2011 Stafford Borough Council election

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Elections to Stafford Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011. All 59 seats on the council were up for election. There were elections held in 26 wards. The Conservative Party retained majority control of the council. Overall turnout was 45.93%, with the lowest turnout (31.1%) in Coton ward and the highest (54.7%) in Chartley.

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Election result

Stafford Local Election Result 2011
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 3856-1 %000
  Labour 1761+5 %000
  Liberal Democrats 20-3-3 %000
  Green 1+10+1 %000
  Independent 10000

The total number of seats on the Council after the election was:

Sources: Stafford Borough Council [ permanent dead link ]

Results by ward

All results from Stafford Borough Council [ permanent dead link ].

Barlaston and Oulton (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Evan Gareth Rowland Jones901
Conservative Lynne Bakker-Collier793
Liberal Democrats John Russell646
Turnout 48.2%

Baswich (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Edgeller1,183
Conservative Paul Trainor918
Labour Ann Millichap631
Labour Diana Smith537
Liberal Democrats Graham John Sellman150
Liberal Democrats Paul Seabrook111
Turnout 54.4%

Chartley (1 seat)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frances Elizabeth Beatty59849.8%
Independent Susan Anita McKeown26150.2%
Turnout 54.7%

Church Eaton (1 seat)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Barry Stamp576
Conservative Rose Atkinson368
Labour Chris Plant76
Turnout 58.9%

Common (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Simpson578
Labour Julian Thorley543
Conservative Ray Barron395
Conservative Jenny Barron357
Independent Simon Andrew Davies297
Green Andrew Murray170
Turnout 42.1%

Coton (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Kemp596
Labour Anthony Welch494
Conservative James Edward George Cantrill250
Conservative Len Bloomer236
Turnout 31.1%

Eccleshall (3 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Chapman1,605
Conservative Peter Wallace Jones1,581
Conservative Jeremy Michael Pert1,425
Labour Cathy Gregory654
Labour Ros Kennedy510
UKIP Pauline Scott420
Turnout 47.8%

Forebridge (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Baron607
Green Tom Harris495
Labour Maureen Compton457
Liberal Democrats David Seary358
Green Lisa Pearce297
Conservative Keith Boardman280
Conservative Rebecca Davis229
Turnout 45.1%

Fulford (3 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Holmes1,239
Conservative Michael George Dodson1,182
Conservative Peter Roycroft1,175
Labour Rob Chesworth722
Turnout 42.6%

Gnosall and Woodseaves (3 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Kelly1,699
Conservative Kenneth Williamson1,619
Conservative Mike Smith1,566
Labour Andrew Bevington703
Labour Chris Malvern628
Labour John Hartshorne515
Turnout 48.5%

Haywood and Hixon (3 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jean Tabernor1,207
Conservative Amyas Stafford Northcote1,182
Conservative Alan Perkins1,083
Independent Brendan McKeown653
Independent Paul Gilbert582
Independent Andrew Carrington496
Labour Rolfe Pearce468
Independent John Mosley431
Labour Amy Louise Hollinshead356
Labour Sharon Hollinshead338
Turnout 49.6%

Highfields and Western Downs (3 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Bowen945
Labour Aidan Godfrey922
Labour Stephen O’Connor851
Conservative Ivan Jennings773
Conservative James Nixon705
Conservative Carolyn Trowbridge699
Turnout 39.4%

Holmcroft (3 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank James1,043
Conservative Bryan Cross MBE1,030
Labour Ravi Rai Bhakhri980
Labour Alan Ramsay956
Conservative Charles Simpson944
Conservative Sue Francis887
BNP Roland Thomas Hynd151
Turnout 43.7%

Littleworth (3 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rowan Draper1,043
Labour Ian Hollinshead1,006
Labour Michael Winkle961
Conservative David Bowyer902
Conservative Denis Skelland897
Conservative Mary Jennings885
Turnout 43%

Manor (3 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angela Loughran1,003
Labour Geoffrey Rowlands912
Labour Patricia Rowlands899
Conservative Ann Foster608
Conservative Michael Eld607
Conservative Neil Washington488
Liberal Democrats Julia Towers213
Liberal Democrats Robert Hine175
Turnout 39.4%

Milford (2 seat)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Finlay1,200
Conservative Robert Stephens1,084
Labour Ed Smith452
Labour Vic Casambros432
Turnout 44.3%

Milwich (1 seat)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Harp616
UKIP Rosemary Herbert157
Turnout 51.5%

Penkside (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ralph Cooke680
Labour Malcolm Millichap622
Conservative Cathy Collier392
Conservative Rosemary Simpson372
Turnout 37.6%

Rowley (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Allan868
Conservative Patrick Farrington783
Labour Anne Hobbs759
Labour Bob Hobbs711
Green Kate Harding222
Liberal Democrats Cathie Ginette Seville146
Turnout 51.7%

Seighford (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Winnington1,088
Conservative Raymond Sutherland1,070
Labour Duncan Cooper307
Labour Barrie Taylor307
Independent Diane Key268
Turnout 51.7%

St Michael's (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoff Collier735
Conservative Phillip Jones733
Labour Lloyd Brown541
Labour Kim Jones446
Independent Lin Davies341
UKIP Andrew Illsley197
Turnout 45.5%

Stonefield and Christchurch (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joyce Farnham845
Independent Phillip Leason590
Independent Rob Kenney504
Labour Michael Abbott424
Labour Peter Young378
Turnout 42.8%

Swynnerton (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Highfield1,124
Conservative David Price947
Independent Roy James530
UKIP Daniel Scott257
Turnout 45.9%

Tillington (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Isabella Davies660
Conservative Peter Goodland602
Labour Jane Essex560
Labour Anthony Nixon504
Green Jeremy Milln145
Turnout 43.5%

Walton (3 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Carey1,009
Conservative Margaret Goodall900
Conservative Mike Williamson824
Independent Jill Hood740
Labour Harry Brunt656
Labour Julie Taylor517
Labour Becky Sawyer469
Independent Mark Green469
Turnout 46%

Weeping Cross (3 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Judith Dalgarno1,750
Conservative John Francis1,617
Conservative Michael Heenan1,592
Labour Jack Barber976
Labour John Boyle726
Labour Victoria Soper697
Turnout 51.1%

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