2011 East Hampshire District Council election

2011 East Hampshire District Council election
All 44 council seats; 23 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the results of the 2011 election, by ward.
Previous Largest Party before election; ; Conservative	Subsequent Largest Party ; ; Conservative

The 2011 East Hampshire District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of East Hampshire District Council in Hampshire England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

Background

The previous election in 2007 saw the Conservatives increase their majority on the council after winning 30 seats, compared to 14 for the Liberal Democrats.^[2] In 2008 the councillor for Whitehill Pinewood, Ian Dowdle, defected from the Liberal Democrats to join the Conservatives.^[3] However, in 2010 Dowdle would resign from the Conservatives over the party's handling of the local eco-town^[4] and he then resigned from the council in January 2011.^[5] A further 2 defections took place in March 2011 with Conservatives Maureen Comber and Eve Hope, representing Selborne, and Bramshott and Liphook respectively, joining the Liberal Democrats.^[6]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives increase their majority on the council after gaining 9 seats from the Liberal Democrats compared to the 2007 election.^[7] This took the Conservatives to 39 councillors, compared to 5 Liberal Democrats, the largest majority since the founding of the council.^[8] Overall turnout in the election was 48%.^[9]

Conservatives gained 5 seats from the Liberal Democrats in Alton, including defeating the Liberal Democrat leader on the council, Jerry James, in Alton Wooteys.^[8] Other Conservative gains came in Clanfield and Finchdean, Horndean Kings, Horndean Murray and Petersfield Causeway.^[8] This left the Liberal Democrats with just 5 councillors, all in the Whitehill and Bordon area.^[8]

The Conservatives leader of the council Patrick Burridge described the results as "beyond my wildest dreams".^[9] Meanwhile, the new Liberal Democrat leader on the council Adam Carew put their defeats down to high Conservative turnout in the Alternative Vote referendum which was held at the same time as the council election and that the "low popularity rating" of the national Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg "had a negative effect".^[7]

East Hampshire Local Election Result 2011^[10]^[7]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	39	9	0	+9	88.6	61.0	30,578	+0.4%
Liberal Democrats	5	0	9	-9	11.4	26.7	13,405	-8.4%
Labour	0	0	0	0	0	10.8	5,418	+7.1%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	452	+0.3%
JAC	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	275	+0.5%

5 Conservative candidates were unopposed at the election.^[10] Seat changes are compared to the 2007 election and do not take into account defections.^[7]

Ward results

Alton Amery

Alton Amery^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Saunders	409	46.8	+15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Smith	318	36.4	−21.0
	Labour	Barbara Burfoot	146	16.7	+5.0
Majority			91	10.4
Turnout			873	45.7	+12.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Alton Ashdell

Alton Ashdell^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Joy	651	63.6	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Chris McCallum	372	36.4	+3.5
Majority			279	27.3	−1.0
Turnout			1,023	53.8	+10.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alton Eastbrooke

Alton Eastbrooke^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dean Phillips	358	47.4	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Pam Bradford	269	35.6	−18.1
	Labour	Jan Treacher	128	17.0	+6.3
Majority			89	11.8
Turnout			755	38.4	+13.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Alton Westbrooke

Alton Westbrooke^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Branch	467	45.9	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Atu Patel	408	40.1	−20.8
	Labour	Peter Treacher	143	14.0	+14.0
Majority			59	5.8
Turnout			1,018	46.0	+12.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Alton Whitedown

Alton Whitedown^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maynard Melissa	578	48.7	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Chick	468	39.4	−14.7
	Labour	Roger Godber	141	11.9	+6.5
Majority			110	9.3
Turnout			1,187	52.6	+9.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Alton Wooteys

Alton Wooteys^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Orme	344	45.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jerry James	273	36.0
	Labour	Don Hammond	141	18.6
Majority			71	9.4
Turnout			758	42.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Binstead and Bentley

Binsted and Bentley^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Carter	898	74.7	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Davison	304	25.3	+5.5
Majority			594	49.4	−11.1
Turnout			1,202	52.7	+7.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bramshott and Liphook

Bramshott and Liphook (3)^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anna James	1,485
	Conservative	Sam James	1,456
	Conservative	Angela Glass	1,436
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Croucher	947
	Liberal Democrats	Eve Hope	918
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Evans	841
	Labour	John Tough	503
	Labour	Catriona Mackenzie	304
	Labour	Ann Saunders	249
Turnout			8,139	46.0	+11.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clanfield and Finchdean

Clanfield and Finchdean (2)^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Moon	1,164
	Conservative	David Newberry	1,019
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Judd	497
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Phipps	417
	Labour	Michael Burgess	252
	Labour	Margaret Broome	251
Turnout			3,600	49.7	+8.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Downland

Downland^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Burridge	883	76.4	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Ludlow	273	23.6	−5.8
Majority			610	52.8	+11.6
Turnout			1,156	59.1	+9.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Meon

East Meon^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Parkinson	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Four Marks and Medstead

Four Marks and Medstead^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Seward	1,729
	Conservative	Maurice Johnson	1,703
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Taggart	682
	Labour	Carole Parsons	227
	Labour	Frances Thompson	184
Turnout			4,525	52.0	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Froxfield and Steep

Froxfield and Steep^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Drew	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grayshott

Grayshott^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ferris Cowper	810	82.7	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Gray	167	17.3	+2.4
Majority			634	65.5	−4.7
Turnout			968	51.1	+8.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Headley

Headley (2)^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Williams	1,475
	Conservative	Richard Millard	1,436
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Clifford	576
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Hopwood	469
Turnout			3,956	38.8	+1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holybourne and Froyle

Holybourne and Froyle^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glynis Watts	810	68.6	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Janes	370	31.4	+7.6
Majority			440	37.3	−7.2
Turnout			1,180	57.0	+13.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horndean, Catherington and Lovedean

Horndean, Catherington and Lovedean^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sara Schillemore	589	69.5	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Humphreys	258	30.5	−3.7
Majority			331	39.1	+7.5
Turnout			847	43.8	+10.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horndean Downs

Horndean Downs^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julia Marshall	630	64.5	+13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Port	236	24.2	−25.1
	Labour	Margaret Pain	111	11.4	+11.4
Majority			394	40.3	+39.0
Turnout			977	48.7	+13.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horndean, Hazleton and Blendworth

Horndean, Hazleton and Blendworth^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy Denston	693	76.1	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Port	218	23.9	−0.5
Majority			475	52.1	+0.9
Turnout			911	46.2	+9.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horndean Kings

Horndean Kings^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Evans	626	52.3	+14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha Darragh	420	35.1	−27.1
	Labour	Derek Thompson	152	12.7	+12.7
Majority			206	17.2
Turnout			1,198	47.9	+14.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Horndean Murray

Horndean Murray^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynn Evans	501	57.7	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Maiden	224	25.8	−26.5
	Labour	Katie Green	143	16.5	+16.5
Majority			277	31.9
Turnout			868	45.1	+11.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Lindford

Lindford^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvonne Parker-Smith	545	65.0	−9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Desmond	160	19.1	−6.3
	Independent	Neville Taylor	134	16.0	+16.0
Majority			385	45.9	−3.4
Turnout			839	39.5	+6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Liss

Liss (2)^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gina Logan	1,173
	Conservative	Jennifer Gray	1,085
	Labour	Keith Budden	441
	Labour	Howard Linsley	439
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Mullenger	419
Turnout			3,557	49.0	+10.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Petersfield Bell Hill

Petersfield Bell Hill^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John West	572	57.2	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Grant Budden	235	23.5	−18.3
	Labour	Beth Vaughan	193	19.3	+14.3
Majority			337	33.7	+22.3
Turnout			1,000	52.0	+12.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Petersfield Causeway

Petersfield Causeway^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Aiston	511	52.8	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Mills	275	28.4	−18.3
	Labour	James Bridge	182	18.8	+9.9
Majority			236	24.4
Turnout			968	48.1	+5.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Petersfield Heath

Petersfield Heath^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Butler	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Petersfield Rother

Petersfield Rother^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bob Ayer	844	71.0
	Labour	Bill Organ	344	29.0
Majority			500	42.0
Turnout			1,188	62.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Petersfield St Mary's

Petersfield St Mary's^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Guy Stacpoole	717	67.8	+5.7
	Labour	Julie Dickinson	340	32.2	+18.6
Majority			377	35.7	−2.1
Turnout			1,057	51.3	+7.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Petersfield St Peter

Petersfield St Peters^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hilary Ayer	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ropley and Tisted

Ropley and Tisted^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Graham	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rowlands Castle

Rowlands Castle^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marge Harvey	758	59.0	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Protheroe	427	33.2	−0.8
	Labour	Greg Beckett-Leonard	100	7.8	+7.8
Majority			331	25.8	−6.2
Turnout			1,285	60.5	+11.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Selborne

Selborne^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Ashcroft	734	72.4	+22.3
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Comber	151	14.9	−35.0
	Labour	Sarah Hall	129	12.7	+12.7
Majority			583	57.5	+57.4
Turnout			1,014	57.4	+11.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Hangers and Forest

The Hangers and Forest^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judy Onslow	726	72.5	−6.8
	JAC	Don Jerrard	275	27.5	+6.8
Majority			451	45.1	−13.5
Turnout			1,001	52.5	+7.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitehill Chase

Whitehill Chase^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Zoya Faddy	330	50.9
	Conservative	Dave Williamson	318	49.1
Majority			12	1.8
Turnout			648	37.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whitehill Deadwater

Whitehill Deadwater^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Muldoon	427	78.8	+15.4
	Labour	Francis MacNamara	115	21.2	+21.2
Majority			312	57.6	+30.8
Turnout			542	30.0	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whitehill Hogmoor

Whitehill Hogmoor^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Drury	272	41.7	−29.4
	Conservative	John Haine	193	29.6	+0.7
	Independent	Roger Russell	128	19.6	+19.6
	Labour	Timothy King	60	9.2	+9.2
Majority			79	12.1	−30.1
Turnout			653	33.0	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whitehill Pinewood

Whitehill Pinewood^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Wherrell	260	57.8	+0.5
	Independent	Bill Wain	190	42.2	+42.2
Majority			70	15.6	+0.9
Turnout			450	22.0	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whitehill Walldown

Whitehill Walldown^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Carew	524	67.5
	Conservative	Keith Cooper	252	32.5
Majority			272	35.0
Turnout			776	44.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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