Elections to Wyre Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011, along with the 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum.[1] All 55 councillors were elected from 26 wards in elections held every four years.[2] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[3]
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The Local Government Boundary Commission for England reviewed the electoral wards of Wyre Borough Council in 2014 with the new electoral map to be elected for the first time at the 2015 Wyre Borough Council election.
Following the election, the composition of the council is now as follows:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 40 | –5 | |
Labour | 15 | +7 | |
Liberal Democrat | 0 | –1 | |
Independent | 0 | –1 |
Election result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 40 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 72.73 | 60.23 | 45,140 | -3.62% | |
Labour | 15 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 27.27 | 35.13 | 26,331 | +6.78% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.53 | 1,894 | +0.28% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 0 | 1.46 | 1,095 | +1.46% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.65 | 485 | +0.65% | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4.85% |
Ward results
editBourne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terry Lees | 1,013 | 18.29 | +4.022 | |
Conservative | Don Macnaughton | 942 | 17.01 | −2.57 | |
Conservative | Julie Vanessa Newsham | 912 | 16.47 | –3.08 | |
Labour | Sean Hazlewood | 901 | 16.27 | +2.14 | |
Conservative | Christopher Robert McConnachie | 894 | 16.14 | −2.42 | |
Labour | Kevin Ronald Hogginson | 876 | 15.82 | +1.90 | |
Turnout | 5,538 | 40.2 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.59 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.57 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.77 |
Breck
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Gibson | 761 | 40.39 | +3.64 | |
Conservative | David John Henderson | 758 | 40.23 | +1.88 | |
Labour | Richard Hobson | 365 | 19.37 | +6.02 | |
Turnout | 1,884 | 42.9 | –11.13 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.17 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.14 |
Brock
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pete Murphy | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Majority | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Cabus
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert William Brooks | 444 | 70.48 | –5.24 | |
Labour | Faron Stuart Young | 186 | 29.52 | +5.24 | |
Majority | 258 | 40.95 | –10.66 | ||
Turnout | 630 | 48.3 | +1.29 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -10.48 |
Calder
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Williams | 535 | 75.35 | +9.04 | |
UKIP | Simon Noble | 175 | 24.65 | N/A | |
Majority | 360 | 50.70 | +18.08 | ||
Turnout | 710 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Carleton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Hargeaves | 914 | 31.94 | –3.50 | |
Conservative | May Gandhi | 905 | 31.62 | –2.67 | |
Labour | Andy Walker | 556 | 19.43 | +4.80 | |
Labour | Frank William Turner | 487 | 17.02 | +1.38 | |
Turnout | 2,862 | 46.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.29 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.06 |
Catterall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dave Swift | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Majority | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Cleveleys Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrea Kay | 1,210 | 19.01 | −0.20 | |
Conservative | Rita Amos | 1,102 | 17.31 | +0.33 | |
Labour | Penny Martin | 1,077 | 16.92 | +1.05 | |
Conservative | Tony Morley | 1,068 | 16.78 | +0.35 | |
Labour | David Oxley | 978 | 15.36 | +0.57 | |
Labour | John Damien Traynor | 931 | 14.63 | +0.56 | |
Turnout | 6,366 | 48.7 | +13.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.31 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.49 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.70 |
Garstang
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dulcie Mary Atkins | 1,272 | 30.29 | +3.06 | |
Conservative | Alice Collinson | 1,223 | 29.12 | +4.56 | |
Conservative | Tom Balmain | 1,073 | 25.56 | +3.96 | |
Labour | Marilyn Levey | 632 | 15.05 | N/A | |
Turnout | 4,200 | 48.6 | –14.02 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.52 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.61 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.01 |
Great Eccleston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Susan Catteral | 1,089 | 49.93 | N/A | |
Conservative | Susan Pimbley | 824 | 37.78 | N/A | |
Labour | Al Davies | 268 | 12.29 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,181 | 48.6 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Hambleton & Stalmine-with-Staynall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julie Robinson | 1,055 | 42.29 | +1.85 | |
Conservative | Lynn Bowen | 966 | 38.72 | +2.74 | |
Labour | Andy Meredith | 474 | 19.00 | +6.11 | |
Turnout | 2,495 | 46.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.26 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.67 |
Hardhorn
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Bridge | 1,049 | 43.01 | +5.44 | |
Conservative | Graeme Cocker | 1,003 | 41.12 | +1.73 | |
Labour | Richard Thomas Anyon | 387 | 15.87 | +4.09 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.83 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.36 |
Highcross
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barry Birch | 880 | 38.33 | +1.08 | |
Conservative | Roger Berry | 876 | 38.15 | +1.81 | |
Labour | Chris Frost | 540 | 23.52 | +8.88 | |
Turnout | 2,296 | 49.8 | –19.78 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.80 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -9.94 |
Jubilee
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hodgkinson | 602 | 21.90 | +4.40 | |
Conservative | David John Walmsley | 563 | 20.48 | +2.29 | |
Labour | Bill Glasgow | 486 | 17.68 | +4.32 | |
Labour | Alan Morgan | 462 | 16.81 | +6.28 | |
UKIP | Roy Graham Hopwood | 384 | 13.97 | –2.91 | |
UKIP | Alan Southern | 252 | 9.17 | −5.64 | |
Turnout | 2,749 | 46.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.60 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.36 |
Mount
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ruth Duffy | 617 | 31.27 | +2.59 | |
Labour | Ian Duffy | 603 | 30.56 | +2.87 | |
Conservative | David Jones | 317 | 16.07 | −6.04 | |
Conservative | Kerry Jones | 259 | 13.13 | −8.39 | |
Independent | Bob Jones | 177 | 8.97 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,973 | 31.6 | –2.62 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.03 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.92 |
Norcross
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ron Greenhough | 664 | 27.56 | –5.85 | |
Conservative | Ann Margaret Turner | 641 | 26.61 | –4.27 | |
Labour | June Jackson | 568 | 23.58 | +5.31 | |
Labour | Peter Geoffrey Smith | 536 | 22.25 | +4.81 | |
Turnout | 2,409 | 41 | +10.86 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -11.16 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -9.08 |
Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Julie Elizabeth Grunshaw | 694 | 30.29 | +5.07 | |
Labour | Christine Smith | 674 | 29.42 | +6.85 | |
Conservative | Margaret Bond | 503 | 21.96 | −5.96 | |
Conservative | James Robert McConnachie | 420 | 18.33 | −5.96 | |
Turnout | 2,291 | 40.5 | +12.41 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.40 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.81 |
Pharos
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive Grunshaw | 919 | 25.42 | +5.20 | |
Labour | Lorraine Beavers | 893 | 24.70 | +4.51 | |
Labour | Ronald Shewan | 825 | 22.82 | +4.28 | |
Conservative | David Charles Shaw | 366 | 10.13 | −2.86 | |
Conservative | Ian McAllister Nicholson | 343 | 9.49 | −3.11 | |
Conservative | Alexander Tomlinson | 269 | 7.44 | −2.25 | |
Turnout | 3,615 | 34.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.06 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.62 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.53 |
Pilling
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald William Lawrenson | 523 | 63.39 | +5.12 | |
Green | Sue White | 173 | 20.97 | N/A | |
Labour | Darrell Stratford Jackson | 129 | 15.64 | N/A | |
Majority | 350 | 42.42 | +25.89 | ||
Turnout | 825 | 47 | +11.79 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +25.88 |
Preesall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon McCain | 1,299 | 26.34 | –0.68 | |
Conservative | Vivien Taylor | 1,226 | 24.86 | –2.27 | |
Conservative | Paul Moon | 1,220 | 24.74 | –3.02 | |
Labour | Nic Fogg | 656 | 13.30 | +4.92 | |
UKIP | Christopher Steven Lamb | 530 | 10.75 | N/A | |
Turnout | 4,931 | 47.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.60 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.31 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.06 |
Rossall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terry Rogers | 841 | 16.23 | −1.93 | |
Labour | Ted Taylor | 801 | 15.45 | −0.75 | |
Labour | Rita Hewitt | 758 | 14.62 | −2.75 | |
Conservative | Marlene Colby | 698 | 13.47 | −3.90 | |
Conservative | Michelle Riley | 684 | 13.29 | −0.58 | |
Conservative | Keith Riley | 655 | 12.64 | −5.52 | |
UKIP | David Gerrard | 320 | 6.17 | −2.49 | |
UKIP | Jimmy Orange | 233 | 4.50 | N/A | |
Independent | Jack Harrison | 193 | 3.72 | N/A | |
Turnout | 5,183 | 40.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.51 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.17 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.52 |
Staina
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julia Anderson | 1,445 | 26.58 | −2.09 | |
Conservative | Ian Perkin | 1,336 | 24.58 | −2.54 | |
Conservative | Ramesh Gandhi | 1,311 | 24.12 | −2.81 | |
Labour | Eddie Rawlings | 679 | 12.49 | +3.60 | |
Labour | Jonjo O'Connell | 665 | 12.23 | +3.85 | |
Turnout | 5,436 | 45.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.69 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -6.39 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -6.66 |
Tithebarn
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Bannister | 928 | 35.29 | −8.03 | |
Conservative | Lesley McKay | 902 | 34.30 | −6.16 | |
Labour | Liam Bromley | 488 | 18.56 | +2.34 | |
Green | Jake Welsh | 312 | 11.86 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,630 | 46.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -10.37 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.80 |
Victoria
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patsy Anne Ormrod | 1,379 | 26.42 | −0.79 | |
Conservative | Michael John Vincent | 1,239 | 23.74 | +0.28 | |
Conservative | Alan Thomas Vincent | 1,223 | 23.43 | +0.27 | |
Labour | Brian Michael Stephenson | 713 | 13.66 | +4.11 | |
Labour | Evelyn Stephenson | 665 | 12.74 | +3.23 | |
Turnout | 5,219 | 44.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.90 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.95 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.36 |
Warren
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Marge Anderton | 920 | 17.56 | +0.64 | |
Labour | Paul Treece-Birch | 911 | 17.39 | +2.73 | |
Labour | Emma Victoria Anderton | 896 | 17.10 | +3.78 | |
Conservative | Stan Leadbetter | 714 | 13.63 | −4.60 | |
Conservative | Mike Sanderson | 607 | 11.59 | −8.17 | |
Conservative | Bob Long | 466 | 8.90 | −8.20 | |
Independent | Mark Hamer | 389 | 7.43 | N/A | |
Independent | Trisha Hogg | 175 | 3.34 | N/A | |
Independent | Belinda Ann Armstrong | 161 | 3.07 | N/A | |
Turnout | 5,239 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.81 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.33 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +11.98 |
Wyresdale
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Val Wilson | 592 | 69.40 | −3.56 | |
Labour | Ben Whittingham | 261 | 30.60 | +3.56 | |
Majority | 331 | 38.80 | −7.12 | ||
Turnout | 853 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.12 |
References
edit- ^ "Wyre Borough Council - Elections - Introduction". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ "Wyre Borough Council - Elections - Statement of Persons Nominated - Wyre Borough Elections". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ "Wyre Borough Council - Wyre Borough Councillors - By Party". Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ "Wyre Borough Council - Wyre Borough Councillors - By Party". Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.