Christchurch Borough Council election, 2011

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Map of the results of the 2011 Christchurch Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Christchurch UK local election 2011 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2011 Christchurch Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

The 2011 Christchurch Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Christchurch Borough Council in Dorset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Christchurch, Dorset Town & Borough in England

Christchurch is a town and borough on the south coast of England. The town adjoins Bournemouth in the west and the New Forest lies to the east. Historically in the county of Hampshire, it became part of the administrative county of Dorset in the 1974 reorganisation of local government. Covering an area of 19.5 square miles (51 km2), Christchurch had a 2013 population of 48,368, making it the fourth-most populous town in Dorset, close behind Weymouth which has a population of 54,539.

Borough status in the United Kingdom is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the council or inhabitants of the district. In Scotland, similarly chartered communities were known as royal burghs, although the status is no longer granted.

Dorset County of England

Dorset is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the non-metropolitan county, which is governed by Dorset County Council, and the unitary authority areas of Poole and Bournemouth. Covering an area of 2,653 square kilometres (1,024 sq mi), Dorset borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east, and Hampshire to the east. The county town is Dorchester which is in the south. After the reorganisation of local government in 1974 the county's border was extended eastward to incorporate the Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch. Around half of the population lives in the South East Dorset conurbation, while the rest of the county is largely rural with a low population density.

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Election result

The Conservatives increased their majority on the council after winning 21 of the 24 seats. [2] They gained both of the seats in Portfield ward from the Liberal Democrats, with Conservatives Margaret Phipps and Lisle Smith being elected. [2] A further gain came in Town Centre where Conservative Gillian Geary took one of the two seats for the ward, while Paul Hilliard was elected for the first time in Grange ward. [2]

The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. The ward is the primary unit of English electoral geography for civil parishes and borough and district councils, electoral ward is the unit used by Welsh principal councils, while the electoral division is the unit used by English county councils and some unitary authorities. Each ward/division has an average electorate of about 5,500 people, but ward-population counts can vary substantially. As at the end of 2014 there were 9,456 electoral wards/divisions in the UK.

The Liberal Democrat defeats in Portfield and Town Centre wards reduced them to just one seat on the council, with Peter Hall in Town Centre ward being the party's only councillor. [2] The only other non-Conservatives elected were independents Colin Bungey and Fred Neale who were re-elected in Jumpers ward. [2] Overall turnout at the election was 48.7%. [3]

A Councillor is a member of a local government council.

Voter turnout percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election

Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election. Eligibility varies by country, and the voting-eligible population should not be confused with the total adult population. Age and citizenship status are often among the criteria used to determine eligibility, but some countries further restrict eligibility based on sex, race, or religion.

Following the election Ray Nottage was chosen by the Conservative group as the new leader of the council. [4]

Christchurch local election result 2011 [5] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2140+487.563.319,708+2.3%
  Independent 201-18.37.12,219+1.0%
  Liberal Democrat 103-34.213.84,310-11.9%
  Labour 000009.22,860+4.9%
  UKIP 000006.52,034+3.6%

Ward results

Burton and Winkton (2 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Flagg903
Conservative Colin Jamieson869
Liberal Democrat Nicholas Woodford649
Labour John Merritt301
UKIP John Dendy243
Turnout 2,96550.5+5.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Grange (2 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Denise Jones606
Conservative Paul Hilliard513
Labour Vera Hill312
Independent Ellen Stammas251
Liberal Democrat John Campbell214
Liberal Democrat Renetta Vick153
Turnout 2,04934.4+1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Highcliffe (2 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Lofts1,423
Conservative Myra Mawbey1,413
Labour Andrew Satherley254
Labour Carol Wilcox245
Turnout 3,33557.4+3.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Jumpers (2 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Colin Bungey798
Independent Frederick Neale673
Conservative Paul Kinzett490
Conservative Malcolm Mawbey411
Liberal Democrat Martyn Hurll233
Labour Abdulhaye Qureshi135
Turnout 2,74046.3+3.3
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Mudeford and Friars Cliff (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Claire Bathunopposed
Conservative Mike Duckworthunopposed
Conservative Trevor Wattsunopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
North Highcliffe and Walkford (2 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Sally Derham Wilkes1,136
Conservative Nicholas Geary1,001
Labour Donald Barr381
Turnout 2,51853.1+1.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Portfield (2 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Lisle Smith542
Conservative Margaret Phipps515
Liberal Democrat David Davies352
Liberal Democrat Brett Bader295
Independent Thomas Lane273
Labour Christopher Sleightholme200
Turnout 2,17739.4+3.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Purewell and Stanpit (2 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Raymond Nottage920
Conservative Bernard Davis849
Liberal Democrat Zoe Larrad424
Liberal Democrat Derek Chaffey416
Independent Barry Sherwin224
Labour Philippa Lloyd181
Turnout 3,01448.2+1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
St Catherine's and Hurn (2 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Susan Spittle1,175
Conservative Tavis Fox1,083
Liberal Democrat Jennifer Lodge282
UKIP Simon Boyd270
Labour James Kennedy228
Turnout 3,03856.0+0.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Town Centre (2 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Peter Hall751
Conservative Gillian Geary675
Conservative Lucy Filer594
Liberal Democrat Andrew Slaney541
UKIP John Reid240
Labour Michael Woods194
Turnout 2,99549.2+2.6
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
West Highcliffe (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Lesley Dedman1,583
Conservative Patricia Jamieson1,572
Conservative David Jones1,435
UKIP Philip Glover557
Labour Christopher Thompson429
UKIP Carl Williams399
UKIP David Williams325
Turnout 6,30053.0+6.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Clark, Katie (6 May 2011). "Tories triumph in Christchurch". Bournemouth Daily Echo . NewsBank.
  3. ↑ "Election night live". Bournemouth Daily Echo . NewsBank. 6 May 2011.
  4. ↑ Clark, Katie (16 May 2011). "Size of Tory majority 'not a problem'". Bournemouth Daily Echo . NewsBank.
  5. ↑ "Local authority elections: England". The Guardian . NewsBank. 7 May 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Christchurch - previous election results". Christchurch Borough Council. dorsetforyou.com. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Clark, Katie (11 April 2011). "Local elections: Mudeford and Friars Cliff councillors named". Bournemouth Daily Echo . Retrieved 22 May 2015.
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