Mid Bedfordshire District Council elections

Mid Bedfordshire District Council was elected every four years.

Political control

Conservative 1999–present

Cranfield By-Election 17 October 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	329	27.4
	Labour	299	24.9
	Independent	298	24.8
	Liberal Democrat	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		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	346	58.1	+21.3
	Liberal Democrat	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		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	876	53.4	+11.6
	Liberal Democrat	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		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	2,322	64.7	+20.8
	Conservative	1,269	35.3	-1.3
Majority		856	29.4
Turnout		3,591
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

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

Biggleswade Stratton By-Election 4 July 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	696	39.9	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing

Houghton Haynes Southill & Old Warden By-Election 16 March 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Flitwick East By-Election 1 May 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing

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
Central Bedfordshire Council	2009 2011 2015
Luton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
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