Dave Hodgson is the New Mayor of Bedford Borough

3.36.20pm BST (GMT +0100) Fri 16th Oct 2009

Dave Hodgson - Mayor of Bedford Borough

Dave Hodgson has been elected as the Mayor of Bedford Borough.

The result, following the re-allocation of second preference votes, was as follows:

Dave Hodgson (Lib Dem) 13555

Parvez Akhtar (Con) 11543

In his acceptance speech, Dave Hodgson paid tribute to Frank Branston, whose sudden death in August caused the by-election. He pledged to work to make Bedford a great place to live, work and do business.

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