2011 New Forest District Council election

2011 New Forest District Council election

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All 60 seats to New Forest District Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats before 46 14 Seats won 54 6 Seat change 8 8 Popular vote 36,502 16,757
Results by Ward
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2011 New Forest District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members to the New Forest District Council, on the same day as other local elections. The election saw the Conservatives gain eight seats from the Liberal Democrats, increasing their majority. ^{[1] [2]}

Election Summary

After the 2007 elections, the Conservatives held 45 seats, the Liberal Democrats held 14, and one seat was Independent; Prior to this election, Independent Councillor Danny Cracknell died, ^[3] with the Conservatives winning a subsequent by-election, meaning that the Conservatives held 46 seats and Liberal Democrats held 14.

The Conservatives again increased their control of the council, winning 54 seats out of 60, with the Liberal Democrats holding the remaining six.

Note that comparisons to the previous election do not include Bramshaw, Copythorne North and Minstead, as a by-election was held several months later instead.

The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections.

New Forest local election result 2011

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	54	8	0	8	90.00	56.09	36,502	0.39
	Liberal Democrats	6	0	8	8	10.00	25.75	16,757	9.05
	Labour	0				0.00	10.99	7,156	8.70
	Green	0				0.00	3.87	2,520	1.39
	UKIP	0				0.00	3.27	2,133	3.27

Ward Results

Ashurst, Copythorne South and Netley Marsh

Ashurst, Copythorne South and Netley Marsh (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Puttock	1,431	63.51	6.09
	Conservative	Derek Tipp	1,422
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Ardern	466	20.68	0.86
	Labour	Peter Sopowski	356	15.80	6.95
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Mawby	301
Majority			965	42.83	5.23
Turnout			2,253
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barton

Barton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Godfrey Beck	1,715	64.01	12.80
	Conservative	Alan O'Sullivan	1,666
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Chatfield	560	20.90	2.28
	Labour	Peter Beck	404	15.08	15.08
Majority			1,155	43.11	10.52
Turnout			2,679
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bashley

Bashley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Rice	849	71.64	6.24
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Dagnall	170	14.34	7.77
	Labour	Caroline Hexter	166	14.00	14.00
Majority			679	57.29	1.53
Turnout			1,185
	Conservative hold		Swing

Becton

Becton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Ward	1,140	55.12	20.11
	Conservative	Paul Woods	1,085
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Baker	370	17.89	6.87
	UKIP	Ivan Ledger	342	16.53	16.53
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Vincent	220
	Labour	Joan Iles	216	10.44	10.44
Majority			770	37.23	13.23
Turnout			2,068
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boldre and Sway

Boldre and Sway (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Rickman	1,665	71.64	1.63
	Conservative	Colin Wise	1,336
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Lewis	659	28.35	1.63
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Hollins	418
Majority			1,006	43.28	3.26
Turnout			2,324
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bramshaw, Copythrone North and Minstead

Bramshaw, Copythorne North and Minstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Andrews	802	77.78	0.22
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Woodnutt	229	22.21	0.22
Majority			573	55.57	0.43
Turnout			559	26.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bransgore and Burley

Bransgore and Burley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Hickman	1,789	65.99	15.67
	Conservative	John Penwarden	1,539
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Grant	536	19.77	3.57
	Labour	Peter Kelleher	386	14.23	14.23
Majority			1,253	46.21	29.37
Turnout			2,653
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brockenhurst and Forest South East

Brockenhurst and Forest South East (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Holding	1,693	72.13	3.47
	Conservative	Frank Vickers	1,471
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Hendry	654	27.86	7.67
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Smith	638
Majority			1,039	44.26	4.20
Turnout			2,347
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Buckland

Buckland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Swain	624	60.28	5.97
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Jearrad	283	27.34	18.34
	Labour	Stephen Short	128	12.36	12.36
Majority			679	32.94	24.32
Turnout			1,035
	Conservative hold		Swing

Butts Ash and Dibden Purlieu

Butts Ash and Dibden Purlieu (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Wade	1,055	43.88	8.75
	Conservative	James Binns	1,020	42.42	4.94
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Clark	972
	Conservative	Brian Uglow	963
	Labour	Iris Smith	329	13.68	13.68
Turnout			2,404
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Dibden and Hythe East

Dibden and Hythe East (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Harrison	1,001	55.54	6.34
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley Wade	963
	Conservative	Beverley Thorne	801	44.45	0.85
	Conservative	Teresa Joof	768
Majority			200	11.09	5.49
Turnout			1,802
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Downlands and Forest

Downlands and Forest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Heron	901	67.13	9.51
	Green	Janet Richards	270	20.11	0.95
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Toynton	171	12.74	8.56
Majority			631	47.01	10.7
Turnout			1,342
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fawley, Blackfield and Langley

Fawley, Blackfield and Langley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexis McEvoy	1,418	67.87	10.15
	Conservative	Robert Wappet	1,215
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Smith	671	32.12	10.15
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Wade	591
Majority			203	9.71	5.74
Turnout			2,089
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fernhill

Fernhill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Cleary	1,321	59.211	4.06
	Conservative	John Ward	1,076
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Scott-Johns	509	22.81	5.31
	Labour	Amy Coakes	401	17.97	9.37
Majority			812	36.39	1.24
Turnout			2,231
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fordingbridge

Fordingbridge (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roxanne Bellows	1,124	41.94	5.54
	Conservative	Ann Sevier	1,105
	Liberal Democrats	Miranda Whitehead	896	33.43	14.78
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Denne	688
	Green	Christopher Dennis	365	13.61	2.7
	Labour	Brian Shemmings	344	11.00	6.54
Majority			228	8.50
Turnout			2,680
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Forest North West

Forest North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Dow	Unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Furzedown and Hardley

Furzedown and Hardley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Ross	444	45.72	5.87
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Parkes	309	31.82	28.32
	Green	Elaine Fordham	218	22.45	22.45
Majority			135	13.90
Turnout			971
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Holbury and North Blackfield

Holbury and North Blackfield (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allan Glass	830	51.29	19.16
	Conservative	Alan Alvery	759
	Labour	Karlton Smith	407	25.15	15.74
	Liberal Democrats	David Lord	381	23.54	34.91
	Labour	Michael Perkins	365
	Liberal Democrats	David Townsley	344
Majority			71	4.38
Turnout			1,618
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Hordle

Hordle (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Tinsley	1,239	47.78	22.37
	Conservative	Penelope Lovelace	1,214
	UKIP	Ian Linney	652	25.14	25.14
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Szwaczka	406	15.65	14.19
	Labour	Peter Coakes	296	11.41	11.41
Majority			587	22.63	17.67
Turnout			2,593
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hythe West and Langdown

Hythe West and Langdown (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen McLean	1,609	56.47	8.04
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Robinson	1,128
	Conservative	Joan Fowler	892	31.30	4.18
	Conservative	Brenda Spearing	876
	Labour	Emmanuel Boateng	348	12.21	12.21
Majority			717	25.16	3.86
Turnout			2,849
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lymington Town

Lymington Town (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anna Rostand	1,479	56.47	13.4
	Conservative	Miriam Lewis	1,473
	Liberal Democrats	Freda Angelou	481	18.36	0.99
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Moss	419
	UKIP	Michael Beggs	383	14.62	14.62
	Labour	Robert Joy	276	10.53	10.53
Majority			998	38.10	12.41
Turnout			2,619
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Wyeth	858	75.39	0.42
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Reid	153	13.44	2.47
	Labour	Kenneth Kershaw	127	11.15	2.05
Majority			705	61.95	2.89
Turnout			1,138
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marchwood

Marchwood (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Hoare	1,020	51.75	0.53
	Conservative	Susan Bennison	742
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Petty	455	23.08	13.19
	Liberal Democrats	Geraint Rowlands	338
	Green	Beverley Golden	268	13.59	2.15
	Labour	Sean Hill	228	11.56	11.56
Majority			565	28.66
Turnout			1,971
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milford

Milford (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melville Kendal	1,802	78.55	0.52
	Conservative	Michael Pemberton	1,678
	Labour	Tracey Carruthers	492	21.44	21.44
Majority			1,310	57.10	1.05
Turnout			2,294
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milton

Milton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Clarke	1,144	51.20	7.02
	Conservative	Stephen Davies	1,138
	UKIP	Nigel Cox	439	19.65	19.65
	Liberal Democrats	Wynford Davies	344	15.39	20.07
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Chatfield	341
	Labour	Peter Dance	307	13.74	7.09
Majority			705	31.55	9.14
Turnout			2,234
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pennington

Pennington (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penelope Jackman	922	45.58	1.89
	Conservative	Alexander Kilgour	877
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Hickman	655	30.10	16.41
	Liberal Democrats	Martina Humber	569
	Labour	Lena Samuels	265	12.17	6.17
	Green	Sally May	264	12.13	12.13
Majority			337	15.48	6.93
Turnout			2,176
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ringwood East and Sopley

Ringwood East and Sopley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Woodifield	756	70.52	5.22
	Liberal Democrats	Cara Frost-Jones	180	16.79	7.46
	Labour	Audrey Walker	136	12.68	12.68
Majority			576	53.73	2.25
Turnout			1,072
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ringwood North

Ringwood North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lorna Ford	1,329	55.14	4.53
	Conservative	Michael Thierry	1,174
	Labour	Peter Harper	450	18.67	8.93
	Green	Timothy Rowe	392	16.26	6.74
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Dash	239	9.91	20.21
	Liberal Democrats	William Catt	190
Majority			879	36.47	15.99
Turnout			2,410
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ringwood South

Ringwood South (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Rippon-Swaine	1,069	49.60	18.03
	Conservative	Jeremy Heron	980
	Green	Sally Rose	627	29.09	29.09
	Labour	Desmond Williams	459	21.29	12.45
Majority			442	20.51
Turnout			2,155
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Totton Central

Totton Central (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Lucas	947	59.59	7.54
	Conservative	Ronald Scrivens	915
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Starr	642	40.40	7.54
	Liberal Democrats	Lotte Bakoji-Hume	583
Majority			305	19.19	15.08
Turnout			1,589
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Totton East

Totton East (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dean Britton	879	41.42	6.72
	Conservative	Christopher Lagdon	783
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Dawson	631	29.73	12.98
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Sawyer	574
	UKIP	David Robert Menhennet	317	14.93	14.93
	Labour	Jennifer Ovenden	295	13.90	13.90
Majority			248	11.68	6.28
Turnout			2,122
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Totton North

Totton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Dart	903	54.99	0.17
	Conservative	Neville Penman	902
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Shaw	739	45.00	0.17
	Liberal Democrats	Lorella Weeks	668
Majority			164	9.98	0.35
Turnout			1642
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Totton South

Totton South (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Harrison	917	45.19	14.83
	Conservative	Michael Southgate	778	38.34	1.63
	Conservative	Melvyn Molyneux	734
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Weeks	703
	Green	Helen Field	334	16.46	16.46
Turnout			2,029
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Totton West

Totton West (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Brooks	848	60.35	6.82
	Conservative	David Russell	773
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Harris	557	39.64	6.82
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Lord	521
Majority			291	20.71	13.64
Turnout			1,405
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2011 - New Forest". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
2. Rallings, Collin; Thrasher, Michael. "New Forest District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Plymouth University.
3. "Ringwood mourns death of community champion". Salisbury Journal. Retrieved 2 October 2020.