2019 Central Bedfordshire Council election

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2019 Central Bedfordshire Council election
Bedfordshire County Flag.svg
  2015 2 May 2019 (2019-05-02) 2023  

All 59 seats to Central Bedfordshire Council
30 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader James Jamieson
Party Conservative Independent Liberal Democrats
Last election53 seats, 53.8%3 seats, 10.4%1 seat, 5.1%
Seats won41133
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 12Increase2.svg 10Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote61,37525,91313,745
Percentage43.3%18.3%9.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg 10.0%Increase2.svg 7.9%Increase2.svg 4.6%

 Fourth partyFifth party
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Party Labour UKIP
Last election2 seats, 16.8%0 seats, 8.2%
Seats won11
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote28,1077,596
Percentage19.8%5.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg 2.5%Decrease2.svg 2.8%

Central Bedfordshire UK ward map 2019.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2019 Central Bedfordshire Council election

Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

Elections to Central Bedfordshire Council were held on 2 May 2019, along with other local elections. [1] The whole council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2023.

Contents

Summary

Election result

2019 Central Bedfordshire Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 5841012Decrease2.svg 1269.543.361,375–10.0
  Independent 2413100Increase2.svg 1022.018.325,913+7.9
  Liberal Democrats 28320Increase2.svg 25.19.713,745+4.6
  Labour 59101Decrease2.svg 11.719.828,107+2.5
  UKIP 18110Increase2.svg 11.75.47,596–2.8
  Green 9000Steady2.svg0.03.24,540–2.5
  Women's Equality 1000Steady2.svg0.00.2274N/A
  Renew 1000Steady2.svg0.00.2241N/A

Ward results

Ampthill

Ampthill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mark Smith 2,135 54.7
Conservative Michael Blair 1,595 40.9
Conservative Paul Duckett 1,564 40.1
Conservative Stephen Addy1,54239.5
Green Susan Clinch1,19330.6
Liberal Democrats Catherine Brown96724.8New
Labour Valerie Quinn44911.5
Labour Louise Chinnery3739.6
Labour Carmen Williams2636.7
Turnout 3,93038.3
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Arlesey

Arlesey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Dalgarno 1,899 54.9
Conservative David Shelvey 1,858 53.7
Conservative Richard Wenham 1,799 52.0
Green Tom Hoeksma1,00229.0New
Labour Kevin O'Daly94227.2
Labour Douglas Landman88425.6
Labour Daniel Riley76722.2
Turnout 3,54129.9
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

No UKIP (-20.7) or Independent (-16.4) candidates as previous.

Aspley and Woburn

Aspley and Woburn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Baker 1,686 78.5 New
Conservative Christopher Wells37117.3-55.9
Labour Susan Morris904.2New
Majority
Turnout 2,15257.4
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

No Green candidate as previous (-26.8).

Barton-le-Clay

Barton-le-Clay
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ian Shingler 1,155 68.6 +17.5
Conservative Joseph Irwin25315.0-10.6
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Paxton19711.7-2.3
Labour Karl Bruckdorfer784.6-4.7
Majority
Turnout 1,68742.5
Independent hold Swing

Biggleswade North

Biggleswade North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steven Watkins 1,161 57.1
Conservative Ian Bond 1,098 54.0
Labour Sarah Doyle78338.5
Labour Fiona Factor73836.3
Turnout 2,10329.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

No UKIP (-23.6) or Green (-11.0) candidates as previous.

Biggleswade South

Biggleswade South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Foster 1,180 39.8
Independent Hayley Whitaker 1,072 36.1 New
Conservative Michael North96932.7
Labour Georgina Gale60220.3
Labour Julian Vaughan58819.8
Independent Timothy Woodward57719.5
UKIP Duncan Strachan43314.6
Turnout 2,98134.4
Conservative hold
Independent gain from Conservative

No Independent (-12.1) or Green (-10.0) candidates as previous.

Caddington

Caddington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kevin Collins 1,418 48.5
Conservative Edward Perry 1,256 43.0
Independent John Waller1,04135.6New
Labour Shirley Smith55118.9
Labour Ian Lowery44515.2
Turnout 2,95537.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

No Independent (-22.4) or Green (-9.1) candidates as previous.

Cranfield and Marston Moretaine

Cranfield and Marston Moretaine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Clark 1,508 45.3
Conservative Kenneth Matthews 1,285 38.6
Conservative Robert Morris 1,183 35.5
Independent John Guinn1,04231.3New
Green Alison Parker77223.2
UKIP Roger Baker69520.9
Labour Elizabeth Rooney63018.9
Labour Michelle White50715.2
Labour Karl O'Dell43513.1
Renew Alan Victor2417.2New
Turnout 3,34030.7
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Dunstable Central

Dunstable Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carole Hegley 573 54.5 +1.8
Labour Russell McCulloch29027.6-3.0
Liberal Democrats David Jones18817.9New
Majority
Turnout 1,08829.5
Conservative hold Swing

No Independent candidate as previous (-16.7).

Dunstable Icknield

Dunstable Icknield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Chatterley 641 35.3
Conservative David McVicar 599 33.0
Independent Kayson Gurney59332.7
Independent Kenson Gurney51628.4
Labour Catherine Howes44224.4
Labour Michael Rogers37820.8
Liberal Democrats Susan Thorne1458.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Hunt1427.8
Turnout 1,83729.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Dunstable Manshead

Dunstable Manshead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Crawley 436 38.9
Labour Louise O'Riordan33730.0
UKIP Robert Brown18916.8
Liberal Democrats Patricia Larkman16014.3
Majority
Turnout 1,13127.3
Conservative hold Swing

Dunstable Northfields

Dunstable Northfields
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Johnson Tamara 689 37.9
Conservative Gladys Sanders 655 36.0
Labour Kevin Flint60733.4
Labour Julian Mockridge60633.3
UKIP Martin Young35419.5
Liberal Democrats Elaine Morgan23212.7
Liberal Democrats Lynda Walmsley21812.0
Turnout 1,83524.3
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Dunstable Watling

Dunstable Watling
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eugene Ghent 1,304 56.3
Conservative John Young 1,295 55.9
Labour Roger Pepworth47720.6
Labour Trudi Kleanthous47120.3
UKIP Steven Ashby38816.8
Liberal Democrats Ian Witherick29712.8
Turnout 2,34331.2
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Eaton Bray

Eaton Bray
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Spicer 786 68.8
Green Andrew Waters26523.2
Labour Marc Windmill918.0
Majority
Turnout 1,17234.8
Conservative hold Swing

Flitwick

Flitwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Bunyan 1,466 41.1
Independent Gareth Mackey 1,397 39.2
Conservative Charles Gomm 1,187 33.3
Conservative Catherine Chapman1,12031.4
UKIP Russell Shaw61517.2
Labour Cathrine Jones60316.9
Labour Tania Malkani56615.9
Liberal Democrats Jack Moore55115.5
Labour Dan Toinko54315.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Kennedy52914.8
Liberal Democrats John White48813.7
Turnout 3,58834.0
Conservative hold
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Heath and Reach

Heath and Reach
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Versallion 1,018 75.2
Green Dominic Scholfield20515.1
Labour Susan Wellstood-Eason1319.7
Majority
Turnout 1,37340.1
Conservative hold Swing

Houghton Conquest and Haynes

Houghton Conquest and Haynes
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Rebecca Hares 383 42.0
Conservative Martin Hawkins31134.1
Independent Richard James11112.2
Labour David Short10711.7
Majority
Turnout 91739.2
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Houghton Hall

Houghton Hall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Goodchild 825 50.3
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Farrell 630 38.4
Labour Jack Butler33420.4
UKIP Joe Angell32119.6
Conservative John Kane28917.6
Labour Ian Purvis27716.9
Independent James Carroll21012.8
Turnout 1,64725.5
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Leighton Buzzard North

Leighton Buzzard North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Spurr 1,341 39.4
Conservative Kenneth Ferguson 1,294 38.1
Conservative Ewan Wallace 1,135 33.4
Labour Michael Bishop84324.8
Labour Daniel Scott74421.9
Labour Christie Melon68920.3
Liberal Democrats Christopher Feander63318.6
Liberal Democrats Anne Gray61918.2
Liberal Democrats Rosalind Mennie57817.0
UKIP Andrew Dore46213.6
UKIP Caroline Redwood46113.6
UKIP Michael Woodhouse39911.7
Women's Equality Nanci Hogan2748.1
Turnout 3,43130.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Leighton Buzzard South

Leighton Buzzard South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Amanda Dodwell 1,445 47.9
Conservative Raymond Berry 1,279 42.4
Conservative David Bowater 1,276 42.3
Labour Adrian Heffernan67422.3
Labour Christopher Northedge62420.7
Labour Robert Connelly62220.6
Liberal Democrats Anne Guess56618.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher Leaman48416.0
Liberal Democrats John Hewitt48216.0
UKIP Frank Lelliott36712.2
UKIP Antonio Vitiello34411.4
UKIP Steven Wildman32210.7
Turnout 3,03529.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Linslade

Linslade
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Victoria Harvey 1,347 35.9
Conservative Gordon Perham 1,222 32.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Snelling 1,139 30.3
Conservative Stephen Jones1,07628.7
Conservative Anthony Morris1,01327.0
Liberal Democrats Russell Goodchild91124.3
Liberal Democrats Nigel Carnell87423.3
Independent Susan James77920.8
Labour Christine Sheppard66517.7
Labour Jane Woodman56014.9
Independent Roy Walker44711.9
Labour Isaac Sibiya42611.3
Turnout 3,79141.4
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Northill

Northill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Firth 972 79.0
Labour Andrew Harland25921.0
Majority
Turnout 1,26636.0
Conservative hold Swing

Parkside

Parkside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Antonia Ryan 251 28.4
Independent Janet Cooper19622.1
UKIP Angela White19021.5
Conservative Alan Corkhill13615.4
Liberal Democrats Ray Morgan859.6
Green Gillian Patrick273.1
Majority
Turnout 89225.2
Labour hold Swing

Potton

Potton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Adam Zerny 2,729 85.8
Independent Tracey Wye 2,151 67.6
Conservative Doreen Gurney44013.8
Conservative Grant Fage37511.8
Labour Daniel Cherry1665.2
Labour Wendy Bater1023.2
Turnout 3,19250.1
Independent hold
Independent gain from Conservative

Sandy

Sandy
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Simon Ford 2,152 58.9
Conservative Caroline Maudlin 1,150 31.5
Conservative Tracey Stock 1,048 28.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Aldis99627.3
Conservative Peter Smith86023.5
Green Kenneth Lynch71119.5
Liberal Democrats Kevin Backhouse47813.1
Labour Alexandra Morris3178.7
Labour Richard Peters2807.7
Liberal Democrats Ben Gutteridge2717.4
Labour Orhan Tuncay2125.8
Turnout 3,66637.2
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Shefford

Shefford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Brown 1,374 65.7
Conservative Mark Liddard 1,368 65.4
Labour Glenda Tizard64330.7
Labour Sheila Woods52225.0
Turnout 2,19229.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Silsoe and Shillington

Silsoe and Shillington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Alison Graham 1,192 70.6
Conservative Blake Stephenson38422.7
Labour Sheila Gardner1126.6
Majority
Turnout 1,69539.8
Independent hold Swing

Stotfold and Langford

Stotfold and Langford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Saunders 1,874 52.2
Conservative Steven Dixon 1,753 48.8
Conservative Nicola Harris 1,636 45.6
Labour Helen Wightwick1,04429.1
Labour Nicholas Andrews99827.8
Labour Matthew Brennan80922.5
UKIP Paul Francis77521.6
UKIP Binanti Cuzner63017.6
Turnout 3,64431.6
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Tithe Farm

Tithe Farm
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Patrick Hamill 293 33.1
Labour Martin Kennedy23226.2
Independent Tracey McMahon15617.6
Conservative David Abbott12213.8
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Wattingham606.8
Green Catherine Aganoglu222.5
Majority
Turnout 90128.0
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Toddington

Toddington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Silvia Amantea-Collins 1,557 51.9
Independent Mary Walsh 1,289 43.0
Conservative Thomas Nicols80626.9
Conservative Gary Tubb58319.4
Labour Rhiannon Meades45915.3
Labour Barry James36812.3
UKIP Richard Roe33811.3
Turnout 3,01340.2
Independent gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative

Westoning, Flitton and Greenfield

Westoning, Flitton and Greenfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Jamieson 1,105 71.3
Green Richard Ellis34322.1
Labour Rachel Garnham1016.5
Majority
Turnout 1,56842.8
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. "Central Bedfordshire election results 2019 | Central Bedfordshire Council". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2021.