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Former Mayor of Bedford Sylvia Gillard has died.
Sylvia Gillard was a Liberal Democrat Bedford Borough Councillor for Goldington ward from 1987-91 which included her year as Mayor 1989-1990.
She was then a Bedfordshire County Councillor from 2001-2009 for Goldington ward, and then a Bedford Borough Councillor for Goldington ward again from 2009-15.
Our thoughts are with her family.