Election Result 2007

6.32.42pm BST (GMT +0100) Sat 5th May 2007

Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats increased their number of council seats to 16 as they won the Brickhill ward election from the Conservatives. Charles Royden won the seat by almost 600 votes from the nearest challenger, on a night when the Lib Dems also won all 6 seats they were defending.

In addition to the stunning success in Brickhill, the Lib Dems also topped the poll in Kingsbrook, Putnoe (2 seats), De Parys, Goldington and Wootton.

Councillors Anita Gerard (Kingsbrook), David Sawyer (De Parys), Myrtle Stewardson (Putnoe) and Paul Smith (Goldington) were re-elected, while Sallyanne Smith (Putnoe) and Tim Hill (Wootton) join the Council along with Cllr Royden.

A detailed breakdown of the Borough election results can be found using the link which follows at the bottom of this page.

Frank Branston was re-elected as Mayor, in a result finally announced in the early hours of Saturday morning. The Mayoral election result was as follows:

ROUND 1:

Nicky Attenborough (Con)

10,710

Frank Branston (BB)

15,967

Randolph Charles (Lab)

4,757

Christine McHugh (LD)

10,551

Justine McLennan (Grn)

1,538

ROUND 2:

Nicky Attenborough 13,313

Frank Branston 19,698

Related Link:

Bedford Borough Council Website: Election Results.