2009 Central Bedfordshire Council election

Elections to Central Bedfordshire Council were held on 4 June 2009. This was the first elections to the newly formed council, with all 66 seats being up for election. All Councillors elected would serve a two year term, expiring in 2011, when ward boundaries would be reviewed. The Conservative Party won overall control of the council, managing to win 54 of 66 seats on the council.

Central Bedfordshire Council Elections, 2009

4 June 2009
Whole Council
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent Seats won 54, 81.8% 11, 16.7% 1, 1.5% Popular vote 88,524 49,583 6,901 Percentage 51.67% 28.94% 4.03%
Elected Largest Party Conservative

Result

Central Bedfordshire Council Election Result 2009

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	54	54	0	+54	81.82	51.67	88,524	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	11	11	0	+11	16.67	28.94	49,583	N/A
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	1.51	4.03	6,901	N/A
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	12.05	20,637	N/A
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.52	2,612	N/A
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.29	2,215	N/A
	UK First	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.50	856	N/A

The overall turnout was 40.59% with a total of 171,328 valid votes cast.

Council Composition

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓

54	11	1
Conservative	Lib Dem	I

I - Independent

Ward Results

Ampthill

Ampthill (2 seats)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Summerfield	971	19.39
	Conservative	Paul Alan Duckett	855	17.07
	Independent	Mark Andrew Smith	840	16.77
	Conservative	Mrs C M E Gibson	633	12.64
	Independent	Ghislain Pascal	548	10.94
	Liberal Democrats	Michael John Cottier	418	8.35
	Independent	Chris Hayes	417	8.33
	Independent	John Bingham	177	3.53
	Labour	David Edwin Hogan	76	1.52
	Labour	Mark Richard Cant	73	1.46
Majority			15	0.30
Turnout			5,008	48.8
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Barton

Barton (2 Seats) [2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Northwood	1,302	27.31
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Nunn	1,268	26.60
	Conservative	Martin Hawkins	1,000	20.98
	Conservative	Frederick James Wilson	898	18.84
	Labour	Terri Miller	157	3.29
	Labour	Christopher Atkinson	142	2.98
Majority			268	5.62
Turnout			4,767	44.20
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Biggleswade

Biggleswade (4 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Frank Vickers	2,157	13.84
	Conservative	Maurice R Jones	2,091	13.42
	Conservative	David John Lawrence	1,989	12.76
	Conservative	Jane G Lawrence	1,930	12.38
	Liberal Democrats	Gregory Burke	1,060	6.80
	Labour	Bernard Victor Briars	963	6.18
	Labour	Rex Skinner	951	6.10
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Cliff	850	5.45
	Labour	Sheila Margaret Grayston	808	5.18
	Liberal Democrats	Dante Virgil Conning	726	4.66
	Labour	Allister James Dennis	714	4.58
	BNP	Kevin Austin	709	4.55
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Leslie	639	4.10
Majority			870	5.58
Turnout			15,587	37.60
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Cranfield

Cranfield (2 seats) [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Charles Matthews	858	30.41
	Conservative	Alan Richard Bastable	857	30.38
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Booth	354	12.55
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Sinclair	305	10.81
	Labour	Laurence Alexander Pollock	229	8.12
	Labour	Alan Joseph Morris	218	7.73
Majority			503	17.83
Turnout			2,821	34.80
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Dunstable Downs

Dunstable Downs (4 seats)[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Green	2,011	14.23
	Conservative	Nigel Young	1,855	13.12
	Conservative	Paul Darryl Freeman	1,828	12.93
	Conservative	Carole Hegley	1,664	11.77
	UK First	Peter Arthur Cole	856	6.06
	Labour	Wendy Anne Bater	855	6.05
	Liberal Democrats	David William Larkman	799	5.65
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Elizabeth Gates	775	5.48
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Frances Pointer	746	5.28
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Witherick	692	4.89
	Labour	Joy Amelia Shaw	557	3.94
	Labour	David King	556	3.93
	Labour	James Kenneth O’Neill	520	3.68
	BNP	Derek Esau Godfrey	423	2.99
Majority			808	5.71
Turnout			14,137	36.30
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Flitwick East

Flitwick East (2 seats)[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Gerald Jamieson	1,213	23.31
	Conservative	Andrew Michael Turner	1,140	21.91
	Green	Gareth Ellis	685	13.17
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Mitchell	641	12.32
	Green	Chris Fryer	496	9.53
	Liberal Democrats	Les Thompson	475	9.13
	Independent	Andy Ausden	320	6.15
	Labour	Sheila Gardner	125	2.40
	Labour	Stephen John Hunt	108	2.08
Majority			455	8.74
Turnout			5,203	44.70
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Flitwick West

Flitwick West (2 seats)[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dennis Gale	1,365	30.12
	Conservative	Steve Male	1,361	30.03
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Watton	760	16.77
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Kennedy	698	15.40
	Labour	Peter Joyce	197	4.35
	Labour	Iain Stuart Matuaru	151	3.33
Majority			601	13.26
Turnout			4,532	42.50
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Grovebury

Grovebury (2 seats)[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond D Berry	1,052	28.04
	Conservative	Adam Fahn	1,028	27.41
	Liberal Democrats	Hugo Friffin-Jorgensen	504	13.44
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Aidan McMorrow	444	11.84
	Labour	Jenny Bone	398	10.61
	Labour	Chris Northedge	325	8.66
Majority			524	13.97
Turnout			3,751	30.40
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Houghton Regis

Houghton Regis (4 seats)[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Goodchild	1,877	16.11
	Liberal Democrats	Rita Egan	1,650	14.16
	Liberal Democrats	David John Jones	1,628	13.97
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Williams	1,553	13.32
	Conservative	John Anthony Chatterley	998	8.56
	Conservative	Claire Elizabeth Meakins-Jell	799	6.86
	Conservative	Peter Frederick Swaisland	746	6.40
	BNP	Steven Bridgeman	735	6.31
	Labour	Robert James Roche	482	4.14
	Labour	Ruth Harris-Small	463	3.97
	Labour	Roger Harold Turner	444	3.81
	Conservative	Beryl Mary Meakins	279	2.39
Majority			555	4.76
Turnout			11,654	31.40
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Icknield

Icknield (2 seats)[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David John McVicar	1,046	30.35
	Conservative	John Robert Kane	913	26.50
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Frances Hatswell	487	14.13
	Liberal Democrats	Alan David Winter	405	11.75
	Labour	Catherine Howes	299	8.68
	Labour	Michelle Jayne Henderson	296	8.59
Majority			426	12.37
Turnout			3,446	36.60
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Langford & Henlow Village

Langford & Henlow Village (2 seats)[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony A Rogers	1,783	33.47
	Conservative	Jon A E Clarke	1,681	31.56
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Troon	722	13.55
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Barnes	589	11.06
	Labour	David Charles Devereux	295	5.54
	Labour	Ann Brown	257	4.82
Majority			959	18.01
Turnout			5,327	44.10
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Leighton Linslade Central

Leighton Linslade Central (4 seats)[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Sharer	1,769	12.94
	Conservative	Brian J Spurr	1,752	12.81
	Conservative	Roy W Johnstone	1,747	12.78
	Conservative	David Bowater	1,728	12.64
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Freeman	1,328	9.71
	Liberal Democrats	Russ Goodchild	1,165	8.52
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Jennifer Guess	1,145	8.37
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Henry Martin Owen	1,039	7.60
	Labour	Sara Monissa Harris	517	3.78
	Labour	Joan Rampley	513	3.75
	Labour	John Stephen Bone	505	3.69
	Labour	Maurice Rampley	466	3.41
Majority			400	2.93
Turnout			13,674	33.90
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Marston

Marston (2 seats)[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger A Baker	706	24.87
	Conservative	Mike Gibson	601	21.17
	Independent	Iain Clapman	553	19.48
	Liberal Democrats	Ian J Booth	486	17.12
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Sinclair	247	8.70
	Labour	Roy Arden	130	4.58
	Labour	Sean Patrick Walter Carolan	116	4.08
Majority			48	3.70
Turnout			2,839	36.50
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Maulden & Houghton Conquest

Maulden & Houghton Conquest (2 seats)[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Barker	1,430	27.59
	Conservative	Howard J Lockey	1,390	26.81
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Baines	907	17.50
	Liberal Democrats	Tracy Wilbur	853	16.45
	Green	Saqhib Ijthehad Ali	341	6.58
	Labour	George Henry Legate	135	2.60
	Labour	Peter Reginald Wicks	128	2.47
Majority			483	9.31
Turnout			5,184	48.80
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Northfields

Northfields (2 seats)[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Julian David Murray	755	20.82
	Conservative	Jeannette Freeman	618	17.04
	Conservative	Nigel Austin Warren	511	14.09
	Labour	Duncan Ross	480	13.23
	Labour	Michael Joseph Hearty	413	11.39
	BNP	Shelley Rose	348	9.59
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Keyes	258	7.11
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Ann Morgan	244	6.73
Majority			107	2.95
Turnout			3,627	40.30
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Northill & Blunham

Northill & Blunham (2 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Maudlin	2,013	36.57
	Conservative	Patricia E Turner	1,823	33.11
	Liberal Democrats	James Blackburn	674	12.24
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Davis	645	11.72
	Labour	Hilary Janet Broderick	180	3.27
	Labour	Peter Charles Doland	170	3.09
Majority			1,149	20.87
Turnout			5,505	44.10
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Plantation

Plantation (2 seats)[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter R Rawcliffe	1,290	32.17
	Conservative	Alan J Shadbolt	1,204	30.03
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Elizabeth Gray	519	12.94
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalind Mennie	458	11.42
	Labour	Maurice Blackman	279	6.96
	Labour	Gerry Sandison	260	6.48
Majority			685	17.09
Turnout			4,010	35.70
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Potton

Potton (2 seats)[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anita Lewis	1,232	28.95
	Conservative	Doreen B Gurney	1,156	27.16
	Independent	Richard Gilbert Baker	731	17.17
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Jones	631	14.83
	Labour	Rose Forbes	298	7.00
	Labour	Dennis James	208	4.89
Majority			425	9.99
Turnout			4,256	41.60
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sandy

Sandy (2 seats)[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Blaine	1,383	26.74
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Aldis	1,209	23.38
	Green	Ken Lynch	748	14.46
	Conservative	Dawn Michele McNeil	689	13.32
	Conservative	Steven Watkins	619	11.97
	Green	Kate Layden	266	5.14
	Labour	Cheryl Ann McDonald	135	2.61
	Labour	David Ian Hadley	123	2.38
Majority			461	8.92
Turnout			5,172	40.40
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Shefford

Shefford (2 seats)[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lewis Birt	1,309	28.66
	Conservative	Tony Brown	1,234	27.01
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Francis John Mackin	881	19.29
	Liberal Democrats	John Henry Goode	650	14.23
	Labour	Carolyn Devereux	286	6.26
	Labour	Nigel Ian Rushby	208	4.55
Majority			353	7.72
Turnout			4,568	41.40
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Silsoe and Shillington

Silsoe and Shillington (2 seats)[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rita Jane Drinkwater	1,503	28.91
	Liberal Democrats	Alison M W Graham	1,226	23.58
	Conservative	Kathy Keen	1,163	22.37
	Liberal Democrats	Myles Collett Greenhalgh	1,089	20.95
	Labour	Paul Bouch	138	2.65
	Labour	Anthony Kent	80	1.54
Majority			63	1.21
Turnout			5,199	46.30
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

South East Bedfordshire

South East Bedfordshire (2 seat) [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Stay	1,720	35.11
	Conservative	Ruth B Gammons	1,551	31.66
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Goss	582	11.88
	Liberal Democrats	Adrees Latif	542	11.06
	Labour	Alyson Jane Read	292	5.96
	Labour	John George Smith	212	4.33
Majority			969	19.78
Turnout			4,899	43.40
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

South West Bedfordshire

South West Bedfordshire (2 seats) [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken James	1,744	39.97
	Conservative	Marion Mustoe	1,705	39.08
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Goodchild	499	11.44
	Labour	Roger Charles Croft	222	5.09
	Labour	Bill Amos	193	4.42
Majority			1,206	27.64
Turnout			4,363	44.90
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Southcott

Southcott (2 seats) [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David John Hopkin	986	24.71
	Liberal Democrats	Peter J Snelling	858	21.50
	Conservative	George Edward Albert Rolfe	829	20.78
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Oliver Nathan Fried	591	14.81
	Green	Ken Barry	417	10.45
	Labour	Peter William Palfrey	189	4.74
	Labour	John Sydney Kenneth Raymond	120	3.01
Majority			29	0.72
Turnout			3,990	40.90
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Stotfold and Arlesey

Stotfold and Arlesey (4 seats) [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John A G Saunders	2,139	15.03
	Conservative	John Street	2,131	14.97
	Conservative	Christina Turner	1,981	13.92
	Conservative	Ian Dalgarno	1,931	13.57
	Independent	Hugh Harper	1,073	7.54
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Reginald Cooper	958	6.73
	Independent	Vic Williams	915	6.43
	Liberal Democrats	Pam Manfield	802	5.63
	Liberal Democrats	Larry Stoter	743	5.22
	Labour	Sandra May Lunn	432	3.03
	Labour	Douglas A Landman	422	2.96
	Labour	Lorraine Jean Warwick	394	2.77
	Labour	Mike Smith	313	2.20
Majority			858	6.03
Turnout			14,234	38.10
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Toddington

Toddington (2 seats) [26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Nicols	1,188	28.35
	Conservative	Norman B Costin	1,139	27.18
	Independent	Ian Leslie Shingler	677	16.15
	Independent	John Walter Gilbey	448	10.69
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Ross Morgan	223	5.32
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Swain	203	4.84
	Labour	Rodney Evan Richard Evans	166	3.96
	Labour	Marshall Miller	147	3.51
Majority			462	11.03
Turnout			4,191	44.60
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Watling

Watling (2 seats) [27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter N Hollick	1,267	32.65
	Conservative	Ann J Sparrow	1,265	32.60
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Christine Thorne	454	11.70
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Margaret Walmsley	353	9.10
	Labour	Raymond Ian Harris	285	7.35
	Labour	Michael Andrew Rogers	256	6.60
Majority			811	20.90
Turnout			3,880	38.20
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Woburn & Harlington

Woburn & Harlington (2 seats) [28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fiona Chapman	1,743	27.24
	Conservative	Budge Wells	1,688	26.39
	Liberal Democrats	Brian James Golby	1,332	20.82
	Liberal Democrats	Robert John Hallam	1,068	16.69
	Labour	Rachel Joy Elizabeth Garnham	304	4.75
	Labour	Susan Marie Morris	263	4.11
Majority			356	5.57
Turnout			6,398	46.10
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

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