Elections to Warrington Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011. Twenty seats out of the total of fifty-seven were up for election. The Labour Party gained control of the council which had been run by a Liberal-Democrat/Conservative coalition. [1]
Warrington Borough Council is the local authority of Warrington. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 34 | +6 | 0 | +6 | 60 | ||||
Conservative | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
Liberal Democrat | 17 | -6 | 0 | -6 | 30 | ||||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Paul Carter | ||||
Conservative | Phil Marshall | ||||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Walker | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Jonathan Levy | ||||
Labour | Steve Parish | ||||
BNP | Mike Philips | ||||
Liberal Democrat | Bob Timmis | ||||
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Turnout | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Chris Fitzsimmons | ||||
Liberal Democrat | Christine Oliver | ||||
Conservative | Judith Wise | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Frank Allen | ||||
Labour | John Joyce | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Sue Bland | ||||
Liberal Democrat | Merril Cummerson | ||||
Labour | Chris Vobe | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal Democrat | Sandra Bradshaw | ||||
Labour | Tony Higgins | ||||
Conservative | Ileyne Hutchinson | ||||
Green | Lyndsay McAteer | ||||
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