2011 South Kesteven District Council election

The 2011 South Kesteven District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of South Kesteven District Council in Lincolnshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

Election result

The Conservatives remained in control of the council after gaining seats from the Liberal Democrats.^[2] These gains included taking all three seats in St Johns ward, as well as a seat each in All Saints and St Georges wards.^[2] Labour also made gains to move to six councillors, while the number of independents dropped.^[3]

The election in Deeping St James was delayed from the original date after the death of a Liberal Democrat councillor for the ward.^[2]

South Kesteven local election result 2011^[3]^[4]^[5]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	38	6	2	+4	65.5	48.9	30,584	+5.3%
Independent	12	3	7	-4	20.7	24.6	15,363	-4.0%
Labour	6	4	0	+4	10.3	12.6	7,858	+0.8%
Liberal Democrats	1	1	6	-5	1.7	5.7	3,578	-7.7%
Lincolnshire Independent	1	1	0	+1	1.7	1.3	830	+1.3%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	3,872	+4.8%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	435	-0.2%

The above totals include the delayed election in Deeping St. James.

Ward results

All Saints (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Breda-Rae Griffin	480
	Independent	Susan Sandall	452
	Independent	Maxwell Sawyer	413
	Labour	David Bimson	318
	Liberal Democrats	Ismail Jalili	271
	Labour	Adam Wissen	247
Turnout			2,181
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Aveland^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Debbie Wren	624	72.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Morris	241	27.9
Majority			383	44.3
Turnout			865
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barrowby^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Pamela Bosworth	424	51.6
	Independent	Lynda Coutts	397	48.4
Majority			27	3.3
Turnout			821
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belmont (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Chivers	727
	Conservative	Nicholas Craft	705
	Labour	Michael Burton	415
	Labour	Deborah Grinnell	407
	Liberal Democrats	Martin James	211
Turnout			2,465
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bourne East (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Judith Smith	1,416
	Conservative	David Higgs	1,179
	Conservative	Robert Russell	1,148
	Green	David Evans	776
Turnout			4,519
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bourne West (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Linda Neal	1,018
	Conservative	John Smith	858
	Lincolnshire Independent	Helen Powell	830
	Conservative	Kirsty Roche	795
	Independent	Trevor Holmes	729
	Labour	Jonathan Hitch	440
Turnout			4,670
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Lincolnshire Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Earlesfield (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Alan Davidson	351
	Independent	David Kerr	232
	Labour	Robert Shorrock	217
	Conservative	Richard Davies	162
	Independent	Stuart McBride	162
	Independent	Alwyn Todd	161
	Conservative	Paul Manterfield	119
	Conservative	Umar Nadine	50
Turnout			1,454
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Ermine^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Trevor Scott	601	59.4
	Independent	Christina Lees	410	40.6
Majority			191	18.9
Turnout			1,011
	Conservative hold		Swing

Forest^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Carpenter	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Glen Eden^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Robins	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grantham St. John's (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Adam Stokes	530
	Conservative	Jean Taylor	512
	Labour	Mark Bartlett	479
	Labour	David Burling	458
	Independent	Elisabeth Simpson	321
Turnout			2,300
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Green Hill (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alan Parkin	668
	Conservative	Frank Turner	658
	Independent	Ian Mihill	645
	Independent	Geoffrey Wildman	466
Turnout			2,437
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Greyfriars (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Michael Taylor	549
	Conservative	Ian Stokes	456
	Independent	John Andrews	305
	Labour	Yvonne Gibbins	268
	Independent	Alfred Kent	246
	Labour	Susan Duerdoth	194
Turnout			2,018
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harrowby (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ian Selby	730
	Labour	Bruce Wells	644
	Labour	Mark Ashberry	584
	Conservative	Lee Bruce	579
	Conservative	Linda Wootten	561
	Conservative	Graham Jeal	510
	Independent	Michael Williams	395
Turnout			4,003
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Heath^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Robert Sampson	384	45.3
	Conservative	Peter Martin-Mahew	314	37.1
	Independent	Peter Sandy	149	17.6
Majority			70	8.3
Turnout			847
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Hillsides^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elizabeth Channell	568	60.0	+1.4
	Conservative	Thomas Trollope-Bellew	379	40.0	−1.4
Majority			189	20.0	+2.8
Turnout			947
	Independent hold		Swing

Isaac Newton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Adams	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lincrest^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Stephens	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Loveden^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Albert Kerr	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Market and West Deeping (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Paul Cosham	959
	Independent	Robert Broughton	847
	Independent	Reginald Howard	844
	Conservative	Michael Exton	766
	Green	Ashley Baxter	622
	Independent	Jessica Fraylich	533
	Green	John Scholfield	330
	Green	William Booker	302
Turnout			5,203
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Morkey^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Wilkins	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Peascliffe^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jeffrey Thompson	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Ringstone^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frances Cartwright	590	62.1
	Green	Alexandra King	188	19.8
	Liberal Democrats	Janire Morris	172	18.1
Majority			402	42.3
Turnout			950
	Conservative hold		Swing

Saxonwell^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Paul Wood	721	70.0
	Conservative	Mamoharan Nadarajah	309	30.0
Majority			412	40.0
Turnout			1,030
	Independent hold		Swing

St. Anne's (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Michael Cook	431
	Labour	Charmaine Morgan	396
	Labour	John Morgan	370
	Independent	Dale Wright	352
	Conservative	Nicola Manterfield	320
	Independent	Robert Hearmon	245
	Independent	Walter Kirk	201
Turnout			2,315
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

St. George's (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Percival Sandall	426
	Conservative	Brenda Sumner	409
	Labour	Sandra Curran	322
	Labour	William Turner	319
	Independent	Maxine Couch	306
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Gaffigan	272
	Green	Richard Rae	142
Turnout			2,196
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

St. Mary's (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Elizabeth Bevan	676
	Liberal Democrats	Doarkanathsing Bisnauthsing	606
	Independent	John Dawson	516
	Conservative	Brian Sumner	515
	Green	Martin Bamford	294
	Independent	Jonathan Poznanski	281
Turnout			2,888
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

St. Wulfram's (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Raymond Wootten	837
	Conservative	Jacqueline Wootten	772
	Labour	Paul Jacklin	404
	Labour	Eric Goodyer	295
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Sharp	238
Turnout			2,546
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stamford St. John's (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Nalson	1,232
	Conservative	Terl Bryant	1,103
	Conservative	Graddon Rowlands	1,014
	Independent	Clement Walden	639
	Independent	Anthony Story	600
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Jalili	551
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Brough	485
	UKIP	Robert Foulkes	435
Turnout			6,059
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Thurlby^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Nicholson	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Toller^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael King	629	66.1
	Green	Susan Towers	170	17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Withnall	152	16.0
Majority			459	48.3
Turnout			951
	Conservative hold		Swing

Truesdale (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Rosemary Woolley	1,066
	Conservative	Kelham Cooke	914
	Independent	Thomas Butterfield	462
	Green	Rose Booker	409
Turnout			2,851
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Witham Valley^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rosemary Kaberry-Brown	588	53.3
	Independent	Jane Wood	516	46.7
Majority			72	6.5
Turnout			1,104
	Conservative hold		Swing

Deeping St James delayed election

The election in Deeping St James was delayed until 23 June 2011 after the death of the Liberal Democrat councillor for the ward since 1983, Ken Joynson.^[2]^[5] The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats both lost a seat, at the election, with the Conservative retaining one of the three seats.^[5] The other two seats were won by an independent and by Phil Dilks, a former Labour county councillor who stood with no party description.^[5]

Deeping St. James (3 seats^[7])
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Philip Dilks	792
	Independent	Judy Stevens	647
	Conservative	Raymond Auger	631
	Conservative	Robert Thomas	483
	Green	Ashley Baxter	350
	Conservative	Michael Exton	318
	Green	Michael Bossingham	289
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Hammersley	242
	Liberal Democrats	Janire Morris	70
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Morris	67
Turnout			3,889
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2011 and 2015

A by-election was held in Aveland on 13 March 2014 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Debbie Wren.^[8] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Peter Moseley with a majority of 243 votes over Labour candidate John Morgan.^[9]

Aveland by-election 13 March 2014^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Moseley	359	75.6	+3.5
	Labour	John Morgan	116	24.4	+24.4
Majority			243	51.2	+6.9
Turnout			475	26.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Uren, Adam (6 May 2011). "Regional elections 2011: Poll postponed after death of councillor". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Local authority elections: England". The Guardian. NewsBank. 7 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 "Declaration of result of poll". South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Tories lose by-elections in nail-biting night". The Independent. NewsBank. 24 June 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Result of uncontested election". South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "declaration of result of poll". South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
^ "South Kesteven councillor resigns from Aveland seat". Stamford Mercury. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Aveland voters choose Tory candidate in by-election". Stamford Mercury. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

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[authority-3] "Local authority elections: England". The Guardian. NewsBank. 7 May 2011.

[results-4] ^ ^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 "Declaration of result of poll". South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[biting-5] "Tories lose by-elections in nail-biting night". The Independent. NewsBank. 24 June 2011.

[uncontested-6] "Result of uncontested election". South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

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[resigns-8] "South Kesteven councillor resigns from Aveland seat". Stamford Mercury. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

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