2011 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election

The 2011 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of East Riding of Yorkshire Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across the country. All 67 seats were contested. The Conservatives retained control of the council, surpassing the 34-seat majority threshold with 53 seats, up 6 from the last election.

2011 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election

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All 67 seats to East Riding of Yorkshire Council
34 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 47, 70.1% 3, 4.5% 12, 18.0%
Seats won 53 6 3
Seat change Increase 6 Increase 3 Decrease 9
Popular vote 47,426 26,349 17,451
Percentage 40.2% 22.3% 14.8%
Swing Decrease 0.7% Increase 8.8% Decrease 13.1%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Independent East Yorkshire Independents SDP
Last election 4, 6.0% 0, 0.0% 1, 1.5%
Seats won 3 1 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 13,900 6,696 1,167
Percentage 11.8% 5.7% 1.0%
Swing Increase 0.8% Increase 5.7% Decrease 0.9%

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

Election result

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2011 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election result[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 53 7 1 +6 79.1 40.2 47,426 –0.7%
  Labour 6 4 1 +3 9.0 22.3 26,349 +8.8%
  Liberal Democrats 3 0 9 –9 4.5 14.8 17,451 –13.1%
  Independent 3 0 1 –1 4.5 11.8 13,900 +0.8%
  East Yorkshire Independents 1 1 0 +1 1.5 5.7 6,696 +5.7%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.8 3,301 +1.1%
  SDP 1 0 0 0 1.5 1.0 1,167 –0.9%
  English Democrat 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 1,164 +0.4%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 539 +0.5%

Ward results

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Beverley Rural

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Beverley Rural (3 seats)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Phyllis Pollard 2,767 39.2 –26.2
Conservative Bradley Birmingham 2,714
Conservative Stephen Parnaby 2,714
Independent Penelope Peacock 1,842 26.1 +26.1
Labour Angela Hancock 1,367 19.4 +5.1
Labour James Pybus 1,153
Liberal Democrats Judyth Jones 1,085 15.4 –4.9
Total votes 13,642
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bridlington Central and Old Town

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Bridlington Central and Old Town (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SDP Raymond Allerston 1,167 37.6 +0.5
Conservative Richard Burton 903 29.1 +3.2
Labour Liam Dealtry 864 27.8 +16.9
Conservative John Copsey 685
Labour Peter Astell 644
SDP Jackie Foster 497
Liberal Democrats Linda Chambers 173 5.6 –5.9
Total votes 4,933
SDP hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bridlington North

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Bridlington North (3 seats)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Harrap 2,713 67.4 +25.9
Conservative Chris Matthews 2,449
Conservative John Wilkinson 2,161
Labour Elliot Sparks 1,313 32.6 +18.5
Labour George McManus 1,085
Labour Cherry Walton 990
Total votes 10,711
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bridlington South

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Bridlington South (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Chadwick 1,235 31.6 +0.6
Labour Shelagh Finlay 1,216 31.1 +9.1
Conservative Chad Chadwick 1,175
Labour Dave Grange 1,083
Labour Danny Marten 886
Conservative Geoff Pickering 831
Independent Cyril Marsburg 573 14.7 +14.7
UKIP Malcolm Milns 539 13.8 +13.8
UKIP Thelma Milns 419
Liberal Democrats Keith Chambers 347 8.9 –2.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Heslop-Mullens 275
Total votes 7,538
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Cottingham North

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Cottingham North (2 seats)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ros Jump 1,665 54.7 +5.7
Conservative Geraldine Mathieson 1,462
Labour Mick Armitage 774 25.4 +15.7
Labour Richard Bridge 740
Liberal Democrats Gary Cooper 605 19.9 –12.7
Liberal Democrats Richard Weighill 596
Total votes 5,842
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Cottingham South

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Cottingham South (2 seats)[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Helen Green 1,237 38.8 –1.7
Conservative Lena Slater 1,127
Liberal Democrats Win Knight 1,117 35.0 –12.0
Liberal Democrats Katrin McClure 1,031
Labour Sam Kind 837 26.2 +13.7
Labour Julia Marten 786
Total votes 6,135
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Dale

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Dale (3 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rita Hudson 3,315 44.4 –11.3
Conservative Tony Galbraith 2,925
Conservative Patricia Smith 2,603
Independent Coleen Gill 2,046 27.4 +27.4
Liberal Democrats Anita Kay 1,084 14.5 –24.9
Labour Anthony Bridge 1,013 13.6 +8.7
Labour Christopher Howarth 934
Labour Louise Turner 888
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Davison 646
Liberal Democrats David Luckraft 566
Total votes 6,135
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Driffield and Rural

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Driffield and Rural (3 seats)[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Symon Fraser 1,993 42.1 –12.6
Conservative Barbara Hall 1,980
Conservative Felicity Temple 1,931
East Yorkshire Independents Stephen Poessl 1,155 24.4 +24.4
Labour Joyce Fletcher 1,048 22.2 +2.4
Labour Granville Credland 922
Labour Paul Rounding 870
Liberal Democrats Richard Gorski 535 11.3 –14.3
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Ormerod 466
Total votes 10,900
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

East Wolds and Coastal

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East Wolds and Coastal (3 seats)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Evison 2,769 54.6 +3.9
Conservative Jonathan Owen 2,595
Conservative Margaret Chapman 2,511
Green Michael Jackson 949 18.7 +4.4
Labour Elizabeth Whitfield 883 17.4 +7.5
Labour Gillian Boatman 778
Labour Daniel Young 609
Liberal Democrats Moira Ormerod 470 9.3 –2.5
Liberal Democrats Grace Gorski 431
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Boland 418
Total votes 12,413
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Goole North

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Goole North (2 seats)[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Moore 1,090 30.9 +5.0
East Yorkshire Independents Josephine Head 1,072 30.4 +30.4
Labour William Frost 805
Liberal Democrats Jean Kitchen 745 21.1 –22.5
Independent Mavis Vines 620 17.6 +17.6
Total votes 4,332
Labour hold Swing
East Yorkshire Independents gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Goole South

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Goole South (2 seats)[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Boatman 907 37.2 +5.1
Labour Patricia O'Neil 871
East Yorkshire Independents Kevin Flynn 569 23.3 +23.3
Conservative Kenneth Hammond 528 21.6 +6.1
Independent Christoph Rick 435 17.8 –3.4
Total votes 3,310
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Hessle

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Hessle (3 seats)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Jefferies 1,471 34.3 –25.8
Liberal Democrats Phil Davison 1,459
Labour Paul Hogan 1,335 31.1 +15.9
Labour Robin Bettison 1,334
Liberal Democrats David Prattley 1,269
Labour Joseph Key 1,257
Conservative Howard Jennings 893 20.8 –3.9
Conservative John Wilding 793
Conservative Matthew Leonard 673
English Democrat Victoria Carter 367 8.6 +8.6
English Democrat Peter Mawer 333
English Democrat Michael Burton 291
Independent Simon Pickering 220 5.1 +5.1
Total votes 11,695
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Howden

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Howden (1 seat)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charlie Bayram 750 43.4 –14.8
Liberal Democrats Ingrid Haywood 689 39.9 +2.8
Labour Paul Ablett 288 16.7 +12.0
Total votes 1,727
Conservative hold Swing

Howdenshire

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Howdenshire (3 seats)[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Robinson 2,640 45.4 –3.5
Conservative Doreen Engall 2,347
Conservative Nicholas Evans 2,212
Independent Bernard Darley 1,013 17.4 –3.2
East Yorkshire Independents Christopher Worrall 925 15.9 +15.9
Labour Matthew Gibson 815 14.0 +7.3
Labour Mike Whitley 811
Labour Rachael Bell 754
Liberal Democrats Angela Hunter 421 7.2 –16.6
Liberal Democrats Fiona Braithwaite 386
Liberal Democrats Valerie Wood 353
Independent Geofrey Harrison 326
Total votes 13,003
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Mid Holderness

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Mid Holderness (3 seats)[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Grove 2,331 49.0 –6.1
Conservative Peter Turner 2,255
Conservative Brian Skow 1,910
Labour Judy Dickinson 1,513 31.8 +19.1
Labour Jan Davis 1,471
Labour Trevor Whatmore 1,174
Liberal Democrats John Leeman 910 19.1 –16.9
Total votes 11,564
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Minster and Woodmansey

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Minster and Woodmansey (3 seats)[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Elvidge 2,075 33.2 +0.2
Conservative Kerri Harold 2,064
Conservative Dominic Peacock 1,764
Labour James Whitfield 1,733 27.8 –3.6
Labour David Sweet 1,559
Labour Paul McGrath 1,552
Green Shan Oakes 889 14.2 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Bessie Foot 857 13.7 –8.9
Independent Beate Willar 689 11.0 +11.0
Total votes 13,182
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

North Holderness

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North Holderness (2 seats)[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Barbara Jefferson 1,911 50.9 +7.4
Independent John Whittle 1,415
Conservative Carl Milson 1,248 33.3 +10.9
Labour John Youle 592 15.8 +7.3
Labour Ken Thorley 505
Total votes 5,671
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Pocklington Provincial

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Pocklington Provincial (3 seats)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kay West 2,228 39.6 –1.0
Conservative Stephen Lane 2,186
Conservative Claude Mole 1,933
East Yorkshire Independents Jeff Shepherd 1,698 30.2 +30.2
East Yorkshire Independents Richard Bryon 1,623
East Yorkshire Independents Tony Marron 1,356
Labour Cynthia Collier 940 16.7 +3.5
Labour Michael Harrison 766
Liberal Democrats Susan Taylor 754 13.4 –2.2
Labour Stephen Harrison 678
Total votes 14,162
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Snaith, Airmyn, Rawcliffe and Marshland

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Snaith, Airmyn, Rawcliffe and Marshland (2 seats)[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Barrett 1,886 66.2 +21.6
Conservative Caroline Fox 1,825
Labour Ian Blackburn 962 33.8 –0.4
Labour Bryan Dicker 951
Total votes 5,624
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

South East Holderness

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South East Holderness (3 seats)[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Stead 1,791 39.0 –2.7
Conservative Arthur Hodgson 1,534
Conservative Jackie Cracknell 1,482
Independent John Windas 1,281 27.9 +1.6
Labour Dave Beech 951 20.7 +8.2
Labour Patricia Beech 920
Labour Jed Lee 892
Liberal Democrats Brian Cloke 569 12.4 –7.1
Independent Chuck Hunter 560
Independent Neil Whitelam 543
Independent Patrick Spicer 465
Independent Thomas Fisher 255
Total votes 11,243
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

South Hunsley

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South Hunsley (2 seats)[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julie Abraham 2,688 71.0 –0.3
Conservative Helen Gilmour 2,441
Labour Alex MacFarlane 631 16.7 +9.4
Labour Gillian Sheard 576
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Eagle 468 12.4 –9.7
Liberal Democrats Patricia Jones 386
Total votes 7,190
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

South West Holderness

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South West Holderness (3 seats)[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Dennis 1,846 35.8 +13.9
Conservative Mike Bryan 1,723
Independent Ann Suggit 1,529 29.6 –1.6
Labour Brian Stockdale 1,130 21.9 +12.3
Labour Carol Williams 1,025
Labour Neil Watts 916
Liberal Democrats Steve Sloan 656 12.7 –24.6
Liberal Democrats Janet Selkirk 619
Independent Adam Lonsdale 568
Liberal Democrats Ken Wilson 507
Total votes 10,519
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Independent hold Swing

St Mary's

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St Mary's (3 seats)[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bryan Pearson 2,416 30.1 +3.92
Conservative Elaine Aird 2,362
Conservative Irene Charis 1,785
Independent Kathleen Gray 1,741 21.7 –3.3
Labour Stuart Pearce 1,486 18.5 +7.2
Labour Jack Falkingham 1,458
Liberal Democrats John Bird 1,436 17.9 –10.5
Labour Margaret Pinder 1,399
Green Bill Rigby 947 11.8 +3.4
Liberal Democrats David Horsley 870
Liberal Democrats Neil Bant 808
Total votes 16,708
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Tranby

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Tranby (2 seats)[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mary-Rose Hardy 1,093 33.7 –19.1
Labour Josh Newlove 1,077 33.2 +26.5
Labour Daniel Palmer 1,058
Liberal Democrats Mary Kingston 1,046
Conservative Stephen Kersey 683 21.0 +0.7
Conservative Vanessa Walker 581
English Democrat Michael Cassidy 394 12.1 –8.1
English Democrat Peter Asquith-Cowen 367
Total votes 6,299
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Willerby and Kirk Ella

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Willerby and Kirk Ella (3 seats)[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Ibson 2,300 46.2 –5.2
Conservative Shaun Horton 2,163
Conservative Michael Whitehead 2,039
Liberal Democrats Fred Smith 1,476 29.6 –14.0
Liberal Democrats Jo Carden 1,443
Liberal Democrats Chris Lawson 1,324
Labour Roger Coates 801 16.1 +11.0
Labour Alan Sheard 705
Labour John Marten 682
English Democrat Graham Robinson 403 8.1 +8.1
English Democrat Joanne Robinson 387
English Democrat John Ottaway 318
Total votes 14,041
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Wolds Weighton

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Wolds Weighton (3 seats)[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Rudd 2,526 45.2 –7.5
Conservative Andy Burton 2,288
Conservative Dee Sharpe 2,093
East Yorkshire Independents Nigel Chicken 1,277 22.8 +22.8
East Yorkshire Independents Peter Hemmerman 1,146
East Yorkshire Independents Malcolm Lindley 897
Labour Martha Hanson 783 14.0 –0.3
Labour Kim Peake 740
Labour Douglas Hope 724
Green Mark Maloney 516 9.2 +9.2
Liberal Democrats Dale Needham 490 8.8 –4.9
Liberal Democrats Alan Allsopp 489
Total votes 13,969
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

References

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General

  • For infobox election figures: "Local election results 2011: East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
    "Local election results 2007: East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

Specific

  1. ^ "Local election results 2011: East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
    "Local election results 2007: East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Beverley Rural ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Bridlington Central and Old Town ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Bridlington North ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Bridlington South ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Cottingham North ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Cottingham South ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Dale ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Driffield and Rural ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  10. ^ "East Wolds and Coastal ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Goole North ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Goole South ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Hessle ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Howden ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  15. ^ "Howdenshire ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  16. ^ "Mid Holderness ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Minster and Woodmansey ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  18. ^ "North Holderness ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  19. ^ "Pocklington Provincial ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  20. ^ "Snaith, Airmyn, Rawcliffe and Marshland ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  21. ^ "South East Holderness ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  22. ^ "South Hunsley ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  23. ^ "South West Holderness ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  24. ^ "St Mary's ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  25. ^ "Tranby ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  26. ^ "Willerby and Kirk Ella ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  27. ^ "Wolds Weighton ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.