2011 Middlesbrough Borough Council election

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The 2011 Middlesbrough Borough Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect all 48 councillors, across 23 multi-member wards to Middlesbrough Borough Council. The Labour Party retained a majority on the council.

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Overall results

Middlesbrough Borough Council Election Result 2011 [1] [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 3062.5051.1432,443
  Independent 1020.8323.7415,058
  Conservative 48.3415.149,606
 Marton Independents24.173.141,989
  Liberal Democrats 12.084.913,117
  Green 12.081.36860
  UKIP 000.41257
  BNP 000.16103

A total of 63,433 valid votes were cast and there were 328 rejected ballots.
The turnout was 36.35%.

Council Composition

After the election the composition of the council was:

30104211
LabourIndependentConMILG

Con - Conservative Party
MI - Marton Independents
L - Liberal Democrats
G - Green Party

Results by ward

Acklam

Acklam (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ronnie Lowes99831.4
Labour Shyalam Kumar Biswas88827.95
Liberal Democrats Chris Foote-Wood67621.27
Conservative John Henzell Hemy61619.38
Majority2126.68
Turnout 3,17846.97

Ayresome

Ayresome
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Edward Taylor69327.90
Independent William Henry Hawthorne59223.83
Labour Scott Alexander Hurlston58623.59
Independent Pauline Hawthorne41216.59
BNP Michael Stewart Ferguson1034.15
Conservative Sheila Petrie983.94
Majority60.24
Turnout 2,48432.96

Beckfield

Beckfield (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Brian Anthony Hubbard78736.33
Independent Peter Alexander Cox72033.24
Labour Dennis Burns32414.96
Labour Christopher Patrick McIntyre28713.25
Conservative Mark Owen Warman482.22
Majority39618.28
Turnout 2,16632.76

Beechwood

Beechwood (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Garry Bartliff Clark56731.66
Independent Joan McTigue54430.37
Labour Teresa Higgins44424.79
Independent Maureen O'Donoghue1548.60
Conservative Eric Dawson Smith824.58
Majority1005.58
Turnout 1,79130.18

Brookfield

Brookfield (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jean Sharrocks59417.09
Labour Peter Sharrocks56316.20
Independent Kenneth Hall52315.05
Independent George W Rogers42612.26
Conservative Valerie Jean St. John Beadnall42212.14
Independent Patricia Rogers2818.09
UKIP David Cottrell2577.40
Liberal Democrats Richard M Kilpatrick2537.28
Liberal Democrats Samuel Dunning1564.49
Majority401.15
Turnout 3,47543.46

Clairville

Clairville (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William J R Kerr74338.54
Labour Charles Rooney57329.72
Independent Jill Powles Coleman37119.24
Conservative George Beasley1316.79
Independent Daud Bashir1105.71
Majority20210.48
Turnout 1,92831.73

Coulby Newham

Coulby Newham (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John G Cole1,31822.45
Labour Janice Brunton1,03517.63
Independent Michael Hudson1,01417.27
Labour Robert M Campbell1,00817.17
Independent Steven Antony Maynard96116.37
Conservative David Philip Coupe5359.11
Majority60.10
Turnout 5,87135.89

Gresham

Gresham (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sajaad Khan93925.56
Labour Robert K Brady75920.66
Labour Tracy Harvey69018.78
Independent Kenneth Walker54714.89
Independent Janet Campbell42511.57
Liberal Democrats Donald G Theakston2065.60
Conservative Deborah Wardle1082.94
Majority1433.89
Turnout 3,67429.53

Hemlington

Hemlington (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeanette A Walker1,21246.40
Labour Nicola J Walker1,16544.60
Conservative Elizabeth Dawson2359.00
Majority93035.60
Turnout 2,61235.53

Kader

Kader (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hazel Pearson1,10131.13
Conservative Ronald Arundale92126.04
Labour Richard Speakman83323.55
Labour Lewis Young68219.28
Majority882.49
Turnout 3,53749.82

Ladgate

Ladgate (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Carr82837.18
Labour Christopher David Budd81336.51
Independent Michael Derek Guess58626.31
Majority22710.20
Turnout 2,22736.84

Linthorpe

Linthorpe (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen E Bloundele1,57721.42
Labour Julia Rostron1,43619.51
Labour Naweed Hussain1,34518.27
Independent B Jacqueline Elder1,22116.59
Conservative Thomas Wilkinson6659.03
Liberal Democrats Ian Godfrey Llewellyn Jones5757.81
Liberal Democrats Gary McArthur2974.03
Liberal Democrats Pramod Subbaraman2463.34
Majority1241.68
Turnout 7,36246.33

Marton

Marton (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Marton IndependentThomas W Mawston1,03235.22
Marton IndependentDorothy Davison95732.66
Labour Michael Kilgallon56819.39
Conservative James Ruddock37312.73
Majority38913.27
Turnout 2,93044.87

Marton West

Marton West (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Hobson1,37041.65
Conservative John Eric Hobson1,17635.76
Labour David John Branson74322.59
Majority1945.89
Turnout 3,28950.12

Middlehaven

Middlehaven (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pervaz Khan49642.98
Labour John McPartland44338.39
Liberal Democrats Martin Brown827.10
Liberal Democrats Emma Inkles817.02
Conservative Kerry Luan Thompson Latham524.51
Majority36131.29
Turnout 1,15427.14

North Ormesby & Brambles Farm

North Ormesby & Brambles Farm (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Len Junier80350.89
Labour Eleanor Lancaster60638.40
Conservative Pamela Waterfield16910.71
Majority43727.69
Turnout 1,57823.93

Nunthorpe

Nunthorpe (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Brenda Alice Thompson1,38140.37
Independent Peter Sanderson1,06131.01
Conservative Martin Timothy Lyon56016.37
Labour David Andrew Drumm41912.25
Majority50114.64
Turnout 3,42148.71

Pallister

Pallister (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John B Coppinger61435.80
Labour Edward N Dryden57233.35
Residents John Thomas Conroy44325.83
Conservative Doris Lawrence865.02
Majority1297.52
Turnout 1,71525.35

Park

Park (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Joseph Michna86033.50
Labour Frances McIntyre85233.19
Labour Najabat Ramzan58622.83
Conservative Samuel Hughes26910.48
Majority26610.36
Turnout 2,56740.13

Park End

Park End (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Michael Saunders61131.24
Independent Kevin John Morby39220.04
Labour Joe W Culley34917.84
Labour Derek G Loughborough33717.23
Independent Peter Elvyn Porley22911.71
Conservative Cecilia Maureen Whatley381.94
Majority432.20
Turnout 1,95627.15

Stainton and Thornton

Stainton and Thornton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Maelor Brian Williams54557.31
Labour Stefan Walker23424.60
Conservative Richard Simon Madden17218.09
Majority31132.71
Turnout 95140.94

Thorntree

Thorntree (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thurston P Purvis61639.84
Labour Geraldine Purvis57637.26
Independent George W Charlton26917.40
Conservative Ronald Darby855.50
Majority30719.86
Turnout 1,54621.99

University

University (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Hanif87043.05
Labour Habib Rehman85742.40
Conservative Eric Lawrence29414.55
Majority56327.85
Turnout 2,02133.82

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References

  1. "Middlesbrough Council Election Results 1995-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  2. "Local Elections Results 2011 - Middlesbrough". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 13 February 2024.