Election in Mid Bedfordshire, England
1976 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election |
Whole Council 25 seats needed for a majority |
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Registered | 64,818 |
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Turnout | 62% |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Conservative | Independent | Labour | Seats won | 30 | 14 | 3 | Popular vote | 13,973 | 7,733 | 8,276 | Percentage | 43.3% | 24.0% | 25.7% | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | | | | Party | Liberal | Ind. Conservative | Seats won | 1 | 1 | Popular vote | 1,757 | 509 | Percentage | 5.4 | 1.6 | |
class=notpageimage| Locations of wards in Mid Bedfordshire |
Elections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council in Mid Bedfordshire, England, were held in May 1976. All 53 seats were up for election.
Result
Gains and losses in the results table are compared with the 1973 district council election.
Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Result 1976 [1] Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 30 | | | +13 | 61.2 | 43.3 | 13,973 | +19.7 |
| Independent | 14 | | | -7 | 28.6 | 24.0 | 7,733 | -19.0 |
| Labour | 3 | | | -6 | 6.1 | 25.7 | 8,276 | -2.0 |
| Liberal | 1 | | | -1 | 2.0 | 5.4 | 1,757 | -0.3 |
| Ind. Conservative | 1 | | | +1 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 509 | +1.6 |
Ward Results
All results are listed below:[2]
Figures on turnout were taken from Plymouth University's Elections Centre, which gives the number of registered voters, and the percentage turnout for each ward. The number of ballots cast for each ward was calculated from these. Percentage change in turnout is compared with the same ward in the 1973 District Council election.
The percentage of the vote for each candidate was calculated compared with the number of ballots cast in the ward. Note that in a ward with more than one seat, voters were allowed to place as many crosses on the ballot paper as seats. The percentage change for each candidate is compared with the same candidate in the 1973 District Council election.
Candidates who were members of the council before the election are marked with an asterisk.
Ampthill
Ampthill (3 seats, 4,100 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | P Cowell | 1,174 | 39.2 | |
| Conservative | Ms A Palmer | 1,172 | 39.2 | +18.3 |
| Liberal | P Cruse* | 925 | 30.9 | +9.1 |
| Labour | Ms G Wagstaff* | 893 | 29.8 | +6.5 |
| Labour | G Lane | 413 | 13.8 | −0.8 |
| Labour | P Norton | 358 | 12.0 | |
Turnout | 2,993 | 73.0 | −2.4 |
Arlesey
Arlesey (2 seats, 2,540 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Ms A Albon* | 727 | 56.0 | +5.2 |
| Labour | June Harrowell* | 570 | 43.9 | −5.2 |
| Conservative | R Turner | 528 | 40.7 | −2.4 |
| Labour | R Walker | 491 | 37.8 | |
Turnout | 1,298 | 51.1 | +14.4 |
Aspley (No 13)
Aspley (No 13) (2 seats, 2,144 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | W Klinner* | Unopposed | NA | |
| Independent | Ms W Campbell | Unopposed | NA | |
Biggleswade (No 2)
Biggleswade (No 2) (6 seats, 7,379 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Ms C Cook* | 2,164 | 36.0 | −0.2 |
| Conservative | Ms F Killeen | 1,963 | 32.7 | |
| Labour | L Chambers* | 1,884 | 31.3 | −7.3 |
| Conservative | Patricia Rouse* | 1,789 | 29.8 | +4.6 |
| Conservative | Richard Bennett | 1,630 | 27.1 | |
| Labour | Victor Brunt* | 1,588 | 26.4 | −8.9 |
| Independent | Ms M Armstrong* | 1,484 | 24.7 | +0.0 |
| Labour | R Pepper* | 1,198 | 19.9 | −9.3 |
| Labour | Alistair Costley | 1,030 | 17.1 | −20.2 |
| Labour | Ms A Wheeler | 954 | 15.9 | |
| Labour | C James | 761 | 12.7 | |
Turnout | 6,012 | 81.5 | +13.5 |
Blunham (No 17)
Blunham (No 17) (1 seat, 1,289 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Ms E Woods* | 531 | 84.4 | +40.6 |
| Labour | Ms I Chapman | 98 | 15.6 | |
Turnout | 629 | 48.8 | +0.0 |
Campton & Meppershall & Shefford (No 20)
Campton & Meppershall & Shefford (No 20) (4 seats, 5,105 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | F Burrows* | 1,540 | 42.0 | +5.1 |
| Conservative | D Cadman | 1,346 | 36.7 | |
| Conservative | Geoffrey Rogers* | 1,316 | 35.9 | −1.9 |
| Conservative | J Buxton | 950 | 25.9 | |
| Labour | A Smythe* | 771 | 21.0 | −10.1 |
| Independent | F Pettifar | 692 | 18.9 | |
| Liberal | Ms P Bowry | 668 | 18.2 | |
| Independent | Ms M Faircloth | 479 | 13.1 | −10.6 |
| Labour | R Evans | 458 | 12.5 | |
| Labour | Ms G Emmerson | 363 | 9.9 | |
Turnout | 3,670 | 71.9 | +7.2 |
Clophill
Clophill (1 seat, 1,168 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | W Russell* | 397 | 73.2 | +13.9 |
| Labour | R Bailey | 145 | 26.8 | −13.9 |
Turnout | 542 | 46.4 | +0.6 |
Cranfield
Cranfield (2 seats, 3,006 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | A Wheewall* | Unopposed | NA | |
| Independent | J Salisbury* | Unopposed | NA | |
Flitton & Pulloxhill & Westoning (No 10)
Flitton & Pulloxhill & Westoning (No 10) (2 seats, 2,209 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Ms J Eells* | Unopposed | NA | |
| Conservative | Jean Kent* | Unopposed | NA | |
Flitwick & Steppingly (No 11)
Flitwick & Steppingly (No 11) (3 seats, 4,260 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Malcolm Randall* | 1,152 | 65.3 | +25.3 |
| Conservative | M Humphrey | 1,142 | 64.7 | |
| Conservative | Dennis Gale | 1,119 | 63.4 | |
| Labour | Ms F Rolls* | 613 | 34.7 | +3.7 |
| Labour | G Gammons | 532 | 30.1 | |
| Labour | R Lescott | 422 | 23.9 | |
Turnout | 1,765 | 41.4 | +2.3 |
Harlington
Harlington (1 seat, 1,413 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | A Giles* | Unopposed | NA | |
Haynes & Houghton Conquest
Haynes & Houghton Conquest (1 seat, 1,597 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | H Craddock | 507 | 82.7 | +42.9 |
| Labour | R Sparshott | 106 | 17.3 | |
Turnout | 613 | 38.4 | −8.7 |
Henlow & Langford (No 21)
Henlow & Langford (No 21) (3 seats, 3,630 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | G Gates* | 915 | 38.7 | |
| Conservative | Patricia Cook | 837 | 35.4 | |
| Ind. Conservative | William Cliff | 509 | 21.5 | |
| Labour | A Loney | 501 | 21.2 | |
| Independent | G Charles* | 438 | 18.5 | |
Turnout | 2,363 | 65.1 | |
Lidlington (No 15)
Lidlington (No 15) (1 seat, 1,477 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Fiona Chapman[a] | 384 | 57.1 | |
| Labour | A Donnelley* | 289 | 42.9 | |
Turnout | 673 | 45.6 | +5.6 |
Maulden
Maulden (1 seat, 1,592 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Ms I Robinson* | 644 | 87.1 | +36.8 |
| Labour | J Brown | 95 | 12.9 | |
Turnout | 739 | 46.4 | −6.7 |
Marston (No 14)
Marston (No 14) (1 seat, 1,150 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Ms C Barnes | 525 | 61.8 | |
| Labour | M Deacy | 324 | 38.2 | |
Turnout | 849 | 73.8 | +17.8 |
Old Warden & Southill
Old Warden & Southill (1 seat, 1,173 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | J Saunderson* | 375 | 64.0 | +11.5 |
| Labour | Ms M Hamer-Harries | 211 | 36.0 | |
Turnout | 586 | 50.0 | +11.6 |
Northill (No 18)
Northill (No 18) (1 seat, 1,908 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Patricia Turner | 872 | 84.2 | |
| Labour | Ms M Berry | 164 | 15.8 | |
Turnout | 1,036 | 54.3 | +6.1 |
Potton (No 24)
Potton (No 24) (2 seats, 2,693 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | F Jakes* | 746 | 42.7 | −11.4 |
| Conservative | J Ream* | 698 | 40.0 | −5.8 |
| Labour | D Forbes | 302 | 17.3 | |
| Labour | J Berry | 293 | 16.8 | |
Turnout | 1,746 | 64.8 | +39.6 |
Sandy (No 3)
Sandy (No 3) (3 seats, 4,784 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | A Sherwood-King* | 1,356 | 41.9 | +4.9 |
| Independent | K Quince* | 1,323 | 40.9 | −2.2 |
| Conservative | Alistair Gammell | 1,215 | 37.6 | |
| Labour | P Monahan | 555 | 17.2 | |
| Labour | J Buckle | 493 | 15.2 | |
| Labour | W Hibbert | 99 | 3.1 | |
Turnout | 3,234 | 67.6 | +19.7 |
Shillington & Stondon
Shillington & Stondon (2 seats, 2,529 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | R Roe* | Unopposed | NA | |
| Independent | G Cooper* | Unopposed | NA | |
Stotfold
Stotfold (3 seats, 4,105 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | F Hyde* | 763 | 34.8 | −11.2 |
| Conservative | J Long | 748 | 34.1 | |
| Independent | B Clark* | 717 | 32.7 | −8.6 |
| Labour | H Wood* | 682 | 31.1 | −22.9 |
| Independent | R Watkins | 663 | 30.2 | |
| Labour | W McColl | 435 | 19.8 | −6.4 |
| Labour | Ms S Tookey | 384 | 17.5 | |
Turnout | 2,192 | 53.4 | +18.8 |
Wensley (No 25)
Wensley (No 25) (1 seat, 915 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | W Goodyer* | 308 | 56.5 | +3.9 |
| Liberal | D Walker | 164 | 30.1 | −17.3 |
| Labour | Ms J Monahan | 73 | 13.4 | −6.5 |
Turnout | 545 | 59.6 | +9.5 |
Woburn
Woburn (1 seat, 1,236 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | D Woodward* | 308 | 40.3 | +5.8 |
| Independent | Ms G Glasse* | 241 | 31.5 | −34.0 |
| Independent | J Ellis | 215 | 28.1 | |
Turnout | 764 | 61.8 | +15.2 |
Wrest
Wrest (1 seat, 1,416 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | G Wood* | Unopposed | NA | |
Notes
- ^ Mrs Chapman's full name is Catherine Fiona Chapman MBE. Since 2009 she has been councillor for Flitwick on Central Bedfordshire Council, and is listed on Central Bedfordshire Council's website as Cllr Mrs C Fiona Chapman MBE.[3][4] She is sometimes listed as Catherine Chapman,[5] and sometimes as Fiona Chapman.[6][4] She was first elected to Mid Bedfordshire District Council in 1976.[2]
References
- ^ "District level Authority Results.xlsx", www.electionscentre.co.uk, The Elections Centre, Plymouth University, pp. 1973, 1976, retrieved 14 May 2017
- ^ a b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael, "Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Results 1973-2007" (PDF), www.electionscentre.co.uk, The Elections Centre, Plymouth University, retrieved 14 May 2017
- ^ "Cllr Mrs C Fiona Chapman MBE", centralbeds.moderngov.co.uk, archived from the original on 14 August 2017, retrieved 14 May 2017
- ^ a b "Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Central Bedfordshire Council, Vice-Chairman Councillor Fiona Chapman MBE", www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk, retrieved 14 May 2017[permanent dead link]
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2003 - Mid Bedfordshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2007 - Mid Bedfordshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk.