Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2011

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2011 local election results in Dudley

The 2011 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England, as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2011. 24 seats were up for election, and the results saw the Conservatives hold on to a slightly reduced majority of 15.

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Local government body in England

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (DMBC) is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of seven in the West Midlands and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Dudley.

West Midlands (county) County of England

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county and city region in western-central England with a 2014 estimated population of 2,808,356, making it the second most populous county in England after Greater London. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The county itself is a NUTS 2 region within the wider NUTS 1 region of the same name. The county consists of seven metropolitan boroughs: the City of Birmingham, the City of Coventry and the City of Wolverhampton, as well as the boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall.

England Country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north-northwest. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

Amblecote
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Pat Martin 1,681 45.0
Labour John Martin 1,364 36.5
UKIP Pete Lee 446 11.9
Liberal Democrat Vera Johnson 227 6.1
Majority 338 12.8
Turnout 3,734 35.9
Conservative hold Swing
Belle Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Bob James 1,931 47.7
Labour Donella Russell 1,688 41.7
Green Dennis Neville 403 9.96
Majority 243
Turnout 4,048 39.7
Conservative hold Swing
Brierley Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Rachel Harris 1,503 50.0
Conservative Dan Horrocks 742 24.7
UKIP Annmarie May 273 9.1
BNP Simon Foxall 185 6.2
Liberal Democrat Linda Beasley 160 5.3
Green Gordon Elcock 131 4.4
Majority 338 12.8
Turnout 3,734 35.9
Labour hold Swing
Brockmoor & Pensnett
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Karen Jordan 1,474 54.8
Conservative Sue Ridley 708 26.3
UKIP Andy May 312 11.6
Liberal Democrat David Lavender 108 4.0
Green Vicky Duckworth 80 3.0
Majority 766
Turnout 2,690 27.7
Labour hold Swing
Castle & Priory
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ken Finch 2,099 59.7
Conservative Hasan Afzal 731 20.8
UKIP Sue Rowe 661 18.8
Majority 1,368
Turnout 3,514 32.9
Labour hold Swing
Coseley East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Melvyn Mottram 1,705 52.0
Conservative Martin Duffield 742 29.1
UKIP Peter Hillman 592 18.1
Majority 751
Turnout 3,277 34.1
Labour hold Swing
Cradley & Wollescote
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Richard Body 2,106 57.5
Conservative Louis Redding 865 23.6
UKIP Glen Wilson 289 7.9
BNP Robert Weale 179 4.9
Green John Payne 109 3.0
Liberal Democrat Margaret Hanson 106 2.9
Majority 1,241
Turnout 3,663 37.0
Labour hold Swing
Gornal
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Stuart Turner 1,620 37.9
Conservative Anne Millward 1,618 37.8
UKIP Phil Rowe 701 16.4
National Front Ken Griffiths 171 4
Liberal Democrat Michael Jones 100 2.34
Green Daniel Archer 53 1.24
Majority 2
Turnout 4,280 40.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Halesowen North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Karen Shakespeare 2,078 51.6
Labour Hilary Bills 1,906 47.3
Majority 172
Turnout 3,216 42.1
Conservative hold Swing
Halesowen South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Alan Taylor 2,538 55.3
Labour Ian Copper 1,372 29.9
UKIP Ray Franklin 394 8.6
Green Tim Weller 264 5.8
Majority 1,166
Turnout 4,590 46.1
Conservative hold Swing
Hayley Green & Cradley South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ken Turner 2,128 53.0
Labour Mike Kelly 1,258 31.3
UKIP Bob Heeley 414 10.3
Green Christopher Lees 204 5.1
Majority 870
Turnout 4,014 43.0
Conservative hold Swing
Kingswinford North & Wall Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Cheryl Billingham 1,895 40.5
Liberal Democrat David Tyler 1,599 34.1
Labour Christine Perks 814 17.4
UKIP Dave Timmins 272 5.8
Green Liz Jednorog 93 2.0
Majority 296
Turnout 4,685 46.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Kingswinford South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter Miller 2,303 53.4
Labour Stephen Haycock 1,238 28.7
UKIP Janet Wimlett 446 10.3
Liberal Democrat Lois Bramall 304 7.0
Majority 1,065
Turnout 4,317 41.7
Conservative hold Swing
Lye & Stourbridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Hanif Mohammed 1,747 49.0
Conservative Sharon Tinsley 1,250 35.0
Liberal Democrat Susan Lucas 317 8.9
Independent Abdul Qadus 205 5.8
Majority 497
Turnout 3,567 37.1
Labour hold Swing
Netherton, Woodside & St. Andrews's
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Qadar Zada 1,551 40.6
Green Will Duckworth 1,068 28.0
Conservative Steve Ridley 716 18.8
UKIP Phil Wimlett 387 10.1
Liberal Democrat John White 76 2.0
Majority 483
Turnout 3,816 35.9
Labour hold Swing
Norton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Heather Rogers 2,550 55.0
Labour Su Lowe 1,048 22.6
Liberal Democrat Christopher Bramall 688 14.8
Green Benjamin Sweeney 336 7.2
Majority 1,502
Turnout 4,640 48.0
Conservative hold Swing
Pedmore & Stourbridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ian Kettle 2,833 58.2
Labour Ada Tomkinson 1,330 27.3
Liberal Democrat Simon Hanson 367 7.6
Green Lawrence Rowlett 316 6.5
Majority 1,503
Turnout 4,864 48.8
Labour hold Swing
Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jackie Cowell 1,621 48.7
Conservative Mike Wood 1,059 31.8
UKIP Helen Wimlett 412 12.4
Green Pam Archer 121 3.6
Liberal Democrat David Sheppard 101 3.04
Majority 562
Turnout 3,327 32.4
Labour hold Swing
Sedgley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Caunt 1,998 49.2
Labour Co-op Barbara Sykes 1,029 25.3
UKIP Bill Etheridge 711 17.5
Liberal Democrat Serena Craigie 171 4.2
National Front Keven Inman 1317 3.4
Majority 969
Turnout 4,062 41.6
Conservative hold Swing
St. James's
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mary Roberts 1,755 52.8
Conservative Ian Jones 794 23.9
UKIP Tim Byrne 554 16.7
Liberal Democrat Mandy Adams 204 6.1
Majority 961
Turnout 3,326 33.0
Labour hold Swing
St. Thomas's
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Arshad Safeena 2,360 63.3
UKIP Mick Forsyth 621 16.7
Conservative Daryl Millward 599 16.1
Green Christian Green 125 3.4
Majority 1,739
Turnout 3,727 36.3
Labour hold Swing
Upper Gornal & Woodsetton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Adam Aston 1,811 51.1
Conservative David Simms 1,681 47.4
Majority 130
Turnout 3,545 34.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Wollaston & Stourbridge Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Margaret Cowell 1,772 38.5
Labour Chris Hale 1,500 32.6
Liberal Democrat June Collins 656 14.3
UKIP Barbara Deeley 394 8.6
Green Catherine Maguire 264 5.7
Majority 272
Turnout 4,601 45.3
Conservative hold Swing
Wordsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Glenis Simms 1,749 45.7
Labour Lynda Coulter 1,496 39.1
Liberal Democrat Lynn Boleyn 297 7.76
Green Maurice Archer 270 7.1
Majority 253
Turnout 3,827 37.9
Conservative hold Swing
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