Bedford Borough Election 2002 - Results
Yesterday's elections in Bedford Borough saw the Lib Dems move into second place in votes across the whole Borough. This makes the Lib Dems the key challengers for the Mayoral Election in October.
Lib Dem Leader Michael Headley said:
"I am very pleased that right across the borough large numbers of people voted for the Liberal Democrats. We had support in both rural and urban areas and from people of all backgrounds. We will continue to campaign on the council for better frontline services and planning for long term environmental and economic progress. We are now looking forward to the Mayoral contest, where it's a clear choice between the Tories and the Liberal Democrats."
The total percentage for Liberal Democrats was 26.9%, second to the Conservatives.
The total seats on the council following the council elections are as follows:
Lib Dem: 12 seats
Labour: 14 seats
Conservative: 24 seats
Independent: 4 seats
Brickhill Ward - Number of Seats: 3
Elected: 3 Tory
Yvonne Lesley Anderson, Labour - 313
Lynne Kathleen Faulkner, Tory - 1,254
Peter Raymond Hand, Tory - 1,301
Andrew John McConnell, Tory - 1,274
Michael Anthony Murphy, Lib Dem - 1,033
Philip Adekunle Otubanjo, Labour - 259
Janet Elizabeth Salem, Lib Dem - 1,069
David Alexander Sawyer, Lib Dem - 1,039
Karl Sorembik, Labour - 277
Bromham Ward - Number of Seats: 3
Elected: 3 Tory
George Alfred Flaxman, Lib Dem - 313
Yanina Ann Jones, Labour - 236
Conrad Holden Longmore, Lib Dem - 219
Robert John Rigby, Tory - 1,361
Terence Roger Rigby, Tory - 1,432
Stephen Rutherford, Lib Dem - 260
Eileen Brenda Whitmore, Tory - 1,413
Carlton Ward - Number of Seats: 1
Elected: 1 Independent
Victor George Brandon (known as Jim), Independent - 818
Anthony Walter Morris, Tory - 146
David William Robertson, Lib Dem - 110
Castle Ward - Number of Seats: 3
Elected: 1 Labour, 2 Tory
Turnout:
Apu Bagchi, Labour - 1,050
Susanna Chirico, Labour - 893
Peter Charles Chiswell, Tory - 942
Edward Davey, Tory - 849
Margaret Davey, Tory - 914
Janet Susan Haddock, Lib Dem - 226
Brian George Hill, Lib Dem - 207
Marilyn Gail Leask, Labour - 899
Jacqueline Anne Smithson, Lib Dem - 252
Cauldwell Ward - Number of seats: 3
Elected: 3 Labour
Christopher Thurson Black, Labour - 811
Randolph Charles, Labour - 850
Robert George Elford (known as Bob), Labour - 886
Mary Susan Fogg, Tory - 166
Anita Joan Gerard, Lib Dem - 211
Season Prater, Lib Dem - 159
Jennifer Ridge, Tory - 147
Philip Standley, Lib Dem - 164
Margaret Teresa Fauntleroy Thomas, Tory - 135
Clapham Ward - Number of Seats: 2
Elected: 2 Tory
Judith Olive Arnold, Tory - 660
Terence Carroll, Labour - 226
John Stewart Creasey, Independent - 396
Gerald Elliott, Lib Dem - 107
Mollie Frances Foster, Tory - 778
Meshelle Marie Headley, Lib Dem - 101
De Parys Ward - Number of Seats: 2
Elected: 1 Lib Dem, 1 Tory
Robert Frank Atkins, Labour - 151
Charles Rowland Baily, Labour - 150
James Moore, Tory - 618
Tarsem Paul, Tory - 624
John Robert Ryan, Lib Dem - 644
Ian James White, Lib Dem - 586
Eastcotts Ward - Number of Seats: 1
Elected: 1 Lib Dem
Christine Alison McHugh, Lib Dem - 371
Caron Faythe Rosovske, Labour - 42
Thomas Edward Wootton, Tory - 269
Goldington Ward - Number of Seats: 3
Elected: 3 Lib Dem
Anthony Cardus - 96
Denise Coates, Tory - 233
Laurence John Evans, Labour - 408
Valerie Mary Fulford, Tory - 222
Elizabeth Alice Grugeon, Labour - 375
John Michael Harrison, Independent - 69
Jennifer Anne Heseltine, Lib Dem - 1,120
Vivienne Melville, Independent - 72
Patrick James Naughton, Lib Dem - 1,114
David Lewis Pask, Tory - 220
Paul Anthony Charles Smith, Lib Dem - 1,057
David Stanley Williams, Labour - 387
Great Barford Ward - Number of Seats: 2
Elected: 2 Tory
Linda Carlton, Lib Dem - 188
Pauline Karen Curl, Labour -
Carole Maxwell Ellis, Tory - 820
Robert Jefferies Harrison, Tory - 839
Ian Leslie Johnson, Independent - 82
Jennifer Johnson, Independent - 106
Stuart Barry Mardlin (known as Barry), Independent - 120
David Anthony John Rawlins, Independent - 300
Paul Bernard Stekelis, Lib Dem - 118
Harpur Ward - Number of Seats: 3
Elected: 2 Labour, 1 Tory
Brian Frank Dillingham, Tory - 686
David Stanton Fletcher, Tory - 559
Colin Grimley, Green - 173
Charlotte Hill, Lib Dem - 90
Hazel Mary Mitchell, Labour - 707
Ian Robert Nicholls, Labour - 658
Julie Sturgess, Labour - 635
Janet Trengrove, Lib Dem - 180
Richard Kenneth West, Tory - 558
Samuel Patrick Wilson, Lib Dem - 161
Harrold Ward - Number of Seats: 1
Elected:1 Tory
Martin George Bridgman, Tory - 463
Margaret Clare Gardner, Lib Dem - 118
Stephen Richard Poole, Labour - 119
Kempston East Ward - Number of Seats: 2
Elected: 2 Tory
Charlotte Nicola Attenborough (Nicky), Tory - 699
Georgina Louise Coupe, Tory - 619
Jill Elizabeth Hoyle, Lib Dem - 19
Jane Josephs Kempston, Lib Dem - 34
David Thomas Lewis, Labour - 558
Carl Rex Meader, Labour - 580
Kempston North Ward - Number of Seats: 2
Elected: 2 Labour
Jennifer Caroline Gough, Tory - 376
Mary Elizabeth Milner, Tory - 347
Kathleen Mary Naughton, Lib Dem - 118
Susan Jane Oliver, Labour - 656
Simon John White, Lib Dem - 119
Christopher Peter Roderick Whitehead, Labour - 588
Kempston South Ward - Number of Seats: 3
Elected: 3 Labour
Timothy John Hill, Lib Dem - 193
Shan Hunt, Labour - 686
William Alfred Hunt, Labour - 654
Amrit Kaur, Tory - 237
Paulette Wendy Lodge, Lib Dem - 165
David Merry, Independent - 544
Lionel Milner, Tory - 281
Ray Lawrence Oliver, Labour - 630
Charles Edward Parsons, Lib Dem - 129
Jagdish Singh (known as Jack), Tory - 237
Danny George Spain, Independent - 541
John Sidney Wignall, Independent - 527
Kingsbrook Ward - Number of Seats: 3
Elected: 2 Lib Dem, 1 Labour
Michael Brian Blackledge, Independent - 55
Carolynne Anne Eynon, Tory - 200
Dave Hodgson, Lib Dem - 771
Derek Alan Jones, Labour - 734
Elizabeth Jane Luder, Labour - 727
Shirley Eve McKay, Lib Dem - 788
Tim Prater, Lib Dem - 706
Elizabeth Anne Saunders (Anne), Labour - 715
Janet Anne Suter, Tory - 177
Vivian Frederick Suter, Tory - 149
Newnham Ward - Number of Seats: 2
Elected: 2 Tory
Neil Bath, Lib Dem - 376
Colin David Crane, Tory - 463
Richard Leslie Crane, Labour - 356
Franca Grelli Garrick, Labour -314
John Kenneth Samuel Mingay, Tory - 498
Paul James Westerman, Lib Dem - 380
Oakley Ward - Number of Seats: 1
Elected: 1 Independent
Patricia Margaret Olney, Independent - 555
Barbara Eileen Purbrick, Tory - 84
John Edward Spicer, Labour - 53
Anne Brocken Thomas, Lib Dem - 17
Putnoe Ward - Number of Seats: 3
Elected: 3 Lib Dem
Mark Adrin, Tory - 672
Hilary Anne Finlayson, Independent - 521
Arthur Thomas Foster , Tory - 632
Brian Kevin Gibbons, Independent - 546
Ralph Frank Hall, Tory - 698
Heather Elizabeth Harvey, Independent - 536
Michael Paul Headley, Lib Dem - 1,217
David Kennedy Lukes, Labour - 260
Luigi Giuseppe Reale, Labour - 235
Rosemary Faith Roome, Labour - 269
Myrtle Anne Stewardson, Lib Dem - 1,056
Linda Anne Weerasirie, Lib Dem - 1,099
Queens Park Ward - Number of Seats: 2
Elected: 2 Labour
Sion Gareth Eynon, Tory - 180
Frank Garrick The Party, Labour - 937
Muhammad Siddiq Khan, Labour - 907
Stephen James Lawson, Lib Dem - 144
Gregory Philip Webb, Lib Dem - 110
Michael Lewis Stewart Williams, Tory - 188
Riseley Ward - Number of Seats: 1
Elected: 1 Independent
Ian Desmond Clifton, Independent - 873
James George Dormer, Labour - 46
Stewart Lister, Tory - 72
Pierrette Anne Lob-Levyt, Lib Dem - 12
Mark Powell, Green - 72
John Williams, Independent - 10
Roxton Ward - Number of Seats: 1
Elected: 1 Tory
William Donald Clarke, Tory - 598
David Charles Melville, Independent - 60
Simon Christopher Ross, Labour - 92
Sophia Luise Stow, Lib Dem - 93
Sharnbrook Ward - Number of Seats: 1
Elected: 1 Tory
Adrien Gordon Beardmore, Labour - 63
Richard Robert Davison-Francis, Tory - 542
Geoffrey John Hulatt, Independent - 249
Terence James Outen, Lib Dem - 48
Turvey Ward - Number of Seats: 1
Elected: 1 Tory
Sarah Jane Fogarty, Lib Dem - 253
Celia Mary Hanbury, Tory - 652
Wilshamstead Ward - Number of Seats: 2
Elected: 2 Tory
Anthony Connal Hare, Tory - 771
Barry Frederick Huckle, Tory - 853
Martin Richard Parker, Lib Dem - 457
Malcolm Beaumont Whiteman, Lib Dem - 377
Wootton Ward - Number of Seats: 3
Elected: 2 Lib Dem, 1 Independent
Judith Carlotta Cunningham, Lib Dem - 686
Roy Anthony Judge, Tory - 468
Karen Ledster, Lib Dem - 441
Charan Kanwal Sekhon, Labour - 133
Mark William Smith, Independent - 568
John Colin Tait, Tory - 501
Gordon Willey, Lib Dem - 505
Anne Worboys, Tory - 438