1990 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election

The 1990 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of North Bedfordshire Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

1990 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	5	1	27.8	19	24	45.3	14,222	36.6	–1.9
	Labour	8	2	44.4	7	15	28.3	14,824	38.1	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	5	1	27.8	8	13	24.5	9,330	24.0	–0.7
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	1.9	90	0.2	–2.2
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	436	1.1	+0.5

Ward results

Brickhill

Brickhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Green*	1,827	52.5	+2.4
	Conservative	M. Watt	1,377	39.6	+2.7
	Labour	M. Khan	277	8.0	-5.0
Majority			450	12.9
Turnout			3,481	58.2
Registered electors			5,980
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Bagchi	986	41.7	+1.9
	Conservative	R. Rigby*	952	40.3	-2.7
	Liberal Democrats	J. Crofts	425	18.0	+0.7
Majority			34	1.4
Turnout			2,363	53.9
Registered electors			4,382
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Cauldwell

Cauldwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V. Storrow*	1,771	75.5	+18.7
	Conservative	R. Pal	306	13.0	-15.1
	Liberal Democrats	A. Gerard	268	11.4	-1.5
Majority			1,465	62.5
Turnout			2,345	41.1
Registered electors			5,707
	Labour hold		Swing

De Parys

De Parys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Fitzpatrick*	1,391	45.1	-3.6
	Conservative	J. Wilson	1,271	41.2	+6.7
	Labour	K. Buckles	422	13.7	-3.1
Majority			120	3.9
Turnout			3,084	55.8
Registered electors			5,529
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Felmersham

Felmersham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Barber-Lomax	842	62.4	+13.9
	Liberal Democrats	G. Venn	371	27.5	-16.2
	Labour	T. Carroll	137	10.1	+2.3
Majority			471	34.9
Turnout			1,350	76.7
Registered electors			1,759
	Conservative hold		Swing

Goldington

Goldington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Wilson	1,317	45.7	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	A. Cardus	1,019	35.4	-9.6
	Conservative	H. Bushell	545	18.9	+6.6
Majority			298	10.3
Turnout			2,881	53.6
Registered electors			5,373
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Harpur

Harpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Mitchell	1,417	56.2	+4.7
	Conservative	C. Ellis	801	31.8	-5.5
	Green	A. Roche	155	6.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	M. Borrett	148	5.9	-5.3
Majority			616	24.4
Turnout			2,521	45.7
Registered electors			5,514
	Labour hold		Swing

Harrold

Harrold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Cheadle	600	51.5	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	J. Botterill	315	27.0	-0.7
	Labour	J. Thynne	250	21.5	-1.4
Majority			285	24.5
Turnout			1,165	53.1
Registered electors			2,196
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kempston East

Kempston East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Oliver*	1,811	59.6	+13.9
	Conservative	M. Williams	1,228	40.4	-1.3
Majority			583	19.2
Turnout			3,039	42.5
Registered electors			7,145
	Labour hold		Swing

Kempston West

Kempston West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Hunt*	1,345	53.3	+1.9
	Conservative	J. Walford	959	38.0	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	D. Sawyer	219	8.7	-4.6
Majority			386	15.3
Turnout			2,523	42.2
Registered electors			5,983
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingsbrook

Kingsbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Luder*	1,612	65.7	+4.0
	Conservative	J. Mingay	580	23.6	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	R. Micklem	263	10.7	-11.4
Majority			1,032	42.0
Turnout			2,455	45.2
Registered electors			5,427
	Labour hold		Swing

Newnham

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Evans*	790	38.7	-5.6
	Conservative	S. Halse	659	32.3	-1.0
	Labour	G. Snelson	501	24.6	+2.2
	Independent	D. Pettit	90	4.4	N/A
Majority			131	6.4
Turnout			2,040	52.8
Registered electors			3,867
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Oakley

Oakley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Olney*	506	54.6	+5.2
	Conservative	A. Shackleton	350	37.8	-5.6
	Labour	A. Symonds	71	7.7	+0.5
Majority			156	16.8
Turnout			927	53.9
Registered electors			1,720
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Putnoe

Putnoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Marsh*	1,290	44.7	-9.0
	Conservative	P. Palmer	1,163	40.3	+2.6
	Labour	D. Verney	295	10.2	+1.6
	Green	J. Hunt	135	4.7
Majority			127	4.4
Turnout			2,883	52.1
Registered electors			5,537
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Queens Park

Queens Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Jones*	1,669	69.3	-2.2
	Conservative	R. Hughes	451	18.7	+1.0
	Green	E. Hunt	146	6.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	C. Hall	144	6.0	-4.7
Majority			1,218	50.5
Turnout			2,410	45.3
Registered electors			5,324
	Labour hold		Swing

Renhold

Renhold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Bone*	681	70.5	+7.4
	Labour	R. Ward	197	20.4	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	A. Chybalski	88	9.1	-15.5
Majority			484	50.1
Turnout			966	53.4
Registered electors			1,810
	Conservative hold		Swing

Riseley

Riseley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Cocksedge*	681	59.0	-7.3
	Liberal Democrats	P. Cook	266	23.1	+7.8
	Labour	M. English	207	17.9	-0.5
Majority			415	36.0
Turnout			1,154	55.4
Registered electors			2,083
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wilshamstead

Wilshamstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Hickling	776	59.0	+3.8
	Labour	N. Irwin	539	41.0	+13.2
Majority			237	18.0
Turnout			1,315	55.6
Registered electors			2,366
	Conservative hold		Swing

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