2011 Test Valley Borough Council election

2011 Test Valley Borough Council election

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All 48 seats to Test Valley Borough Council 24 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 33 15 Seats won 36 12 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 22,598 12,607 Percentage 51.82% 28.90%
Council control before election Conservatives Council control after election Conservatives

Elections to Test Valley Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011, the same day as the 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum. The Conservatives maintained control of the council, with an increased majority. ^[1]

Candidates and results

Before the election, the council consisted of 33 Conservatives, 14 Liberal Democrats and 1 Independent. ^[1]

Only the Conservatives contested all 48 seats. The Liberal Democrats contested 43 seats, while Labour contested 14, the UK Independence Party 7 and the Greens 2. There were also 3 independent candidates. Two wards, Bourne Valley and Over Wallop, were uncontested, meaning the Conservative candidates were elected by default.

Despite all 48 seats being up for election, only three changed hands: The Conservatives gained two seats in Andover, both from the Liberal Democrats, and, in the Abbey Ward of Romsey, defeated Independent Sally Lamb, who had been previously elected as a Liberal Democrat.

Test Valley Borough Council Election, 2011

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	36	3	0	+3	75	51.82	22,598	2.23
	Liberal Democrats	12	0	2	-2	25	28.90	12,607	8.17
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	10.46	4,564	5.31
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	5.74	2,506	2.42
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	2.13	930	1.75
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.92	403	0.92
Total		48						43608

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey (2) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Richards	1,042	42.11	2.64
	Conservative	Clive Collier	950
	Independent	Sally Lamb	673	27.20	27.20
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Wenman	399	16.12	32.89
	Labour	Christine Watkins	360	14.55	14.02
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Cosier	357
Rejected ballots			17
Turnout			2,089	54.4%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alamein

Alamein (3) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil North	1086	47.29	4.96
	Conservative	Janet Whiteley	993
	Conservative	Alex Brook	963
	Liberal Democrats	Len Gates	840	36.58	5.27
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Hughes	796	36.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Hughes	739	34.2
	Labour	Martin Bell	370	16.11	8.27
Rejected ballots			15	0.7
Turnout			2158	34.3%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Ampfield and Braishfield

Ampfield and Braishfield ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Hatley	806	71.39	9.18
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Anderson	198	17.53	2.06
	Labour	David Stevens	125	11.07	7.13
Majority			608
Rejected ballots			10	0.8
Turnout			1,139	61.7%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Amport

Amport ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Few Brown	699	76.15	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Mills	219	23.85	N/A
Majority			480
Rejected ballots			49	5.1
Turnout			968	52.3%
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Anna

Anna (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Flood	1,341	63.64	0.18
	Conservative	Graham Stallard	1,071
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Harrington-Ellsmore	394	18.69	0.83
	UKIP	Stan Oram	372	17.65	1.01
Rejected ballots			28
Turnout			1,947	52.3%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackwater

Blackwater (2) ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Gentle	1,495	69.43	9.08
	Conservative	Gordon Bailey	1,435
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Green	492	22.85	1.37
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Curtis	361
	Labour	Albert Astbury	166	7.71	7.71
Rejected ballots			16
Turnout			2,176	52,4%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bourne Valley

Bourne Valley ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Giddings	Unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broughton and Stockbridge

Broughton and Stockbridge (2) ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Boulton	1,489	67.62	8.00
	Conservative	Daniel Busk	1,343
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Warren	495	22.47	1.90
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Treadwell	425
	Labour	Paul Doran	218	9.90	9.90
Rejected ballots			18
Turnout			2,181	56.3%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Charlton

Charlton ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Carr	489	56.20	10.78
	Liberal Democrats	Michael McGarry	223	25.63	7.38
	UKIP	Norman Woods	158	18.16	18.16
Majority			266
Rejected ballots			6	0.6
Turnout			876	54.2%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chilworth, Nursling and Rownhams

Chilworth, Nursling and Rownhams (3) ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Bundy	1,643	62.82	2.24
	Conservative	Nigel Anderdon	1,639
	Conservative	Alison Finlay	1,509
	Liberal Democrats	Jessica Cosier	528	20.19	10.22
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Houghton	448
	Labour	Joan Morrell	444	16.97	7.97
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Thompson	429
Rejected ballots			27
Turnout			2,571	48.6%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cupernham

Cupernham (2) ^{[12] [ failed verification ]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Baverstock	1,034	46.70	13.47
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Dunleavey	992
	Conservative	John Ray	891	40.24	0.42
	Conservative	Craig Buckingham	747
	Labour	Joss MacDonald	289	13.05	13.05
Rejected ballots			26
Turnout			2,144	53.3%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dun Valley

Dun Valley ^{[13] [ failed verification ]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neville Whiteley	604	67.26	3.66
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Waller	294	32.73	3.66
Majority			310
Rejected ballots			14	1.6
Turnout			912	53.2%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harewood

Harewood ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Neal	670	67.13	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Rowles	328	32.86	N/A
Majority			324
Rejected ballots			11	1.1
Turnout			1,010	55.1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harroway

Harroway (3) ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Page	1,206	48.33	2.32
	Conservative	Karen Hamilton	1,193
	Conservative	Carl Borg-Neal	1,142
	Labour	Jonathan Ridge	487	19.51	2.23
	UKIP	Tim Rolt	429	17.19	5.08
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Hughes	373	14.94	5.00
	Liberal Democrats	Josie Msonthi	329
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Whiteley	314
Rejected ballots			23
Turnout			2,367	39.9%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kings Somborne and Michelmersh

Kings Somborne and Michelmersh^{[ citation needed ]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Ward	793	71.24
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Gee	320	28.75
Majority			473
Rejected ballots			18	1.6
Turnout			1,136	55.5%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Millway

Millway (3) ^{[16] [ failed verification ]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Zilliah Brooks	1,486	55.73	1.61
	Conservative	Sandra Hawke	1,321
	Conservative	Ian Robin	1,247
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Fifield	446	16.72	15.26
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Carpenter	432
	Labour	John Newland	386	14.47	3.80
	UKIP	Laurie Manifold	348	13.05	13.05
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Henstock	311
Rejected ballots			10
Turnout			2,365	40.5%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Baddesley

North Baddesley (3) ^{[17] [ failed verification ]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Cosier	1,526	54.69	6.82
	Liberal Democrats	Celia Dowden	1,319
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Tupper	1,309
	Conservative	Richard Eagan	852	30.53	3.41
	Conservative	Ron Brayshaw	810
	Conservative	Trevor Coles	753
	Labour	Chris Devrell	412	14.76	10.23
Rejected ballots			32
Turnout			2,722	49.2%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Over Wallop

Over Wallop ^{[18] [ failed verification ]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Hope	Unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penton Bellinger

Penton Bellinger (2) ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ellie Charnley	1,272	75.94	0.25
	Conservative	Phil Lashbrook	1,265	69.8
	Green	Lance Mitchell	403	24.05	24.05
	Green	Owain Clarke	288	15.9
Rejected ballots			26	1.4
Turnout			1,812	49.3%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Romsey Extra

Romsey Extra (2) ^{[20] [ failed verification ]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Hibberd	767	54.86	2.7
	Conservative	Alison Johnston	757
	Liberal Democrats	John Parker	481	34.40	9.99
	Liberal Democrats	Priya Banerjee	352
	Labour	Amanda Ford	150	10.72	7.29
Rejected ballots			20
Turnout			1,365	53.9%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mary's

St Mary's (3) ^{[21] [ failed verification ]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iris Andersen	750	29.64	4.77
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Bird	700	27.66	13.69
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Long	682
	Conservative	Katie Brooks	644
	Conservative	David Denny	640
	Liberal Democrats	Vincent McGarry	540
	Labour	Andy Fitchet	457	18.06	4.77
	UKIP	Anthony McCabe	366	14.46	3.53
	Independent	Donald MacDonald	257	10.15	10.15
	Independent	Peter Mather	250
Rejected ballots			11
Turnout			2,086	34.6%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tadburn

Tadburn (2) ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Cooper	1,277	52.46	1.02
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hurst	1,014
	Conservative	Nick Michell	895	36.77	6.83
	Conservative	Jill Gethin	893
	Labour	Carolyn Nixson	262	10.76	5.82
Rejected ballots			16
Turnout			2,347	56.7%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Valley Park

Valley Park (3) ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Dowden	1,590	61.15	1.69
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Beesley	1,368
	Liberal Democrats	Kath Tilling	1,337
	Conservative	John Barton	1,010	38.84	1.69
	Conservative	Jane Johnson	916
	Conservative	Roger Curtis	912
Rejected ballots			36
Turnout			2,859	49.5%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Winton

Winton (3) ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Lynn	1,307	43.16	5.07
	Conservative	Jan Budzynski	1,020
	Conservative	Jan Lovell	1,004
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Campbell	669	22.09	6.8
	UKIP	Peter Sumner	614	20.27	10.64
	Liberal Democrats	Sid Dajani	547
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wilson	547
	UKIP	Bill McCabe	537
	Labour	Adam Jones	438	14.46	6.54
Rejected ballots			24
Turnout			2,668	43.0%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

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