1992 Bedford Borough Council election

The 1992 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Bedford Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

1992 Bedford Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	10	4	55.6	15	25	47.2	15,445	44.5	+1.6
	Labour	4	1	22.2	11	15	28.3	9,637	27.8	–3.9
	Liberal Democrats	2	3	11.1	8	10	18.9	8,167	23.5	–2.0
	Independent	2		11.1	1	3	5.7	1,454	4.2	N/A

Ward results

Brickhill

Brickhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Hill*	1,534	48.2	+2.1
	Conservative	Eric Threapleton	1,502	47.2	+3.8
	Labour	P. Ade	144	4.5	–6.0
Majority			32	1.0
Turnout			3,180	53.8
Registered electors			5,857
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bromham

Bromham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Bates*	1,387	76.7	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	C. McCormack	292	16.1	+3.7
	Labour	V. Jones	130	7.2	–1.9
Majority			1,095	60.5
Turnout			1,809	47.3
Registered electors			4,008
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carlton

Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Victor Brandon*	823	83.2	–0.5
	Labour	C. Falkner	87	8.8	–7.5
	Liberal Democrats	J. Doran	79	8.0	N/A
Majority			736	74.4
Turnout			989	56.9
Registered electors			1,722
	Independent hold		Swing

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Rigby	901	38.8	–8.0
	Labour	R. Baker	849	36.5	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	P. Chiswell	573	24.7	+11.9
Majority			52	2.2
Turnout			2,323	52.9
Registered electors			4,477
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cauldwell

Cauldwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Elford*	1,201	70.2	−1.4
	Conservative	Aleks Simic	342	20.0	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	G. Williams	169	9.9	+1.3
Majority			859	50.2
Turnout			1,712	31.1
Registered electors			5,606
	Labour hold		Swing

Clapham

Clapham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Chybalski*	584	43.5	−8.9
	Conservative	J. Whatley	452	33.7	–0.2
	Labour	Jennifer Lumsden	257	19.1	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	R. Prosser	50	3.7	–48.7
Majority			132	9.8
Turnout			1,343	46.8
Registered electors			2,790
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

R. Chybalski had originally been elected as a Liberal Democrat, but defected to become an Independent prior to the election.

De Parys

De Parys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Jones*	1,366	49.3	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	J. Crofts	1,161	41.9	+0.5
	Labour	H. Newens	244	8.8	–3.6
Majority			205	7.4
Turnout			2,771	49.0
Registered electors			5,608
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastcotts

Eastcotts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Payne	536	53.8	+17.8
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Dunning*	373	37.4	–6.8
	Labour	D. Tydings	88	8.8	–11.1
Majority			163	16.3
Turnout			997	45.0
Registered electors			2,216
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Goldington

Goldington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Christie*	1,228	57.4	+12.0
	Labour	Randolph Charles	537	25.1	–9.9
	Conservative	I. Mactoom	376	17.6	−2.0
Majority			691	32.3
Turnout			2,141	40.4
Registered electors			5,180
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Harpur

Harpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colleen Atkins*	1,133	54.7	–1.6
	Conservative	S. Halse	787	38.0	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	M. Vogel	150	7.2	+2.0
Majority			346	16.7
Turnout			2,070	36.9
Registered electors			5,758
	Labour hold		Swing

Kempston East

Kempston East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Szall	1,560	54.4	+8.1
	Labour	David Lewis*	1,123	39.1	–10.0
	Liberal Democrats	V. Hawke	187	6.5	+1.9
Majority			437	15.2
Turnout			2,870	40.1
Registered electors			7,190
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Kempston West

Kempston West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Stupple*	1,346	54.3	+4.2
	Labour	Sesa Lehal	948	38.3	–5.6
	Liberal Democrats	B. Gibbons	137	5.5	–0.5
	Independent	C. Pritchard	47	1.9	N/A
Majority			398	16.1
Turnout			2,478	40.1
Registered electors			6,176
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingsbrook

Kingsbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Luder*	896	56.7	+7.8
	Conservative	L. Griffin	487	30.8	+17.4
	Liberal Democrats	L. Ames	198	12.5	–25.2
Majority			409	25.9	–3.0
Turnout			1,581	29.9	–7.0
Registered electors			5,226
	Labour hold		Swing	1.5

Newnham

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mingay	825	46.0	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	A. Lennon*	639	35.6	–5.2
	Labour	Richard Crane	329	18.3	–4.8
Majority			186	10.4	N/A
Turnout			1,793	45.5	–7.3
Registered electors			4,069
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	8.4

Putnoe

Putnoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Moore	1,336	53.9	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Hall	998	40.3	–6.8
	Labour	G. Burchmore	144	5.8	–0.6
Majority			338	13.6
Turnout			2,478	44.8
Registered electors			5,521
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Queens Park

Queens Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Cotter*	1,056	58.5	−7.5
	Conservative	R. Hughes	537	29.8	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Cunningham	212	11.7	+5.6
Majority			519	28.8
Turnout			1,805	33.7
Registered electors			5,533
	Labour hold		Swing

Roxton

Roxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hughes*	722	82.5	+3.4
	Labour	Terence Carroll	78	8.9	–4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Conrad Longmore	75	8.6	+0.7
Majority			644	73.6
Turnout			875	45.6
Registered electors			1,907
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wootton

Wootton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Tait*	983	70.8	+21.4
	Labour	G. Ware	293	21.1	–23.9
	Liberal Democrats	Cheryl Green	112	8.1	+2.6
Majority			690	49.7
Turnout			1,388	38.2
Registered electors			3,693
	Conservative hold		Swing