2019 Central Bedfordshire Council election

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All 59 seats to Central Bedfordshire Council 30 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader James Jamieson Party Conservative Independent Liberal Democrats Last election 53 seats, 53.8% 3 seats, 10.4% 1 seat, 5.1% Seats won 41 13 3 Seat change 12 10 2 Popular vote 61,375 25,913 13,745 Percentage 43.3% 18.3% 9.7% Swing 10.0% 7.9% 4.6%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Labour UKIP Last election 2 seats, 16.8% 0 seats, 8.2% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 28,107 7,596 Percentage 19.8% 5.4% Swing 2.5% 2.8%
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.

2019 Central Bedfordshire Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	58	41	0	12	12	69.5	43.3	61,375	–10.0
	Independent	24	13	10	0	10	22.0	18.3	25,913	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	28	3	2	0	2	5.1	9.7	13,745	+4.6
	Labour	59	1	0	1	1	1.7	19.8	28,107	+2.5
	UKIP	18	1	1	0	1	1.7	5.4	7,596	–2.8
	Green	9	0	0	0		0.0	3.2	4,540	–2.5
	Women's Equality	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	274	N/A
	Renew	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	241	N/A

Ampthill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mark Smith	2,135	54.7
	Conservative	Michael Blair	1,595	40.9
	Conservative	Paul Duckett	1,564	40.1
	Conservative	Stephen Addy	1,542	39.5
	Green	Susan Clinch	1,193	30.6
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Brown	967	24.8	New
	Labour	Valerie Quinn	449	11.5
	Labour	Louise Chinnery	373	9.6
	Labour	Carmen Williams	263	6.7
Turnout			3,930	38.3
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Arlesey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Dalgarno	1,899	54.9
	Conservative	David Shelvey	1,858	53.7
	Conservative	Richard Wenham	1,799	52.0
	Green	Tom Hoeksma	1,002	29.0	New
	Labour	Kevin O'Daly	942	27.2
	Labour	Douglas Landman	884	25.6
	Labour	Daniel Riley	767	22.2
Turnout			3,541	29.9
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

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

Aspley and Woburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Baker	1,686	78.5	New
	Conservative	Christopher Wells	371	17.3	−55.9
	Labour	Susan Morris	90	4.2	New
Majority
Turnout			2,152	57.4
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

No Green candidate as previous (-26.8).

Barton-le-Clay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ian Shingler	1,155	68.6	+17.5
	Conservative	Joseph Irwin	253	15.0	−10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Paxton	197	11.7	−2.3
	Labour	Karl Bruckdorfer	78	4.6	−4.7
Majority
Turnout			1,687	42.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Biggleswade North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Watkins	1,161	57.1
	Conservative	Ian Bond	1,098	54.0
	Labour	Sarah Doyle	783	38.5
	Labour	Fiona Factor	738	36.3
Turnout			2,103	29.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

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

Biggleswade South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Foster	1,180	39.8
	Independent	Hayley Whitaker	1,072	36.1	New
	Conservative	Michael North	969	32.7
	Labour	Georgina Gale	602	20.3
	Labour	Julian Vaughan	588	19.8
	Independent	Timothy Woodward	577	19.5
	UKIP	Duncan Strachan	433	14.6
Turnout			2,981	34.4
	Conservative hold
	Independent gain from Conservative

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

Caddington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Collins	1,418	48.5
	Conservative	Edward Perry	1,256	43.0
	Independent	John Waller	1,041	35.6	New
	Labour	Shirley Smith	551	18.9
	Labour	Ian Lowery	445	15.2
Turnout			2,955	37.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

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

Cranfield and Marston Moretaine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Clark	1,508	45.3
	Conservative	Kenneth Matthews	1,285	38.6
	Conservative	Robert Morris	1,183	35.5
	Independent	John Guinn	1,042	31.3	New
	Green	Alison Parker	772	23.2
	UKIP	Roger Baker	695	20.9
	Labour	Elizabeth Rooney	630	18.9
	Labour	Michelle White	507	15.2
	Labour	Karl O'Dell	435	13.1
	Renew	Alan Victor	241	7.2	New
Turnout			3,340	30.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Dunstable Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Hegley	573	54.5	+1.8
	Labour	Russell McCulloch	290	27.6	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Jones	188	17.9	New
Majority
Turnout			1,088	29.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

No Independent candidate as previous (-16.7).

Dunstable Icknield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Chatterley	641	35.3
	Conservative	David McVicar	599	33.0
	Independent	Kayson Gurney	593	32.7
	Independent	Kenson Gurney	516	28.4
	Labour	Catherine Howes	442	24.4
	Labour	Michael Rogers	378	20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Thorne	145	8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Hunt	142	7.8
Turnout			1,837	29.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Dunstable Manshead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Crawley	436	38.9
	Labour	Louise O'Riordan	337	30.0
	UKIP	Robert Brown	189	16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Larkman	160	14.3
Majority
Turnout			1,131	27.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dunstable Northfields

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Johnson Tamara	689	37.9
	Conservative	Gladys Sanders	655	36.0
	Labour	Kevin Flint	607	33.4
	Labour	Julian Mockridge	606	33.3
	UKIP	Martin Young	354	19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Morgan	232	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Walmsley	218	12.0
Turnout			1,835	24.3
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Dunstable Watling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eugene Ghent	1,304	56.3
	Conservative	John Young	1,295	55.9
	Labour	Roger Pepworth	477	20.6
	Labour	Trudi Kleanthous	471	20.3
	UKIP	Steven Ashby	388	16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Witherick	297	12.8
Turnout			2,343	31.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Eaton Bray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Spicer	786	68.8
	Green	Andrew Waters	265	23.2
	Labour	Marc Windmill	91	8.0
Majority
Turnout			1,172	34.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Flitwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Bunyan	1,466	41.1
	Independent	Gareth Mackey	1,397	39.2
	Conservative	Charles Gomm	1,187	33.3
	Conservative	Catherine Chapman	1,120	31.4
	UKIP	Russell Shaw	615	17.2
	Labour	Cathrine Jones	603	16.9
	Labour	Tania Malkani	566	15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Moore	551	15.5
	Labour	Dan Toinko	543	15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Kennedy	529	14.8
	Liberal Democrats	John White	488	13.7
Turnout			3,588	34.0
	Conservative hold
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Heath and Reach

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Versallion	1,018	75.2
	Green	Dominic Scholfield	205	15.1
	Labour	Susan Wellstood-Eason	131	9.7
Majority
Turnout			1,373	40.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Houghton Conquest and Haynes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rebecca Hares	383	42.0
	Conservative	Martin Hawkins	311	34.1
	Independent	Richard James	111	12.2
	Labour	David Short	107	11.7
Majority
Turnout			917	39.2
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Houghton Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Goodchild	825	50.3
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Farrell	630	38.4
	Labour	Jack Butler	334	20.4
	UKIP	Joe Angell	321	19.6
	Conservative	John Kane	289	17.6
	Labour	Ian Purvis	277	16.9
	Independent	James Carroll	210	12.8
Turnout			1,647	25.5
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Leighton Buzzard North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Spurr	1,341	39.4
	Conservative	Kenneth Ferguson	1,294	38.1
	Conservative	Ewan Wallace	1,135	33.4
	Labour	Michael Bishop	843	24.8
	Labour	Daniel Scott	744	21.9
	Labour	Christie Melon	689	20.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Feander	633	18.6
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Gray	619	18.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalind Mennie	578	17.0
	UKIP	Andrew Dore	462	13.6
	UKIP	Caroline Redwood	461	13.6
	UKIP	Michael Woodhouse	399	11.7
	Women's Equality	Nanci Hogan	274	8.1
Turnout			3,431	30.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Leighton Buzzard South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amanda Dodwell	1,445	47.9
	Conservative	Raymond Berry	1,279	42.4
	Conservative	David Bowater	1,276	42.3
	Labour	Adrian Heffernan	674	22.3
	Labour	Christopher Northedge	624	20.7
	Labour	Robert Connelly	622	20.6
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Guess	566	18.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Leaman	484	16.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Hewitt	482	16.0
	UKIP	Frank Lelliott	367	12.2
	UKIP	Antonio Vitiello	344	11.4
	UKIP	Steven Wildman	322	10.7
Turnout			3,035	29.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Linslade

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Victoria Harvey	1,347	35.9
	Conservative	Gordon Perham	1,222	32.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Snelling	1,139	30.3
	Conservative	Stephen Jones	1,076	28.7
	Conservative	Anthony Morris	1,013	27.0
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Goodchild	911	24.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Carnell	874	23.3
	Independent	Susan James	779	20.8
	Labour	Christine Sheppard	665	17.7
	Labour	Jane Woodman	560	14.9
	Independent	Roy Walker	447	11.9
	Labour	Isaac Sibiya	426	11.3
Turnout			3,791	41.4
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Northill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Firth	972	79.0
	Labour	Andrew Harland	259	21.0
Majority
Turnout			1,266	36.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parkside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Antonia Ryan	251	28.4
	Independent	Janet Cooper	196	22.1
	UKIP	Angela White	190	21.5
	Conservative	Alan Corkhill	136	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Morgan	85	9.6
	Green	Gillian Patrick	27	3.1
Majority
Turnout			892	25.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Potton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Adam Zerny	2,729	85.8
	Independent	Tracey Wye	2,151	67.6
	Conservative	Doreen Gurney	440	13.8
	Conservative	Grant Fage	375	11.8
	Labour	Daniel Cherry	166	5.2
	Labour	Wendy Bater	102	3.2
Turnout			3,192	50.1
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Conservative

Sandy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Simon Ford	2,152	58.9
	Conservative	Caroline Maudlin	1,150	31.5
	Conservative	Tracey Stock	1,048	28.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Aldis	996	27.3
	Conservative	Peter Smith	860	23.5
	Green	Kenneth Lynch	711	19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Backhouse	478	13.1
	Labour	Alexandra Morris	317	8.7
	Labour	Richard Peters	280	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Gutteridge	271	7.4
	Labour	Orhan Tuncay	212	5.8
Turnout			3,666	37.2
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Shefford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Brown	1,374	65.7
	Conservative	Mark Liddard	1,368	65.4
	Labour	Glenda Tizard	643	30.7
	Labour	Sheila Woods	522	25.0
Turnout			2,192	29.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Silsoe and Shillington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alison Graham	1,192	70.6
	Conservative	Blake Stephenson	384	22.7
	Labour	Sheila Gardner	112	6.6
Majority
Turnout			1,695	39.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Stotfold and Langford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Saunders	1,874	52.2
	Conservative	Steven Dixon	1,753	48.8
	Conservative	Nicola Harris	1,636	45.6
	Labour	Helen Wightwick	1,044	29.1
	Labour	Nicholas Andrews	998	27.8
	Labour	Matthew Brennan	809	22.5
	UKIP	Paul Francis	775	21.6
	UKIP	Binanti Cuzner	630	17.6
Turnout			3,644	31.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Tithe Farm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Patrick Hamill	293	33.1
	Labour	Martin Kennedy	232	26.2
	Independent	Tracey McMahon	156	17.6
	Conservative	David Abbott	122	13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Wattingham	60	6.8
	Green	Catherine Aganoglu	22	2.5
Majority
Turnout			901	28.0
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing

Toddington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Silvia Amantea-Collins	1,557	51.9
	Independent	Mary Walsh	1,289	43.0
	Conservative	Thomas Nicols	806	26.9
	Conservative	Gary Tubb	583	19.4
	Labour	Rhiannon Meades	459	15.3
	Labour	Barry James	368	12.3
	UKIP	Richard Roe	338	11.3
Turnout			3,013	40.2
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Independent gain from Conservative

Westoning, Flitton and Greenfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Jamieson	1,105	71.3
	Green	Richard Ellis	343	22.1
	Labour	Rachel Garnham	101	6.5
Majority
Turnout			1,568	42.8
	Conservative hold		Swing