2011 Allerdale Borough Council election

The 2011 Allerdale Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Allerdale Borough Council in Cumbria, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

Results

The results saw the Labour Party make 6 gains to win exactly half of the 56 seats on the council, 1 short of a majority.^[2] Labour gains included the former leader of the council, Mark Fryer, who took Stainburn ward from the Conservatives by 2 votes.^[2] The Conservatives lost 5 seats to have 12 councillors, including losses in All Saints Cockermouth and Broughton St Bridgets.^[2] 16 independents were elected, including gains in Broughton St Bridgets and Netherhall Maryport.^[2] No other party won any seats on council, with the Liberal Democrats losing 2 seats in Harrington Workington as the party was wiped out.^[2] Overall turnout for the election was 46.19%.^[3]

Following the election Labour said it intended to take control of the council as a minority administration replacing the previous alliance between the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and 7 independents.^[3]

Allerdale Local Election Result 2011^[4]^[5]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	28	8	2	+6	50.0	52.3	25,637	+7.0%
Independent	16	6	2	+4	28.6	22.2	10,856	-3.3%
Conservative	12	0	6	-6	21.4	19.2	9,406	-1.9%
Liberal Democrats	0	0	4	-4	0	2.5	1,213	-1.6%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	985	+0.9%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	893	-1.1%

3 Conservative, 3 independent and 1 Labour candidates were unopposed.

By ward

All Saints Cockermouth (3)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Smith	1,062
	Labour	Len Davies	884
	Labour	Christine Smith	848
	Conservative	Alan Tyson	751
	Conservative	Hilary Hope	719
	Conservative	Kenneth Scales	663
	Liberal Democrats	Juliet Henderson	258
Turnout			5,185	52.5	+3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Aspatria (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bill Finlay	401
	Independent	David Wilson	361
	Labour	Laurie Mansfield	344
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Roberts	253
	Labour	Billy Pegram	216
Turnout			1,575	39	+1
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Boltons^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Joe Mumberson	504	66.2
	Conservative	Graham Sadler	257	33.8
Majority			247	32.5
Turnout			761	53.6
	Independent hold		Swing

Broughton St Bridgets (2)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nicky Cockburn	715
	Independent	Tony North	675
	Labour	John Ardron	648
	Labour	Brian Campbell	578
Turnout			2,616	51.2	+4
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Christchurch Cockermouth (2)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Jackson	639
	Conservative	Sam Standage	583
	Labour	Julie Laidlow	550
	Labour	Andrew Graham	543
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Snowden	165
	Green	Michael Baron	162
Turnout			2,642	50.7	+15
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clifton^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phillip Tibble	364	64.9	+16.5
	Independent	Heather McIntosh	197	35.1	+35.1
Majority			167	29.8
Turnout			561	45.5	−3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Crummock^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Nicholson	491	63.0	−5.3
	Labour	Ann Bales	109	14.0	+14.0
	Green	Jill Perry	95	12.2	−19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Peck	84	10.8	+10.8
Majority			382	49.0	+12.4
Turnout			779	62.0	+9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dalton^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Chris Garrard	456	63.3
	Labour	Emma Holding	167	23.2
	Green	Flic Crowley	97	13.5
Majority			289	40.1
Turnout			720	50.5
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Derwent Valley^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Timothy Heslop	486	74.4
	Labour	Peter Cross	167	25.6
Majority			319	48.9
Turnout			653	53.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ellen (2)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Colhoun	484
	Labour	Louise Maguire	391
	Independent	Jeanette Martin	356
	Conservative	Mike Johnson	277
	Green	Geoff Smith	193
Turnout			1,701	44.0	+8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ellenborough Maryport (2)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Wood	693
	Labour	Martin Wood	674
	BNP	Dawn Charlton	308
Turnout			1,675	38.3	+3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ewanrigg Maryport (2)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carni McCarron-Holmes	679
	Labour	Ashley Moore	604
	Maryport 4 Maryport Independent	Mark Hayhurst	182
	BNP	Jennifer Matthys	136
Turnout			1,601	38.7	+2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Flimby^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Kendall	342	71.1
	Conservative	Fiona Buchanan	83	17.3
	BNP	David Wilson	56	11.6
Majority			259	53.8
Turnout			481	39.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Harrington Workington (2)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marjorie Rae	642
	Independent	Hilary Harrington	412
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Francis	382
	Labour	Jim Osborn	345
Turnout			1,781	45.1	+5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Holme^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Markley	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Keswick (3)^[4]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Denstone Kemp	unopposed
Conservative	Ron Munby	unopposed
Independent	David Robinson	unopposed
Labour hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Marsh^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derick Hodgson	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Moorclose Workington (3)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Bales	719
	Labour	Joan Wright	629
	Independent	Denis Robertson	608
	Independent	Stephen Stoddart	526
	Labour	Neil Schofield	511
Turnout			2,993	42.7	−12
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Moss Bay Workington (3)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Cannon	620
	Labour	Carole Armstrong	596
	Labour	Bill Bacon	572
	Independent	John Bracken	395
Turnout			2,183	34.5	+8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherhall Maryport (2)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	George Kemp	483
	Labour	Angela Kendall	422
	Labour	Jeff Gardner	387
	Independent	Andy Long	273
	Green	Diane Standen	88
	BNP	Angus Matthys	76
Turnout			1,729	44.2
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Seaton (3)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Trevor Fee	1,055
	Labour	Celia Tibble	779
	Independent	Mirriam Gainford	641
	Labour	Andrew Lawson	586
	Green	Alistair Grey	304
Turnout			3,365	43.2	+3
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Silloth (2)^[4]
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Bill Jefferson	unopposed
Independent	Margaret Snaith	unopposed
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Solway^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jim Lister	365	61.3
	Labour	Marcus Cosgrove	230	38.7
Majority			135	22.7
Turnout			595	46
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Johns Workington (3)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Holliday	1,156
	Labour	Michael Heaslip	1,019
	Labour	Konrad Hansen	942
	Conservative	Michael Davidson	589
	Conservative	Simon Collins	542
	BNP	Carl Edgar	122
Turnout			4,370	56.6	+20
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St Michaels Workington (3)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Bainbridge	935
	Labour	Billy Miskelly	741
	Labour	Carl Holding	690
	Independent	Elsie Johnsen	682
	Independent	Grahame Hayton	444
Turnout			3,492	41.9	+18
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Stainburn Workington^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Fryer	301	47.6	+22.8
	Conservative	Robert Hardon	299	47.2	−10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Bennett	33	5.2	−12.4
Majority			2	0.3
Turnout			633	45.8	+11
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Wampool^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stuart Moffat	472	75.2
	Labour	Nathan Wilson	156	24.8
Majority			316	50.3
Turnout			628	46.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warnell^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Duncan Fairbairn	679	75.8
	Labour	Eric Wright	217	24.2
Majority			462	51.6
Turnout			896	57.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waver^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joe Cowell	421	69.2
	Labour	Lynda Stephenson	187	30.8
Majority			234	38.5
Turnout			608	41.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wharrels^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Mounsey	376	56.5
	Labour	Brian Cope	205	30.8
	Green	Helen Graham	46	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Magrit Scott	38	5.7
Majority			171	25.7
Turnout			665	53.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wigton (3)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Crouch	843
	Independent	George Scott	756
	Independent	Binky Armstrong	734
	Conservative	Brian Warren	714
	Labour	Sheelagh Delaney	458
	Labour	Bill Goldsmith	402
	BNP	Paul Stafford	195
Turnout			4,102	39.9	+6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

References

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[control-3] "Labour seek control of Allerdale council". Times & Star. 12 May 2011. Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.

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