Central Bedfordshire
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Cycles
- 2023 31 races · 63 seats 9.5% below quota
- 2019 31 races · 59 seats 6.8% below quota
- 2017 2 races · 2 seats 50.0% below quota
Council composition as of 2025
63 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2025 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2023)
In 2023, 63 seats were up across 31 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 63 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 45,822 | 29.5% | 27 | 42.9% | 19 | 30.2% | +8 |
| Conservative Party | 44,790 | 28.8% | 20 | 31.7% | 18 | 28.6% | +2 |
| Labour Party | 33,347 | 21.4% | 5 | 7.9% | 14 | 22.2% | -9 |
| Liberal Democrats | 24,013 | 15.4% | 10 | 15.9% | 10 | 15.9% | 0 |
| Green Party | 6,572 | 4.2% | 1 | 1.6% | 2 | 3.2% | -1 |
| Reform UK | 900 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| ENG DEM | 133 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 155,577 | 100.0% | 63 | 100.0% | 63 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2023 →
Composition history
One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2017 | 2019 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ampthill | 64% | 51% | |
| Arlesey | 62% | ||
| Arlesey and Fairfield | 45% | ||
| Aspley and Woburn | 79% | 90% | |
| Barton-le-Clay | 69% | ||
| Barton-le-Clay and Silsoe | 41% | ||
| Biggleswade East | 39% | ||
| Biggleswade North | 35% | 61% | |
| Biggleswade South | 43% | ||
| Biggleswade West | 70% | ||
| Caddington | 60% | 53% | |
| Clifton, Henlow and Langford | 53% | ||
| Cranfield and Marston Moretaine | 55% | 46% | |
| Dunstable – Central | 55% | ||
| Dunstable – Icknield | 37% | ||
| Dunstable – Manshead | 39% | ||
| Dunstable – Northfields | 41% | ||
| Dunstable – Watling | 62% | ||
| Dunstable Central | 36% | ||
| Dunstable East | 37% | ||
| Dunstable North | 42% | ||
| Dunstable South | 31% | ||
| Dunstable West | 42% | ||
| Eaton Bray | 69% | 63% | |
| Flitwick | 49% | 66% | |
| Heath and Reach | 75% | 60% | |
| Houghton Conquest and Haynes | 42% | 57% | |
| Houghton Hall | 57% | ||
| Houghton Regis East | 45% | ||
| Houghton Regis West | 41% | ||
| Leighton Buzzard North | 42% | ||
| Leighton Buzzard South | 51% | ||
| Leighton-Linslade North | 41% | ||
| Leighton-Linslade South | 64% | ||
| Leighton-Linslade West | 48% | ||
| Linslade | 39% | ||
| Meppershall and Shillington | 56% | ||
| Northill | 79% | 47% | |
| Parkside | 28% | ||
| Potton | 92% | 87% | |
| Sandy | 76% | 70% | |
| Shefford | 54% | 70% | 50% |
| Silsoe and Shillington | 71% | ||
| Stotfold | 65% | ||
| Stotfold and Langford | 59% | ||
| Tithe Farm | 33% | ||
| Toddington | 58% | 64% | |
| Westoning Flitton and Greenfield | 55% | ||
| Westoning, Flitton and Greenfield | 71% |