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2011 Cotswold District Council election

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Elections for Cotswold District Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2011. The whole council was up for election. Cotswold District is divided into 28 wards, with a total of 44 seats up for election.

Cotswold District Council Election, 2011
← 2007 5 May 2011 (2011-05-05) 2015 →
44 out of 44 seats to Cotswold District Council
23 seats needed for a majority
Turnout34,092 (50.2%)
  First party Second party
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 38 seats, 58.0% 4 seats, 24.0%
Seats before 38 4
Seats after 27 12
Seat change Decrease 11 Increase 8
Popular vote 18,423 10,240
Percentage 51.8% 28.8
Swing Decrease 6.2 Increase 4.8
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Independent Labour
Last election 2 seats, 17.0% N/A
Seats before 2 0
Seats after 5 0
Seat change Increase 3 0
Popular vote 4685 922
Percentage 13.2% 2.6
Swing Decrease 4.8 N/A
Leader before election

Lynden Stowe
Conservative

Leader after election

Lynden Stowe
Conservative

Summary results

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Despite winning the majority of votes in the election, the Conservatives lost 12 seats, 8 to the Liberal Democrats and 4 to Independents. However, they still retained majority control of the council.

Cotswold Local Election Results 2011[1][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 27 1 12   11 61.4 51.8 18423   6.2[3]
  Liberal Democrats 12 8 0   8 27.3 28.8 10240   4.8
  Independent 5 4 1   3 11.4 13.2 4685   3.8
  Labour 0 0 0   0 2.6 922 N/A
  Green 0 0 0   0 2.2 776 N.A
  UKIP 0 0 0   0 1.5 541   0.5

Wards

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Ampney-Coln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Edward Horsfall 584 74.3
Liberal Democrats Frank Skinner 202 25.7
Majority 382 48.6
Turnout 797 50.83
Conservative hold Swing
Avening
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jim Parsons 534 68.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Burgess 153 19.5
UKIP David Bendall 96 12.3
Majority 381
Turnout 783
Conservative hold Swing
Beacon-Stow (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Davin Penman 857 56.3
Conservative Merryl Phillips 703 ---
Independent Colin Smalley 703 30.5
Independent Christopher Turner 258 ---
Liberal Democrats George Ellis 200 13.1
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Blockley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Dare 489 58.4
Liberal Democrats Sarah Keay-Bright 348 41.6
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Bourton-on-the-Water (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sheila Jeffery 884 71.8
Conservative Leonard Wilkins 868 ---
Liberal Democrats Sarah Keay-Bright 347 28.2
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Campden-Vale (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynden Stowe 1,662 67.0
Conservative Susan Jepson 1,641 ---
Conservative Mark Annett 1,588 ---
Liberal Democrats Clive Thompson 819 33.0
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Chedworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Broad 453 53.5
Independent John Robons 393 46.5
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Churn Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Hodgkinson 532 59.2
Conservative Vanessa Powell 397 40.8
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Cirencester Beeches (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Burgess 629 51.1
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Hughes 602 48.9
Conservative Peter Braidwood 598 ---
Liberal Democrats Nigel Robbins 574 46.5 −−−
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Cirencester Chesterton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Deryck Nash 682 48.6
Liberal Democrats Margaret Rickman 561 ---
Conservative Phillip Kerton 407 29.0
Conservative John Anderson 399 ---
Labour Jonathan Easterbrook 169 12.0
UKIP Peter Braidwood 146 10.4
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Cirencester Park (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lee Searles 769 57.5
Liberal Democrats Joseph Harris 735 ---
Conservative Geoffrey Adams 568 42.5
Conservative Anthony Curry 509 ---
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Cirencester Stratton-Whiteway (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Lichnowski 816 48.8
Liberal Democrats Patrick Coleman 757 ---
Conservative Dennis Peters 502 30.0
Conservative Richard Buckley 428 ---
Green Robert Irving 182 10.9
Labour Reginald Eyre 173 10.3
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Cirencester Watermoor (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gary Selwyn 804 60.7
Liberal Democrats Jenny Hincks 741 ---
Conservative William Helm 520 39.3
Conservative Steven White 433 ---
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Ermin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Parsons 490 56.5
Liberal Democrats Jane Edwards 336 38.8
UKIP Adrian Blake 41 4.7
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Fairford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Raymond Theodoulou 750 36.5
Independent Mark Wardle 711 34.6
Conservative Christine Roberts 670 ---
Liberal Democrats Sean Davey 387 18.9
Liberal Democrats Anna Lewis 231 ---
Green Xanthe Messenger 205 10.0
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Fosseridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michele Jeffery 638 78.7
Liberal Democrats Richard Derrington 173 21.3
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Grumbolds Ash
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Nicolle 665 78.0
Liberal Democrats Felicity Hornby 188 22.0
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Hampton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Fowles 525 58.5
Independent James Steel 288 25.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Harwood 144 16.1
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Kempsford-Lechlade (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sandra Carter 932 48.2
Independent Susan Coakley 781 40.4
Conservative Alexander Palmer 726 ---
Independent Jeremy Stokes 502 ---
Green Neil Voller 222 11.5
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Moreton-in-Marsh (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Dutton 796 46.6
Independent Rodney Hooper 776 45.4
Conservative Christopher Horne 536 ---
Independent Patrick Trice-Rolph 220 ---
Liberal Democrats Nigel Bass 136 8.0
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Northleach
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Christopher Hancock 427 52.7
Conservative Michael Pezet 313 38.6
Liberal Democrats Darren McLauchlan 70 8.6
Majority
Turnout
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Rissingtons
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Venetia Crosbie-Dawson 602 76.1
Liberal Democrats Christine Watson 189 23.9
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Riversmeet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carole Topple 497 62.0
Liberal Democrats Laura Watts 240 29.9
Labour Merilyn Hill 65 8.1
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Sandywell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robin Hughes 577 73.1
Liberal Democrats Roberta Crawley 212 26.9
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Tetbury (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Stephen Hirst 905 30.0
Conservative Barry Gibbs 834 27.7
Conservative Diana Hicks 627 ---
Liberal Democrats Kevin Painter 577 19.2
Conservative Keith Leaver 560 ---
Independent Peter Martin 467 ---
Labour Shirley Mosdell 371 12.3
Labour Christopher Giles 292 ---
Liberal Democrats Leslie Brown 277 ---
Liberal Democrats Stephen Radford-Hancock 236 ---
Independent Brian Edge 169 ---
Green Brecon Quaddy 167 5.5
UKIP Guy Parfitt 158 5.2
Majority
Turnout
Independent hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Thames Head
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Birch 591 66.0
Liberal Democrats James Willis 204 22.8
UKIP Jennifer Knight 100 11.2
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Three Rivers
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dominic Collier 727 83.5
Labour Alan Pollock 144 16.5
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Water Parl (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Esmond Jenkins 1,110 51.9
Liberal Democrats Juliet Layton 1,058 ---
Conservative Clive Bennett 1,030 48.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Evemy 1018 ---
Conservative Adrian Snow 766 ---
Conservative Peter Messenger 684 ---
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Costwold District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Local Election Results 2011 - Cotswold". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Local Election Results 2007 - Cotswold". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
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