Who won the local election in Bedford?
2019 Bedford Borough Council election
| Leader | Wendy Rider | Sue Oliver |
| Party | Liberal Democrats | Labour |
| Leader’s seat | Brickhill | Kempston North |
| Last election | 9 seats, 19.4% | 14 seats, 27.5% |
| Seats won | 15 | 11 |
Who is the Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire?
| Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner | |
|---|---|
| Incumbent Festus Akinbusoye since 8 May 2021 | |
| Police and crime commissioner of Bedfordshire Police | |
| Reports to | Bedfordshire Police and Crime Panel |
| Appointer | Electorate of Bedfordshire |
How long are police and crime commissioners elected?
Each police area—with the exception of Greater London and Greater Manchester, where the directly elected mayor is the policing authority instead—elects a commissioner every four years.
How are police and crime commissioners selected?
PCCs are elected using the Supplementary Vote system. You make a first and second choice when you vote. If no candidate gets more than 50% of the first choice votes, all except the top 2 candidates are eliminated.
Is Bedford Council Labour or conservative?
| Bedford Borough Council | |
|---|---|
| Seats | Elected Mayor 40 Councillors |
| Council political groups | Executive (27) Liberal Democrats (15) Labour Party (11) Independent (1) Opposition (13) Conservative Party (11) Green Party (2) |
| Length of term | Executive mayor elected every four years Whole council elected every four years |
| Elections |
What does the mayor of Bedford do?
He appoints Councillors to his Executive, and is responsible for the majority of Council services. As Mayor, he represents Bedford Borough on a local, regional and national basis. See the Council Constitution for full information on Council decision making and responsibilities.
Who is the Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police?
Garry Forsyth
| Bedfordshire Police | |
|---|---|
| Police officers | 1,317 (2020) |
| Special constables | 151 (2020) |
| Police and Crime Commissioner responsible | Festus Akinbusoye |
| Agency executive | Garry Forsyth, Chief constable |
Who do police commissioners report to?
Furthermore, the Commissioner is directly accountable to the Home Secretary, the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, the Mayor of London and must answer to Londoners and the public nationally.
What local authority is Bedford?
Bedford Borough Council
Bedford Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. The executive of the council is the directly elected mayor of Bedford.
Who runs Bedfordshire council?
Laura Church. The current Chief Executive, Laura Church, was appointed in October 2021. Laura is the Council’s principal policy advisor to its directly elected Mayor and 40 councillors.
Who is the Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner?
The Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner is Festus Akinbusoye. View or download election results (PDF). A poll for the election of the Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner took place on Thursday 6 May 2021.
How many people voted in the Bedfordshire local election?
Out of 497,783 eligible voters, only 122,057 cast a ballot – that’s 24.52% Festus Akinbusoye has been declared as the new Bedfordshire PCC after a second round of votes. Credit: ITV News Anglia The local elections in Bedfordshire on Thursday 6 May involved the county’s Police & Crime Commissioner along with some council by-elections in Luton.
Who ran the PCC election in Bedfordshire?
Running the PCC election in Bedfordshire was a joint enterprise between Bedford Borough Council, Central Bedfordshire Council and Luton Council. Election teams from each authority combined to provide a coordinated approach to running the election. In Bedford Borough, the breakdown of the first preference votes is:
Who is the Liberal Democrat candidate for Bedford?
Former youth worker Linda Jack, from Luton, has been selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate. A councillor in Bedford from 2002 to 2007, she campaigned as a parliamentary candidate for the party in the 2005 and 2010 general elections and sits on the Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Justice and Equalities Parliamentary Policy Committee.