2011 Cotswold District Council election

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Cotswold District Council Election, 2011
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 20075 May 2011 (2011-05-05) 2015  

44 out of 44 seats to Cotswold District Council
23 seats needed for a majority
Turnout34,092 (50.2%)
 First partySecond party
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election38 seats, 58.0%4 seats, 24.0%
Seats before384
Seats after2712
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 11Increase2.svg 8
Popular vote18,42310,240
Percentage51.8%28.8
SwingDecrease2.svg 6.2Increase2.svg 4.8

 Third partyFourth party
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Party Independent Labour
Last election2 seats, 17.0%N/A
Seats before20
Seats after50
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 30
Popular vote4685922
Percentage13.2%2.6
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.8N/A

Leader before election

Lynden Stowe
Conservative

Leader after election

Lynden Stowe
Conservative

Elections for Cotswold District Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2011. The whole council was up for election. Cotswold District is divided into 28 wards, with a total of 44 seats up for election.

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Summary results

Despite winning the majority of votes in the election, the Conservatives lost 12 seats, 8 to the Liberal Democrats and 4 to Independents. However, they still retained majority control of the council.

Cotswold Local Election Results 2011 [1] [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 27112Decrease2.svg 1161.451.818423Decrease2.svg 6.2 [3]
  Liberal Democrats 1280Increase2.svg 827.328.810240Increase2.svg 4.8
  Independent 541Increase2.svg 311.413.24685Decrease2.svg 3.8
  Labour 000Steady2.svg02.6922N/A
  Green 000Steady2.svg02.2776N.A
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg01.5541Increase2.svg 0.5

Wards

Ampney-Coln
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sir Edward Horsfall58474.3
Liberal Democrats Frank Skinner20225.7
Majority38248.6
Turnout 79750.83
Conservative hold Swing
Avening
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jim Parsons53468.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Burgess15319.5
UKIP David Bendall9612.3
Majority381
Turnout 783
Conservative hold Swing
Beacon-Stow (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Davin Penman 857 56.3
Conservative Merryl Phillips 703 ---
Independent Colin Smalley70330.5
Independent Christopher Turner258---
Liberal Democrats George Ellis20013.1
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Blockley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Dare 489 58.4
Liberal Democrats Sarah Keay-Bright34841.6
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Bourton-on-the-Water (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sheila Jeffery 884 71.8
Conservative Leonard Wilkins 868 ---
Liberal Democrats Sarah Keay-Bright34728.2
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Campden-Vale (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lynden Stowe 1,662 67.0
Conservative Susan Jepson 1,641 ---
Conservative Mark Annett 1,588 ---
Liberal Democrats Clive Thompson81933.0
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Chedworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Broad 453 53.5
Independent John Robons39346.5
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Churn Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Hodgkinson 532 59.2
Conservative Vanessa Powell39740.8
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Cirencester Beeches (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Burgess 629 51.1
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Hughes 602 48.9
Conservative Peter Braidwood598---
Liberal Democrats Nigel Robbins57446.5---
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Cirencester Chesterton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Deryck Nash 682 48.6
Liberal Democrats Margaret Rickman 561 ---
Conservative Phillip Kerton40729.0
Conservative John Anderson399---
Labour Jonathan Easterbrook16912.0
UKIP Peter Braidwood14610.4
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Cirencester Park (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lee Searles 769 57.5
Liberal Democrats Joseph Harris 735 ---
Conservative Geoffrey Adams56842.5
Conservative Anthony Curry509---
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Cirencester Stratton-Whiteway (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Lichnowski 816 48.8
Liberal Democrats Patrick Coleman 757 ---
Conservative Dennis Peters50230.0
Conservative Richard Buckley428---
Green Robert Irving18210.9
Labour Reginald Eyre17310.3
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Cirencester Watermoor (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gary Selwyn 804 60.7
Liberal Democrats Jenny Hincks 741 ---
Conservative William Helm52039.3
Conservative Steven White433---
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Ermin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Parsons 490 56.5
Liberal Democrats Jane Edwards33638.8
UKIP Adrian Blake414.7
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Fairford (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Theodoulou 750 36.5
Independent Mark Wardle71134.6
Conservative Christine Roberts670---
Liberal Democrats Sean Davey38718.9
Liberal Democrats Anna Lewis231---
Green Xanthe Messenger20510.0
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Fosseridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michele Jeffery 638 78.7
Liberal Democrats Richard Derrington17321.3
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Grumbolds Ash
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Nicolle 665 78.0
Liberal Democrats Felicity Hornby18822.0
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Hampton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Fowles 525 58.5
Independent James Steel28825.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Harwood14416.1
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Kempsford-Lechlade (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sandra Carter 932 48.2
Independent Susan Coakley 781 40.4
Conservative Alexander Palmer726---
Independent Jeremy Stokes502---
Green Neil Voller22211.5
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Moreton-in-Marsh (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Dutton 796 46.6
Independent Rodney Hooper 776 45.4
Conservative Christopher Horne536---
Independent Patrick Trice-Rolph220---
Liberal Democrats Nigel Bass1368.0
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Northleach
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Christopher Hancock 427 52.7
Conservative Michael Pezet31338.6
Liberal Democrats Darren McLauchlan708.6
Majority
Turnout
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Rissingtons
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Venetia Crosbie-Dawson 602 76.1
Liberal Democrats Christine Watson18923.9
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Riversmeet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carole Topple 497 62.0
Liberal Democrats Laura Watts24029.9
Labour Merilyn Hill658.1
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Sandywell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robin Hughes 577 73.1
Liberal Democrats Roberta Crawley21226.9
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Tetbury (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Stephen Hirst 905 30.0
Conservative Barry Gibbs 834 27.7
Conservative Diana Hicks 627 ---
Liberal Democrats Kevin Painter57719.2
Conservative Keith Leaver560---
Independent Peter Martin467---
Labour Shirley Mosdell37112.3
Labour Christopher Giles292---
Liberal Democrats Leslie Brown277---
Liberal Democrats Stephen Radford-Hancock236---
Independent Brian Edge169---
Green Brecon Quaddy1675.5
UKIP Guy Parfitt1585.2
Majority
Turnout
Independent hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Thames Head
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Birch 591 66.0
Liberal Democrats James Willis20422.8
UKIP Jennifer Knight10011.2
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Three Rivers
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dominic Collier 727 83.5
Labour Alan Pollock14416.5
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Water Parl (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Esmond Jenkins 1,110 51.9
Liberal Democrats Juliet Layton 1,058 ---
Conservative Clive Bennett 1,030 48.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Evemy1018---
Conservative Adrian Snow766---
Conservative Peter Messenger684---
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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