2000 Bedford Borough Council election

The 2000 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Bedford Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2000 Bedford Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	5	1	27.8	13	18	34.0	8,509	28.9	–6.9
	Liberal Democrats	5	2	27.8	11	16	30.2	7,882	26.8	+0.3
	Conservative	7	4	38.9	6	13	24.5	10,860	36.9	+4.6
	Independent	1	1	5.6	5	6	11.3	2,194	7.5	+2.0

Ward results

Brickhill

Brickhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Evans	1,133	45.0	+21.0
	Liberal Democrats	Cheryl Green*	1,124	44.7	-13.2
	Labour	Ivor Amery	259	10.3	–7.8
Majority			9	0.4
Turnout			2,516	44.1
Registered electors			5,734
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bromham

Bromham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Rigby	1,350	68.7	+4.4
	Independent	William Jago	321	16.3	N/A
	Labour	Roger Jackson	189	9.6	–10.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Sawyer	105	5.3	–10.6
Majority			1,029	52.4
Turnout			1,965	35.9
Registered electors			5,486
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carlton

Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Victor Brandon*	731	72.0	–8.5
	Conservative	Richard Davison-Francis	198	19.5	N/A
	Labour	Terence Carroll	64	6.3	–13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hall	22	2.2	N/A
Majority			533	52.5
Turnout			1,015	58.2
Registered electors			1,747
	Independent hold		Swing

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Davey	850	47.7	+11.5
	Labour	Catherine Moorhouse*	760	42.6	–12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Smithson	173	9.7	+0.9
Majority			90	5.0
Turnout			1,783	39.0
Registered electors			4,625
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Cauldwell

Cauldwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Elford*	1,027	72.6	–3.3
	Conservative	Edward Davey	269	19.0	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Gerard	119	8.4	–1.2
Majority			758	53.6
Turnout			1,415	22.5
Registered electors			6,314
	Labour hold		Swing

Clapham

Clapham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mollie Foster	543	54.3	+25.0
	Labour	Paul Smith	239	23.9	–3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Giorgio Garofalo	218	21.8	N/A
Majority			304	30.4
Turnout			1,000	36.0
Registered electors			2,781
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

De Parys

De Parys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Ryan	1,064	46.8	-5.0
	Conservative	Robert Rigby	866	38.1	+7.7
	Labour	Charles Baily	229	10.1	–7.7
	Independent	Brian Gibbons	113	5.0	N/A
Majority			198	8.7
Turnout			2,272	39.5
Registered electors			5,775
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Eastcotts

Eastcotts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Hare	431	40.1	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Outen	324	30.2	–16.1
	Independent	Peter Harper	209	19.5	N/A
	Labour	Caron Rosovske	110	10.2	–9.4
Majority			107	10.0
Turnout			1,074	36.6
Registered electors			2,942
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Goldington

Goldington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Naughton	918	58.2	+10.0
	Labour	Laurence Evans	443	28.1	–12.1
	Conservative	Peter Hand	215	13.6	+2.0
Majority			475	30.1
Turnout			1,576	30.0
Registered electors			5,258
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Harpur

Harpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Sturgess*	688	45.1	–19.7
	Conservative	Brian Dillingham	682	44.7	+18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Murphy	157	10.3	+1.1
Majority			6	0.4
Turnout			1,527	25.4
Registered electors			6,026
	Labour hold		Swing

Kempston East

Kempston East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Meader	1,022	52.7	-4.9
	Conservative	Michael Williams	651	33.6	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Hill	266	13.7	+1.7
Majority			371	19.1
Turnout			1,939	27.0
Registered electors			7,316
	Labour hold		Swing

Kempston West

Kempston West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Hunt*	827	47.8	-16.1
	Conservative	Philip Catterill	758	43.8	+17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paulette Lodge	146	8.4	-1.5
Majority			638	37.7
Turnout			1,731	26.5
Registered electors			6,548
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingsbrook

Kingsbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Rogerson*	742	46.5	+30.2
	Labour	Elizabeth Saunders	668	41.9	-27.7
	Conservative	Domenico De Benedictis	186	11.7	-2.4
Majority			74	4.6
Turnout			1,596	32.9
Registered electors			4,875
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

The Liberal Democrats had previously gained the Labour seat in a by-election.

Newnham

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mingay*	732	41.2	-2.3
	Liberal Democrats	William Muir**	617	34.8	+11.3
	Labour	Richard Crane	426	24.0	-9.0
Majority			115	6.4
Turnout			1,775	34.3
Registered electors			5,180
	Conservative hold		Swing

William Muir was a sitting councillor for Putnoe ward.

Putnoe

Putnoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Hall	1,062	55.8	-1.8
	Conservative	Denise Coates	644	33.9	+5.9
	Labour	David Lukes	196	10.3	-4.2
Majority			418	21.9
Turnout			1,902	35.6
Registered electors			5,361
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Queen's Park

Queen's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Garrick	1,184	66.7	-3.9
	Conservative	Stewart Lister	402	22.6	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Weerasirie	189	10.6	+1.8
Majority			782	44.1
Turnout			1,775	27.9
Registered electors			6,414
	Labour hold		Swing

Roxton

Roxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Clarke	615	62.2	–1.6
	Independent	Paul Jolley	247	25.0	N/A
	Labour	Yvonne Anderson	74	7.5	-13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Myrtle Stewardson	53	5.4	-10.1
Majority			989	37.2
Turnout			766	51.5
Registered electors			1,934
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wootton

Wootton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Cunningham*	583	36.6	-3.7
	Independent	Dina Smith	573	35.9	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Bishop	335	21.0	–2.3
	Labour	Robert Atkins	104	6.5	-18.7
Majority			10	0.7
Turnout			1,595	40.0
Registered electors			3,993
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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