2003 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election
Elections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council were held on 1 May 2003. All 53 seats were up for election. Councillors elected would serve a four-year term, expiring in 2007. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, winning 37 of 53 seats on the council. The Conservatives won 7 seats (5 wards) unopposed.
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53 seats for Whole Council 27 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 94,569 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 33% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Result edit
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 37 | 69.81 | 41.9 | 12,794 | -3.8 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 11 | 20.75 | 24.6 | 7,497 | +5.9 | ||||
Independent | 4 | 7.55 | 8.1 | 2,466 | -0.2 | ||||
Labour | 1 | 1.89 | 22.0 | 6,726 | -5.4 | ||||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 1,053 | +3.4 |
Ward Results edit
All results are listed below:[1][2]
This election was the first with the new ward boundaries.[3]
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 1999 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 1999 District Council election.
Candidates who were members of the council before the election are marked with an asterisk.
Ampthill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Gary Summerfield* | 1,179 | 59.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Cathrall | 949 | 47.7 | ||
Conservative | Richard Holden* | 823 | 41.4 | +0.1 | |
Labour | Mark Smith | 704 | 35.4 | ||
Conservative | Jeremy Jones | 580 | 29.1 | ||
Conservative | John Stratton | 489 | 24.6 | ||
Green | Gavin Harrison | 370 | 18.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,990 | 37.3 | -0.2 |
Arlesey edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Victor Williams* | 607 | 62.4 | +9.0 | |
Labour | Dorothy Brown | 492 | 50.6 | ||
Conservative | Peter Woodward | 344 | 35.4 | ||
Independent | David West | 127 | 13.1 | ||
Turnout | 973 | 25.4 | -2.1 |
Aspley Guise edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Fiona Chapman* [a] | Unopposed | NA |
Biggleswade Holme edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Smith* | 549 | 42.8 | ||
Conservative | Peter Vickers* | 525 | 40.9 | -2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Bracey | 399 | 31.1 | +8.8 | |
Labour | Rose Forbes | 345 | 26.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Baines | 309 | 24.1 | ||
Labour | Alistair Costley* | 305 | 23.8 | -26.0 | |
Turnout | 1,284 | 35.5 |
Biggleswade Ivel edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maurice Jones | 645 | 42.9 | ||
Conservative | Patricia Rouse | 634 | 42.1 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Jane Lawrence | 614 | 40.8 | ||
Labour | Bernard Briars | 594 | 39.5 | ||
Labour | Rex Skinner* | 535 | 35.5 | -13.0 | |
Labour | Hilary Broderick* | 527 | 35.0 | -4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gary Laver | 268 | 17.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Glenys Leach | 238 | 15.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,505 | 27.4 | -4.5 |
Biggleswade Stratton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Lawrence | 335 | 46.8 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Michael Cazaly | 331 | 46.2 | +8.8 | |
Labour | Rebecca Kerfoot | 266 | 37.2 | ||
Labour | Kevin Merrett | 240 | 33.5 | -5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Hartwell | 145 | 20.3 | ||
Turnout | 716 | 26.3 | -3.8 |
Clifton and Meppershall edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Rogers* | 758 | 56.4 | ||
Conservative | Paul Carne | 709 | 52.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Livesey | 537 | 39.9 | -0.7 | |
Labour | David Devereux | 283 | 21.0 | -2.5 | |
Turnout | 1,345 | 39.7 |
Cranfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kenneth Matthews* | 737 | 62.9 | +23.3 | |
Conservative | Alan Bastable | 705 | 60.2 | +30.5 | |
Labour | Alan Morris | 368 | 31.4 | ||
Labour | Laurence Pollock | 342 | 29.2 | +2.4 | |
Turnout | 1,172 | 28.7 | -1.2 |
Flitton, Greenfield and Pulloxhill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Thompson* | 335 | 54.5 | ||
Green | Richard Ellis | 280 | 45.5 | ||
Turnout | 615 | 36.9 |
Flitwick East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Andrew Lee | 496 | 42.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Watton | 440 | 37.3 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | Rowland Goodman* | 376 | 31.8 | -20.1 | |
Conservative | Jack North | 330 | 27.9 | ||
Labour | Paul Griffiths* | 294 | 24.9 | -23.2 | |
Green | Marina Torselli | 216 | 18.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,181 | 28.6 | +0.9 |
Flitwick West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Dennis Gale* | 1,012 | 61.0 | +18.8 | |
Conservative | James Gardner* | 974 | 58.7 | +18.0 | |
Conservative | Stephen Male | 927 | 55.8 | ||
Labour | Heather Mallett | 574 | 34.6 | ||
Labour | Maurice Layton | 538 | 32.4 | -13.8 | |
Labour | Glen Pullen | 534 | 32.2 | +1.5 | |
Turnout | 1,660 | 28.6 | -0.7 |
Harlington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Brian Golby* | 747 | 86.6 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Andrew Langham | 108 | 12.5 | ||
Turnout | 863 | 48.2 | -1.2 |
Houghton, Haynes, Southill and Old Warden edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rodney Bowdidge* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Conservative | Neal Capon* | Unopposed | NA |
Langford and Henlow Village edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | William Cliff* | 738 | 46.3 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sonia Sewell | 588 | 36.9 | ||
Conservative | Steven Dixon | 581 | 36.4 | ||
Conservative | Philip Wright | 576 | 36.1 | ||
Labour | David Handscombe | 328 | 20.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,595 | 42.5 |
Marston edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Darren Tysoe* | 651 | 63.9 | +11.9 | |
Conservative | Simon Prince | 626 | 61.4 | ||
Labour | Elizabeth Rooney | 291 | 28.6 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Richard Greenough | 286 | 28.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,019 | 26.4 | -4.7 |
Maulden and Clophill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Howard Lockey* | 852 | 55.9 | -2.3 | |
Conservative | Martin Hawkins* | 791 | 51.9 | -22.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bettina Fitt | 469 | 30.8 | ||
Labour | Geoffrey Thorp | 272 | 17.9 | ||
Labour | Terry Shanahan | 267 | 17.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,523 | 43.0 |
Northill and Blunham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joanna Davison* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Conservative | Patricia Turner* | Unopposed | NA |
Potton and Wensley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Doreen Gurney* | 1,118 | 59.9 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Anita Lewis* | 1,096 | 58.7 | -2.1 | |
Conservative | John Lewis | 986 | 52.8 | ||
Labour | Patrick Heskins | 743 | 39.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,868 | 33.8 |
Sandy Ivel edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John Gurney* | 691 | 64.8 | +13.6 | |
Conservative | Alistair Gammell* | 553 | 51.8 | -7.7 | |
Independent | Anthony Goss* | 396 | 37.1 | -14.2 | |
Green | Paul Wheatley | 187 | 17.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,067 | 30.6 |
Sandy Pinnacle edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Peter Blaine* | 871 | 61.3 | +22.9 | |
Independent | Max McMurdo* | 722 | 50.8 | +9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Aldis | 637 | 44.8 | ||
Conservative | Michael Scott | 370 | 26.0 | ||
Conservative | Robert Smith | 325 | 22.9 | ||
Labour | Natasha Hetherington | 240 | 16.9 | ||
Labour | Drosten Fisher | 213 | 15.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,422 | 29.0 |
Shefford, Campton and Gravenhurst edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lewis Birt* | 802 | 49.8 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Anthony Brown* | 769 | 47.7 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Chapman | 670 | 41.6 | ||
Conservative | Ashley Green | 639 | 39.6 | ||
Labour | Carolyn Devereux | 505 | 31.3 | -4.8 | |
Turnout | 1,612 | 31.3 |
Shillington, Stondon and Henlow Camp edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rita Drinkwater* | 864 | 70.4 | +12.0 | |
Conservative | Anthony Whiteman* | 710 | 57.9 | +7.3 | |
Labour | Andrea Wilson | 344 | 28.0 | ||
Labour | Janet Mallett | 306 | 24.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,227 | 32.5 |
Silsoe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kathleen Keen* | Unopposed | NA |
Stotfold edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Street* | 981 | 58.3 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Collier* | 978 | 58.1 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | John Saunders | 821 | 48.8 | -3.3 | |
Conservative | Peter Evans | 815 | 48.4 | +6.4 | |
Turnout | 1,684 | 33.7 | -4.3 |
Westoning and Tingrith edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Andrew Rayment* [b] | 446 | 83.4 | +7.2 | |
Labour | Jean Pullen | 83 | 15.5 | ||
Turnout | 535 | 32.3 |
Woburn edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Duggan* | Unopposed | NA |
Notes edit
- ^ 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.[4][5] She is sometimes listed as Catherine Chapman,[1] and sometimes as Fiona Chapman.[6][5] 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.[7]
References edit
- ^ a b c Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2003 - Mid Bedfordshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ^ a b c Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael, "Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Results 1973-2007" (PDF), www.electionscentre.co.uk, The Elections Centre, Plymouth University, retrieved 14 May 2017
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Mid Bedfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Cllr Mrs C Fiona Chapman MBE", centralbeds.moderngov.co.uk, archived from the original on 14 August 2017, retrieved 14 May 2017
- ^ a b "Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Central Bedfordshire Council, Vice-Chairman Councillor Fiona Chapman MBE", www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk, retrieved 14 May 2017[permanent dead link]
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2007 - Mid Bedfordshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
- ^ "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, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2017, retrieved 14 May 2017