2011 Ashfield District Council election

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2011 Ashfield District Council election
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Map of the results of the 2011 Ashfield council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independents in grey. Ashfield UK local election 2011 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2011 Ashfield council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independents in grey.

The 2011 Ashfield District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Ashfield District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. [1]

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Background

Before the 2011 election the Liberal Democrats formed the largest group on the council and following the 2007 election had led the council. [2] However the Labour, independent and Conservative councillors joined together to oust the Liberal Democrats, Labour's John Knight then became the leader of the council. [2] This lasted until the 2013 County Elections when due to a conflict with also being a Councillor at county level he stood down as leader. Since then the leader of Ashfield District Council has been Chris Baron.

Before the election the Liberal Democrats had 13 councillors, compared to 10 independents, 9 Labour and 1 Conservative. [3] Both the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties put up 33 candidates in the election, compared to 13 Conservatives, with 9 of the 13 Conservative candidates being in Hucknall, which was seen as the Conservatives best area. There were 9 seats to be contested over 4 wards in Hucknall all of which Labour returned all 9.

Three days before the election the national Labour leader Ed Miliband visited Kirkby in Ashfield to campaign in the local elections. He also visited Hucknall during his Labour leadership campaign in 2010. [4]

Election result

The results had Labour gain 15 seats to win a majority on the council with 24 of the 33 seats. [5] Both the independents and Liberal Democrats lost 7 seats, to fall to 3 and 6 seats respectively. [5] Meanwhile, the only Conservative councillor, John Dymock, lost his seat in Hucknall North. [5] Overall turnout in the election was slightly under 39%. [3]

Ashfield Local Election Result 2011 [6] [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 24150+1572.745.334,030+16.7%
  Liberal Democrats 607-718.225.619,234+0.3%
  Independent 307-79.115.911,982-11.8%
  Conservative 001-1011.28,389-1.4%
  Green 000000.9672-1.1%
  English Democrat 000000.8600+0.7%
  UKIP 000000.3225-0.2%

Ward results

Hucknall Central

Hucknall Central (2 seats) [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Trevor Locke (E)1,28130.3
Labour Lachlan Morrison (E)1,16127.5
Conservative Benjamin Marshall76318.1
Conservative Steven Sadler69416.4
Liberal Democrats Adam Braddow1844.4
Liberal Democrats Karen Day1423.4
Turnout 4,22540.4
Labour hold
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Hucknall East

Hucknall East (2 seats) [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Keir Morrison (E)92822.8
Labour Dave Shaw (E)88221.7
Conservative Trevor Peat69017.0
Conservative Ian Smith61615.2
Independent Richard Darrington4039.9
Independent Robert Rankin3097.6
Liberal Democrats Nicole Knight1513.7
Liberal Democrats James Moore852.1
Turnout 4,06436.7
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

Hucknall North

Hucknall North (2 Seats) [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Wilmott (E)1,07525.1
Labour Ian Morrison (E)1,01223.7
Conservative Robert Copley68215.9
Conservative John Dymock64315.0
Independent Bob Gow2896.8
UKIP Ron Nixon2255.3
Green Lisa-Jane Brown1633.8
Liberal Democrats David Paylor1012.4
Liberal Democrats Nicola Ellis902.1
Turnout 4,28043.2
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Hucknall West

Hucknall West (3 Seats) [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Chris Baron (E)1,27716.0
Labour Ken Knight (E)1,19815.0
Labour Jim Grundy (E)1,16914.7
Conservative Kevin Rostance1,01312.7
Conservative Mick Murphy91811.5
Conservative Anthony Arnold79510.0
Liberal Democrats Harry Toseland4505.7
Liberal Democrats Jean Toseland4205.3
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Cotham3734.7
Independent Alan Davies3514.4
Turnout 7,96439.3
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Jacksdale

Jacksdale (1 Seat) [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Liz Mays (E)41241.4
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Rathe32933.0
Selston Area Independents Putting People FirstDiane Butler25525.6
Turnout 99639.9
Labour hold

Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central

Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central (2 Seats) [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Cheryl Butler (E)1,10124.1
Liberal Democrats Rachel Madden (E)97221.3
Labour Adam Mohammed93220.4
Liberal Democrats Austin Rathe76316.7
Independent Tony Brown3708.1
Independent Terry Coleman1633.6
Green Mark Harrison1342.9
Green David Lowe1282.8
Turnout 4,56347.0
Labour gain from Independent
Liberal Democrats hold

Kirkby-in-Ashfield East

Kirkby-in-Ashfield East (2 seats) [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Linford Gibbons (E)66122.0
Labour Warren Nuttall (E)62620.8
Independent Wendy Harvey53817.9
Independent Pat Simms41413.8
Liberal Democrats Linda Mullaney40713.5
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Mullaney36112.0
Turnout 3,00734.5
Labour gain from Independent
Labour hold

Kirkby-in-Ashfield West

Kirkby-in-Ashfield West (2 seats) [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Knight (E)90127.9
Labour Andrew Davidson (E)78124.2
Independent John Baird71222.1
Independent Karen Black44213.7
Liberal Democrats Sadie Kime2006.2
Liberal Democrats Kelly Hurst1976.1
Turnout 3,23335.3
Labour hold
Labour gain from Independent

Selston

Selston (2 seats) [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Selston Area Independents Putting People FirstGail Turner (E)1,67841.1
Selston Area Independents Putting People FirstSam Wilson (E)1,46335.8
Labour Natalie Fleet3809.3
Labour Pete Spencer3478.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Zadrozny1243.0
Liberal Democrats Nicola Gunton-Day952.3
Turnout 4,08743.3
Independent hold
Independent hold

Sutton-In-Ashfield Central

Sutton-In-Ashfield Central (3 seats) [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mick Coppin (E)1,58322.0
Labour Tim Brown (E)1,42519.8
Labour David Kirkham (E)1,28117.8
Liberal Democrats Michelle Gent83111.5
Liberal Democrats Kirsty Evans80511.2
Liberal Democrats Trevor Gent7059.8
Independent Dale Gratton5838.1
Turnout 7,21334.7
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Sutton-In-Ashfield East

Sutton-In-Ashfield East (3 seats) [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Steven Carroll (E)1,44317.0
Labour May Barsby (E)1,33516.1
Labour Kier Barsby (E)1,27515.4
Liberal Democrats Craig Day98111.8
Liberal Democrats Christine Wakefield93411.3
Liberal Democrats James Gibson92811.2
The Sutton Independent GroupMick Parker7228.7
Independent Tony Wallis6678.1
Turnout 8,28536.3
Labour gain from Independent
Labour hold
Labour gain from Independent

Sutton-In-Ashfield North

Sutton-In-Ashfield North (3 seats) [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Jason Zadrozny (E)1,57417.1
Liberal Democrats Ann Patrick (E)1,39815.2
Liberal Democrats Thomas Hollis (E)1,37715.0
Labour Scott Darrington1,30314.2
Labour Trish Phillips1,21413.2
Labour Kevin Ball1,18412.9
Conservative John Baker4785.2
Conservative Sylvia Baker4334.7
Green Fiona Keen2472.7
Turnout 9,20841.6
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Sutton-In-Ashfield West

Sutton-In-Ashfield West (3 seats) [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Glenys Maxwell (E)1,21514.5
Labour Terry Keetley (E)1,19714.3
Independent Ray Buttery (E)1,16713.9
Labour Paul Roberts1,12013.4
Liberal Democrats Fiona Asbury7889.4
Conservative Paul Saxelby6647.9
Independent Anna Wilson6457.7
Independent Mark Beagley5606.7
Liberal Democrats Scott Asbury5516.6
Liberal Democrats Sam Hayward-Vernon4835.8
Turnout 8,39037.3
Labour gain from Independent
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Independent hold

Underwood

Underwood (1 seat) [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Robert Sears-Piccavey49748.3
Labour Steve Mays28227.4
Selston Area Independents Putting People FirstBob Green25124.4
Turnout 1,03044.6
Liberal Democrats hold

Woodhouse

Woodhouse (2) [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Don Davis (E)1,08123.6
Liberal Democrats Helen Smith (E)99521.7
Labour Charlotte Watson96821.1
Liberal Democrats Tony Theaker94320.6
English Democrat Tony Ellis3718.1
English Democrat Carole Terzza2295.0
Turnout 4,58742.4
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

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