2011 Bath and North East Somerset Council election

The Bath and North East Somerset Council election was held on 5 May 2011 to elect 65 local councillors for Bath and North East Somerset Council. Following the election, a minority Liberal Democrat administration was formed. Cllr Paul Crossley became leader of the council.

2011 Bath and North East Somerset Council election

5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
All 65 seats to Bath and North East Somerset Council 33 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Con LD Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 31 seats, 43.2% 26 seats, 32.5% Seats won 29 29 Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 41,558 39,181 Percentage 36.9% 34.8% Swing 6.3% 2.3%   Third party Fourth party   Lab Ind Party Labour Independent Last election 5 seats, 11.1% 3 seats, 7.0% Seats won 5 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 20,151 4,033 Percentage 17.9% 3.6% Swing 6.8% 3.4%
Map showing the composition of Bath and North East Somerset Council following the election. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour, Yellow showing Liberal Democrats, and Grey showing Independents. Striped wards have mixed representation.
Council control before election No overall control (Con minority) Council control after election No overall control (Lib Dem minority)

Election results

Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 2011
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	65	29	1	3	2	44.6%	36.9%	41,558	6.3%
	Liberal Democrats	65	29	4	1	3	44.6%	34.8%	39,181	2.3%
	Labour	48	5	1	1		7.7%	17.9%	20,151	6.8%
	Independent	11	2	1	2	1	3.1%	3.6%	4,033	3.4%
	Green	21	0	0	0		0%	6.7%	7,557	0.8%
	UKIP	1	0	0	0		0%	0.1%	94	N/A

Ward results

The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 2007 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections. Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Abbey

Abbey (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Manda Rigby	773	34.4	+1.6
	Conservative	Brian John Webber *	716	31.9	–5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jay Oliver Risbridger	662	–
	Conservative	Gladys Pek Yue MacRae	646	–
	Green	Ian James Martin	436	19.4	+1.5
	Labour	Adrian Bateman	323	14.4	N/A
Turnout			1,957	44.2
Registered electors			4,427
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bathavon North

Bathavon North (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gabriel Michael Batt *	1,423	37.2	–14.1
	Conservative	Martin Beresford John Veal *	1,408	–
	Conservative	Geoff Ward	1,289	–
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Millar	1,237	32.4	+13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Eve Strasburger	855	–
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Moore	826	–
	Labour	Anne Brown	591	15.5	+3.8
	Green	Justin Christopher Temblett-Wood	572	15.0	–2.5
	Labour	Derek William Brown	567	–
Turnout			3,343	57.2
Registered electors			5,845
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bathavon South

Bathavon South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Butters *	680	49.3	+3.5
	Conservative	Harvey Haeberling	478	34.7	+1.0
	Labour	David Walter Lavington	116	8.4	N/A
	Green	Hugh Golden Prentice	105	7.6	–9.6
Majority			202	14.6
Turnout			1,388	62.1
Registered electors			2,236
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bathavon West

Bathavon West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David John Veale	493	53.0	–1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Bray	437	47.0	+1.3
Majority			56	6.0
Turnout			951	47.8
Registered electors			1,991
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bathwick

Bathwick (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas John Coombes *	740	47.0	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	David John Martin	657	–
	Conservative	Tony Hickman	528	33.5	–3.1
	Conservative	Johnny Kidney	528	–
	Green	Katharine Anne Miles	155	9.8	–0.8
	Labour	Peter Marsh	153	9.7	+5.6
	Green	Jenny Rust	124	–
Turnout			1,520	35.2
Registered electors			4,319
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chew Valley North

Chew Valley North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Charles Hanney *	672	73.8	–10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas John Evan Roberts	122	13.4	–2.8
	Labour	Hattie Ajderian	117	12.8	N/A
Majority			550	60.4
Turnout			921	47.9
Registered electors			1,922
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chew Valley South

Chew Valley South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victor Lewis Pritchard *	451	52.2	–20.7
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Fenn	154	17.8	–9.3
	Independent	John Kenyon Knibbs	132	15.3	N/A
	Labour	Susan Irene Thorne	127	14.7	N/A
Majority			297	34.4
Turnout			868	45.2
Registered electors			1,919
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clutton

Clutton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Sparks	568	52.6	+35.2
	Conservative	Steve Willcox *	511	47.4	–15.0
Majority			57	5.1
Turnout			1,113	56.9
Registered electors			1,955
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Combe Down

Combe Down (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Alan Symonds *	1,052	46.2	–4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Cherry Elizabeth Beath *	1,042	–
	Conservative	Robin Henderson Kirkland	567	24.9	–9.9
	Conservative	Glenys Chalker	564	–
	Green	Giles Oliver Malcolm Green	317	13.9	–0.8
	Labour	Jane Bigham	283	12.4	N/A
	Independent	Kevin Russell	59	2.6	N/A
Turnout			2,180	53.2
Registered electors			4,099
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Farmborough

Farmborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sally Davis *	861	71.8	–2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Dobinson	228	19.0	+10.3
	Labour	Sarah Louise Pryer	110	9.2	–7.9
Majority			633	52.8
Turnout			1,209	57.2
Registered electors			2,113
	Conservative hold		Swing

High Littleton

High Littleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Les Kew *	742	61.7	–9.1
	Labour	Roger Baber	308	26.0	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Blades	153	12.7	+0.8
Majority			434	36.1
Turnout			1,211	50.0
Registered electors			2,420
	Conservative hold		Swing

Keynsham East

Keynsham East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Organ *	1,310	52.5	+3.9
	Conservative	Marie Longstaff *	1,138	–
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Wait	622	24.9	+3.9
	Labour	Steve Rossiter	565	22.6	+12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Martin Clark	528	–
Turnout			2,393	54.3
Registered electors			4,408
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marie Longstaff was previously elected under her maiden name Marie Brewer

Keynsham North

Keynsham North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Daniel Gerrish *	1,174	56.9	+3.4
	Conservative	Brian Simmons *	913	–
	Labour	Luke Hobbs	545	26.4	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Richard Kirwan	344	16.7	+3.9
	Labour	Michael Evans	330	–
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Godfrey	203	–
Turnout			1,984	48.7
Registered electors			4,076
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Keynsham South

Keynsham South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Dudley Hale *	824	44.8	+14.3
	Conservative	Kate Simmons	640	–
	Labour	Paul Rabbeth	600	32.6	–3.9
	Labour	Keith Burchell	595	–
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Crouch	416	22.6	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Lawes	228	–
Turnout			1,796	46.2
Registered electors			3,891
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingsmead

Kingsmead (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Furse *	924	40.0	–4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Nicol	620	–
	Conservative	Carol Anne Paradise *	469	20.3	–8.6
	Green	Eric Lucas	457	19.8	–0.5
	Conservative	Anthony Bernard Masters	417	–
	Labour	Pam Richards	367	15.9	N/A
	UKIP	Michael Stanley	94	4.1	N/A
Turnout			1,853	44.9
Registered electors			4,125
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lambridge

Lambridge (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Alan Chalker *	871	32.4	–6.8
	Conservative	Dave Laming	719	–
	Liberal Democrats	Quil Cantrell	617	23.0	–8.1
	Labour	Bernard Morgan	605	22.5	+14.1
	Green	Thelma Vivian Grimes	593	22.1	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Raine Cantrell	587	–
Turnout			2,339	55.5
Registered electors			4,215
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lansdown

Lansdown (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Anketell-Jones	1,018	48.0	–19.5
	Conservative	Tony Clarke *	888	–
	Green	David Kevin Naismith	378	17.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Cherry Joan Shelton-Mills	378	17.8	–14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Thomas Francis Hime	354	–
	Labour	Philip McCabe	289	13.6	N/A
	Independent	Allison Margaret Derrick	59	2.8	N/A
Turnout			1,872	52.6
Registered electors			3,561
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lyncombe

Lyncombe (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Bellotti *	1,353	43.8	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Katie Hall	1,095	–
	Conservative	Liz Dodgson	841	27.2	–6.4
	Conservative	Ben Robinson	748	–
	Green	Donald Patrick Grimes	512	16.6	+1.1
	Labour	Julian Vincent	383	12.4	N/A
Turnout			2,737	60.6
Registered electors			4,518
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Mendip

Mendip

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Warren *	646	57.7	–8.3
	Labour	Tim Thorne	226	20.2	–6.9
	Green	Michael Edwin Jay	143	12.8	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Goldstrom	104	9.3	+1.0
Majority			420	37.5
Turnout			1,128	53.6
Registered electors			2,106
	Conservative hold		Swing

Midsomer Norton North

Midsomer Norton North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Evans	849	47.6	+4.5
	Conservative	Barry Macrae *	787	–
	Labour Co-op	Gael Doswell	649	36.4	+1.0
	Labour Co-op	Fflyff McLaren	631	–
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Jakins	285	16.0	–7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Bray	231	–
Turnout			1,860	40.8
Registered electors			4,563
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Midsomer Norton Redfield

Midsomer Norton Redfield (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Myers	996	55.0	+11.9
	Conservative	Chris Watt *	903	–
	Labour Co-op	Wayne Teall	641	35.4	+2.0
	Labour Co-op	Peter Sas	545	–
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Tickell	173	9.6	–13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Richard Crossley	159	–
Turnout			1,870	44.8
Registered electors			4,171
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newbridge

Newbridge (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Loraine Brinkhurst *	1,246	43.7	–9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Roberts *	1,146	–
	Conservative	Mike Clarkson	727	25.5	–21.2
	Conservative	Dan Hogston	688	–
	Labour	Jo McCarron	513	18.0	N/A
	Green	Gavin Alexander Withers	364	12.8	N/A
Turnout			2,541	57.3
Registered electors			4,437
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Odd Down

Odd Down (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Hedges *	1,016	48.0	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Roberts *	858	–
	Labour	Liz Vincent	381	18.0	+6.9
	Conservative	Nicolas de Larrinaga	378	17.8	–9.9
	Green	Dominic Barrington Tristram	343	16.2	N/A
	Conservative	Meredith Alun Lloyd	328	–
Turnout			1,920	44.9
Registered electors			4,280
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Oldfield

Oldfield (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Will Sandry *	782	43.4	–6.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Christopher Dixon *	690	–
	Labour	Hilary Fraser	380	21.1	+9.8
	Labour	Roger Chapman	378	–
	Green	David Beasley	333	18.5	N/A
	Conservative	Jonathan Peter Grinham	308	17.1	–1.9
	Conservative	Jack Whalley	300	–
Turnout			1,772	38.0
Registered electors			4,661
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Paulton

Paulton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Anthony Bull *	787	45.3	+4.4
	Labour	Liz Hardman	785	–
	Conservative	Mike Colliver	616	35.5	–0.8
	Conservative	Stephen John Goodwin	432	–
	Liberal Democrats	Debby Tarrant	333	19.2	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Taylor	293	–
Turnout			1,764	42.4
Registered electors			4,165
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Peasedown

Peasedown (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Hartley *	1,172	54.2	+12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Frances Bevan *	1,149	–
	Labour	Guy Matthews	361	16.7	+2.2
	Independent	Robert William George Butt	360	–
	Independent	Kathy Thomas	288	–
	Independent	Jonathan Paul Rich	287	–
	Conservative	Margaret Rose Brewer	268	12.4	–1.4
	Labour	Anne Marie Jovic-Sas	252	–
	Conservative	Deirdre Mary Horstmann	238	–
Turnout			2,321	47.5
Registered electors			4,884
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Publow with Whitchurch

Publow with Whitchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Michael John Edwards *	664	72.1	–2.5
	Labour	Roy Staddon	184	20.6	+11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Beria	65	7.3	–9.0
Majority			460	51.5
Turnout			904	46.5
Registered electors			1,944
	Conservative hold		Swing

Radstock

Radstock (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon George Allen *	799	44.2	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Eleanor Margaret Jackson *	711	39.3	+7.4
	Labour Co-op	Lesley Mansell	639	–
	Liberal Democrats	Gabby Durham	551	–
	Conservative	Michael Cobb	299	16.5	+0.2
	Conservative	Carole Diane Fitzpatrick	250	–
Turnout			1,822	44.2
Registered electors			4,122
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Saltford

Saltford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francine Haeberling *	932	44.5	–6.5
	Conservative	Mathew Blankley	894	–
	Independent	Reg Williams	596	28.5	+6.7
	Labour	Michael John Tucker	293	14.0	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Buchanan	273	13.0	–4.6
	Labour	Elizabeth Anne Derl-Davis	258	–
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Robert Walker	83	–
Turnout			1,874	55.9
Registered electors			3,353
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southdown

Southdown (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Crossley *	863	45.3	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dine Romero *	803	–
	Labour	Keith Franklin	402	21.1	N/A
	Conservative	Dan Warren	323	17.0	–12.5
	Green	Natalie Valentina Davis	315	16.6	–9.6
	Conservative	Peter Gordon Till	272	–
Turnout			1,809	60.7
Registered electors			4,308
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Timsbury

Timsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Douglas Deacon *	852	68.9	+33.1
	Labour Co-op	Will Parbury	189	15.3	–17.1
	Conservative	Michael Green	148	12.0	–15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert James Attword	48	3.9	–0.1
Majority			663	53.6
Turnout			1,239	58.3
Registered electors			2,127
	Independent hold		Swing

Twerton

Twerton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Ball *	757	54.3	–13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gerry Curran *	525	–
	Labour	Steve Cope	254	18.2	N/A
	Conservative	John Palmer	234	16.8	+15.8
	Labour	Sanjeev Chaddha	220	–
	Conservative	Gay Tulyholowycz	153	–
	Green	Justin Lee-Gammage	150	10.8	N/A
Turnout			1,333	35.0
Registered electors			3,804
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Walcot

Walcot (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Jane Brett	1,144	38.7	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Jonathan Fox	914	–
	Green	Nicholas Hales	755	25.5	+1.7
	Labour	Steve Bendle	599	20.3	+10.8
	Conservative	Joy Goldsmith	459	15.5	+14.9
	Conservative	Mandana Sharifi	383	–
Turnout			2,411	54.6
Registered electors			4,414
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Westfield

Westfield (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob Appleyard *	971	51.5	+11.1
	Labour	Robin Moss	651	–
	Independent	Sue Hamilton	514	27.1	N/A
	Independent	Eddie Newman	321	–
	Conservative	Monica Evans	291	15.3	+0.8
	Conservative	Clive Fricker	212	–
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Whybrow	123	6.5	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Clarke	98	–
Turnout			1,756	39.8
Registered electors			4,409
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Westmoreland

Westmoreland (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	June Player	565	28.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Grace Ball *	549	28.1	–3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Hemsley	512	–
	Green	Jon Lucas	349	17.8	–8.7
	Green	Nigel David Williams	312	–
	Labour	David Halpin	286	14.6	–0.7
	Labour	Hadleigh Roberts	231	–
	Conservative	Mike Ringham	208	10.6	–16.5
	Conservative	Lance Payton	200	–
Turnout			1,898	37.8
Registered electors			5,024
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Weston

Weston (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Vincent Barrett *	1,187	47.2	–15.2
	Conservative	Malcolm John Henry Lees *	963	–
	Liberal Democrats	Michelle Drew	524	20.8	–16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michelle Anne O'Doherty	495	–
	Labour	Vicky Drew	419	16.7	N/A
	Green	Lisa Loveridge	384	15.3	N/A
Turnout			2,276	56.0
Registered electors			4,062
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Widcombe

Widcombe (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Andrew Gilchrist *	1,106	44.1	+12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Stevens	857	–
	Conservative	Peter John Martin	613	24.4	–6.6
	Conservative	Don Wallace	562	–
	Green	Susan Patricia Bradley	460	18.3	+3.5
	Labour	Saiful Islam	331	13.2	+6.8
Turnout			2,146	47.7
Registered electors			4,502
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

By-elections between 2011 and 2015

Chew Valley North

Chew Valley North By-Election 15 November 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Richardson	417	50.9	–22.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Fenn	271	33.0	+19.7
	Independent	Andrew Christopher Tanner	106	12.9	N/A
	Green	Michael Edwin Jay	26	3.2	N/A
Majority			146	17.8
Turnout			822	42.2
Registered electors			1,950
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bathavon North

Bathavon North By-Election 22 May 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Gazzard	1,047	37.6	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dorian Ross Williams Baker	712	25.6	–6.8
	Labour	George Aylett	353	12.7	–2.8
	Green	Justin Christopher Temblett-Wood	353	12.7	–2.3
	UKIP	Hugo Jenks	316	11.4	N/A
Majority			335	12.1
Turnout			2,781	46.9
	Conservative hold		Swing