Map of the results of the 2011 Christchurch Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

The 2011 Christchurch Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Christchurch Borough Council in Dorset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

Election result

The Conservatives increased their majority on the council after winning 21 of the 24 seats.[2] They gained both of the seats in Portfield ward from the Liberal Democrats, with Conservatives Margaret Phipps and Lisle Smith being elected.[2] A further gain came in Town Centre where Conservative Gillian Geary took one of the two seats for the ward, while Paul Hilliard was elected for the first time in Grange ward.[2]

The Liberal Democrat defeats in Portfield and Town Centre wards reduced them to just one seat on the council, with Peter Hall in Town Centre ward being the party's only councillor.[2] The only other non-Conservatives elected were independents Colin Bungey and Fred Neale who were re-elected in Jumpers ward.[2] Overall turnout at the election was 48.7%.[3]

Following the election Ray Nottage was chosen by the Conservative group as the new leader of the council.[4]

Christchurch local election result 2011[5][6]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 21 4 0 +4 87.5 63.3 19,708 +2.3%
  Independent 2 0 1 -1 8.3 7.1 2,219 +1.0%
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 3 -3 4.2 13.8 4,310 -11.9%
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 9.2 2,860 +4.9%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 6.5 2,034 +3.6%

Ward results

Burton and Winkton (2 seats)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Flagg 903
Conservative Colin Jamieson 869
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Woodford 649
Labour John Merritt 301
UKIP John Dendy 243
Turnout 2,965 50.5 +5.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Grange (2 seats)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Denise Jones 606
Conservative Paul Hilliard 513
Labour Vera Hill 312
Independent Ellen Stammas 251
Liberal Democrats John Campbell 214
Liberal Democrats Renetta Vick 153
Turnout 2,049 34.4 +1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Highcliffe (2 seats)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Lofts 1,423
Conservative Myra Mawbey 1,413
Labour Andrew Satherley 254
Labour Carol Wilcox 245
Turnout 3,335 57.4 +3.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Jumpers (2 seats)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Colin Bungey 798
Independent Frederick Neale 673
Conservative Paul Kinzett 490
Conservative Malcolm Mawbey 411
Liberal Democrats Martyn Hurll 233
Labour Abdulhaye Qureshi 135
Turnout 2,740 46.3 +3.3
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Mudeford and Friars Cliff (3 seats)[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Claire Bath unopposed
Conservative Mike Duckworth unopposed
Conservative Trevor Watts unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
North Highcliffe and Walkford (2 seats)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sally Derham Wilkes 1,136
Conservative Nicholas Geary 1,001
Labour Donald Barr 381
Turnout 2,518 53.1 +1.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Portfield (2 seats)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lisle Smith 542
Conservative Margaret Phipps 515
Liberal Democrats David Davies 352
Liberal Democrats Brett Bader 295
Independent Thomas Lane 273
Labour Christopher Sleightholme 200
Turnout 2,177 39.4 +3.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Purewell and Stanpit (2 seats)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Raymond Nottage 920
Conservative Bernard Davis 849
Liberal Democrats Zoe Larrad 424
Liberal Democrats Derek Chaffey 416
Independent Barry Sherwin 224
Labour Philippa Lloyd 181
Turnout 3,014 48.2 +1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
St Catherine's and Hurn (2 seats)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Spittle 1,175
Conservative Tavis Fox 1,083
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Lodge 282
UKIP Simon Boyd 270
Labour James Kennedy 228
Turnout 3,038 56.0 +0.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Town Centre (2 seats)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Hall 751
Conservative Gillian Geary 675
Conservative Lucy Filer 594
Liberal Democrats Andrew Slaney 541
UKIP John Reid 240
Labour Michael Woods 194
Turnout 2,995 49.2 +2.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
West Highcliffe (3 seats)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lesley Dedman 1,583
Conservative Patricia Jamieson 1,572
Conservative David Jones 1,435
UKIP Philip Glover 557
Labour Christopher Thompson 429
UKIP Carl Williams 399
UKIP David Williams 325
Turnout 6,300 53.0 +6.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Clark, Katie (6 May 2011). "Tories triumph in Christchurch". Bournemouth Daily Echo. NewsBank.
  3. ↑ "Election night live". Bournemouth Daily Echo. NewsBank. 6 May 2011.
  4. ↑ Clark, Katie (16 May 2011). "Size of Tory majority 'not a problem'". Bournemouth Daily Echo. NewsBank.
  5. ↑ "Local authority elections: England". The Guardian. NewsBank. 7 May 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Christchurch - previous election results". Christchurch Borough Council. dorsetforyou.com. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Clark, Katie (11 April 2011). "Local elections: Mudeford and Friars Cliff councillors named". Bournemouth Daily Echo. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
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