2007 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election

2007 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election
53 seats for Whole Council; 27 seats needed for a majority
Registered	98,917
Turnout	39%
	Ampthill Arlesey Aspley Guise Biggleswade Clifton Cranfield Flitton Flitwick Harlington Houghton Langford Marston Maulden Northill Potton Sandy Shefford Shillington Silsoe Stotfold Westoning Woburn class=notpageimage\| Locations of wards in Mid Bedfordshire

Elections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council were held in May 2007. These were the last elections to council, with all 53 seats being up for election. Councillors elected would serve a two-year term, expiring in 2009, when Mid Bedfordshire District Council was replaced by Central Bedfordshire Council. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, winning 37 of 53 seats on the council. The Conservatives won 8 seats (5 wards) unopposed, as did an Independent candidate in one ward.

Result

Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Result 2007 ^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	37	6	3	+3	69.81	47.1	16,712	+5.2
Liberal Democrats	11	1	4	-3	20.75	30.8	10,913	+6.2
Independent	4	1	1	0	7.55	9.7	3,429	+1.6
Green	1	1	0	1	1.89	1.7	612	-1.7
Labour	0	0	1	-1	0.0	10.1	3,591	-11.9
BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	224	+0.6

Ward Results

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

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 2003 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 2003 District Council election.

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

Asterisks denote incumbent councillors seeking re-election.

Ampthill

One Independent gain from Conservatives.^[1]

Ampthill (3 seats, 5,390 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Summerfield*	1,381	55.2	-4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Pearce	1,077	43.1
	Independent	Mark Smith	1,060	42.4	+7.0
	Conservative	Paul Duckett	1,035	41.4
	Conservative	Richard Holden*	974	38.9	-2.4
	Conservative	Carol Gibson	939	37.5
Turnout			2,501	46.4	+9.1

Arlesey

One Conservative gain from Independent; one Conservative gain from Labour.^[1]

Arlesey (2 seats, 4,107 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Harper	562	44.0
	Conservative	Ian Dalgarno	491	38.4
	Labour	Dorothy Brown*	442	34.6	-16.0
	Independent	Victor Williams*	427	33.4	-28.9
	Labour	Lorraine Warwick	275	21.5
	Independent	David West	202	15.8	+2.8
Turnout			1,277	31.1	+5.7

Aspley Guise

Aspley Guise (1 seat, 1,913 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fiona Chapman*^[a]	Unopposed	NA

Biggleswade Holme

Biggleswade Holme (2 seats, 3,666 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Vickers*	806	60.6	+19.7
	Conservative	David Smith*	795	59.7	+17.0
	Labour	Sheila Grayston	471	35.4
	Labour	Dennis James	395	29.7
Turnout			1,331	36.3	+0.8

Biggleswade Ivel

Biggleswade Ivel (3 seats, 5,716 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wendy Smith*	1,015	54.0
	Conservative	Jane Lawrence*	980	52.1	+11.3
	Conservative	Maurice Jones*	914	48.6	+5.7
	Labour	Rex Skinner	697	37.1	+1.5
	Labour	Bernard Briars	680	36.2	-3.3
	Labour	David Albone	678	36.0
Turnout			1,881	32.9	+5.5

Biggleswade Stratton

Biggleswade Stratton (2 seats, 2,741 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Lawrence*	509	48.8	+2.0
	Conservative	Michael Cazaly*	497	47.6	+1.4
	Labour	Amy Forbes	322	30.8
	Labour	Rebecca Kerfoot	292	28.0	-9.2
	BNP	Philippa Carter	224	21.5
Turnout			1,044	38.1	+11.8

Clifton and Meppershall

Clifton and Meppershall (2 seats, 3,605 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Rogers*	1,143	71.1	+14.7
	Conservative	Paul Carne*	1,112	69.2	+16.4
	Labour	David Devereux	357	22.2	+1.2
Turnout			1,608	44.6	+4.9

Cranfield

Cranfield (2 seats, 4,241 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Bastable*	873	62.9	+2.8
	Conservative	Kenneth Matthews*	867	62.5	-0.4
	Labour	Alan Morris	429	30.9	-0.5
	Labour	Laurence Pollock	411	29.6	+0.5
Turnout			1,387	32.7	+4.0

Flitton, Greenfield and Pulloxhill

One Green gain from Conservatives.^[1]

Flitton, Greenfield and Pulloxhill (1 seat, 1,762 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Richard Ellis	612	64.4	+18.8
	Conservative	David Thompson*	334	35.1	-19.4
Turnout			951	54.0	+17.1

Flitwick East

Flitwick East (2 seats, 4,425 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Mitchell*	883	56.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Watton*	766	48.6	+11.4
	Conservative	Victor Lee	633	40.2
	Conservative	Sohail Aslam	478	30.3
Turnout			1,575	35.6	+7.0

Flitwick West

Flitwick West (3 seats, 5,795 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Male*	1,283	65.9	+10.1
	Conservative	Dennis Gale*	1,191	61.2	+0.2
	Conservative	David Bayntun	1,067	54.8
	Liberal Democrats	Isobel Mason	715	36.7
Turnout			1,947	33.6	+5.0

Harlington

Harlington (1 seat, 1,796 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Golby*	739	72.2	-14.4
	Conservative	Margaret Moriondo	216	21.1
	Labour	Margaret Brown	66	6.4
Turnout			1,024	57.0	+8.8

Houghton, Haynes, Southill and Old Warden

One Conservative gain from Liberal-Democrats.^[1]

Houghton, Haynes, Southill and Old Warden (2 seats, 3,191 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Baines	777	53.2	+29.1
	Conservative	Angela Barker	670	45.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Goode	613	42.0
	Conservative	Alan Carter	569	38.9
Turnout			1,461	45.8

Langford and Henlow Village

Two Conservative gains from Liberal-Democrats.

Langford and Henlow Village (2 seats, 0 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Clarke	966	66.1
	Conservative	Zain Haider	862	47.5
	Liberal Democrats	William Cliff*	822	45.3	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Hendrix	744	41.0
Turnout			0	0.0	+3.0

Marston

Marston (2 seats, 4,259 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darren Tysoe*	846	59.5	-4.4
	Conservative	Michael Gibson	598	42.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Booth	482	33.9
	Independent	Iain Clapham	454	31.9
Turnout			1,423	33.4	+7.0

Maulden and Clophill

Maulden and Clophill (2 seats, 3,694 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Hawkins*	Unopposed	NA
	Conservative	Howard Lockey*	Unopposed	NA

Northill and Blunham

Northill and Blunham (2 seats, 3,525 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joanna Davison*	1,102	70.4
	Conservative	Patricia Turner*	1,034	66.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Davis	440	28.1
Turnout			1,565	44.4

Potton and Wensley

Potton and Wensley (3 seats, 5,698 registered voters)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Doreen Gurney*	Unopposed	NA
Conservative	Anita Lewis*	Unopposed	NA
Conservative	John Lewis*	Unopposed	NA

Sandy Ivel

Sandy Ivel (2 seats, 3,425 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Blaine*	773	55.2	-6.1
	Independent	John Gurney*	727	51.9	-12.9
	Conservative	Robert Smith	537	38.3	+15.5
	Conservative	Douglas McIlwain	484	34.5
Turnout			1,401	40.9	+10.3

Sandy Pinnacle

Sandy Pinnacle (3 seats, 5,182 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Aldis*	1,016	54.2	+9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Butler	900	48.0
	Independent	Kenneth Lynch	761	40.6
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey White	737	39.3
	Conservative	Rachel Smith	658	35.1
Turnout			1,876	36.2	+7.2

Shefford, Campton and Gravenhurst

Shefford, Campton and Gravenhurst (3 seats, 5,546 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lewis Birt*	1,237	57.8	+8.0
	Conservative	Anthony Brown*	1,117	52.2	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Chapman*	1,016	47.5	+5.9
	Conservative	Richard Stidolph	939	43.9
	Labour	Carolyn Devereux	424	19.8	-11.5
Turnout			2,141	38.6	+7.3

Shillington, Stondon and Henlow Camp

One Liberal-Democrat gain from Conservatives.^[1]

Shillington, Stondon and Henlow Camp (2 seats, 4,391 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rita Drinkwater*	1,018	60.5	-9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Graham	886	52.7
	Conservative	Anthony Whiteman*	649	38.6	-19.3
Turnout			1,682	38.3	+5.8

Silsoe

Silsoe (1 seat, 1,379 registered voters)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathleen Keen*	Unopposed	NA

Stotfold