2011 South Staffordshire District Council election

The 2011 South Staffordshire District Council election to the South Staffordshire District Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011.^[1] A total of 49 seats were up for election, 42 of which went to the Conservative Party, mirroring the 2007 elections.^[2]

Election result

South Staffordshire District Council Election, 2011
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	42	4	3	85.72%	61.23%	35,647
Labour	2	1	0	4.09%	16.42%	9,564
Labour Co-op	0	0	0	0%	0.70%	409
[[Liberal Democrats\|Liberal Democrats]]	0	0	1	0%	4.94%	2,873
UKIP	0	0	0	0%	4.94%	2,873
Independent	5	2	3	10.21%	16.70%	9,724

Billbrook Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Val Chapman	848	33.16%	n/a
	Labour Co-op	Kevin David McElduff	409	16%	n/a
	Conservative	Sonja Marie Oatley	823	32.20%	−0.66%
	Labour	Anthony Peter Wynne-Jones	478	18.70%	n/a
Majority			1,671	65%	−0.47%
Turnout			2,558	42.60%	+8.60%

Brewood and Coven Ward (3 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andy Ball	941	15.31%	−9%
	Conservative	Ivor Clay	1,369	22.27%	−0.89%
	Conservative	Michael Robert Hampson	1,193	19.40%	−2.54%
	Conservative	Anne Holmes	1,221	19.86%	−1.46%
	Labour	Lena Holmes	661	10.75%	0.33%
	Labour	Lorna Elizabeth Jones	765	12.44%	n/a
Majority			3,783	61.52%	−3.10%
Turnout			6,150	44%	+6%

Cheslyn Hay North and Saredon Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mike Boyle	431	19.78%	−5.32%
	Labour	Alex John Brindle	325	14.91%	n/a
	Conservative	Alita Ann Caine	388	17.80%	−8.02%
	Conservative	Nigel Peter Caine	384	17.62%	−7.88%
	UKIP	Ken Gould	242	11.11%	n/a
	Labour	Mac Harris	410	18.81%	−4.84%
Majority			772	35.42%	−15.89%
Turnout			2,180	37%	+7%

Cheslyn Hay South Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Colin Davison	396	21.91%	+2.91%
	Conservative	David Heseltine	443	24.51%	−0.98%
	UKIP	Steve Hollis	245	13.56%	n/a
	Independent	Ann Pugh	312	17.26%	n/a
	Conservative	Bernard Williams	412	22.79%	−8.57%
Majority			855	47.29%	−9.61%
Turnout			1,808	37%	+6%

Codsall North Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Campbell	861	33.61%	−7.49%
	Independent	John Evans	337	13.16%	−26.40%
	Conservative	Matt Ewart	797	31.11%	n/a
	Labour	Judith Marion Williams	308	12%	n/a
	Labour	Trefor John Williams	259	10.11%	+1%
Majority			1,658	64.72%	−15.91%
Turnout			2,562	42%	+4%

Codsall South Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Mike Lynch	377	13.65%	+0.65%
	Conservative	Robert James Marshall	1,019	36.89%	−2.01%
	Conservative	John Kirkland Michell	909	32.90%	−6.27%
	Labour	Gemma Elizabeth Smith	254	9.20%	n/a
	Labour	Pamela Wall	204	7.39%	n/a
Majority			1,928	69.78%	−8.32%
Turnout			2,763	46%	+8%

Essington Ward (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Michael Bond	383	14.11%	n/a
	Independent	David John Clifft	1,135	41.79%	+41.79%
	Labour	Charlotte Jane Hale	307	11.31%	n/a
	Independent	Wayne Anthony Thomas Whitehouse	483	17.79%	n/a
	Conservative	Christine Margaret Young	408	15%	n/a
Majority			1,618	59.58%	+59.58%
Turnout			2,716	41%	+41%

Featherstone and Shareshill Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Frank William Beardsmore	536	22.69%	+3.40%
	Labour	John Brindle	482	20.40%	+8.21%
	Independent	Bob Cope	639	27%	−1%
	Conservative	Mike Lawrence	475	20.10%	+4.49%
	Labour	Philip David Light	231	9.78%	n/a
Majority			1,175	49.73%	+2.39%
Turnout			2,363	39%	11.20%

Great Wyrley Landywood Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Bullock	453	19.60%
	Labour	John Christopher Jones	423	18.30%	−0.30%
	UKIP	Glen Paul Keatley	179	7.75%
	Conservative	Ray Perry	611	26.43%	−4.18%
	Conservative	Kath Williams	646	27.95%	−3.96%
Majority			1,257	54.37%	−8.15%
Turnout			2,312	33%	+5%

Great Wyrley Town Ward (3 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Paul Bates	1,048	24.79%	0.76%
	Conservative	Janet Ann Johnson	1,101	26.04%	−0.42%
	Labour	Tom Lowe	537	12.70%	+2.96%
	UKIP	Malcolm Keith McKenzie	361	8.54%	n/a
	Conservative	Kath Perry	1,182	27.95%	−0.14%
Majority			3,331	78.77%	−1.33%
Turnout			4,229	36%	+4%

Himley and Swindon Ward (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Gordon Edward Fanthom	261	31.45%
	Conservative	Roger Lees	417	50.25%
	Independent	Keith Ian Pincher	152	18.32%
Majority			417	50.25%
Turnout			830	48.30%

Huntington and Hatherton Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeff Ashley	537	33.53%	+9.04%
	Labour	Ron Kenyon	496	30.97%	n/a
	Conservative	David Williams	569	35.52%	+6.18%
Majority			1,033	64.49%	+15.80%
Turnout			1,602	30%	+6%

Kinver Ward (3 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Robert Edwards	1,659	26.98%	+2.61%
	Conservative	Lin Hingley	1,655	26.91%	n/a
	Independent	Ena Doreen Ray	1,071	17.41%	−3.06%
	Labour	Christine Mary Ridgeway	644	10.47%	n/a
	Conservative	Paul Arthur Wooddisse	1,122	18.24%	n/a
Majority			4,436	72.12%	+11.29%
Turnout			6,151	45%	+7%

Pattingham and Patshull Ward (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephanie Brindle	120	13.20%	n/a
	Conservative	Joan Millicent Burton	789	86.80%	+86.80%
Majority			789	86.80%	+86.80%
Turnout			909	50%	+50%

Penkridge North East and Acton Trussell Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leonard Arthur Bates	811	33.39%	n/a
	Independent	Bevan Craddock	416	17.13%	n/a
	Conservative	Isabel Ford	835	34.38%	+34.38%
	Labour	Sandie Morris	367	15.11%	n/a
Majority			1,646	67.77%	+67.77%
Turnout			2,429	48.40%	+48.40%

Penkridge South East Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vincent Thomas Brennan	474	19.68%	n/a
	Independent	David John Oldfield	499	20.72%	n/a
	Conservative	Christine Jane Raven	798	33.13%	−10.31%
	Conservative	John Raven	638	26.49%	n/a
Majority			1,436	59.61%	−22.71%
Turnout			2,409	42%	+7%

Penkridge West Ward (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Edwin Cartwright	370	53.95%	+53.95%
	Labour	Sam Murphy	135	19.68%
	Independent	Calvert Stonehouse	181	26.39%
Majority			370	53.95%	+53.95%
Turnout			686	41.5%	+41.5%

Perton Dippons Ward (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Charlene Mary Ann Duffell	248	39.37%	n/a
	Conservative	Keith James	382	60.64%	+39.37%
Majority			382	60.64%	+60.64%
Turnout			630	40.5%	+40.5%

Perton East Ward (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David John Billson	432	51.80%	−1.16%
	Independent	Anthony Adam Christopher Bourke	402	48.20%	n/a
Majority			432	51.80%	−1.16%
Turnout			834	47.20%	+8.20%

Perton Lakeside Ward (3 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Keith Black	513	11.37%	−0.54%
	Labour	John Fenby	418	9.27%	n/a
	Conservative	David Michael Fereday	886	19.64%	+3.46%
	Conservative	Rita Ann Helestine	850	18.84%	+2.35%
	Independent	Angie James	592	13.13%	−1.01%
	Conservative	Roy Edward Moreton	800	17.73%	+2.19%
	Independent	Patricia Norah Pitt	453	10.04%	−3.01%
Majority			2,536	56.21%	−6.52%
Turnout			4,512	35.80%	+5.80%

Trysull and Seisdon (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Neil David Compson	263	33.08%	n/a
	Conservative	Robert James McCardle	532	66.92%	+66.92%
Majority			532	66.92%	+66.92%
Turnout			795	45.10%	+45.10%

Wombourne North and Lower Penn Ward (3 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan George Hinton	1,345	29.53%	+29.53%
	UKIP	Lyndon Jones	707	15.52%	n/a
	Conservative	Robert Frederick Reade	1,267	27.82%	+27.82%
	Conservative	Joan Williams	1,236	27.14%	+27.14%
Majority			3,848	84.48%	−15.52%
Turnout			4,555	41.40%	+41.40%

Wombourne South East Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Granger	860	38.50%	n/a
	UKIP	Stuart Pace	501	22.42%	n/a
	Conservative	Reginald Williams	873	39.08%	+4.73%
Majority			1,733	77.58%	+0.9%
Turnout			2,234	45.20%	+7.20%

^ "Local Elections - 5th May 2011". South Staffordshire Council. n.d. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2011). "South Staffordshire Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 26 September 2021.