Bedford Borough Council election, 2011

The 2011 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 9 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]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12			+4		36.63	30,375
	Labour	12			+5		28.63	23,737
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	Charles Royden	2089	33.30
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Rider	1795	28.61
	Conservative	Oliver Richbell	857	13.66
	Conservative	Paul Stonebridge	781	12.45
	Labour	Charles Baily	432	6.89
	Labour	Thoufique Ali	319	5.09
Majority			938	14.95
Turnout			6273
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bromham and Biddenham

Bromham and Biddenham^[2] (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Rigby	1929	36.71
	Conservative	Jon Gambold	1832	34.87
	Labour	Nicholas Luder	512	9.74
	Labour	Ashley Frith	434	8.26
	Liberal Democrat	Stelios Mores	334	6.36
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Rutherford	213	4.05
Majority			1320	20.08
Turnout			5254
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle

Castle^[2] (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Apu Bagchi	758	19.23
	Conservative	Caroline Fensome	571	14.49
	Conservative	Shishum Miah	539	13.67
	Independent	Paul Ogden	486	12.33
	Labour	Chris Lowe	481	12.20
	Labour	Richard Johnson	477	12.10
	Liberal Democrat	Mags Brady	200	5.07
	Green	Lucy Bywater	180	4.57
	Liberal Democrat	John Ryan	162	4.11
	Green	Tony Upton	88	2.23
Majority			32	0.81
Turnout			3942
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Cauldwell

Cauldwell (two councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sue Oliver	1087	27.03
	Labour	Randolph Charles	1077	26.78
	Liberal Democrat	Jake Sale	537	13.35
	Conservative	Kitty Sams	457	11.37
	Liberal Democrat	Lynn Southwell	449	11.17
	Conservative	Amanda Murrell	414	10.30
Majority			540
Turnout			4021
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Clapham

Clapham (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jane Walker	837	59.28
	Labour	Jenni Jackson	437	30.95
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Anscomb	138	9.77
Majority			400
Turnout			1412
	Conservative hold		Swing

De Parys

De Parys (two councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	David Sawyer	1072	24.12
	Liberal Democrat	Henry Vann	876	19.71
	Conservative	Katherine Groves	786	17.69
	Conservative	Adrian Lennox-Lamb	780	17.55
	Labour	Frank McMahon	406	9.14
	Labour	Jane Pritchard	396	8.91
	Green	David Maxwell	128	2.88
Majority			90
Turnout			4444
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Eastcotts

Eastcotts (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Holland	613	64.32
	Conservative	Martine Moon	195	20.46
	Labour	James Grady	145	15.22
Majority			418
Turnout			953
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Elstow

Elstow (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	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
Turnout			1313
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Goldington

Goldington (two councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Sylvia Gillard	960	23.67
	Liberal Democrat	Phil Merryman	897	22.12
	Labour	Anthony Forth	620	15.29
	Labour	Hazera Forth	582	14.35
	Conservative	John Robertson	542	13.37
	Conservative	Gillian Rose	454	11.20
Majority			277
Turnout			4055
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Great Barford

Great Barford (two councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Carole Eliis	1929	35.97
	Conservative	Stephen Moon	1788	33.34
	Labour	John Dawson	463	8.63
	Labour	Samuel Goodby	407	7.59
	Liberal Democrat	Sandra Thacker	404	7.53
	Liberal Democrat	Vanessa Holland	372	6.94
Majority			1325
Turnout			5363
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Harpur

Harpur (two councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colleen Atkins	1483	31.62
	Labour	Louise King	1065	22.71
	Conservative	Mohammed Kabir	749	15.97
	Conservative	Domenico Canzoneri	626	13.35
	Liberal Democrat	Rosemary Bootiman	223	4.75
	Green	Greg Paszyski	199	4.24
	Green	Ben Foley	176	3.75
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Whitehead	169	3.60
Majority			316
Turnout			4690
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Harrold

Harrold (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alison Foster	850	46.83
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Charsley	802	44.19
	Labour	Stephen Poole	163	8.98
Majority			48
Turnout			1815
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Kempston Central and East

Kempston Central and East (two councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Valentine	925	23.81
	Labour	Mohammed Nawaz	830	21.36
	Conservative	Steve Collins	742	19.10
	Independent	Nicky Attenborough	707	18.20
	Conservative	Robert Rigby	381	9.81
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Trengrove	155	3.99
	Liberal Democrat	Johana Woodruff	145	3.73
Majority			88
Turnout			3885
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Kempston North

Kempston North (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Shan Hunt	652	56.79
	Conservative	Allan Geoffrey	417	36.32
	Liberal Democrat	Neal Bath	79	6.88
Majority			235
Turnout			1148
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

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 Democrat	Samuel Fisk	112	7.46
Majority			596
Turnout			1501
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Kempston South

Kempston South (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carl Meader	1021	75.63
	Conservative	Richard Hyde	269	19.93
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Standley	60	4.44
Majority			752
Turnout			1350
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Kempston West

Kempston West (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Will Hunt	624	53.79
	Conservative	Robert Hamilton	473	40.78
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Murphy	63	5.43
Majority			151
Turnout			1160
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Kingsbrook

Kingsbrook (two councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Saunders	857	22.30
	Liberal Democrat	Anita Gerrard	827	21.52
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Gerrard	808	21.03
	Labour	Abu Sultan	658	17.12
	Conservative	Alex Agius	395	10.28
	Conservative	Musla Uddin	298	7.75
Majority			19
Turnout			3843
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Newnham

Newnham (two councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Mingay	981	20.42
	Conservative	Kirsty Adams	884	18.40
	Liberal Democrat	Gianni Carofano	746	15.53
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Leslie	622	12.94
	Labour	Richard Crane	549	11.43
	Labour	June McDonald	464	9.66
	Independent	Ray Hostler	384	7.99
	Green	Nick Wilde	175	3.64
Majority			138
Turnout			4805
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Oakley

Oakley (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Pat Olney	1361	84.06
	Labour	Chrissie Holloway	149	9,20
	Liberal Democrat	Jason Parmar	109	6.73
Majority			1212
Turnout			1619
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Putnoe

Putnoe (two councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Headley	1849	32.36
	Liberal Democrat	Sallyanne Smith	1450	25.38
	Conservative	Susan Spratt	878	15.37
	Conservative	Irfan Latif	664	11.62
	Labour	Franca Garrick	448	7.84
	Labour	David Lukes	425	7.44
Majority			572
Turnout			5714
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Queens Park

Queens Park (two councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mohammed Yasin	2114	32.18
	Labour	Mohammed Masud	1767	26.90
	Conservative	Parvez Akhtar	1383	21.05
	Conservative	Nurul Islam	898	13.67
	Independent	Shanoor Miah	186	2.83
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Struck	118	1.80
	Liberal Democrat	Mahmud Rogers	103	1.57
Majority			384
Turnout			6569
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Riseley

Riseley (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ian Clifton	1007	63.25
	Conservative	Martin Towler	426	26.76
	Labour	Patrick Pollard	114	7.16
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Steklis	45	2.83
Majority
Turnout			1592
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Sharnbrook

Sharnbrook (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Doug McMurdo	1111	59.16
	Conservative	Martin Qunice	537	28.59
	Labour	Alistair Strathern	167	8.89
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Lawson	63	3.35
Majority			574
Turnout			1878
	Conservative gain from {{{loser}}}		Swing

Wilshamstead

Wilshamstead (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Graeme Coombes	766	64.10
	Labour	Susan Aykin	227	19.00
	Liberal Democrat	Conrad Longmore	202	16.90
Majority			539
Turnout			1195
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Wootton

Wootton (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Prescod	617	38.44
	Conservative	John Wheeler	609	37.94
	UKIP	Bob Colman	211	13.15
	Labour	Adrien Beardmore	168	10.47
Majority
Turnout			1605
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Wyboston

Wyboston (one councillor)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tom Wootton	1161	76.43
	Liberal Democrat	William Hilliard	200	13.17
	Labour	Terry Carroll	158	10.40
Majority			961
Turnout			1519
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

References

1 2 "England council elections – Bedford". BBC. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 "ELECTION RESULTS: Round-up of all the news and candidates". Bedfordshire on Sunday. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2013.

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