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(Top) 1 Summary 1.1 Election result 2 Ward Results 2.1 Brickhill 2.2 Bromham 2.3 Carlton 2.4 Castle 2.5 Cauldwell 2.6 Clapham 2.7 De Parys 2.8 Eastcotts 2.9 Goldington 2.10 Harpur 2.11 Kempston East 2.12 Kempston West 2.13 Kingsbrook 2.14 Newnham 2.15 Putnoe 2.16 Queen's Park 2.17 Roxton 2.18 Wootton 3 References

1988 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election

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The 1988 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election took place on 3 May 1988 to elect members of North Bedfordshire Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary[edit]

Election result[edit]

1988 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	6	1	33.3	19	25	47.2	13,265	38.5	–8.9
	SLD	6		33.3	8	14	26.4	8,520	24.7	+0.1
	Labour	5	1	27.8	8	13	24.5	11,668	33.8	+6.2
	Independent	1		5.6	0	1	1.9	819	2.4	+2.1
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	218	0.6	N/A

Ward Results[edit]

Brickhill[edit]

Brickhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	T. Hill*	1,249	46.1	+6.9
	Conservative	E. Evans	1,174	43.4	+0.4
	Labour	H. Mitchell	284	10.5	-1.6
Turnout			2,707	44.3
	SLD gain from Conservative		Swing

The Liberal Democrats had previously gained the Conservative seat at a by-election.

Bromham[edit]

Bromham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Bates*	1,274	78.5	+0.3
	SLD	W. Orman	201	12.4	+0.6
	Labour	T. Albone	147	9.1	-0.8
Turnout			1,622	42.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carlton[edit]

Carlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	V. Brandon*	819	83.7	+83.7
	Labour	T. Carroll	160	16.3	N/A
Turnout			979	55.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Castle[edit]

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Parkin	929	46.8	+4.4
	Labour	M. Brophy	803	40.4	+0.1
	SLD	K. Jones	255	12.8	-2.2
Turnout			1,987	44.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cauldwell[edit]

Cauldwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Elford*	1,506	71.6	+1.8
	Conservative	R. Pal	418	19.9	+2.8
	SLD	A. Gerard	180	8.6	-1.7
Turnout			2,104	37.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Clapham[edit]

Clapham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	R. Chybalski	718	52.4	-7.1
	Conservative	J. Whatley	464	33.9	+13.0
	Labour	J. Cartlidge	188	13.7	-5.9
Turnout			1,370	46.6
	SLD hold		Swing

De Parys[edit]

De Parys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Gwynne Jones	1,049	42.6	-6.4
	SLD	J. Crofts	1,018	41.4	+8.1
	Labour	B. Jones	304	12.4	-5.4
	Green	A. Roche	89	3.6	N/A
Turnout			2,460	44.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastcotts[edit]

Eastcotts
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	T. Dunning	367	44.2	-10.4
	Conservative	V. Fattorusso*	299	36.0	-18.6
	Labour	A. Tester	165	19.9	N/A
Turnout			831	38.3
	SLD hold		Swing

V. Fattorusso was originally elected for the Liberal-SDP Alliance, but had defected to the Conservatives prior to the election.

Goldington[edit]

Goldington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	A. Christie	1,036	45.4	-2.7
	Labour	D. Verney	798	35.0	-1.2
	Conservative	V. Fulford	447	19.6	+4.0
Turnout			2,281	41.8
	SLD hold		Swing

Harpur[edit]

Harpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Atkins	1,201	56.3	+16.6
	Conservative	M. Mactoom	759	35.6	-14.9
	SLD	R. Bossingham	112	5.2	-4.6
	Green	K. Royal	62	2.9	N/A
Turnout			2,134	40.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Kempston East[edit]

Kempston East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Lewis*	1,309	49.1	+1.7
	Conservative	M. Williams	1,233	46.3	+7.2
	SLD	M. Christie	122	4.6	-8.9
Turnout			2,664	38.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Kempston West[edit]

Kempston West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Stupple*	1,112	50.1	+6.6
	Labour	A. Beardmore	975	43.9	+1.4
	SLD	B. Gibbons	133	6.0	-8.0
Turnout			2,220	39.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingsbrook[edit]

Kingsbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. Luder*	1,179	48.9	+0.9
	SLD	T. Outen	907	37.7	-2.5
	Conservative	A. Simic	323	13.4	+1.6
Turnout			2,409	43.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Newnham[edit]

Newnham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	A. Lennon*	643	40.8	-7.8
	Conservative	M. Simmonds	569	36.1	+1.8
	Labour	P. Render	365	23.1	+5.9
Turnout			1,577	41.1
	SLD hold		Swing

Putnoe[edit]

Putnoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	J. Lennon	1,309	47.1	-1.8
	Conservative	J. Temperley**	1,290	46.5	+5.9
	Labour	R. Ward	178	6.4	-0.3
Turnout			2,777	49.3
	SLD hold		Swing

J. Temperley was a sitting councillor for Harpur ward.

Queen's Park[edit]

Queen's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Cotter*	1,215	66.0	-1.7
	Conservative	G. Frost	446	24.2	+1.9
	SLD	C. Hedge	112	6.1	-3.8
	Green	S. Hunt	67	3.6	N/A
Turnout			1,840	35.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Roxton[edit]

Roxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hughes	612	79.1	+24.4
	Labour	D. Ward	101	13.0	N/A
	SLD	A. Chybalski	61	7.9	-6.6
Turnout			774	41.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wootton[edit]

Wootton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Tait	867	49.4	+13.2
	Labour	B. Keens	790	45.0	+15.8
	SLD	V. Hawke	97	5.5	-4.4
Turnout			1,754	50.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ "Results 1973 to 2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 13 February 2023.

v t e Council elections in Bedfordshire
Bedford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2015 2019 2023
Central Bedfordshire Council	2009 2011 2015 2019 2023
Luton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Bedfordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 Abolished
Mid Bedfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
South Bedfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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