title: Mid Bedfordshire District Council elections
text: # Mid Bedfordshire District Council elections
  
  Mid Bedfordshire was a non-metropolitan district in Bedfordshire, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Central Bedfordshire.
  
  ## Political control
  
  Political control of the council was held by the following parties:
  
  | Party in control | Years |
  | - | - |
  | No overall control | 1973-1976 |
  | Conservative | 1976-1995 |
  | No overall control | 1995-1999 |
  | Conservative | 1999–2009 |
  
  ### Leadership
  
  The last leader of the council was Tricia Turner, a Conservative. She went on to be the first leader of Central Bedfordshire Council.
  
  | Councillor | Party | Party | From | To |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Tricia Turner | | Conservative | | 31 Mar 2009 |
  
  ## Council elections
  
  * 1973 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election
  * 1976 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election
  * 1979 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)
  * 1983 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election
  * 1987 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
  * 1991 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
  * 1995 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election
  * 1999 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election
  * 2003 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)
  * 2007 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election
  
  ## By-election results
  
  ### 1995-1999
  
  Cranfield By-Election 17 October 1996 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Yvonne Fitzgerald-Finch | 329 | 27.4 |
  | | Labour | | 299 | 24.9 |
  | | Independent | | 298 | 24.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | | 276 | 22.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 30 | 2.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,202 | 33.7 |
  | | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |
  
  ### 1999-2003
  
  Sandy All Saints By-Election 3 March 2000 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Valerie Caldicott | 346 | 58.1 | +21.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | | 127 | 21.3 | +21.3 |
  | | Labour | | 123 | 20.7 | +1.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 219 | 36.8 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 596 | 20.3 | |
  | | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
  
  Clifton & Henlow By-Election 8 June 2000 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Anthony Rogers | 876 | 53.4 | +11.6 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | | 646 | 39.4 | +2.4 |
  | | Labour | | 119 | 7.3 | -12.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 230 | 14.0 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,641 | 37.5 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  Ampthill By-Election 7 June 2001 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Gary Summerfield | 2,322 | 64.7 | +20.8 |
  | | Conservative | | 1,269 | 35.3 | -1.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 856 | 29.4 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,591 | | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  
  Blunham By-Election 7 June 2001 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Joanna Davison | unopposed | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  Biggleswade Stratton By-Election 4 July 2002 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | David Smith | 696 | 39.9 | +0.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | | 544 | 31.2 | +11.0 |
  | | Labour | | 504 | 28.9 | -11.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 152 | 8.7 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,744 | 27.8 | |
  | | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  
  ### 2003-2007
  
  Biggleswade Ivel By-Election 12 February 2004 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Wendy Smith | 922 | 41.1 | -1.7 |
  | | Labour | Bernard Briars | 652 | 29.0 | -10.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Hartwell | 535 | 23.8 | +6.0 |
  | | Green | Royston Swarbrooke | 137 | 6.1 | +6.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 270 | 12.1 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,246 | 40.2 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  Houghton Haynes Southill and Old Warden By-Election 12 February 2004 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Simon Gillett | 803 | 52.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Marcus Tyler | 634 | 41.1 |
  | | Green | Oliver Campbell | 107 | 6.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 169 | 10.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,544 | 49.5 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  Flitwick East By-Election 22 July 2004 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Mitchell | 522 | 49.6 | +13.7 |
  | | Conservative | Victor Lee | 378 | 35.8 | +8.7 |
  | | Green | Marina Torselli | 82 | 7.8 | -7.8 |
  | | Labour | Ida Neale | 71 | 6.7 | -14.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 144 | 13.8 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,053 | 25.4 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  
  Houghton Haynes Southill & Old Warden By-Election 16 March 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Baines | 741 | 55.3 |
  | | Conservative | Angela Barker | 555 | 41.4 |
  | | Labour | Laurence Pollock | 44 | 3.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 186 | 13.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,340 | 42.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |
  
  ### 2007-2011
  
  Flitwick East By-Election 1 May 2008 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Les Thompson | 682 | 43.6 | -14.6 |
  | | Conservative | Andrew Turner | 668 | 42.7 | +0.9 |
  | | Independent | Roy Storey | 119 | 7.6 | +7.6 |
  | | Green | Chris Fyer | 95 | 6.1 | +6.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 14 | 0.9 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,564 | 36.1 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  