2011 UK local government election
Map of results of 2011 election Elections to Poole Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011 in line with other local elections in the United Kingdom . All 42 seats across 16 wards[1] of this unitary authority were up for election.
There were 118 candidates nominated, comprised as follows:- 42 Conservatives, 33 Liberal Democrats, 11 UK Independence Party, 9 Independents, 11 Labour, 8 Poole People,[2] 2 Green Party and 2 British National Party.[3]
Election result summary Poole Election Result 2011 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Conservative 21 2 3 -1 50.0 45.1 49,373 -5.8% Liberal Democrats 18 1 0 +1 42.9 30.4 33,286 -7.8% Poole People 3 2 0 +2 7.1 8.8 9,603 +8.8% Independent 0 0 2 -2 0 5.5 6,049 +3.8% Labour 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 5,074 +1.0% UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 4.4 4,812 +0.5% Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 785 -0.1% BNP 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 468 -0.4%
Election results by ward [4]
Alderney (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Tony Trent 1,093 Liberal Democrats Lindsay Wilson 1,001 Liberal Democrats Charles Meachin 970 Conservative Philip Broadhead 815 Conservative Meraz Choudhury 715 Conservative James Vassay 638 Labour Joan Jones 550 Labour Ian Malcolm-Walker 477 Labour Jason Sanderson 448 UKIP Joan Player 394 Independent Brian Camfield 330 Green Joshua Harvey 285 Turnout Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Branksome East (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Stephen Rollo-Smith 1,008 Conservative Karen Rampton 1,001 Liberal Democrats Peter Matthews 464 Liberal Democrats Graham Mason 433 UKIP Robert Baggs 285 Turnout Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Branksome West (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Philip Eades 1,531 Liberal Democrats Marion Le Poidevin 1,160 Conservative Joyce Lavender 871 Conservative Malcolm Shakesby 524 Turnout Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Broadstone (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Michael Brooke 2,559 Liberal Democrats Roy Godfrey 2,027 Liberal Democrats Vikki Slade 2,016 Conservative David Newell 1,994 Conservative Barry Smith 1,718 Conservative Paul Roebuck 1,684 Green Mark Chivers 500 UKIP Alan Gerring 499 Turnout Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Canford Cliffs (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative May Haines 1,854 Conservative Niel Sorton 1,658 Conservative Peter Pawlowski 1,626 Independent Carole Deas 1,464 Independent Susanna Carvell 989 Independent Ian Walker 783 Liberal Democrats Michael Baker 447 UKIP Avril King 321 Turnout Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Canford Heath East (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Sandra Moore 1,150 Liberal Democrats Jennie Hodges 1,075 Conservative Zena Newman 564 Conservative Byron Quayle 529 UKIP Valerie Foice 351 Turnout Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Canford Heath West (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Chris Matthews 1,172 Liberal Democrats Phil Goodall 1,164 Conservative Will Burstow 819 Conservative Rob Way 730 UKIP Peter Wheat 323 Turnout Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Creekmoor (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Leslie Burden 1,515 Conservative Judy Butt 1,487 Conservative John Rampton 1,284 Independent Siobhan Coleman 720 UKIP John Butler 635 Liberal Democrats Eleanor Perera 591 Liberal Democrats Rory MacKay 587 Turnout Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Hamworthy East (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Poole People Charmaine Parkinson 728 Conservative Mike White 688 Conservative Roger Gregory 651 Liberal Democrats Peter England 289 Labour Darren Brown 283 Liberal Democrats Jeff Allen 278 Labour Andrew Sweetmore 168 Turnout Conservative hold Swing Poole People gain from Conservative Swing
Hamworthy West (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Graham Chandler 778 Conservative Michael Wilkins 755 Poole People Lou Knight 654 Labour Pat Hicks 349 Liberal Democrats Max Dunnett 240 Liberal Democrats Jason Jones 142 Turnout Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Merley and Bearwood (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats David Brown 2,054 Liberal Democrats Sandra Cox 2,026 Liberal Democrats Peter Maiden 1,976 Conservative Bernard Broderick 1,936 Conservative Jane Thomas 1,639 Conservative Andrew Chard 1,593 Turnout Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Newtown (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Brian Clements 1,137 Liberal Democrats Jo Clements 1,131 Liberal Democrats Graham Wilson 1,001 Conservative Ashley Fraser 886 Conservative Chris Harrison 857 Conservative Sonia Pedrini 820 Labour Hazel Malcolm-Walker 636 UKIP Diana Butler 527 BNP Dawn Coleman 264 Independent David Kenyon 246 BNP William Kimmet 204 Turnout Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Oakdale (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Ian Potter 1,264 Conservative Peter Adams 1,262 Conservative Janet Walton 1,129 Poole People Andy Hadley 978 Poole People Hugh Todd 770 Independent David Gillard 682 Labour Brian Ellis 556 Liberal Democrats Larry Adams 525 Independent Linda Gillard 464 Labour Sue Mallory 445 Liberal Democrats Alan Brooker 436 Liberal Democrats David Chicken 430 Labour Andrei Dudau 415 UKIP Michael Fisher 377 Independent Karl Ingham 371 Turnout Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Parkstone (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Sally Carpenter 2,008 Conservative Anne Stribley 1,764 Conservative Tony Woodcock 1,613 Poole People Sam Howell 1,500 Liberal Democrats Michael Nance 795 Labour Paul Reading 747 UKIP Lloyd Butt 586 Turnout Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Penn Hill (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Elaine Atkinson 1,929 Conservative Xena Dion 1,929 Conservative Ronald Parker 1,771 Poole People Peter Miles 1,431 Liberal Democrats Roy Parker 843 UKIP Jack Edwards 514 Turnout Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Poole Town (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Poole People Mark Howell 1,911 Poole People Chris Wilson 1,631 Conservative Carol Evans 1,015 Conservative Chris Bulteel 1,006 Conservative Tony Reeves 898 Liberal Democrats Dee Knights 543 Turnout Conservative hold Swing Poole People hold Swing Poole People gain from Conservative Swing
References ^ "Borough of Poole – Wards". Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011 . ^ "Poole People". The Party for Poole People. Retrieved 6 October 2010 . ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011 . ^ "Borough of Poole – Election Results 2011". Retrieved 24 May 2011 .