2011 Huntingdonshire District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2011 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and UK Independence Party in purple. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2011. Huntingdonshire UK local election 2011 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2011 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and UK Independence Party in purple. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2011.

The 2011 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

The leader of the council, Conservative Ian Bates, stood down at the election, with Jason Ablewhite being chosen as the new leader by the Conservative group on the council in March 2011 defeating Doug Dew. [3] Other councillors who stood down at the election included Mike Newman who has been a member of the council since the 1970s and the deputy leader of the council Mike Simpson. [4] The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour contested most seats along with a number of candidates from the UK Independence Party and one independent in St Ives South. [4]

Election result

The Conservatives gained 4 seats from the Liberal Democrats to win 19 of the 22 seats on the council that were contested. [5] [6] The Liberal Democrats won only 2 seats at the election, with the party losing Kendal Cooper in St Neots Priory Park and Gordon Thorpe in St Neots Eaton Socon, [5] as well as seats in Fenstanton and Huntingdon North. [6] Meanwhile, the UK Independence Party won 1 seat in Ramsey, [5] [6] but also took control of Ramsey Town Council, the first council the party took control of in the United Kingdom. [7] Labour failed to win any seats, but did get an increased vote share and got within 41 votes in Huntingdon North. [6]

Huntingdonshire local election result 2011 [2] [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1940+486.455.123,438+7.5%
  Liberal Democrats 204-49.121.69,209-10.7%
  UKIP 10004.58.23,492-0.5%
  Labour 0000013.25,624+3.1%
  Independent 000001.9811+1.4%

Ward results

Brampton [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Jordan1,25450.2-7.1
Conservative Florendia Theodorou1,02741.1+0.3
Labour Marion Kadewere2168.7+6.7
Majority2279.1-7.4
Turnout 2,49753.4+1.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Earith [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Godfrey1,41061.7+8.1
Labour Iain Ramsbottom33514.7+6.3
Liberal Democrats Anthony Hulme32314.1-13.7
UKIP Raymond Zetter2179.5-0.6
Majority1,07547.0+21.2
Turnout 2,28548.3-26.2
Conservative hold Swing
Ellington [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Baker75553.0-4.1
Conservative James Bevan56739.8-3.1
Labour Kevin Goddard1027.2+7.2
Majority18813.2-1.0
Turnout 1,42460.8+2.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Fenstanton [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gregory Harlock66656.0+7.8
Liberal Democrats Colin Saunderson36530.7-16.2
Labour Angela Richards15813.3+8.4
Majority30125.3+24.0
Turnout 1,18949.9+12.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Gransden and the Offords [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barbara Boddington1,45076.6+14.1
Liberal Democrats Anna Hayward22311.8-17.5
Labour Idris Davies22011.6+3.4
Majority1,22764.8+31.6
Turnout 1,89352.9-23.8
Conservative hold Swing
Huntingdon East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Saeed Akthar1,42449.0+9.7
Liberal Democrats Kevin Sumner98934.0-12.2
Labour Ruth Pugh49216.9+6.8
Majority43515.0
Turnout 2,90543.0-21.8
Conservative hold Swing
Huntingdon North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Mackender-Lawrence38534.1-13.1
Labour Patrick Kadewere34430.5+15.8
Liberal Democrats Patricia Shrapnel21819.3-10.6
UKIP Peter Ashcroft18116.0+7.7
Majority413.6-13.6
Turnout 1,12830.4+4.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Huntingdon West [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Sanderson1,16562.6+14.8
Labour David King28315.2+2.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Burrell28015.1-15.2
UKIP Derek Norman1327.1+0.7
Majority88247.4+29.9
Turnout 1,86039.7-23.3
Conservative hold Swing
Kimbolton and Staughton [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Gray1,04371.5-2.3
Liberal Democrats Roy Benford19213.2-10.3
UKIP Jennifer O'Dell1127.7+7.7
Labour David Underwood1117.6+4.9
Majority85158.4+8.1
Turnout 1,45857.9+3.9
Conservative hold Swing
Little Paxton [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Churchill89874.5+5.4
Liberal Democrats Alan Cummings15913.2+7.6
Labour Steven Sweeney14912.4+8.0
Majority73961.3+9.0
Turnout 1,20646.0-2.0
Conservative hold Swing
Ramsey [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Ian Curtis1,50353.1+8.0
Conservative Susan Normington1,01635.9-0.5
Labour Susan Coomey30910.9+5.2
Majority48717.2+8.5
Turnout 2,82843.9-22.2
UKIP hold Swing
Somersham [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Bull1,25559.6-3.8
Liberal Democrats Anthony Jebson35717.0-11.3
Labour David Brown28713.6+9.9
UKIP Michael Horwood2069.8+5.3
Majority89842.7+7.6
Turnout 2,10546.3+7.0
Conservative hold Swing
St. Ives South [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Davies1,06647.00.0
Independent Jonathan Salt81135.7+35.7
Labour Richard Allen1757.7-2.3
Liberal Democrats John Oliver1145.0-26.9
UKIP Paul Bullen1034.5-2.2
Majority25511.2-3.9
Turnout 2,26945.3-19.8
Conservative hold Swing
St. Neots Eaton Ford [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Harty1,54968.7+7.6
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Mason70731.3+1.0
Majority84237.3+6.6
Turnout 2,25643.7+8.9
Conservative hold Swing
St. Neots Eaton Socon (2 seats) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Harrison815
Conservative Andrew Jennings709
Liberal Democrats Julia Hayward553
Liberal Democrats Gordon Thorpe464
Labour David Nicholls236
Labour Patricia Nicholls223
Turnout 3,00037.2-0.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative hold Swing
St. Neots Eynesbury [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Ursell1,08145.2+9.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Moores76732.1-12.0
Labour William O'Connor54522.8+11.0
Majority31413.1+4.9
Turnout 2,39332.9-27.1
Conservative hold Swing
St. Neots Priory Park [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paula Longford1,20455.8+6.4
Liberal Democrats Kendal Cooper58227.0-13.2
Labour Emlyn Rees37117.2+6.8
Majority62228.8+19.6
Turnout 2,15741.3-24.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Stilton [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Mitchell65559.8-21.5
Labour Mary Howell17716.1-2.6
UKIP Roger Henson17415.9+15.9
Liberal Democrats Christopher Waites908.2+8.2
Majority47843.6-19.0
Turnout 1,09646.9+7.0
Conservative hold Swing
The Hemingfords [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Williams1,67562.7+5.5
Liberal Democrats David Priestman50618.9-7.7
Labour John Watson28610.7+2.7
UKIP James Finnie2057.7+7.7
Majority1,16943.8+13.2
Turnout 2,67255.8-21.6
Conservative hold Swing
Upwood and the Raveleys [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robin Howe60256.9+2.3
UKIP Robert Brown25223.8+3.8
Liberal Democrats Patricia Worgan12511.8-9.4
Labour Graeme Watkins797.5+3.4
Majority35033.1-0.3
Turnout 1,05844.6+11.4
Conservative hold Swing
Yaxley and Farcet [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Butler1,77661.3+13.0
Labour Margaret Cochrane52618.2-0.3
UKIP John Hyland40714.1+1.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Land1866.4-14.1
Majority1,25043.2+15.4
Turnout 2,89536.6-27.1
Conservative hold Swing

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