The 2002 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Bedford Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries and the total number of seats increased by 1 from 53 to 54.

At the election, the Conservatives regained their position as the largest party, coming three seats away from taking majority control of the council.

Summary

Election result

2002 Bedford Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 25 Increase12 46.3 0 25 46.3 30,517 37.8 +0.9
  Labour 14 Decrease 4 25.9 0 14 25.9 20,671 25.6 –3.3
  Liberal Democrats 11 Decrease 5 20.4 0 11 20.4 21,704 26.9 +0.1
  Independent 4 Decrease 2 7.4 0 4 7.4 7,634 9.5 +2.0
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 245 0.3 N/A

Ward results

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Brickhill

Brickhill (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Hand 1,301 48.6
Conservative Andrew McConnell 1,274 47.6
Conservative Lynne Faulkner 1,254 46.8
Liberal Democrats Janet Salem 1,068 39.9
Liberal Democrats David Sawyer 1,039 38.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Murphy 1,033 38.6
Labour Yvonne Anderson 313 11.7
Labour Karl Sorembik 277 10.3
Labour Philip Otubanjo 259 9.7
Turnout 2,678 40.3
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bromham

Bromham (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terence Rigby 1,432 74.5
Conservative Eileen Whitmore 1,413 73.5
Conservative Robert Rigby 1,361 70.8
Liberal Democrats George Flaxman 312 16.2
Liberal Democrats Conrad Longmore 290 15.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Rutherford 260 13.5
Labour Yarina Jones 236 12.3
Turnout 1,922 33.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Carlton

Carlton (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jim Brandon 818 76.2
Conservative Anthony Morris 146 13.6
Liberal Democrats David Robertson 110 10.2
Turnout 1,074 46.2
Independent win (new seat)

Castle

Castle (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Apu Bagchi 1,050 46.8
Conservative Peter Chiswell 942 42.0
Conservative Margaret Davey 914 40.7
Labour Susanna Chirico 893 39.8
Conservative Edward Davey 849 37.8
Labour Marilyn Leask 829 36.9
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Smithson 252 11.2
Liberal Democrats Janet Haddock 226 10.1
Liberal Democrats Brian Hill 207 9.2
Turnout 2,245 36.7
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Cauldwell

Cauldwell (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Elford 886 63.8
Labour Randolph Charles 850 61.2
Labour Christopher Black 811 58.4
Liberal Democrats Anita Gerard 211 15.2
Conservative Mary Fogg 166 12.0
Liberal Democrats Philip Standley 164 11.8
Liberal Democrats Season Prater 159 11.4
Conservative Jennifer Ridge 147 10.6
Conservative Margaret Thomas 135 9.7
Turnout 1,389 24.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Clapham

Clapham (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mollie Foster 778 60.4
Conservative Judith Arnold 660 51.2
Independent John Creasey 396 30.7
Labour Terence Carroll 226 17.5
Liberal Democrats Gerald Elliott 107 8.3
Liberal Democrats Michelle Headley 101 7.8
Turnout 1,288 31.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

De Parys

De Parys (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Ryan 642 45.1
Conservative Tarsem Paul 624 43.8
Conservative James Moore 618 43.4
Liberal Democrats Ian White 586 41.2
Labour Robert Atkins 151 10.6
Labour Charles Bally 150 10.5
Turnout 1,424 34.9
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Eastcotts

Eastcotts (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christine McHugh 371 54.4
Conservative Tom Wootton 269 39.4
Labour Caron Rosovske 42 6.2
Turnout 682 36.3
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Goldington

Goldington (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Heseltine 1,120 60.4
Liberal Democrats Patrick Naughton 1,114 60.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Smith 1,057 57.0
Labour Laurence Evans 408 22.0
Labour Elizabeth Grugeon 398 21.5
Labour David Williams 387 20.9
Conservative Denise Coates 233 12.6
Conservative Valerie Fulford 222 12.0
Conservative David Pask 220 11.9
Independent Anthony Cardus 96 5.2
Independent Vivienne Melville 72 3.9
Independent John Harrison 69 3.7
Turnout 1,855 29.9
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Great Barford

Great Barford (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Harrison 839 54.2
Conservative Carole Ellis 820 52.9
Independent David Rawlins 300 19.4
Labour Pauline Curl 253 16.3
Liberal Democrats Linda Carlton 188 12.1
Independent Stuart Mardlin 120 7.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Stekelis 118 7.6
Independent Jennifer Johnson 106 6.8
Independent Ian Johnson 82 5.3
Turnout 1,549 37.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Harpur

Harpur (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hazel Mitchell 707 43.1
Conservative Brian Dillingham 686 41.8
Labour Ian Nicholls 658 40.1
Labour Julie Sturgess 635 38.7
Conservative David Fletcher 559 34.0
Conservative Richard West 558 34.0
Liberal Democrats Janet Trengrove 180 11.0
Green Colin Grimley 173 10.5
Liberal Democrats Samuel Wilson 161 9.8
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Hill 90 5.5
Turnout 1,642 26.8
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Harrold

Harrold (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martin Bridgman 463 66.1
Labour Stephen Poole 119 17.0
Liberal Democrats Margaret Gardner 118 16.9
Turnout 700 32.5
Conservative win (new seat)

Kempston East

Kempston East (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charlotte Attenborough 699 52.1
Conservative Georgina Coupe 619 46.1
Labour David Lewis 558 41.6
Labour Carl Meader 518 38.6
Liberal Democrats Jill Hoyle 90 6.7
Liberal Democrats Jane Josephs 74 5.5
Turnout 1,342 31.1
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Kempston North

Kempston North (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Oliver 656 62.4
Labour Christopher Whitehead 588 55.9
Conservative Jennifer Gough 376 35.8
Conservative Mary Milner 347 33.0
Liberal Democrats Simon White 119 11.3
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Naughton 118 11.2
Turnout 1,051 26.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Kempston South

Kempston South (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shan Hunt 686 40.9
Labour William Hunt 654 39.0
Labour Ray Oliver 630 37.5
Independent David Merry 544 32.4
Independent Danny Spain 541 32.2
Independent John Wignall 527 31.4
Conservative Lionel Milner 281 16.7
Conservative Amrit Kaur 237 14.1
Conservative Jagdish Singh 237 14.1
Liberal Democrats Timothy Hill 193 11.5
Liberal Democrats Paulette Lodge 165 9.8
Liberal Democrats Charles Parsons 129 7.7
Turnout 1,678 30.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Kingsbrook

Kingsbrook (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Shirley McKay 788 43.5
Liberal Democrats Dave Hodgson 771 42.6
Labour Derek Jones 734 40.6
Labour Elizabeth Luder 727 40.2
Labour Elizabeth Saunders 715 39.5
Liberal Democrats Tim Prater 706 39.0
Conservative Carolynne Eynon 200 11.0
Conservative Janet Suter 177 9.8
Conservative Vivian Suter 149 8.2
Independent Michael Blackledge 55 3.0
Turnout 1,810 27.9
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Newnham

Newnham (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Mingay 498 39.9
Conservative Colin Crane 463 37.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Westerman 380 30.4
Liberal Democrats Neal Bath 376 30.1
Labour Richard Crane 356 28.5
Labour Franca Garrick 314 25.1
Turnout 1,249 31.3
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Oakley

Oakley (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Patricia Olney 545 78.0
Conservative Barbara Purbrick 84 12.0
Labour John Spicer 53 7.6
Liberal Democrats Anne Thomas 17 2.4
Turnout 699 38.6
Independent win (new seat)

Putnoe

Putnoe (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Headley 1,217 45.8
Liberal Democrats Linda Weerasirie 1,095 41.2
Liberal Democrats Myrtle Stewardson 1,056 39.7
Conservative Ralph Hall 698 26.3
Conservative Mark Adkin 672 25.3
Conservative Arthur Foster 632 23.8
Independent Brian Gibbons 546 20.5
Independent Heather Harvey 536 20.2
Independent Hilary Finlayson 521 19.6
Labour Rosemary Roome 269 10.1
Labour David Lukes 260 9.8
Labour Luigi Reale 235 8.8
Turnout 2,659 40.1
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Queen's Park

Queen's Park (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Garrick 937 65.2
Labour Muhammad Khan 907 63.1
Conservative Michael Williams 188 13.1
Conservative Sion Eynon 180 12.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Lawson 144 10.0
Liberal Democrats Gregory Webb 110 7.7
Turnout 1,437 30.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Riseley

Riseley (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ian Clifton 873 80.5
Conservative Stewart Lister 72 6.6
Green Mark Powell 72 6.6
Labour James Dormer 46 4.2
Liberal Democrats Pierrette Lob-Levyt 12 1.1
Independent John Williams 10 0.9
Turnout 1,085 51.4
Independent win (new seat)

Roxton

Roxton (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Clarke 598 70.9
Liberal Democrats Sophia Stow 93 11.0
Labour Simon Ross 92 10.9
Independent David Melville 60 7.1
Turnout 843 37.7
Conservative win (new seat)

Sharnbrook

Sharnbrook (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Davison-Francis 542 60.0
Independent Geoffrey Hulatt 249 27.5
Labour Adrien Beardmore 65 7.2
Liberal Democrats Terence Outen 48 5.3
Turnout 904 43.3
Conservative win (new seat)

Turvey

Turvey (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Celia Hanbury 652 72.0
Liberal Democrats Sarah Fogarty 253 28.0
Turnout 905 42.0
Conservative win (new seat)

Wilshamstead

Wilshamstead (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Huckle 855 63.4
Conservative Anthony Hare 771 57.2
Liberal Democrats Martin Parker 457 33.9
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Whiteman 377 28.0
Turnout 1,348 39.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Wootton

Wootton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Judith Cunningham 686 48.5
Independent Mark Smith 568 40.1
Liberal Democrats Gordon Willey 505 35.7
Conservative John Tait 501 35.4
Conservative Roy Judge 468 33.1
Liberal Democrats Karen Ledster 441 31.2
Conservative Anne Worboys 438 31.0
Labour Charan Sekhon 133 9.4
Turnout 1,415 34.7
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ "Results 1973 to 2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Borough Council Election". Bedford Borough Council. Retrieved 6 January 2024.


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