| Election Name: | 2019 Bedford Borough Council election |
| Country: | Bedfordshire |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2015 Bedford Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Next Election: | 2023 Bedford Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
| Seats For Election: | All 40 seats to Bedford Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Election Date: | 2 May 2019 |
| Image1: | LD |
| Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leader1: | Wendy Rider |
| Leaders Seat1: | Brickhill |
| Last Election1: | 9 seats, 19.4% |
| Seats1: | 15 |
| Seat Change1: | 6 |
| Popular Vote1: | 22,326 |
| Percentage1: | 30.3% |
| Swing1: | 10.9% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leader2: | Stephen Moon |
| Leaders Seat2: | Great Barford |
| Last Election2: | 15 seats, 39.7% |
| Seats2: | 11 |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| Popular Vote2: | 23,010 |
| Percentage2: | 31.3% |
| Swing2: | 8.4% |
| Image3: | Lab |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leader3: | Sue Oliver |
| Leaders Seat3: | Kempston North |
| Last Election3: | 14 seats, 27.5% |
| Seats3: | 11 |
| Seat Change3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 20,325 |
| Percentage3: | 27.6% |
| Swing3: | 0.1% |
| Image4: | Grn |
| Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Leader4: | none |
| Leaders Seat4: | N/A |
| Last Election4: | 0 seats, 5.5% |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 4,716 |
| Percentage4: | 6.4% |
| Swing4: | 0.9% |
| Image5: | Ind |
| Party5: | Independent politician |
| Leader5: | Pat Olney |
| Leaders Seat5: | Oakley (did not re-stand) |
| Last Election5: | 2 seats, 1.8% |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 2,691 |
| Percentage5: | 3.7% |
| Swing5: | 1.9% |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | No overall control |
| After Election: | No overall control (Lib Dem - Lab - Ind Coalition) |
The 2019 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Bedford Borough Council in England.
Bedford Borough Council has been under no overall control since 2010. The Conservatives defended fifteen seats, Labour defended fourteen, the Liberal Democrats defended nine and independent councillors defended two seats. Bedford is run by the directly elected Mayor of Bedford, who has been Liberal Democrat Dave Hodgson since 2009.
Bedford Borough Council held local elections on 2 May 2019 along with councils across England as part of the 2019 local elections. The council elects its members in all-out elections, with all its councillors up for election every four years.[1] [2] Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2015. In that election, fifteen Conservative councillors, fourteen Labour councillors, nine Labour councillors and two independent councillors were elected.
The same day Dave Hodgson (Liberal Democrat) was re-elected mayor in the 2019 Bedford Mayoral election.
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Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
| 15 | 14 | 9 | 2 | |
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Ind |
After the election the composition of the council was:
| 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Labour | Conservative | Green | Ind |
Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).[3]