2011 Uttlesford District Council election

2011 Uttlesford District Council election

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All 44 seats to Uttlesford District Council 23 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent Seats won 34 8 2 Seat change 8 7 1 Popular vote 30,158 16,064 910 Percentage 58.7% 31.3% 1.8% Swing 5.3% 10.5% 1.8%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2011 Uttlesford District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Uttlesford District Council in Essex, England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2011 Uttlesford District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	42	34	8	0	8	77.3	58.7	30,158	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	44	8	0	7	7	18.2	31.3	16,064	–10.5
	Independent	2	2	0	1	1	4.5	1.8	910	–1.8
	Labour	17	0	0	0		0.0	8.2	4,235	+7.2

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Ashdon

Ashdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Ketteridge	529	71.2	+21.4
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Harcourt	214	28.8	–16.1
Majority			315	42.4	+37.5
Turnout			743	55.6	–3.4
Registered electors			1,352
	Conservative hold		Swing	18.8

Barnston & High Easter

Barnston & High Easter

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Hicks*	525	75.9	–3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Davies	167	24.1	+3.2
Majority			358	51.8	–6.4
Turnout			692	52.7	+9.7
Registered electors			1,335
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.2

Birchanger

Birchanger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elizabeth Godwin*	381	79.4	–11.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Hudson*	99	20.6	+11.3
Majority			282	58.8	–22.6
Turnout			480	44.1	+3.5
Registered electors			1,108
	Independent hold		Swing	11.3

Broad Oak & The Hallingburys

Broad Oak & The Hallingburys (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Wells*	872	59.7	–16.1
	Conservative	Keith Artus*	836	57.2	–17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Dyer	204	14.0	–3.3
	Labour	Bill McCarthy	180	12.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Benson	127	8.7	–7.0
Turnout			~1,461	52.8	+12.1
Registered electors			2,767
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Clavering

Clavering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Oliver	514	80.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Caton	128	19.9	+13.3
Majority			386	60.2	N/A
Turnout			642	57.6	+10.0
Registered electors			1,114
	Conservative gain from Independent

Elsenham & Henham

Elsenham & Henham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Morson*	862	56.9	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Parr	798	52.7	–1.3
	Conservative	Anthony Goodwin	542	35.8	–3.9
	Conservative	Keith Howard	394	26.0	–10.7
	Labour	Hilary Todd	116	7.7	N/A
	Labour	John Todd	86	5.7	N/A
Turnout			~1,515	53.0	+11.0
Registered electors			2,858
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Felsted

Felsted (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Crome	1,204	73.7	+15.5
	Conservative	Stephanie Favell	1,113	68.1	+15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Flynn	320	19.6	–21.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Richardson	314	19.2	–19.9
Turnout			~1,633	41.9	–1.0
Registered electors			3,898
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Great Dunmow North

Great Dunmow North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Davey	744	62.3	+24.0
	Conservative	Paul Davies	689	57.7	+22.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Clover*	367	30.7	–23.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Roberts	292	24.5	–22.7
Turnout			~1,194	41.8	+6.6
Registered electors			2,857
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Great Dunmow South

Great Dunmow South (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Baker	962	60.0	+12.9
	Conservative	Keith Mackman	907	56.5	+10.8
	Conservative	Vic Ranger	855	53.3	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Perry	507	31.6	–19.7
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Hirons	500	31.2	–15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Taylor	467	29.1	–13.9
Turnout			~1,604	40.5	+1.3
Registered electors			3,961
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Hatfield Heath

Hatfield Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mark Lemon*	529	88.2	–0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Edwards	71	11.8	+0.3
Majority			458	76.4	–0.6
Turnout			600	42.7	+7.5
Registered electors			1,416
	Independent hold		Swing	0.3

Littlebury

Littlebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Menell*	551	76.1	–10.0
	Labour	Jane Berney	104	14.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Powers	69	9.5	–4.4
Majority			447	61.7	–10.6
Turnout			724	55.5	+8.1
Registered electors			1,315
	Conservative hold

Newport

Newport (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Rose	727	49.7	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wilcock*	689	47.1	–8.9
	Conservative	Patricia Rose	635	43.4	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rory Gleeson	549	37.6	–15.5
Turnout			~1,462	54.4	+2.8
Registered electors			2,687
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats hold

Saffron Walden Audley

Saffron Walden Audley (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alastair Walters*	1,003	55.2	+6.1
	Conservative	David Watson*	957	52.6	+5.5
	Conservative	Douglas Perry	947	52.1	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hibbs	763	42.0	–4.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Foley	505	27.8	–9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Crook	499	27.4	–9.2
	Labour	John Evans	380	20.9	N/A
	Labour	Francis Deutsch	371	20.4	N/A
Turnout			~1,818	47.7	+2.6
Registered electors			3,812
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Saffron Walden Castle

Saffron Walden Castle (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Eastham	857	48.4	+1.0
	Conservative	Heather Asker*	811	45.8	–0.2
	Conservative	David Sadler*	772	43.6	–0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Freeman	465	26.3	–12.8
	Labour	Daphne Cornell	453	25.6	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Jones	413	23.3	–12.2
	Labour	Arthur Coote	398	22.5	+8.7
	Labour	Simon Trimnell	380	21.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Westlake	345	19.5	–14.0
Turnout			~1,771	47.7	+5.9
Registered electors			3,712
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Saffron Walden Shire

Saffron Walden Shire (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Ketteridge*	1,184	61.5	+0.2
	Conservative	Keith Eden*	1,002	52.0	+0.5
	Conservative	Howard Rolfe*	847	44.0	–3.9
	Labour	Yvonne Morton	411	21.3	N/A
	Labour	Betty McGregor	378	19.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sonia Sault	373	19.4	–18.9
	Labour	Adrian Williamson	366	19.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Taylor	312	16.2	–21.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jonah Rhodes	300	15.6	–19.8
Turnout			~1,926	46.0	+7.6
Registered electors			4,187
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Stansted North

Stansted North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Salmon*	773	51.1	+1.0
	Conservative	Joe Rich	707	46.7	–1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Sell*	654	43.2	–5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Melvin Caton	538	35.6	–9.5
	Labour	Eric Davies	122	8.1	N/A
Turnout			~1,513	56.9	+6.1
Registered electors			2,659
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Stansted South

Stansted South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Dean*	626	59.4	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Iris Evans	493	46.8	+2.6
	Conservative	Nick Church	428	40.6	+2.0
	Conservative	Dephne Wallace-Jarvis	324	30.8	–4.9
Turnout			~1,053	42.8	+9.6
Registered electors			2,461
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Stebbing

Stebbing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christina Cant*	329	52.4	+0.5
	Conservative	Sandi Merifield	255	40.6	–7.5
	Labour	David Sowter	44	7.0	N/A
Majority			74	11.8	+8.0
Turnout			628	51.7	–0.2
Registered electors			1,216
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.0

Stort Valley

Stort Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Loughlin*	388	56.3	+3.4
	Conservative	Kathryn Chambers	301	43.7	–3.4
Majority			87	12.6	+6.8
Turnout			689	58.4	+5.3
Registered electors			1,192
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.4

Takeley & The Cranfields

Takeley & The Cranfields (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Cheetham*	1,042	73.2	+3.0
	Conservative	Derek Jones*	827	58.1	–1.2
	Labour	Terry Brandon	206	14.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Halmane	201	14.1	–20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Matthews	126	8.9	–11.4
Turnout			~1,423	40.2	–2.4
Registered electors			3,540
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Thaxted

Thaxted (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Freeman	691	49.8	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Foley*	671	48.4	–10.0
	Conservative	Terry Frostick	604	43.5	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Antoinette Wattebot*	517	37.3	–11.1
Turnout			~1,387	51.8	+5.0
Registered electors			2,678
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats hold

The Chesterfords

The Chesterfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Redfern*	579	77.6	+15.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Watkiss	167	22.4	–15.9
Majority			412	55.2	+31.8
Turnout			746	58.6	+0.6
Registered electors			1,298
	Conservative hold		Swing	15.9

The Eastons

The Eastons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lawrence Smith	487	81.2	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Wilcock	113	18.8	–0.6
Majority			374	62.4	+1.2
Turnout			600	50.0	+7.7
Registered electors			1,211
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.6

The Rodings

The Rodings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Barker*	554	81.7	–5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Rawlinson	124	18.3	+5.9
Majority			430	63.4	–11.8
Turnout			678	49.5	+4.1
Registered electors			1,375
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.9

The Sampfords

The Sampfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Howell*	565	74.0	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Morgan	199	26.0	–1.7
Majority			366	48.0	+3.4
Turnout			764	53.3	+7.4
Registered electors			1,477
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.7

Wenden Lofts

Wenden Lofts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Chambers*	552	74.6	–2.5
	Labour	Caroline Fookes	126	17.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Thawley	62	8.4	–14.5
Majority			426	57.6	+3.4
Turnout			740	60.6	+7.8
Registered electors			1,230
	Conservative hold

Wimbish & Debden

Wimbish & Debden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tina Knight*	490	66.1	–7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gwyneth Pennicard	137	18.5	–7.8
	Labour	Peter Donovan	114	15.4	N/A
Majority			353	47.6	+0.2
Turnout			741	43.5	+2.3
Registered electors			1,728
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.1

References

1. "Uttlesford District Council Elections 1973-2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 31 December 2025.