2011 Bolsover District Council election

Map of the results of the 2011 Bolsover District Council election. Labour in red, independents in light grey, Whitwell Residents Association in grey and Green party in green.

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

Election result

Bolsover local election result 2011 ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	31	4	0	+4	83.8	64.5	23,712	+3.7%
	Independent	4	0	3	-3	10.8	14.4	5,310	-9.1%
	Whitwell Residents Association	1	0	1	-1	2.7	2.1	778	-3.2%
	Green	1	1	0	+1	2.7	1.2	453	+0.0%
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0	11.9	4,381	+11.9%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	1,123	+1.1%
	Barlborough First	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	423	-3.3%
	TUSC	0	0	1	-1	0	0.9	346	+0.9%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	247	-0.6%

Ward results

Barlborough (2 seats) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eion Watts	690
	Labour	Hilary Gilmour	588
	Barlborough First	John Shaw	423
	Conservative	Klara Jeynes	286
Turnout			1,987	46.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackwell (2 seats) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Tomlinson	777
	Labour	Clare Munks	638
	Independent	Dexter Bullock	435
	Conservative	Suzanne Harkins	278
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Cox	247
	Independent	Paula Wilkinson	226
	Independent	Leonard Walker	104
Turnout			2,705	44.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Bolsover North West (2 seats) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Cooper	561
	Labour	Thomas Rodda	528
	Conservative	Ann Marshall	277
Turnout			1,366	31.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bolsover South (2 seats) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennie Bennett	787
	Labour	James Hall	611
	Conservative	Nicholas Gray-Cowley	351
Turnout			1,749	59.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bolsover West (2 seats) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Bowman	661
	Labour	Rosemary Bowler	628
	Conservative	Maxine Hunt	222
	TUSC	Jonathan Dale	174
Turnout			1,685	36.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Clowne North (2 seats) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Hendry	611
	Labour	Terence Connerton	544
	Independent	Paul Hendry	262
	Conservative	Malcolm Rowley	217
Turnout			1,634	33.1
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Clowne South (2 seats) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Smith	655
	Labour	Karl Reid	600
	Independent	Allan Bailey	454
	Conservative	Natasha Gray-Cowley	250
Turnout			1,959	40.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Elmton with Creswell (3 seats) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Duncan McGregor	1,211
	Labour	Rita Turner	1,059
	Independent	James Clifton	972
	Labour	Paul Colbert	921
	Conservative	Derek Stiff	258
Turnout			4,421	41.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Pinxton (2 seats) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Dooley	658
	Labour	Dennis Kelly	608
	Independent	John Meredith	330
	Independent	Cherry Drake-Brockman	210
	Conservative	Kristie Matthewman-Know	178
Turnout			1,984	33.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Pleasley (2 seats) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Bowmer	828
	Labour	Ann Syrett	615
	Conservative	Stephen Matthewman-Know	401
Turnout			1,844	42.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Scarcliffe (2 seats) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennfer Wilson	803
	Labour	Malcolm Crane	711
	Conservative	Nicholas Sternberg	297
	BNP	Martin Radford	237
	BNP	Nigel Poynton	185
Turnout			2,233	42.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Shirebrook East ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Murray-Carr	332	72.0
	BNP	Gary Widdowson	75	16.3
	Conservative	Mark McKeown	54	11.7
Majority			257	55.7
Turnout			461	40.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Shirebrook Langwith ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Walker	571	80.6
	BNP	Lesley Redding	137	19.4
Majority			434	61.3
Turnout			708	42.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Shirebrook North West ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Fritchley	330	54.2	+7.0
	TUSC	Raymond Holmes	172	28.2	-24.6
	BNP	Paul Harford	107	17.6	+17.6
Majority			158	25.9
Turnout			609	30.0
	Labour gain from TUSC		Swing

Shirebrook South East ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Anderson	402	65.5
	BNP	Nigel Shipman	132	21.5
	Conservative	Aidan Press	80	13.0
Majority			270	44.0
Turnout			614	40.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Shirebrook South West ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Waring	403	52.1	+2.0
	Labour	Hazel Ward	249	32.2	-17.7
	BNP	Alan Brown	74	9.6	+9.6
	Conservative	Frederick Newholme	47	6.1	+6.1
Majority			154	19.9	+19.8
Turnout			773	40.3
	Independent hold		Swing

South Normanton East (2 seats) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Cook	647
	Labour	John Phelan	597
	Conservative	Claire Gratton	248
	Conservative	Michael Holmes	228
	BNP	Brian Edwards	176
Turnout			1,896	32.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

South Normanton West (3 seats) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Brooks	906
	Labour	Susan Wallis	824
	Labour	Graham Parkin	765
	Conservative	Robert Sainsbury	709
Turnout			3,204	35.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Tibshelf (2 seats) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Raymond Heffer	784
	Independent	Deborah Watson	752
	Labour	Kathryn Salt	620
	Labour	Anthony Trafford	451
Turnout			2,607	40.7
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Whitwell (2 seats) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Duncan Kerr	453
	Whitwell Residents Association	George Webster	452
	Labour	Thomas Munro	383
	Independent	Sandra Frow	378
	Labour	Jeanne Raspin	342
	Whitwell Residents Association	Vivienne Mills	326
Turnout			2,334	41.4
	Green gain from Residents		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

By-elections between 2011 and 2015

Shirebrook South West

A by-election was held in Shirebrook South West on 25 August 2011 after the death of the independent councillor Alan Waring. ^[4] The seat was gained for the Labour party by Sandra Peake with a majority of 97 votes over the Green party. ^[4]

Shirebrook South West by-election 25 August 2011 ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Peake	200	47.8	+15.6
	Green	Ian Musgrove	103	24.6	+24.6
	Conservative	Frederick Newholme	72	17.2	+11.1
	BNP	David Key	43	10.3	+0.7
Majority			97	23.2
Turnout			418
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Whitwell

Whitwell by-election 23 May 2013 ^{[2] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whitwell Residents Association	Vivienne Mills	347	57.5
	Labour	Frank Raspin	256	42.5
Majority			91	15.1
Turnout			603
	Residents gain from Green		Swing

South Normanton East

A by-election was held in South Normanton East on 14 August 2014 after the death of Labour councillor Terry Cook. ^[6] The seat was held for Labour by Tracey Cannon with a majority of 173 votes over the Conservatives. ^[7]

South Normanton East by-election 14 August 2014 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tracey Cannon	293	70.9	+10.5
	Conservative	Robert Sainsbury	120	29.1	+5.9
Majority			173	41.9
Turnout			413	12.5	-19.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Bolsover North West

A by-election was held in Bolsover North West on 8 January 2015 after the death of Labour councillor Thomas Rodda. ^[8] The seat was held for Labour by Susan Statter with a majority of 21 votes over the UK Independence Party. ^[9]

Bolsover North West by-election 8 January 2015 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Statter	174	45.0	-22.0
	UKIP	John Bagshaw	153	39.5	+39.5
	Conservative	Maxine Hunt	60	15.5	-17.6
Majority			21	5.4
Turnout			387	13.4	-18.2
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "England council elections". BBC News Online . 10 May 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
2. "Voting and Elections". Bolsover District Council. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
3. "Councillors". Bolsover District Council. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
4. "Labour wins Bolsover District Council by-election". BBC News Online . 26 August 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
5. "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
6. "Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Bolsover District Council. Retrieved 25 July 2014.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
7. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Bolsover District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
8. "Bolsover is in mourning for town stalwart". Derbyshire Times . 24 October 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
9. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Bolsover District Council. Retrieved 9 January 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}