2011 North Somerset Council election

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2011 North Somerset Council election
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All 61 seats to North Somerset Council
31 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Con
Ind
LD
Party Conservative Independent Liberal Democrats
Last election46 seats, 44.4%6 seats, 6.9%5 seats, 29.2%
Seats won4276
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote58,44218,07124,553
Percentage44.4%13.7%18.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg 3.8%Increase2.svg 6.8%Decrease2.svg 10.5%
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Lab
Grn
Party Labour Green
Last election5 seats, 20.3%1 seat, 1.2%
Seats won51
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2-
Popular vote26,6422,620
Percentage20.3%1.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg 6.8%Increase2.svg 0.4%
North Somerset Council Election Map 2011.svg
Map of the results of the 2011 North Somerset council election. Conservatives in blue, independent in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Green Party in green.
Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2011 North Somerset Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of North Somerset Unitary Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

Background

At the last election in 2007 the Conservatives gained control of the council with 46 seats. [2] This was compared to 6 independents, 5 Liberal Democrats, 3 Labour and 1 Green Party councillors. [2]

In February 2011 Liberal Democrat councillor for Nailsea East Andy Cole said he would be standing in the election as an independent. [3] Cole was one of a total of 182 candidates who stood in the election for the 61 seats on the council. [4] These were 58 Conservatives, 53 Labour, 42 Liberal Democrats, 20 independents, 5 Green Party, 3 United Kingdom Independence Party and 1 from the All The South Party. [4] The most candidates were in Weston-super-Mare West ward, where 12 people contested the seats. [4]

The Conservative administration of the previous 4 years was attacked over the cost moving the council offices to Castlewood in Clevedon and over the refurbishment of the town hall in Weston-super-Mare. [5] However the Conservatives said they had been able to make savings and therefore not had to make as big cuts as other councils. [6]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives remain in control of the council after winning 42 of the 61 seats. Independents won 7 seats, the Liberal Democrats 6, Labour 5 and the Green Party 1 seat. [6]

The Liberal Democrats took 2 seats from the Conservatives in Weston-super-Mare Central [6] and 3 seats from them in Weston-super-Mare West, [7] but lost 3 seats back to the Conservatives in Weston-super-Mare South Worle. [6] Meanwhile, Labour also gained 2 seats from the Conservatives in Weston-super-Mare East. [7] Long time councillor and independent Nan Kirsen lost her seat in Pill to another independent Don Davies, standing for the Sustainable Pill and District Party, by 17 votes, while Andy Cole won his seat in Nailsea East as an independent after leaving the Liberal Democrats. [6]

North Somerset local election result 2011 [1] [8] [9]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 4237-468.944.458,442-3.8%
  Independent 710+111.513.718,017+6.8%
  Liberal Democrats 654+19.818.724,553-10.5%
  Labour 520+28.220.326,645+6.8%
  Green 10001.62.02,620+0.4%
  UKIP 000000.81,109+0.1%
 All The South Party000000.1137+0.1%

Ward results

Backwell (2) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Karen Barclay1,60340.2%
Independent Thomas Collinson1,60240.2%
Conservative Peter Burden77819.5%
Turnout 3,98351.5+6.4
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Banwell & Winscombe (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Harley2,05563.9%
Conservative Anthony Lake1,91457.3%
Conservative Timothy Marter1,76554.9%
Green Cresten Boase93629.4%
Labour Stanley Banks63719.8%
Liberal Democrats David Gilbert62819.5%
Liberal Democrats Brian Pike59018.3%
Labour Barry Edwards55417.2%
Labour Georgina Edwards54917.1%
Turnout 9,62844.4+6.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Blagdon & Churchill [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Wells1,09471.0+5.9
Labour Mark Burgess44629.0+22.1
Majority 64842.1+5.0
Turnout 1,54050.7+6.1
Conservative hold Swing
Clevedon Central [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Pennycott44543.2−1.9
Labour Stuart Hale40339.2+15.3
Liberal Democrats Bronno Vanderholt18117.6−13.4
Majority 424.1−10.1
Turnout 1,02941.8+8.3
Conservative hold Swing
Clevedon East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Shopland62252.2−8.2
Conservative Jon Middleton33828.4+3.3
Labour Nicholas Green23219.5+5.0
Majority 28423.8−11.6
Turnout 1,19245.8+10.7
Independent hold Swing
Clevedon North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Garner73368.5+23.2
Labour Joseph Norman33731.5+31.5
Majority 39637.0+32.3
Turnout 1,07050.0+7.5
Conservative hold Swing
Clevedon South [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Knott49950.7+11.7
Labour Alan Cotton48549.3+13.9
Majority 141.4−2.2
Turnout 98440.5+4.9
Conservative hold Swing
Clevedon Walton [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Norton-Sealey91765.7+1.1
Liberal Democrats Jack Dagnall24517.6−17.8
Labour Martin Hime23316.7+16.7
Majority 67248.2+19.0
Turnout 1,39560.8+9.3
Conservative hold Swing
Clevedon West [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Blades55846.3−8.4
Independent Trevor Morgan34228.4+28.4
Labour Ivy Cameron30425.2−20.1
Majority 21617.9+8.6
Turnout 1,20449.3+5.7
Conservative hold Swing
Clevedon Yeo [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Hall55055.6−2.5
Labour Alistair Lindsay29029.3−12.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Masding14915.1+15.1
Majority 26026.3+10.2
Turnout 98940.2+9.4
Conservative hold Swing
Congresbury [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Thomas Leimdorfer82558.1−7.2
Conservative Samantha Pepperall41829.4−2.5
Labour Anthony Wontner-Smith1218.5+8.5
Liberal Democrats June How563.9+3.9
Majority 40728.7−4.7
Turnout 1,42051.7+5.0
Green hold Swing
Easton-in-Gordano [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carl Francis-Pester72961.4−10.9
Independent Madeline Bickle45938.6+38.6
Majority 27022.7−22.0
Turnout 1,18854.2+9.4
Conservative hold Swing
Gordano [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Ashton1,09367.8−8.5
Labour Terry Lester27617.1+17.1
Liberal Democrats Daisy Bickley24315.1−8.6
Majority 81750.7−2.0
Turnout 1,61250.0+3.0
Conservative hold Swing
Hutton & Locking (2) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Porter1,54465.9%
Conservative Elfan Ap Rees1,37058.4%
Labour Anthony Probert49521.1%
Liberal Democrats Glyn Hayes47620.3%
Labour Timothy Taylor42418.1%
Liberal Democrats Hamish Macdonald Fraser37516.0%
Turnout 4,68446.3+6.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Kewstoke [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Porter73360.5−2.7
Labour Susan Popperwell27422.6+13.7
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Alen20416.8−11.1
Majority 45937.9+2.6
Turnout 1,21145.9+8.3
Conservative hold Swing
Nailsea East (2) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Andrew Cole1,70561.4%
Conservative Angela Barber1,32847.8%
Independent Susan Cole1,26945.7%
Conservative Anita Heappey86431.1%
Labour John Loosley2107.5%
Labour Patricia Loosley1776.3%
Turnout 5,55355.7+11.1
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Nailsea North and West (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeremy Blatchford1,53747.0%
Conservative Teresa Kemp1,41543.3%
Conservative Mary Blatchford1,36041.6%
Independent Alan Clarke1,10733.8%
Independent Julia Latta1,06932.7%
Liberal Democrats Robin Bell1,05832.3%
Labour Terence Connell85726.2%
Independent Suzanne Osborne56617.3%
Labour Gaile Blake49315.1%
Labour Stephen Varney35310.7%
Turnout 9,81549.9+11.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Pill [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Donald Davies60350.7+50.7
Independent Nanette Kirsen58649.3−30.6
Majority 171.4−58.5
Turnout 1,18943.4+5.4
Independent hold Swing
Portishead Central [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reyna Knight67556.6+18.2
Liberal Democrats John Clark51843.4+13.6
Majority 15713.2+4.6
Turnout 1,19354.7+20.1
Conservative hold Swing
Portishead Coast [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Pasley85468.6+3.6
Liberal Democrats Evelyn Elworthy39131.4+5.9
Majority 46337.2−2.4
Turnout 1,24554.7+5.3
Conservative hold Swing
Portishead East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Terry90450.4−6.1
Liberal Democrats Jean Lord43024.0−5.4
Labour Abigail Fuller-Gardener32117.9+3.8
Independent Roger Whitfield1397.7+7.7
Majority 47426.4−0.7
Turnout 1,79442.6+5.0
Conservative hold Swing
Portishead Redcliffe Bay [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Felicity Baker79960.8+8.8
Liberal Democrats Colin Howells51539.2−4.1
Majority 28421.6+12.8
Turnout 1,31451.0+1.2
Conservative hold Swing
Portishead South & North Weston [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan McMurray60455.4−4.4
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Doddrell27925.6−14.6
Labour Paul Dunn20819.1+19.1
Majority 32529.8+10.1
Turnout 1,09146.0+7.5
Conservative hold Swing
Portishead West [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Jolley72858.1−5.7
Liberal Democrats Susan Mason32325.8−3.5
Labour Kirsty Gardener20116.1+9.2
Majority 40532.3−2.3
Turnout 1,25249.1+4.0
Conservative hold Swing
Weston-super-Mare Central (2) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Bell63248.1%
Liberal Democrats Claire Kingsbury-Bell52139.7%
Conservative Michael Kellaway-Marriott43132.9%
Conservative Keith Morris38329.2%
Labour David Drinkwater22817.4%
Green Elisabeth Roberts22517.1%
Labour Frederick Roberts20515.6%
Turnout 2,62537.5+4.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Weston-super-Mare Clarence & Uphill (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Poole1,37253.1%
Conservative Clive Webb1,33351.6%
Conservative Anthony Bryant1,27149.2%
Independent John Ley-Morgan1,17245.4%
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Bindon56021.7%
Labour Bryan Trotter53420.7%
Labour Josephine Bateman53320.6%
Labour June Parker52320.2%
Liberal Democrats Amanda Brading45317.5%
Turnout 7,75345.7+5.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Weston-super-Mare East (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Tucker1,31942.8%
Labour Catherine Gibbons-Antonopoulos1,27941.5%
Conservative Dawn Payne1,21439.4%
Conservative William Collins1,21139.3%
Labour Michael Lyall1,20439.1%
Conservative David Power1,10836.0%
Liberal Democrats David Cordingley67622.0%
Liberal Democrats John Harrison62020.1%
Liberal Democrats Mark Johnston60719.7%
Turnout 9,23835.3+3.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Weston-super-Mare Milton & Old Worle (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rosslyn Willis1,50148.2%
Conservative Lisa Pilgrim1,44846.5%
Conservative Stephen Fudge1,38344.4%
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Gosden87228.0%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Bowering76824.7%
Labour Monish Kelly67321.6%
Liberal Democrats Norman Sycamore67321.6%
Labour Elizabeth Swan63220.3%
Labour Michael O'Regan56818.3%
UKIP Steven Pearse-Danker43013.8%
UKIP Louis Rostill38612.4%
Turnout 9,33447.5+5.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Weston-super-Mare North Worle (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Judd1,29354.0%
Conservative Marcia Pepperall1,18349.4%
Conservative Sonia Russe1,10146.0%
Liberal Democrats Peter Hardaway68628.6%
Liberal Democrats Ronald Moon67128.0%
Liberal Democrats Richard Skinner60925.4%
Labour Jacqueline Scholes60025.0%
Labour Darius Foster59624.9%
Labour Andrew Hughes44918.7%
Turnout 7,18838.2+11.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Weston-super-Mare South (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Parker1,19062.3%
Labour Robert Bateman1,14660.0%
Labour Deborah Stone1,09057.0%
Conservative Sidney Carter48925.6%
Conservative John Butler43222.6%
Conservative Francis Drake37219.5%
Liberal Democrats Gillian Ashworth31216.3%
Liberal Democrats William Dawson27514.4%
Liberal Democrats Amanda Wilkinson27314.3%
Independent John Hopkins1548.1%
Turnout 5,73329.9+2.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Weston-super-Mare South Worle (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Crew1,05841.5%
Conservative David Hitchins98538.7%
Conservative Robert Cleland95737.6%
Liberal Democrats Guljinder Hayer90835.6%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Howell78130.7%
Liberal Democrats Edward Keating76329.9%
Labour David Dash76229.9%
Labour Derek Kraft73828.9%
Labour Simon Stokes69127.1%
Turnout 7,64338.1+10.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Weston-super-Mare West (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Canniford1,33549.5%
Liberal Democrats John Crockford-Hawley1,23445.8%
Liberal Democrats Robert Payne1,01437.6%
Conservative Andrew Horler1,00437.3%
Conservative Dawn Parry91233.8%
Conservative Christopher Kimitri88632.9%
Labour Oliver Ballard36113.4%
Labour Dorothy Agassiz36013.4%
Labour Simon Harrison-Morse29611.0%
UKIP Harold James29310.9%
Green Brian Outten2539.4%
All The South PartyRobert Craig1375.1%
Turnout 8,08543.1+0.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Winford [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Hugh Gregor77469.3+15.2
Conservative Michael Dolley34330.7−15.2
Majority 43138.6+30.4
Turnout 1,11745.3+3.9
Independent hold Swing
Wraxall & Long Ashton (2) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Cook1,39048.1%
Conservative Charles Cave1,23942.9%
Independent Anthony Butcher1,00634.8%
Liberal Democrats Angela Neale64822.4%
Independent Bridget Mackwood43014.9%
Green Stuart McQuillan38113.2%
Labour Christopher Smart32411.2%
Labour Alan Monks30710.6%
Turnout 5,77951.1+7.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Wrington [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Deborah Yamanaka67352.3+7.3
Conservative Peter Ellis61347.7+14.9
Majority 604.7−7.5
Turnout 1,28657.4+3.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Yatton (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Anthony Moulin1,82466.5%
Conservative Annabel Tall1,46553.4%
Conservative Jill Iles1,46453.4%
Liberal Democrats Wendy Griggs1,32848.4%
Independent Juley Howard98535.9%
Labour Hedley Woods41515.1%
Labour Alan Bagg38714.1%
Labour Carol Bagg35513.0%
Turnout 8,22350.8+5.6
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

References

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