2002 Bedford Borough Council election

2002 UK local government election thumb|Results of the 2002 Bedford Borough Council election The 2002 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Bedford Borough Council in England.https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Bedford-1973-2007.pdf Results 1973 to 2012 Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher The Elections Centre, Plymouth University 14 February 2023 This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries and the total number of seats increased by 1 from 53 to 54. At the election, the Conservatives regained their position as the largest party, coming three seats away from taking majority control of the council. Summary Election result 2002 Bedford Borough Council election Conservative Party (UK) 25 12 46.3 0 25 46.3 30,517 37.8 +0.9 Labour Party (UK) 14 4 25.9 0 14 25.9 20,671 25.6 –3.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) 11 5 20.4 0 11 20.4 21,704 26.9 +0.1 Independent politician 4 2 7.4 0 4 7.4 7,634 9.5 +2.0 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 245 0.3 N/A Ward results https://www.bedford.gov.uk/media/1851/download?inline Borough Council Election Bedford Borough Council 6 January 2024 Brickhill Brickhill (3) Conservative Party (UK) Peter Hand 1,301 48.6 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew McConnell 1,274 47.6 Conservative Party (UK) Lynne Faulkner 1,254 46.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Janet Salem 1,068 39.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Sawyer 1,039 38.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Murphy 1,033 38.6 Labour Party (UK) Yvonne Anderson 313 11.7 Labour Party (UK) Karl Sorembik 277 10.3 Labour Party (UK) Philip Otubanjo 259 9.7 2,678 40.3 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Bromham Bromham (3) Conservative Party (UK) Terence Rigby 1,432 74.5 Conservative Party (UK) Eileen Whitmore 1,413 73.5 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Rigby 1,361 70.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) George Flaxman 312 16.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conrad Longmore 290 15.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Rutherford 260 13.5 Labour Party (UK) Yarina Jones 236 12.3 1,922 33.7 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Carlton Carlton (1) Independent (politician) Jim Brandon 818 76.2 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Morris 146 13.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Robertson 110 10.2 1,074 46.2 Independent (politician) Castle Castle (3) Labour Party (UK) Apu Bagchi 1,050 46.8 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Chiswell 942 42.0 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Davey 914 40.7 Labour Party (UK) Susanna Chirico 893 39.8 Conservative Party (UK) Edward Davey 849 37.8 Labour Party (UK) Marilyn Leask 829 36.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jacqueline Smithson 252 11.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Janet Haddock 226 10.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Hill 207 9.2 2,245 36.7 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Cauldwell Cauldwell (3) Labour Party (UK) Robert Elford 886 63.8 Labour Party (UK) Randolph Charles 850 61.2 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Black 811 58.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anita Gerard 211 15.2 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Fogg 166 12.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Philip Standley 164 11.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Season Prater 159 11.4 Conservative Party (UK) Jennifer Ridge 147 10.6 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Thomas 135 9.7 1,389 24.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Clapham Clapham (2) Conservative Party (UK) Mollie Foster 778 60.4 Conservative Party (UK) Judith Arnold 660 51.2 Independent (politician) John Creasey 396 30.7 Labour Party (UK) Terence Carroll 226 17.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gerald Elliott 107 8.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michelle Headley 101 7.8 1,288 31.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) De Parys De Parys (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) John Ryan 642 45.1 Conservative Party (UK) Tarsem Paul 624 43.8 Conservative Party (UK) James Moore 618 43.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian White 586 41.2 Labour Party (UK) Robert Atkins 151 10.6 Labour Party (UK) Charles Bally 150 10.5 1,424 34.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Eastcotts Eastcotts (1) Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine McHugh 371 54.4 Conservative Party (UK) Tom Wootton 269 39.4 Labour Party (UK) Caron Rosovske 42 6.2 682 36.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Goldington Goldington (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Jennifer Heseltine 1,120 60.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Patrick Naughton 1,114 60.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Smith 1,057 57.0 Labour Party (UK) Laurence Evans 408 22.0 Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Grugeon 398 21.5 Labour Party (UK) David Williams 387 20.9 Conservative Party (UK) Denise Coates 233 12.6 Conservative Party (UK) Valerie Fulford 222 12.0 Conservative Party (UK) David Pask 220 11.9 Independent (politician) Anthony Cardus 96 5.2 Independent (politician) Vivienne Melville 72 3.9 Independent (politician) John Harrison 69 3.7 1,855 29.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Great Barford Great Barford (2) Conservative Party (UK) Robert Harrison 839 54.2 Conservative Party (UK) Carole Ellis 820 52.9 Independent (politician) David Rawlins 300 19.4 Labour Party (UK) Pauline Curl 253 16.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Linda Carlton 188 12.1 Independent (politician) Stuart Mardlin 120 7.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Stekelis 118 7.6 Independent (politician) Jennifer Johnson 106 6.8 Independent (politician) Ian Johnson 82 5.3 1,549 37.9 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Harpur Harpur (3) Labour Party (UK) Hazel Mitchell 707 43.1 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Dillingham 686 41.8 Labour Party (UK) Ian Nicholls 658 40.1 Labour Party (UK) Julie Sturgess 635 38.7 Conservative Party (UK) David Fletcher 559 34.0 Conservative Party (UK) Richard West 558 34.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Janet Trengrove 180 11.0 Green Party of England and Wales Colin Grimley 173 10.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Samuel Wilson 161 9.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Charlotte Hill 90 5.5 1,642 26.8 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Harrold Harrold (1) Conservative Party (UK) Martin Bridgman 463 66.1 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Poole 119 17.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Gardner 118 16.9 700 32.5 Conservative Party (UK) Kempston East Kempston East (2) Conservative Party (UK) Charlotte Attenborough 699 52.1 Conservative Party (UK) Georgina Coupe 619 46.1 Labour Party (UK) David Lewis 558 41.6 Labour Party (UK) Carl Meader 518 38.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jill Hoyle 90 6.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jane Josephs 74 5.5 1,342 31.1 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Kempston North Kempston North (2) Labour Party (UK) Susan Oliver 656 62.4 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Whitehead 588 55.9 Conservative Party (UK) Jennifer Gough 376 35.8 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Milner 347 33.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Simon White 119 11.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kathleen Naughton 118 11.2 1,051 26.6 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Kempston South Kempston South (3) Labour Party (UK) Shan Hunt 686 40.9 Labour Party (UK) William Hunt 654 39.0 Labour Party (UK) Ray Oliver 630 37.5 Independent (politician) David Merry 544 32.4 Independent (politician) Danny Spain 541 32.2 Independent (politician) John Wignall 527 31.4 Conservative Party (UK) Lionel Milner 281 16.7 Conservative Party (UK) Amrit Kaur 237 14.1 Conservative Party (UK) Jagdish Singh 237 14.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Timothy Hill 193 11.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paulette Lodge 165 9.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Charles Parsons 129 7.7 1,678 30.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Kingsbrook Kingsbrook (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Shirley McKay 788 43.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Dave Hodgson 771 42.6 Labour Party (UK) Derek Jones 734 40.6 Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Luder 727 40.2 Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Saunders 715 39.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Tim Prater 706 39.0 Conservative Party (UK) Carolynne Eynon 200 11.0 Conservative Party (UK) Janet Suter 177 9.8 Conservative Party (UK) Vivian Suter 149 8.2 Independent (politician) Michael Blackledge 55 3.0 1,810 27.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) Newnham Newnham (2) Conservative Party (UK) John Mingay 498 39.9 Conservative Party (UK) Colin Crane 463 37.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Westerman 380 30.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Neal Bath 376 30.1 Labour Party (UK) Richard Crane 356 28.5 Labour Party (UK) Franca Garrick 314 25.1 1,249 31.3 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Oakley Oakley (1) Independent (politician) Patricia Olney 545 78.0 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Purbrick 84 12.0 Labour Party (UK) John Spicer 53 7.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Thomas 17 2.4 699 38.6 Independent (politician) Putnoe Putnoe (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Headley 1,217 45.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Linda Weerasirie 1,095 41.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Myrtle Stewardson 1,056 39.7 Conservative Party (UK) Ralph Hall 698 26.3 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Adkin 672 25.3 Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Foster 632 23.8 Independent (politician) Brian Gibbons 546 20.5 Independent (politician) Heather Harvey 536 20.2 Independent (politician) Hilary Finlayson 521 19.6 Labour Party (UK) Rosemary Roome 269 10.1 Labour Party (UK) David Lukes 260 9.8 Labour Party (UK) Luigi Reale 235 8.8 2,659 40.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Queen's Park Queen's Park (2) Labour Party (UK) Frank Garrick 937 65.2 Labour Party (UK) Muhammad Khan 907 63.1 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Williams 188 13.1 Conservative Party (UK) Sion Eynon 180 12.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Lawson 144 10.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gregory Webb 110 7.7 1,437 30.5 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Riseley Riseley (1) Independent (politician) Ian Clifton 873 80.5 Conservative Party (UK) Stewart Lister 72 6.6 Green Party of England and Wales Mark Powell 72 6.6 Labour Party (UK) James Dormer 46 4.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Pierrette Lob-Levyt 12 1.1 Independent (politician) John Williams 10 0.9 1,085 51.4 Independent (politician) Roxton Roxton (1) Conservative Party (UK) William Clarke 598 70.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sophia Stow 93 11.0 Labour Party (UK) Simon Ross 92 10.9 Independent (politician) David Melville 60 7.1 843 37.7 Conservative Party (UK) Sharnbrook Sharnbrook (1) Conservative Party (UK) Richard Davison-Francis 542 60.0 Independent (politician) Geoffrey Hulatt 249 27.5 Labour Party (UK) Adrien Beardmore 65 7.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Terence Outen 48 5.3 904 43.3 Conservative Party (UK) Turvey Turvey (1) Conservative Party (UK) Celia Hanbury 652 72.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sarah Fogarty 253 28.0 905 42.0 Conservative Party (UK) Wilshamstead Wilshamstead (2) Conservative Party (UK) Barry Huckle 855 63.4 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Hare 771 57.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Parker 457 33.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Malcolm Whiteman 377 28.0 1,348 39.7 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Wootton Wootton (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Judith Cunningham 686 48.5 Independent (politician) Mark Smith 568 40.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gordon Willey 505 35.7 Conservative Party (UK) John Tait 501 35.4 Conservative Party (UK) Roy Judge 468 33.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Karen Ledster 441 31.2 Conservative Party (UK) Anne Worboys 438 31.0 Labour Party (UK) Charan Sekhon 133 9.4 1,415 34.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Independent (politician) Liberal Democrats (UK) References Bedford Category:Bedford Borough Council elections Category:2000s in Bedfordshire