Blackpool Borough Council election, 2011

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Blackpool Council election, 2011
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All 42 council seats
Turnout 37.41%

  First party Second party
 
Leader Simon Blackburn Peter Callow
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 2009
Last election 12 seats, 34.4% 27 seats, 47.3%
Seats won27 14
Seat changeIncrease2.svg15Decrease2.svg13
Popular vote38,828 32,024
Percentage50.2% 41.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg15.8%Decrease2.svg5.9%
Leader of Largest Party before election

Peter Callow
Conservative

Subsequent Leader of Largest Party

Simon Blackburn
Labour

Map of results of 2011 election Blackpool Council election 2011 map.svg
Map of results of 2011 election

The 2011 Blackpool Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of the unitary Blackpool Borough Council in England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council from the Conservative party. [1]

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Election result

The results saw Blackpool Labour gain 15 seats to take control from the Conservatives. [2] Conservative councillors who lost seats included the deputy leader of the party Ian Fowler and the cabinet member for education, Peter Collins. [3] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats were reduced to just one councillor, Douglas Green. [3] Overall turnout at the election was 37.41%. [4]

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The Conservative leader of the council Peter Callow said the Labour result was "well-earned" and that cuts made by the national government were to blame for the Conservative losses. [2] Meanwhile, the Labour leader Simon Blackburn called the result "very pleasing, but not unexpected". [2]

Blackpool Local Election Result 2011 [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 27 15 0 +15 64.3 50.2 38,828 +15.8%
  Conservative 14 1 14 -13 33.3 41.4 32,024 -5.9%
  Liberal Democrat 1 0 2 -2 2.4 5.2 4,010 -8.7%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1,511 +1.5%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 861 +0.8%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 112 +0.1%

Ward results

Ancorsholme

Anchorsholme (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Tony Williams1,20225.49%+6.18%
Conservative Paul Galley1,10723.47%+4.95%
Labour Danny Bradford 970 20.57% +7.05%
Labour Rosemary Southern 883 18.72% +4.49%
Liberal Democrat Jon Bamborough 318 6.74% -11.37%
Liberal Democrat Gill Jackson 236 5.00% -11.30%
Turnout 47.7 -2.0%
Conservative hold Swing +8.8%
Conservative hold Swing +8.2%

Bispham

Bispham (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Don Clapham1,18730.53%-1.40%
Conservative Henry Mitchell1,06527.40%-3.21%
Labour Kathryn Benson 743 19.11% +7.05%
Labour Bob Harrison 681 17.52% +7.45%
Liberal Democrat Anne Heyworth 211 5.43% -1.11%
Turnout 41.7 -3.0%
Conservative hold Swing -4.2%
Conservative hold Swing -5.4%

Bloomfield

Bloomfield (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Graham Cain84932.79%+16.85%
Labour Mary Smith77730.01%+12.84%
Conservative Irene James 322 12.44% +1.59%
Conservative Michael Ruane 282 10.89% +1.52%
UKIP Hamish Howitt 159 6.14% -0.46%
UKIP Len Booth 146 5.64% +5.64%
Liberal Democrat Michael Hodkinson 54 2.09% -16.90%
Turnout 26.5 -3.4%
Labour hold Swing +7.5%
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing +16.9%

Brunswick

Brunswick (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Gary Coleman1,05931.73%+4.90%
Labour Simon Blackburn1,04931.43%+5.31%
Conservative Timothy Cox 472 14.14% -6.15%
Conservative Geoff Hodson 435 13.03% -5.88%
UKIP Robert McDowell 176 5.27% +5.27%
UKIP Colin Porter 147 4.40% -3.45%
Turnout 33.8 +3.4%
Labour hold Swing +5.5%
Labour hold Swing +5.6%

Claremont

Claremont (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ivan Taylor1,03134.18%+7.9%
Labour Sylvia Taylor96532.00%+8.6%
Conservative Brian Bell 450 14.92% -2.7%
Conservative Ian Benson 419 13.89% -2.2%
Liberal Democrat David Charles-Cully 151 5.01% -4.5%
Turnout 28.3 +0.5%
Labour hold Swing +5.3%
Labour hold Swing +5.4%

Clifton

Clifton (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Joan Greenhalgh1,09033.39%+8.69%
Labour Adrian Hutton91127.91%+6.23%
Conservative Joe Best 567 17.37% -5.73%
Conservative Marlene Ruane 475 14.55% -7.13%
Independent Michael Carr 221 6.77% -14.91%
Turnout 34.9 +0.2%
Labour hold Swing +7.2%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.7%

Greenlands

Greenlands (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Christine Wright86121.6%+1.9%
Labour Chris Ryan85121.4%+4.2%
Conservative Steve Houghton 816 20.5% -3.3%
Conservative Angela Brown 758 19.0% -3.2%
Independent Julian Mineur 295 7.4% +7.4%
UKIP John Bebbington 258 6.5% +6.5%
Liberal Democrat Carole Bate 142 3.6% -1.7%
Turnout 3,981 40.4 -0.1%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.6%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +3.2%

Hawes Side

Hawes Side (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Norman Hardy1,24434.6%+12.8%
Labour Val Haynes1,17732.7%+11.8%
Conservative Pam Knight 616 17.1% -1.5%
Conservative Bev Warren 563 14.4% -0.9%
Turnout 3,600 35.4 -0.1%
Labour hold Swing +7.2%
Labour hold Swing +6.4%

Highfield

Highfield (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Lily Henderson86823.9% '-4.4%
Labour Chris Maughan84923.3%+9.2%
Conservative Susan Fowler 777 21.4% -6.7%
Labour James Sorah 701 19.3% +5.3%
Independent Robert Mottershead 345 9.5% +9.5%
Liberal Democrat Robert Osinski 99 2.7% -4.0%
Turnout 3,639 38.6 -5.8%
Conservative hold Swing -4.9%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +8.0%

Ingthorpe

Ingthorpe (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kath Rowson1,13527.6%+3.9%
Labour Amy Cross1,01324.7%+2.9%
Conservative Sheila Haskett 633 15.4% -8.7%
Conservative Tony Normington 633 15.4% -7.3%
Liberal Democrat Steven Bate 477 11.6% +3.9%
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Newman 215 5.2% +5.2%
Turnout 4,106 42.4 -1.5%
Labour hold Swing +5.6%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.8%

Layton

Layton (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Boughton1,09128.7%+7.2%
Labour Martin Mitchell92124.2%+2.8%
Conservative Sue Ridyard 837 22.0% -3.6%
Conservative Roy Haskett 817 21.5% -2.1%
Liberal Democrat Steven Farley 141 3.7% -4.3%
Turnout 3,807 39.0 -2.5%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.4%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.5%

Marton

Marton (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jim Houldsworth99725.7%-0.5%
Labour Debbie Coleman98425.4%+12.7%
Labour Jim Elmes 932 24.0% +12.9%
Conservative David Christy 816 21.0% -5.3%
Liberal Democrat Betty Newman 151 3.9% -0.6%
Turnout 3,880 38.7 -9.3%
Conservative hold Swing -6.6%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +9.0%

Norbreck

Norbreck (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Maxine Callow1,46731.5%-6.0%
Conservative Peter Callow1,46531.5%-5.2%
Labour Betty Bradford 886 19.0% +8.7%
Labour Roy Lewis 840 18.0% +8.6%
Turnout 4,658 48.0 -0.2%
Conservative hold Swing -7.4%
Conservative hold Swing -6.9%

Park

Park (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Gillian Campbell1,08430.3%+9.2%
Labour Brian Doherty1,08330.3%+10.2%
Conservative Peter Collins 784 21.9% +4.8%
Conservative Kevin Wilson 632 17.6% +1.1%
Turnout 3,583 37.3 +4.8%
Labour hold Swing +7.0%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.6%

Squires Gate

Squires Gate (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Christian Cox82121.1%+7.4%
Liberal Democrat Douglas Green69817.9%-10.1%
Conservative Richard Brodowski 653 16.8% +2.9%
Labour Pat Carson 636 16.4% +9.1%
Labour Robert Wood 624 16.0% +10.0%
Liberal Democrat Susan Close 457 11.8% -18.4%
Turnout 3,889 40.3 -5.0%
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing +12.9%
Liberal Democrat hold Swing -6.5%

Stanley

Stanley (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter Evans1,08224.6%-9.3%
Conservative Andrew Stansfield97422.2%-9.4%
Labour Pamela Jackson 943 21.5% +7.1%
Labour John Jones 869 19.8% +7.0%
UKIP Jacqueline Bleeker 227 5.2% +5.2%
UKIP Martin Bleeker 213 4.8% +4.8%
Liberal Democrat Eric Close 88 2.0% -5.3%
Turnout 4,396 43.4 +2.6%
Conservative hold Swing -8.2%
Conservative hold Swing -8.2%

Talbot

Talbot (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sarah Riding89229.0% '+8.2%
Labour Mark Smith85427.8%+8.1%
Conservative Charlie Docherty 697 22.7% -2.9%
Conservative Mike Warren 629 20.5% -4.4%
Turnout 3,072 29.9 +0.3%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.6%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.3%

Tyldesley

Tyldesley (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Allan Matthews1,13731.6%+9.4%
Labour Eddie Collett1,10530.7%+9.2%
Conservative Jim Price 689 19.1% -4.8%
Conservative Roger Stansfield 667 18.5% -4.5%
Turnout 3,598 35.6 +1.1%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +7.1%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing + 6.9%

Victoria

Victoria (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Fred Jackson1,22137.1%+10.7%
Labour David Owen1,08833.1%+10.8%
Conservative Sharon Sanderson-Robert 519 15.8% -2.0%
Conservative Pat Francioni 461 14.0% -3.7%
Turnout 3,289 33.7 +3.4%
Labour hold Swing +6.4%
Labour hold Swing +7.3%

Warbreck

Warbreck (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Joyce Delves93825.6%-1.3%
Conservative Tony Brown91124.9%-1.3%
Labour Steven Hemingway 621 17.0% +5.8%
Labour Doreen Peters 582 15.9% +5.6%
Liberal Democrat Kevan Benfold 185 5.1% -3.8%
UKIP Alex Ewan 185 5.1% +5.1%
Liberal Democrat Joleen Rixon 124 3.4% -5.3%
Green Philip Mitchell 112 3.1% +3.1%
Turnout 3,658 37.4 -3.8%
Conservative hold Swing -3.6%
Conservative hold Swing -3.5%

Waterloo

Waterloo (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David O'Hara93727.7%+7.1%
Conservative Tony Lee79323.5%-3.9%
Conservative Ian Fowler 728 21.5% -5.0%
Labour Tasurraf Shah 659 19.5% +2.4%
Liberal Democrat Alma Rollinson 263 7.8% -0.6%
Turnout 3,380 34.6 -1.7%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.5%
Conservative hold Swing -3.7%

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