1996 Bedford Borough Council election

The 1996 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Bedford Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

1996 Bedford Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7	2	38.9	15	22	41.5	12,789	41.0	–3.0
	Liberal Democrats	6	4	33.3	10	16	30.2	8,195	26.3	–0.9
	Conservative	3	6	16.7	7	10	18.9	8,876	28.5	+2.8
	Independent	2		11.1	3	5	9.4	1,338	4.3	+1.7

Ward results

Brickhill

Brickhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Cheryl Green	1,309	57.9	+9.7
	Conservative	Paul Sinclair	542	24.0	–23.2
	Labour	Ivor Amery	410	18.1	+13.6
Majority			767	33.9
Turnout			2,261	39.9
Registered electors			5,698
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bromham

Bromham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Bates*	1,126	64.3	-12.4
	Labour	R. Gunther	348	19.9	+12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hall	278	15.9	–0.2
Majority			778	44.4
Turnout			1,752	38.1
Registered electors			4,594
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carlton

Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Victor Brandon*	704	80.5	–2.7
	Labour	Anthea Cooke	171	19.5	+10.7
Majority			533	60.9
Turnout			875	51.7
Registered electors			1,709
	Independent hold		Swing

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Moorhouse	1,071	55.0	+18.5
	Conservative	Robert Rigby*	704	36.2	-2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Vogel	171	8.8	–15.9
Majority			367	18.9
Turnout			1,946	42.4
Registered electors			4,479
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Cauldwell

Cauldwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Elford*	1,310	75.9	+5.7
	Conservative	C. Burroughs	250	14.5	-5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Standley	166	9.6	–0.3
Majority			1,060	61.4
Turnout			1,726	28.4
Registered electors			6,080
	Labour hold		Swing

Clapham

Clapham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Chybalski*	429	43.3	-0.2
	Conservative	Frederick Sparrow	290	29.3	-4.4
	Labour	A. Creer	271	27.4	+8.3
Majority			139	14.0
Turnout			990	39.5
Registered electors			2,468
	Independent hold		Swing

De Parys

De Parys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Smithson	1,200	51.8	+9.9
	Conservative	David Pinkney	704	30.4	-18.9
	Labour	Paban Sharma	411	17.8	+9.0
Majority			496	21.4
Turnout			2,315	43.3
Registered electors			5,388
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Eastcotts

Eastcotts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Parsons	537	46.3	+8.9
	Conservative	Lynne Faulkner	396	34.1	–19.7
	Labour	Caron Rosovske	227	19.6	+10.8
Majority			141	12.2
Turnout			1,160	51.0
Registered electors			2,284
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Goldington

Goldington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine McHugh	984	48.2	–9.2
	Labour	John Dawson	822	40.2	+15.1
	Conservative	Lewis Williams	237	11.6	-6.0
Majority			162	7.9
Turnout			2,043	39.1
Registered electors			5,320
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Harpur

Harpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Sturgess	1,128	64.8	+10.1
	Conservative	Janet Pilgrim	452	26.0	-12.0
	Liberal Democrats	L. Thomas	161	9.2	+2.0
Majority			676	38.8
Turnout			1,741	29.7
Registered electors			5,895
	Labour hold		Swing

Kempston East

Kempston East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sesa Lehal*	1,333	57.6	+18.5
	Conservative	Sion Eynon	706	30.5	–23.9
	Liberal Democrats	C. Kelly	277	12.0	+5.5
Majority			627	27.1
Turnout			2,316	32.5
Registered electors			7,203
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Labour had previously gained the Conservative seat in a by-election.

Kempston West

Kempston West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Hunt	1,251	63.9	+25.6
	Conservative	Jagdish Singh	513	26.2	–28.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Lawson	193	9.9	+4.4
Majority			638	37.7
Turnout			2,057	31.3
Registered electors			6,329
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Kingsbrook

Kingsbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Luder*	1,053	69.6	+12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Dunning	247	16.3	+3.8
	Conservative	Barbara Wonford	214	14.1	-16.7
Majority			806	53.3
Turnout			1,514	30.9
Registered electors			4,919
	Labour hold		Swing

Newnham

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mingay*	828	43.5	-2.5
	Labour	Richard Crane	629	33.0	+14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Cardus	447	23.5	–12.1
Majority			199	10.5
Turnout			1,904	39.9
Registered electors			4,780
	Conservative hold		Swing

Putnoe

Putnoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Muir	1,191	57.6	+17.3
	Conservative	Christopher Wesley	579	28.0	-25.9
	Labour	Siamak Vakilpour	299	14.5	+8.7
Majority			612	29.6
Turnout			2,069	38.8
Registered electors			5,343
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Queens Park

Queens Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Albone	1,435	70.6	+12.1
	Conservative	Domenico De Benedictis	421	20.7	-9.1
	Liberal Democrats	J. Crofts	178	8.8	–2.9
Majority			1,014	49.9
Turnout			2,034	33.8
Registered electors			6,068
	Labour hold		Swing

Roxton

Roxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. May	489	63.8	–18.7
	Labour	Terence Carroll	158	20.6	+11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Westerman	119	15.5	+6.9
Majority			331	43.2
Turnout			766	41.4
Registered electors			1,861
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wootton

Wootton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Cunningham	737	40.3	+32.2
	Labour	Andrew Asquith	462	25.2	+4.1
	Conservative	John Tait*	426	23.3	–47.5
	Independent	Paul Quirk	205	11.2	N/A
Majority			275	15.0
Turnout			1,830	47.1
Registered electors			3,883
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing