2011 UK local government election
The 2011 Milton Keynes Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Milton Keynes Unitary Council in Buckinghamshire, England. One third of the council – the 17 seats contested in the 2007 election – was up for election and the council, which totalled 51 seats, remained under no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
- Conservative 21 (+4)
- Liberal Democrat 18 (–4)
- Labour 9
- Independent 3[1]
Election results
The Conservative Party won four seats from the Liberal Democrats – in Emerson Valley, Linford South, Sherington and Walton Park. All other seats remained in the same hands. Two Liberal Democrats representatives had become Independent seats between the 2010 and 2011 elections.
Milton Keynes Council Election, 2011[2] Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 9 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 58.8 | 37.2 | 20,444 | +3.7% |
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 29.4 | 24.5 | 13,452 | -0.8% |
| Labour | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.6 | 27.5 | 15,145 | +2.6% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 3,200 | –0.5% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 2,746 | +0.7% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0.1 | 53 | +0.1% |
Ward results
Bletchley and Fenny Stratford[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Michael Klein | 1,692 | 37.9 | −0.6 |
| Labour | Rita Venn | 1,614 | 36.1 | +4.0 |
| Green | Paul Bowler | 545 | 12.2 | +12.2 |
| UKIP | Adrian Pitfield | 341 | 7.6 | +7.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Burke | 278 | 6.2 | −2.9 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bradwell[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Exon | 1,386 | 40.8 | +3.3 |
| Labour | Pauline Wallis | 1,086 | 32.0 | +3.5 |
| Conservative | Thomas Curragh | 672 | 19.8 | −2.0 |
| Green | Edward May | 151 | 4.5 | −2.7 |
| UKIP | Judith Green | 101 | 3.0 | +−2.1 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Campbell Park[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Cec Tallack | 1,224 | 36.9 | −2.6 |
| Labour | Paul Williams | 1,222 | 36.8 | +8.3 |
| Conservative | James Orr | 551 | 16.6 | −2.7 |
| Green | Carol Barac | 173 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Danesborough[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | David Hopkins | 1,377 | 75.6 | −1.6 |
| Labour | Margaret Woodward | 246 | 13.5 | +7.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Valerie Menzies | 102 | 5.6 | −0.5 |
| UKIP | Arnold Leeming | 96 | 5.3 | +0.1 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Emerson Valley[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Edith Bald | 1,690 | 39.9 | +2.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Snell | 1,267 | 29.9 | −14.6 |
| Labour | Sairam Reddy | 900 | 21.3 | +7.8 |
| UKIP | Joseph Pinto | 220 | 5.2 | +0.9 |
| Green | Philip Buckley | 158 | 3.7 | +3.7 |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Furzton[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Williams | 1,077 | 43.3 | −10.0 |
| Conservative | Margaret Geaney | 622 | 25.0 | −12.7 |
| Labour | David Morgan | 556 | 22.4 | +8.9 |
| UKIP | Stuart Moore | 161 | 6.5 | +2.2 |
| Green | Beverley Caprice | 72 | 2.9 | +2.9 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hanslope Park[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Andrew Geary | 1,401 | 71.3 | −0.1 |
| Labour | David Flatman | 309 | 15.7 | +0.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Curtis | 167 | 8.5 | −0.1 |
| UKIP | Graham White | 87 | 4.4 | −0.3 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Linford North[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Richards | 1,112 | 37.4 | −3.4 |
| Conservative | David Tunney | 935 | 31.4 | −3.1 |
| Labour | Brian Barton | 537 | 18.1 | +5.0 |
| UKIP | Helen Davies | 175 | 5.9 | −1.8 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hanslope Park[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Catriona Morris | 1,093 | 36.9 | +1.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Howlett | 877 | 29.6 | −9.1 |
| Labour | Rob Middleton | 655 | 22.1 | +6.0 |
| Green | Caroline Lancaster | 209 | 7.1 | +0.8 |
| UKIP | Ronen Ghose | 129 | 4.4 | −0.8 |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Loughton Park[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Ruth Jury | 1,989 | 45.6 | −5.7 |
| Labour | Peter Todd | 1,383 | 31.7 | +5.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Thompson | 467 | 10.7 | −5.4 |
| UKIP | Catherine Kitchiner | 268 | 6.1 | −0.7 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Middleton[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Bint | 1,894 | 50.1 | +5.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ozoyah Oyakhire | 1,055 | 27.9 | −12.4 |
| Labour | Mohammed Khan | 577 | 15.3 | +5.1 |
| Green | John Creaser | 162 | 4.3 | +0.8 |
| UKIP | Roger Nye | 95 | 2.5 | +0.6 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Sherington[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Donald Mclean | 1,082 | 54.0 | +7.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Potts | 682 | 34.0 | −13.1 |
| Labour | Alan Price | 131 | 6.5 | +2.8 |
| UKIP | Raymond Denman | 109 | 5.4 | +3.0 |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Stantonbury[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Brian White | 950 | 34.7 | −3.4 |
| Conservative | Graham Davison | 866 | 31.7 | +7.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sean Barnes | 632 | 23.1 | −8.7 |
| UKIP | Harvey Rainbow | 180 | 6.6 | +0.2 |
| Green | Thomas Bulman | 107 | 3.9 | +3.9 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Stony Stratford[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Philip Wharton | 1,902 | 46.4 | −4.7 |
| Labour | Arshad Majid | 1,052 | 25.7 | −5.4 |
| Green | Michael Sheppard | 422 | 10.3 | +10.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Adrian Dnes | 406 | 9.9 | +0.7 |
| UKIP | Steven Beaumont | 315 | 7.7 | −0.9 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Walton Park[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Lee Barney | 1,704 | 40.4 | +6.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Vanessa McPake | 1,500 | 35.6 | −3.8 |
| Labour | Moriah Priestley | 757 | 18.0 | +7.8 |
| UKIP | Sandra Lindley | 256 | 6.1 | +3.0 |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Wolverton[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Peter Marland | 1,733 | 43.4 | +6.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Patrick McQuillan | 1,073 | 26.9 | −6.5 |
| Conservative | Shout Mirza | 560 | 14.0 | −2.2 |
| Green | Alan Francis | 332 | 8.3 | +0.8 |
| UKIP | Vincent Peddle | 299 | 7.5 | +1.9 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Woughton[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Stephen Coventry | 1,437 | 64.8 | +5.3 |
| Conservative | Jinmi Macaulay | 414 | 18.7 | −1.1 |
| UKIP | Arthur Morton | 219 | 9.9 | −0.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Darron Kendrick | 147 | 6.6 | −3.6 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ "Milton Keynes". BBC News.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Borough Council Elections May 2011". Milton Keynes Council. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.