2003 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election

2003 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election
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53 seats for Whole Council
27 seats needed for a majority
Registered94,569
Turnout33%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Seats won 37 11 4
Popular vote 12,794 7,497 2,466
Percentage 41.9% 24.6% 8.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Labour Green
Seats won 1 0
Popular vote 6,726 1,053
Percentage 22.0% 3.4%
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Locations of wards in Mid Bedfordshire

Elections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council were held on 1 May 2003. All 53 seats were up for election. Councillors elected would serve a four-year term, expiring in 2007. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, winning 37 of 53 seats on the council. The Conservatives won 7 seats (5 wards) unopposed.

Result

Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Result 2003 [1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 37 69.81 41.9 12,794 -3.8
  Liberal Democrats 11 20.75 24.6 7,497 +5.9
  Independent 4 7.55 8.1 2,466 -0.2
  Labour 1 1.89 22.0 6,726 -5.4
  Green 0 0.0 3.4 1,053 +3.4

Ward Results

All results are listed below:[1][2]

This election was the first with the new ward boundaries.[3]

Figures on turnout were taken from Plymouth University's Elections Centre, which gives the number of registered voters, and the percentage turnout for each ward. The number of ballots cast for each ward was calculated from these. Percentage change in turnout is compared with the same ward in the 1999 District Council election.

The percentage of the vote for each candidate was calculated compared with the number of ballots cast in the ward. Note that in a ward with more than one seat, voters were allowed to place as many crosses on the ballot paper as seats. The percentage change for each candidate is compared with the same candidate in the 1999 District Council election.

Candidates who were members of the council before the election are marked with an asterisk.

Ampthill

Ampthill (3 seats, 5,335 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gary Summerfield* 1,179 59.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Cathrall 949 47.7
Conservative Richard Holden* 823 41.4 +0.1
Labour Mark Smith 704 35.4
Conservative Jeremy Jones 580 29.1
Conservative John Stratton 489 24.6
Green Gavin Harrison 370 18.6
Turnout 1,990 37.3 −0.2

Arlesey

Arlesey (2 seats, 3,832 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Victor Williams* 607 62.4 +9.0
Labour Dorothy Brown 492 50.6
Conservative Peter Woodward 344 35.4
Independent David West 127 13.1
Turnout 973 25.4 −2.1

Aspley Guise

Aspley Guise (1 seat, 1,946 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fiona Chapman* [a] Unopposed NA

Biggleswade Holme

Biggleswade Holme (2 seats, 3,617 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Smith* 549 42.8
Conservative Peter Vickers* 525 40.9 −2.2
Liberal Democrats Margaret Bracey 399 31.1 +8.8
Labour Rose Forbes 345 26.9
Liberal Democrats Anthony Baines 309 24.1
Labour Alistair Costley* 305 23.8 −26.0
Turnout 1,284 35.5

Biggleswade Ivel

Biggleswade Ivel (3 seats, 5,494 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maurice Jones 645 42.9
Conservative Patricia Rouse 634 42.1 +2.0
Conservative Jane Lawrence 614 40.8
Labour Bernard Briars 594 39.5
Labour Rex Skinner* 535 35.5 −13.0
Labour Hilary Broderick* 527 35.0 −4.7
Liberal Democrats Gary Laver 268 17.8
Liberal Democrats Glenys Leach 238 15.8
Turnout 1,505 27.4 −4.5

Biggleswade Stratton

Biggleswade Stratton (2 seats, 2,723 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Lawrence 335 46.8 +8.4
Conservative Michael Cazaly 331 46.2 +8.8
Labour Rebecca Kerfoot 266 37.2
Labour Kevin Merrett 240 33.5 −5.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hartwell 145 20.3
Turnout 716 26.3 −3.8

Clifton and Meppershall

Clifton and Meppershall (2 seats, 3,388 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Rogers* 758 56.4
Conservative Paul Carne 709 52.7
Liberal Democrats Pauline Livesey 537 39.9 −0.7
Labour David Devereux 283 21.0 −2.5
Turnout 1,345 39.7

Cranfield

Cranfield (2 seats, 4,084 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Matthews* 737 62.9 +23.3
Conservative Alan Bastable 705 60.2 +30.5
Labour Alan Morris 368 31.4
Labour Laurence Pollock 342 29.2 +2.4
Turnout 1,172 28.7 −1.2

Flitton, Greenfield and Pulloxhill

Flitton, Greenfield and Pulloxhill (1 seat, 1,668 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Thompson* 335 54.5
Green Richard Ellis 280 45.5
Turnout 615 36.9

Flitwick East

Flitwick East (2 seats, 4,131 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Lee 496 42.0
Liberal Democrats John Watton 440 37.3 +11.6
Conservative Rowland Goodman* 376 31.8 −20.1
Conservative Jack North 330 27.9
Labour Paul Griffiths* 294 24.9 −23.2
Green Marina Torselli 216 18.3
Turnout 1,181 28.6 +0.9

Flitwick West

Flitwick West (3 seats, 5,803 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dennis Gale* 1,012 61.0 +18.8
Conservative James Gardner* 974 58.7 +18.0
Conservative Stephen Male 927 55.8
Labour Heather Mallett 574 34.6
Labour Maurice Layton 538 32.4 −13.8
Labour Glen Pullen 534 32.2 +1.5
Turnout 1,660 28.6 −0.7

Harlington

Harlington (1 seat, 1,790 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Golby* 747 86.6 +1.0
Conservative Andrew Langham 108 12.5
Turnout 863 48.2 −1.2

Houghton, Haynes, Southill and Old Warden

Houghton, Haynes, Southill and Old Warden (2 seats, 3,164 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rodney Bowdidge* Unopposed NA
Conservative Neal Capon* Unopposed NA

Langford and Henlow Village

Langford and Henlow Village (2 seats, 3,754 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats William Cliff* 738 46.3 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Sonia Sewell 588 36.9
Conservative Steven Dixon 581 36.4
Conservative Philip Wright 576 36.1
Labour David Handscombe 328 20.6
Turnout 1,595 42.5

Marston

Marston (2 seats, 3,860 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Darren Tysoe* 651 63.9 +11.9
Conservative Simon Prince 626 61.4
Labour Elizabeth Rooney 291 28.6 +1.5
Labour Richard Greenough 286 28.1
Turnout 1,019 26.4 −4.7

Maulden and Clophill

Maulden and Clophill (2 seats, 3,543 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Howard Lockey* 852 55.9 −2.3
Conservative Martin Hawkins* 791 51.9 −22.2
Liberal Democrats Bettina Fitt 469 30.8
Labour Geoffrey Thorp 272 17.9
Labour Terry Shanahan 267 17.5
Turnout 1,523 43.0

Northill and Blunham

Northill and Blunham (2 seats, 3,483 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joanna Davison* Unopposed NA
Conservative Patricia Turner* Unopposed NA

Potton and Wensley

Potton and Wensley (3 seats, 5,527 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Doreen Gurney* 1,118 59.9 +1.2
Conservative Anita Lewis* 1,096 58.7 −2.1
Conservative John Lewis 986 52.8
Labour Patrick Heskins 743 39.8
Turnout 1,868 33.8

Sandy Ivel

Sandy Ivel (2 seats, 3,486 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Gurney* 691 64.8 +13.6
Conservative Alistair Gammell* 553 51.8 −7.7
Independent Anthony Goss* 396 37.1 −14.2
Green Paul Wheatley 187 17.5
Turnout 1,067 30.6

Sandy Pinnacle

Sandy Pinnacle (3 seats, 4,904 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Blaine* 871 61.3 +22.9
Independent Max McMurdo* 722 50.8 +9.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Aldis 637 44.8
Conservative Michael Scott 370 26.0
Conservative Robert Smith 325 22.9
Labour Natasha Hetherington 240 16.9
Labour Drosten Fisher 213 15.0
Turnout 1,422 29.0

Shefford, Campton and Gravenhurst

Shefford, Campton and Gravenhurst (3 seats, 5,151 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lewis Birt* 802 49.8 +1.0
Conservative Anthony Brown* 769 47.7 +2.9
Liberal Democrats Mark Chapman 670 41.6
Conservative Ashley Green 639 39.6
Labour Carolyn Devereux 505 31.3 −4.8
Turnout 1,612 31.3

Shillington, Stondon and Henlow Camp

Shillington, Stondon and Henlow Camp (2 seats, 3,774 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rita Drinkwater* 864 70.4 +12.0
Conservative Anthony Whiteman* 710 57.9 +7.3
Labour Andrea Wilson 344 28.0
Labour Janet Mallett 306 24.9
Turnout 1,227 32.5

Silsoe

Silsoe (1 seat, 1,391 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kathleen Keen* Unopposed NA

Stotfold

Stotfold (3 seats, 4,998 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Street* 981 58.3 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Brian Collier* 978 58.1 +2.3
Conservative John Saunders 821 48.8 −3.3
Conservative Peter Evans 815 48.4 +6.4
Turnout 1,684 33.7 −4.3

Westoning and Tingrith

Westoning and Tingrith (1 seat, 1,656 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Andrew Rayment* [b] 446 83.4 +7.2
Labour Jean Pullen 83 15.5
Turnout 535 32.3

Woburn

Woburn (1 seat, 2,067 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Duggan* Unopposed NA

Notes

  1. ^ Mrs Chapman's full name is Catherine Fiona Chapman MBE. Since 2009 she has been councillor for Flitwick on Central Bedfordshire Council, and is listed on Central Bedfordshire Council's website as Cllr Mrs C Fiona Chapman MBE.[4][5] She is sometimes listed as Catherine Chapman,[1] and sometimes as Fiona Chapman.[6][5] She was first elected to Mid Bedfordshire District Council in 1976.[2]
  2. ^ Andrew Rayment stood successfully for the Conservatives in this ward in the 1995 and 1999 elections,[2] and was one of the nominators of the Conservative candidate for Mid Bedfordshire in the 2017 general election.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2003 - Mid Bedfordshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael, "Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Results 1973-2007" (PDF), www.electionscentre.co.uk, The Elections Centre, Plymouth University, retrieved 14 May 2017
  3. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Mid Bedfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Cllr Mrs C Fiona Chapman MBE", centralbeds.moderngov.co.uk, archived from the original on 14 August 2017, retrieved 14 May 2017
  5. ^ a b "Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Central Bedfordshire Council, Vice-Chairman Councillor Fiona Chapman MBE", www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk, retrieved 14 May 2017[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2007 - Mid Bedfordshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  7. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations, Central Bedfordshire, Election of a Member of Parliament for Mid Bedfordshire" (PDF), www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2017, retrieved 14 May 2017