- North Somerset Council election, 2011
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Map of the results of the 2011 North Somerset council election. Conservatives in blue, independent in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Green Party in green.
The 2011 North Somerset Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of North Somerset Unitary Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
Contents
Background
At the last election in 2007 the Conservatives gained control of the council with 46 seats.[2] This was compared to 6 independents, 5 Liberal Democrats, 3 Labour and 1 Green Party councillors.[2]
In February 2011 Liberal Democrat councillor for Nailsea East Andy Cole said he would be standing in the election as an independent.[3] Cole was one of a total of 182 candidates who stood in the election for the 61 seats on the council.[4] These were 58 Conservatives, 53 Labour, 42 Liberal Democrats, 20 independents, 5 Green Party, 3 United Kingdom Independence Party and 1 from the All The South Party.[4] The most candidates were in Weston-super-Mare West ward, where 12 people contested the seats.[4]
The Conservative administration of the previous 4 years was attacked over the cost moving the council offices to Castlewood in Clevedon and over the refurbishment of the town hall in Weston-super-Mare.[5] However the Conservatives said they had been able to make savings and therefore not had to make as big cuts as other councils.[6]
Election result
The results saw the Conservatives remain in control of the council after winning 42 of the 61 seats. Independents won 7 seats, the Liberal Democrats 6, Labour 5 and the Green Party 1 seat.[6]
The Liberal Democrats took 2 seats from the Conservatives in Weston-super-Mare Central[6] and 3 seats from them in Weston-super-Mare West,[7] but lost 3 seats back to the Conservatives in Weston-super-Mare South Worle.[6] Meanwhile Labour also gained 2 seats from the Conservatives in Weston-super-Mare East.[7] Long time councillor and independent Nan Kirsen lost her seat in Pill to another independent Don Davies, standing for the Sustainable Pill and District Party, by 17 votes, while Andy Cole won his seat in Nailsea East as an independent after leaving the Liberal Democrats.[6]
North Somerset Local Election Result 2011[1][8][9] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/- Conservative 42 3 7 -4 68.9 44.4 58,442 -3.8% Independent 7 1 0 +1 11.5 13.7 18,017 +6.8% Liberal Democrat 6 5 4 +1 9.8 18.7 24,553 -10.5% Labour 5 2 0 +2 8.2 20.3 26,645 +6.8% Green 1 0 0 0 1.6 2.0 2,620 +0.4% UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 1,109 +0.1% All The South Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 137 +0.1% Ward results
Backwell (2)[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Karen Barclay 1,603 Independent Thomas Collinson 1,602 Conservative Peter Burden 778 Turnout 3,983 51.5 +6.4 Independent hold Swing Independent hold Swing Banwell & Winscombe (3)[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Ann Harley 2,055 Conservative Anthony Lake 1,914 Conservative Timothy Marter 1,765 Green Cresten Boase 936 Labour Stanley Banks 637 Liberal Democrat David Gilbert 628 Liberal Democrat Brian Pike 590 Labour Barry Edwards 554 Labour Georgina Edwards 549 Turnout 9,628 44.4 +6.6 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Blagdon & Churchill[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Elizabeth Wells 1,094 71.0 +5.9 Labour Mark Burgess 446 29.0 +22.1 Majority 648 42.1 +5.0 Turnout 1,540 50.7 +6.1 Conservative hold Swing Clevedon Central[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Nicholas Pennycott 445 43.2 -1.9 Labour Stuart Hale 403 39.2 +15.3 Liberal Democrat Bronno Vanderholt 181 17.6 -13.4 Majority 42 4.1 -10.1 Turnout 1,029 41.8 +8.3 Conservative hold Swing Clevedon East[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent David Shopland 622 52.2 -8.2 Conservative Jon Middleton 338 28.4 +3.3 Labour Nicholas Green 232 19.5 +5.0 Majority 284 23.8 -11.6 Turnout 1,192 45.8 +10.7 Independent hold Swing Clevedon North[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Robert Garner 733 68.5 +23.2 Labour Joseph Norman 337 31.5 +31.5 Majority 396 37.0 +32.3 Turnout 1,070 50.0 +7.5 Conservative hold Swing Clevedon South[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Linda Knott 499 50.7 +11.7 Labour Alan Cotton 485 49.3 +13.9 Majority 14 1.4 -2.2 Turnout 984 40.5 +4.9 Conservative hold Swing Clevedon Walton[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Norton-Sealey 917 65.7 +1.1 Liberal Democrat Jack Dagnall 245 17.6 -17.8 Labour Martin Hime 233 16.7 +16.7 Majority 672 48.2 +19.0 Turnout 1,395 60.8 +9.3 Conservative hold Swing Clevedon West[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Christopher Blades 558 46.3 -8.4 Independent Trevor Morgan 342 28.4 +28.4 Labour Ivy Cameron 304 25.2 -20.1 Majority 216 17.9 +8.6 Turnout 1,204 49.3 +5.7 Conservative hold Swing Clevedon Yeo[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Colin Hall 550 55.6 -2.5 Labour Alistair Lindsay 290 29.3 -12.6 Liberal Democrat Robert Masding 149 15.1 +15.1 Majority 260 26.3 +10.2 Turnout 989 40.2 +9.4 Conservative hold Swing Congresbury[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Green Thomas Leimdorfer 825 58.1 -7.2 Conservative Samantha Pepperall 418 29.4 -2.5 Labour Anthony Wontner-Smith 121 8.5 +8.5 Liberal Democrat June How 56 3.9 +3.9 Majority 407 28.7 -4.7 Turnout 1,420 51.7 +5.0 Green hold Swing Easton-in-Gordano[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Carl Francis-Pester 729 61.4 -10.9 Independent Madeline Bickle 459 38.6 +38.6 Majority 270 22.7 -22.0 Turnout 1,188 54.2 +9.4 Conservative hold Swing Gordano[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Nigel Ashton 1,093 67.8 -8.5 Labour Terry Lester 276 17.1 +17.1 Liberal Democrat Daisy Bickley 243 15.1 -8.6 Majority 817 50.7 -2.0 Turnout 1,612 50.0 +3.0 Conservative hold Swing Hutton & Locking (2)[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Terence Porter 1,544 Conservative Elfan Ap Rees 1,370 Labour Anthony Probert 495 Liberal Democrat Glyn Hayes 476 Labour Timothy Taylor 424 Liberal Democrat Hamish Macdonald Fraser 375 Turnout 4,684 46.3 +6.8 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Kewstoke[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Ian Porter 733 60.5 -2.7 Labour Susan Popperwell 274 22.6 +13.7 Liberal Democrat Jeffrey Alen 204 16.8 -11.1 Majority 459 37.9 +2.6 Turnout 1,211 45.9 +8.3 Conservative hold Swing Nailsea East (2)[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Andrew Cole 1,705 Conservative Angela Barber 1,328 Independent Susan Cole 1,269 Conservative Anita Heappey 864 Labour John Loosley 210 Labour Patricia Loosley 177 Turnout 5,553 55.7 +11.1 Independent gain from Liberal Democrat Swing Conservative hold Swing Nailsea North and West (3)[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Jeremy Blatchford 1,537 Conservative Teresa Kemp 1,415 Conservative Mary Blatchford 1,360 Independent Alan Clarke 1,107 Independent Julia Latta 1,069 Liberal Democrat Robin Bell 1,058 Labour Terence Connell 857 Independent Suzanne Osborne 566 Labour Gaile Blake 493 Labour Stephen Varney 353 Turnout 9,815 49.9 +11.0 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Pill[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Donald Davies 603 50.7 +50.7 Independent Nanette Kirsen 586 49.3 -30.6 Majority 17 1.4 -58.5 Turnout 1,189 43.4 +5.4 Independent hold Swing Portishead Central[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Reyna Knight 675 56.6 +18.2 Liberal Democrat John Clark 518 43.4 +13.6 Majority 157 13.2 +4.6 Turnout 1,193 54.7 +20.1 Conservative hold Swing Portishead Coast[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative David Pasley 854 68.6 +3.6 Liberal Democrat Evelyn Elworthy 391 31.4 +5.9 Majority 463 37.2 -2.4 Turnout 1,245 54.7 +5.3 Conservative hold Swing Portishead East[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Arthur Terry 904 50.4 -6.1 Liberal Democrat Jean Lord 430 24.0 -5.4 Labour Abigail Fuller-Gardener 321 17.9 +3.8 Independent Roger Whitfield 139 7.7 +7.7 Majority 474 26.4 -0.7 Turnout 1,794 42.6 +5.0 Conservative hold Swing Portishead Redcliffe Bay[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Felicity Baker 799 60.8 +8.8 Liberal Democrat Colin Howells 515 39.2 -4.1 Majority 284 21.6 +12.8 Turnout 1,314 51.0 +1.2 Conservative hold Swing Portishead South & North Weston[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Alan McMurray 604 55.4 -4.4 Liberal Democrat Nicholas Doddrell 279 25.6 -14.6 Labour Paul Dunn 208 19.1 +19.1 Majority 325 29.8 +10.1 Turnout 1,091 46.0 +7.5 Conservative hold Swing Portishead West[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative David Jolley 728 58.1 -5.7 Liberal Democrat Susan Mason 323 25.8 -3.5 Labour Kirsty Gardener 201 16.1 +9.2 Majority 405 32.3 -2.3 Turnout 1,252 49.1 +4.0 Conservative hold Swing Weston-super-Mare Central (2)[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Mike Bell 632 Liberal Democrat Claire Kingsbury-Bell 521 Conservative Michael Kellaway-Marriott 431 Conservative Keith Morris 383 Labour David Drinkwater 228 Green Elisabeth Roberts 225 Labour Frederick Roberts 205 Turnout 2,625 37.5 +4.5 Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing Weston-super-Mare Clarence & Uphill (3)[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative David Poole 1,372 Conservative Clive Webb 1,333 Conservative Anthony Bryant 1,271 Independent John Ley-Morgan 1,172 Liberal Democrat Jennifer Bindon 560 Labour Bryan Trotter 534 Labour Josephine Bateman 533 Labour June Parker 523 Liberal Democrat Amanda Brading 453 Turnout 7,753 45.7 +5.2 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Weston-super-Mare East (3)[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Richard Tucker 1,319 Labour Catherine Gibbons-Antonopoulos 1,279 Conservative Dawn Payne 1,214 Conservative William Collins 1,211 Labour Michael Lyall 1,204 Conservative David Power 1,108 Liberal Democrat David Cordingley 676 Liberal Democrat John Harrison 620 Liberal Democrat Mark Johnston 607 Turnout 9,238 35.3 +3.8 Labour gain from Conservative Swing Labour gain from Conservative Swing Conservative hold Swing Weston-super-Mare Milton & Old Worle (3)[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Rosslyn Willis 1,501 Conservative Lisa Pilgrim 1,448 Conservative Stephen Fudge 1,383 Liberal Democrat Jennifer Gosden 872 Liberal Democrat Stephen Bowering 768 Labour Monish Kelly 673 Liberal Democrat Norman Sycamore 673 Labour Elizabeth Swan 632 Labour Michael O'Regan 568 UKIP Steven Pearse-Danker 430 UKIP Louis Rostill 386 Turnout 9,334 47.5 +5.7 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Weston-super-Mare North Worle (3)[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Philip Judd 1,293 Conservative Marcia Pepperall 1,183 Conservative Sonia Russe 1,101 Liberal Democrat Peter Hardaway 686 Liberal Democrat Ronald Moon 671 Liberal Democrat Richard Skinner 609 Labour Jacqueline Scholes 600 Labour Darius Foster 596 Labour Andrew Hughes 449 Turnout 7,188 38.2 +11.6 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Weston-super-Mare South (3)[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ian Parker 1,190 Labour Robert Bateman 1,146 Labour Deborah Stone 1,090 Conservative Sidney Carter 489 Conservative John Butler 432 Conservative Francis Drake 372 Liberal Democrat Gillian Ashworth 312 Liberal Democrat William Dawson 275 Liberal Democrat Amanda Wilkinson 273 Independent John Hopkins 154 Turnout 5,733 29.9 +2.5 Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing Weston-super-Mare South Worle (3)[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Peter Crew 1,058 Conservative David Hitchins 985 Conservative Robert Cleland 957 Liberal Democrat Guljinder Hayer 908 Liberal Democrat Christopher Howell 781 Liberal Democrat Edward Keating 763 Labour David Dash 762 Labour Derek Kraft 738 Labour Simon Stokes 691 Turnout 7,643 38.1 +10.3 Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing Weston-super-Mare West (3)[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Mark Canniford 1,335 Liberal Democrat John Crockford-Hawley 1,234 Liberal Democrat Robert Payne 1,014 Conservative Andrew Horler 1,004 Conservative Dawn Parry 912 Conservative Christopher Kimitri 886 Labour Oliver Ballard 361 Labour Dorothy Agassiz 360 Labour Simon Harrison-Morse 296 UKIP Harold James 293 Green Brian Outten 253 All The South Party Robert Craig 137 Turnout 8,085 43.1 +0.8 Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing Winford[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Hugh Gregor 774 69.3 +15.2 Conservative Michael Dolley 343 30.7 -15.2 Majority 431 38.6 +30.4 Turnout 1,117 45.3 +3.9 Independent hold Swing Wraxall & Long Ashton (2)[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Robert Cook 1,390 Conservative Charles Cave 1,239 Independent Anthony Butcher 1,006 Liberal Democrat Angela Neale 648 Independent Bridget Mackwood 430 Green Stuart McQuillan 381 Labour Christopher Smart 324 Labour Alan Monks 307 Turnout 5,779 51.1 +7.8 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Wrington[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Deborah Yamanaka 673 52.3 +7.3 Conservative Peter Ellis 613 47.7 +14.9 Majority 60 4.7 -7.5 Turnout 1,286 57.4 +3.1 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Yatton (3)[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Anthony Moulin 1,824 Conservative Annabel Tall 1,465 Conservative Jill Iles 1,464 Liberal Democrat Wendy Griggs 1,328 Independent Juley Howard 985 Labour Hedley Woods 415 Labour Alan Bagg 387 Labour Carol Bagg 355 Turnout 8,223 50.8 +5.6 Independent hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing References
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