Dave Hodgson
Dave Hodgson | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Bedford | |
| In office 19 October 2009 – 5 May 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Frank Branston |
| Succeeded by | Tom Wootton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 October 1959 |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Website | daveformayor.org.uk |
David Stuart Hodgson MBE (born 21 October 1959) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as the directly elected mayor of the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, from 2009 to 2023. Hodgson was the second elected mayor to represent the Liberal Democrats in the United Kingdom.
Hodgson was elected to office in a by-election held on 15 October 2009, following the death of previous mayor, Frank Branston.
He lost his Mayoralty in the May 2023 local elections.