2011 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election

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

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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]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 13+2-1+149.916,568
  Labour 011.33,740
  Liberal Democrats 4-2-229.29,694
  Green 01.6528
  Henley and Beaudesert Independent Conservatives 0
  Stratford First Independent 1+1+1

Ward results

Alcester Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Mark Foster326
Liberal Democrats Katherine Mary Long366
Conservative Eric Alfred Payne1612
Majority
Turnout 48.1
Conservative hold Swing
Bidford and Salford Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Doherty354
Vox Pop IndependentBill Fleming881
Conservative Maurice Reginald Howse1136
Majority
Turnout 43.8
Conservative hold Swing
Fenny Compton Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Booth336
Conservative Chris Williams695
Majority359
Turnout 55.4
Conservative hold Swing
Harbury Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Derek Hamburger994
Liberal Democrats Sue Roderick950
Majority44
Turnout 53.5
Conservative hold Swing
Henley Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Robert Handy169
Labour John Hartigan192
Henley and Beaudesert Independent ConservativesBill Leech335
Conservative George Matheou1027
Majority
Turnout 48.2
Conservative hold Swing
Kineton Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Robert Ballantyne261
Liberal Democrats John Wallace Talbot Insoll278
Conservative Chris Mills1109
Majority
Turnout 50.3
Conservative hold Swing
Shipston Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Aston26213.02+2.02
Conservative Jonathan Gullis 88343.90+5.30
Liberal Democrats Philip Vial86643.06-4.94
Majority170.84-8.46
Turnout 201149.6-21.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Southam Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Alexander Hedges254
Labour Carol Ann Pratt772
Conservative David Arthur James Wise1162
Majority
Turnout 44.1
Conservative hold Swing
Stockton and Napton Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Steven Kittendorf673
Conservative Richard Jonathan Lamb316
Majority357
Turnout 52.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Stratford Alveston Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tracy Jayne Doherty359
Liberal Democrats Janette Elizabeth Dyson1044
Conservative Lynda Margaret Organ1560
Majority
Turnout 51.6
Conservative hold Swing
Stratford Avenue and New Town Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Dewhurst514
Conservative Ian Hurst796
Stratford First IndependentKeith Lloyd1009
Labour Stephen Troup254
Majority
Turnout 41.9
Stratford First Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Stratford Guild and Hathaway Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neville Beamer1458
Liberal Democrats Louise Mary Rose Brandon739
Labour Samuel Hargreaves381
Stratford First IndependentJohn Packard221
Majority
Turnout 47.8
Conservative hold Swing
Stratford Mount Pleasant Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew James Paul Henderson177
Stratford First IndependentBill Lowe222
Liberal Democrats Peter Geoffrey Williams Moorse648
Conservative Karen Dawn Parnell353
Majority
Turnout 41.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Studley Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wayne Bates462
Liberal Democrats Eric Holder788
Conservative Mike Weddell774
Majority14
Turnout 44.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Tredington Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeffrey Simon Kenner142
Conservative Chris Saint733
Liberal Democrats Rachel Helen Vial208
Majority
Turnout 57.5
Conservative hold Swing
Welford Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Barnes675
Labour Philip Heath59
Conservative Robert Thomas Vaudry416
Majority
Turnout 68.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wellesbourne Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David John Close1186
Green Roger Fisher267
Conservative Danny Kendall1544
Majority358
Turnout 54.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

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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.