2011 Eastbourne Borough Council election
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The 2011 Eastbourne Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex , England . The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council. [1]
Background
Before the election the Liberal Democrats controlled the council with 20 seats, compared to 7 for the Conservatives , after taking control at the 2007 election . [2] A total of 94 candidates stood for the 27 seats on the council being contested, while 10 sitting councillors stood down at the election, 8 Liberal Democrats and 2 Conservatives. [2] Important seats for control of the council were expected to be Old Town and Sovereign, as well as Hampden Park and Upperton. [2]
Local issues at the election included plans for the redevelopment of the town centre, which was supported across parties, and calls to improve Eastbourne's transport links. [3] However, with the Liberal Democrats in government nationally together with the Conservatives, national government decisions, such as the increase in tuition fees , were also an issue during the election. [3]
Election result
The Liberal Democrats remained in control of the council with 15 seats, but lost 5 seats to the Conservatives. [4] [5] The Conservatives gained all 3 seats in Sovereign ward and also took the 2 seats the Liberal Democrats had been defending in Upperton. [5] This took the Conservatives to 12 councillors , [6] but the Liberal Democrats held on to all 3 seats in Old Town ward after a recount , to keep a 3-seat council majority. [5] Overall turnout at the election was 44.17%, [7] compared to 42.26% in 2007. [8]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 15 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 55.6 | 39.4 | 13,341 | -5.6% | |
Conservative | 12 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 44.4 | 38.0 | 12,893 | -0.5% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 3,590 | +1.7% | |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.4 | 3,515 | +5.2% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 404 | -1.2% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 160 | n/a |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Bannister | 1,529 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Neil Stanley | 1,304 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Steve Wallis | 1,273 | |||
Conservative | Margaret Parker | 672 | |||
Conservative | Sandra Elkin | 666 | |||
Conservative | Grant Sanders | 580 | |||
Labour | Steven Clark | 412 | |||
Labour | Richard Goude | 345 | |||
Labour | Jean Winstone | 337 | |||
Green | Linda Wintle | 295 | |||
Green | Bill Palethorpe | 256 | |||
Independent | Keith Gell | 160 | |||
Turnout | 7,829 | 34.5 | +0.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Pat Hearn | 1,394 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jim Murray | 1,266 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mike Thompson | 1,225 | |||
Conservative | Caroline Ansell | 692 | |||
Conservative | Kate Glover | 672 | |||
Conservative | Sam Chapman | 643 | |||
Labour | Dave Brinson | 470 | |||
Labour | Jake Lambert | 418 | |||
Labour | Gerry Stonestreet | 344 | |||
Green | Leslie Dalton | 255 | |||
Green | Ivor Hueting | 220 | |||
Green | Rob Sier | 166 | |||
Turnout | 7,765 | 40.1 | +8.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alan Shuttleworth | 1,434 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Harun Miah | 1,328 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Troy Tester | 1,282 | |||
Conservative | Tony Freebody | 726 | |||
Conservative | John Glover | 720 | |||
Conservative | Jan Jenkins | 705 | |||
Labour | Lee Comfort | 278 | |||
Green | Christine Quarrington | 270 | |||
Labour | Sean Meekings | 258 | |||
Labour | Roy Noble | 218 | |||
Turnout | 7,219 | 34.4 | +0.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barry Taylor | 2,239 | |||
Conservative | David Elkin | 2,232 | |||
Conservative | Nigel Goodyear | 2,126 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Tom Banner | 797 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jean Fisher | 766 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Ticehurst | 734 | |||
Green | Harry Boys | 414 | |||
Labour | Jean Couture | 411 | |||
UKIP | Ian Cameron | 404 | |||
Labour | Dennis Scard | 373 | |||
Green | Dorothy Forsyth | 361 | |||
Labour | Manek Jaffer | 349 | |||
Turnout | 11,206 | 51.4 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Carolyn Heaps | 2,432 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Janet Coles | 1,934 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Ungar | 1,738 | |||
Conservative | Anne Angel | 1,726 | |||
Conservative | Vivienne De Havilland-Geraghty | 1,350 | |||
Conservative | Danielle Perry | 1,193 | |||
Green | Pippa Oliphant | 631 | |||
Labour | Helen Key | 418 | |||
Labour | Paul Richards | 374 | |||
Labour | Sarah Richards | 340 | |||
Turnout | 12,136 | 53.4 | -1.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Belsey | 2,357 | |||
Conservative | Sandie Howlett | 2,076 | |||
Conservative | Colin Murdoch | 1,991 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Linda Beckmann | 999 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Howarth | 984 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Rodohan | 908 | |||
Green | Nancy Dalton | 523 | |||
Labour | Christopher Hall | 471 | |||
Labour | James Nolan | 394 | |||
Labour | Helen Sedgwick | 360 | |||
Turnout | 11,063 | 53.1 | +4.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Tutt | 2,169 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jon Harris | 1,929 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gill Mattock | 1,913 | |||
Conservative | Nick Ansell | 846 | |||
Conservative | Simon Herbert | 759 | |||
Conservative | Robert Borland | 752 | |||
Labour | Jackie Ferguson | 383 | |||
Labour | David Salmon | 348 | |||
Labour | Ian Culshaw | 332 | |||
Green | Hugh Norris | 287 | |||
Turnout | 9,718 | 43.8 | +2.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Ede | 1,904 | |||
Conservative | Patrick Warner | 1,767 | |||
Conservative | Gordon Jenkins | 1,745 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Salsbury | 1,193 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Holt | 1,169 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Grace Loseby | 1,106 | |||
Green | Jocelyn McCarthy | 488 | |||
Labour | Sharon Wentworth | 359 | |||
Turnout | 9,731 | 40.6 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tom Liddiard | 1,731 | |||
Conservative | Annabelle West | 1,707 | |||
Conservative | Alun Cooke | 1,694 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alex Hough | 1,394 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Pat Rodohan | 1,378 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Hilary Lewis | 1,324 | |||
Green | Kenneth Webb | 427 | |||
Labour | Margaret Barr | 313 | |||
Labour | Lucette Davies | 305 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth Goude | 304 | |||
Turnout | 10,577 | 46.4 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
By-elections between 2011 and 2015
A by-election was held in Meads on 31 May 2012 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Nigel Goodyear. [10] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Caroline Ansell with a majority of 1,318 votes over Liberal Democrat Gerard Thompson. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Caroline Ansell | 1,783 | 59.6 | +7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gerard Thompson | 465 | 15.5 | -3.2 | |
Labour | Dennis Scard | 323 | 10.8 | +1.2 | |
UKIP | Ian Cameron | 322 | 10.8 | +1.3 | |
Independent | Keith Gell | 100 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 1,318 | 44.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,993 | 39 | -12 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "England council elections" . BBC News Online . 10 May 2011 . Retrieved 21 December 2011 .
- 1 2 3 "Council elections: Follow our live blog for minute by minute coverage" . Eastbourne Herald . 5 May 2011 . Retrieved 22 December 2011 .
- 1 2 Stewart, Louise (21 April 2011). "Eastbourne's local elections" . BBC News Online . Retrieved 22 December 2011 .
- ↑ Travers, Tony (7 May 2011). "Expert view Lib Dem collapse good news for Cameron". The Guardian . p. 5.
- 1 2 3 "Eastbourne council elections results" . Eastbourne Herald . 6 May 2011 . Retrieved 22 December 2011 .
- ↑ "Liberal Democrats hold Eastbourne with cut majority" . BBC News Online . 7 May 2011 . Retrieved 22 December 2011 .
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Election Results 2011" . Eastbourne Borough Council . Retrieved 21 December 2011 .
- ↑ "Election Results 2007" . Eastbourne Borough Council. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012 . Retrieved 17 December 2011 .
- ↑ "Local authority elections: England". The Guardian . 7 May 2011. p. 30.
- 1 2 3 "Carolien wins Meads for Conservatives" . Eastbourne Herald . 1 June 2012 . Retrieved 11 April 2015 .