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Bedford Borough Council is the local authority for the
unitary authority A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...
of
Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area (including Biddenham and Kempston) was 106,940, making it the second-largest settlement in Bedfordshire, behind Luton, whilst ...
in
Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council ...
,
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. Until 1 April 2009 it was a
non-metropolitan district Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of Districts of England, local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties (colloquially ''shi ...
. Since 2002 it has also had a directly elected mayor.


Council elections


Non-metropolitan district elections

* 1973 Bedford District Council election * 1976 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election * 1979 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election * 1983 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) * 1984 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election * 1986 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election * 1987 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election * 1988 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election * 1990 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election * 1991 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) * 1992 Bedford Borough Council election * 1994 Bedford Borough Council election * 1995 Bedford Borough Council election * 1996 Bedford Borough Council election * 1998 Bedford Borough Council election * 1999 Bedford Borough Council election * 2000 Bedford Borough Council election * 2002 Bedford Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) * 2003 Bedford Borough Council election * 2004 Bedford Borough Council election * 2006 Bedford Borough Council election * 2007 Bedford Borough Council election


Unitary authority elections

* 2009 Bedford Borough Council election * 2011 Bedford Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) * 2015 Bedford Borough Council election * 2019 Bedford Borough Council election * 2023 Bedford Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)


Mayoral elections

Bedford held a referendum on 21 February 2002 on whether to introduce a directly elected mayor after a petition was signed by at least 5% of the electorate. The move was approved with 11,316 voting in favour and 5,357 against on a turnout of 15.5%. The first mayoral election on 17 October 2002 saw
independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ...
Frank Branston Frank Branston (9 May 1939 – 14 August 2009) was a journalist, novelist and newspaper proprietor, and the first elected mayors in the United Kingdom, directly elected mayor of the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. Early life and ca ...
elected as mayor.


2007

In 2007 Frank Branston was re-elected as mayor. ¹Using the Supplementary Vote system. ²Percentage figures are not officially used on the final votes, they are produced here for illustration and are calculated by the candidates final vote divided by the total of final votes.


2009

A by-election for Mayor of Bedford took place on 15 October 2009 after the death of the previous incumbent, Frank Branston in August 2009. The election was won by the Liberal Democrat, Dave Hodgson. * 2011 Bedford mayoral election


By-election results


European Union Membership Referendum 2016

The electorate of Bedford Borough voted by a margin of 51.8% to 48.2% (on a 72.1% turnout) to leave the European Union during the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum (reflecting the national picture). The Kingsbrook ward voted most heavily in favour of Leave (60.71%), while the Queen's Park ward voted most strongly for Remain (57.66%). Other areas of Bedford to favour Remain were Bromham and Biddenham, Castle, De Parys, Harpur, Kempston Rural, Newnham, Oakley and Sharnbrook.


References


External links


Bedford Borough Council
{{Unitary authorities of England Politics of the Borough of Bedford Council elections in Bedfordshire Unitary authority elections in England