- North Devon Council election, 2011
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Map of the results of the 2011 North Devon council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in grey.
The 2011 North Devon Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of North Devon District Council in Devon, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[1]
Contents
Background
Before the election the council was controlled by the Conservatives with 22 councillors, compared to 17 Liberal Democrats and 4 independents.[2] However North Devon was reported as one of the councils that the Conservatives were most likely to lose control of in 2011.[3][4]
There were 120 candidates standing in the election for the 43 seats on the council.[5] These were made up of 36 Conservatives, 33 Liberal Democrats, 20 independents, 17 Green Party, 10 Labour, 2 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 1 United Kingdom Independence Party and 1 Communist Party of Britain.[5] The candidates included the former Liberal Democrat leader of the council, Malcolm Prowse, and Yvette Gubb, who both quit the Liberal Democrats to stand as independents in the election.[6]
Election result
The results saw the Conservative lose their majortiy on the council, dropping to 18 seats after sufering a net loss of 4 councillors.[7] The Liberal Democrats stayed as the main opposition with 14 seats, but also dropped 3 seats.[7] It was independents who made progress in the election, with the number of independent councillors going up to 11.[8] Overall turnout in the election was 45.33%,[9] ranging from a high of 63% in Bratton Fleming to a low of 30% in Forches and Whiddon Valley.[5]
Among the councillors to lose their seats to independents were Conservatives Dick Jones and John Gill in Fremington and Liberal Democrats Carol Mccormack-Hole and Sue Sewell in Bickington and Roundswell, and South Molton respectively.[10] Successful independent candidates included the former Conservative Rodney Cann and the former Liberal Democrat Malcolm Prowse.[5]
10 of the 11 elected independent councillors divided up into 3 groups, New Wave, containing Rodney Cann, Joanne Bell, Frank Biederman and Brian Hockin, North Devon First, containing Malcolm Prowse, Julia Clark and Yvette Gubb, and Independent Group, containing Mike Edmunds, Eric Ley and Walter White.[11] The final independent, John Moore, was not part of any group.[11]
Following the election a coalition between the Liberal Democrat and independent councillors took control of the council from the former Conservative administration.[12] Liberal Democrat Brian Greenslade became the new council leader,[13] taking over from Conservative Des Brailey, while independent Rodney Cann became deputy leader.[12] The new cabinet was made up of 5 Liberal Democrats and 4 independents.[12]
North Devon Local Election Result 2011[9][14] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/- Conservative 18 1 5 -4 41.9 36.1 18,269 -3.7% Liberal Democrat 14 2 5 -3 32.6 31.6 16,004 -11.2% Independent 11 7 0 +7 25.6 20.4 10,317 +12.9% Green 0 0 0 0 0 6.9 3,474 -2.4% Labour 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 1,985 +3.7% Trade Unionist & Socialist 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 340 +0.7% UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 131 +0.3% Communist 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 90 +0.0% 2 independent candidates were unopposed.[9][14]
Ward results
Bickington & Roundswell (2)[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Rodney Cann 850 Independent Brian Hockin 570 Liberal Democrat Carol McCormack-Hole 411 Liberal Democrat Jerry Hole 281 Conservative Serena Thomas 278 Conservative Jason Ritterband-Fulcher 272 Labour Jean Smalley 163 Turnout 2,825 43.4 +8.5 Independent hold Swing Independent gain from Liberal Democrat Swing Bishops Nympton[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Eric Ley unopposed Independent hold Swing Bratton Fleming[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Malcolm Prowse 544 54.1 +54.1 Conservative Gordon Cumming 315 31.3 +10.2 Green Ian Godfrey 147 14.6 +14.6 Majority 229 22.8 Turnout 1,006 62.8 +6.2 Independent gain from Liberal Democrat Swing Braunton East (2)[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Roy Lucas 621 Liberal Democrat Derrick Spear 517 Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Spear 495 Conservative Sally Smith 489 Green Mary Breeds 276 Green Andy Leat 191 Labour Valerie Cann 173 Turnout 2,762 47.0 +6.4 Conservative hold Swing Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing Braunton West (2)[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Caroline Chugg 753 Conservative Jasmine Chesters 677 Liberal Democrat Marguerite Shapland 478 Liberal Democrat Carol Woodford 342 Green Liz Wood 218 Labour Steven Holden 206 Green Mary Clay 174 Turnout 2,848 47.6 +4.2 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Central Town (Barnstaple) (2)[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Faye Webber 593 Liberal Democrat Adam Bradford 550 Conservative Simon Harvey 459 Labour Danny Neary 235 Conservative Deborah Lewis 201 Communist Gerrard Sables 90 Turnout 2,128 33.9 +0.4 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Liberal Democrat hold Swing Chittlehampton[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Walter White unopposed Independent hold Swing Chulmleigh[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Sue Croft 615 63.4 Liberal Democrat Trudy Weston 355 36.6 Majority 260 26.8 Turnout 970 54.6 Conservative hold Swing Combe Martin (2)[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Yvette Gubb 1,168 Independent Julia Clark 821 Conservative Sue Sussex 764 Conservative Paul Crockett 541 Turnout 3,294 54.2 +3.3 Independent gain from Liberal Democrat Swing Independent gain from Conservative Swing Forches & Whiddon Valley (Barnstaple) (2)[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Sue Haywood 534 Liberal Democrat Julie Hunt 433 Labour Geoff Moody 208 Green Neil Basil 200 Trade Unionist & Socialist Douglas Lowe 154 Turnout 1,529 29.5 +3.4 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Liberal Democrat hold Swing Fremington (2)[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Frank Biederman 1,266 Independent Joanne Bell 969 Conservative Dick Jones 382 Conservative John Gill 323 Independent Tony Wood 235 Liberal Democrat Andrew Cann 184 Liberal Democrat Joy Cann 95 Turnout 3,454 54.0 +11.1 Independent gain from Conservative Swing Independent gain from Conservative Swing Georgeham & Mortehoe (2)[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Malcolm Wilkinson 678 Conservative Pat Barker 597 Liberal Democrat Lesley Slade 557 Conservative Edward Short 416 Green Mike Harrison 274 Green Rosemary Brian 205 Turnout 2,727 50.0 +8.9 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Heanton Punchardon[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Andrea Davis 301 52.7 -18.3 Liberal Democrat Ray Shapland 139 24.3 -4.7 UKIP Steve Crowther 131 22.9 +22.9 Majority 162 28.4 -13.6 Turnout 571 35.2 +3.2 Conservative hold Swing Ilfracombe Central (2)[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Paul Crabb 496 Conservative Paul Yabsley 436 Independent Frank Pearson 381 Independent Netti Pearson 284 Green Tim Cox 223 Turnout 1,820 29.6 -0.7 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Ilfracombe East[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Mike Edmunds 482 55.1 +6.8 Conservative Robin Horne 312 35.7 -8.2 Labour Tony Ebert 80 9.2 +9.2 Majority 170 19.5 +15.1 Turnout 874 45.0 +2.6 Independent hold Swing Ilfracombe West (2)[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Geoff Fowler 678 Conservative Philip Webb 594 Conservative Colin Wright 560 Labour Marianna Holdsworth 333 Turnout 2,165 37.9 +3.8 Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing Conservative hold Swing Instow[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Brian Moores 423 59.9 +6.7 Independent Stewart White 159 22.5 +22.5 Independent Michaela Willis 124 17.6 +17.6 Majority 264 37.4 +31.0 Turnout 706 55.8 +11.5 Conservative hold Swing Landkey, Swimbridge & Taw (2)[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Glyn Lane 1,054 Conservative David Luggar 973 Liberal Democrat Richard Medland 639 Liberal Democrat Mark Pegden 449 Green Mark Haworth-Booth 390 Independent Cliff Bell 341 Turnout 3,846 54.1 +10.2 Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing Conservative hold Swing Longbridge (Barnstaple) (2)[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Des Brailey 852 Conservative Jackie Flynn 601 Liberal Democrat Charlie Piper 529 Liberal Democrat Malcolm Rundle 504 Labour Mark Cann 225 Turnout 2,711 44.8 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Lynton & Lynmouth[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Julian Gurney 401 47.7 Independent Tim Parker 220 26.2 Conservative Ian Rigby 220 26.2 Majority 181 21.5 Turnout 841 57.4 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Marwood[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Joe Tucker 447 48.2 +0.7 Conservative Jim Pile 366 39.4 -3.2 Green Micky Darling 115 12.4 +2.5 Majority 81 8.7 +3.8 Turnout 928 59.5 +1.5 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Newport (Barnstaple) (2)[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Mathews 624 Conservative Michael Harrison 557 Liberal Democrat Chris Haywood 498 Liberal Democrat Ian Roome 394 Green Ricky Knight 353 Green Rosie Haworth-Booth 200 Labour Marion Mason 143 Turnout 2,769 42.2 -1.4 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing North Molton[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Richard Edgell 613 68.0 Liberal Democrat Michael Nelson 288 32.0 Majority 325 36.1 Turnout 901 53.1 Conservative hold Swing Pilton (Barnstaple) (2)[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Brian Greenslade 872 Liberal Democrat Mair Manuel 765 Conservative David Barker 349 Conservative Linda Wellstead 293 Green L'Anne Knight 284 Labour Hilary Greenfield 219 Turnout 2,782 43.7 +4.0 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Liberal Democrat hold Swing South Molton (2)[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent John Moore 1,221 Liberal Democrat David Worden 733 Independent Tracey Lewis 682 Liberal Democrat Sue Sewell 618 Turnout 3,254 47.7 +10.3 Independent gain from Liberal Democrat Swing Liberal Democrat hold Swing Witheridge[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Jeremy Yabsley 689 71.8 +13.1 Liberal Democrat Kate Palmer 270 28.2 -13.1 Majority 419 43.7 +26.4 Turnout 959 51.6 +3.0 Conservative hold Swing Yeo Valley (Barnstaple) (2)[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Lesley Brown 677 Liberal Democrat Colin Payne 600 Conservative Silvia Harrison 253 Green Sarah Willoughby 224 Trade Unionist & Socialist Paul Dyer 186 Turnout 1,940 34.2 +5.3 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Liberal Democrat hold Swing References
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Preceded by
North Devon Council election, 2007North Devon local elections Succeeded by
North Devon Council election, 2015(2010 ←) 
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