2011 Wychavon District Council election

Map of the results of the 2011 Wychavon District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red.

The 2011 Wychavon District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Wychavon District Council in Worcestershire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. ^[1]

Background

After the last election in 2007 the Conservatives controlled the council with 35 councillors, compared to 10 for the Liberal Democrats. ^[2] By October 2009, the Liberal Democrats gained a seat from the Conservatives at a by-election in Droitwich South West. ^[3]

In 2011, 12 candidates, 11 Conservatives and one Liberal Democrat, were elected without opposition, ^[4] while in Elmley Castle and Somerville the election was delayed after no candidates were nominated for that ward. ^[5]

Election result

The Conservatives increased their majority on the council, making a net gain of five seats to have 38 councillors after the May election. ^[6] The Conservative gains came at the expense of the Liberal Democrats, who dropped to 5 seats on the council after losing six seats to the Conservatives. ^[6] These losses including losing all three seats the Liberal Democrats had held in Droitwich, as well as two seats in Pershore and one seat in The Littletons. ^[6]

Meanwhile, Labour regained a seat on the council after having lost all of their seats in 2007. ^[7] The Labour gain came in Droitwich West, where Peter Pinfield was returned to the council defeating Conservative councillor Laurie Evans. ^[6] Overall turnout at the election was 46.95%. ^[8]

Wychavon local election result 2011 ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	39	6	1	+5	86.7	58.8	27,349	-0.2%
	Liberal Democrats	5	0	6	-6	11.1	22.1	10,290	-5.9%
	Labour	1	1	0	+1	2.2	10.4	4,819	+5.1%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	6.7	3,115	+0.9%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	935	+0.7%

The above totals include the delayed election in Elmley Castle and Somerville on 23 June 2011.

Ward results

Badsey ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Jakeman	488	51.2	+0.1
	Independent	Mary Campbell	465	48.8	+43.4
Majority			23	2.4	−5.3
Turnout			953	44.9	+6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bengeworth (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bulman	665
	Conservative	Emma Stokes	661
	Independent	Albert Booth	477
	Labour	Frederick Kaler	338
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Rencher	286
Turnout			2,427	39.4	+3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bowbrook ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandra Rowley	750	59.5	+4.7
	Conservative	David Greenwood	510	40.5	−4.7
Majority			240	19.0	+9.4
Turnout			1,260	58.0	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bredon ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Hardman	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bretforton and Offenham ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Wright	536	53.4	−4.2
	Conservative	Mary Smith	468	46.6	+4.2
Majority			68	6.8	−8.4
Turnout			1,004	50.0	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Broadway and Wickhamford (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Eyre	unopposed
	Conservative	Barrie Parmenter	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dodderhill ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Pearce	542	72.8	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Evans	203	27.2	−4.3
Majority			339	45.5	+8.4
Turnout			745	39.1	−1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drakes Broughton ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Middlebrough	675	73.8	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Imelda Carlton Smith	240	26.2	+3.5
Majority			435	47.5	−7.1
Turnout			915	49.3	+5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Droitwich Central ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glenise Noyes	359	43.4	+12.4
	Labour	Sheila Seabourne	289	34.9	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Littlechild	180	21.7	−19.8
Majority			70	8.5
Turnout			828	42.0	+2.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Droitwich East (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Barratt	1,033
	Conservative	Gordon Brookes	998
	Labour	Sheila Neary	585
	Labour	Patricia Pinfield	538
	Liberal Democrats	David Rowe	343
Turnout			3,497	44.7	+3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Droitwich South East (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Morris	1,342
	Conservative	Kenneth Jennings	1,236
	Labour	Bill Baker	375
	Labour	Colin Beardwood	368
	Liberal Democrats	Tracey Hall	245
	Liberal Democrats	John Littlechild	237
Turnout			3,803	51.8	+9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Droitwich South West (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Beale	846
	Conservative	Thomas Noyes	805
	Labour	Christopher Barton	486
	Labour	Sylvia Meyrick	461
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Carter	448
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Crawford	339
Turnout			3,385	45.8	+3.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Droitwich West (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynne Duffy	679
	Labour	Peter Pinfield	622
	Conservative	Laurence Evans	587
	Labour	Roy Seabourne	571
Turnout			2,459	34.2	+4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Eckington ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Davis	848	63.5	+1.6
	Independent	Paul Ellis-Gormley	302	22.6	+22.6
	Labour	Susan Hayman	186	13.9	+13.9
Majority			546	40.9	+12.1
Turnout			1,336	60.0	+6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Evesham North (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josephine Sandalls	663
	Conservative	Frances Smith	609
	Green	Gordon Matthews	339
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Haines	275
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Haines	218
Turnout			2,104	34.3	+1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Evesham South (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Banks	unopposed
	Conservative	Gerard O'Donnell	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fladbury ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas McDonald	943	77.7	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Brown	270	22.3	−5.5
Majority			673	55.5	+11.0
Turnout			1,213	56.2	+5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Hampton ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Smith	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hartlebury ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Dowty	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harvington and Norton ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Homer	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Honeybourne and Pebworth ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alastair Adams	649	66.5	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Bean	327	33.5	−12.4
Majority			322	33.0	+24.8
Turnout			976	51.9	+1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Inkberrow (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Audrey Steel	1,798
	Conservative	David Lee	1,431
	Independent	David Powis	897
Turnout			4,126	57.1	+5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Hampton (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Dyke	803
	Conservative	Wendy Dyke	725
	Liberal Democrats	John Payne	474
Turnout			2,002	34.6	+6.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lovett and North Claines (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Miller	1,475
	Conservative	Alan Fisher	1,115
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Saunders	555
Turnout			3,145	49.2	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Norton and Whittington ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Adams	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ombersley ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Tomlinson	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pershore (3 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Valerie Wood	1,209
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Tucker	1,163
	Conservative	David Brotheridge	1,026
	Independent	Christopher Parsons	974
	Liberal Democrats	Jayne Lewis	930
	Conservative	Stephen Gowenlock	752
	Liberal Democrats	Derrick Watt	701
	Green	David Shaw	596
Turnout			7,351	49.5	+4.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Pinvin ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Tucker	872	70.9
	Conservative	Maureen Lawley	358	29.1
Majority			514	41.8
Turnout			1,230	55.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

South Bredon Hill ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Darby	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The Littletons ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Lasota	616	55.1	+25.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Duffy	501	44.9	+9.5
Majority			115	10.2
Turnout			1,117	52.3	+2.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Upton Snodsbury ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Robinson	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elmley Castle and Somerville delayed election

The election in Elmley Castle and Somerville was delayed until 23 June 2011 after no candidates were nominated originally. ^{[5] [9]} This came after the previous Conservative councillor Anna Mackison died in March 2011. ^[5] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Roma Kirke with a 238-vote majority over Liberal Democrat Jayne Lewis. ^[9]

Elmley Castle and Somerville ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roma Kirke	435	68.8	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jayne Lewis	197	31.2	+3.6
Majority			238	37.6
Turnout			632	32.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2011 and 2015

A by-election was held in Fladbury on 22 May 2014 after the death of Conservative councillor Tom McDonald. ^[11] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Bradley Thomas with a majority of 137 votes over Liberal Democrat candidate Diana Brown. ^[11]

Fladbury by-election 22 May 2014 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bradley Thomas	456	45.2	−32.5
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Brown	319	31.6	+9.3
	UKIP	Neil Whelan	234	23.2	+23.2
Majority			137	13.6	−41.9
Turnout			1,009	46.2	−10.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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