Politics
Houghton Regis Town Council has 14 elected councillors who receive no remuneration. Elections are held every 4 years.
Central Bedfordshire came into being on 1 April 2009. The first-ever elections for Central Bedfordshire took place on 4 June, when the four places for Houghton Regis were won by the Liberal Democrats.
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“The politics of the exile are fever,
revenge, daydream,
theater of the aging convalescent.
You wait in the wings and rehearse.
You wait and wait.”
—Marge Piercy (b. 1936)
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