1995 Bedford Borough Council election

The 1995 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 4 May 1995 to elect members of Bedford Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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1995 Bedford Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	8	4	47.1	12	20	37.7	13,883	44.0	+6.1
	Conservative	4	6	23.5	12	16	30.2	8,109	25.7	–2.8
	Liberal Democrats	4	1	23.5	8	12	22.6	8,584	27.2	–3.6
	Independent	1	1	5.9	4	5	9.4	823	2.6	–0.3
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	170	0.5	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Waterhouse*	1,330	55.1	+5.3
	Conservative	M. Summerfield	669	27.7	–15.2
	Labour	John Dawson	414	17.2	+9.9
Majority			661	27.4
Turnout			2,413	41.6
Registered electors			5,797
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dean Laley	1,041	50.9	–25.4
	Liberal Democrats	Cheryl Green	618	30.2	+16.4
	Labour	R. Gunther	388	19.0	+8.1
Majority			423	20.7
Turnout			2,047	44.8
Registered electors			4,569
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Whitehead	1,151	57.2	+23.3
	Conservative	S. Groves	452	22.5	–20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Aylett-Green	408	20.3	–3.1
Majority			699	34.8
Turnout			2,011	45.9
Registered electors			4,379
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Astle*	1,513	81.2	+12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Gerard	190	10.2	–4.7
	Conservative	S. Sherwood	160	8.6	–8.0
Majority			1,323	71.0
Turnout			1,863	31.5
Registered electors			5,908
	Labour hold		Swing

1995 Bedford Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

Brickhill

Bromham

Castle

Cauldwell

Clapham

De Parys

Goldington

Great Barford

Harpur

Kempston East

Kempston Rural

Kempston West

Kingsbrook

Putnoe

Queens Park

Sharnbrook

Wootton

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Lumsden	331	29.2	+0.5
	Independent	Douglas Tomkins	329	29.0	N/A
	Conservative	Nigel Sparrow*	305	26.9	–23.7
	Liberal Democrats	R. Wickens	169	14.9	–5.8
Majority			2	0.2
Turnout			1,134	42.6
Registered electors			2,665
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Hall	1,184	50.8	+6.2
	Conservative	David Pinkney	630	27.0	–17.9
	Labour	Richard Crane	517	22.2	+11.7
Majority			554	23.8
Turnout			2,331	42.7
Registered electors			5,453
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Ruffin*	1,247	56.1	+9.9
	Labour	Stanley Williams	847	38.1	+0.7
	Conservative	H. Bushell	128	5.8	–10.7
Majority			400	18.0
Turnout			2,222	43.3
Registered electors			5,127
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Ellis*	473	53.2	–9.0
	Labour	Pauline Curl	289	32.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	D. Foster	127	14.3	–23.5
Majority			184	20.7
Turnout			889	46.5
Registered electors			1,911
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Nicholls	1,275	65.8	+11.0
	Conservative	Jean Pilgrim	417	21.5	–14.4
	Liberal Democrats	L. Thomas	182	9.4	+0.1
	Green	A. Morten	64	3.3	N/A
Majority			858	44.3
Turnout			1,938	32.9
Registered electors			5,873
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lewis	1,647	59.1	+14.1
	Conservative	Nicky Attenborough*	879	31.5	−13.6
	Liberal Democrats	C. Kelly	261	9.4	–0.6
Majority			768	27.6
Turnout			2,787	38.9
Registered electors			7,169
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Joy	403	40.8	–24.6
	Liberal Democrats	N. Stafford	333	33.7	–0.9
	Labour	Paban Sharma	252	25.5	N/A
Majority			70	7.1
Turnout			988	47.4
Registered electors			2,086
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Black	1,419	62.7	+19.9
	Conservative	Richard Hyde	619	27.4	–20.5
	Liberal Democrats	D. Lodge	225	9.9	+0.6
Majority			800	35.4
Turnout			2,263	35.9
Registered electors			6,294
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Garrick*	1,248	75.1	+17.0
	Conservative	L. Griffin	228	13.7	–15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Parsons	186	11.2	–1.6
Majority			1,020	61.4
Turnout			1,662	33.7
Registered electors			4,936
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Hedley*	1,323	59.7	+12.6
	Conservative	Paul Sinclair	540	24.4	–22.0
	Labour	Siamak Vakilpour	352	15.9	+9.3
Majority			783	35.3
Turnout			2,215	40.8
Registered electors			5,429
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Queens Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Muhammad Khan*	1,514	73.2	+18.3
	Conservative	D. Mitchell	289	14.0	−16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna Wood	266	12.9	−1.4
Majority			1,225	59.2
Turnout			2,069	35.2
Registered electors			5,770
	Labour hold		Swing

Sharnbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Pearson*	444	44.9	–19.3
	Labour	Anthea Cooke	315	31.9	+11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hall	124	12.5	–2.9
	Green	E. Thompson	106	10.7	N/A
Majority			129	13.0
Turnout			989	48.4
Registered electors			2,042
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wootton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mark Smith	494	28.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	David Reedman	432	24.7	–31.2
	Labour	Adrien Beardmore	411	23.5	−9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Cunningham	411	23.5	+12.2
Majority			62	3.5
Turnout			1,748	44.9
Registered electors			3,886
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

v t e Council elections in Bedfordshire
Bedford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2015 2019 2023
Central Bedfordshire Council	2009 2011 2015 2019 2023
Luton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Bedfordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 Abolished
Mid Bedfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
South Bedfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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