Elections to Warwick District Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011.
A total of 46 seats were up for election, all councillors from all wards. The previous elections produced a majority for the Conservative Party.
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 313 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 8,916 local councillors.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 25 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 54.3% | 39.5% | 45,940 | -1.8% | |
Liberal Democrat | 9 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 19.6% | 18.3% | 21,246 | -5.1% | |
Labour | 8 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 17.4% | 25.4% | 29,478 | +4.5% | |
Whitnash Residents | 3 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 6.5% | 4.3% | 5,002 | -0.8% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 0.0% | 11.5% | 13,345 | +3.3% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0.0% | 0.4% | 485 | N/A | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 2.2% | 0.6%% | 750 | ±0.0% | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Alan Brookes | 483 | 47.5% | -5.4% | |
Labour | Chris McKeown | 229 | 22.5% | -12.0% | |
Independent | Malcolm Kenneth Doody | 188 | 18.5% | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Karol Antoni Kaliczak | 60 | 5.9% | N/A | |
Green | Emma Elizabeth Paveley | 57 | 5.6% | -7.0% | |
Majority | 254 | 25.0% | +6.6% | ||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Clare Sawdon | 1,574 | 32.3% | -4.4% | |
Conservative | Alan Bertrand Rhead | 1,497 | 30.8% | -4.3% | |
Labour | Emma Samantha Mort | 571 | 11.7% | +0.8% | |
Labour | Steven Gordon Suckling | 425 | 8.7% | +0.8% | |
Liberal Democrat | Antony Butcher | 281 | 5.8% | N/A | |
Green | Harriet Worrell | 218 | 4.5% | -5.0% | |
Liberal Democrat | Martin Gardner Eggleston | 193 | 4.0% | N/A | |
Green | Jeremy Peter Worrell | 108 | 2.2% | N/A | |
Majority | 77 | 1.5% | -0.1% | ||
Turnout | |||||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Stanley Hammon | 1,400 | 33.4% | -0.8% | |
Conservative | Norman Henry Pratt | 1,355 | 32.3% | -0.2% | |
Labour | John Harrow Roberts | 698 | 16.6% | +1.4% | |
Green | Gareth John Davies | 513 | 12.2% | +2.0% | |
Green | Nicola Stephenson | 230 | 5.5% | N/A | |
Majority | 45 | 1.1% | +0.6% | ||
Turnout | |||||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Francis Coker | 1,589 | 16.8% | -1.5% | |
Liberal Democrat | Ann Blacklock | 1,495 | 15.9% | -0.9% | |
Conservative | George Reginald Illingworth | 1,479 | 15.7% | -0.7% | |
Conservative | John Anthony Cooke | 1,339 | 14.2% | -1.6% | |
Liberal Democrat | Kate Dickson | 1,060 | 11.2% | -2.0% | |
Liberal Democrat | Pat Ryan | 1,005 | 10.7% | -2.2% | |
Labour | Andrew Keith Roadnight | 490 | 5.2% | +2.4% | |
Green | May Alice Fitzpatrick | 476 | 5.0% | +1.2% | |
Green | Ann Laura Lewis | 252 | 2.7% | N/A | |
Green | David Keith Charles Wood | 244 | 2.6% | N/A | |
Majority | 94 | 0.9% | -0.6% | ||
Turnout | |||||
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Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dave Shilton | 1,885 | 20.0% | -0.8% | |
Conservative | Felicity Gena Bunker | 1,731 | 18.4% | -1.2% | |
Conservative | Andrew James Mobbs | 1,673 | 17.7% | -1.5% | |
Labour | Justine Potts | 724 | 7.7% | +4.7% | |
Liberal Democrat | Alison Tyler | 680 | 7.2% | -4.8% | |
Liberal Democrat | Andy Tulloch | 570 | 6.0% | -5.4% | |
Liberal Democrat | Susan McGowan | 549 | 5.8% | -4.6% | |
Labour | Ian Henderson | 547 | 5.8% | N/A | |
Green | James Harrison | 497 | 5.3% | +1.8% | |
Green | Pam Lunn | 333 | 3.5% | N/A | |
Green | Angela Maria Owen | 243 | 2.6% | N/A | |
Majority | 154 | 1.6% | +0.4% | ||
Turnout | |||||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Davies | 1,603 | 18.0% | -2.2% | |
Conservative | John Stephen Dagg | 1,478 | 16.6% | -3.0% | |
Conservative | Norman John Vincett | 1,441 | 16.2% | -3.1% | |
Liberal Democrat | Gillian Anne Palmer | 653 | 7.3% | +1.1% | |
Labour | Jeremy Eastaugh | 634 | 7.1% | +1.5% | |
Liberal Democrat | Richard Guy Dickson | 628 | 7.1% | +1.7% | |
Labour | Mary-Ann Stephenson | 620 | 7.0% | +1.5% | |
Labour | Peter Joseph Shiels | 598 | 6.7% | +1.3% | |
Liberal Democrat | Ian Fenwick | 475 | 5.3% | +0.3% | |
Green | Pippa Austin | 442 | 5.0% | +0.4% | |
Green | Rob van Schie | 167 | 1.9% | N/A | |
Green | Kate Edwards-Kearney | 161 | 1.8% | N/A | |
Majority | 125 | 1.4% | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | |||||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leslie Caborn | 980 | 82.0% | -0.6% | |
Green | James Christopher Myles Alty | 215 | 18.0% | +0.6% | |
Majority | 765 | 64.0% | -0.6% | ||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Balvinder Gill | 994 | 15.9% | -1.3% | |
Labour | Jane Margaret Knight | 976 | 15.6% | -0.4% | |
Labour | Alan Wilkinson | 926 | 14.8% | -0.9% | |
Conservative | Bob Aujla | 580 | 9.3% | +1.0% | |
Green | Ian Davison | 545 | 8.7% | +2.4% | |
Green | Jonathan Chilvers | 531 | 8.5% | +2.8% | |
Green | Karen Weber | 491 | 7.9% | +3.3% | |
Conservative | Billy Jones | 458 | 7.3% | -0.6% | |
Conservative | Ted Needham | 399 | 6.4% | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Chris Begg | 127 | 2.0% | -4.6% | |
Liberal Democrat | Paul Andrew Gilligan | 120 | 1.9% | -4.5% | |
Liberal Democrat | Mohammed Ahson | 101 | 1.6% | -3.6% | |
Majority | 18 | 0.3% | -0.9% | ||
Turnout | |||||
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Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Janice Louise Dean | 713 | 18.9% | +1.2% | |
Labour | Jerry Weber | 661 | 17.5% | +2.0% | |
Conservative | Peter Guy Bold | 581 | 15.4% | +1.5% | |
Conservative | Jonny Cope | 521 | 13.8% | +0.9% | |
Liberal Democrat | Nicole Christine Alexander | 486 | 12.9% | -2.4% | |
Liberal Democrat | David Peter James Robertson | 372 | 9.9% | -5.1% | |
Green | Ben Phillips | 217 | 5.8 | +0.9% | |
Green | Clare Louise Wandless-Phillips | 150 | 4.0% | -0.8% | |
UKIP | George Lawson | 68 | 1.8% | N/A | |
Majority | 52 | 1.4% | -0.8% | ||
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Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal Democrat | Alan Boad | 855 | 24.9% | -7.9% | |
Liberal Democrat | Dave Wreford-Bush | 674 | 19.6% | -8.7% | |
Labour | Paul Stephen Gillett | 614 | 17.9% | +8.7% | |
Labour | Andy Marshall | 581 | 16.9% | +8.9% | |
Conservative | Alison Frances Jones | 318 | 9.3% | +0.9% | |
Conservative | Peter Brian Phillips | 252 | 7.3% | -0.7% | |
Green | Judith Helen Barrett | 94 | 2.7% | -0.1% | |
Green | George James Douglas Harwick | 43 | 1.2% | -1.3% | |
Majority | 181 | 5.3% | +0.8% | ||
Turnout | |||||
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Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Eithne Marie Goode | 1,460 | 14.7% | -3.9% | |
Liberal Democrat | Roger Charles Henry Copping | 1,392 | 14.0% | -2.9% | |
Liberal Democrat | Cymone Katherine De-Lara-Bond | 1,267 | 12.8% | -3.8% | |
Conservative | Timothy Michael Crockford | 1,129 | 11.4% | -0.4% | |
Conservative | Amanda Marjorie Stevens | 1,092 | 11.0% | -0.5% | |
Conservative | Richard Tom Raven | 1,080 | 10.9% | ±0.0% | |
Labour | Alasdair Russell | 596 | 6.0% | +2.8% | |
Labour | Peter John Putt | 588 | 5.9% | +2.8% | |
Labour | Ronald Keir Stone | 536 | 5.4% | +3.0% | |
Green | Felicity Rock | 286 | 2.9% | +0.2% | |
Green | Chris Philpott | 285 | 2.9% | +0.7% | |
Green | Les Dobner | 225 | 2.3% | N/A | |
Majority | 68 | 0.7% | -1.0% | ||
Turnout | |||||
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Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Bill Gifford | 1.489 | 15.7% | -0.9% | |
Liberal Democrat | Sidney Ellen Tyrrell | 1,167 | 12.3% | -2.0% | |
Liberal Democrat | Nicolas Pittarello | 1,128 | 11.9% | -1.3% | |
Conservative | Hayley Elizabeth Lockwood Grainger | 983 | 10.4% | -0.7% | |
Conservative | Caroline Evetts | 954 | 10.1% | -0.9% | |
Conservative | Charlie Robbins | 814 | 8.6% | -2.0% | |
Labour | Malcolm James Fraser | 680 | 7.2% | +3.3% | |
Labour | Roger John Fagge | 646 | 6.8% | +3.1% | |
Labour | Colin Edgar Quinny | 600 | 6.3% | +3.1% | |
Green | Janet Alison Alty | 455 | 4.8% | +0.5% | |
Green | Richard Brayne | 295 | 3.1% | -1.0% | |
Green | Bruce Simon Knight | 266 | 2.8% | -1.2% | |
Majority | 322 | 3.4% | +1.1% | ||
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Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Richard John Edwards | 1,408 | 17.6% | +3.5% | |
Labour | Barbara Mary Weed | 1,329 | 16.6% | +3.0% | |
Labour | John Thomas Barrott | 1,315 | 16.4% | +3.3% | |
Conservative | Kit Long | 679 | 8.5% | -2.1% | |
Conservative | John Leonard Peake | 654 | 8.2% | -2.3% | |
Conservative | Sarah Windrum | 650 | 8.1% | -1.5% | |
Green | Ayla Nickels | 424 | 5.3% | +1.1% | |
Liberal Democrat | David Kenyon Alexander | 349 | 4.4% | -0.9% | |
Green | Becqke Oldham | 327 | 4.1% | -0.1% | |
Green | Susan Mary Oldham | 324 | 4.0% | ±0.0% | |
Liberal Democrat | Sapphire Bleach | 288 | 3.6% | -1.6% | |
Liberal Democrat | Heather Mary Calver | 271 | 3.4% | -0.5% | |
Majority | 72 | 1.0% | +0.5% | ||
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Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Susan Judith Gallagher | 917 | 79.5% | -4.5% | |
Green | Janice Eleanor Austin | 121 | 10.5% | -5.5% | |
Liberal Democrat | John Steven Wilson | 115 | 10.0% | N/A | |
Majority | 796 | 69.0% | +1.0% | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Michael Doody | 572 | 55.4% | -9.4% | |
Labour | Kevin Walsh | 223 | 21.6% | +7.5% | |
Independent | Kate Pittel | 136 | 13.2% | N/A | |
Green | Dave Steele | 101 | 9.8% | +0.8% | |
Majority | 349 | 33.8% | -16.9% | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | Bertie MacKay | 426 | 38.9% | -45.7% | |
Conservative | Nick Harrington | 414 | 37.8% | N/A | |
Green | Tony Ross | 256 | 23.4% | +8.0% | |
Majority | 12 | 1.1% | -68.1% | ||
Turnout | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Paul Cross | 1,301 | 16.0% | +1.4% | |
Conservative | Moira-Ann Grainger | 1,266 | 15.6% | +1.5% | |
Conservative | Glenn Michael Williams | 1,116 | 13.7% | +0.1% | |
Labour | Maureen Anne Ethel Hooper | 938 | 11.6% | -2.8% | |
Labour | Sue Griffith | 933 | 11.5% | -2.5% | |
Labour | Roger William Smith | 869 | 10.7% | -2.6% | |
Green | Denny Reader | 451 | 5.6% | +1.5% | |
Green | John Francis Liddamore | 432 | 5.3% | +2.0% | |
Green | Laura Vesty | 401 | 4.9% | N/A | |
UKIP | Martin MacKenzie | 231 | 2.8% | N/A | |
UKIP | Ian James Tyres | 186 | 2.3% | N/A | |
Majority | 35 | 0.4% | +0.2% | ||
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Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Linda Bromley | 1,884 | 17.9% | -1.1% | |
Conservative | Anne Monica Mellor | 1,809 | 17.2% | -1.7% | |
Conservative | Gerry Guest | 1,782 | 16.9% | -1.9% | |
Labour | Ian Christopher Clarke | 1,047 | 9.9% | +3.0% | |
Labour | Joanne Humphreys | 982 | 9.3% | +2.8% | |
Labour | Cheryl Anne Flanagan | 949 | 9.0% | +2.6% | |
Green | Juliet Anne Nickels | 480 | 4.6% | -0.2% | |
Liberal Democrat | Deborah Jane Pittarello | 375 | 3.6% | -1.4% | |
Liberal Democrat | William Dylan Spedding | 345 | 3.3% | -1.5% | |
Green | Juliet Carter | 343 | 3.3% | -1.1% | |
Green | David Gareth John Cumner | 301 | 2.9% | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Derek James Turpin | 235 | 2.2% | -2.3% | |
Majority | 75 | 0.7% | +0.6% | ||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Elizabeth Higgins | 1,427 | 14.5% | -0.8% | |
Conservative | Michael John Kinson | 1,415 | 14.3% | ±0.0% | |
Conservative | Bob Dhillon | 1,406 | 14.2% | +0.2% | |
Labour | John Holland | 1,376 | 13.9% | +1.1% | |
Labour | Rebecca Elizabeth Clarke | 1,300 | 13.2% | +0.7% | |
Labour | Catherine Anne Stephens | 1,163 | 11.8% | -0.2% | |
Liberal Democrat | Alan Charles Beddow | 399 | 4.0% | -0.5% | |
Green | Alison Jane Browne | 350 | 3.6% | -0.8% | |
Liberal Democrat | Geoffrey Stewart Harris | 300 | 3.0% | -0.5% | |
Liberal Democrat | Robert Hooper | 282 | 2.9% | -0.2% | |
Green | Graham Browne | 229 | 2.3% | -1.3% | |
Green | Suzi Caunce | 222 | 2.2% | N/A | |
Majority | 12 | 0.2% | -0.8% | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Whitnash Residents | Bernard Kirton | 1,875 | 23.7% | -3.5% | |
Whitnash Residents | Tony Heath | 1,577 | 19.9% | -3.8% | |
Whitnash Residents | Judy Falp | 1,550 | 19.6% | -3.2% | |
Labour | Roger Duclaud-Williams | 594 | 7.5% | -1.0% | |
Labour | Michael George Wincott | 529 | 6.7% | -0.1% | |
Conservative | Sandra Christine Butler | 427 | 5.4% | N/A | |
Labour | Baris Yerli | 406 | 5.1% | -1.4% | |
Conservative | Christine Brenda Cross | 393 | 5.0% | N/A | |
Green | Jim Berreen | 393 | 2.7% | -1.9% | |
Green | Sue Tucker | 193 | 2.4% | N/A | |
Green | Rebecca Elizabeth Knight | 158 | 2.0% | N/A | |
Majority | 298 | 3.8% | +0.3% | ||
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Whitnash Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Whitnash Residents hold | Swing | ||||
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