2011 Central Bedfordshire Council election

2011 Central Bedfordshire Council election

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All 59 seats to Central Bedfordshire Council 30 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 54 seats, 51.7% 11 seats, 29.0% Seats won 49 5 Seat change 5 6 Popular vote 86,017 23,040 Percentage 53.6% 14.4% Swing 1.9% 14.6%   Third party Fourth party   Party Independent Labour Last election 1 seat, 4.1% 0 seats, 12.0% Seats won 4 1 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 12,922 35,668 Percentage 8.1% 22.2% Swing 4.0% 12.2%
Winner of each seat at the 2011 Central Bedfordshire Council election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2011 Central Bedfordshire Council electionfor the Central Bedfordshire Council were held on 5 May 2011, along with other United Kingdom local elections. The whole council was up for election following boundary changes, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2015.

All councillors defending their seats this year were first elected in 2009, when the council was formed.

The Conservative Party retained an overall control on the council, winning 49 of the 59 seats on the council. Of the remaining 10 seats, 4 were won by the Liberal Democrats, 4 were won by Independents and the Labour Party won its first seat on the council.^[1]

Central Bedfordshire Council Election Result 2011

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	49			-5	83.05	53.61	86,017	+1.94%
	Liberal Democrats	5			-6	8.47	14.36	23,040	-14.58%
	Independent	4			+3	6.78	8.05	12,922	+4.02%
	Labour	1			+1	1.70	22.23	35,668	+10.18%
	Green	0			0	0.0	1.03	1,651	-0.49%
	UKIP	0			0	0.0	0.72	1,150	N/A

The overall turnout was 41.73% with a total of 160,448 valid votes cast.

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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54	11	1
Conservative	Lib Dem	I

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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49	5	4	1
Conservative	Lib Dem	I	L

I - Independent
L - Labour

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. All results are listed below:^[2]

Ampthill (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Duckett*	2,372	25.42
	Independent	Mark Smith	2,137	22.90
	Conservative	Michael Blair	2,133	22.85
	Conservative	Howard Lockey	1,883	20.17
	Labour	Peter Joyce	808	8.66
Majority			250	2.68
Turnout			9,333	48.10
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Arlesey (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rita Drinkwater*	2,714	23.09
	Conservative	Ian Dalgarno*	2,575	21.90
	Conservative	Richard Wenham	2,460	20.93
	Labour	David Devereux	1,400	11.91
	Labour	Douglas Landman	1,304	11.09
	Labour	Lorraine Warwick	1,302	11.08
Majority			1,060	9.02
Turnout			11,755	41.00
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Councillors Drinkwater and Dalgarno previously served as a Conservative Party Councillor in the Silsoe and Shillington ward Stotfold and Arlesey ward respectively.

Aspley & Woburn (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Wells	1,294	75.32
	Labour	Rachel Lewington	424	24.68
Majority			870	50.64
Turnout			1,718	46.60
	Conservative win (new seat)

Barton-Le-Clay (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ian Shingler	615	31.91
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Nunn*	456	23.66
	Conservative	Martin Hawkins	406	21.07
	Independent	Lyndon Davison-Williams	225	11.68
	Labour	Michael Wingrove	137	7.11
	UKIP	Steven Wildman	88	4.57
Majority			159	8.25
Turnout			1,927	48.80
	Independent win (new seat)

Janet Nunn previously served as a councillor in the Barton Ward.

Biggleswade North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Lawrence*	997	27.08
	Conservative	Maurice Jones*	988	26.84
	Labour	Bernard Briars	883	23.99
	Labour	Rex Skinner	813	22.09
Majority			105	2.85
Turnout			3,681	38.20
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Councillors Lawrence and Jones both previously served as Councillors for the Biggleswade ward.

Biggleswade South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Lawrence*	1,648	30.43
	Conservative	Peter Vickers	1,604	29.61
	Labour	Sheila Grayston	1,121	20.70
	Labour	Allister Dennis	1,403	19.26
Majority			483	8.91
Turnout			5,416	41.70
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Councillors Lawrence and Vickers both previously served as Councillors for the Biggleswade ward.

Caddington (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ruth Gammons*	2,215	36.31
	Conservative	Richard Stay*	2,134	34.98
	Labour	Daniel Heley	711	11.65
	Labour	Isaac Sibiya	424	6.95
	Liberal Democrats	Adrees Latif	404	6.62
	Liberal Democrats	Salma Nasir	213	3.49
Majority			1,423	23.33
Turnout			6,101	47.20
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Councillors Gammons and Stay both previously served as Councillors for the South East Bedfordshire ward.

Cranfield & Marston Stable (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Clark	1,697	17.88
	Conservative	Alan Bastable	1,639	17.26
	Conservative	Kenneth Matthews*	1,596	16.81
	Independent	James Baker	890	9.38
	Independent	Roger Baker*	794	8.36
	Labour	Miriam Gale	732	7.71
	Independent	Iain Clapham	725	7.64
	Labour	Alan Morris	725	7.64
	Labour	Laurence Pollock	695	7.32
Majority			706	7.43
Turnout			9,493	39.20
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor Matthews previously served as a Councillor in the Cranfield ward and Roger Baker was previously elected as a Conservative Party councillor in the Marston ward.

Dunstable Central (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Hegley*	841	64.64
	Labour	Michael Hearty	301	23.14
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Thorne	159	12.22
Majority			540	41.20
Turnout			1,301	39.00
	Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor Hegley previously served as a Councillor in the Dunstable Downs ward.

Dunstable Icknield (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David McVicar*	1,092
	Conservative	John Young	948	20.64
	Independent	Beryl Meakins	803	17.48
	Labour	Robert Shelley	709	15.43
	Labour	Michael Stokes	682	14.85
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Larkman	210	4.57
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Winter	150	3.26
Majority			145	3.16
Turnout			4,594	34.40
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor McVicar previously served as a Councillor in the Icknield ward.

Dunstable Manshead (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Pepworth	591	42.98
	Conservative	John Kane*	584	42.47
	Liberal Democrats	David Larkman	200	14.55
Majority			7	0.51
Turnout			1,375	37.20
	Labour win (new seat)

Councillor Kane previously served as a Councillor in the Icknield ward.

Dunstable Northfields (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Julian Murray	877	21.25
	Conservative	Denise Green	757	18.34
	Conservative	Jeannette Freeman*	753	18.25
	Labour	Michael Rogers	618	14.98
	Labour	Duncan Ross	594	14.39
	Independent	Laurie Mansfield	198	4.80
	Liberal Democrats	Roderick Keyes	168	4.07
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Swain	117	2.83
	Independent	Mary Norman	45	1.09
Majority			4	0.09
Turnout			4,127	36.60
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor Murray and Jeannette Freeman previously served as Councillors in the Northfields ward.

Dunstable Watling (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hollick*	2,074	34.35
	Conservative	Ann Sparrow*
	Labour	Mark Cant	723	11.97
	Labour	Michelle Henderson	713	11.81
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Hunt	256	4.24
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Witherick	250	4.14
Majority			52	0.86
Turnout			6,038	41.80
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Councillors Hollick and Sparrow previously served as Councillors in the Watling ward.

Eaton Bray (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marion Mustoe*	1,164	75.00
	Labour	Roger Croft	298	19.20
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Walmsley	90	5.80
Majority			866	55.80
Turnout			1,552	46.00
	Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor Mustoe previously served as a councillor in the South West Bedfordshire ward.

Flitwick (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Turner*	1,911	17.46
	Conservative	Catherine Chapman	1,607	14.68
	Conservative	Charles Gomm	1,587	14.50
	Independent	Richard Harris	1,000	9.13
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Mitchell	875	7.99
	Labour	David Short	820	7.49
	Labour	Shelid Gardner	743	6.79
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Watton	687	6.28
	Labour	James Gledhill	603	5.51
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Harding	588	5.37
	Green	Christopher Fryer	526	4.80
Majority			587	5.37
Turnout			10,947	35.60
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor Turner previously served as a councillor in the Flitwick East ward.

Heath & Reach (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Versallion	1,076	70.84
	Labour	Anthony Kent	293	19.29
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Morgan	150	9.87
Majority			783	51.55
Turnout			1,519	47.00
	Conservative win (new seat)

Houghton Conquest & Haynes (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Barker
	Conservative win (new seat)

Angela Barker was elected unopposed, after having previously served as a councillor in the Maulden & Houghton Conquest ward.

Houghton Hall (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Goodchild*	856	25.12
	Liberal Democrats	David Jones*	699	20.51
	Conservative	John Chatterley	571	16.75
	Conservative	Peter Swaisland	445	13.06
	Labour	Paul Cunningham	429	12.59
	Labour	Maria Jones	408	11.97
Majority			128	3.76
Turnout			3,408	32.10
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Councillors Goodchild and Jones previously served as councillors in the Houghton Regis ward.

Leighton Buzzard North (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Johnstone*	2,145	19.30
	Conservative	Brian Spurr*	2,062	18.56
	Conservative	Alan Shadbolt	1,943	17.48
	Labour	Michael Bishop	1,060	9.54
	Labour	Heather Copley	1,059	9.53
	Labour	Daniel Scott	911	8.20
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Guess	711	6.40
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Mercer	648	5.83
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalind Mennie	573	5.16
Majority			883	7.94
Turnout			11,112	36.90
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Councillors Johnstone and Spurr previously served as councillors in the Leighton Linslade Central ward.

Leighton Buzzard South (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Berry*	1,525	19.69
	Conservative	David Bowater*	1,513	19.53
	Conservative	Amanda Dodwell	1,510	19.49
	Labour	John Bone	868	11.20
	Labour	Christopher Northedge	743	9.59
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Gray	543	7.01
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Carnell	528	6.82
	Liberal Democrats	Celia Snelling	517	6.67
Majority			642	8.29
Turnout			7,747	36.00
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor Berry previously served as a councillor in the Grovebury ward and Councillor Bowater previously served as a councillor in the Leighton Linslade Central ward.

Linslade (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hopkin*	1,990	17.30
	Conservative	Kenneth Janes	1,486	12.92
	Conservative	Nigel Warren	1,394	12.12
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Snelling*	1,378	11.98
	Liberal Democrats	John Freeman	1,332	11.58
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Goodchild	1,113	9.67
	Labour	Peter Palfrey	790	6.87
	Labour	Joan Rampley	728	6.33
	Green	Kenneth Barry	671	5.83
	Labour	Maurice Rampley	621	5.40
Majority			16	0.14
Turnout			11,503	46.00
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor Hopkin and Peter Snelling previously served as councillors in the Southcott ward.

Northill (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Turner*	1,220	68.31
	Labour	Dennis James	296	16.57
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Jones	270	15.12
Majority			924	51.74
Turnout			1,786	50.90
	Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor Turner previously served as a councillor in the Northill & Blunham ward.

Parkside (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rita Egan	374	40.39
	Independent	Rae Bird	358	38.66
	Labour	Iain Matharu	194	20.95
Majority			16	1.73
Turnout			926	30.10
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Councillor Egan previously served as a councillor in the Houghton Regis ward.

Potton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Adam Zerny	1,824	36.42
	Conservative	Doreen Gurney*	1,204	24.04
	Conservative	Anita Lewis	1,116	22.28
	Labour	Andrew Hopkins	462	9.23
	Labour	Paul Rogers	402	8.03
Majority			88	1.76
Turnout			5,008	50.40
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor Gurney and Anita Lewis previously served as councillors in the Potton ward.

Sandy (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Maudlin	1,753	16.84
	Conservative	Naomi Sheppard	1,698	16.31
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Aldis*	1,334	12.82
	Conservative	Benson Themuka	1,256	12.07
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Baines	911	8.75
	Liberal Democrats	Glenys Leach	798	7.67
	Labour	Sandra Lunn	673	6.47
	Labour	Kevin Edwards	672	6.46
	Labour	Cheryl McDonald	666	6.40
	UKIP	George Konstantinidis	646	6.21
Majority			78	0.75
Turnout			10,407	37.50
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Councillor Aldis previously served as a councillor in the Sandy ward.

Shefford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lewis Birt*	1,459	30.57
	Conservative	Anthony Brown*	1,402	29.37
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Mackin	637	13.35
	Labour	Nigel Rushby	551	11.54
	UKIP	Jonathan Shilton	416	8.72
	Liberal Democrats	John Goode	308	6.45
Majority			765	16.02
Turnout			4,773	41.50
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Councillors Birt and Brown previously served as councillors in the Shefford ward.

Silsoe & Shillington (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain MacKilligan	733	46.22
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Graham*	649	40.92
	Green	Christopher Puleston	103	6.49
	Labour	Carolyn Devereux	101	6.37
Majority			84	5.30
Turnout			1,586	51.50
	Conservative win (new seat)

Alison Graham previously served as a councillor in the Silsoe and Shillington ward.

Stotfold & Langford (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Saunders	2,227	18.14
	Conservative	John Saunders*	2,162	17.61
	Conservative	Jonathan Clarke	2,063	16.81
	Independent	John Street	1,150	9.37
	Independent	Christina Turner	926	7.55
	Labour	Paul Bouch	760	6.19
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Collier	756	6.16
	Labour	George Legate	670	5.46
	Labour	Satinderjit Singh Dhaliwal	652	5.31
	Liberal Democrats	Isabella Collier	504	4.11
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Troon	404	3.29
Majority			913	7.44
Turnout			12,274	46.10
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor John Saunders previously served as a councillor in the Stotfold and Arlesey ward and Councillor Clarke previously served as a councillor in the Langford, Bedfordshire|Langford and Henlow Village ward.

Tithe Farm (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Williams*	514	54.62
	Labour	Robert Roche	427	45.38
Majority			87	9.24
Turnout			941	32.10
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Councillor Williams previously served as a councillor in the Houghton Regis ward.

Toddington (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Nicols*	1,714	27.03
	Conservative	Norman Costin*	1,603	25.28
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Golby	1,014	15.99
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Jack	696	10.97
	Labour	Rachel Garnham	689	10.86
	Labour	Peter Turner	626	9.87
Majority			589	9.29
Turnout			6,342	44.30
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Councillors Nicols and Costin previously served as councillors in the Toddington ward.

Westoning, Flitton & Greenfield (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Jamieson*	1,052	59.84
	Independent	Henry Howden	355	20.19
	Green	Richard Ellis	351	19.97
Majority			697	39.65
Turnout			1,758	48.10
	Conservative win (new seat)

Councillor Jamieson previously served as a councillor in the Flitwick East ward.