2011 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election

Results of the 2011 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election

The 2011 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election to the Stratford-on-Avon District Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011.

Seventeen seats were up for election, one third of the councillors. The previous elections in 2010 produced a majority for the Conservative Party.

Election result

Stratford-on-Avon Council Election, 2011 ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	13	+2	-1	+1		49.9	16,568
	Labour	0					11.3	3,740
	Liberal Democrats	4		-2	-2		29.2	9,694
	Green	0					1.6	528
	Henley and Beaudesert Independent Conservatives	0
	Stratford First Independent	1	+1		+1

Ward results

Alcester Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Mark Foster	326
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Mary Long	366
	Conservative	Eric Alfred Payne	1612
Majority
Turnout				48.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bidford and Salford Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Doherty	354
	Vox Pop Independent	Bill Fleming	881
	Conservative	Maurice Reginald Howse	1136
Majority
Turnout				43.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fenny Compton Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Booth	336
	Conservative	Chris Williams	695
Majority			359
Turnout				55.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harbury Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Derek Hamburger	994
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Roderick	950
Majority			44
Turnout				53.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Henley Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Robert Handy	169
	Labour	John Hartigan	192
	Henley and Beaudesert Independent Conservatives	Bill Leech	335
	Conservative	George Matheou	1027
Majority
Turnout				48.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kineton Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Robert Ballantyne	261
	Liberal Democrats	John Wallace Talbot Insoll	278
	Conservative	Chris Mills	1109
Majority
Turnout				50.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shipston Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Aston	262	13.02	+2.02
	Conservative	Jonathan Gullis	883	43.90	+5.30
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Vial	866	43.06	−4.94
Majority			17	0.84	−8.46
Turnout			2011	49.6	−21.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Southam Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Alexander Hedges	254
	Labour	Carol Ann Pratt	772
	Conservative	David Arthur James Wise	1162
Majority
Turnout				44.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stockton and Napton Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Kittendorf	673
	Conservative	Richard Jonathan Lamb	316
Majority			357
Turnout				52.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Stratford Alveston Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tracy Jayne Doherty	359
	Liberal Democrats	Janette Elizabeth Dyson	1044
	Conservative	Lynda Margaret Organ	1560
Majority
Turnout				51.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stratford Avenue and New Town Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Dewhurst	514
	Conservative	Ian Hurst	796
	Stratford First Independent	Keith Lloyd	1009
	Labour	Stephen Troup	254
Majority
Turnout				41.9
	Stratford First Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Stratford Guild and Hathaway Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neville Beamer	1458
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Mary Rose Brandon	739
	Labour	Samuel Hargreaves	381
	Stratford First Independent	John Packard	221
Majority
Turnout				47.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stratford Mount Pleasant Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew James Paul Henderson	177
	Stratford First Independent	Bill Lowe	222
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Geoffrey Williams Moorse	648
	Conservative	Karen Dawn Parnell	353
Majority
Turnout				41.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Studley Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wayne Bates	462
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Holder	788
	Conservative	Mike Weddell	774
Majority			14
Turnout				44.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tredington Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeffrey Simon Kenner	142
	Conservative	Chris Saint	733
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Helen Vial	208
Majority
Turnout				57.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Welford Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Barnes	675
	Labour	Philip Heath	59
	Conservative	Robert Thomas Vaudry	416
Majority
Turnout				68.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wellesbourne Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David John Close	1186
	Green	Roger Fisher	267
	Conservative	Danny Kendall	1544
Majority			358
Turnout				54.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

1. "Stratford-on-Avon District Council Election Results" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
2. "Local Election Results 2011 - Statford-on-Avon". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 7 February 2024.