2011 UK local government election
Map of the results of the 2011 Christchurch Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey and Liberal Democrats in yellow. The 2011 Christchurch Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Christchurch Borough Council in Dorset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
Election result The Conservatives increased their majority on the council after winning 21 of the 24 seats.[2] They gained both of the seats in Portfield ward from the Liberal Democrats, with Conservatives Margaret Phipps and Lisle Smith being elected.[2] A further gain came in Town Centre where Conservative Gillian Geary took one of the two seats for the ward, while Paul Hilliard was elected for the first time in Grange ward.[2]
The Liberal Democrat defeats in Portfield and Town Centre wards reduced them to just one seat on the council, with Peter Hall in Town Centre ward being the party's only councillor.[2] The only other non-Conservatives elected were independents Colin Bungey and Fred Neale who were re-elected in Jumpers ward.[2] Overall turnout at the election was 48.7%.[3]
Following the election Ray Nottage was chosen by the Conservative group as the new leader of the council.[4]
Christchurch local election result 2011[5] [6] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Conservative 21 4 0 +4 87.5 63.3 19,708 +2.3% Independent 2 0 1 -1 8.3 7.1 2,219 +1.0% Liberal Democrats 1 0 3 -3 4.2 13.8 4,310 -11.9% Labour 0 0 0 0 0 9.2 2,860 +4.9% UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 6.5 2,034 +3.6%
Ward results Burton and Winkton (2 seats)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative David Flagg 903 Conservative Colin Jamieson 869 Liberal Democrats Nicholas Woodford 649 Labour John Merritt 301 UKIP John Dendy 243 Turnout 2,965 50.5 +5.8 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Grange (2 seats)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Denise Jones 606 Conservative Paul Hilliard 513 Labour Vera Hill 312 Independent Ellen Stammas 251 Liberal Democrats John Campbell 214 Liberal Democrats Renetta Vick 153 Turnout 2,049 34.4 +1.0 Conservative hold Swing Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Highcliffe (2 seats)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Lofts 1,423 Conservative Myra Mawbey 1,413 Labour Andrew Satherley 254 Labour Carol Wilcox 245 Turnout 3,335 57.4 +3.4 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Jumpers (2 seats)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Colin Bungey 798 Independent Frederick Neale 673 Conservative Paul Kinzett 490 Conservative Malcolm Mawbey 411 Liberal Democrats Martyn Hurll 233 Labour Abdulhaye Qureshi 135 Turnout 2,740 46.3 +3.3 Independent hold Swing Independent hold Swing
Mudeford and Friars Cliff (3 seats)[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Claire Bath unopposed Conservative Mike Duckworth unopposed Conservative Trevor Watts unopposed Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
North Highcliffe and Walkford (2 seats)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Sally Derham Wilkes 1,136 Conservative Nicholas Geary 1,001 Labour Donald Barr 381 Turnout 2,518 53.1 +1.8 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Portfield (2 seats)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Lisle Smith 542 Conservative Margaret Phipps 515 Liberal Democrats David Davies 352 Liberal Democrats Brett Bader 295 Independent Thomas Lane 273 Labour Christopher Sleightholme 200 Turnout 2,177 39.4 +3.4 Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Purewell and Stanpit (2 seats)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Raymond Nottage 920 Conservative Bernard Davis 849 Liberal Democrats Zoe Larrad 424 Liberal Democrats Derek Chaffey 416 Independent Barry Sherwin 224 Labour Philippa Lloyd 181 Turnout 3,014 48.2 +1.0 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
St Catherine's and Hurn (2 seats)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Susan Spittle 1,175 Conservative Tavis Fox 1,083 Liberal Democrats Jennifer Lodge 282 UKIP Simon Boyd 270 Labour James Kennedy 228 Turnout 3,038 56.0 +0.5 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Town Centre (2 seats)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Peter Hall 751 Conservative Gillian Geary 675 Conservative Lucy Filer 594 Liberal Democrats Andrew Slaney 541 UKIP John Reid 240 Labour Michael Woods 194 Turnout 2,995 49.2 +2.6 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
West Highcliffe (3 seats)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Lesley Dedman 1,583 Conservative Patricia Jamieson 1,572 Conservative David Jones 1,435 UKIP Philip Glover 557 Labour Christopher Thompson 429 UKIP Carl Williams 399 UKIP David Williams 325 Turnout 6,300 53.0 +6.9 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
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