Bedford Borough Council elections

Bedford Borough Council in Bedfordshire, England was elected in 2009, then in 2011 and thereafter in every fourth year, the whole council being elected. Before becoming a unitary authority in 2009 the council was elected by thirds. Since 2009 36 councillors have been elected from 26 wards and there is also a directly elected mayor who is elected every 4 years.^[1]

Political control 1
- Council Control 1.1
- Elected Mayor 1.2
Council elections 2
- District Council elections 2.1
- Unitary authority elections 2.2
Mayoral Elections 3
- 2007 3.1
- 2009 3.2
By-election results 4
References 5
External links 6

Political control

Council Control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]^[3]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973–1976
Conservative	1976–1986
No overall control	1986 – present

Elected Mayor

Party in control	Years
Independent	2002–2009
Liberal Democrats	2009 – present

Council elections

District Council elections

Unitary authority elections

Mayoral Elections

Bedford held a referendum on 21 February 2002 on whether to introduce a directly elected mayor after a petition was signed by at least 5% of the electorate. The move was approved with 11,316 voting in favour and 5,357 against on a turnout of 15.5%.^[4] The first mayoral election on 17 October 2002 saw independent Frank Branston elected as mayor.^[5]

2007

In 2007 Frank Branston was re-elected as mayor.


Name	Party	1st Preference Votes	%	2nd Preference Votes¹	%	Final	%²
Frank Branston	Better Bedford Independent	15,966		3,732		19,698
Nicky Attenborough	Conservative	10,710		2,603		13,313
Christine McHugh	Lib Dem	10,553				N/A
Randolph Charles	Labour	4,758				N/A
Justina McLennan	Green	1,538				N/A

¹Using the Supplementary Vote system.

²Percentage figures are not officially used on the final votes, they are produced here for illustration and are calculated by the candidates final vote divided by the total of final votes.

2009

A by-election for Mayor of Bedford took place on 15 October 2009 after the death of the previous incumbent, Frank Branston in August 2009.^[6] The election was won by the Liberal Democrat, Dave Hodgson.^[6]


Name	Party	1st Preference Votes	%	2nd Preference Votes	%	Final	%
Dave Hodgson	Liberal Democrat	9,428	26.8	4,127		13,555	54.0
Parvez Akhtar	Conservative	9,105	25.9	2,438		11,543	46.0
Apu Bagchi	Independent	7,631	21.7			N/A
Tony Hare	Independent	4,316	12.3			N/A
James Valentine	Labour	3,482	9.9			N/A
Eve Morley	Green Party	1,183	3.4			N/A

Bedford mayoral election, 2011

By-election results

Kingsbrook By-Election 8 April 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,043	53.0	+32.0
	Labour		816	41.5	-21.9
	Conservative		108	5.5	-10.1
Majority			227	11.5
Turnout			1,967
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Kingsbrook By-Election 10 December 2009^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Gerard	661	49.4	+3.1
	Labour	James Saunders	370	27.6	+3.5
	Conservative	Adam Pritchard	150	11.2	-9.2
	Independent	Tony Hare	85	6.3	+6.3
	Independent	Patrick O'Rourke	73	5.5	+5.5
Majority			291	11.8
Turnout			1,339	18.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kempston North By-Election 24 June 2010^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shan Hunt	715	52.1
	Conservative	Martin Quince	384	28
	Liberal Democrat	Ant Caprioli	272	19.8
Majority			331	24.1
Turnout			1,371	33.2
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "Council Elections". Bedford Borough Council. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
^ "Bedford".
^ "Bedford".
^ Parker, Simon (22 February 2002). "Bedford wants a mayor". London:
^ Sherman, Jill (19 October 2002). "Maverick mayors add to Labour's embarrassment". London:
^ ^a ^b "Lib Dems claim victory in Bedford mayor race". 24dash.com. 16 October 2009. Archived from the original on 20 October 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
^ "Lib Dem Dave Hodgson is the new Mayor of Bedford". Bedfordshire on Sunday. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Huge boost for Labour in latest council by-elections". 24dash.com. 11 December 2009. Archived from the original on 16 December 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.

External links

Bedford Borough Council

Council elections in Bedfordshire

Bedford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2015

Central Bedfordshire Council	2011 2015

Luton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Bedfordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 Abolished

Mid Bedfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

South Bedfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished

Unitary authorities of England

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