# 2015 Bedford Borough Council election

The 2015 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Bedford Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

## Overall Results

Bedford Local Election Result 2015 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 15 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 37.5 | 39.73 | 45,874 | +2.8 |
| Labour | 14 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 35.0 | 27.48 | 31,738 | -1.35 |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 22.5 | 19.35 | 22,342 | -6.33 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 5.0 | 1.78 | 4346 | -4.06 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.45 | 6291 | +4.27 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.97 | 5742 | +4.69 |
A total of 115,477 valid votes were cast and there were 1,060 rejected ballots. The turnout was 66.3%

## Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 |
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Ind |
After the election the composition of the council was:
| 15 | 14 | 9 | 2 |
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Ind |
Ind - Independent

## Ward Results

Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk.

### Brickhill

Brickhill (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Royden* | 2,123 | 45.54 | −15.92 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wendy Rider* | 1,882 | 40.37 | −12.44 |
| | Conservative | Olly Richbell | 1,231 | 26.40 | +0.19 |
| | Conservative | Rubina Shaikh | 892 | 19.13 | −3.85 |
| | Labour | Cathrine Ward | 775 | 16.62 | +3.91 |
| | Labour | Robert Frank Atkins | 755 | 16.19 | +6.80 |
| | Green | Sara Frances Browne | 382 | 8.19 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 651 | 13.97 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,724 | 71.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Bromham and Biddenham

Bromham and Biddenham (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roger Rigby* | 2,730 | 72.55 | +6.28 |
| | Conservative | Jon Gambold* | 2,393 | 63.59 | +0.66 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Jane Luder | 680 | 18.07 | +0.48 |
| | Labour | Ashley Spencer Firth | 638 | 16.95 | +2.04 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stelios Mores | 436 | 11.59 | +0.12 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen John Rutherford | 265 | 7.04 | −0.28 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,713 | 45.52 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,822 | 66.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Castle

Castle (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Stanton Fletcher | 978 | 28.72 | +3.10 |
| | Labour | Luigi Reale | 853 | 25.05 | +3.47 |
| | Conservative | Shish Miah | 774 | 22.73 | −1.45 |
| | Castle Ward Independent | Apu Bagchi* | 753 | 22.11 | −11.90 |
| | Labour | Mashuk Miah Ullah | 698 | 20.50 | −0.90 |
| | Castle Ward Independent | Caroline Sara Fensome* | 678 | 19.91 | −5.71 |
| | Green | Lucy Clare Bywater | 539 | 15.83 | +7.75 |
| | Green | Ben Foley | 390 | 11.45 | +7.50 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Muhmud Henry Rogers | 181 | 5.32 | −3.65 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Rashid Rogers | 140 | 4.11 | −3.16 |
| | Independent | Ameer Shajahan Mohammed | 64 | 1.88 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 79 | 2.32 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,437 | 60.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Cauldwell

Cauldwell (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Randolph Charles* | 1,762 | 49.89 | +3.55 |
| | Labour | Sue Oliver* | 1,559 | 44.14 | −2.63 |
| | Conservative | Darren Jason Russell | 670 | 18.97 | −0.69 |
| | Conservative | Nurul Islam | 590 | 16.70 | −1.11 |
| | UKIP | Janet Culley | 477 | 13.51 | N/A |
| | Green | Esin Esat | 228 | 6.46 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jake Sale | 216 | 6.12 | −16.99 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Sabir Rahman | 153 | 4.33 | −14.99 |
| | Independent | Aleksandr Zabolotnov | 42 | 1.19 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 889 | 25.17 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,575 | 52.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Clapham

Clapham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jane Anne Walker* | 1,140 | 49.50 | −9.78 |
| | Labour | Jenni Jackson | 511 | 22.19 | −8.76 |
| | UKIP | Peter Lund-Conlon | 420 | 18.24 | N/A |
| | Green | Sarah Mingay | 124 | 5.80 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Robert Ryan | 108 | 4.69 | −5.08 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 629 | 27.31 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,303 | 67.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### De Parys

De Parys (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Henry Paul Vann* | 1,040 | 32.08 | −4.48 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Alexander Sawyer* | 1,007 | 31.06 | −13.68 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Alexander Lennox-Lamb | 948 | 29.24 | −3.31 |
| | Conservative | Robin Calverey Illingworth | 937 | 28.90 | −3.90 |
| | Labour | Monika Golebiewska | 573 | 17.67 | +0.73 |
| | Labour | Louise Whatham | 509 | 15.70 | −0.83 |
| | UKIP | John Lathaen | 342 | 10.55 | N/A |
| | Green | Alex Charlton | 224 | 6.91 | +1.67 |
| | Green | Alex Willmott | 176 | 5.43 | N/A |
| | Independent | John Lloyd | 99 | 3.05 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 59 | 1.82 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,288 | 64.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Eastcotts

Eastcotts :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Holland* | 804 | 47.66 | −16.66 |
| | Conservative | Michael Peter Abbott | 539 | 31.95 | +11.49 |
| | Labour | James Alexander Grady | 344 | 20.39 | +5.17 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 265 | 15.71 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,687 | 62.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Elstow & Stewartby

Elstow & Stewartby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tim Hill* | 941 | 46.61 | +8.45 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Jean Turner | 565 | 27.98 | −5.07 |
| | Labour | Susan Ann Hoskin | 355 | 17.58 | +4.25 |
| | Independent | Tony Hare | 158 | 7.83 | −7.63 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 376 | 18.63 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,019 | 64.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Goldington

Goldington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anthony James Forth | 1,291 | 33.38 | +5.40 |
| | Labour | Jade Chelsea Uko | 961 | 24.84 | −1.42 |
| | Conservative | Phillippa Anne Martin-Moran | 945 | 24.43 | −0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lorna Rose Marchant | 942 | 24.35 | −18.97 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Jefferies Harrison | 874 | 22.60 | −17.88 |
| | UKIP | Adrian John Haynes | 663 | 17.14 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Zulika Maria Wightman | 564 | 14.58 | −5.91 |
| | Green | Brant Carl Tilds | 218 | 5.64 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16 | 0.41 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,907 | 60.0 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Great Barford

Great Barford (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephen Hellier Moon* | 2,615 | 59.27 | −4.29 |
| | Conservative | Sheryl Lesley Maxwell Corp | 2,242 | 50.82 | −17.75 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen James Lawson | 785 | 17.79 | +3.43 |
| | Green | Mark Bowler | 732 | 16.59 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Stekelis | 634 | 14.37 | +1.15 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,457 | 33.03 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,511 | 72.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Harpur

Harpur (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Colleen Atkins* | 1,793 | 60.92 | +2.49 |
| | Labour | Louise King* | 1,316 | 44.72 | +2.76 |
| | Conservative | Andrea Clare Spice | 775 | 26.33 | −3.18 |
| | Conservative | Sanjit Kaur Gill Chowdrey | 541 | 18.38 | −6.29 |
| | UKIP | Derek John Few | 323 | 10.98 | N/A |
| | Independent | David John Allen | 272 | 9.24 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Martin Whitehead | 224 | 7.61 | +0.95 |
| | Green | Jen Foley | 210 | 7.14 | −0.70 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ripal Pranesh Patel | 175 | 5.95 | −2.84 |
| | Green | Racheall Monton | 153 | 5.20 | −1.73 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 541 | 9.36 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,975 | 51.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Harrold

Harrold :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alison Jane Foster | 1,762 | 74.60 | +27.77 |
| | Green | Gary Nicholas Lloyd | 377 | 15.96 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joy Rose Winder | 223 | 9.44 | −34.75 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,385 | 58.64 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,362 | 75.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Kempston Central and East

Kempston Central and East (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Frank John Boutall | 1,210 | 37.01 | +2.61 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Nawaz* | 1,034 | 31.63 | −6.85 |
| | Labour | James Emmanuel Valentine* | 1,028 | 31.45 | −11.43 |
| | Conservative | Kuldip Singh | 769 | 23.52 | +5.86 |
| | UKIP | Nicky Attenborough | 764 | 23.37 | −9.41 |
| | Green | Richard James Baker | 304 | 9.30 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terry Gasson | 245 | 7.49 | +0.30 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bipin Shah | 158 | 4.83 | −1.89 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6 | 0.18 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,310 | 61.0 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Kempston North

Kempston North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Shan Hunt* | 870 | 47.08 | +9.71 |
| | Conservative | Matt McCarthy | 810 | 43.83 | +7.51 |
| | Green | Alex Sebastian Jones | 120 | 6.49 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mamun Islam | 48 | 2.60 | −4.28 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 60 | 3.25 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,848 | 64.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Kempston Rural

Kempston Rural :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mark William Smith* | 2,074 | 70.14 | +12.64 |
| | Labour | Shah Shanoor Miah | 540 | 18.26 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Conrad Holden Longmore | 343 | 11.60 | −4.14 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,634 | 51.88 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,957 | 69.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Kempston South

Kempston South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Carl Rex Meader | 1,471 | 69.29 | −6.34 |
| | Conservative | Sarah King McGee | 545 | 25.67 | +5.74 |
| | Green | Tim Crowhurst | 54 | 2.54 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Downing Standley | 53 | 2.50 | −1.94 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 926 | 43.62 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,123 | 67.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Kempston West

Kempston West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Will Hunt | 956 | 42.58 | −11.21 |
| | Conservative | Ryan Darren Michael Gray | 746 | 33.23 | −7.55 |
| | UKIP | Peter Hull | 332 | 14.79 | N/A |
| | Green | Rosemary Josephine Elizabeth Wright | 112 | 4.99 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Paul Hart | 99 | 4.41 | −1.02 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 210 | 9.35 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,245 | 61.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Kingsbrook

Kingsbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Saunders* | 1,461 | 40.27 | +1.21 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anita Joan Gerard* | 923 | 25.44 | −12.25 |
| | Labour | Abu Sultan | 848 | 23.37 | −6.62 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Becky Guynn | 751 | 20.70 | −16.13 |
| | UKIP | Chris Billington | 603 | 16.62 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Martine Moon | 554 | 15.27 | −2.73 |
| | Conservative | Shekh Sayed | 456 | 12.57 | −1.01 |
| | Green | Lynn Herron | 242 | 6.67 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 75 | 2.07 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,664 | 55.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Newnham

Newnham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Kenneth Samuel Mingay* | 1,516 | 38.48 | +1.83 |
| | Conservative | Giovanni Carofano | 1,143 | 29.01 | +1.14 |
| | Labour | Margaret Ann Badley | 976 | 24.77 | +4.26 |
| | Labour | June Aileen McDonald | 749 | 19.01 | +1.68 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gordon Willey | 666 | 16.90 | −10.97 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dean Gary Crofts | 648 | 16.45 | −6.78 |
| | UKIP | John Norman Robertson | 382 | 9.70 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Domenico Canzoneri | 361 | 9.16 | N/A |
| | Green | Janice Mary Jones | 328 | 8.32 | +1.78 |
| | Independent | Saverio Bongo | 228 | 5.79 | N/A |
| | Green | George Lewis Murphy | 200 | 5.08 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 167 | 4.24 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,980 | 69.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Oakley

Oakley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Patricia Margaret Olney | 955 | 41.20 | −42.86 |
| | Conservative | Ade Clewlow | 914 | 39.43 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Sebastian Sharpe | 171 | 7.38 | N/A |
| | Labour | Anne Saunders | 152 | 6.56 | −2.64 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Millington Norton | 84 | 3.62 | −3.11 |
| | Green | David Peter Mingay | 42 | 1.81 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41 | 1.77 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,318 | 78.0 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Putnoe (2 Seats)

Putnoe (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Paul Headley* | 2,014 | 45.32 | −13.58 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Jean Bootiman | 1,578 | 35.51 | −10.68 |
| | Conservative | Peter Anthony Allen | 1,447 | 32.56 | +11.41 |
| | Conservative | Susan Mary Spratt | 1,105 | 24.86 | −3.11 |
| | Labour | Ceciliah Chigwada | 588 | 13.23 | −1.04 |
| | Labour | Graham John Tranquada | 533 | 11.99 | −1.55 |
| | Green | Rosie Layton | 275 | 6.19 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 131 | 2.95 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,488 | 74.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Queens Park

Queens Park (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohammad Yasin* | 2,062 | 53.77 | −6.54 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Masud* | 1,947 | 50.77 | +0.36 |
| | Conservative | Balal Shah | 1,262 | 32.91 | −6.55 |
| | Conservative | Muzakkir Hussain Khan | 965 | 25.16 | −0.46 |
| | Green | Hannah Mary Jones | 297 | 7.74 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothea Manar Rogers | 138 | 3.60 | +0.66 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard William Struck | 108 | 2.82 | −0.55 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 685 | 17.86 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,893 | 65.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Riseley

Riseley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Martin Edward James Towler | 1,206 | 57.95 | +31.19 |
| | UKIP | James Timkey | 344 | 16.53 | N/A |
| | Labour | John Gerard Dawson | 235 | 11.29 | +4.13 |
| | Independent | Eileen Brenda Whitmore | 154 | 7.40 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Solomon | 142 | 6.83 | +4.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 862 | 41.42 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,081 | 76.0 | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Sharnbrook

Sharnbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Doug McMurdo* | 1,042 | 42.53 | −16.63 |
| | Conservative | Robert Peter Tickle | 886 | 36.16 | +7.57 |
| | Labour | Susan Jane Caroline Aykin | 266 | 10.86 | +1.97 |
| | Green | Elisabeth Magda Evershed | 158 | 6.45 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Elizabeth Trengrove | 98 | 4.00 | +0.65 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 156 | 6.37 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,450 | 76.0 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Wilshamstead

Wilshamstead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Graeme Stuart Coombes* | 1,698 | 72.78 | +8.68 |
| | Labour | Akm Masum | 383 | 16.42 | −2.58 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Mason | 252 | 10.80 | −6.10 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,315 | 56.36 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,333 | 68.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Wootton

Wootton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Stephen Wheeler | 1,119 | 42.91 | +4.47 |
| | UKIP | Bill Hall | 560 | 21.47 | +8.32 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gareth Trevor Lloyd | 525 | 20.13 | −18.31 |
| | Labour | Ali Askor | 266 | 10.20 | −0.27 |
| | Green | Carlos Linnett | 138 | 5.29 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 559 | 21.44 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,608 | 71.0 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Wyboston

Wyboston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tom Wootton* | 1,618 | 73.48 | +2.95 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Joseph Kavanagh | 316 | 14.35 | +1.18 |
| | Green | Lisa Bradbury | 268 | 12.17 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,302 | 59.13 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,202 | 73.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |