# 1987 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election

Elections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council were held on 7 May 1987. All 53 seats were up for election.

## Result

Gains and losses in the results table are compared with the 1983 district council election.
Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Result 1987 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 43 | +7 | 81.1 | 54.0 | 20,740 | +7.4 |
| Independent | 5 | -4 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 3,723 | -5.8 |
| Alliance | 3 | +2 | 5.7 | 15.1 | 5,802 | +4.8 |
| Labour | 2 | -5 | 3.8 | 19.9 | 7,646 | -4.6 |
| Ind. Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 365 | +1.0 |
| Green | 0 | +0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 137 | +0.4 |

## Ward Results

All results are listed below:
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 1983 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 1983 District Council election.
Candidates who were members of the council before the election are marked with an asterisk.

### Ampthill

Ampthill (3 seats, 4,596 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Holden | 1,302 | 39.2 | |
| | Conservative | Ms A Palmer* | 1,260 | 37.9 | +5.4 |
| | Alliance | Susan Young | 1,103 | 33.2 | |
| | Labour | Ms G Wagstaff* | 916 | 27.6 | −6.3 |
| | Labour | Ms C Duffin | 521 | 15.7 | |
| | Labour | R Williams | 340 | 10.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,323 | 72.3 | −0.2 |

### Arlesey

Arlesey (2 seats, 3,255 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Harrowell* | 833 | 50.8 | −2.0 |
| | Conservative | R Turner* | 808 | 49.2 | +2.1 |
| | Labour | Victor Williams | 618 | 37.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,641 | 50.4 | |

### Aspley

Aspley (2 seats, 2,532 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Fiona Chapman* | 841 | 52.7 | +7.9 |
| | Conservative | Robert Brown | 756 | 47.4 | |
| | Alliance | Ms A Crampin* | 599 | 37.6 | +9.0 |
| | Labour | Ms L McDowell | 156 | 9.8 | |
| | Labour | Ms J Walmsley | 143 | 9.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,595 | 63.0 | |

### Biggleswade Ivel

Biggleswade Ivel (3 seats, 4,891 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Patricia Rouse | 1,515 | 59.7 | +29.3 |
| | Conservative | Peter Vickers* | 1,432 | 56.4 | +12.7 |
| | Conservative | D Strachan* | 1,080 | 42.6 | +11.9 |
| | Labour | L Chambers* | 1,021 | 40.2 | +4.9 |
| | Labour | Peter Malyon | 656 | 25.8 | |
| | Labour | Alistair Costley | 265 | 10.4 | −12.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,538 | 51.9 | |

### Biggleswade Stratton

Biggleswade Stratton (3 seats, 4,469 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Bennett* | 1,376 | 40.8 | +7.9 |
| | Conservative | David Smith | 1,255 | 37.2 | +7.8 |
| | Independent | Ms C Cook* | 1,013 | 30.1 | −4.9 |
| | Labour | Victor Brunt* | 981 | 29.1 | −3.0 |
| | Labour | Bernard Briars | 745 | 22.1 | |
| | Labour | Amy Forbes | 606 | 18.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,370 | 75.4 | |

### Blunham

Blunham (1 seat, 1,581 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | N Davidson* | 598 | 81.4 | +18.1 |
| | Green | Ms J Lawrence | 137 | 18.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 735 | 46.5 | |

### Campton & Meppershall

Campton & Meppershall (1 seat, 1,403 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | D Price | 574 | 77.9 |
| | Labour | Ms J Kimber | 163 | 22.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 737 | 52.5 |

### Clifton & Henlow

Clifton & Henlow (3 seats, 4,049 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Rogers* | 1,196 | 60.8 | −7.6 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Cook* | 1,148 | 58.3 | −3.4 |
| | Conservative | Ms G Burn* | 1,093 | 55.5 | +0.2 |
| | Independent | L Simpson | 418 | 21.2 | |
| | Labour | Ms J Bird | 352 | 17.9 | |
| | Labour | M Tenwick | 319 | 16.2 | −0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,968 | 48.6 | +7.3 |

### Clophill

Clophill (1 seat, 1,245 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W Russell* | 423 | 74.7 | +6.9 |
| | Labour | K Phillips | 143 | 25.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 566 | 45.5 | |

### Cranfield

Cranfield (3 seats, 3,167 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R Palmer* | 991 | 64.6 | +30.7 |
| | Conservative | T Grimes* | 949 | 61.9 | +16.3 |
| | Conservative | Ms A Harris | 893 | 58.3 | |
| | Alliance | J Hamilton | 292 | 19.0 | |
| | Alliance | S Wood | 279 | 18.2 | |
| | Alliance | J Heley | 250 | 16.3 | |
| | Labour | Alan Morris | 250 | 16.3 | +2.7 |
| | Labour | R Harris | 228 | 14.9 | |
| | Labour | R Martin | 204 | 13.3 | +7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,533 | 48.4 | +7.7 |

### Flitton, Greenfield & Pulloxhill

Flitton, Greenfield & Pulloxhill (1 seat, 1,374 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms J Eells* | 569 | 82.9 | +1.2 |
| | Labour | Peter Churchill | 117 | 17.1 | +5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 686 | 49.9 | +1.2 |

### Flitwick East

Flitwick East (2 seats, 3,775 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jack Cowell* | 993 | 70.7 | |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Randall* | 959 | 68.3 | |
| | Labour | J Bannister | 413 | 29.4 | |
| | Labour | Dudley Davis | 308 | 21.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,404 | 37.2 | −4.9 |

### Flitwick West

Flitwick West (2 seats, 4,289 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dennis Gale* | 1,146 | 58.2 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative | Cynthia Baker* | 1,143 | 58.0 | +9.0 |
| | Alliance | Ms C Watton | 616 | 31.3 | |
| | Alliance | John Watton | 571 | 29.0 | |
| | Labour | D Churchill | 205 | 10.4 | |
| | Labour | Arthur Watson | 201 | 10.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,969 | 45.9 | |

### Harlington

Harlington (1 seat, 1,913 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Alliance | Brian Golby | 568 | 50.7 |
| | Conservative | H Cousins | 411 | 36.7 |
| | Labour | J Conibeer | 142 | 12.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,121 | 58.6 |

### Haynes & Houghton Conquest

Haynes & Houghton Conquest (1 seat, 1,948 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Eleanor Dorman | 616 | 60.7 | |
| | Labour | B Oertel | 226 | 22.3 | −17.5 |
| | Alliance | Ms M Limond | 173 | 17.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,015 | 52.1 | |

### Langford

Langford (1 seat, 2,161 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ms P Trussell | 606 | 53.7 |
| | Alliance | D Hanscombe | 288 | 25.5 |
| | Labour | A Loney* | 234 | 20.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,128 | 52.2 |

### Marston

Marston (2 seats, 3,299 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms C Barnes* | 886 | 48.1 | −15.6 |
| | Conservative | G Howe | 715 | 38.8 | |
| | Ind. Conservative | B Meddings* | 365 | 19.8 | −31.6 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Rooney | 310 | 16.8 | |
| | Alliance | P Sunman | 280 | 15.2 | |
| | Labour | H Walmsley | 264 | 14.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,841 | 55.8 | |

### Maulden

Maulden (1 seat, 2,008 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ms B New | 555 | 55.4 |
| | Independent | Eileen Brown | 284 | 28.4 |
| | Labour | Ms J Nicklin | 86 | 8.6 |
| | Alliance | R Richards | 76 | 7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,001 | 49.9 |

### Northill

Northill (1 seat, 1,674 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Patricia Turner* | Unopposed | NA | |

### Old Warden & Southill

Old Warden & Southill (1 seat, 1,275 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | Ms M Hamer-Harries* | Unopposed | NA | |

### Potton

Potton (2 seats, 3,419 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | F Jakes* | 813 | 43.6 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative | J Ream* | 719 | 38.5 | +2.6 |
| | Labour | I Forbes | 334 | 17.9 | |
| | Labour | J Morgan | 248 | 13.3 | −7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,866 | 54.6 | |

### Sandy All Saints

Sandy All Saints (2 seats, 2,874 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alistair Gammell* | Unopposed | NA | |
| | Conservative | A Sherwood-King* | Unopposed | NA | |

### Sandy St Swithuns

Sandy St Swithuns (3 seats, 3,632 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms P Lack | 835 | 56.8 | |
| | Conservative | T Sherwood-King | 748 | 50.8 | +15.4 |
| | Conservative | T Rice | 748 | 50.8 | |
| | Alliance | G Goodwin | 637 | 43.3 | |
| | Alliance | P Tomlin | 618 | 42.0 | |
| | Alliance | N Lister | 594 | 40.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,471 | 40.5 | |

### Shefford

Shefford (2 seats, 2,595 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms E Burson* | 711 | 37.0 | +2.5 |
| | Independent | Ms M Faircloth* | 515 | 26.8 | +2.9 |
| | Alliance | A Smyth | 512 | 26.6 | +4.4 |
| | Labour | D Brooks | 186 | 9.7 | |
| | Labour | T Bornett | 150 | 7.8 | −14.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,923 | 74.1 | |

### Shillington & Stondon

Shillington & Stondon (2 seats, 2,658 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms R Simkins | 847 | 42.0 | +0.5 |
| | Independent | R Roe | 680 | 33.7 | −8.4 |
| | Alliance | Ms W Barker | 348 | 17.3 | |
| | Labour | M Woodbine | 141 | 7.0 | |
| | Labour | Ellen Houliston | 105 | 5.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,015 | 75.8 | |

### Stotfold

Stotfold (3 seats, 4,803 registered voters) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | J Long* | Unopposed | NA |
| Independent | F Hyde* | Unopposed | NA |
| Labour | H Wood* | Unopposed | NA |

### Wensley

Wensley (1 seat, 1,305 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brian E Collier | 507 | 62.1 |
| | Alliance | D Walker | 181 | 22.2 |
| | Labour | Ms J Pates | 129 | 15.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 817 | 62.6 |

### Westoning

Westoning (1 seat, 1,335 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jean Kent* | 531 | 83.0 |
| | Labour | J Gregory | 109 | 17.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 640 | 47.9 |

### Woburn

Woburn (1 seat, 1,249 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D Woodward* | 529 | 74.1 | −4.6 |
| | Alliance | J Ellis | 129 | 18.1 | −3.3 |
| | Labour | M Loney | 57 | 8.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 714 | 57.2 | |

### Wrest

Wrest (1 seat, 1,610 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R Thurman* | 655 | 82.2 | +35.3 |
| | Labour | Ms P Cue | 142 | 17.8 | −14.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 797 | 49.5 | |