2011 South Lakeland District Council election

2011 South Lakeland District Council election

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19 of the 51 seats to South Lakeland District Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour Last election 34 16 1 Seats won 12 7 0 Seats after 32 18 1 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 11,217 9,607 881 Percentage 51.3% 43.9% 4.0%
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]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Liberal Democrat 32
• Conservative 18
• Labour 1 ^[2]

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]

Party		Previous council	New council	+/-
	Liberal Democrats	33	32	1
	Conservatives	17	18	1
	Labour	1	1
Total		51	51
Working majority		15	13

South Lakeland Local Election Result 2011 ^[6]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	12	0	1	-1	63.2	51.9	12,028	-8.2%
	Conservative	7	1	0	+1	36.8	43.6	10,123	+10.0%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	3.8	881	-1.7%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	162	-0.1%

Ward results

Ambleside & Grasmere (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Rees*	941	56.6	-10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Heidi Halliday	811	48.8	-12.9
	Conservative	Raymond Lane	592	35.6	+2.3
	Conservative	Neil Salisbury	516	31.0	-0.8
	Labour	Marilyn Molloy	159	9.6	+4.6
Majority			219	13.2	-20.3
Turnout			1,662	49.3	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Arnside & Beetham ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Stewart*	1,279	58.1	-0.1
	Conservative	Gordon Fairclough	786	35.7	-2.4
	Labour	Jim Barker	137	6.2	N/A
Majority			493	22.4	+2.3
Turnout			2,202	62.5	-0.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Broughton ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joss Curwen*	750	75.8	+12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gary McClure	239	24.2	-12.2
Majority			511	51.7	+24.5
Turnout			989	54.1	-2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burneside ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Holland	526	62.8	-11.9
	Conservative	Colin Bell	250	29.9	+4.6
	Labour	Lois Sparling	61	7.3	N/A
Majority			276	33.0	-16.4
Turnout			837	53.1	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Burton & Holme ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Cooper*	939	52.3	-2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Vic Brown	857	47.7	+12.3
Majority			82	4.6	-14.4
Turnout			1,796	59.8	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cartmel & Grange West ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Wilson*	604	65.4	±0.0
	Conservative	Ian Curwen	319	34.6	±0.0
Majority			285	30.9	±0.0
Turnout			923	59.4	-1.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grange North ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Gardiner	594	58.1	-4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara McCaffrey	428	41.9	+4.7
Majority			166	16.2	-9.3
Turnout			1,022	56.4	+7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange South ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Harvey*	529	53.8	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Lownds	454	46.2	-3.3
Majority			75	7.6	+6.7
Turnout			983	64.5	+1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holker ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gill Gardner	516	55.4	-0.7
	Conservative	Trevor Wilson	415	44.6	+0.7
Majority			101	10.8	-1.5
Turnout			931	58.1	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Levens (by-election) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Orr	667	55.7	-8.4
	Conservative	Grenville Evans	472	39.4	+3.5
	Labour	Tony Rothwell	58	4.8	N/A
Majority			195	16.3	-12.0
Turnout			1,197	70.2	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Low Furness ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Airey*	437	65.3	+13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Beecham	132	19.7	-23.1
	Green	Jo-anna Duncalf	100	14.9	+9.5
Majority			305	45.6	+36.6
Turnout			669	47.0	-7.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mid Furness ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Willis	694	41.7	-21.0
	Conservative	Doreen Fell	648	38.9	+4.0
	Labour	Colin Pickthall	262	15.7	+10.0
	Green	Chris Loynes	62	3.7	N/A
Majority			46	2.8	-22.2
Turnout			1,666	52.4	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Evelyn Westwood	1,424	51.8	+5.3
	Conservative	Jules Drummond-Hay	1,323	48.2	+4.1
Majority			101	3.7	+1.3
Turnout			2,747	57.6	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whinfell ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Thornton*	512	63.1	+0.9
	Conservative	Mel Mackie	300	36.9	-0.9
Majority			212	26.1	+1.8
Turnout			812	54.3	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Windermere Applethwaite & Troutbeck ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Berry	480	50.6	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Stephenson*	468	49.4	-4.6
Majority			12	1.2	N/A
Turnout			948	58.6	+2.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Windermere Bowness North ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Stephenson*	608	65.0	-9.2
	Conservative	Michael Nicholson	280	29.9	+4.1
	Labour	Kathleen Cross	47	5.0	N/A
Majority			328	35.1	-13.4
Turnout			935	57.0	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Windermere Bowness South ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Williams*	376	50.1	-15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Rooke	331	44.1	+9.3
	Labour	Rae Cross	43	5.7	N/A
Majority			45	6.0	-24.4
Turnout			750	44.9	+3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Windermere Town ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Britton	537	69.9	-12.5
	Conservative	Stephen Hall	117	15.2	-2.4
	Labour	Penny Henderson	114	14.8	N/A
Majority			420	54.7	-10.1
Turnout			768	46.4	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

By-Elections

Windermere Town, 9 February 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Stephenson	418	72.9	+3.0
	Conservative	Sandra Lilley	85	14.8	-0.4
	Labour	Penny Henderson	50	8.7	-6.1
	UKIP	Robert Gibson	20	3.5	N/A
Majority			333	58.1	+3.4
Turnout			573	33.63	-12.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. "England council elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 14 August 2011.
2. "Election results 2011: English council summary results". guardian.co.uk. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
3. 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 Online. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
6. "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.