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Elections to Central Bedfordshire Council were held on 2 May 2019, along with other local elections.[1] The whole council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2023.
Summary
[edit]Election result
[edit]2019 Central Bedfordshire Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 58 | 41 | 0 | 12 | ![]() |
69.5 | 43.3 | 61,375 | –10.0 | |
Independent | 24 | 13 | 10 | 0 | ![]() |
22.0 | 18.3 | 25,913 | +7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
5.1 | 9.7 | 13,745 | +4.6 | |
Labour | 59 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
1.7 | 19.8 | 28,107 | +2.5 | |
UKIP | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
1.7 | 5.4 | 7,596 | –2.8 | |
Green | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 3.2 | 4,540 | –2.5 | |
Women's Equality | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.2 | 274 | N/A | |
Renew | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.2 | 241 | N/A |
Ward results
[edit]Ampthill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mark Smith | 2,135 | 54.7 | ||
Conservative | Michael Blair | 1,595 | 40.9 | ||
Conservative | Paul Duckett | 1,564 | 40.1 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Addy | 1,542 | 39.5 | ||
Green | Susan Clinch | 1,193 | 30.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Brown | 967 | 24.8 | New | |
Labour | Valerie Quinn | 449 | 11.5 | ||
Labour | Louise Chinnery | 373 | 9.6 | ||
Labour | Carmen Williams | 263 | 6.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,930 | 38.3 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Arlesey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Dalgarno | 1,899 | 54.9 | ||
Conservative | David Shelvey | 1,858 | 53.7 | ||
Conservative | Richard Wenham | 1,799 | 52.0 | ||
Green | Tom Hoeksma | 1,002 | 29.0 | New | |
Labour | Kevin O'Daly | 942 | 27.2 | ||
Labour | Douglas Landman | 884 | 25.6 | ||
Labour | Daniel Riley | 767 | 22.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,541 | 29.9 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
No UKIP (-20.7) or Independent (-16.4) candidates as previous.
Aspley and Woburn
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John Baker | 1,686 | 78.5 | New | |
Conservative | Christopher Wells | 371 | 17.3 | −55.9 | |
Labour | Susan Morris | 90 | 4.2 | New | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,152 | 57.4 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
No Green candidate as previous (-26.8).
Barton-le-Clay
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Ian Shingler | 1,155 | 68.6 | +17.5 | |
Conservative | Joseph Irwin | 253 | 15.0 | −10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Paxton | 197 | 11.7 | −2.3 | |
Labour | Karl Bruckdorfer | 78 | 4.6 | −4.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,687 | 42.5 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Biggleswade North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steven Watkins | 1,161 | 57.1 | ||
Conservative | Ian Bond | 1,098 | 54.0 | ||
Labour | Sarah Doyle | 783 | 38.5 | ||
Labour | Fiona Factor | 738 | 36.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,103 | 29.0 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
No UKIP (-23.6) or Green (-11.0) candidates as previous.
Biggleswade South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Foster | 1,180 | 39.8 | ||
Independent | Hayley Whitaker | 1,072 | 36.1 | New | |
Conservative | Michael North | 969 | 32.7 | ||
Labour | Georgina Gale | 602 | 20.3 | ||
Labour | Julian Vaughan | 588 | 19.8 | ||
Independent | Timothy Woodward | 577 | 19.5 | ||
UKIP | Duncan Strachan | 433 | 14.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,981 | 34.4 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
No Independent (-12.1) or Green (-10.0) candidates as previous.
Caddington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kevin Collins | 1,418 | 48.5 | ||
Conservative | Edward Perry | 1,256 | 43.0 | ||
Independent | John Waller | 1,041 | 35.6 | New | |
Labour | Shirley Smith | 551 | 18.9 | ||
Labour | Ian Lowery | 445 | 15.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,955 | 37.0 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
No Independent (-22.4) or Green (-9.1) candidates as previous.
Cranfield and Marston Moretaine
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Susan Clark | 1,508 | 45.3 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth Matthews | 1,285 | 38.6 | ||
Conservative | Robert Morris | 1,183 | 35.5 | ||
Independent | John Guinn | 1,042 | 31.3 | New | |
Green | Alison Parker | 772 | 23.2 | ||
UKIP | Roger Baker | 695 | 20.9 | ||
Labour | Elizabeth Rooney | 630 | 18.9 | ||
Labour | Michelle White | 507 | 15.2 | ||
Labour | Karl O'Dell | 435 | 13.1 | ||
Renew | Alan Victor | 241 | 7.2 | New | |
Turnout | 3,340 | 30.7 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Dunstable Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Carole Hegley | 573 | 54.5 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Russell McCulloch | 290 | 27.6 | −3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Jones | 188 | 17.9 | New | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,088 | 29.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
No Independent candidate as previous (-16.7).
Dunstable Icknield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Chatterley | 641 | 35.3 | ||
Conservative | David McVicar | 599 | 33.0 | ||
Independent | Kayson Gurney | 593 | 32.7 | ||
Independent | Kenson Gurney | 516 | 28.4 | ||
Labour | Catherine Howes | 442 | 24.4 | ||
Labour | Michael Rogers | 378 | 20.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Thorne | 145 | 8.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Hunt | 142 | 7.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,837 | 29.0 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Dunstable Manshead
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Philip Crawley | 436 | 38.9 | ||
Labour | Louise O'Riordan | 337 | 30.0 | ||
UKIP | Robert Brown | 189 | 16.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Larkman | 160 | 14.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,131 | 27.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Dunstable Northfields
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Johnson Tamara | 689 | 37.9 | ||
Conservative | Gladys Sanders | 655 | 36.0 | ||
Labour | Kevin Flint | 607 | 33.4 | ||
Labour | Julian Mockridge | 606 | 33.3 | ||
UKIP | Martin Young | 354 | 19.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Elaine Morgan | 232 | 12.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lynda Walmsley | 218 | 12.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,835 | 24.3 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Dunstable Watling
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Eugene Ghent | 1,304 | 56.3 | ||
Conservative | John Young | 1,295 | 55.9 | ||
Labour | Roger Pepworth | 477 | 20.6 | ||
Labour | Trudi Kleanthous | 471 | 20.3 | ||
UKIP | Steven Ashby | 388 | 16.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Witherick | 297 | 12.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,343 | 31.2 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Eaton Bray
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Philip Spicer | 786 | 68.8 | ||
Green | Andrew Waters | 265 | 23.2 | ||
Labour | Marc Windmill | 91 | 8.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,172 | 34.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Flitwick
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Neil Bunyan | 1,466 | 41.1 | ||
Independent | Gareth Mackey | 1,397 | 39.2 | ||
Conservative | Charles Gomm | 1,187 | 33.3 | ||
Conservative | Catherine Chapman | 1,120 | 31.4 | ||
UKIP | Russell Shaw | 615 | 17.2 | ||
Labour | Cathrine Jones | 603 | 16.9 | ||
Labour | Tania Malkani | 566 | 15.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jack Moore | 551 | 15.5 | ||
Labour | Dan Toinko | 543 | 15.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Kennedy | 529 | 14.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John White | 488 | 13.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,588 | 34.0 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Heath and Reach
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Versallion | 1,018 | 75.2 | ||
Green | Dominic Scholfield | 205 | 15.1 | ||
Labour | Susan Wellstood-Eason | 131 | 9.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,373 | 40.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Houghton Conquest and Haynes
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Rebecca Hares | 383 | 42.0 | ||
Conservative | Martin Hawkins | 311 | 34.1 | ||
Independent | Richard James | 111 | 12.2 | ||
Labour | David Short | 107 | 11.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 917 | 39.2 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Houghton Hall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Susan Goodchild | 825 | 50.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Farrell | 630 | 38.4 | ||
Labour | Jack Butler | 334 | 20.4 | ||
UKIP | Joe Angell | 321 | 19.6 | ||
Conservative | John Kane | 289 | 17.6 | ||
Labour | Ian Purvis | 277 | 16.9 | ||
Independent | James Carroll | 210 | 12.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,647 | 25.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Leighton Buzzard North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian Spurr | 1,341 | 39.4 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth Ferguson | 1,294 | 38.1 | ||
Conservative | Ewan Wallace | 1,135 | 33.4 | ||
Labour | Michael Bishop | 843 | 24.8 | ||
Labour | Daniel Scott | 744 | 21.9 | ||
Labour | Christie Melon | 689 | 20.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Feander | 633 | 18.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anne Gray | 619 | 18.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rosalind Mennie | 578 | 17.0 | ||
UKIP | Andrew Dore | 462 | 13.6 | ||
UKIP | Caroline Redwood | 461 | 13.6 | ||
UKIP | Michael Woodhouse | 399 | 11.7 | ||
Women's Equality | Nanci Hogan | 274 | 8.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,431 | 30.0 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Leighton Buzzard South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Amanda Dodwell | 1,445 | 47.9 | ||
Conservative | Raymond Berry | 1,279 | 42.4 | ||
Conservative | David Bowater | 1,276 | 42.3 | ||
Labour | Adrian Heffernan | 674 | 22.3 | ||
Labour | Christopher Northedge | 624 | 20.7 | ||
Labour | Robert Connelly | 622 | 20.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anne Guess | 566 | 18.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Leaman | 484 | 16.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Hewitt | 482 | 16.0 | ||
UKIP | Frank Lelliott | 367 | 12.2 | ||
UKIP | Antonio Vitiello | 344 | 11.4 | ||
UKIP | Steven Wildman | 322 | 10.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,035 | 29.0 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Linslade
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Victoria Harvey | 1,347 | 35.9 | ||
Conservative | Gordon Perham | 1,222 | 32.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Snelling | 1,139 | 30.3 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Jones | 1,076 | 28.7 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Morris | 1,013 | 27.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Russell Goodchild | 911 | 24.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Carnell | 874 | 23.3 | ||
Independent | Susan James | 779 | 20.8 | ||
Labour | Christine Sheppard | 665 | 17.7 | ||
Labour | Jane Woodman | 560 | 14.9 | ||
Independent | Roy Walker | 447 | 11.9 | ||
Labour | Isaac Sibiya | 426 | 11.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,791 | 41.4 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Northill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank Firth | 972 | 79.0 | ||
Labour | Andrew Harland | 259 | 21.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,266 | 36.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Parkside
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Antonia Ryan | 251 | 28.4 | ||
Independent | Janet Cooper | 196 | 22.1 | ||
UKIP | Angela White | 190 | 21.5 | ||
Conservative | Alan Corkhill | 136 | 15.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ray Morgan | 85 | 9.6 | ||
Green | Gillian Patrick | 27 | 3.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 892 | 25.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Potton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Adam Zerny | 2,729 | 85.8 | ||
Independent | Tracey Wye | 2,151 | 67.6 | ||
Conservative | Doreen Gurney | 440 | 13.8 | ||
Conservative | Grant Fage | 375 | 11.8 | ||
Labour | Daniel Cherry | 166 | 5.2 | ||
Labour | Wendy Bater | 102 | 3.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,192 | 50.1 | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
Sandy
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Simon Ford | 2,152 | 58.9 | ||
Conservative | Caroline Maudlin | 1,150 | 31.5 | ||
Conservative | Tracey Stock | 1,048 | 28.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Aldis | 996 | 27.3 | ||
Conservative | Peter Smith | 860 | 23.5 | ||
Green | Kenneth Lynch | 711 | 19.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Backhouse | 478 | 13.1 | ||
Labour | Alexandra Morris | 317 | 8.7 | ||
Labour | Richard Peters | 280 | 7.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ben Gutteridge | 271 | 7.4 | ||
Labour | Orhan Tuncay | 212 | 5.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,666 | 37.2 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Shefford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Brown | 1,374 | 65.7 | ||
Conservative | Mark Liddard | 1,368 | 65.4 | ||
Labour | Glenda Tizard | 643 | 30.7 | ||
Labour | Sheila Woods | 522 | 25.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,192 | 29.0 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Silsoe and Shillington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Alison Graham | 1,192 | 70.6 | ||
Conservative | Blake Stephenson | 384 | 22.7 | ||
Labour | Sheila Gardner | 112 | 6.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,695 | 39.8 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Stotfold and Langford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan Saunders | 1,874 | 52.2 | ||
Conservative | Steven Dixon | 1,753 | 48.8 | ||
Conservative | Nicola Harris | 1,636 | 45.6 | ||
Labour | Helen Wightwick | 1,044 | 29.1 | ||
Labour | Nicholas Andrews | 998 | 27.8 | ||
Labour | Matthew Brennan | 809 | 22.5 | ||
UKIP | Paul Francis | 775 | 21.6 | ||
UKIP | Binanti Cuzner | 630 | 17.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,644 | 31.6 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Tithe Farm
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UKIP | Patrick Hamill | 293 | 33.1 | ||
Labour | Martin Kennedy | 232 | 26.2 | ||
Independent | Tracey McMahon | 156 | 17.6 | ||
Conservative | David Abbott | 122 | 13.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Wattingham | 60 | 6.8 | ||
Green | Catherine Aganoglu | 22 | 2.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 901 | 28.0 | |||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing |
Toddington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Silvia Amantea-Collins | 1,557 | 51.9 | ||
Independent | Mary Walsh | 1,289 | 43.0 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Nicols | 806 | 26.9 | ||
Conservative | Gary Tubb | 583 | 19.4 | ||
Labour | Rhiannon Meades | 459 | 15.3 | ||
Labour | Barry James | 368 | 12.3 | ||
UKIP | Richard Roe | 338 | 11.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,013 | 40.2 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
Westoning, Flitton and Greenfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Jamieson | 1,105 | 71.3 | ||
Green | Richard Ellis | 343 | 22.1 | ||
Labour | Rachel Garnham | 101 | 6.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,568 | 42.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Central Bedfordshire election results 2019 | Central Bedfordshire Council". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2021.