Wolverhampton City Council election, 2011

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Elections to Wolverhampton City Council was held on 5 May 2011, the same day as the national referendum on the Alternative Vote, in Wolverhampton, England. One third of the council was up for election.

Wolverhampton City and Metropolitan borough in England

Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 249,470. The demonym for people from the city is 'Wulfrunian'.

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2011 local election results in Wolverhampton Wolverhampton wards 2011.png
2011 local election results in Wolverhampton

Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.

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 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.

Liberal Democrats (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Liberal Democrats are a centrist, liberal political party in the United Kingdom. It is currently led by Vince Cable. It has 11 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 96 members of the House of Lords, one member of the European Parliament, five Members of the Scottish Parliament and one member in the Welsh Assembly and London Assembly. At the height of its influence, the party served as junior partners in a coalition government with the Conservative Party from 2010 to 2015.

Note: this differs from the total at the previous election, due to a by-election and a Liberal Democrat councillor defecting to Labour. [1]

Following the election, the composition of the council is:

Election result

Wolverhampton Local Election Result 2010
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 35 4 0
  Conservative 22 0 3
  Liberal Democrat 3 0 1
  BNP 0 0 0 0
  Independent 0 0 0 0
  UKIP 0 0 0 0

Ward results

Bilston East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Valerie Gibson 1,764 66.14
Conservative Tom Fellows 903 33.86
Majority 861 32.28
Turnout 2667 29.67
Bilston North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sue Constable 1,696 59.82
Conservative David Hunt 625 22.05
Liberal Democrat Frances Heap 97 3.42
BNP Stewart Gardner 154 5.43
UKIP Remi Hodister 263 9.28
Majority 1071 37.78
Turnout 2,835 32.51
Blakenhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Robert Jones 3,073
Conservative Sid Sidhu 678
Majority 2,395 45.54%
Turnout
Bushbury North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Leslie Pugh 1,347
Labour Ian Angus 1,673
BNP Simon Patten 391
Majority 326
Turnout 3425 37.87%
Bushbury South and Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Peter O'Neill 1,763
Conservative Annette Pugh 625
Majority 1,138
Turnout 2,406 26.74%
East Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Harman Banger 1,763
Conservative Darren Friel 1,508
Majority 705
Turnout 2,855 32.82%
Ettingshall
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sandra Samuels Unopposed -
Majority - - -
Turnout - - -
Fallings Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Valerie Evans 2,072
Conservative Simon Hewitt 1,123
Majority 949
Turnout 3,125 35.82%
Graiseley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Elias Mattu 2,399
Conservative Jazz Boparai 614
Liberal Democrat Eileen Birch 201
Independent John Mellor 505
Majority 1,7585
Turnout 3,746 45.44%
Heath Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Milkinderpal Jaspal 1,488
Conservative John Lee 708
Green Matthew Addison 231
Majority 1,785
Turnout 2,448 31.85%
Merry Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Christopher Haynes
Labour Nav Rana
Liberal Democrat Lexi Lawrence
Independent Timothy Broomer
UKIP Phil Templar
Majority
Turnout
Oxley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ian Bisbey 1,263
Labour Ian Claymore 1,749
UKIP Keith Sinclair 276
Majority 513
Turnout 3,285 37.12%
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mike Hardacre 1,910
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Webber 568
Conservative Nasim Ullah 968
Green David Belcher 262
Majority 942
Turnout 3,730 46.73%
Penn
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Paul Singh
Labour Martin Waite
Liberal Democrat Bryan Lewis
Green Daniel Batchelor
UKIP Barry Hodgson
Majority
Turnout
Spring Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Michael Heap
Labour Gurcharan Bedi
Conservative Trevor White
BNP David Bradnock
Majority
Turnout
St Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Zahid Shah 1,867
Liberal Democrat Mary Garside 236
Conservative Shailesh Parekh 270
Majority 1,597
Turnout 2,391 35.07%
Tettenhall Regis
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jonathan Yardley
Labour Muhammad Khan
Liberal Democrat Roger Gray
UKIP Donald Morris
Majority
Turnout
Tettenhall Wightwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Wendy Thompson
Labour Stu Goldcrusher
Liberal Democrat Peter Hollis
Majority
Turnout
Wednesfield North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Tania Davis
Labour Rita Potter
Majority
Turnout
Wednesfield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter Dobb 1,074
Labour Bhupinder Gakhal 1,481
Liberal Democrat Oliver Williams 572
Majority 407
Turnout 3,1743 37.41%

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References

  1. ↑ Wainwright, Daniel (2 April 2011). "Councillor's defection is unfair on the local voters" (PDF). Express & Star . Retrieved 19 September 2011.
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