Mid Bedfordshire District Council election, 2007
Mid Bedfordshire District Council election, 2007
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Whole Council 27 seats needed for a majority |
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Registered |
98,917 |
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Turnout |
39% |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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Party |
Conservative |
Liberal Democrat |
Independent |
Seats won |
37 |
11 |
4 |
Popular vote |
16,712 |
10,913 |
3,429 |
Percentage |
47.1% |
30.8% |
9.7% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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Party |
Green |
Labour |
BNP |
Seats won |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Popular vote |
612 |
3,591 |
224 |
Percentage |
1.7% |
10.1% |
0.6% |
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Locations of wards in Mid Bedfordshire |
Elections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council were held in May 2007. These were the last elections to council, with all 53 seats being up for election. Councillors elected would serve a two-year term, expiring in 2009, when Mid Bedfordshire District Council was replaced by Central Bedfordshire Council. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, winning 37 of 53 seats on the council. The Conservatives won 8 seats (5 wards) unopposed, as did an Independent candidate in one ward.
Result
Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Result 2007 [1] |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
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Conservative |
37 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
69.81 |
47.1 |
16,712 |
+5.2 |
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Liberal Democrat |
11 |
1 |
4 |
-3 |
20.75 |
30.8 |
10,913 |
+6.2 |
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Independent |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7.55 |
9.7 |
3,429 |
+1.6 |
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Green |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.89 |
1.7 |
612 |
-1.7 |
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Labour |
0 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0.0 |
10.1 |
3,591 |
-11.9 |
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BNP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
224 |
+0.6 |
Ward Results
All results are listed below:[1][2]
Figures on turnout were taken from Plymouth University's Elections Centre, which gives the number of registered voters, and the percentage turnout for each ward. The number of ballots cast for each ward was calculated from these. Percentage change in turnout is compared with the same ward in the 2003 District Council election.
The percentage of the vote for each candidate was calculated compared with the number of ballots cast in the ward. Note that in a ward with more than one seat, voters were allowed to place as many crosses on the ballot paper as seats. The percentage change for each candidate is compared with the same candidate in the 2003 District Council election.
Candidates who were members of the council before the election are marked with an asterisk.
Asterisks denote incumbent councillors seeking re-election.
Ampthill
One Independent gain from Conservatives.[1]
Arlesey
One Conservative gain from Independent; one Conservative gain from Labour.[1]
Aspley Guise
Biggleswade Holme
Biggleswade Holme (2 seats, 3,666 registered voters)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Peter Vickers* |
806 |
60.6 |
+19.7 |
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Conservative |
David Smith* |
795 |
59.7 |
+17.0 |
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Labour |
Sheila Grayston |
471 |
35.4 |
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Labour |
Dennis James |
395 |
29.7 |
|
Turnout |
1,331 |
36.3 |
+0.8 |
Biggleswade Ivel
Biggleswade Ivel (3 seats, 5,716 registered voters)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
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Conservative |
Wendy Smith* |
1,015 |
54.0 |
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Conservative |
Jane Lawrence* |
980 |
52.1 |
+11.3 |
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Conservative |
Maurice Jones* |
914 |
48.6 |
+5.7 |
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Labour |
Rex Skinner |
697 |
37.1 |
+1.5 |
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Labour |
Bernard Briars |
680 |
36.2 |
-3.3 |
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Labour |
David Albone |
678 |
36.0 |
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Turnout |
1,881 |
32.9 |
+5.5 |
Biggleswade Stratton
Biggleswade Stratton (2 seats, 2,741 registered voters)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
David Lawrence* |
509 |
48.8 |
+2.0 |
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Conservative |
Michael Cazaly* |
497 |
47.6 |
+1.4 |
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Labour |
Amy Forbes |
322 |
30.8 |
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Labour |
Rebecca Kerfoot |
292 |
28.0 |
-9.2 |
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BNP |
Philippa Carter |
224 |
21.5 |
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Turnout |
1,044 |
38.1 |
+11.8 |
Clifton and Meppershall
Clifton and Meppershall (2 seats, 3,605 registered voters)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Anthony Rogers* |
1,143 |
71.1 |
+14.7 |
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Conservative |
Paul Carne* |
1,112 |
69.2 |
+16.4 |
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Labour |
David Devereux |
357 |
22.2 |
+1.2 |
Turnout |
1,608 |
44.6 |
+4.9 |
Cranfield
Cranfield (2 seats, 4,241 registered voters)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Alan Bastable* |
873 |
62.9 |
+2.8 |
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Conservative |
Kenneth Matthews* |
867 |
62.5 |
-0.4 |
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Labour |
Alan Morris |
429 |
30.9 |
-0.5 |
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Labour |
Laurence Pollock |
411 |
29.6 |
+0.5 |
Turnout |
1,387 |
32.7 |
+4.0 |
Flitton, Greenfield and Pulloxhill
One Green gain from Conservatives.[1]
Flitton, Greenfield and Pulloxhill (1 seat, 1,762 registered voters)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
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Green |
Richard Ellis |
612 |
64.4 |
+18.8 |
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Conservative |
David Thompson* |
334 |
35.1 |
-19.4 |
Turnout |
951 |
54.0 |
+17.1 |
Flitwick East
Flitwick West
Harlington
Harlington (1 seat, 1,796 registered voters)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Brian Golby* |
739 |
72.2 |
-14.4 |
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Conservative |
Margaret Moriondo |
216 |
21.1 |
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Labour |
Margaret Brown |
66 |
6.4 |
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Turnout |
1,024 |
57.0 |
+8.8 |
Houghton, Haynes, Southill and Old Warden
One Conservative gain from Liberal-Democrats.[1]
Langford and Henlow Village
Two Conservative gains from Liberal-Democrats.
Marston
Maulden and Clophill
Maulden and Clophill (2 seats, 3,694 registered voters)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
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Conservative |
Martin Hawkins* |
Unopposed |
NA |
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Conservative |
Howard Lockey* |
Unopposed |
NA |
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Northill and Blunham
Potton and Wensley
Potton and Wensley (3 seats, 5,698 registered voters)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Doreen Gurney* |
Unopposed |
NA |
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Conservative |
Anita Lewis* |
Unopposed |
NA |
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Conservative |
John Lewis* |
Unopposed |
NA |
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Sandy Ivel
Sandy Pinnacle
Shefford, Campton and Gravenhurst
Shefford, Campton and Gravenhurst (3 seats, 5,546 registered voters)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
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Conservative |
Lewis Birt* |
1,237 |
57.8 |
+8.0 |
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Conservative |
Anthony Brown* |
1,117 |
52.2 |
+4.5 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Mark Chapman* |
1,016 |
47.5 |
+5.9 |
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Conservative |
Richard Stidolph |
939 |
43.9 |
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Labour |
Carolyn Devereux |
424 |
19.8 |
-11.5 |
Turnout |
2,141 |
38.6 |
+7.3 |
Shillington, Stondon and Henlow Camp
One Liberal-Democrat gain from Conservatives.[1]
Shillington, Stondon and Henlow Camp (2 seats, 4,391 registered voters)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
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Conservative |
Rita Drinkwater* |
1,018 |
60.5 |
-9.9 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Alison Graham |
886 |
52.7 |
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Conservative |
Anthony Whiteman* |
649 |
38.6 |
-19.3 |
Turnout |
1,682 |
38.3 |
+5.8 |
Silsoe
Silsoe (1 seat, 1,379 registered voters)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Kathleen Keen* |
Unopposed |
NA |
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Stotfold
One Conservative gain from Liberal-Democrats.[1]
Westoning and Tingrith
Westoning and Tingrith (1 seat, 1,720 registered voters)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Independent |
Andrew Rayment*[lower-alpha 2] |
Unopposed |
NA |
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Woburn
Woburn (1 seat, 2,035 registered voters)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Budge Wells |
Unopposed |
NA |
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Notes
- ↑ Mrs Chapman's full name is Catherine Fiona Chapman MBE. Since 2009 she has been councillor for Flitwick on Central Bedfordshire Council, and is listed on Central Bedfordshire Council's website as Cllr Mrs C Fiona Chapman MBE.[3][4] She is sometimes listed as Catherine Chapman,[5] and sometimes as Fiona Chapman.[1][4] She was first elected to Mid Bedfordshire District Council in 1976.[2]
- ↑ Andrew Rayment stood successfully for the Conservatives in this ward in the 1995 and 1999 elections,[2] and was one of the nominators of the Conservative candidate for Mid Bedfordshire in the 2017 general election.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2007 - Mid Bedfordshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
- 1 2 3 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael, "Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Results 1973-2007" (PDF), www.electionscentre.co.uk, The Elections Centre, Plymouth University
- ↑ "Cllr Mrs C Fiona Chapman MBE", centralbeds.moderngov.co.uk, retrieved 14 May 2017
- 1 2 "Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Central Bedfordshire Council, Vice-Chairman Councillor Fiona Chapman MBE", www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk, retrieved 14 May 2017
- ↑ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2003 - Mid Bedfordshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations, Central Bedfordshire, Election of a Member of Parliament for Mid Bedfordshire" (PDF), www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk