Election Name: | 2007 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Majority Seats: | 27 |
Registered: | 98,917 |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Previous Election: | 2003 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election |
Previous Year: | 2003 |
Next Election: | 2009 Central Bedfordshire Council election |
Next Year: | Central Bedfordshire 2009 |
Seats For Election: | 53 seats for Whole Council |
Election Date: | May 2007 |
Turnout: | 39% |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats1: | 37 |
Popular Vote1: | 16,712 |
Percentage1: | 47.1% |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats2: | 11 |
Popular Vote2: | 10,913 |
Percentage2: | 30.8% |
Party3: | Independent (politician) |
Seats3: | 4 |
Popular Vote3: | 3,429 |
Percentage3: | 9.7% |
Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
Seats4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 612 |
Percentage4: | 1.7% |
Party5: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats5: | 0 |
Popular Vote5: | 3,591 |
Percentage5: | 10.1% |
Party6: | British National Party |
Seats6: | 0 |
Popular Vote6: | 224 |
Percentage6: | 0.6% |
Elections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council were held in May 2007. These were the last elections to council, with all 53 seats being up for election. Councillors elected would serve a two-year term, expiring in 2009, when Mid Bedfordshire District Council was replaced by Central Bedfordshire Council. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, winning 37 of 53 seats on the council. The Conservatives won 8 seats (5 wards) unopposed, as did an Independent candidate in one ward.
All results are listed below:[1]
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 2003 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 2003 District Council election.
Candidates who were members of the council before the election are marked with an asterisk.
Asterisks denote incumbent councillors seeking re-election.
One Independent gain from Conservatives.[1]
One Conservative gain from Independent; one Conservative gain from Labour.[1]
One Green gain from Conservatives.[1]
One Conservative gain from Liberal-Democrats.[1]
Two Conservative gains from Liberal-Democrats.
One Liberal-Democrat gain from Conservatives.[1]
One Conservative gain from Liberal-Democrats.[1]