1999 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election
# 1999 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election

Elections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council were held on 6 May 1999. All 53 seats were up for election. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council, increasing their number of seats from 22 to 34, whilst the Labour Party declined from having 20 seats in 1995 to 7.

## Result

Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Result 1999 :

| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Conservative | 34 | +12 | 64.2 | 45.7 | 15,155 | 10.1 |
| Labour | 7 | -13 | 13.2 | 27.4 | 9,097 | -9.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | +1 | 11.3 | 18.7 | 6,190 | +1.9 |
| Independent | 6 | 0 | 11.3 | 8.3 | 2,747 | -1.7 |

## Ward Results

All results are listed below:

Numbers of ballots cast and the percentage (to two decimal places) were given in the results published by Mid Bedfordshire District Council, but checked against results taken from Plymouth University's Elections Centre, which gives the number of registered voters, and the percentage turnout for each ward. Percentage change in turnout is compared with the same ward in the 1995 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 1995 District Council election.

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

### Ampthill

Ampthill (3 seats, 5,323 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Young* | 1,266 | 63.4 | +22.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Catherine Dover | 906 | 45.4 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Holden* | 824 | 41.3 | -0.1 |
| | Conservative | Pauline Mayhead | 773 | 38.7 | +5.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gordon Willey | 692 | 34.7 | |
| | Labour | Joseph Morris* | 495 | 24.8 | -12.4 |
| | Labour | Sheila Gardner | 358 | 17.9 | -13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,998 | 37.54 | -7.1 |

### Arlesey

Arlesey (2 seats, 3,550 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | June Harrowell | 543 | 55.6 | |
| | Independent | Victor Williams | 521 | 53.4 | |
| | Labour | Patricia Harris | 386 | 39.5 | |
| | Labour | Philip Ross | 320 | 32.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 976 | 27.49 | -13.3 |

### Aspley

Aspley (2 seats, 2,711 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Fiona Chapman* | 592 | 54.3 | +9.0 |
| | Conservative | Robert Brown* | 576 | 52.8 | +9.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Martin | 387 | 35.5 | +5.8 |
| | Labour | Neil Davis | 355 | 32.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,089 | 40.17 | -5.8 |

### Biggleswade Ivel

Biggleswade Ivel (3 seats, 5,337 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Alistair Costley* | 847 | 49.7 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | Rex Skinner | 827 | 48.6 | |
| | Labour | Peter Malyon* | 779 | 45.7 | -0.8 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Rouse | 683 | 40.1 | +6.0 |
| | Conservative | Lesley Mayhew | 671 | 39.4 | |
| | Conservative | David Lawrence | 653 | 38.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,704 | 31.93 | -9.5 |

### Biggleswade Stratton

Biggleswade Stratton (3 seats, 5,677 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | David Albone* | 767 | 44.9 | -9.2 |
| | Conservative | Peter Vickers | 736 | 43.1 | +7.8 |
| | Labour | Hilary Broderick | 679 | 39.7 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Mayhew | 677 | 39.6 | |
| | Labour | Kevin Merrett* | 668 | 39.1 | -5.7 |
| | Conservative | Michael Cazaly | 640 | 37.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Bracey | 381 | 22.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,707 | 30.07 | -9.3 |

### Blunham

Blunham (1 seat, 1,683 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Lorraine Fountain | 514 | 70.7 | |
| | Labour | Paul Shilladay | 201 | 27.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 727 | 43.20 | -1.6 |

### Campton & Meppershall

Campton & Meppershall (1 seat, 1,770 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Francis Keen | 396 | 55.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alexander Stone | 218 | 30.5 | |
| | Labour | Richard Howe | 101 | 14.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 715 | 40.40 | -9.5 |

### Clifton & Henlow

Clifton & Henlow (3 seats, 4,298 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Rogers* | 795 | 50.0 | +11.4 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Cook* | 750 | 47.2 | +9.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Cliff* | 731 | 46.0 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Livesey | 646 | 40.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Swain | 573 | 36.0 | +2.3 |
| | Labour | David Devereux | 374 | 23.5 | +3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,592 | 37.04 | -4.8 |

### Clophill

Clophill (1 seat, 1,292 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Martin Hawkins | 373 | 74.2 | |
| | Labour | Glenda Tizard* | 126 | 25.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 502 | 38.85 | +2.0 |

### Cranfield

Cranfield (3 seats, 3,800 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Sylvia Dosser | 521 | 45.9 | |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Matthews | 450 | 39.6 | |
| | Conservative | Yvonne Fitzgerald-Finch* | 449 | 39.5 | +16.0 |
| | Independent | Alan Bastable | 337 | 29.7 | |
| | Labour | Laurence Pollock | 304 | 26.8 | +4.4 |
| | Independent | Roger Baker | 295 | 26.0 | -2.0 |
| | Labour | Frances Bower | 273 | 24.0 | |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Aucott | 257 | 22.6 | |
| | Independent | Peter Henson | 246 | 21.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,135 | 29.87 | -11.2 |

### Flitton, Greenfield & Pulloxhill

Flitton, Greenfield & Pulloxhill (1 seat, 1,631 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | David Thompson | Unopposed | NA | |

### Flitwick East

Flitwick East (2 seats, 4,147 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Rowland Goodman | 597 | 52.0 | |
| | Labour | Paul Griffiths* | 553 | 48.1 | -2.4 |
| | Labour | Maurice Layton* | 531 | 46.2 | -3.1 |
| | Conservative | Victor Lee | 517 | 45.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,149 | 27.7 | -8.2 |

Results published by Mid Beds District Council show 2,204 ballot papers cast, a 49.93% turnout of an electorate of 4,414. Results given by Plymouth University's Elections Centre show a turnout of 27.7% and an electorate of 4,147.

### Flitwick West

Flitwick West (2 seats, 5,024 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Dennis Gale | 620 | 42.1 | +8.1 |
| | Conservative | James Gardner | 599 | 40.7 | |
| | Labour | Glen Pullen* | 452 | 30.7 | -21.3 |
| | Labour | Stephen Marsh | 433 | 29.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Watton | 378 | 25.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susannah Mason | 340 | 23.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,472 | 29.30 | -7.0 |

### Harlington

Harlington (1 seat, 1,790 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Golby* | 756 | 85.5 | +22.0 |
| | Conservative | Richard Barnes | 121 | 13.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 884 | 49.39 | -6.7 |

### Haynes & Houghton Conquest

Haynes & Houghton Conquest (1 seat, 2,005 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Rodney Bowdidge | 591 | 71.0 | |
| | Labour | Paul Bouch | 238 | 28.6 | -16.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 832 | 41.50 | -3.6 |

### Langford

Langford (1 seat, 2,255 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Joseph Mayes* | 482 | 57.8 | -4.7 |
| | Conservative | Peter Evans | 350 | 42.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 835 | 37.03 | -3.2 |

### Marston

Marston (2 seats, 4,115 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Isla Lake* | 690 | 53.9 | +16.5 |
| | Conservative | Darren Tysoe | 665 | 52.0 | +20.8 |
| | Labour | Alan Morris* | 416 | 32.5 | -1.4 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Rooney | 346 | 27.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,279 | 31.08 | -6.7 |

### Maulden

Maulden (1 seat, 2,208 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Howard Lockey | 616 | 58.2 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Phillpot | 432 | 40.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,057 | 47.87 | +0.5 |

### Northill

Northill (1 seat, 1,760 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Patricia Turner* | Unopposed | NA | |

### Old Warden & Southill

Old Warden & Southill (1 seat, 1,073 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Neal Capon | 255 | 54.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Baines | 212 | 45.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 468 | 43.62 | -0.2 |

### Potton

Potton (2 seats, 3,684 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Anita Lewis* | 759 | 60.8 | +21.9 |
| | Conservative | Doreen Gurney* | 733 | 58.7 | +19.6 |
| | Labour | Nigel Butlin | 447 | 35.8 | -1.1 |
| | Labour | David Brittain | 399 | 31.9 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,247 | 33.85 | -4.4 |

### Sandy All Saints

Sandy All Saints (2 seats, 2,965 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Alistair Gammell* | 531 | 59.5 | +5.8 |
| | Independent | Anthony Goss* | 458 | 51.3 | -13.1 |
| | Labour | Ann-Marie Ogonah | 231 | 25.9 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Royle | 207 | 23.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 893 | 30.12 | -6.0 |

### Sandy St Swithuns

Sandy St Swithuns (3 seats, 5,023 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | John Gurney* | 719 | 51.1 | -1.9 |
| | Independent | Maxwell McMurdo* | 584 | 41.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Blaine* | 539 | 38.3 | -0.8 |
| | Conservative | Gina Browne | 428 | 30.4 | |
| | Conservative | Carol Leverkus | 413 | 29.4 | |
| | Labour | James Butler* | 339 | 24.1 | -9.6 |
| | Labour | Edward Joyce | 249 | 17.7 | |
| | Labour | Leslie Mitchell | 230 | 16.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Hollands | 185 | 13.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,407 | 28.01 | -11.1 |

### Shefford

Shefford (2 seats, 3,638 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Lewis Birt | 584 | 48.8 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Brown | 536 | 44.8 | +16.8 |
| | Labour | Carolyn Devereux | 433 | 36.2 | +13.9% |
| | Labour | Charles Wilkinson | 348 | 29.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Hall | 284 | 23.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,197 | 32.90 | -15.2 |

### Shillington & Stondon

Shillington & Stondon (2 seats, 2,903 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Rita Drinkwater | 700 | 58.4 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Whiteman | 606 | 50.5 | |
| | Labour | Timothy Bornett | 509 | 42.5 | |
| | Labour | Brian Oertel | 366 | 30.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,200 | 41.34 | -2.5 |

### Stotfold

Stotfold (3 seats, 4,894 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | John Street* | 1,068 | 57.4 | +17.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Collier | 1,038 | 55.8 | +30.5 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Smith* | 1,024 | 55.1 | +20.9 |
| | Conservative | John Saunders* | 969 | 52.1 | +13.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,861 | 38.03 | -13.2 |

### Wensley

Wensley (1 seat, 1,435 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Brian E Collier* | 465 | 75.7 | +24.3 |
| | Labour | Stephen Ball | 141 | 23.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 614 | 42.79 | -4.7 |

### Westoning

Westoning (1 seat, 1,456 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Andrew Rayment* | 464 | 76.2 | +21.8 |
| | Labour | Andrew Faughnan | 145 | 23.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 609 | 41.83 | +0.7 |

### Woburn

Woburn (1 seat, 1,378 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Anthony Duggan* | 455 | 81.0 | +21.4 |
| | Labour | Pauline Gilmore | 107 | 19.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 562 | 40.78 | -13.3 |

### Wrest

Wrest (1 seat, 1,888 registered voters) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Kathleen Keen | 452 | 66.9 | |
| | Labour | Ellen Houliston | 216 | 32.0 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 675 | 35.75 | -5.0 |
