Bedford Borough Council rejected a £375,000 mayoral referendum motion by 24 votes to 16. Four Conservative councillors abstained, while a row broke out over a proposed secret ballot...

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Bedford Borough councillors overwhelmingly voted against holding a referendum to scrap the directly elected mayor position, defeating the motion 24 to 16...

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Bedford Ian has been looking ahead to tonight’s council vote on whether the elected mayor role should be abolished (or not) and tells us what he thinks of it all. Read his analysis at the link below...

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Monthly column: "The last referendum on this was held in 2002, and the Group feel people who reside in the Borough now should have their say on this again".

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