The 2011 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. [1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
The council leader Mike Bird was one of the Conservatives who were defending seats at the election, along with a member of his cabinet Barbara McCracken. [3]
The results saw the Conservatives lose their majority on the council after Labour gained 8 seats, including 5 from the Conservatives. [4] This meant the Conservatives had 28 councillors compared to 26 for Labour, leaving the Liberal Democrats, down one on five seats, holding the balance. [4]
Following the election the Conservatives continued to run the council as a minority administration. [5]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 12 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 57.1 | 40.6 | 31,104 | +9.3% | |
Conservative | 8 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 38.1 | 40.0 | 30,592 | +0.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4.8 | 7.1 | 5,430 | −9.0% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 4,467 | +0.3% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 3.1 | 2,372 | −0.3% | |
Democratic Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 2.3 | 1,785 | +0.9% | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 307 | −0.7% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 255 | −1.1% | |
English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 210 | +0.3% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Rochelle | 2,719 | |||
Conservative | John Murray | 2,553 | |||
Labour | Angus McGhee | 976 | |||
Labour | Michael Johnson | 967 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Roy Sheward | 632 | |||
UKIP | Bruce Bennett | 552 | |||
UKIP | Malcolm Ford | 378 | |||
Turnout | 8,777 | 44.0 | −24.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Flower | 2,167 | 56.5 | +2.8 | |
Labour | Bob Grainger | 1,094 | 28.5 | +6.5 | |
BNP | Terence Majorwicz | 307 | 8.0 | +8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Greveson | 267 | 7.0 | −13.4 | |
Majority | 1,073 | 28.0 | −3.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,835 | 38.3 | −26.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keith Chambers | 1,922 | 65.0 | +22.2 | |
Conservative | Jeet Sohal | 572 | 19.4 | −10.6 | |
UKIP | Annette Ford | 418 | 14.1 | +2.2 | |
Democratic Labour | Alan Paddock | 43 | 1.5 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 1,350 | 45.7 | +32.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,955 | 32.1 | −23.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tim Oliver | 1,574 | 55.0 | +17.9 | |
Conservative | Kamran Aftab | 961 | 33.6 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roy Robinson | 167 | 5.8 | −6.9 | |
Democratic Labour | Alan Davies | 158 | 5.5 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 613 | 21.4 | +17.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,860 | 30.3 | −20.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Young | 1,256 | 46.0 | +5.1 | |
Democratic Labour | Peter Smith | 928 | 34.0 | +14.4 | |
Conservative | Muhammed Afzal | 453 | 16.6 | −10.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Pearce | 95 | 3.5 | −9.3 | |
Majority | 328 | 12.0 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,732 | 32.4 | −13.9 | ||
Labour gain from Democratic Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shaun Fitzpatrick | 1,205 | 42.8 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Les Beeley | 1,191 | 42.3 | +6.5 | |
UKIP | Alan Sheath | 229 | 8.1 | −2.1 | |
Democratic Labour | Stephen Baggott | 107 | 3.8 | +0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Cockayne | 81 | 2.9 | −6.2 | |
Majority | 14 | 0.5 | −4.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,813 | 33.0 | −21.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sue Fletcher-Hall | 1,438 | 45.2 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | Des Pitt | 1,360 | 42.8 | +2.1 | |
Democratic Labour | Michael Ross | 234 | 7.4 | +7.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeanette Pearce | 146 | 4.6 | −5.2 | |
Majority | 78 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,178 | 33.3 | −26.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Cassidy | 1,758 | 52.8 | +16.1 | |
Conservative | Vivienne Aston | 1,279 | 38.4 | −2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Ryan | 219 | 6.6 | −10.5 | |
Democratic Labour | Andrew Bradburn | 72 | 2.2 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 479 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,328 | 34.0 | −24.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Douglas James | 1,205 | 41.5 | +7.1 | |
Independent | Chris Bott | 1,112 | 38.3 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Michelle Martin | 334 | 11.5 | −8.3 | |
Independent | Ashley Lovell | 138 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Green | Tim Martin | 114 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 93 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,903 | 31.2 | −22.3 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barbara McCracken | 2,124 | 41.8 | −1.1 | |
Labour | Nasar Ali | 1,795 | 35.3 | +7.5 | |
Independent | Barry Sanders | 570 | 11.2 | +2.0 | |
UKIP | Derek Bennett | 471 | 9.3 | −0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Abdul Malik | 119 | 2.3 | −8.4 | |
Majority | 329 | 6.5 | −8.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,079 | 52.8 | −18.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Allah Ditta | 3,008 | 60.2 | +10.0 | |
Conservative | Mohammad Yasin | 1,755 | 35.1 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sadat Hussain | 235 | 4.7 | −14.2 | |
Majority | 1,253 | 25.1 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,998 | 48.4 | −15.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marco Longhi | 2,085 | 57.3 | +11.4 | |
Labour | Stephen Wade | 979 | 26.9 | +8.4 | |
UKIP | Dorothy Sheath | 315 | 8.7 | +2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Shirley Balgobin | 185 | 5.1 | +5.1 | |
Democratic Labour | Derek Roddy | 77 | 2.1 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 1,106 | 30.4 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,641 | 41.0 | −25.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Bird | 1,782 | 48.3 | −1.8 | |
Labour | Jack Kelly | 1,161 | 31.5 | +6.2 | |
UKIP | Steven Grey | 429 | 11.6 | −1.6 | |
English Democrat | Christopher Newey | 210 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anne Willoughby | 104 | 2.8 | −8.6 | |
Majority | 621 | 16.8 | −7.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,686 | 42.4 | −26.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Khazar Hussain | 2,449 | 58.5 | +17.2 | |
Conservative | Mushtaq Ahmed | 767 | 18.3 | −13.3 | |
Independent | Mark Dabbs | 475 | 11.3 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Yaqub | 331 | 7.9 | −6.4 | |
Democratic Labour | Brian Powell | 166 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 1,682 | 40.2 | +30.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,188 | 43.8 | −16.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lorna Rattigan | 1,337 | 42.2 | −1.6 | |
Labour | Richard Worrall | 1,309 | 41.3 | +14.3 | |
UKIP | Timothy Melville | 273 | 8.6 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roy Smitb | 159 | 5.0 | −12.8 | |
Green | Mike Walters | 92 | 2.9 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 28 | 0.9 | −15.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,170 | 35.5 | −24.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Barker | 924 | 31.3 | −6.9 | |
Labour | Doug Cleaver | 813 | 27.5 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Theresa Smith | 805 | 27.2 | −1.5 | |
UKIP | Darren Hazell | 287 | 9.7 | −1.0 | |
Independent | Malcolm Moore | 77 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Green | Leandra Gebrakedan | 49 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 111 | 3.8 | −5.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,955 | 32.9 | −26.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eileen Russell | 1,984 | 47.2 | +11.4 | |
Conservative | Gerry McCracken | 1,650 | 39.2 | −2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Khosru Miah | 287 | 6.8 | −7.4 | |
UKIP | Rita Oakley | 284 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 334 | 8.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,205 | 42.7 | −20.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary Clarke | 2,897 | 60.6 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Steven King | 1,200 | 25.1 | +7.3 | |
UKIP | Paul Valdmanis | 391 | 8.2 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Garfitt | 294 | 6.1 | −7.7 | |
Majority | 1,697 | 35.5 | −6.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,782 | 44.3 | −26.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gareth Illmann-Walker | 1,012 | 30.9 | +8.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Hughes | 943 | 28.8 | −4.1 | |
Conservative | Abi Pitt | 875 | 26.8 | −2.0 | |
UKIP | Liz Hazell | 440 | 13.5 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 69 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,270 | 34.6 | −27.1 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carl Creaney | 1,999 | 63.1 | +18.0 | |
Conservative | Clive Rudd | 926 | 29.2 | −0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Uppal Singh | 242 | 7.6 | −15.3 | |
Majority | 1,073 | 33.9 | +18.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,167 | 29.7 | −24.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
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