Central Bedfordshire: 2009 local elections

28 wards with results. Council page

Before (end of 2008) (7 seats, our estimate)

Conservative 4 · Liberal Democrats 2 · Independent 1

After (end of 2009) (66 seats, Elections Centre)

Conservative 54 · Liberal Democrats 11 · Other 1 · Labour 0

Ward results

Ampthill2 seats · turnout 45.9%

Gary Summerfield	Liberal Democrats	971 ✓
Paul Duckett	Conservative	855 ✓
Mark Smith	Independent	840
Charles Gibson	Conservative	633
Ghislain Pascal	Independent	548
Michael Cottier	Liberal Democrats	418
Chris Haynes	Independent	417
John Bingham	Independent	177
David Hogan	Labour	76
Mark Cant	Labour	73

Barton2 seats · turnout 41.6%

Tony Northwood	Liberal Democrats	1,302 ✓
Janet Nunn	Liberal Democrats	1,268 ✓
Martin Hawkins	Conservative	1,000
Frederick Wilson	Conservative	898
Terri Miller	Labour	157
Christopher Atkinson	Labour	142

Biggleswade4 seats

P Vickers	Conservative	2,157
M. Jones	Conservative	2,091
D Lawrence	Conservative	1,989
J. Lawrence	Conservative	1,930
G Burke	Liberal Democrats	1,060
B Briars	Labour	963
R. Skinner	Labour	951
Neil Cliff	Liberal Democrats	850
S Grayston	Labour	808
Dante Conning	Liberal Democrats	726
A Dennis	Labour	714
Kevin Austin	BNP	709
C Leslie	Liberal Democrats	639

Cranfield2 seats

Kenneth Matthews	Conservative	858
Alan Bastable	Conservative	857
S. Booth	Liberal Democrats	354
M. Sinclair	Liberal Democrats	305
Laurence Pollock	Labour	229
Alan Morris	Labour	218

Dunstable – Icknield2 seats

D McVicar	Conservative	1,046
J. Kane	Conservative	913
P Hatswell	Liberal Democrats	487
A Winter	Liberal Democrats	405
C Howes	Labour	299
M Henderson	Labour	296

Dunstable Downs4 seats

T Green	Conservative	2,011
N Young	Conservative	1,855
P Freeman	Conservative	1,828
C Hegley	Conservative	1,664
Wendy Bater	Labour	855
D. Larkman	Liberal Democrats	799
L Gates	Liberal Democrats	775
S Pointer	Liberal Democrats	746
I Witherick	Liberal Democrats	692
J Shaw	Labour	557
D King	Labour	556
J O’Neill	Labour	520
D Godfrey	NF	423

Flitwick East2 seats

J. Jamieson	Conservative	1,213
A Turner	Conservative	1,140
G Ellis	Green	685
S Mitchell	Liberal Democrats	641
Christopher Fryer	Green	496
L Thompson	Liberal Democrats	475
Andy Ausden	Independent	320
S Gardner	Labour	125
S Hunt	Labour	108

Flitwick West2 seats

D. Gale	Conservative	1,365
S. Male	Conservative	1,361
L. Watton	Liberal Democrats	760
R. Kennedy	Liberal Democrats	698
Peter Joyce	Labour	197
I. Matharu	Labour	151

Grovebury2 seats

R Berry	Conservative	1,052
A Fahn	Conservative	1,028
H Griffin-Jorgensen	Liberal Democrats	504
P McMorrow	Liberal Democrats	444
Jennie Bone	Labour	398
Christopher Northedge	Labour	325

Houghton Regis4 seats

Susan Goodchild	Liberal Democrats	1,877 ✓
Rita Egan	Liberal Democrats	1,650 ✓
David Anthony Jones	Liberal Democrats	1,628 ✓
P. Williams	Liberal Democrats	1,553 ✓
J Chatterley	Conservative	998
Claire Meakins-Jell	Conservative	799
P Swaisland	Conservative	746
S Bridgeman	BNP	735
R. Roche	Labour	482
R Harris-Small	Labour	463
Susan Slough	Labour	456
R Turner	Labour	444
B Meakins	Conservative	279

Langford & Henlow Village2 seats

T Rogers	Conservative	1,783
J Clarke	Conservative	1,681
Timothy Troon	Liberal Democrats	722
T Barnes	Liberal Democrats	589
D Devereux	Labour	295
A Brown	Labour	257

Leighton Linslade Central4 seats

K Sharer	Conservative	1,769
Brian Spurr	Conservative	1,752
R Johnstone	Conservative	1,747
D Bowater	Conservative	1,728
M. Freeman	Liberal Democrats	1,328
R Goodchild	Liberal Democrats	1,165
A Guess	Liberal Democrats	1,145
S Owen	Liberal Democrats	1,039
S Harris	Labour	517
J Rampley	Labour	513
Jennie Bone	Labour	505
M Rampley	Labour	466

Marston2 seats

R Baker	Conservative	706
M Gibson	Conservative	601
I Clapham	Independent	553
I Booth	Liberal Democrats	486
J Sinclair	Liberal Democrats	247
Roy Arden	Labour	130
Sean Carolan	Labour	116

Maulden & Houghton Conquest2 seats

A. Barker	Conservative	1,430
Howard Lockey	Conservative	1,390
R Baines	Liberal Democrats	907
Tracy Wilbur	Liberal Democrats	853
S Ali	Green	341
G Legate	Labour	135
P Wicks	Labour	128

Northfields2 seats

James Murray	Independent	755
J Freeman	Conservative	618
Nigel Warren	Conservative	511
D Ross	Labour	480
M Hearty	Labour	413
Shelley Rose	BNP	348
R Keyes	Liberal Democrats	258
Elaine Ann Morgan	Liberal Democrats	244

Northill & Blunham2 seats

Caroline Maudlin	Conservative	2,013
Tom Turner	Conservative	1,823
J Blackburn	Liberal Democrats	674
G Davis	Liberal Democrats	645
H Broderick	Labour	180
Peter Doland	Labour	170

Plantation2 seats

P. Rawcliffe	Conservative	1,290
A Shadbolt	Conservative	1,204
Anne Gray	Liberal Democrats	519
R Mennie	Liberal Democrats	458
M Blackman	Labour	279
G Sandison	Labour	260

Potton2 seats · turnout 37.4%

Anita Lewis	Conservative	1,232 ✓
Doreen Beatrice Gurney	Conservative	1,156 ✓
Richard Baker	Independent	731
Patrick Jones	Liberal Democrats	631
Rose Forbes	Labour	298
James Dennis	Labour	208

Sandy2 seats · turnout 38.8%

Peter Blaine	Liberal Democrats	1,383 ✓
Nigel Aldis	Liberal Democrats	1,209 ✓
Kenneth Lynch	Green	748
Dawn McNeil	Conservative	689
Steven Watkins	Conservative	619
Kate Layden	Green	266
Cheryl McDonald	Labour	135
David Hadley	Labour	123

Shefford2 seats · turnout 35.0%

Lewis Birt	Conservative	1,309 ✓
Tony Brown	Conservative	1,234 ✓
Paul Mackin	Liberal Democrats	881
Jeremy Good	Liberal Democrats	650
Carolyn Devereux	Labour	286
Nigel Rushby	Labour	208

Silsoe and Shillington2 seats

R Drinkwater	Conservative	1,503
Andy Graham	Liberal Democrats	1,226
K Keen	Conservative	1,163
M Greenhalgh	Liberal Democrats	1,089
P Bouch	Labour	138
A Kent	Labour	80

South East Bedfordshire2 seats

R Stay	Conservative	1,720
R Gammons	Conservative	1,551
S Goss	Liberal Democrats	582
A Latif	Liberal Democrats	542
A Read	Labour	292
James John Christopher Smith	Labour	212

South West Bedfordshire2 seats

K Janes	Conservative	1,744
M Mustoe	Conservative	1,705
J Goodchild	Liberal Democrats	499
R Croft	Labour	222
Bill Amos	Labour	193

Southcott2 seats

D Hopkin	Conservative	986
P Snelling	Liberal Democrats	858
G Rolfe	Conservative	829
M Fried	Liberal Democrats	591
K Barry	Green	417
P Palfrey	Labour	189
J Raymond	Labour	120

Stotfold & Arlesey4 seats

J Saunders	Conservative	2,139
J Street	Conservative	2,131
C Turner	Conservative	1,981
Ian Dalgarno	Conservative	1,931
Hugh Harper	Independent	1,073
A Cooper	Liberal Democrats	958
V Williams	Independent	915
Pam Manfield	Liberal Democrats	802
Larry Stoter	Liberal Democrats	743
S Lunn	Labour	432
D Landman	Labour	422
Lorraine Warwick	Labour	394
M Smith	Labour	313

Toddington2 seats

T Nicols	Conservative	1,188
N Costin	Conservative	1,139
Ian Shingler	Independent	677
J Gilbey	Independent	448
Ray Morgan	Liberal Democrats	223
T Swain	Liberal Democrats	203
Richard Paul Evans	Labour	166
M Miller	Labour	147

Watling2 seats · turnout 36.0%

Peter Hollick	Conservative	1,267 ✓
Ann Sparrow	Conservative	1,265 ✓
Susan Thorne	Liberal Democrats	454
Lynda Walmsley	Liberal Democrats	353
Raymond Harris	Labour	285
Michael Rogers	Labour	256

Woburn & Harlington2 seats

F Chapman	Conservative	1,743
B Wells	Conservative	1,688
Brian Golby	Liberal Democrats	1,332
R Hallam	Liberal Democrats	1,068
Rachel Joy Elizabeth Garnham	Labour	304
S Morris	Labour	263