# 1991 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election

Elections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council were held on 2 May 1991. All 53 seats were up for election.

## Result

Gains and losses in the results table are compared with the 1987 district council election.
Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Result 1991 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 40 | -3 | 75.5 | 49.1 | 16,791 | -4.9 |
| Independent | 7 | +2 | 13.2 | 12.7 | 4,358 | +3.0 |
| Labour | 3 | +1 | 5.7 | 24.5 | 8,389 | +4.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | +0 | 5.7 | 13.6 | 4,651 | -1.5 |

## 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 1987 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 1987 District Council election.
Candidates who were members of the council before the election are marked with an asterisk.

### Ampthill

Ampthill (3 seats, 4,870 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Holden* | 1,302 | 62.2 | +23.0 |
| | Conservative | Ms A Palmer* | 1,000 | 47.8 | +9.8 |
| | Conservative | Pauline Mayhead | 881 | 42.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Young* | 817 | 39.0 | +5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | A Sunman | 599 | 28.6 | |
| | Labour | Ms N Bradbury | 428 | 20.4 | |
| | Labour | Ms J Nicklin | 350 | 16.7 | +8.1 |
| | Labour | Ms C Urquart | 348 | 16.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,094 | 43.0 | −29.3 |

### Arlesey

Arlesey (2 seats, 3,334 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Harrowell* | 865 | 59.0 | +8.2 |
| | Labour | D Landman | 616 | 42.0 | |
| | Conservative | R Turner* | 613 | 41.8 | −7.5 |
| | Conservative | M Covington | 538 | 36.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,467 | 44.0 | |

### Aspley

Aspley (2 seats, 2,693 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Fiona Chapman* | 749 | 57.9 | +5.2 |
| | Conservative | Robert Brown* | 696 | 53.8 | +6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | M Dickins | 366 | 28.3 | |
| | Labour | A Bassindale | 323 | 25.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,293 | 48.0 | |

### Biggleswade Ivel

Biggleswade Ivel (3 seats, 4,934 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Patricia Rouse* | 1,379 | 59.5 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative | Peter Vickers* | 1,264 | 54.5 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative | D Strachan* | 1,061 | 45.8 | +3.2 |
| | Labour | M Peirce | 877 | 37.8 | |
| | Labour | Ms C Bowpitt | 823 | 35.5 | |
| | Labour | Peter Malyon | 755 | 32.6 | +6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,319 | 47.0 | |

### Biggleswade Stratton

Biggleswade Stratton (3 seats, 4,948 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Bennett* | 1,208 | 50.9 | +10.0 |
| | Conservative | David Smith* | 1,143 | 48.1 | +10.9 |
| | Labour | Ms D Brunt | 1,071 | 45.1 | |
| | Independent | Ms C Cook* | 921 | 38.8 | +8.7 |
| | Labour | Ms A Briars | 886 | 37.3 | |
| | Labour | Amy Forbes | 731 | 30.8 | +12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,375 | 48.0 | |

### Blunham

Blunham (1 seat, 1,589 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | N Davidson* | Unopposed | NA | |

### Campton & Meppershall

Campton & Meppershall (1 seat, 1,436 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D Price* | Unopposed | NA | |

### Clifton & Henlow

Clifton & Henlow (3 seats, 4,118 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Rogers* | 1,027 | 62.4 | +1.6 |
| | Independent | William Cliff | 940 | 57.1 | |
| | Conservative | Patricia Cook* | 889 | 54.0 | −4.4 |
| | Conservative | Ms G Burn* | 733 | 44.5 | −11.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,647 | 40.0 | |

### Clophill

Clophill (1 seat, 1,243 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Robert Dunne | 374 | 74.4 |
| | Labour | D Mason | 129 | 25.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 503 | 40.5 |

### Cranfield

Cranfield (3 seats, 3,102 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Silvia Dosser | 658 | 49.3 | |
| | Conservative | M Clarke* | 656 | 49.2 | |
| | Conservative | Roger Baker | 636 | 47.7 | |
| | Labour | Alan Morris | 340 | 25.5 | +9.2 |
| | Labour | Ms E Rooney | 309 | 23.2 | +6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | J Hamilton | 306 | 22.9 | +3.9 |
| | Labour | R Harris | 250 | 18.7 | +3.9 |
| | Independent | R Ambridge | 211 | 15.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,334 | 43.0 | |

### Flitton, Greenfield & Pulloxhill

Flitton, Greenfield & Pulloxhill (1 seat, 1,410 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms J Eells* | 484 | 69.8 | −13.1 |
| | Labour | Ms S McDonald | 209 | 30.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 693 | 49.1 | |

### Flitwick East

Flitwick East (2 seats, 3,934 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Cynthia Baker* | 786 | 57.1 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Randall* | 615 | 44.7 | −23.6 |
| | Labour | P Bray | 530 | 38.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,377 | 35.0 | |

### Flitwick West

Flitwick West (2 seats, 4,292 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Forster | 1,042 | 60.7 | |
| | Conservative | Dennis Gale* | 1,026 | 59.8 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | Ms J Newman | 497 | 28.9 | |
| | Labour | Arthur Watson | 467 | 27.2 | +17.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,717 | 40.0 | |

### Harlington

Harlington (1 seat, 1,813 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Golby* | 574 | 50.3 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative | Robin Younger | 385 | 33.7 | |
| | Labour | M Howson | 182 | 16.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,141 | 62.9 | |

### Haynes & Houghton Conquest

Haynes & Houghton Conquest (1 seat, 1,938 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Eleanor Dorman* | Unopposed | NA | |

### Langford

Langford (1 seat, 2,157 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms P Trussell* | 492 | 47.7 | −6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | D Hanscombe | 308 | 29.8 | +4.3 |
| | Labour | Ms J Scholes | 232 | 22.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,032 | 47.8 | −1.9 |

### Marston

Marston (2 seats, 3,176 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms C Barnes* | 876 | 61.3 | +13.2 |
| | Conservative | Isla Lake* | 789 | 55.2 | |
| | Labour | L Pollock | 302 | 21.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | G Riches | 284 | 19.9 | |
| | Labour | Ms M Crick | 278 | 19.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,429 | 45.0 | |

### Maulden

Maulden (1 seat, 2,048 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms B New* | 658 | 67.3 | +11.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | S Sunman | 161 | 16.5 | |
| | Labour | Ms M Mason | 159 | 16.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 978 | 47.8 | |

### Northill

Northill (1 seat, 1,639 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Patricia Turner* | Unopposed | NA | |

### Old Warden & Southill

Old Warden & Southill (1 seat, 1,147 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | K Ballard | Unopposed | NA | |

### Potton

Potton (2 seats, 3,542 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | F Jakes* | Unopposed | NA | |
| | Independent | J Ream* | Unopposed | NA | |

### Sandy All Saints

Sandy All Saints (2 seats, 2,900 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alistair Gammell* | 572 | 54.0 |
| | Independent | Anthony Goss | 541 | 51.1 |
| | Conservative | A Sherwood-King* | 484 | 45.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,059 | 36.5 |

### Sandy St Swithuns

Sandy St Swithuns (3 seats, 3,766 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms P Sherwood-King* | 621 | 45.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | G Goodwin | 565 | 41.7 | −1.6 |
| | Conservative | T Rice | 563 | 41.5 | −9.3 |
| | Conservative | M D Darlow | 502 | 37.0 | |
| | Labour | J Ball | 470 | 34.7 | |
| | Labour | Ms D Rescorla* | 440 | 32.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,356 | 36.0 | −39.8 |

### Shefford

Shefford (2 seats, 2,554 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms E Burson* | 781 | 62.4 | +25.5 |
| | Independent | Ms M Faircloth* | 590 | 47.2 | +20.4 |
| | Labour | Ms F Argent | 346 | 27.7 | |
| | Labour | Ms M Gardiner | 258 | 20.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,251 | 49.0 | |

### Shillington & Stondon

Shillington & Stondon (2 seats, 2,681 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms R Simkins* | 662 | 57.4 | +15.4 |
| | Conservative | W Bell* | 636 | 55.2 | |
| | Labour | M Woodbine | 401 | 34.8 | +27.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,153 | 43.0 | |

### Stotfold

Stotfold (3 seats, 4,775 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Saunders | 1,287 | 53.9 |
| | Conservative | John Street | 1,283 | 53.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Collier | 776 | 32.5 |
| | Labour | H Wood* | 766 | 32.1 |
| | Independent | F Hyde* | 703 | 29.4 |
| | Independent | J Keenan | 218 | 9.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,388 | 50.0 |

### Wensley

Wensley (1 seat, 1,310 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian E Collier* | 377 | 56.9 | −5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | D Walker | 286 | 43.1 | +21.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 663 | 50.6 | |

### Westoning

Westoning (1 seat, 1,307 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J Goldsmith | Unopposed | NA | |

### Woburn

Woburn (1 seat, 1,264 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Duggan | 423 | 59.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | J Ellis | 208 | 29.2 | +11.1 |
| | Independent | A Wells | 78 | 11.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 712 | 56.3 | |

### Wrest

Wrest (1 seat, 1,689 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ms M Taylor | 601 | 69.6 |
| | Labour | Ms A Thompson | 262 | 30.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 863 | 51.1 |