1992 Bedford Borough Council election

Bedford Borough Council election

The 1992 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Bedford Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

1992 Bedford Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	10	4	55.6	15	25	47.2	15,445	44.5	+1.6
	Labour	4	1	22.2	11	15	28.3	9,637	27.8	–3.9
	Liberal Democrats	2	3	11.1	8	10	18.9	8,167	23.5	–2.0
	Independent	2		11.1	1	3	5.7	1,454	4.2	N/A

Ward results

Brickhill

Brickhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Hill*	1,534	48.2	+2.1
	Conservative	Eric Threapleton	1,502	47.2	+3.8
	Labour	P. Ade	144	4.5	–6.0
Majority			32	1.0
Turnout			3,180	53.8
Registered electors			5,857
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bromham

Bromham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Bates*	1,387	76.7	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	C. McCormack	292	16.1	+3.7
	Labour	V. Jones	130	7.2	–1.9
Majority			1,095	60.5
Turnout			1,809	47.3
Registered electors			4,008
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carlton

Carlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Victor Brandon*	823	83.2	–0.5
	Labour	C. Falkner	87	8.8	–7.5
	Liberal Democrats	J. Doran	79	8.0	N/A
Majority			736	74.4
Turnout			989	56.9
Registered electors			1,722
	Independent hold		Swing

Castle

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Rigby	901	38.8	–8.0
	Labour	R. Baker	849	36.5	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	P. Chiswell	573	24.7	+11.9
Majority			52	2.2
Turnout			2,323	52.9
Registered electors			4,477
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cauldwell

Cauldwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Elford*	1,201	70.2	−1.4
	Conservative	Aleks Simic	342	20.0	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	G. Williams	169	9.9	+1.3
Majority			859	50.2
Turnout			1,712	31.1
Registered electors			5,606
	Labour hold		Swing

Clapham

Clapham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Chybalski*	584	43.5	−8.9
	Conservative	J. Whatley	452	33.7	–0.2
	Labour	Jennifer Lumsden	257	19.1	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	R. Prosser	50	3.7	–48.7
Majority			132	9.8
Turnout			1,343	46.8
Registered electors			2,790
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

R. Chybalski had originally been elected as a Liberal Democrat, but defected to become an Independent prior to the election.

De Parys

De Parys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Jones*	1,366	49.3	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	J. Crofts	1,161	41.9	+0.5
	Labour	H. Newens	244	8.8	–3.6
Majority			205	7.4
Turnout			2,771	49.0
Registered electors			5,608
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastcotts

Eastcotts
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Payne	536	53.8	+17.8
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Dunning*	373	37.4	–6.8
	Labour	D. Tydings	88	8.8	–11.1
Majority			163	16.3
Turnout			997	45.0
Registered electors			2,216
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Goldington

Goldington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Christie*	1,228	57.4	+12.0
	Labour	Randolph Charles	537	25.1	–9.9
	Conservative	I. Mactoom	376	17.6	−2.0
Majority			691	32.3
Turnout			2,141	40.4
Registered electors			5,180
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Harpur

Harpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colleen Atkins*	1,133	54.7	–1.6
	Conservative	S. Halse	787	38.0	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	M. Vogel	150	7.2	+2.0
Majority			346	16.7
Turnout			2,070	36.9
Registered electors			5,758
	Labour hold		Swing

Kempston East

Kempston East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Szall	1,560	54.4	+8.1
	Labour	David Lewis*	1,123	39.1	–10.0
	Liberal Democrats	V. Hawke	187	6.5	+1.9
Majority			437	15.2
Turnout			2,870	40.1
Registered electors			7,190
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Kempston West

Kempston West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Stupple*	1,346	54.3	+4.2
	Labour	Sesa Lehal	948	38.3	–5.6
	Liberal Democrats	B. Gibbons	137	5.5	–0.5
	Independent	C. Pritchard	47	1.9	N/A
Majority			398	16.1
Turnout			2,478	40.1
Registered electors			6,176
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingsbrook

Kingsbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Luder*	896	56.7	+7.8
	Conservative	L. Griffin	487	30.8	+17.4
	Liberal Democrats	L. Ames	198	12.5	–25.2
Majority			409	25.9	–3.0
Turnout			1,581	29.9	–7.0
Registered electors			5,226
	Labour hold		Swing	1.5

Newnham

Newnham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mingay	825	46.0	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	A. Lennon*	639	35.6	–5.2
	Labour	Richard Crane	329	18.3	–4.8
Majority			186	10.4	N/A
Turnout			1,793	45.5	–7.3
Registered electors			4,069
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	8.4

Putnoe

Putnoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Moore	1,336	53.9	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Hall	998	40.3	–6.8
	Labour	G. Burchmore	144	5.8	–0.6
Majority			338	13.6
Turnout			2,478	44.8
Registered electors			5,521
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Queens Park

Queens Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Cotter*	1,056	58.5	−7.5
	Conservative	R. Hughes	537	29.8	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Cunningham	212	11.7	+5.6
Majority			519	28.8
Turnout			1,805	33.7
Registered electors			5,533
	Labour hold		Swing

Roxton

Roxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hughes*	722	82.5	+3.4
	Labour	Terence Carroll	78	8.9	–4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Conrad Longmore	75	8.6	+0.7
Majority			644	73.6
Turnout			875	45.6
Registered electors			1,907
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wootton

Wootton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Tait*	983	70.8	+21.4
	Labour	G. Ware	293	21.1	–23.9
	Liberal Democrats	Cheryl Green	112	8.1	+2.6
Majority			690	49.7
Turnout			1,388	38.2
Registered electors			3,693
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"Results 1973 to 2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 13 February 2023.

v t e Council elections in Bedfordshire
Bedford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2015 2019 2023
Central Bedfordshire Council	2009 2011 2015 2019 2023
Luton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Bedfordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 Abolished
Mid Bedfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
South Bedfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e (1991 ←) 1992 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1993)
Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Bolton Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
District councils (England)	Adur Amber Valley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Bath Bedford Blackburn Brentwood Brighton Bristol Broadland Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Carlisle Cheltenham Cherwell Chester Chorley Colchester Congleton Craven Crawley Crewe and Nantwich Daventry Derby Eastbourne Eastleigh Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmbridge Epping Forest Exeter Fareham Gillingham Gloucester Gosport Great Grimsby Great Yarmouth Halton Harlow Harrogate Hartlepool Hart Hastings Havant Hereford Hertsmere Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Kingston upon Hull Leominster Lincoln Macclesfield Maidstone Milton Keynes Mole Valley Newcastle-under-Lyme North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oxford Pendle Penwith Peterborough Portsmouth Preston Purbeck Reading Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor Scunthorpe Shrewsbury and Atcham Slough South Bedfordshire South Cambridgeshire South Herefordshire South Lakeland Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Swale Tamworth Tandridge Thamesdown Three Rivers Thurrock Tunbridge Wells Watford Waveney Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Wokingham Worcester Worthing Wyre Forest York
District councils (Scotland)	Aberdeen Angus Annandale and Eskdale Argyll and Bute Badenoch and Strathspey Banff and Buchan Bearsden and Milngavie Berwickshire Caithness Clackmannan Clydebank Clydesdale Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Cumnock and Doon Valley Cunninghame Dumbarton Dundee Dunfermline East Kilbride East Lothian Eastwood Edinburgh Ettrick and Lauderdale Falkirk Glasgow Gordon Hamilton Inverclyde Inverness Kilmarnock and Loudoun Kincardine and Deeside Kirkcaldy Kyle and Carrick Lochaber Midlothian Monklands Moray Motherwell Nairn Nithsdale North East Fife Perth and Kinross Renfrew Ross and Cromarty Roxburgh Skye and Lochalsh Stewartry Stirling Strathkelvin Sutherland Tweeddale West Lothian Wigtown
See also: UK General election

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