1999 Bedford Borough Council election

The 1999 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Bedford Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary[edit]

Election result[edit]

1999 Bedford Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	6	3	35.3	13	19	35.8	10,084	35.8	–0.6
	Liberal Democrats	5	3	29.4	13	18	34.0	7,460	26.5	–1.5
	Conservative	4		23.5	5	9	17.0	9,094	32.3	+2.2
	Independent	2		11.8	5	7	13.2	1,552	5.5	±0.0

Ward results[edit]

Brickhill[edit]

Brickhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Threapleton	1,110	45.0	+17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Waterhouse*	1,012	41.1	–14.0
	Labour	Yvonne Anderson	342	13.9	-3.3
Majority			98	4.0
Turnout			2,464	42.3
Registered electors			5,833
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bromham[edit]

Bromham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dean Laley*	1,150	68.9	+18.0
	Labour	Roger Jackson	307	18.4	–0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Howker	212	12.7	–17.5
Majority			843	50.5
Turnout			1,669	32.2
Registered electors			5,188
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle[edit]

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Whitehead*	862	50.6	–6.6
	Conservative	Robert Rigby	650	38.1	+15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Lawson	192	11.3	-9.0
Majority			212	12.4
Turnout			1,704	37.0
Registered electors			4,599
	Labour hold		Swing

Cauldwell[edit]

Cauldwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Randolph Charles	1,201	76.5	-4.7
	Conservative	Janet Pilgrim	201	12.8	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Gerard	167	10.6	+0.4
Majority			1,000	63.7
Turnout			1,569	25.8
Registered electors			6,130
	Labour hold		Swing

Clapham[edit]

Clapham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Foster	419	41.0	+14.1
	Labour	Jennifer Jackson*	418	40.9	+11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Giorgio Garofolo	184	18.0	+3.1
Majority			1	0.1
Turnout			1,021	37.0
Registered electors			2,773
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

De Parys[edit]

De Parys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neal Bath	955	44.2	–6.6
	Conservative	Terence Rigby	872	38.9	+11.9
	Labour	Charles Baily	334	15.5	-6.7
Majority			83	3.8
Turnout			2,161	38.3
Registered electors			5,668
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Goldington[edit]

Goldington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Ruffin*	1,006	53.6	-2.5
	Labour	Laurence Evans	730	38.9	+0.8
	Conservative	Valerie Fulford	140	7.5	+1.7
Majority			276	14.7
Turnout			1,876	35.8
Registered electors			5,255
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Great Barford[edit]

Great Barford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Ellis*	488	69.8	+16.6
	Labour	Richard Crane	136	19.5	–13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Harvey	75	10.7	–3.6
Majority			352	50.4
Turnout			699	35.6
Registered electors			1,968
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpur[edit]

Harpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Nicholls*	834	56.6	–9.2
	Conservative	Jean Pilgrim	466	31.6	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Vogel	173	11.7	+2.3
Majority			368	25.0
Turnout			1,473	24.8
Registered electors			5,952
	Labour hold		Swing

Kempston East[edit]

Kempston East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lewis*	1,157	53.6	–5.5
	Conservative	Richard Hyde	800	37.0	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Smithson	203	9.4	±0.0
Majority			357	16.5
Turnout			2,160	29.7
Registered electors			7,346
	Labour hold		Swing

Kempston Rural[edit]

Kempston Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Fogarty	482	44.2	+10.5
	Conservative	David Reedman	475	43.6	+2.8
	Labour	Adrien Beardmore	133	12.2	–13.3
Majority			7	0.6
Turnout			1,090	49.1
Registered electors			2,231
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Kempston West[edit]

Kempston West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Black*	1,023	50.9	–11.8
	Conservative	Charlotte Attenborough	875	43.5	+16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Standley	113	5.6	–4.3
Majority			148	7.4
Turnout			2,011	30.9
Registered electors			6,561
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingsbrook[edit]

Kingsbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley McKay	847	51.0	+39.8
	Labour	Frank Garrick*	696	41.9	–33.2
	Conservative	Janet Suter	119	7.2	–6.5
Majority			151	9.1
Turnout			1,662	34.0
Registered electors			4,901
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Putnoe[edit]

Putnoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Bootiman	1,158	61.7	+2.0
	Conservative	Denise Coates	502	26.7	+2.3
	Labour	David Lukes	217	11.6	-4.3
Majority			656	34.9
Turnout			1,877	35.0
Registered electors			5,381
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Queens Park[edit]

Queens Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Muhammad Khan*	1,420	72.2	–1.0
	Conservative	Michael Williams	328	16.7	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Murphy	219	11.1	–1.8
Majority			1,092	55.5
Turnout			1,967	32.0
Registered electors			6,238
	Labour hold		Swing

Sharnbrook[edit]

Sharnbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Bates	412	42.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Robert Pearson*	331	34.2	–10.7
	Labour	Anthea Cooke	181	18.7	–13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hall	44	4.5	–8.0
Majority			81	8.4
Turnout			968	46.1
Registered electors			2,101
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Wootton[edit]

Wootton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mark Smith*	1,140	62.7	+34.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ian White	418	23.0	–0.5
	Conservative	Vivian Suter	168	9.2	–15.5
	Labour	Paban Sharma	93	5.1	–18.4
Majority			722	39.7
Turnout			1,819	46.1
Registered electors			3,955
	Independent hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ "Results 1973 to 2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 February 2023.

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[1] "Results 1973 to 2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 February 2023.

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