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2011 UK local government election From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The elections to South Norfolk District Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2011 along with various other local elections around England, elections to the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly of Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly, and a referendum on whether to adopt the Alternative Vote electoral system for elections to the House of Commons.[1] All 46 council seats were up for election. The previous council was controlled by the Conservatives, with the Liberal Democrats being the only opposition.
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Map showing the winning party in each ward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Both main parties had websites detailing their local manifesto pledges: Conservative pledges and record[permanent dead link]; Liberal Democrat manifesto and candidates.
Party | Seats (2007 election) | Seats (March 2011) | |
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Conservative | 39 | 37 | |
Liberal Democrats | 7 | 7 | |
Vacant | - | 2 |
46 / 46
14 / 46
4 / 46 |
42 / 46
9 / 46
2 / 46 |
In this election, there were a total of 117 candidates contesting the 46 council seats.[2] 25 Conservative councillors and 6 Liberal Democrat councillors were standing in the seats they held before the election. Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats fielded candidates in every ward, but the Liberal Democrats were unable to nominate candidates for every vacancy - a total of 46 Conservatives and 42 Liberal Democrats.
Out of the parties which are not represented on the district council, Labour stood 14 candidates, the Green Party 9 and UKIP 4. There were two independent candidates: Ingo Wagenknecht in Rockland ward and Jessica Austin in Wicklewood ward.
In 17 seats there was a straight fight between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 38 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 82.6 | 57.2 | 33,647 | +2.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | 8 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 17.4 | 29.3 | 17,223 | -9.9% | |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 | 4,672 | +5.8% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 2,313 | +1.2% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 823 | +1.1% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 159 | -0.1% | |
Total | 46 | 58,837 |
The election saw 38 seats won by the Conservatives and 8 won by the Liberal Democrats - a gain of one seat for the Liberal Democrats. They won the seat for Forncett Ward, which had been vacant since the death of the Conservative councillor Hedley Smith in January 2011.[4] The successful Liberal Democrat was previously the member for the ward from 2003 to 2007 defeated in 2007. Overall the Liberal Democrats polled a lower vote-share in South Norfolk overall. Their vote-share dropped by almost 10%, with half of the votes going to Labour and the rest to the Conservatives, the Green Party and UKIP.
Labour and the Greens attained a higher vote-share, with Labour overtaking the Greens as the third-largest party in terms of votes, but were unable to win any seats. Labour became the second-largest party in 8 wards: Bunwell, Cringleford, Dickleburgh, Rockland, Wymondham Northfields, Wymondham Rustens and Wymondham Town and Wicklewood - their best performance being 27.7% in Bunwell. The Greens came second in three wards Mulbarton, Hingham & Deopham and Thurlton pushing the Lib Dems into third place in those wards (all wards held by the Lib Dems in 2003). In Cringleford and Wymondham Rustens the Lib Dems finished in 4th place behind Labour and the Greens. UKIP managed to come second in Scole ward, with 17.41%.
Candidates in bold were elected. Candidates marked with an asterisk were councillors in the same ward from 2007-2011.[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Savage* | 678 | 67.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Smith | 328 | 32.6 | ||
Majority | 350 | 34.8 | |||
Turnout | 1006 | 45.69 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Tilcock* | 491 | 52.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kerri Worral | 441 | 47.3 | ||
Majority | 50 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 932 | 53.90 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Weeks* | 787 | 73.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ashley Camm | 290 | 26.9 | ||
Majority | 497 | 46.2 | |||
Turnout | 1077 | 49.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Fuller* | 855 | 74.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Judith Tryggvason | 299 | 25.9 | ||
Majority | 556 | 48.2 | |||
Turnout | 1154 | 55.52 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Beverley Spratt* | 691 | 61.4 | ||
Labour | Nigel Crouch | 312 | 27.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rodney Myall | 123 | 10.9 | ||
Majority | 379 | 33.7 | |||
Turnout | 1126 | 53.18 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Derek Blake* | 600 | 57.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Arnold | 244 | 23.3 | ||
UKIP | Ronald Murphy | 202 | 19.3 | ||
Majority | 356 | 34.1 | |||
Turnout | 1046 | 50.49 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Kemp* | 1089 | 31.8 | ||
Conservative | Garry Wheatley* | 1036 | 30.3 | ||
Labour | Victoria Smillie | 362 | 10.6 | ||
Green | Jan Kitchener | 359 | 10.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Peterson | 323 | 9.4 | ||
Green | Robert Pell | 253 | 7.4 | ||
Turnout | 3422 | 51.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neil Ward* | 461 | 54.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Melvyn Elias | 387 | 45.6 | ||
Majority | 74 | 8.8 | |||
Turnout | 848 | 44.25 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Wilby* | 762 | 74.1 | ||
Labour | Pamela Reekie | 144 | 14.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Seeman | 122 | 11.9 | ||
Majority | 618 | 60.1 | |||
Turnout | 1028 | 46.35 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Glyn Walden* | 1251 | 21.8 | ||
Conservative | Tony Palmer* | 1220 | 21.2 | ||
Conservative | Keith Kiddie | 1078 | 18.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Fiona Wenman | 669 | 11.6 | ||
Labour | Trevor Clark | 574 | 10.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Wenman | 563 | 9.8 | ||
UKIP | Evan Heasley | 391 | 6.8 | ||
Turnout | 5746 | 39.57 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Allen* | 561 | 60.8 | ||
Conservative | Sam Carter | 361 | 39.2 | ||
Majority | 200 | 21.6 | |||
Turnout | 922 | 49.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Murray Gray* | 623 | 66.3 | ||
Conservative | Jethro Elsden | 317 | 33.7 | ||
Majority | 306 | 32.6 | |||
Turnout | 940 | 47.95 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Dewsbury* | 791 | 78.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Allan Bedford | 218 | 21.6 | ||
Majority | 573 | 56.8 | |||
Turnout | 1009 | 49.48 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Bob McClenning | 664 | 55.2 | ||
Conservative | Barry Duffin | 539 | 44.8 | ||
Majority | 125 | 10.4 | |||
Turnout | 1203 | 56.18 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kay Billig | 613 | 58.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mandy Smith | 438 | 41.7 | ||
Majority | 175 | 16.6 | |||
Turnout | 1051 | 47.17 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Riches | 775 | 27.4 | ||
Conservative | Jeremy Savage* | 666 | 23.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Fran Pitt-Pladdy | 589 | 20.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Kuzmic | 508 | 17.9 | ||
Labour | David Reekie | 293 | 10.3 | ||
Turnout | 2831 | 42.23 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Windrige* | 719 | 68.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Fiona McDonald Clarke | 329 | 31.4 | ||
Majority | 390 | 37.2 | |||
Turnout | 1048 | 52.00 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Bills* | 1092 | 32.0 | ||
Conservative | Leslie Dale* | 983 | 28.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jacky Sutton | 781 | 22.9 | ||
Labour | Laura Green | 555 | 16.3 | ||
Majority | 202 | 5.9 | |||
Turnout | 3411 | 46.35 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Yvonne Bendle | 729 | 62.6 | ||
Green | Peter Eldridge | 281 | 24.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lindsey Wright | 154 | 13.2 | ||
Majority | 448 | 38.5 | |||
Turnout | 1164 | 50.19 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Gould* | 649 | 73.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mary Quarmby | 236 | 26.7 | ||
Majority | 413 | 46.6 | |||
Turnout | 885 | 44.47 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jon Herbert* | 1018 | 31.5 | ||
Conservative | Nigel Legg* | 1002 | 31.0 | ||
Green | Roy Walmsley | 441 | 13.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Shirley Hagger | 407 | 12.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Pitcher | 367 | 11.3 | ||
Turnout | 3235 | 46.59 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gerard Watt* | 636 | 22.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jan Hardinge | 633 | 22.1 | ||
Conservative | Oliver Taylor | 451 | 15.7 | ||
Labour | Cid Gibbs | 359 | 12.5 | ||
Conservative | Vivienne Weeks | 343 | 12.0 | ||
Green | Ian Boreham | 299 | 10.4 | ||
Green | David Seddon | 148 | 5.2 | ||
Turnout | 2869 | 39.29 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Laura Webster | 536 | 55.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Eve Domeyer | 428 | 44.4 | ||
Majority | 108 | 11.2 | |||
Turnout | 964 | 47.93 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joe Mooney* | 716 | 65.4 | ||
Labour | Douglas Underwood | 286 | 26.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pat Dore | 93 | 8.5 | ||
Majority | 430 | 39.3 | |||
Turnout | 1095 | 47.56 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tim East* | 1116 | 33.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Vivienne Bell* | 1090 | 32.8 | ||
Conservative | Caroline Savage | 560 | 16.8 | ||
Conservative | Ronald Smith | 558 | 16.8 | ||
Turnout | 3324 | 36.37 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Overton* | 1244 | 37.7 | ||
Conservative | Lisa Neal* | 1110 | 33.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Oliver Best | 480 | 14.5 | ||
Labour | Nicola Fowler | 467 | 14.1 | ||
Turnout | 3301 | 50.22 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sue Thomson* | 693 | 57.7 | ||
Labour | Joanne Bissonnet | 250 | 20.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Scott | 166 | 13.8 | ||
Independent | Ingo Wagenknecht | 92 | 7.7 | ||
Majority | 443 | 36.9 | |||
Turnout | 1201 | 52.10 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Goldson* | 508 | 66.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Howling | 260 | 33.9 | ||
Majority | 248 | 32.2 | |||
Turnout | 768 | 42.26 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Foulger | 436 | 53.2 | ||
Labour | Sandra Underwood | 185 | 22.6 | ||
Green | Jo Hardy | 110 | 13.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jerry Dore | 88 | 10.7 | ||
Majority | 251 | 30.6 | |||
Turnout | 819 | 41.21 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jenny Wilby* | 609 | 68.0 | ||
UKIP | Roy Philpot | 156 | 17.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Fookes | 131 | 14.6 | ||
Majority | 453 | 50.6 | |||
Turnout | 896 | 47.50 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Lewis* | 635 | 50.3 | ||
Conservative | Stella Rice | 403 | 31.9 | ||
Green | Jane Hutchings | 151 | 12.0 | ||
UKIP | Jeremy Kent | 74 | 5.9 | ||
Majority | 232 | 18.4 | |||
Turnout | 1263 | 55.13 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terry Blowfield | 962 | 33.5 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Pond | 709 | 24.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alistair Miller | 479 | 16.7 | ||
Labour | Janet King | 374 | 13.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Linden Parker | 344 | 12.0 | ||
Turnout | 2868 | 40.84 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Florence Ellis | 636 | 59.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philippa Grant | 428 | 40.2 | ||
Majority | 208 | 19.6 | |||
Turnout | 1064 | 55.91 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Kemp* | 540 | 50.7 | ||
Green | Derek West | 271 | 25.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Claire Jackson | 255 | 23.9 | ||
Majority | 269 | 25.3 | |||
Turnout | 1066 | 46.87 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lee Hornby | 715 | 62.7 | ||
Labour | Michael Crouch | 277 | 24.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jane Walker | 148 | 13.0 | ||
Majority | 438 | 38.4 | |||
Turnout | 1140 | 46.43 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Edney | 665 | 59.6 | ||
Labour | Dominic Roskrow | 234 | 21.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Blathwayt | 149 | 13.4 | ||
Independent | Jessica Austin | 67 | 6.0 | ||
Majority | 431 | 38.6 | |||
Turnout | 1115 | 52.05 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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