	Labour	June McDonald	464	17.33
	Independent	Ray Hostler	384	14.34
	Green	Nick Wilde	175	6.54
Majority			138	5.15
Turnout			2,706	49
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Oakley

Oakley (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Pat Olney*	1,361	84.06
	Labour	Chrissie Holloway	149	9.20
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Parmar	109	6.73
Majority			1,212	74.86
Turnout			1,659	56
	Independent win (new seat)

Putnoe

Putnoe (two councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Headley*	1,849	58.90
	Liberal Democrats	Sallyanne Smith*	1,450	46.19
	Conservative	Susan Spratt	878	27.97
	Conservative	Irfan Latif	664	21.15
	Labour	Franca Garrick	448	14.27
	Labour	David Lukes	425	13.54
Majority			572	18.22
Turnout			3,172	52
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Queens Park

Queens Park (two councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mohammad Yasin*	2,114	60.31
	Labour	Mohammed Masud	1,767	50.41
	Conservative	Parvez Akhtar	1,383	39.46
	Conservative	Nurul Islam	898	25.62
	Independent	Shanoor Miah	186	5.31
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Struck	118	3.37
	Liberal Democrats	Mahmud Rogers	103	2.94
Majority			384	10.95
Turnout			3,541	60
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Riseley

Riseley (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ian Clifton*	1,007	63.25
	Conservative	Martin Towler	426	26.76
	Labour	Patrick Pollard	114	7.16
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Steklis	45	2.83
Majority			581	36.49
Turnout			1,701	61
	Independent win (new seat)

Sharnbrook

Sharnbrook (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Doug McMurdo*	1,111	59.16
	Conservative	Martin Qunice	537	28.59
	Labour	Alistair Strathern	167	8.89
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Lawson	63	3.35
Majority			574	30.57
Turnout			1,891	59
	Independent win (new seat)

Wilshamstead

Wilshamstead (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Graeme Coombes	766	64.10
	Labour	Susan Aykin	227	19.00
	Liberal Democrats	Conrad Longmore	202	16.90
Majority			539	45.10
Turnout			1,212	48
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wootton

Wootton (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Prescod	617	38.44
	Conservative	John Wheeler	609	37.94
	UKIP	Bob Colman	211	13.15
	Labour	Adrien Beardmore	168	10.47
Majority			8	0.50
Turnout			1,622	50
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Wyboston

Wyboston (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tom Wootton*	1,161	76.43
	Liberal Democrats	William Hilliard	200	13.17
	Labour	Terry Carroll	158	10.40
Majority			961	63.26
Turnout			1,535	53
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

^ ^a ^b "England council elections – Bedford". BBC. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab "ELECTION RESULTS: Round-up of all the news and candidates". Bedfordshire on Sunday. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2013.

[bbc-1] "England council elections – Bedford". BBC. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2013.

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