2011 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election

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2011 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election
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All 45 seats to St Edmundsbury Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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Party Conservative Independent
Seats won384
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote22,2493,275
Percentage54.6%8.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.4%Decrease2.svg 0.8%
 Third partyFourth party
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Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won30
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 3
Popular vote10,5802,247
Percentage25.9%5.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg 10.1%Decrease2.svg 12.6%
St Edmundsbury UK ward map 2011.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2011 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election.
Control before election


Conservative

Control after election


Conservative

The 2011 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of St Edmundsbury Borough Council in Suffolk, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

Summary

Election result

2011 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election [2]
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 403831Increase2.svg 284.454.622,249–0.4
  Independent 4410Increase2.svg 18.98.03,275–0.8
  Labour 27311Steady2.svg6.725.910,580+10.1
  Liberal Democrats 8003Decrease2.svg 30.05.52,247–12.6
  Green 6000Steady2.svg0.05.42,209+4.0
  UKIP 1000Steady2.svg0.00.5223–0.4

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Abbeygate

Abbeygate (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Farmer* 1,007 57.0
Conservative Richard Rout* 744 42.1
Green Philippa Judd44825.4
Liberal Democrats Christopher Lale31718.0
Labour Thomas Stebbing28216.0
Labour Christina Ross25914.7
Turnout ~1,71845.4
Registered electors 3,786
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bardwell

Bardwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hale* 737 76.8
UKIP James Lumley22323.2
Majority 51453.5
Turnout 96051.1
Registered electors 2,012
Conservative hold

Barningham

Barningham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Ray* 726 70.4
Liberal Democrats David Bradbury30529.6
Majority 42140.8
Turnout 1,03151.0
Registered electors 2,086
Conservative hold

Barrow

Barrow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Houlder* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,798
Conservative hold

Cavendish

Cavendish
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Stevens* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,633
Conservative hold

Chedburgh

Chedburgh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela Rushen Unopposed
Registered electors 1,709
Conservative hold

Clare

Clare
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alaric Pugh 482 57.0
Liberal Democrats Leslie Warmington36443.0
Majority 11813.9
Turnout 84651.4
Registered electors 1,688
Conservative hold

Eastgate

Eastgate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Warby* 427 56.3
Labour Shirley Stephenson33243.7
Majority 9512.5
Turnout 75941.1
Registered electors 1,892
Conservative hold

Fornham

Fornham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rebecca Hopfensperger 621 73.7
Labour Sarah-Jane Pearce22226.3
Majority 39947.3
Turnout 84349.0
Registered electors 1,736
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Great Barton

Great Barton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Broughton* 751 79.1
Labour Pervez Khan19920.9
Majority 55258.1
Turnout 95054.6
Registered electors 1,773
Conservative hold

Haverhill East

Haverhill East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie Ager* 834 49.2
Conservative Karen Richardson* 664 39.2
Conservative Gordon Cox* 662 39.1
Labour Patrick Hanlon64838.3
Labour Ernest Goody63637.5
Liberal Democrats Terence McNally26015.3
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Rolph18811.1
Turnout ~1,69431.1
Registered electors 5,447
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Haverhill North

Haverhill North (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Gower* 857 48.0
Conservative Timothy Marks 825 46.2
Conservative John McManus 771 43.2
Labour Julie Jupp65436.6
Labour Gary Stroud60033.6
Liberal Democrats Allyn Bignell37521.0
Turnout ~1,78531.5
Registered electors 5,667
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Haverhill South

Haverhill South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Byrne 428 43.4
Conservative Phillip French 395 40.0
Labour Lisa Carr37337.8
Conservative Clive Turner*35936.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Graham14514.7
Turnout ~98725.8
Registered electors 3,827
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Haverhill West

Haverhill West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adam Whittaker* 804 59.0
Conservative Jeremy Farthing* 707 51.9
Labour Roger André52938.8
Turnout ~1,36234.0
Registered electors 4,007
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Horringer & Whelnetham

Horringer & Whelnetham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Clements* 630 70.6
Labour Robin Davies26229.4
Majority 36841.3
Turnout 89252.0
Registered electors 1,742
Conservative hold

Hundon

Hundon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorothy Whittaker* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,745
Conservative hold

Ixworth

Ixworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Griffiths* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,782
Conservative hold

Kedington

Kedington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marion Rushbrook* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,593
Conservative hold

Minden

Minden (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Everitt* 791 49.4
Conservative Clive Springett 720 45.0
Labour Quentin Cornish52432.7
Labour Jonathan Hartley42626.6
Green Ritchie Tennant34021.2
Turnout ~1,60145.0
Registered electors 3,558
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Moreton Hall

Moreton Hall (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Trevor Beckwith* 1,443 61.9
Conservative Frank Warby* 1,211 51.9
Conservative Terry Buckle* 990 42.4
Labour Clifford Hind50021.4
Labour Kevin Waterson36415.6
Turnout ~2,33341.5
Registered electors 5,621
Independent hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Northgate

Northgate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Diane Hind 315 53.2
Green Ida Rynsard25843.6
Majority 579.6
Turnout 59232.1
Registered electors 1,843
Labour hold

Pakenham

Pakenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Spicer* 623 75.7
Labour Gillian Malik19323.5
Majority 43052.2
Turnout 82332.4
Registered electors 2,541
Conservative hold

Risby

Risby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Helen Levack* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,970
Conservative hold

Risbygate

Risbygate (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Nettleton* 840 58.8
Conservative Joshua Hordern 520 36.4
Green Karen Richardson45031.5
Labour Neil Moffat26618.6
Labour Ross Taylor19813.9
Turnout ~1,43038.5
Registered electors 3,713
Independent hold
Conservative hold

Rougham

Rougham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sara Mildmay-White* 656 72.2
Labour Janet Lavender23626.0
Majority 42046.2
Turnout 90849.8
Registered electors 1,824
Conservative hold

Southgate

Southgate (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chung Hung Chow 864 52.0
Conservative Sarah-Anne Stamp 668 40.2
Labour Richard Blyth38723.3
Labour Nicola Ridgeway38723.3
Green Sara Rae34120.5
Liberal Democrats Gordon Hughes29317.6
Turnout ~1,66348.5
Registered electors 3,428
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

St. Olaves

St. Olaves (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Cockle* 461 47.8
Independent Paul Hopfensperger 421 43.6
Green Mark Ereira-Guyer37238.6
Labour Kevin Hind31432.5
Turnout ~96529.3
Registered electors 3,293
Labour hold
Independent gain from Labour

Stanton

Stanton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Thorndyke* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,989
Conservative hold

Westgate

Westgate (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stefan Oliver* 929 57.6
Conservative Paul Simner 879 54.5
Labour Alexander Carmichael50131.1
Labour Timothy Beech47129.2
Turnout ~1,61347.8
Registered electors 3,375
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Wickhambrook

Wickhambrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Derek Redhead* 571 58.7
Conservative Susan Houlder39540.6
Majority 17618.1
Turnout 97354.4
Registered electors 1,788
Independent hold

Withersfield

Withersfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Clifton-Brown* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,624
Conservative hold

By-elections

Risbygate By-Election 15 November 2012 [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Julia Wakelam 394 51.8 +30.1
Conservative Susan Glossop23931.4+6.4
Labour Cliff Hind12816.8+4.0
Majority 15520.4
Turnout 761
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Abbeygate By-Election 2 May 2013 [5] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charlotte Howard 562 44.5 −4.5
Green Philippa Judd39931.6+9.8
Labour Quentin Cornish15412.2−1.5
Liberal Democrats Judith Broadway14911.8−3.6
Majority 16312.9
Turnout 1,264
Conservative hold Swing
Bardwell By-Election 5 September 2013 [6] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paula Wade 419 66.1 −10.7
UKIP James Lumley15023.7+0.5
Labour Thomas Stebbing6510.3+10.3
Majority 26942.4
Turnout 634
Conservative hold Swing
Abbeygate By-Election 3 October 2013 [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joanna Rayner 359 42.8 −1.7
Green Mark Ereira-Guyer 23628.1−3.5
UKIP Clive Reason8510.1+10.1
Liberal Democrats Chris Lale839.9−1.9
Labour Quentin Cornish769.1−3.1
Majority 12314.7
Turnout 839
Conservative hold Swing
Haverhill East By-Election 9 January 2014 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Tony Brown 529 54.0 +54.0
Labour Pat Hanlon24024.5−12.7
Conservative David Roach15716.0−31.9
Liberal Democrats Ken Rolph545.5−9.4
Majority 28929.5
Turnout 98016.4
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "St Edmundsbury Borough Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University, Plymouth: The Elections Centre. pp. 12–13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  2. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Compositions calculator". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth: The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Risbygate Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "By-elections". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University: The Elections Centre. Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Abbeygate Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bardwell Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Abbeygate Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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