Elections

Information about elections and the related services provided by the District Council

2009 Elections

Central Bedfordshire Council

A whole council election of councillors of the Central Bedfordshire Council shall be held on the 2009 election day. The term of office of councillors elected to the Central Bedfordshire Council at the 2009 election shall be two years, and they shall retire on the fourth day after the 2011 election day.  Councillors elected at the 2011 elections will serve for 4 years and elections will be held every four years thereafter.   

European Parliament

European Parliamentary elections are held every five years.  The next European election will be in June 2009.

At a European election, electors vote for a political party instead of voting for an individual candidate.  The number of seats that a party receives depends on the share of the vote that it receives in each region.  The United Kingdom is divided into 12 regions.  South Bedfordshire is in the Eastern Region which is represented by 7 MEPs.

To find out further information on the European Parliament, you can view A Guide to the European Parliament page.

Local Elections (1st May 2008)

District Council

On the 6 March 2008 the Secretary of State for the Department of Communities and Local Government approved the two unitary solution for Bedfordshire; one for Central Bedfordshire (the areas covered by Mid and South Beds) and one for the Bedford Borough area. On 27 March 2008 parliament approved the Bedfordshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008.

One of the provisions of the 'order' is to cancel elections to South Bedfordshire District Council in 2008 and the term of office of all councillors elected to the Council shall now end on 1 April 2009.

The 'order' further provides that during the shadow period (the period beginning 28 March 2008 and ending on the fourth day after the 2009 election) the Central Bedfordshire Council shall be a shadow authority and the members of the shadow authority shall be the persons who, on 28 March 2008 are:

(a)      councillors of the County Council for the Central Bedfordshire electoral divisions; or

(b)      councillors of either of the district councils

Those persons shall be members of the shadow authority throughout the shadow authority period notwithstanding the dissolution of the County Council and the district councils on 1 April 2009

Town/Parish

Town and Parish elections also scheduled for 1 May 2008 shall not now take place and the term of office of those town/parish councillors elected in 2004 or at any subsequent by election held before the 2009 election day shall remain in office until the fourth day after the 2009 elections.   

Parishes that were scheduled to hold elections in 2008 are:

Chalgrave; Chalton; Eggington; Great Billington; Stanbridge; Streatley; Sundon; Tilsworth; Toddington; Totternhoe and Dunstable Town Council. 

Council Elections (3rd May 2007)

District Council

Please use the link to find out the results for your local area. Result information by Ward

Parish Council

Please use the link to find out the results for your local area. Result information by Parish (PDF 91.34KB) 

Local Council Elections (4th May 2006)

Result information by Ward for May 2006 (PDF 52.1KB)

Parliamentary Elections (5th May 2005) - Turnout 63%

The Parliamentary Count took place on the night of Thursday 5th May, the District Council by-election and County Council Counts took place on Friday 6th May. Click on the links below to view the results.

The County Council election results will also appear on the Bedfordshire County Council website as they are declared.

Find out more by clicking on the links below:

Electoral Boundaries - Find out where the electoral boundaries are across Bedfordshire

Electoral Registration - Find out about the electoral register

General Elections - Where to find information about General Elections

Voting - Information about how you can vote and the locations of local polling stations

reviewed 10 April 08