2015 Central Bedfordshire Council election

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Elections to Central Bedfordshire Council were held on 7 May 2015, along with the 2015 United Kingdom general election and other local elections. The whole council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2019.

The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, winning 53 of the 59 seats on the council. Of the remaining 6 seats, 3 were won by Independents, 2 by the Labour Party and 1 by the Liberal Democrats.

Result[]

Central Bedfordshire Council Election Result 2015
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 53 5 1 +4 89.83 53.78 138,953 +0.17%
  Independent 3 1 2 -1 5.08 10.38 26,814 +2.33%
  Labour 2 2 1 +1 3.39 16.84 43,512 -5.39%
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 4 -4 1.70 5.12 13,232 -9.24%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0.0 8.22 21,253 +7.50%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.66 14,625 +4.63%

The overall turnout was 66.37% with a total of 258,389 valid votes cast. A total of 1,085 ballots were rejected in the 25 wards in which the number of rejected votes was reported.

Council Composition[]

Following the 2011 election, the composition of the council was:

↓
49 5 4 1
Conservative LD I L

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
53 3 2 1
Conservative I L LD

I - Independent
L - Labour
LD - Liberal Democrats

Ward Results[]

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2011, and results are compared to that year's polls on that basis. All results are listed below:

Ampthill[]

Ampthill (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Blair* 3,921 24.27 +1.42
Conservative Paul Alan Duckett* 3,753 23.23 -2.19
Conservative Paul Raymond Downing 2,899 19.95 -2.22
Independent Mark Andrew Smith* 2,378 14.72 -8.18
Green Susan Heather Clinch 1,739 10.76
Labour Peter Joyce 1,465 9.07 +0.41
Majority 521 3.23
Turnout 16,155 73.00 +24.90
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 123 ballots were rejected.

Arlesey[]

Arlesey [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Dalgarno* 3,977 22.08 +0.18
Conservative David Shelvey 3,677 20.42 -2.67
Conservative Richard David Wenham* 3,321 18.44 -2.49
UKIP Thomas Heeney 1,939 10.77
Labour David Charles Devereux 1,914 10.63 -1.28
Labour Douglas Alexander Landman 1,649 9.15 -1.94
Independent Robert David McGregor 1,532 8.51
Majority 1,382 7.67
Turnout 18,009 69.00 +28.00
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 84 ballots were rejected.

Aspley and Woburn[]

Aspley and Woburn (1 seat) [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Budge Wells 2,012 73.24 -2.08
Green Robin Alexander Harewood-Lee 735 26.76
Majority 1,277 46.48
Turnout 2,747 74.00 +27.40
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 33 ballots were rejected.

Barton-Le-Clay[]

Barton-Le-Clay (1 seat) [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ian Leslie Shingler* 1,518 51.13 +19.22
Conservative Gareth Mackey 759 25.56 +4.49
Liberal Democrats Janet Ann Nunn 417 14.05 -9.61
Labour Lesley Ann Lodge 275 9.26 +2.15
Majority 759 25.57
Turnout 2,969 74.00 +25.20
Independent hold Swing

A total of 13 ballots were rejected.

Biggleswade North[]

Biggleswade North (2 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maurice Richard Jones* 1,594 25.27 -1.57
Conservative Jane Gay Wimberley Lawrence* 1,472 23.33 -3.75
Labour Pete Biernis 977 15.49 -6.60
UKIP Frank Foster 925 14.66
Labour Bernard Victor Briars 910 14.43 -9.56
Green Amy-Jane Peabody 430 6.82
Majority 495 7.84
Turnout 6,308 63.00 +24.80
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 36 ballots were rejected.

Biggleswade South[]

Biggleswade South (2 seats)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David John Lawrence* 2,575 28.27 -2.19
Conservative Tim Woodward 1,982 21.76 -7.85
Conservative David William Frank Albone 1,246 13.68
UKIP Duncan Anthony Strachan 1,209 13.27
Independent Bernard John Rix 779 8.55
Labour Satinderjit Singh Dhaliwal 672 7.38 -13.32
Green Andrew Richard Peabody 646 7.09
Majority 736 8.08
Turnout 9,109 67.00 +25.30
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 25 ballots were rejected.

Caddington[]

Caddington (2 seats)[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kevin Mark Collins 2,888 29.48 -6.83
Conservative Richard Charles Stay* 2,740 27.97 -7.01
Labour Ian Guy Lowery 733 7.48 -4.17
Labour Shirley Jean Smith 666 6.80 -0.15
Independent Patrick Brian Smith 615 6.28
Independent Chrystna Yvonne Smith 495 5.05
Green Matt Ogier-Russell 478 4.88
Majority 1,559 15.91
Turnout 9,796 72.00 +24.80
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 46 ballots were rejected.

Cranfield & Marston Moretaine[]

Cranfield & Marston Moretaine (3 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sue Clark* 3,381 22.00 +4.12
Conservative Ken Matthews* 2,977 19.37 +2.56
Conservative Robert William Morris 2,765 17.99 +0.73
UKIP Roger Baker 1,958 12.74
Labour Elizabeth Margaret Rooney 1,208 7.86 +0.15
Labour Alan Joseph Morris 1,156 7.52 -0.12
Labour Andrew Shaw 1,093 7.11 -0.21
Green Alison Heather Parker 831 5.41
Majority 807 5.25
Turnout 15,369 67.00 +27.80
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 24 ballots were rejected.

Dunstable Central[]

Dunstable Central (1 seat)[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carole Hegley* 1,162 52.70 -11.94
Labour Theresa Moira Miller 674 30.57 +7.53
Independent Ian Phillip Bunker 369 16.73
Majority 488 22.13
Turnout 2,205 63.00 +24.00
Conservative hold Swing

The number of ballots rejected was not reported by the council.

Dunstable Icknield[]

Dunstable Icknield (2 seats)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David John McVicar* 2,062 31.61 +7.84
Conservative John Anthony Chatterley 1,975 30.28 +9.64
Labour Catherine Theresa Howes 980 15.02 -0.41
Labour Michael Aneurin Stokes 874 13.40 -1.45
Independent Christine Ann Reynolds 632 9.69
Majority 995 15.26
Turnout 6,523 63.00 +28.60
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

The number of ballots rejected was not reported by the council.

Dunstable Manshead[]

Dunstable Manshead (1 seat)[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eugene Patrick Ghent 879 39.05 -3.42
Independent Neal Reynolds 697 30.96
Labour Roger Barry Pepworth 675 29.99 -12.99
Majority 182 8.09
Turnout 2,251 59.00 +21.80
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

A total of 41 ballots were rejected.

Dunstable Northfields[]

Dunstable Northfields (2 seats)[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeannette Freeman 1,806 23.21 +4.96
Conservative Nigel Austin Warren 1,436 18.45 +0.11
Independent Julian David Murray* 1,063 13.66 -7.59
Labour Michael Andrew Rogers 1,027 13.20 -1.78
Independent Bev Coleman 933 11.99
Labour Robert Leslie Shelley 773 9.93 -4.46
Green Peter John Burrows 409 5.26
Green Catherine Joyce Aganoglu 335 4.30
Majority 373 4.79
Turnout 7,782 59.00 +22.40
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing

The number of ballots rejected was not reported by the council.

Dunstable Watling[]

Dunstable Watling (2 seats)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Nugent Hollick* 3,135 32.88 -1.47
Conservative Nigel Young 3,097 32.48 -1.01
Labour Michael Rolfe Ingham 994 10.42 -1.55
Labour Sheila Morgan 966 10.13 -1.68
Independent Beryl Mary Meakins 750 7.86
Independent Alan Gerard Corkhill 594 6.23
Majority 38 0.40
Turnout 9,536 69.00 +27.20
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

The number of ballots rejected was not reported by the council.

Eaton Bray[]

Eaton Bray (1 seat)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ken Janes 1,225 50.83 -24.17
Independent Ruth Archer 943 39.13
Labour Isaac Chikwakwanyi Sibiya 242 10.04 -9.16
Majority 282 11.70
Turnout 2,410 72.00 +26.00
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 21 ballots were rejected.

Flitwick[]

Flitwick (3 seats)[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fiona Chapman 3,511 20.80 +6.12
Conservative Andrew Michael Turner* 3,274 19.40 +1.94
Conservative Charles Christopher Gomm* 2,762 16.36 +1.86
Labour David William Austine Short 1,585 9.39 +1.90
UKIP Adam Glen Larkins 1,522 9.02
Labour Sheila Gardner 1,514 8.97 +2.18
UKIP Russell Edward Shaw 1,368 8.10
Green David Christian Parrock 1,344 7.96 +3.16
Majority 1,177 6.97
Turnout 16,880 70.00 34.40
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 57 ballots were rejected.

Heath & Reach[]

Heath & Reach (1 seat) [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Anthony Gaius Versallion*
Conservative hold Swing

Mark Versallion was re-elected unopposed.

Houghton Conquest & Haynes[]

Houghton Conquest & Haynes (1 seat) [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Barker* 1,137 67.56
Labour Paul Michael Forster 299 17.76
Independent Richard James 247 14.68
Majority 838 49.80
Turnout 1,683 77.00 N/A
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 22 ballots were rejected.

Houghton Hall[]

Houghton Hall (2 seats)[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Robert Kane 1,336 24.44 +7.69
Liberal Democrats Susan Anne Goodchild* 1,250 22.87 -2.25
Liberal Democrats Laura Jane Mary Ellaway 874 15.99 -4.52
Labour Chris Slough 806 14.74 +2.15
Labour Syed Qaiser Abbas 700 12.81 +0.84
Green Steve Finan 500 9.15
Majority 376 6.88
Turnout 5,466 56.00 +23.90
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

A total of 65 ballots were rejected.

Leighton Buzzard North[]

Leighton Buzzard North (3 seats)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ken Ferguson 3,663 19.56 +2.08
Conservative Brian John Spurr* 3,640 19.44 +0.88
Conservative Roy William Johnstone* 3,509 18.74 -0.56
Labour Michael John Bishop 1,614 8.62 -0.92
Labour Daniel Scott 1,438 7.68 -0.52
Labour Ian Michael Purvis 1,331 7.11 -2.42
Green Jonathan Adrian Hull 737 3.94
Liberal Democrats Rosalind Mennie 734 3.92 -1.24
Green Simon James Wilson 713 3.81
Liberal Democrats Alan Roger White 674 3.60 -2.80
Green Gary Woodwards 671 3.58
Majority 1,895 10.12
Turnout 18,724 63.00 +26.10
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 102 ballots were rejected.

Leighton Buzzard South[]

Leighton Buzzard South (3 seats)[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Amanda Louise Dodwell* 2,999 18.29 -1.20
Conservative Dave Bowater* 2,862 17.46 -2.07
Conservative Ray Berry* 2,823 17.22 -2.47
Labour John Stephen Bone 1,302 7.94 -3.26
UKIP Garry Lelliott 1,163 7.09
Labour Adrian Peter Heffernan 1,046 6.38
Labour Christopher Phillip Earnshaw Northedge 929 5.67 -3.92
Liberal Democrats Anne Elizabeth Gray 559 3.41 -3.66
Green Nichola Lynne Cheesewright 543 3.31
Liberal Democrats Anne Jennifer Guess 481 2.93 -3.89
Green Emily Anne Lawrence 474 2.89
Liberal Democrats Celia Mary Snelling 452 2.76 -3.91
Independent Paul Leslie Adams 401 2.45
Green Kenton Roger Charles Sumner 361 2.20
Majority 137 0.83
Turnout 16,395 64.00 +28.00
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 73 ballots were rejected.

Linslade[]

Linslade (3 seats) [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Perham 2,935 16.14 -1.16
Conservative Gary David Tubb 2,814 15.48 +2.56
Conservative Benjamin Mark Ian Walker 2,418 13.30 +1.18
Liberal Democrats Peter John Snelling 1,333 7.33 -4.65
Labour Peter William Palfrey 1,068 5.87 -1.00
Liberal Democrats Russ Goodchild 1,027 5.65 -4.02
Labour Rebekah Price 972 5.35 -0.48
Liberal Democrats Nigel Kenneth Carnell 958 5.27 -6.31
UKIP Ian Thomas Reynolds 930 5.11
Labour Gerald Alfred Sandison 914 5.03 -0.37
Green Ken Barry 834 4.59 -1.24
UKIP Mike Woodhouse 770 4.24
Green Parisa Francesca Rosina Darling 667 3.67
Green Tony Mabbott 541 2.97
Majority 121 0.66
Turnout 18,181 71.00 +25.00
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 71 ballots were rejected.

Northill[]

Northill (1 seat)[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frank Wray Firth 932 61.39 -6.92
UKIP Paul Goodchild 331 21.81
Labour Peter Heyes 255 16.80 +0.23
Majority 601 39.58
Turnout 1,518 43.00 -7.90
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 14 ballots were rejected.

Parkside[]

Parkside (1 seat)[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Antonia Petra Ryan 510 26.87 +5.92
Independent Alan David Winter 486 25.61
UKIP Stephen John North 387 20.39
Conservative Adam Fahn 384 20.23
Independent Jimmy Carroll 131 6.90
Majority 24 1.26
Turnout 1,898 53.00 +22.90
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

A total of 13 ballots were rejected.

Potton[]

Potton (2 seats)[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Adam Zerny* 3,059 47.35 +10.93
Conservative Doreen Beatrice Gurney* 1,384 21.42 -2.62
Conservative Allan Mathieson Drew 1,223 18.93 -3.35
Labour Adam John Dutton 795 12.30 +3.07
Majority 161 2.49
Turnout 6,461 73.00 +22.60
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 33 ballots were rejected.

Sandy[]

Sandy (3 seats) [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Mauldin* 2,798 16.43 -0.41
Conservative Tracey Deborah Stock 2,332 13.69 -2.62
Conservative Peter Lindsay Smith 2,294 13.47 +1.40
Liberal Democrats Nigel Aldis 1,378 8.09 -4.73
UKIP Christopher Butterfield 1,286 7.55
UKIP George Konstantinidis 1,087 6.38 +0.17
UKIP Peter Edwin Day 1,081 6.35
Labour Cheryl Ann McDonald 1,055 6.20 -0.20
Independent Ken Lynch 1,018 5.98
Labour Tom Noakes 849 4.99 -1.48
Liberal Democrats Jafor Ali 723 4.25 -4.50
Independent Stephen Robert Laurie Allen 572 3.36 -3.10
Liberal Democrats Gee Leach 555 3.26 -4.41
Majority 916 5.38
Turnout 17,028 64.00 +26.50
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

A total of 37 ballots were rejected.

Shefford[]

Shefford (2 seats)[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lewis Birt* 2,734 32.14 +1.57
Conservative Tony Brown* 2,630 30.92 +1.55
Labour Nigel Ian Rushby 1,176 13.83 +2.29
UKIP Jonathan Shilton 1,030 12.11 +3.39
UKIP Roger Martin Smith 936 11.00
Majority 1,454 17.09
Turnout 8,506 69.00 +27.50
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 31 ballots were rejected.

Silsoe & Shillington[]

Silsoe & Shillington (1 seat)[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Alison Mary Wainman Graham 1,394 45.98
Conservative Ian Jeremy Knighton 1,276 42.08 -4.14
Labour Keith Richard Whitwell 362 11.94 +5.57
Majority 118 3.90
Turnout 3,032 75.00 +23.50
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

A total of 23 ballots were rejected.

Stotfold & Langford[]

Stotfold & Langford (3 seats) [28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Saunders 3,750 21.25 +3.11
Conservative John Alfred George Saunders* 3,261 18.48 +0.87
Conservative Steven Ian Graham Dixon 3,205 18.16 +1.35
UKIP Roy Mitchell 1,667 9.44
Labour Lucy Kelly 1,570 8.90 +2.71
Independent Alan Reginald Cooper 1,539 8.72
Independent Larry Stoter 1,484 8.41
Green Craig Thomas 1,172 6.64
Majority 1,538 8.72
Turnout 17,648 69.00 +22.90
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 38 ballots were rejected.

Tithe Farm[]

Tithe Farm (1 seat)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Swain 522 30.58 -14.80
Conservative Tony Morris 485 28.41
Independent David Abbott 288 16.87
Liberal Democrats Marion Frances Rolfe 230 13.48 -41.14
Independent Tracey Karen McMahon 182 10.66
Majority 37 2.17
Turnout 1,707 55.00 +22.90
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

A total of 34 ballots were rejected.

Toddington[]

Toddington (2 seats)[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman Bryan Costin* 2,391 25.82 +0.54
Conservative Thomas Nicols* 1,616 17.45 -9.58
UKIP Richard Roe 1,154 12.46
Liberal Democrats Brian James Golby 982 10.61 -5.38
Labour Rachel Joy Elizabeth Garnham 977 10.55 -0.31
Independent Mary Elizabeth Walsh 822 8.88
Independent Michael Stonnell 712 7.69
Liberal Democrats Linda Anne Jack 605 6.54 -4.43
Majority 462 4.99
Turnout 9,259 71.00 +26.70
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 25 ballots were rejected.

Westoning, Flitton & Greenfield[]

Westoning, Flitton & Greenfield (1 seat)[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Gerard Jamieson* 1,859 65.60 5.76
UKIP Steven David Wildman 510 17.99
Green James Malcolm Chalmers 465 16.41 -3.56
Majority 1,349 47.61
Turnout 2,834 74.00 +25.90
Conservative hold Swing

The number of ballots rejected was not reported by the council.

References[]

  1. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Ampthill election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  2. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Arlesey election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  3. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Aspley and Woburn election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  4. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Barton-Le-Clay election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  5. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Biggleswade North election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  6. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Biggleswade South election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  7. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Caddington election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  8. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Cranfield & Marston Moretaine election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  9. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Dunstable Central election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  10. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Dunstable Icknield election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  11. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Dunstable Manshead election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  12. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Dunstable Northfields election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  13. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Dunstable Watling election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  14. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Eaton Bray election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  15. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Flitwick election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  16. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Heath and Reach election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  17. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Houghton Conquest and Haynes election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  18. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Houghton Hall election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  19. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Leighton Buzzard North election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  20. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Leighton Buzzard South election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  21. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Linslade election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  22. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Northill election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  23. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Parkside election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  24. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Potton election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  25. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Sandy election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  26. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Shefford election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  27. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Silsoe and Shillington election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  28. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Stotfold and Langford election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  29. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Tithe Farm election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  30. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Toddington election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
  31. ^ Central Bedfordshire Council. "Westoning, Flitton and Greenfield election results - 2015". www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
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