Mid Bedfordshire District Council elections

Political control

Political control of the council was held by the following parties:^[1]

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		From	To
Tricia Turner^[2]		Conservative		31 Mar 2009

Cranfield By-Election 17 October 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Yvonne Fitzgerald-Finch	329	27.4
	Labour		299	24.9
	Independent		298	24.8
	Liberal Democrats		276	22.9
Majority			30	2.5
Turnout			1,202	33.7
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Sandy All Saints By-Election 3 March 2000
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			219	36.8
Turnout			596	20.3
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Clifton & Henlow By-Election 8 June 2000
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			230	14.0
Turnout			1,641	37.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ampthill By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Summerfield	2,322	64.7	+20.8
	Conservative		1,269	35.3	−1.3
Majority			856	29.4
Turnout			3,591
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Blunham By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joanna Davison	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Biggleswade Stratton By-Election 4 July 2002
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			152	8.7
Turnout			1,744	27.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Biggleswade Ivel By-Election 12 February 2004
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			270	12.1
Turnout			2,246	40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Houghton Haynes Southill and Old Warden By-Election 12 February 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon Gillett	803	52.0
	Liberal Democrats	Marcus Tyler	634	41.1
	Green	Oliver Campbell	107	6.9
Majority			169	10.9
Turnout			1,544	49.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Flitwick East By-Election 22 July 2004
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			144	13.8
Turnout			1,053	25.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Houghton Haynes Southill & Old Warden By-Election 16 March 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Baines	741	55.3
	Conservative	Angela Barker	555	41.4
	Labour	Laurence Pollock	44	3.3
Majority			186	13.9
Turnout			1,340	42.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Flitwick East By-Election 1 May 2008
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			14	0.9
Turnout			1,564	36.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
^ "Mid Bedfordshire District Council minutes, 26 March 2009" (PDF). Central Bedfordshire Council. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
^ The District of Mid Bedfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
^ The Bedfordshire (Areas) Order 1984
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Mid Bedfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

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See also: Wards Boundary changes