Elections to Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party retained its overall control of the council. [1] The previous election was held in 2007.
The results saw the Conservatives strengthen their hold on the council by gaining 15 seats from the Liberal Democrats. As a result, the Liberal Democrats were left with 1 seat, with independents and residents groups having 5.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 51 | +15 | 89.4 | 58.1 | 69,519 | +5.1% | |||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | -15 | 1.8 | 25.1 | 30,038 | -10.5% | |||
Independent | 3 | 0 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 5,607 | +0.2% | |||
OWRA | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1,196 | -0.4% | |||
Labour | 0 | 9.7 | 11,602 | +6.0% | |||||
Green | 0 | 0.7 | 895 | +0.7% | |||||
UKIP | 0 | 0.1 | 264 | -0.2% | |||||
BNP | 0 | 0.1 | 142 | -1.2% | |||||
Other parties | 0 | 0.4 | 491 | +0.4% |
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