Bedford: 2002 local elections

25 wards with results. Council page

Before (end of 2001) (53 seats, Elections Centre)

Labour 18 · Liberal Democrats 16 · Conservative 13 · Other 6

After (end of 2002) (54 seats, Elections Centre)

Conservative 25 · Labour 14 · Liberal Democrats 11 · Other 4

Ward results

Brickhill3 seats · turnout 39.2%

Peter Hand	Conservative	1,301 ✓
Amanda McConnell	Conservative	1,274 ✓
Lynne Faulkner	Conservative	1,254 ✓
Janet Salem	Liberal Democrats	1,068
David Sawyer	Liberal Democrats	1,039
Michael Murphy	Liberal Democrats	1,033
Yvonne Lesley Anderson	Labour	313
Karl Sorembik	Labour	277
Philip Otabanjo	Labour	259

Bromham3 seats · turnout 31.0%

Terence Rigby	Conservative	1,432 ✓
Eileen Whitmore	Conservative	1,413 ✓
Robert Rigby	Conservative	1,361 ✓
George Alfred Flaxman	Liberal Democrats	312
Conrad Longmore	Liberal Democrats	290
Stephen Rutherford	Liberal Democrats	260
Yarina Jones	Labour	236

Castle3 seats · turnout 33.5%

Apu Bagchi	Labour	1,050 ✓
Peter Chiswell	Conservative	942 ✓
Margaret Davey	Conservative	914 ✓
Susanna Chirico	Labour	893
Emily Davey	Conservative	849
Marilyn Leask	Labour	829
Jacqueline Smithson	Liberal Democrats	252
Janet Haddock	Liberal Democrats	226
Brian Hill	Liberal Democrats	207

Cauldwell3 seats · turnout 20.3%

Robert Elford	Labour	886 ✓
Randolph Charles	Labour	850 ✓
Christopher Black	Labour	811 ✓
Anitat Gerard	Liberal Democrats	211
Mary Fogg	Conservative	166
Philip Standley	Liberal Democrats	164
Season Prater	Liberal Democrats	159
Jennifer Ridge	Conservative	147
Margaret Thomas	Conservative	135

Clapham2 seats · turnout 27.8%

Mollie Foster	Conservative	778 ✓
Judith Arnold	Conservative	660 ✓
John Creasey	Independent	396
Terence Carroll	Labour	226
Gerald Elliott	Liberal Democrats	107
Michelle Headley	Liberal Democrats	101

De Parys2 seats

Joyce Ryan	Liberal Democrats	642 ✓
Tarsem Paul	Conservative	624 ✓
James Moore	Conservative	618
Ian White	Liberal Democrats	586
Richard Atkins	Labour	151
Charles Bally	Labour	150

Eastcotts1 seat

Christine McHugh	Liberal Democrats	371 ✓
Tom Wootton	Conservative	269
Caron Rosovske	Labour	42

Goldington3 seats · turnout 29.0%

Jennifer Heseltine	Liberal Democrats	1,120 ✓
Patrick Naughton	Liberal Democrats	1,114 ✓
Peter John Harle Smith	Liberal Democrats	1,057 ✓
Lewis Lyndon Evans	Labour	408
Elizabeth Grugeon	Labour	398
David Williams	Labour	387
Denise Coates	Conservative	233
Valerie Fulford	Conservative	222
David Pask	Conservative	220
Anthony Cardus	Independent	96
Vivienne Melville	Independent	72
Jack Harrison	Independent	69

Great Barford2 seats · turnout 34.5%

Robert Harrison	Conservative	839 ✓
Carole Ellis	Conservative	820 ✓
David Rawlins	Independent	300
Pauline Curl	Labour	253
Linda Carlton	Liberal Democrats	188
Stuart Mardlin	Independent	120
Paul Stekelis	Liberal Democrats	118
Jennifer Johnson	Independent	106
Ian Johnston	Independent	82

Harpur3 seats · turnout 24.0%

Hazel Mitchell	Labour	707 ✓
Brian Dillingham	Conservative	686 ✓
Ian Nicholls	Labour	658 ✓
Julie Sturgess	Labour	635
David Fletcher	Conservative	559
Richard West	Conservative	558
Janet Elizabeth Trengrove	Liberal Democrats	180
Colin Grimley	Green	173
Samuel Wilson	Liberal Democrats	161
Charlotte Hill	Liberal Democrats	90

Harrold1 seat · turnout 32.4%

Martin Bridgman	Conservative	463 ✓
Margaret Gardner	Liberal Democrats	119
M. Gardner	Liberal Democrats	118

Kempston East2 seats · turnout 29.6%

Charlotte Attenborough	Conservative	699 ✓
Georgina Coupe	Conservative	619 ✓
Dean Lewis	Labour	558
Carl Meader	Labour	518
Jill Hoyle	Liberal Democrats	90
Jane Josephs	Liberal Democrats	74

Kempston North2 seats · turnout 27.8%

Sue Oliver	Labour	656 ✓
Christopher Whitehead	Labour	588 ✓
Jennifer Gough	Conservative	376
Mary Milner	Conservative	347
Simon White	Liberal Democrats	119
Kathleen Naughton	Liberal Democrats	118

Kempston South3 seats · turnout 28.8%

Shan Hunt	Labour	686 ✓
William Hunt	Labour	654 ✓
Ray Oliver	Labour	630 ✓
David Merry	Independent	544
Diccon Spain	Independent	541
John Wignail	Independent	527
Lionel Milner	Conservative	281
Jarnail Singh	Conservative	237
Amrit Kaur	Conservative	237
Tracey Hill	Liberal Democrats	193
Paulette Lodge	Liberal Democrats	165
Charles Parsons	Labour	129

Kingsbrook3 seats · turnout 25.8%

Shirley McKay	Liberal Democrats	788 ✓
David Hodgson	Liberal Democrats	771 ✓
Derek Jones	Labour	734 ✓
Elizabeth Luder	Labour	727
Elizabeth Saunders	Labour	715
Tim Prater	Liberal Democrats	706
Carolynne Eynon	Conservative	200
Janet Suter	Conservative	177
Vivian Suter	Conservative	149
Michael Blackledge	Independent	55

Newnham2 seats · turnout 31.3%

J. Mingay	Conservative	498 ✓
C. Crane	Conservative	463 ✓
P. Westerman	Liberal Democrats	380
Neal Bath	Liberal Democrats	376
Richard Crane	Labour	356
Franca Garrick	Labour	314

Oakley1 seat

Patricia Olney	Independent	545 ✓
B Purbrick	Conservative	84
J Spicer	Labour	53
Andrew Thomas	Liberal Democrats	17

Putnoe3 seats · turnout 38.9%

Michael Headley	Liberal Democrats	1,217 ✓
Linda Weerasrie	Liberal Democrats	1,095 ✓
Myrtle Stewardson	Liberal Democrats	1,056 ✓
Ralph Hall	Conservative	698
Mark Adkin	Conservative	672
Arthur Foster	Conservative	632
Brian Gibbons	Independent	546
Heather Harvey	Independent	536
Hilary Finlayson	Independent	521
Rosemary Roome	Labour	269
David Lukes	Labour	260
Luigi Reale	Labour	235

Queens Park2 seats

Frank Garrick	Labour	937 ✓
Mohammed Khan	Labour	907 ✓
Faryad Hussain	Labour	899 ✓
Karl Turner	Conservative	585
Michael Williams	Conservative	188
Sion Eynon	Conservative	180
Stephen Lawson	Liberal Democrats	144
Gregory Webb	Liberal Democrats	110

Riseley1 seat

Ian Clifton	Independent	873 ✓
Stewart Lister	Conservative	72
James Dormer	Labour	46
Pierrette Lob-Levyt	Liberal Democrats	12
Jacob Williams	Independent	10

Roxton1 seat · turnout 37.6%

William Clarke	Conservative	598 ✓
Sophia Stow	Liberal Democrats	93
Simon Ross	Labour	92
David Melville	Independent	60

Sharnbrook1 seat

Richard Thomas Davis	Conservative	542 ✓
Geoffrey Hulatt	Independent	249
Adrien Gordon Beardmore	Labour	65
Terence Outen	Liberal Democrats	48

Turvey1 seat · turnout 41.9%

Celia Hanbury	Conservative	652 ✓
Sarah Fogarty	Liberal Democrats	253

Wilshamstead2 seats

Barry Huckle	Conservative	855 ✓
Anthony Hare	Conservative	771 ✓
Martin Parker	Liberal Democrats	457
Malcolm Whiteman	Liberal Democrats	377

Wootton3 seats · turnout 30.6%

Judith Cunningham	Liberal Democrats	686 ✓
Mark Smith	Independent	568 ✓
Gordon Willey	Liberal Democrats	505 ✓
Janet Tait	Conservative	501
Rita Judge	Conservative	468
Karen Ledster	Liberal Democrats	441
Anne Worboys	Conservative	438
Charan Sekhom	Labour	133