2011 Rutland County Council election

The 2011 Rutland County Council election took place on 5 May 2011. The whole of Rutland County Council was up for election.

Overall election results

Rutland County Council - summary of overall results

Rutland County Council 2011 Election Results

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	16				61.5
	Independent	8				30.8
	Liberal Democrats	2				7.7

Rutland County Council - results by ward

Braunston and Belton

Braunston and Belton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Cross (E)	Elected unopposed	n/a

Cottesmore

Cottesmore (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Cecil Hollis (E)	521	45.9
	Conservative	Martyn Dietrich Alexander Pocock (E)	354	31.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Thibault	260	22.9

Exton

Exton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Terry King (E)	428	72.0
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Hugh Smith	166	28.0

Greetham

Greetham (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Bilton Begy (E)	456	81.1
	Independent	Martin John Brookes	106	18.9

Ketton

Ketton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christine Emmett (E)	Elected unopposed	n/a
	Conservative	Barrie Roper (E)	Elected unopposed	n/a

Langham

Langham (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Nick Wainwright (E)	287	51.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter William Green	267	48.2

Lyddington

Lyddington (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Mark Lammie (E)	Elected unopposed	n/a

Martinsthorpe

Martinsthorpe (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Baines (E)	Elected unopposed	n/a

Normanton

Normanton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kenneth Alan Bool (E)	695	40.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gale Waller (E)	514	30.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Golden	496	29.1

Oakham North East

Oakham North East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alan Stewart Walters (E)	443	31.0
	Independent	Jeff Dale (E)	388	27.2
	Conservative	Vijay Dighe	361	25.3
	Independent	Helen Pender	236	16.5

Oakham North West

Oakham North West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Richard John Gale (E)	557	41.9
	Independent	Mark Woodcock (E)	439	33.0
	Independent	Paul Anthony Beech	335	25.2

Oakham South East

Oakham South East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jonathan Robert Munton (E)	602	39.1
	Conservative	Gene Plews (E)	489	31.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Lawrence Swift	449	29.2

Oakham South West

Oakham South West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joanna Katherine Figgis (E)	285	18.3
	Independent	David Leslie Richardson (E)	279	17.9
	Conservative	Peter William Jones	277	17.8
	Independent	Alf Dewis	266	17.1
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna Mary Burrows	178	11.5
	Independent	Jim Harrison	139	8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Cedric Walter Phillips	131	8.4

Ryhall and Casterton

Ryhall and Casterton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charlotte Louise Jones (E)	592	36.4
	Conservative	Chris Parsons (E)	524	32.3
	Independent	Graham Anthony George Faithfull	509	31.3

Uppingham

Uppingham (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lucy Stephenson (E)	645	19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Marc Allen Oxley (E)	626	18.4
	Independent	Colin Hamish Forsyth (E)	600	17.7
	Conservative	Lionel William Cunnington	562	16.5
	Independent	Peter David Ind	531	15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Wise	434	12.8

Whissendine

Whissendine (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Brian Andrew Montgomery (E)	335	57.6
	Conservative	Allan Dean	247	42.4

By-elections between May 2011 - May 2015

By-elections are called when a representative councillor resigns or dies, so are unpredictable. A by-election is held to fill a political office that has become vacant between the scheduled elections.

Ketton - 27 June 2013

Ketton by election 27 June 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Conde (E)	330	44.4	+44.4
	Independent	Andrew McGilvray	260	35.0	+35.0
	UKIP	Liam Powell	130	17.5	+17.5
	Independent	Martin Brookes	24	3.2	+3.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oakham South West - 16 October 2014

Oakham South West 16 October 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard William Clifton (E)	240	52.2
	Independent	Benjamin G. F. Callaghan	177	38.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Lawrence Swift	43	9.3
Majority			63
Turnout				24.82%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whissendine - 16 October 2014

Whissendine 16 October 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Michael Asplin (E)	192	51.8
	Conservative	Jonathan Ralph Baker	179	48.2
Majority			13
Turnout				34.67%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing