Mid Suffolk Council election, 2011

In the 2011 United Kingdom local elections, the Conservative Party held on to the Council for a third term while actually increasing their majority. The Liberal Democrats lost four seats but remained in second place while the Green Party and the Labour Party each gained a seat, which is Labour's only seat on the Council.

Note: The seven Independents also include two Suffolk Together Councillors who held onto their seats.

Election result

Mid Suffolk District Council Election, 2011
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Conservative	22	+2	-1	+1	55.0
	Independent	7	+1	0	+1	17.5
	Liberal Democrat	6	0	-4	-4	15.0
	Green	4	+1	0	+1	10.0
	Labour	1	+1	0	+1	2.5

Ward results

Bacton and Old Newton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sarah Stringer	476	48.9	-5.8
	Conservative	Simon Bennett	412	42.3	-3.0
	UKIP	Ian Hawkins	85	8.7	n/a
Majority			64	6.6	-2.8
Turnout			973	50.5	+4.6
	Independent hold		Swing	-1.4

Badwell Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Barker	779	70.0	-5.3
	Green	Andrew Mellen	183	16.4	n/a
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Gath	89	8.0	-6.6
	UKIP	Thomas Fairweather	62	5.6	n/a
Majority			596	53.5	-7.2
Turnout			1,113	52.3	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barking and Somersham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Wright	493	53.4	+13.8
	Conservative	Jeremy Smith	310	33.6	+2.3
	Liberal Democrat	David Payne	121	13.1	-16.0
Majority			383	19.8	+11.5
Turnout			924	52.2	-0.2
	Independent hold		Swing	+5.8

Bramford and Blakenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Blakenham	731	30.3	-8.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Field	584	24.2	-8.1
	Conservative	David Payne	453	18.8	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Smith	226	9.4	-11.7
	Labour	Tony Elliott	222	9.2	n/a
	Labour	Brian Smith	200	8.3	n/a
Majority
Turnout			2,212	47.8	+3.9
	Independent hold		Swing	-0.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-6.2

Claydon and Barham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Whitehead	573	21.1	+4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Redbond	502	18.5	-22.0
	Conservative	Linda Britt	469	17.3	n/a
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Touman	296	10.9	-12.0
	Labour	Jennifer Wilson	251	9.3	n/a
	Independent	Shirley Fairburn	250	9.2	-11.0
	Labour	Terry Wilson	233	8.6	n/a
	Green	David Penny	139	5.1	n/a
Majority
Turnout			2,713	43.8	+4.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+13.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Claydon and Barham is a two seat-constituency therefore the top two candidates are elected.

Debenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathie Guthrie	509	53.3	-14.4
	Green	Brian Fearnley	178	18.6	n/a
	Labour	Jennifer Chattington	176	18.4	n/a
	Liberal Democrat	Xy Stanfield	92	9.6	-22.7
Majority			331	34.8	+9.4
Turnout			955	51.6	+12.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elmswell and Norton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Caroline Storey	991
	Green	Sarah Elisabeth Mansel	657
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Ann Gloria Milward	615
	Liberal Democrat	Julian Peter William Cunningham	492
	Labour	Heather Salmon	291
Majority
Turnout			2012	48.26
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elmswell and Norton is a two seat-constituency therefore the top two candidates are elected.

References

Mid Suffolk District Council- Mid Suffolk District Council Results