2011 South Somerset District Council election

The 2011 South Somerset District Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect all 60 members of South Somerset District Council to a four-year term, the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom. It was preceded by the 2007 election and followed by the 2015 election. The Liberal Democrats held control of the council. ^[1] The turnout across the council was 49.7%. ^[2]

Results summary

2011 South Somerset District Council election [2] [3] [4]
Party		Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	31	7	51.7
	Conservative	25	8	41.7
	Independent	4	1	6.7
	Green	0		0.0
	Labour	0		0.0
	UKIP	0		0.0

Ward results

Blackdown

Blackdown (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ros Rodergio*	717	70.0	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Weeks	308	30.0	2.1
Majority			409	39.9	4.1
Total valid votes			1,025	51.7
Turnout				53.6
Registered electors			1,984
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.1

Blackmoor Vale

Blackmoor Vale (2 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Wallace*	1,421
	Conservative	Tim Inglefield*	1,305
	Independent	David Nichols	605
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Crabb	531
	Labour	Jo Penberthy	271
Turnout				53.4
Registered electors			4,580
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bruton

Bruton (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anna Groskop*	654	57.6	16.5
	Independent	Justin Robinson	318	28.0	New
	Labour	Matthew Hooberman	163	14.4	New
Majority			336	29.6	18.6
Total valid votes			1,135	58.7
Registered electors			1,933
	Conservative hold		Swing	22.2

Brympton

Brympton (2 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Seib*	1,123
	Liberal Democrats	John Richardson*	925
	Conservative	Graham Pritchard	792
	Conservative	Veronica Venables	702
Turnout				37.6
Registered electors			5,468
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Burrow Hill

Burrow Hill (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Yeomans*	686	66.7	1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Warner	342	33.3	1.2
Majority			344	33.5	2.3
Total valid votes			1,028	55.3
Turnout				56.7
Registered electors			1,860
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.2

Camelot

Camelot (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Lewis*	953	71.3	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Crabb	383	28.7	1.4
Majority			570	42.7	2.9
Total valid votes			1,336	62.5
Turnout				63.6
Registered electors			2,139
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.4

Cary

Cary (2 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Hobhouse*	1,448
	Conservative	Nick Weeks	1,179
	Conservative	Janette Cronie	1,068
	Liberal Democrats	Marilyn Upton	961
Turnout				57.1
Registered electors			4,535
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative hold

Chard Avishayes

Chard Avishayes (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Mermagen*	376	46.1	13.2
	Conservative	Peter Amey	242	29.7	7.5
	UKIP	Audrey Spencer	198	24.3	5.7
Majority			134	16.4	20.8
Total valid votes			816	39.1
Turnout				39.8
Registered electors			2,088
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	10.4

Chard Combe

Chard Combe (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Wale*	443	55.0	15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Dowell	363	45.0	10.7
Majority			80	9.9	4.4
Total valid votes			806	43.5
Turnout				45.0
Registered electors			1,855
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.2

Chard Crimchard

Chard Crimchard (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Kenton	367	41.1	11.1
	Independent	Tony Prior	324	36.3	New
	Conservative	Derek Bassett	160	17.9	18.4
	UKIP	Clive Small	41	4.6	New
Majority			43	4.8	11.0
Total valid votes			892	44.6
Rejected ballots
Turnout				45.8
Registered electors			1,998
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	23.7

Chard Holyrood

Chard Holyrood (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brennie Halse	464	51.3	12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Garry Shortland	440	48.7	12.5
Majority			24	2.7	N/A
Total valid votes			904	37.1
Turnout				38.2
Registered electors			2,438
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	12.5

Chard Jocelyn

Chard Jocelyn (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dave Bulmer*	696	82.6	22.3
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Bostan	147	17.4	9.3
Majority			549	65.1	31.6
Total valid votes			843	41.2
Turnout				41.8
Registered electors			2,047
	Independent hold		Swing	15.8

Coker

Coker (2 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gina Seaton	1,153
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy Bakewell	1,047
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Boucher*	1,022
	Conservative	Fred Monson	988
	Green	Peter Bysouth	359
Turnout				56.2
Registered electors			4,465
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats hold

Crewkerne

Crewkerne (3 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Best*	1,653
	Liberal Democrats	John Dyke	1,624
	Liberal Democrats	Angie Singleton*	1,446
	Conservative	Marcus Barrett	1,097
	Conservative	Teresa Bond	978
	Conservative	Peter Traves	833
	Green	Ben Hartshorn	543
	UKIP	Arthur Hamlin	529
	UKIP	Nigel Pearson	418
Turnout				53.4
Registered electors			6,325
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Curry Rivel

Curry Rivel (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Terry Mounter	629	53.7	New
	Conservative	Maurice Powell	543	46.3	16.6
Majority			86	7.3	N/A
Total valid votes			1,172	54.9
Turnout				55.6
Registered electors			2,134
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing	35.1

Eggwood

Eggwood (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Maxwell	613	60.5	1.0
	Conservative	Nick Clarke	401	39.5	1.0
Majority			212	20.9	1.9
Total valid votes			1,014	50.0
Turnout				51.5
Registered electors			2,027
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.0

Hamdon

Hamdon (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Seal*	645	56.3	6.2
	Conservative	Ashley Gray	341	29.8	3.3
	Green	Alexander Lawrie	160	14.0	New
Majority			304	26.5	9.5
Total valid votes			1,146	53.2
Turnout				53.8
Registered electors			2,154
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.7

Ilminster

Ilminster (2 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Goodall	1,055
	Liberal Democrats	Kim Turner*	992
	Conservative	Veronica Horman	635
	Conservative	Adam Kennedy	581
	Green	Neil Galbraith	332
	Labour	Paul Sellers	243
	UKIP	Gethyn Jenkins	241
Turnout				47.5
Registered electors			4,720
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Islemoor

Islemoor (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Steele*	833	69.0	5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wescott	375	31.0	5.9
Majority			458	37.9	11.8
Total valid votes			1,208	53.4
Turnout				55.2
Registered electors			2,261
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.9

Ivelchester

Ivelchester (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tony Capozzoli*	780	75.0	25.0
	Liberal Democrats	Leah Cross	260	25.0	New
Majority			520	50.0	N/A
Total valid votes			1,040	40.7
Turnout				41.2
Registered electors			2,557
	Independent hold		Swing	25.0

Langport and Huish

Langport and Huish (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Mills*	444	41.3	17.5
	Conservative	Tony Packham	343	31.9	9.3
	Green	Cara Naden	289	26.9	New
Majority			101	9.4	8.2
Total valid votes			1,076	46.7
Turnout				47.4
Registered electors			2,304
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.1

Martock

Martock (2 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Middleton	824
	Independent	Patrick Palmer*	805
	Conservative	David Stoodley	733
	Liberal Democrats	John Bailey	703
	Labour	Chris Bragg	381
	Independent	Jenny Hulme-Atthis	251
Turnout				48.7
Registered electors			4,637
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Independent hold

Milborne Port

Milborne Port (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lucinda Wallace*	532	47.9	2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Place	383	34.5	14.9
	Labour	David Lowe	196	17.6	New
Majority			149	13.4	12.1
Total valid votes			1,111	49.4
Turnout				49.7
Registered electors			2,251
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.0

Neroche

Neroche (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Vijeh*	594	49.9	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Buckler	406	34.1	8.1
	UKIP	Clive Rust	190	16.0	New
Majority			188	15.8	5.3
Total valid votes			1,190	58.5
Turnout				59.2
Registered electors			2,033
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.7

Northstone

Northstone (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rex Calvert*	785	60.4	6.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Nye	316	24.3	21.4
	Green	David Taylor	199	15.3	New
Majority			469	36.1	27.5
Total valid votes			1,300	53.3
Turnout				53.8
Registered electors			2,439
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.7

Parrett

Parrett (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Pallister*	623	53.8	1.8
	Conservative	Dale Egerton	535	46.2	1.8
Majority			88	7.6	3.6
Total valid votes			1,158	58.4
Turnout				59.9
Registered electors			1,983
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.8

St. Michael's

St. Michael's (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Roundell Greene*	534	57.9	3.1
	Conservative	Christopher le Hardy	389	42.1	3.1
Majority			145	15.71	6.2
Total valid votes			923	50.3
Turnout				51.8
Registered electors			1,836
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	6.2

South Petherton

South Petherton (2 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Thompson	985
	Conservative	Barry Walker	945
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Dawson	827
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Bending	783
	Green	Charlotte Revely	393
Turnout				54.0
Registered electors			4,028
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Tatworth and Forton

Tatworth and Forton (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Turpin*	508	47.1	6.9
	Conservative	Russ Wardell	431	40.0	14.6
	Green	Peter Rosser	139	12.9	New
Majority			77	7.1	21.5
Total valid votes			1,078	48.8
Turnout				49.3
Registered electors			2,210
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	10.8

Tower

Tower (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Beech	755	65.1	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Czapiewski	274	23.6	1.4
	Labour	Adrian Carter	130	11.2	New
Majority			481	41.5	8.5
Total valid votes			1,159	58.1
Turnout				58.8
Registered electors			1,994
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.2

Turn Hill

Turn Hill (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shane Pledger	744	59.0	New
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Gadd	516	41.0	New
Majority			228	18.1	N/A
Total valid votes			1,260	55.7
Turnout				57.2
Registered electors			2,262
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Wessex

Wessex (2 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Clarke	1,163
	Conservative	David Norris	791
	Green	Margaret Chambers	717
	Liberal Democrats	David Harrison	627
Turnout				51.0
Registered electors			4,375
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
	Conservative hold

Wincanton

Wincanton (2 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Colbert	981
	Conservative	Colin Winder*	963
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Lock	566
	Green	David Carnegie	283
	Labour	Tim Daniel	262
Turnout				43.9
Registered electors			4,132
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative hold

Windwhistle

Windwhistle (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Osborne	599	53.9	5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Munday*	280	25.2	26.3
	Green	Peter Lansdown	232	20.9	New
Majority			319	28.7	N/A
Total valid votes			1,111	57.1
Turnout				57.8
Registered electors			1,947
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	15.9

Yeovil Central

Yeovil Central (3 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Chainey*	854
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Gubbins*	778
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Kendall*	739
	Conservative	David Byrne	485
	Conservative	Kim Vickers	477
	Conservative	Bridget Spender	458
	Labour	Terry Lavin	363
	Labour	Fred Wood	312
	UKIP	Evelyn Boxall	227
	Independent	Tom Parsley [a]	193
	Independent	Kim Bicknell	127
	Independent	Nick Hester	96
Turnout				35.8
Registered electors			5,613
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Yeovil East

Yeovil East (3 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Lock*	801
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Fife*	690
	Liberal Democrats	David Recardo*	620
	Labour	Colin Rose	405
	Labour	Bill Byrd	387
	UKIP	Godfrey Davey	264
	Conservative	Paul Bradly	257
	Conservative	Christine Bryant	246
	UKIP	Jess Thompson-Hughes	208
	UKIP	Margaret Thompson-Hughes	190
	Independent	Kay Bryan	98
	Conservative	Tom Phillips	73
	Independent	Simon Hester	59
Turnout				30.9
Registered electors			5,483
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Yeovil South

Yeovil South (3 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Greene*	1,167
	Conservative	Marcus Fysh	1,064
	Conservative	Nigel Gage	1,036
	Liberal Democrats	Maggie Foot	1,030
	Conservative	Bill McNaught	1,000
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Smith*	835
	Labour	Joe Conway	550
	Green	Martin Bailey	370
	Labour	Murray Shepstone	363
	Independent	John Grana	121
Turnout				43.3
Registered electors			6,853
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Yeovil West

Yeovil West (3 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Martin*	969
	Liberal Democrats	Wes Read	959
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Carroll [b]	811
	Conservative	Maria MacDonald	606
	Conservative	Sabrina Johnston	590
	Conservative	Joshua Williams	544
	Labour	Rich Rendell	447
	Labour	Lee Skevington	330
	Green	Katherine Limmer	315
	Independent	Phil Holloway	119
Turnout				38.3
Registered electors			5,623
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Yeovil Without

Yeovil Without (3 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Gleeson	1,214
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Lock	1,135
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Oakes	1,132
	Conservative	John Hanson	852
	Conservative	Ashley Sterling	846
	Conservative	Nick Rousell	800
	UKIP	Tony Turner	495
Turnout				44.7
Registered electors			5,720
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Notes

1. Tom Parsley was elected in 2007 as a candidate for the Liberal Democrats in Yeovil South.
2. Tim Carroll was elected in 2007 as a candidate for the Liberal Democrats in Wincanton.

References

1. Tetteh, Edmund (24 May 2011). "Local elections 2011" (PDF). The House of Commons Library. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
2. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
3. Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2011 - South Somerset". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
4. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "South Somerset District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
5. "District Council Election Results - 5th May 2011" (PDF). South Somerset District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2025.