2011 Castle Point Borough Council election

The 2011 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

Map of the results of the 2011 Castle Point Borough Council election. Conservative in blue and Canvey Island Independent Party in light grey.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 25
• Canvey Island Independent Party 16^[2]

Election result

No seats changed hands at the election, with every councillor standing again being re-elected.^[3]

Castle Point local election result 2011^[4][5]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	0	0	0	64.3	53.1	13,570	+9.4
	CIIP	5	0	0	0	35.7	21.8	5,577	+1.8
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	21.9	5,609	+5.4
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.1	801	+3.1

Ward results

Appleton^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eoin Egan	1,346	65.6	+19.7
	Labour	Lorna Trollope	707	34.4	+14.5
Majority			639	31.1	+19.5
Turnout			2,053
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boyce^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wendy Goodwin	1,651	76.2	+20.0
	Labour	Tony Wright	517	23.8	+11.1
Majority			1,134	52.3	+27.3
Turnout			2,168
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canvey Island Central^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Dave Blackwell	1,064	63.9	+9.7
	Conservative	Stewart Topley	366	22.0	−9.3
	Labour	Lynne Michele	235	14.1	−0.4
Majority			698	41.9	+19.0
Turnout			1,665
	CIIP hold		Swing

Canvey Island East^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Lee Barrett	960	56.2	+4.1
	Conservative	Lydia Parkin	509	29.8	−4.7
	Labour	Maggie Mcarthur-Curtis	239	14.0	+0.7
Majority			451	26.4	+8.8
Turnout			1,708
	CIIP hold		Swing

Canvey Island North^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Grace Watson	1,115	58.8	+7.7
	Conservative	Pat Haunts	480	25.3	−6.6
	Labour	John Payne	301	15.9	−1.2
Majority			635	33.5	+14.3
Turnout			1,896
	CIIP hold		Swing

Canvey Island South^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Janice Payne	1,003	55.6	+5.4
	Conservative	Chas Mumford	600	33.2	−3.6
	Labour	Matthew Reilly	202	11.2	−1.8
Majority			403	22.3	+8.9
Turnout			1,805
	CIIP hold		Swing

Canvey Island West^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Howard	720	49.3	+7.4
	CIIP	Steven Cole	623	42.7	−2.5
	Labour	Bill Deal	116	8.0	−4.9
Majority			97	6.6
Turnout			1,459
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canvey Island Winter Gardens^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Neville Watson	812	54.6	+0.7
	Conservative	Mark Howard	463	31.2	−1.9
	Labour	Katie Curtis	211	14.2	+1.2
Majority			349	23.5	+2.7
Turnout			1,486
	CIIP hold		Swing

Cedar Hall^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Burch	901	46.3	−0.2
	Independent	Colin Letchford	697	35.8	+35.8
	Labour	Richard Kendall	350	18.0	−0.3
Majority			204	10.5	−0.8
Turnout			1,948
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. George's^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Govier	1,109	61.8	+14.7
	Labour	Joe Cooke	686	38.2	+13.2
Majority			423	23.6	+4.4
Turnout			1,795
	Conservative hold		Swing

St James'^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Ladzrie	1,547	66.7	+16.0
	Labour	Fred Jones	443	19.1	+4.8
	Green	Paul Circus	328	14.2	+14.2
Majority			1,104	47.6	+32.0
Turnout			2,318
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mary's^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alf Partridge	1,275	63.1	+14.4
	Labour	Brian Wilson	746	36.9	+14.5
Majority			529	26.2	+6.4
Turnout			2,021
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Peter's^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Dick	1,288	65.5	+15.1
	Labour	Bill Emberson	451	22.9	+6.3
	Green	Douglas Copping	228	11.6	+11.6
Majority			837	42.6	+13.6
Turnout			1,967
	Conservative hold		Swing

Victoria^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Riley	1,315	66.9	+16.7
	Labour	Harry Brett	405	20.6	+3.9
	Green	Lesley Morgan	245	12.5	+12.5
Majority			910	46.3	+30.2
Turnout			1,965
	Conservative hold		Swing