2011 UK local government election
Map of results of 2011 election Elections to Bournemouth Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011, in line with other local elections in the United Kingdom . All 54 seats, across 18 wards of this unitary authority, were up for election.
There were 176 candidates nominated, comprised as follows: 54 Conservatives, 40 Labour, 39 Liberal Democrats, 24 Independents, 14 UK Independence Party, 4 Green Party and 1 Liberal Party. There were 3 more candidates standing than in the 2007 election.[1] [2]
Composition of council seats before election Party Seats Conservative 36 Liberal Democrats 8 Independent 5 Labour 3 Non-aligned 2
Election result summary Bournemouth Election Result 2011[3] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Conservative 45 9 0 +9 83.3 50.9 64,556 -1.8 Labour 3 1 1 0 5.6 17.3 21,883 +8.3 Liberal Democrats 3 0 5 -5 5.6 17.1 21,721 -9.5 Independent 3 0 2 -2 5.6 10.5 13,278 +3.8 UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 3,899 -0.5 Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 1,185 +0.1 Liberal 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 268 +0.2
Less than a week after the elections, Derek Borthwick, elected as an independent in the Throop and Muscliff ward joined the Conservative Party.[4]
Election results by ward [5]
Boscombe East (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Christopher Rochester 1,128 Conservative Linda Bailey 1,059 Conservative John Wilson 1,032 Independent Mike Everingham 683 Liberal Democrats Lorraine Crouch 682 Labour Jilly Grower 612 Liberal Democrats Andy Jones 586 Liberal Democrats Peter Blinkhorn 574 Labour Mike Hicks 514 Independent Rob Wotton 412 Turnout 38.98 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Boscombe West (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Jane Kelly 747 Conservative Christopher Wakefield 723 Conservative Philip Stanley-Watts 686 Liberal Democrats Lisa Northover 537 Liberal Democrats Maan Basma 420 Labour Mike Goff 350 Liberal Democrats Peter Pull 336 Labour Bob Milner 309 Labour Ian Taylor 279 Green Damian Maguire 261 Independent Angus Reid 187 Independent Michal Figat 150 Turnout 26.49 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Central (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Bob Chapman 1,207 Conservative Mike Greene 1,118 Conservative Dave Smith 1,036 Liberal Democrats Tony Card 557 Labour Austin McCormack 516 Labour Stepehn Sinsbury 442 Turnout 25.35 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
East Cliff & Springbourne (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Anne Filer 1,505 Conservative David Kelsey 1,433 Conservative Michael Filer 1,416 Labour Louise Bell 762 Labour Carol Milner 699 Labour David Thompson 687 Liberal Democrats Stuart Thomas 540 Turnout 29.86 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
East Southborne & Tuckton (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Edward Coope 2,293 Conservative Malcolm Davies 2,197 Conservative Robert Lawton 1,944 Labour Catherine Eden 779 Liberal Democrats Anne Amboorallee 635 Liberal Democrats Robert Saunders 547 UKIP Pam McAlester 494 UKIP Vicky Millward 419 UKIP Sam Whitt 319 Turnout 46.48 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Kinson North (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Mark Battistini 914 Conservative Amedeo Angiolini 891 Labour Dennis Gritt 827 Liberal Democrats Claire Smith 804 Conservative Stuart McKeown 803 Liberal Democrats Pat Lewis 788 Liberal Democrats Richard Smith 732 Labour Helen Rosser 730 Labour David Stokes 693 Independent Julie Darbyshire 427 Turnout 37.55 Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Kinson South (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Beryl Baxter 1,043 Labour Ben Grower 992 Conservative Roger Marley 922 Labour Mel Semple 892 Conservative Jeremy Old 787 Conservative Nicholas Rose 782 Liberal Democrats Michael Chizlett 308 Liberal Democrats Adam Merrifield 256 Turnout 31.26 Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Littledown & Iford (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Nick King 1,865 Conservative Jane Montrose 1,755 Conservative Lawrence Williams 1,743 Independent Margaret Rose 802 Labour Roger Ansell 575 Labour Debbie Sharman 512 Liberal Democrats Shaun Kirkland 397 Liberal Democrats Sibanda Innocent 318 Turnout 41.80 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
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