2011 Eastbourne Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2011 Eastbourne Borough Council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Eastbourne UK local election 2002 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2011 Eastbourne Borough Council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue.

The 2011 Eastbourne Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex, England. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

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Background

Before the election the Liberal Democrats controlled the council with 20 seats, compared to 7 for the Conservatives, after taking control at the 2007 election. [2] A total of 94 candidates stood for the 27 seats on the council being contested, while 10 sitting councillors stood down at the election, 8 Liberal Democrats and 2 Conservatives. [2] Important seats for control of the council were expected to be Old Town and Sovereign, as well as Hampden Park and Upperton. [2]

Local issues at the election included plans for the redevelopment of the town centre, which was supported across parties, and calls to improve Eastbourne's transport links. [3] However, with the Liberal Democrats in government nationally together with the Conservatives, national government decisions, such as the increase in tuition fees, were also an issue during the election. [3]

Election result

The Liberal Democrats remained in control of the council with 15 seats, but lost 5 seats to the Conservatives. [4] [5] The Conservatives gained all 3 seats in Sovereign ward and also took the 2 seats the Liberal Democrats had been defending in Upperton. [5] This took the Conservatives to 12 councillors, [6] but the Liberal Democrats held on to all 3 seats in Old Town ward after a recount, to keep a 3-seat council majority. [5] Overall turnout at the election was 44.17%, [7] compared to 42.26% in 2007. [8]

Eastbourne local election result 2011 [7] [9]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 1505-555.639.413,341-5.6
  Conservative 1250+544.438.012,893-0.5
  Green 00000.010.63,590+1.7
  Labour 00000.010.43,515+5.2
  UKIP 00000.01.2404-1.2
  Independent 00000.00.5160N/A

Ward results

Devonshire (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Bannister1,529
Liberal Democrats Neil Stanley1,304
Liberal Democrats Steve Wallis1,273
Conservative Margaret Parker672
Conservative Sandra Elkin666
Conservative Grant Sanders580
Labour Steven Clark412
Labour Richard Goude345
Labour Jean Winstone337
Green Linda Wintle295
Green Bill Palethorpe256
Independent Keith Gell160
Turnout 7,82934.5+0.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hampden Park (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Pat Hearn1,394
Liberal Democrats Jim Murray1,266
Liberal Democrats Mike Thompson1,225
Conservative Caroline Ansell692
Conservative Kate Glover672
Conservative Sam Chapman643
Labour Dave Brinson470
Labour Jake Lambert418
Labour Gerry Stonestreet344
Green Leslie Dalton255
Green Ivor Hueting220
Green Rob Sier166
Turnout 7,76540.1+8.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Langney (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Shuttleworth1,434
Liberal Democrats Harun Miah1,328
Liberal Democrats Troy Tester1,282
Conservative Tony Freebody726
Conservative John Glover720
Conservative Jan Jenkins705
Labour Lee Comfort278
Green Christine Quarrington270
Labour Sean Meekings258
Labour Roy Noble218
Turnout 7,21934.4+0.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Meads (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Taylor2,239
Conservative David Elkin2,232
Conservative Nigel Goodyear2,126
Liberal Democrats Tom Banner797
Liberal Democrats Jean Fisher766
Liberal Democrats Margaret Ticehurst734
Green Harry Boys414
Labour Jean Couture411
UKIP Ian Cameron404
Labour Dennis Scard 373
Green Dorothy Forsyth361
Labour Manek Jaffer349
Turnout 11,20651.4+3.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Old Town (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Carolyn Heaps2,432
Liberal Democrats Janet Coles1,934
Liberal Democrats John Ungar1,738
Conservative Anne Angel1,726
Conservative Vivienne De Havilland-Geraghty1,350
Conservative Danielle Perry1,193
Green Pippa Oliphant631
Labour Helen Key418
Labour Paul Richards374
Labour Sarah Richards340
Turnout 12,13653.4−1.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Ratton (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Belsey2,35757.0
Conservative Sandie Howlett2,07650.2
Conservative Colin Murdoch1,99148.1
Liberal Democrats Linda Beckmann99924.1
Liberal Democrats Roger Howarth98423.8
Liberal Democrats Barbara Rodohan90821.9
Green Nancy Dalton52312.6
Labour Christopher Hall47111.4
Labour James Nolan3949.5
Labour Helen Sedgwick3608.7
Turnout 4,13853.1+4.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
St Anthony's (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Tutt2,169
Liberal Democrats Jon Harris1,929
Liberal Democrats Gill Mattock1,913
Conservative Nick Ansell846
Conservative Simon Herbert759
Conservative Robert Borland752
Labour Jackie Ferguson383
Labour David Salmon348
Labour Ian Culshaw332
Green Hugh Norris287
Turnout 9,71843.8+2.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Sovereign (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Ede1,904
Conservative Patrick Warner1,767
Conservative Gordon Jenkins1,745
Liberal Democrats Margaret Salsbury1,193
Liberal Democrats Stephen Holt1,169
Liberal Democrats Grace Loseby1,106
Green Jocelyn McCarthy488
Labour Sharon Wentworth359
Turnout 9,73140.6+1.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Upperton (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tom Liddiard1,731
Conservative Annabelle West1,707
Conservative Alun Cooke1,694
Liberal Democrats Alex Hough1,394
Liberal Democrats Pat Rodohan1,378
Liberal Democrats Hilary Lewis1,324
Green Kenneth Webb427
Labour Margaret Barr313
Labour Lucette Davies305
Labour Elizabeth Goude304
Turnout 10,57746.4+0.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

By-elections between 2011 and 2015

A by-election was held in Meads on 31 May 2012 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Nigel Goodyear. [10] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Caroline Ansell with a majority of 1,318 votes over Liberal Democrat Gerard Thompson. [10]

Meads by-election 31 May 2012 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Caroline Ansell1,78359.6+7.1
Liberal Democrats Gerard Thompson46515.5−3.2
Labour Dennis Scard32310.8+1.2
UKIP Ian Cameron32210.8+1.3
Independent Keith Gell1003.3+3.3
Majority 1,31844.1
Turnout 2,99339−12
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "England council elections". BBC News. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "Council elections: Follow our live blog for minute by minute coverage". Eastbourne Herald . 5 May 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  3. 1 2 Stewart, Louise (21 April 2011). "Eastbourne's local elections". BBC News. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  4. ↑ Travers, Tony (7 May 2011). "Expert view Lib Dem collapse good news for Cameron". The Guardian. p. 5.
  5. 1 2 3 "Eastbourne council elections results". Eastbourne Herald . 6 May 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "Liberal Democrats hold Eastbourne with cut majority". BBC News. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Election Results 2011". Eastbourne Borough Council. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  8. ↑ "Election Results 2007". Eastbourne Borough Council. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "Local authority elections: England". The Guardian. 7 May 2011. p. 30.
  10. 1 2 3 "Carolien wins Meads for Conservatives". Eastbourne Herald . 1 June 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
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