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.
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2007 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election|
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Registered | 98,917 |
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Turnout | 39% |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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Party |
Conservative |
Liberal Democrats |
Independent |
Seats won |
37 |
11 |
4 |
Popular vote |
16,712 |
10,913 |
3,429 |
Percentage |
47.1% |
30.8% |
9.7% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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Party |
Green |
Labour |
BNP |
Seats won |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Popular vote |
612 |
3,591 |
224 |
Percentage |
1.7% |
10.1% |
0.6% |
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Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Result 2007 [1]
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
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Conservative |
37 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
69.81 |
47.1 |
16,712 |
+5.2 |
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Liberal Democrats |
11 |
1 |
4 |
-3 |
20.75 |
30.8 |
10,913 |
+6.2 |
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Independent |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7.55 |
9.7 |
3,429 |
+1.6 |
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Green |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.89 |
1.7 |
612 |
-1.7 |
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Labour |
0 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0.0 |
10.1 |
3,591 |
-11.9 |
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BNP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
224 |
+0.6 |
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All results are listed below:[1][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 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.
Ampthill
One Independent gain from Conservatives.[1]
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Arlesey
One Conservative gain from Independent; one Conservative gain from Labour.[1]
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Aspley Guise
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Biggleswade Holme
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Biggleswade Ivel
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Biggleswade Stratton
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Clifton and Meppershall
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Cranfield
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Flitton, Greenfield and Pulloxhill
One Green gain from Conservatives.[1]
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Flitwick East
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Flitwick West
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Harlington
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Houghton, Haynes, Southill and Old Warden
One Conservative gain from Liberal-Democrats.[1]
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Langford and Henlow Village
Two Conservative gains from Liberal-Democrats.
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Marston
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Maulden and Clophill
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Northill and Blunham
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Potton and Wensley
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Sandy Ivel
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Sandy Pinnacle
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Shefford, Campton and Gravenhurst
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Shillington, Stondon and Henlow Camp
One Liberal-Democrat gain from Conservatives.[1]
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Silsoe
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Stotfold
One Conservative gain from Liberal-Democrats.[1]
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Westoning and Tingrith
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Woburn
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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.[1][4] She was first elected to Mid Bedfordshire District Council in 1976.[2]
Andrew Rayment stood successfully for the Conservatives in this ward in the 1995 and 1999 elections,[2] and was one of the nominators of the Conservative candidate for Mid Bedfordshire in the 2017 general election.[6]