2011 South Lakeland District Council election

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2011 South Lakeland District Council election
  2010 5 May 2011 2012  

19 of the 51 seats to South Lakeland District Council
26 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour
Last election34161
Seats won1270
Seats after32181
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Increase2.svg2Steady2.svg
Popular vote11,2179,607881
Percentage51.3%43.9%4.0%

South Lakeland UK local election 2011 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2011 South Lakeland District Council elections by ward. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Labour in red. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2011.

Council control before election

Liberal Democrats

Council control after election

Liberal Democrats

The 2011 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

19 seats were contested at the election over 18 wards. [3] 2 of these were by-elections, in Levens and in 1 of the 2 seats being fought in Ambleside and Grasmere. [3] Both the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives stood in every seat, while Labour put up 8 candidates and the Green Party 2 candidates. [4]

Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats keep their majority on the council after losing 1 seat to the Conservatives. [5] The only change came in Windermere Applethwaite and Troutbeck, with the Conservatives taking the seat by 12 votes after several recounts. [3] This left the Liberal Democrats on 32 seats, compared to 18 for the Conservatives and 1 for Labour. [3] Overall turnout in the election was 56.16%. [6]

PartyPrevious councilNew council+/-
Liberal Democrats3332Decrease2.svg1
Conservatives1718Increase2.svg1
Labour11Steady2.svg
Total5151
Working majority 15  13 
South Lakeland Local Election Result 2011 [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 1201-163.251.912,028-8.2%
  Conservative 710+136.843.610,123+10.0%
  Labour 000003.8881-1.7%
  Green 000000.7162-0.1%

Ward results

Ambleside & Grasmere (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Vivienne Rees* 941 56.6 −10.3
Liberal Democrats Heidi Halliday 811 48.8 −12.9
Conservative Raymond Lane59235.6+2.3
Conservative Neil Salisbury51631.0−0.8
Labour Marilyn Molloy1599.6+4.6
Majority21913.2−20.3
Turnout 1,66249.3+6.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Arnside & Beetham [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Stewart* 1,279 58.1 −0.1
Conservative Gordon Fairclough78635.7−2.4
Labour Jim Barker1376.2N/A
Majority49322.4+2.3
Turnout 2,20262.5−0.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Broughton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joss Curwen* 750 75.8 +12.2
Liberal Democrats Gary McClure23924.2−12.2
Majority51151.7+24.5
Turnout 98954.1−2.8
Conservative hold Swing
Burneside [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Holland 526 62.8 −11.9
Conservative Colin Bell25029.9+4.6
Labour Lois Sparling617.3N/A
Majority27633.0−16.4
Turnout 83753.1+4.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Burton & Holme [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Cooper* 939 52.3 −2.1
Liberal Democrats Vic Brown85747.7+12.3
Majority824.6−14.4
Turnout 1,79659.8+2.7
Conservative hold Swing
Cartmel & Grange West [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mary Wilson* 604 65.4 ±0.0
Conservative Ian Curwen31934.6±0.0
Majority28530.9±0.0
Turnout 92359.4−1.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Grange North [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Gardiner 594 58.1 −4.7
Liberal Democrats Barbara McCaffrey42841.9+4.7
Majority16616.2−9.3
Turnout 1,02256.4+7.0
Conservative hold Swing
Grange South [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tom Harvey* 529 53.8 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Lownds45446.2−3.3
Majority757.6+6.7
Turnout 98364.5+1.9
Conservative hold Swing
Holker [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gill Gardner 516 55.4 −0.7
Conservative Trevor Wilson41544.6+0.7
Majority10110.8−1.5
Turnout 93158.1+5.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Levens (by-election) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mary Orr 667 55.7 −8.4
Conservative Grenville Evans47239.4+3.5
Labour Tony Rothwell584.8N/A
Majority19516.3−12.0
Turnout 1,19770.2+3.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Low Furness [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Airey* 437 65.3 +13.5
Liberal Democrats Ray Beecham13219.7−23.1
Green Jo-anna Duncalf10014.9+9.5
Majority30545.6+36.6
Turnout 66947.0−7.4
Conservative hold Swing
Mid Furness [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Willis 694 41.7 −21.0
Conservative Doreen Fell64838.9+4.0
Labour Colin Pickthall26215.7+10.0
Green Chris Loynes623.7N/A
Majority462.8−22.2
Turnout 1,66652.4+3.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Evelyn Westwood 1,424 51.8 +5.3
Conservative Jules Drummond-Hay1,32348.2+4.1
Majority1013.7+1.3
Turnout 2,74757.6+1.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Whinfell [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Thornton* 512 63.1 +0.9
Conservative Mel Mackie30036.9−0.9
Majority21226.1+1.8
Turnout 81254.3+2.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Windermere Applethwaite & Troutbeck [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ben Berry 480 50.6 +4.6
Liberal Democrats Jo Stephenson*46849.4−4.6
Majority121.2N/A
Turnout 94858.6+2.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Windermere Bowness North [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hilary Stephenson* 608 65.0 −9.2
Conservative Michael Nicholson28029.9+4.1
Labour Kathleen Cross475.0N/A
Majority32835.1−13.4
Turnout 93557.0+5.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Windermere Bowness South [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Williams* 376 50.1 −15.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Rooke33144.1+9.3
Labour Rae Cross435.7N/A
Majority456.0−24.4
Turnout 75044.9+3.0
Conservative hold Swing
Windermere Town [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sandra Britton 537 69.9 −12.5
Conservative Stephen Hall11715.2−2.4
Labour Penny Henderson11414.8N/A
Majority42054.7−10.1
Turnout 76846.4+5.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

By-Elections

Windermere Town, 9 February 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jo Stephenson 418 72.9 +3.0
Conservative Sandra Lilley8514.8−0.4
Labour Penny Henderson508.7−6.1
UKIP Robert Gibson203.5N/A
Majority33358.1+3.4
Turnout 57333.63−12.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. "England council elections". BBC News. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  2. "Election results 2011: English council summary results". The Guardian. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Perkins, Helen (6 May 2011). "Lib Dems lose seat in South Lakeland". The Westmorland Gazette . Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  4. "Coalition partners will go head-to-head in local elections". The Westmorland Gazette . 22 April 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  5. "Labour gains control of Barrow Borough Council". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "South Lakeland District Council elections - 5 May 2011" (PDF). South Lakeland District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.