Eastbourne Borough Council election, 2011

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Map of the results of the 2011 Eastbourne Borough Council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Eastbourne UK local election 2002 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2011 Eastbourne Borough Council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue.

The 2011 Eastbourne Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex, England. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Eastbourne Town and Borough in England

Eastbourne is a town, seaside resort and borough in the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex on the south coast of England, 19 miles (31 km) east of Brighton. Eastbourne is immediately to the east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the larger Eastbourne Downland Estate.

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.

East Sussex County of England

East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent to the north and east, Surrey to the north west and West Sussex to the west, and to the south by the English Channel.

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Background

Before the election the Liberal Democrats controlled the council with 20 seats, compared to 7 for the Conservatives, after taking control at the 2007 election. [2] A total of 94 candidates stood for the 27 seats on the council being contested, while 10 sitting councillors stood down at the election, 8 Liberal Democrats and 2 Conservatives. [2] Important seats for control of the council were expected to be Old Town and Sovereign, as well as Hampden Park and Upperton. [2]

Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. The governing party since 2010, it is the largest in the House of Commons, with 314 Members of Parliament, and also has 249 members of the House of Lords, 18 members of the European Parliament, 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors.

A Councillor is a member of a local government council.

Local issues at the election included plans for the redevelopment of the town centre, which was supported across parties, and calls to improve Eastbourne's transport links. [3] However, with the Liberal Democrats in government nationally together with the Conservatives, national government decisions, such as the increase in tuition fees, were also an issue during the election. [3]

Cameron–Clegg coalition Government of the United Kingdom

David Cameron and Nick Clegg formed the Cameron–Clegg coalition, after the former was invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a new government, following the resignation of Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 11 May 2010. It was the first coalition government in the UK since the Churchill war ministry and was led by Cameron with Clegg as Deputy Prime Minister, composed of members of both the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats.

Tuition fees were first introduced across the entire United Kingdom in September 1998 under the Labour government as a means of funding tuition to undergraduate and postgraduate certificate students at universities, with students being required to pay up to £1,000 a year for tuition. However, as a result of the establishment of devolved national administrations for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, different arrangements now exist with regard to the charging of tuition fees in each of the countries of the United Kingdom.

Election result

The Liberal Democrats remained in control of the council with 15 seats, but lost 5 seats to the Conservatives. [4] [5] The Conservatives gained all 3 seats in Sovereign ward and also took the 2 seats the Liberal Democrats had been defending in Upperton. [5] This took the Conservatives to 12 councillors, [6] but the Liberal Democrats held on to all 3 seats in Old Town ward after a recount, to keep a 3-seat council majority. [5] Overall turnout at the election was 44.17%, [7] compared to 42.26% in 2007. [8]

An election recount is a repeat tabulation of votes cast in an election that is used to determine the correctness of an initial count. Recounts will often take place in the event that the initial vote tally during an election is extremely close.

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.

Eastbourne local election result 2011 [7] [9]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrat 1505-555.639.413,341-5.6%
  Conservative 1250+544.438.012,893-0.5%
  Green 0000010.63,590+1.7%
  Labour 0000010.43,515+5.2%
  UKIP 000001.2404-1.2%
  Independent 000000.5160n/a

Ward results

Devonshire (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Margaret Bannister1,529
Liberal Democrat Neil Stanley1,304
Liberal Democrat Steve Wallis1,273
Conservative Margaret Parker672
Conservative Sandra Elkin666
Conservative Grant Sanders580
Labour Steven Clark412
Labour Richard Goude345
Labour Jean Winstone337
Green Linda Wintle295
Green Bill Palethorpe256
Independent Keith Gell160
Turnout 7,82934.5+0.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Hampden Park (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Pat Hearn1,394
Liberal Democrat Jim Murray1,266
Liberal Democrat Mike Thompson1,225
Conservative Caroline Ansell692
Conservative Kate Glover672
Conservative Sam Chapman643
Labour Dave Brinson470
Labour Jake Lambert418
Labour Gerry Stonestreet344
Green Leslie Dalton255
Green Ivor Hueting220
Green Rob Sier166
Turnout 7,76540.1+8.2
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Langney (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Alan Shuttleworth1,434
Liberal Democrat Harun Miah1,328
Liberal Democrat Troy Tester1,282
Conservative Tony Freebody726
Conservative John Glover720
Conservative Jan Jenkins705
Labour Lee Comfort278
Green Christine Quarrington270
Labour Sean Meekings258
Labour Roy Noble218
Turnout 7,21934.4+0.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Meads (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Barry Taylor2,239
Conservative David Elkin2,232
Conservative Nigel Goodyear2,126
Liberal Democrat Tom Banner797
Liberal Democrat Jean Fisher766
Liberal Democrat Margaret Ticehurst734
Green Harry Boys414
Labour Jean Couture411
UKIP Ian Cameron404
Labour Dennis Scard 373
Green Dorothy Forsyth361
Labour Manek Jaffer349
Turnout 11,20651.4+3.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Old Town (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Carolyn Heaps2,432
Liberal Democrat Janet Coles1,934
Liberal Democrat John Ungar1,738
Conservative Anne Angel1,726
Conservative Vivienne De Havilland-Geraghty1,350
Conservative Danielle Perry1,193
Green Pippa Oliphant631
Labour Helen Key418
Labour Paul Richards374
Labour Sarah Richards340
Turnout 12,13653.4-1.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Ratton (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Colin Belsey2,357
Conservative Sandie Howlett2,076
Conservative Colin Murdoch1,991
Liberal Democrat Linda Beckmann999
Liberal Democrat Roger Howarth984
Liberal Democrat Barbara Rodohan908
Green Nancy Dalton523
Labour Christopher Hall471
Labour James Nolan394
Labour Helen Sedgwick360
Turnout 11,06353.1+4.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
St Anthony's (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat David Tutt2,169
Liberal Democrat Jon Harris1,929
Liberal Democrat Gill Mattock1,913
Conservative Nick Ansell846
Conservative Simon Herbert759
Conservative Robert Borland752
Labour Jackie Ferguson383
Labour David Salmon348
Labour Ian Culshaw332
Green Hugh Norris287
Turnout 9,71843.8+2.5
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Sovereign (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Philip Ede1,904
Conservative Patrick Warner1,767
Conservative Gordon Jenkins1,745
Liberal Democrat Margaret Salsbury1,193
Liberal Democrat Stephen Holt1,169
Liberal Democrat Grace Loseby1,106
Green Jocelyn McCarthy488
Labour Sharon Wentworth359
Turnout 9,73140.6+1.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Upperton (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Tom Liddiard1,731
Conservative Annabelle West1,707
Conservative Alun Cooke1,694
Liberal Democrat Alex Hough1,394
Liberal Democrat Pat Rodohan1,378
Liberal Democrat Hilary Lewis1,324
Green Kenneth Webb427
Labour Margaret Barr313
Labour Lucette Davies305
Labour Elizabeth Goude304
Turnout 10,57746.4+0.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing

By-elections between 2011 and 2015

A by-election was held in Meads on 31 May 2012 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Nigel Goodyear. [10] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Caroline Ancell with a majority of 1,318 votes over Liberal Democrat Gerard Thompson. [10]

By-elections, also spelled bye-elections, are used to fill elected offices that have become vacant between general elections.

Meads

Meads is an area of the town of Eastbourne in the English county of East Sussex. It is situated at the westerly end of the town below the South Downs.

Meads by-election 31 May 2012 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Caroline Ancell1,78359.6+7.1
Liberal Democrat Gerard Thompson46515.5-3.2
Labour Dennis Scard32310.8+1.2
UKIP Ian Cameron32210.8+1.3
Independent Keith Gell1003.3+3.3
Majority1,31844.0
Turnout 2,99339-12
Conservative hold Swing

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