The 2011 Wychavon District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Wychavon District Council in Worcestershire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
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Background
editAfter the last election in 2007 the Conservatives controlled the council with 35 councillors, compared to 10 for the Liberal Democrats.[2] However, in October 2009 the Liberal Democrats gained a seat from the Conservatives at a by-election in Droitwich South West.[3]
In 2011 12 candidates, 11 Conservatives and one Liberal Democrat, were elected without opposition,[4] while in Elmley Castle and Somerville the election was delayed after no candidates were nominated for that ward.[5]
Election result
editThe Conservatives increased their majority on the council, making a net gain of five seats to have 38 councillors after the May election.[6] The Conservative gains came at the expense of the Liberal Democrats, who dropped to 5 seats on the council after losing six seats to the Conservatives.[6] These losses including losing all three seats the Liberal Democrats had held in Droitwich, as well as two seats in Pershore and one seat in The Littletons.[6]
Meanwhile, Labour regained a seat on the council after having lost all of their seats in 2007.[7] The Labour gain came in Droitwich West, where Peter Pinfield was returned to the council defeating Conservative councillor Laurie Evans.[6] Overall turnout at the election was 46.95%.[8]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 39 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 86.7 | 58.8 | 27,349 | -0.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | 5 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 11.1 | 22.1 | 10,290 | -5.9% | |
Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.2 | 10.4 | 4,819 | +5.1% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 3,115 | +0.9% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 935 | +0.7% |
The above totals include the delayed election in Elmley Castle and Somerville on 23 June 2011.
Ward results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Reginald Jakeman | 488 | 51.2 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Mary Campbell | 465 | 48.8 | +43.4 | |
Majority | 23 | 2.4 | −5.3 | ||
Turnout | 953 | 44.9 | +6.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Bulman | 665 | |||
Conservative | Emma Stokes | 661 | |||
Independent | Albert Booth | 477 | |||
Labour | Frederick Kaler | 338 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Rencher | 286 | |||
Turnout | 2,427 | 39.4 | +3.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alexandra Rowley | 750 | 59.5 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | David Greenwood | 510 | 40.5 | −4.7 | |
Majority | 240 | 19.0 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,260 | 58.0 | +3.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adrian Hardman | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Keith Wright | 536 | 53.4 | −4.2 | |
Conservative | Mary Smith | 468 | 46.6 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 68 | 6.8 | −8.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,004 | 50.0 | +4.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elizabeth Eyre | unopposed | |||
Conservative | Barrie Parmenter | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Judith Pearce | 542 | 72.8 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Evans | 203 | 27.2 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 339 | 45.5 | +8.4 | ||
Turnout | 745 | 39.1 | −1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Middlebrough | 675 | 73.8 | −3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Imelda Carlton Smith | 240 | 26.2 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 435 | 47.5 | −7.1 | ||
Turnout | 915 | 49.3 | +5.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Glenise Noyes | 359 | 43.4 | +12.4 | |
Labour | Sheila Seabourne | 289 | 34.9 | +7.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Littlechild | 180 | 21.7 | −19.8 | |
Majority | 70 | 8.5 | |||
Turnout | 828 | 42.0 | +2.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Barratt | 1,033 | |||
Conservative | Gordon Brookes | 998 | |||
Labour | Sheila Neary | 585 | |||
Labour | Patricia Pinfield | 538 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Rowe | 343 | |||
Turnout | 3,497 | 44.7 | +3.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Morris | 1,342 | |||
Conservative | Kenneth Jennings | 1,236 | |||
Labour | Bill Baker | 375 | |||
Labour | Colin Beardwood | 368 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Tracey Hall | 245 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Littlechild | 237 | |||
Turnout | 3,803 | 51.8 | +9.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Beale | 846 | |||
Conservative | Thomas Noyes | 805 | |||
Labour | Christopher Barton | 486 | |||
Labour | Sylvia Meyrick | 461 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Carter | 448 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Crawford | 339 | |||
Turnout | 3,385 | 45.8 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lynne Duffy | 679 | |||
Labour | Peter Pinfield | 622 | |||
Conservative | Laurence Evans | 587 | |||
Labour | Roy Seabourne | 571 | |||
Turnout | 2,459 | 34.2 | +4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronald Davis | 848 | 63.5 | +1.6 | |
Independent | Paul Ellis-Gormley | 302 | 22.6 | +22.6 | |
Labour | Susan Hayman | 186 | 13.9 | +13.9 | |
Majority | 546 | 40.9 | +12.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,336 | 60.0 | +6.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Josephine Sandalls | 663 | |||
Conservative | Frances Smith | 609 | |||
Green | Gordon Matthews | 339 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Julie Haines | 275 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Haines | 218 | |||
Turnout | 2,104 | 34.3 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Banks | unopposed | |||
Conservative | Gerard O'Donnell | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas McDonald | 943 | 77.7 | +5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Diana Brown | 270 | 22.3 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 673 | 55.5 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,213 | 56.2 | +5.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Smith | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Dowty | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Homer | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alastair Adams | 649 | 66.5 | +12.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Bean | 327 | 33.5 | −12.4 | |
Majority | 322 | 33.0 | +24.8 | ||
Turnout | 976 | 51.9 | +1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Audrey Steel | 1,798 | |||
Conservative | David Lee | 1,431 | |||
Independent | David Powis | 897 | |||
Turnout | 4,126 | 57.1 | +5.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Dyke | 803 | |||
Conservative | Wendy Dyke | 725 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Payne | 474 | |||
Turnout | 2,002 | 34.6 | +6.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Miller | 1,475 | |||
Conservative | Alan Fisher | 1,115 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Janet Saunders | 555 | |||
Turnout | 3,145 | 49.2 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Adams | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Tomlinson | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Valerie Wood | 1,209 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Charles Tucker | 1,163 | |||
Conservative | David Brotheridge | 1,026 | |||
Independent | Christopher Parsons | 974 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jayne Lewis | 930 | |||
Conservative | Stephen Gowenlock | 752 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Derrick Watt | 701 | |||
Green | David Shaw | 596 | |||
Turnout | 7,351 | 49.5 | +4.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Tucker | 872 | 70.9 | ||
Conservative | Maureen Lawley | 358 | 29.1 | ||
Majority | 514 | 41.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,230 | 55.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Darby | unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Lasota | 616 | 55.1 | +25.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Duffy | 501 | 44.9 | +9.5 | |
Majority | 115 | 10.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,117 | 52.3 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Linda Robinson | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elmley Castle and Somerville delayed election
editThe election in Elmley Castle and Somerville was delayed until 23 June 2011 after no candidates were nominated originally.[5][9] This came after the previous Conservative councillor Anna Mackison died in March 2011.[5] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Roma Kirke with a 238-vote majority over Liberal Democrat Jayne Lewis.[9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roma Kirke | 435 | 68.8 | −3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jayne Lewis | 197 | 31.2 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 238 | 37.6 | |||
Turnout | 632 | 32.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
By-elections between 2011 and 2015
editA by-election was held in Fladbury on 22 May 2014 after the death of Conservative councillor Tom McDonald.[11] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Bradley Thomas with a majority of 137 votes over Liberal Democrat candidate Diana Brown.[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bradley Thomas | 456 | 45.2 | −32.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Diana Brown | 319 | 31.6 | +9.3 | |
UKIP | Neil Whelan | 234 | 23.2 | +23.2 | |
Majority | 137 | 13.6 | −41.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,009 | 46.2 | −10.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
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- ^ Paine, David (3 October 2009). "Brine baths row blamed for Lib Dem council gain". Worcester News. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ Game, Chris (21 April 2011). "May 5 could be the spark Labour will need". Birmingham Post. NewsBank.
- ^ a b c "Names in the hat for May elections". Evesham Journal. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Wychavon Lib Dems take a beating". Worcester News. NewsBank. 7 May 2011.
- ^ "Wychavon District Council election round-up". Evesham Journal. NewsBank. 6 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag "Election of District Councillors for the Wards of Wychavon District Council Summary of Results" (PDF). Wychavon District Council. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Conservative Roma Kirke wins Whychavon by-election". BBC News Online. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ a b c "Tories win Fladbury by-election". Evesham Observer. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2015.