2015 Bedford Borough Council election

2015 UK local government election

The 2015 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Bedford Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Overall Results

Bedford Local Election Result 2015
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	15	3	0	+3	37.5	39.73	45,874	+2.8
Labour	14	3	1	+2	35.0	27.48	31,738	-1.35
Liberal Democrats	9	0	3	-3	22.5	19.35	22,342	-6.33
Independent	2	0	2	-2	5.0	1.78	4346	-4.06
Green	0	0	0	0	0	5.45	6291	+4.27
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	4.97	5742	+4.69

A total of 115,477 valid votes were cast and there were 1,060 rejected ballots.
The turnout was 66.3%

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
12	12	12	4
Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Ind

After the election the composition of the council was:

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15	14	9	2
Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Ind

Ind - Independent

Ward Results

Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk.

Brickhill

Brickhill (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Royden*	2,123	45.54	−15.92
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Rider*	1,882	40.37	−12.44
	Conservative	Olly Richbell	1,231	26.40	+0.19
	Conservative	Rubina Shaikh	892	19.13	−3.85
	Labour	Cathrine Ward	775	16.62	+3.91
	Labour	Robert Frank Atkins	755	16.19	+6.80
	Green	Sara Frances Browne	382	8.19	N/A
Majority			651	13.97
Turnout			4,724	71.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bromham and Biddenham

Bromham and Biddenham (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Rigby*	2,730	72.55	+6.28
	Conservative	Jon Gambold*	2,393	63.59	+0.66
	Labour	Elizabeth Jane Luder	680	18.07	+0.48
	Labour	Ashley Spencer Firth	638	16.95	+2.04
	Liberal Democrats	Stelios Mores	436	11.59	+0.12
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen John Rutherford	265	7.04	−0.28
Majority			1,713	45.52
Turnout			3,822	66.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle

Castle (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Stanton Fletcher	978	28.72	+3.10
	Labour	Luigi Reale	853	25.05	+3.47
	Conservative	Shish Miah	774	22.73	−1.45
	Castle Ward Independent	Apu Bagchi*	753	22.11	−11.90
	Labour	Mashuk Miah Ullah	698	20.50	−0.90
	Castle Ward Independent	Caroline Sara Fensome*	678	19.91	−5.71
	Green	Lucy Clare Bywater	539	15.83	+7.75
	Green	Ben Foley	390	11.45	+7.50
	Liberal Democrats	Muhmud Henry Rogers	181	5.32	−3.65
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Rashid Rogers	140	4.11	−3.16
	Independent	Ameer Shajahan Mohammed	64	1.88	N/A
Majority			79	2.32
Turnout			3,437	60.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Cauldwell

Cauldwell (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Randolph Charles*	1,762	49.89	+3.55
	Labour	Sue Oliver*	1,559	44.14	−2.63
	Conservative	Darren Jason Russell	670	18.97	−0.69
	Conservative	Nurul Islam	590	16.70	−1.11
	UKIP	Janet Culley	477	13.51	N/A
	Green	Esin Esat	228	6.46	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jake Sale	216	6.12	−16.99
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad Sabir Rahman	153	4.33	−14.99
	Independent	Aleksandr Zabolotnov	42	1.19	N/A
Majority			889	25.17
Turnout			3,575	52.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Clapham

Clapham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Anne Walker*	1,140	49.50	−9.78
	Labour	Jenni Jackson	511	22.19	−8.76
	UKIP	Peter Lund-Conlon	420	18.24	N/A
	Green	Sarah Mingay	124	5.80	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Robert Ryan	108	4.69	−5.08
Majority			629	27.31
Turnout			2,303	67.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

De Parys

De Parys (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Paul Vann*	1,040	32.08	−4.48
	Liberal Democrats	David Alexander Sawyer*	1,007	31.06	−13.68
	Conservative	Adrian Alexander Lennox-Lamb	948	29.24	−3.31
	Conservative	Robin Calverey Illingworth	937	28.90	−3.90
	Labour	Monika Golebiewska	573	17.67	+0.73
	Labour	Louise Whatham	509	15.70	−0.83
	UKIP	John Lathaen	342	10.55	N/A
	Green	Alex Charlton	224	6.91	+1.67
	Green	Alex Willmott	176	5.43	N/A
	Independent	John Lloyd	99	3.05	N/A
Majority			59	1.82
Turnout			3,288	64.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Eastcotts

Eastcotts
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Holland*	804	47.66	−16.66
	Conservative	Michael Peter Abbott	539	31.95	+11.49
	Labour	James Alexander Grady	344	20.39	+5.17
Majority			265	15.71
Turnout			1,687	62.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Elstow & Stewartby

Elstow & Stewartby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Hill*	941	46.61	+8.45
	Conservative	Margaret Jean Turner	565	27.98	−5.07
	Labour	Susan Ann Hoskin	355	17.58	+4.25
	Independent	Tony Hare	158	7.83	−7.63
Majority			376	18.63
Turnout			2,019	64.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Goldington

Goldington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony James Forth	1,291	33.38	+5.40
	Labour	Jade Chelsea Uko	961	24.84	−1.42
	Conservative	Phillippa Anne Martin-Moran	945	24.43	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna Rose Marchant	942	24.35	−18.97
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Jefferies Harrison	874	22.60	−17.88
	UKIP	Adrian John Haynes	663	17.14	N/A
	Conservative	Zulika Maria Wightman	564	14.58	−5.91
	Green	Brant Carl Tilds	218	5.64	N/A
Majority			16	0.41
Turnout			3,907	60.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Great Barford

Great Barford (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Hellier Moon*	2,615	59.27	−4.29
	Conservative	Sheryl Lesley Maxwell Corp	2,242	50.82	−17.75
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen James Lawson	785	17.79	+3.43
	Green	Mark Bowler	732	16.59	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Stekelis	634	14.37	+1.15
Majority			1,457	33.03
Turnout			4,511	72.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpur

Harpur (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colleen Atkins*	1,793	60.92	+2.49
	Labour	Louise King*	1,316	44.72	+2.76
	Conservative	Andrea Clare Spice	775	26.33	−3.18
	Conservative	Sanjit Kaur Gill Chowdrey	541	18.38	−6.29
	UKIP	Derek John Few	323	10.98	N/A
	Independent	David John Allen	272	9.24	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Martin Whitehead	224	7.61	+0.95
	Green	Jen Foley	210	7.14	−0.70
	Liberal Democrats	Ripal Pranesh Patel	175	5.95	−2.84
	Green	Racheall Monton	153	5.20	−1.73
Majority			541	9.36
Turnout			2,975	51.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Harrold

Harrold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Jane Foster	1,762	74.60	+27.77
	Green	Gary Nicholas Lloyd	377	15.96	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Joy Rose Winder	223	9.44	−34.75
Majority			1,385	58.64
Turnout			2,362	75.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kempston Central and East

Kempston Central and East (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Frank John Boutall	1,210	37.01	+2.61
	Labour	Mohammed Nawaz*	1,034	31.63	−6.85
	Labour	James Emmanuel Valentine*	1,028	31.45	−11.43
	Conservative	Kuldip Singh	769	23.52	+5.86
	UKIP	Nicky Attenborough	764	23.37	−9.41
	Green	Richard James Baker	304	9.30	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Gasson	245	7.49	+0.30
	Liberal Democrats	Bipin Shah	158	4.83	−1.89
Majority			6	0.18
Turnout			3,310	61.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kempston North

Kempston North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shan Hunt*	870	47.08	+9.71
	Conservative	Matt McCarthy	810	43.83	+7.51
	Green	Alex Sebastian Jones	120	6.49	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mamun Islam	48	2.60	−4.28
Majority			60	3.25
Turnout			1,848	64.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Kempston Rural

Kempston Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark William Smith*	2,074	70.14	+12.64
	Labour	Shah Shanoor Miah	540	18.26	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Conrad Holden Longmore	343	11.60	−4.14
Majority			1,634	51.88
Turnout			2,957	69.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kempston South

Kempston South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Rex Meader	1,471	69.29	−6.34
	Conservative	Sarah King McGee	545	25.67	+5.74
	Green	Tim Crowhurst	54	2.54	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Downing Standley	53	2.50	−1.94
Majority			926	43.62
Turnout			2,123	67.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Kempston West

Kempston West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Will Hunt	956	42.58	−11.21
	Conservative	Ryan Darren Michael Gray	746	33.23	−7.55
	UKIP	Peter Hull	332	14.79	N/A
	Green	Rosemary Josephine Elizabeth Wright	112	4.99	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Paul Hart	99	4.41	−1.02
Majority			210	9.35
Turnout			2,245	61.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingsbrook

Kingsbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Saunders*	1,461	40.27	+1.21
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Joan Gerard*	923	25.44	−12.25
	Labour	Abu Sultan	848	23.37	−6.62
	Liberal Democrats	Becky Guynn	751	20.70	−16.13
	UKIP	Chris Billington	603	16.62	N/A
	Conservative	Martine Moon	554	15.27	−2.73
	Conservative	Shekh Sayed	456	12.57	−1.01
	Green	Lynn Herron	242	6.67	N/A
Majority			75	2.07
Turnout			3,664	55.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Newnham

Newnham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Kenneth Samuel Mingay*	1,516	38.48	+1.83
	Conservative	Giovanni Carofano	1,143	29.01	+1.14
	Labour	Margaret Ann Badley	976	24.77	+4.26
	Labour	June Aileen McDonald	749	19.01	+1.68
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Willey	666	16.90	−10.97
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Gary Crofts	648	16.45	−6.78
	UKIP	John Norman Robertson	382	9.70	N/A
	UKIP	Domenico Canzoneri	361	9.16	N/A
	Green	Janice Mary Jones	328	8.32	+1.78
	Independent	Saverio Bongo	228	5.79	N/A
	Green	George Lewis Murphy	200	5.08	N/A
Majority			167	4.24
Turnout			3,980	69.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oakley

Oakley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Patricia Margaret Olney	955	41.20	−42.86
	Conservative	Ade Clewlow	914	39.43	N/A
	UKIP	Sebastian Sharpe	171	7.38	N/A
	Labour	Anne Saunders	152	6.56	−2.64
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Millington Norton	84	3.62	−3.11
	Green	David Peter Mingay	42	1.81	N/A
Majority			41	1.77
Turnout			2,318	78.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Putnoe (2 Seats)

Putnoe (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Paul Headley*	2,014	45.32	−13.58
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Jean Bootiman	1,578	35.51	−10.68
	Conservative	Peter Anthony Allen	1,447	32.56	+11.41
	Conservative	Susan Mary Spratt	1,105	24.86	−3.11
	Labour	Ceciliah Chigwada	588	13.23	−1.04
	Labour	Graham John Tranquada	533	11.99	−1.55
	Green	Rosie Layton	275	6.19	N/A
Majority			131	2.95
Turnout			4,488	74.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Queens Park

Queens Park (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammad Yasin*	2,062	53.77	−6.54
	Labour	Mohammed Masud*	1,947	50.77	+0.36
	Conservative	Balal Shah	1,262	32.91	−6.55
	Conservative	Muzakkir Hussain Khan	965	25.16	−0.46
	Green	Hannah Mary Jones	297	7.74	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothea Manar Rogers	138	3.60	+0.66
	Liberal Democrats	Richard William Struck	108	2.82	−0.55
Majority			685	17.86
Turnout			3,893	65.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Riseley

Riseley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Edward James Towler	1,206	57.95	+31.19
	UKIP	James Timkey	344	16.53	N/A
	Labour	John Gerard Dawson	235	11.29	+4.13
	Independent	Eileen Brenda Whitmore	154	7.40	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Solomon	142	6.83	+4.00
Majority			862	41.42
Turnout			2,081	76.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Sharnbrook

Sharnbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Doug McMurdo*	1,042	42.53	−16.63
	Conservative	Robert Peter Tickle	886	36.16	+7.57
	Labour	Susan Jane Caroline Aykin	266	10.86	+1.97
	Green	Elisabeth Magda Evershed	158	6.45	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Elizabeth Trengrove	98	4.00	+0.65
Majority			156	6.37
Turnout			2,450	76.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Wilshamstead

Wilshamstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graeme Stuart Coombes*	1,698	72.78	+8.68
	Labour	Akm Masum	383	16.42	−2.58
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Mason	252	10.80	−6.10
Majority			1,315	56.36
Turnout			2,333	68.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wootton

Wootton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Stephen Wheeler	1,119	42.91	+4.47
	UKIP	Bill Hall	560	21.47	+8.32
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Trevor Lloyd	525	20.13	−18.31
	Labour	Ali Askor	266	10.20	−0.27
	Green	Carlos Linnett	138	5.29	N/A
Majority			559	21.44
Turnout			2,608	71.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Wyboston

Wyboston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Wootton*	1,618	73.48	+2.95
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Joseph Kavanagh	316	14.35	+1.18
	Green	Lisa Bradbury	268	12.17	N/A
Majority			1,302	59.13
Turnout			2,202	73.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
"Bedford Borough Council Election Results 2015" (PDF). Retrieved 21 February 2022.

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