2011 Chelmsford Borough Council election

2011 Chelmsford Borough Council election

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All 57 seats to Chelmsford Borough Council 29 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 33 24 Seats before 33 24 Seats won 40 15 Seat change 7 9 Popular vote 29,163 14,548 Percentage 50.3% 25.1% Swing 2.7% 7.9%   Third party Fourth party   Party Labour Independent Last election 0 0 Seats before 0 0 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 9,684 1,208 Percentage 16.7% 2.1% Swing 6.3% 1.2%
Results of the 2003 Chelmsford City Council election

Elections to Chelmsford Borough Council were held in 2011 alongside local elections in other parts of the United Kingdom.

Election results

Chelmsford Borough Council election, 2011 ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	40			7		50.3	29,163	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	15			9		25.1	14,548	8.1
	Labour	1			1		16.7	9,684	6.3
	SWFTCA	0					2.9	1,680	New
	Independent	1			1		2.1	1,208	1.2
	Green	0					1.9	1,105	0.7
	UKIP	0					1.1	636	0.1

Ward results

Bicknacre and East & West Hanningfield

Bicknacre and East & West Hanningfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Poulter	1,322
	Conservative	Michael Harris	1,279
	Labour	Frank Harris	298
	Labour	Anthony Lees	281
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Butler	225
	Liberal Democrats	David Whiteing	216
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boreham and The Leighs

Boreham and The Leighs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Galley	1,288
	Conservative	Philip Watson	1,040
	Labour	Kevin Adair	355
	Labour	Raymond Barry	337
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Lagden	245
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Goldfinch	236
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broomfield and The Walthams

Broomfield and The Walthams

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Patient	1,278
	Conservative	Sandra Pontin	1,145
	Independent	Delmas Ashford	1,065
	Conservative	James Raven	923
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Taylor	785
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Cobbold	500
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Farn	492
	Green	Shah Hossain	373
	Labour	Brian Goodwin	348
	Labour	Roy Chad	341
	Labour	James Fourt	324
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park

Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Alcock	2,155
	Conservative	Neil Gulliver	2,047
	Conservative	Duncan Lumley	2,017
	Labour	Colin Farquhur	595
	Labour	Max Gibson	564
	Labour	Paul Walentowicz	504
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Bastick	412
	Liberal Democrats	Lester Wakeling	375
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Pennicard	353
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chelmsford Rural West

Chelmsford Rural West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicolette Chambers	940
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Robertson	141
	Labour	Philip Gaudin	115
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Galleywood

Gallywood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janette Potter	1,230
	Conservative	David Stevenson	1,091
	Labour	Richard Hyland	435
	Labour	Daniel Ebdon	353
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Robson	279
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Shaw	264
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Goat Hill

Goat Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Freda Mountain	963
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Mascot	908
	Conservative	Katherine Joel	850
	Conservative	Louis Ward	777
	Labour	Susan Leslie	222
	Labour	Mark Player	219
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Great Baddow East

Great Baddow East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Miller	1,260
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Rycroft	1,229
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Sosin	1,215
	Conservative	Stephanie Scott	1,073
	Conservative	Yvonne Spence	1,059
	Conservative	Ernest von Tromp	952
	Labour	Helen Ephraim	425
	Labour	James Glider	395
	UKIP	Jesse Pryke	395
	Labour	Matthew Russell	393
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Great Baddow West

Great Baddow West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennifer Chandler	866
	Conservative	Robert Villa	722
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Sadowsky	607
	Liberal Democrats	Jannetta Sosin	607
	Labour	John Devine	279
	UKIP	Jeanette Howes	241
	Labour	William Horslen	220
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

The Lawns

The Lawns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Burgoyne	1,078
	Conservative	Christine Garrett	1,074
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Stevens	950
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalind Webb	888
	Labour	Susan O'Brian	262
	Labour	Roger Patterson	249
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon

Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Shepherd	2,280
	Conservative	Ian Wright	2,264
	Conservative	Christopher Kingsley	2,263
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence O'Brien	455
	Green	Colin Budgey	449
	Labour	Diana Smith	374
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Bell	327
	Labour	Alan Carpenter	303
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Moore	284
	Labour	Donald Newton	266
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marconi

Marconi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Deakin	641
	Labour	Christopher Fegan	610
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Pooley	582
	Labour	Christopher Vince	554
	Conservative	Michael McCullough	526
	Conservative	Timothy Worrall	485
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Moulsham and Central

Moulsham and Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victoria Irwin	1,496
	Conservative	Richard Madden	1,456
	Conservative	Sameh Hindi	1,411
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Wright	1,000
	Liberal Democrats	David Balding	998
	Liberal Democrats	Lois Speller	964
	Labour	Prudence Jones	702
	Labour	John Leslie	652
	Labour	Robert Jones	648
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Moulsham Lodge

Moulsham Lodge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Jones	845
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Springett	806
	Conservative	Iain Miller	754
	Conservative	Mary Dearden	698
	Labour	Daniel Roberts	328
	Labour	Samuel Bikwa	304
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Patching Hall

Patching Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Smith-Hughes	1,307
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Arnot	1,230
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Robinson	1,116
	Conservative	Peter Driscoll	1,072
	Conservative	Stephen Fowell	1,053
	Conservative	Graham Seeley	1,000
	Labour	Joan Bliss	592
	Labour	David Howell	500
	Labour	Ernest Webb	449
	Green	Angela Thompson	283
	Independent	Ashley Final	143
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Rettendon and Runwell

Rettendon and Runwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Ride	1,470
	Conservative	Lance Millane	1,444
	Labour	Glenys Chatterley	232
	Labour	John Duffy	231
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Rothwell	111
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Wakeling	94
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Cousins	1,043
	Liberal Democrats	John Hunnable	1,034
	Liberal Democrats	Gloria Nichols	987
	Conservative	John Pontin	938
	Conservative	Neil Spooner	893
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Willis	886
	Labour	Hannah Elgie	749
	Labour	Peter Dixon	731
	Labour	John Knott	691
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting

South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Grundy	1,734
	Conservative	Roy Whitehead	1,616
	Labour	Joyce Lees	252
	Labour	Margaret Vanner	214
	Liberal Democrats	John Masek	178
	Liberal Democrats	Ayman Syed	122
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Woodham - Chetwood and Collingwood

South Woodham - Chetwood and Collingwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ashley John	1,325
	Conservative	Robert Massey	1,300
	Conservative	Malcolm Sismey	1,231
	SWFCTA	Lawrence Brennan	766
	Labour	Clifford Vanner	669
	SWFCTA	Christine Weir-Ewing	609
	SWFCTA	Richard Weir-Ewing	515
	Labour	Stephanie Troop	233
	Labour	Jeffrey Mushens	225
	Liberal Democrats	Noel Sutcliffe	188
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Woodham - Elmwood and Woodville

South Woodham - Elmwood and Woodville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Denston	1,170
	Conservative	Patricia Hughes	1,145
	Conservative	Maureen Moulds	1,110
	SWFCTA	Jacqueline Birch	914
	SWFCTA	Ian Roberts	887
	SWFCTA	Keith Miles	807
	Labour	Alice Duffy	222
	Labour	Roger Fellows	211
	Labour	Sarah Haigh	197
	Liberal Democrats	David Sykes	154
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Springfield North

Springfield North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Hutchinson	1,150
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Lane	1,094
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Fuller	1,088
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Mackroy	1,082
	Conservative	Graham McGhie	1,028
	Conservative	John Scott	973
	Labour	Karen Kennedy	469
	Labour	Evelyn Haigh	452
	Labour	Russell Kennedy	433
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Trinity

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Maybrick	1,041
	Conservative	Jean Murray	981
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Bracken	683
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Lee	614
	Labour	Jennie Duffy	315
	Labour	Jonathan Legg	288
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waterhouse Farm

Waterhouse Farm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Watson	753
	Conservative	Alan Chambers	752
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Bacon	724
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Moxon	681
	Labour	Maurice Fegan	412
	Labour	Maria Fegan	400
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Writtle

Writtle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Ryder	1,269
	Conservative	Anthony Sach	1,237
	Labour	David Acock	424
	Labour	Peter Illman	413
	Liberal Democrats	Kelvin Leeds	267
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Jones	242
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Chelmsford Borough Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
2. "Local Election Results 2011 - Chelmsford". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 8 February 2024.