2011 Stroud District Council election

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The 2011 Stroud Council election was held 6 May to elect members of the Stroud District Council in England. [1] Candidates in four parties campaigned for one of eighteen seats. [2] The Labour Party won seven of the seats up for grabs, the highest of any single party in this election. [3]

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Election result

Stroud Council Election, 2011
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 422.23%34.10%9,858
  Independent 15.56%3.10%864
  Green 527.78%17.07%4,765
  Labour 738.89%34.48%9,626
  Liberal Democrats 15.56%13.46%3,758
  TUSC 00%0.02%45

Ward results

Cainscross (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Bridgland1907.94%-9.56%
Green Christopher Owen2359.83%
Labour David Rees1,23751.78%
Conservative Julie Zimmer73130.55%
Majority1,23751.78%+7.18%
Turnout 2,39343.30%-26.80%
Cam East (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Miranda Clifton77947.20%+12.30%
Conservative Brian Tipper87152.80%
Majority87152.80%+14.50
Turnout 1,65045.60%-30.00%
Cam West (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Denney68346.90%
Liberal Democrats Darren Jones30120.70%
Conservative Matthew Patrick47332.50%
Majority68346.90%+1.10%
Turnout 1,45745.60%-26.70%
Central (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Malcolm Perry15521.60%
Independent Andrew Read35449.20%
Conservative Ian Robinson21029.20%
Majority35449.20%
Turnout 71945.30%
Chalford (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Richard Dean64925.1%-4.00%
Conservative Elizabeth Peters1,30250.30%
Labour David Taylor63824.60%
Majority1,30250.30%-1.20%
Turnout 2,58951.70%-26.70%
Dursley (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Veronica Harding41618.60%
Conservative Loraine Patrick67930.40%
Labour Geoffrey Wheeler1,02645.90%+16.10%
Green Miriam Yagud1125.00%+3.00%
Majority1,02645.90%+12.90%
Turnout 2,23343.50%-24.60%
Farmhill & Paganhill (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Carr30436.10%
Labour David Drew53863.90%
Majority53863.90%
Turnout 84250.30%
Minchinhampton (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorcas Binns1,10855.50%
Green William Heaney26313.20%
Labour Joan Moore27013.50%
Independent John Williams35417.70%
Majority1,10855.50%
Turnout 1,99556.00%
Nailsworth (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Carter1,14722.41%
Green Catherine Farrell93313.34%
Green Norman Kay93018.21%
Labour Audrey Smith66112.92%
Labour Jacqueline Smith60811.88%
Conservative Louise Roden84116.43%
Majority1,98838.84%
Turnout 5,12051.90%
Rodborough (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Philip Blomberg21311.40%
Liberal Democrats Christine Headley59131.50%
Labour Nigel Prenter61732.90%
Conservative Adam Sarch45324.20%
Majority61732.90%
Turnout 1,87451.50%
Slade (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shelagh Hume27043.50%
Green Simon Pickering35056.50%
Majority35056.50%
Turnout 62040.20%
Stonehouse (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Brine1,34655.00%
Conservative Lawrence Hall78932.20%
Green Clare Sheridan31412.80%+5.00
Majority1,34655.00%+13.10%
Turnout 2,44941.00%-26.40%
Thrupp (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elisabeth Bird31928.90%
Liberal Democrats Adrian Walker-Smith494.40%
Green Martin Whiteside59153.60%
Labour Lesley Williams14313.00%
Majority59153.60%
Turnout 1,10258.40%
Trinity (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Mansell17820.30%
Labour Paul Mapplebeck14917.00%
Green John Marjoram55162.80%
Majority55162.80%
Turnout 87851.80%
Uplands (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Rachel Lyons13716.60%
TUSC Christopher Moore455.40%
Labour Roger Sanders55162.80%
Independent Timothy Seager15618.90%
Majority48859.10%
Turnout 82649.40%
Valley (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julie Job19021.40%
Labour Stephen Lydon27931.50%
Green Molly Scott-Cato41747.10%
Majority41747.10%
Turnout 88647.50%
Wotton-Under-Edge (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Boobyer34713.00%
Conservative Jacqueline Cartigny1,10441.50%
Liberal Democrats Paul Smith1,21145.50%
Majority1,21145.50%-9.40%
Turnout 2,66252.50%-21.10%

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References

  1. ↑ "Election results 2011". Stroud District Council. n.d. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Local Election Results 2011". Local Elections Archive Project. n.d. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (n.d.). "Stroud District Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
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