The 2011 North Somerset Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of North Somerset Unitary Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
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At the last election in 2007 the Conservatives gained control of the council with 46 seats.[2] This was compared to 6 independents, 5 Liberal Democrats, 3 Labour and 1 Green Party councillors.[2]
In February 2011 Liberal Democrat councillor for Nailsea East Andy Cole said he would be standing in the election as an independent.[3] Cole was one of a total of 182 candidates who stood in the election for the 61 seats on the council.[4] These were 58 Conservatives, 53 Labour, 42 Liberal Democrats, 20 independents, 5 Green Party, 3 United Kingdom Independence Party and 1 from the All The South Party.[4] The most candidates were in Weston-super-Mare West ward, where 12 people contested the seats.[4]
The Conservative administration of the previous 4 years was attacked over the cost moving the council offices to Castlewood in Clevedon and over the refurbishment of the town hall in Weston-super-Mare.[5] However the Conservatives said they had been able to make savings and therefore not had to make as big cuts as other councils.[6]
The results saw the Conservatives remain in control of the council after winning 42 of the 61 seats. Independents won 7 seats, the Liberal Democrats 6, Labour 5 and the Green Party 1 seat.[6]
The Liberal Democrats took 2 seats from the Conservatives in Weston-super-Mare Central[6] and 3 seats from them in Weston-super-Mare West,[7] but lost 3 seats back to the Conservatives in Weston-super-Mare South Worle.[6] Meanwhile Labour also gained 2 seats from the Conservatives in Weston-super-Mare East.[7] Long time councillor and independent Nan Kirsen lost her seat in Pill to another independent Don Davies, standing for the Sustainable Pill and District Party, by 17 votes, while Andy Cole won his seat in Nailsea East as an independent after leaving the Liberal Democrats.[6]
North Somerset Local Election Result 2011[1][8][9] | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | ||
Conservative | 42 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 68.9 | 44.4 | 58,442 | -3.8% | ||
Independent | 7 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 11.5 | 13.7 | 18,017 | +6.8% | ||
Liberal Democrat | 6 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9.8 | 18.7 | 24,553 | -10.5% | ||
Labour | 5 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 8.2 | 20.3 | 26,645 | +6.8% | ||
Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2,620 | +0.4% | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 1,109 | +0.1% | ||
All The South Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 137 | +0.1% |
Backwell (2)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Independent | Karen Barclay | 1,603 | |||
Independent | Thomas Collinson | 1,602 | |||
Conservative | Peter Burden | 778 | |||
Turnout | 3,983 | 51.5 | +6.4 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Banwell & Winscombe (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Ann Harley | 2,055 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Lake | 1,914 | |||
Conservative | Timothy Marter | 1,765 | |||
Green | Cresten Boase | 936 | |||
Labour | Stanley Banks | 637 | |||
Liberal Democrat | David Gilbert | 628 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Brian Pike | 590 | |||
Labour | Barry Edwards | 554 | |||
Labour | Georgina Edwards | 549 | |||
Turnout | 9,628 | 44.4 | +6.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Blagdon & Churchill[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Wells | 1,094 | 71.0 | +5.9 | |
Labour | Mark Burgess | 446 | 29.0 | +22.1 | |
Majority | 648 | 42.1 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,540 | 50.7 | +6.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Clevedon Central[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Nicholas Pennycott | 445 | 43.2 | -1.9 | |
Labour | Stuart Hale | 403 | 39.2 | +15.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Bronno Vanderholt | 181 | 17.6 | -13.4 | |
Majority | 42 | 4.1 | -10.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,029 | 41.8 | +8.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Clevedon East[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Independent | David Shopland | 622 | 52.2 | -8.2 | |
Conservative | Jon Middleton | 338 | 28.4 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Nicholas Green | 232 | 19.5 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 284 | 23.8 | -11.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,192 | 45.8 | +10.7 | ||
Independent hold | Swing |
Clevedon North[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Robert Garner | 733 | 68.5 | +23.2 | |
Labour | Joseph Norman | 337 | 31.5 | +31.5 | |
Majority | 396 | 37.0 | +32.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,070 | 50.0 | +7.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Clevedon South[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Linda Knott | 499 | 50.7 | +11.7 | |
Labour | Alan Cotton | 485 | 49.3 | +13.9 | |
Majority | 14 | 1.4 | -2.2 | ||
Turnout | 984 | 40.5 | +4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Clevedon Walton[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Norton-Sealey | 917 | 65.7 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jack Dagnall | 245 | 17.6 | -17.8 | |
Labour | Martin Hime | 233 | 16.7 | +16.7 | |
Majority | 672 | 48.2 | +19.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,395 | 60.8 | +9.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Clevedon West[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Christopher Blades | 558 | 46.3 | -8.4 | |
Independent | Trevor Morgan | 342 | 28.4 | +28.4 | |
Labour | Ivy Cameron | 304 | 25.2 | -20.1 | |
Majority | 216 | 17.9 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,204 | 49.3 | +5.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Clevedon Yeo[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Colin Hall | 550 | 55.6 | -2.5 | |
Labour | Alistair Lindsay | 290 | 29.3 | -12.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Robert Masding | 149 | 15.1 | +15.1 | |
Majority | 260 | 26.3 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 989 | 40.2 | +9.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Congresbury[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Green | Thomas Leimdorfer | 825 | 58.1 | -7.2 | |
Conservative | Samantha Pepperall | 418 | 29.4 | -2.5 | |
Labour | Anthony Wontner-Smith | 121 | 8.5 | +8.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | June How | 56 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 407 | 28.7 | -4.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,420 | 51.7 | +5.0 | ||
Green hold | Swing |
Easton-in-Gordano[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Carl Francis-Pester | 729 | 61.4 | -10.9 | |
Independent | Madeline Bickle | 459 | 38.6 | +38.6 | |
Majority | 270 | 22.7 | -22.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,188 | 54.2 | +9.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Gordano[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Nigel Ashton | 1,093 | 67.8 | -8.5 | |
Labour | Terry Lester | 276 | 17.1 | +17.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Daisy Bickley | 243 | 15.1 | -8.6 | |
Majority | 817 | 50.7 | -2.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,612 | 50.0 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hutton & Locking (2)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Terence Porter | 1,544 | |||
Conservative | Elfan Ap Rees | 1,370 | |||
Labour | Anthony Probert | 495 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Glyn Hayes | 476 | |||
Labour | Timothy Taylor | 424 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Hamish Macdonald Fraser | 375 | |||
Turnout | 4,684 | 46.3 | +6.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kewstoke[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Ian Porter | 733 | 60.5 | -2.7 | |
Labour | Susan Popperwell | 274 | 22.6 | +13.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jeffrey Alen | 204 | 16.8 | -11.1 | |
Majority | 459 | 37.9 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,211 | 45.9 | +8.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Nailsea East (2)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Independent | Andrew Cole | 1,705 | |||
Conservative | Angela Barber | 1,328 | |||
Independent | Susan Cole | 1,269 | |||
Conservative | Anita Heappey | 864 | |||
Labour | John Loosley | 210 | |||
Labour | Patricia Loosley | 177 | |||
Turnout | 5,553 | 55.7 | +11.1 | ||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Nailsea North and West (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Jeremy Blatchford | 1,537 | |||
Conservative | Teresa Kemp | 1,415 | |||
Conservative | Mary Blatchford | 1,360 | |||
Independent | Alan Clarke | 1,107 | |||
Independent | Julia Latta | 1,069 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Robin Bell | 1,058 | |||
Labour | Terence Connell | 857 | |||
Independent | Suzanne Osborne | 566 | |||
Labour | Gaile Blake | 493 | |||
Labour | Stephen Varney | 353 | |||
Turnout | 9,815 | 49.9 | +11.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Pill[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Independent | Donald Davies | 603 | 50.7 | +50.7 | |
Independent | Nanette Kirsen | 586 | 49.3 | -30.6 | |
Majority | 17 | 1.4 | -58.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,189 | 43.4 | +5.4 | ||
Independent hold | Swing |
Portishead Central[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Reyna Knight | 675 | 56.6 | +18.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Clark | 518 | 43.4 | +13.6 | |
Majority | 157 | 13.2 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,193 | 54.7 | +20.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Portishead Coast[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | David Pasley | 854 | 68.6 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Evelyn Elworthy | 391 | 31.4 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 463 | 37.2 | -2.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,245 | 54.7 | +5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Portishead East[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Arthur Terry | 904 | 50.4 | -6.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jean Lord | 430 | 24.0 | -5.4 | |
Labour | Abigail Fuller-Gardener | 321 | 17.9 | +3.8 | |
Independent | Roger Whitfield | 139 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
Majority | 474 | 26.4 | -0.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,794 | 42.6 | +5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Portishead Redcliffe Bay[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Felicity Baker | 799 | 60.8 | +8.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Colin Howells | 515 | 39.2 | -4.1 | |
Majority | 284 | 21.6 | +12.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,314 | 51.0 | +1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Portishead South & North Weston[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Alan McMurray | 604 | 55.4 | -4.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Nicholas Doddrell | 279 | 25.6 | -14.6 | |
Labour | Paul Dunn | 208 | 19.1 | +19.1 | |
Majority | 325 | 29.8 | +10.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,091 | 46.0 | +7.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Portishead West[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | David Jolley | 728 | 58.1 | -5.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Susan Mason | 323 | 25.8 | -3.5 | |
Labour | Kirsty Gardener | 201 | 16.1 | +9.2 | |
Majority | 405 | 32.3 | -2.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,252 | 49.1 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Weston-super-Mare Central (2)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Mike Bell | 632 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Claire Kingsbury-Bell | 521 | |||
Conservative | Michael Kellaway-Marriott | 431 | |||
Conservative | Keith Morris | 383 | |||
Labour | David Drinkwater | 228 | |||
Green | Elisabeth Roberts | 225 | |||
Labour | Frederick Roberts | 205 | |||
Turnout | 2,625 | 37.5 | +4.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing |
Weston-super-Mare Clarence & Uphill (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | David Poole | 1,372 | |||
Conservative | Clive Webb | 1,333 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Bryant | 1,271 | |||
Independent | John Ley-Morgan | 1,172 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jennifer Bindon | 560 | |||
Labour | Bryan Trotter | 534 | |||
Labour | Josephine Bateman | 533 | |||
Labour | June Parker | 523 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Amanda Brading | 453 | |||
Turnout | 7,753 | 45.7 | +5.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Weston-super-Mare East (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Richard Tucker | 1,319 | |||
Labour | Catherine Gibbons-Antonopoulos | 1,279 | |||
Conservative | Dawn Payne | 1,214 | |||
Conservative | William Collins | 1,211 | |||
Labour | Michael Lyall | 1,204 | |||
Conservative | David Power | 1,108 | |||
Liberal Democrat | David Cordingley | 676 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Harrison | 620 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Mark Johnston | 607 | |||
Turnout | 9,238 | 35.3 | +3.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Weston-super-Mare Milton & Old Worle (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Rosslyn Willis | 1,501 | |||
Conservative | Lisa Pilgrim | 1,448 | |||
Conservative | Stephen Fudge | 1,383 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jennifer Gosden | 872 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Bowering | 768 | |||
Labour | Monish Kelly | 673 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Norman Sycamore | 673 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth Swan | 632 | |||
Labour | Michael O'Regan | 568 | |||
UKIP | Steven Pearse-Danker | 430 | |||
UKIP | Louis Rostill | 386 | |||
Turnout | 9,334 | 47.5 | +5.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Weston-super-Mare North Worle (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Philip Judd | 1,293 | |||
Conservative | Marcia Pepperall | 1,183 | |||
Conservative | Sonia Russe | 1,101 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Hardaway | 686 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Ronald Moon | 671 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Richard Skinner | 609 | |||
Labour | Jacqueline Scholes | 600 | |||
Labour | Darius Foster | 596 | |||
Labour | Andrew Hughes | 449 | |||
Turnout | 7,188 | 38.2 | +11.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Weston-super-Mare South (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Ian Parker | 1,190 | |||
Labour | Robert Bateman | 1,146 | |||
Labour | Deborah Stone | 1,090 | |||
Conservative | Sidney Carter | 489 | |||
Conservative | John Butler | 432 | |||
Conservative | Francis Drake | 372 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Gillian Ashworth | 312 | |||
Liberal Democrat | William Dawson | 275 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Amanda Wilkinson | 273 | |||
Independent | John Hopkins | 154 | |||
Turnout | 5,733 | 29.9 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Weston-super-Mare South Worle (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Peter Crew | 1,058 | |||
Conservative | David Hitchins | 985 | |||
Conservative | Robert Cleland | 957 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Guljinder Hayer | 908 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Howell | 781 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Edward Keating | 763 | |||
Labour | David Dash | 762 | |||
Labour | Derek Kraft | 738 | |||
Labour | Simon Stokes | 691 | |||
Turnout | 7,643 | 38.1 | +10.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing |
Weston-super-Mare West (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Mark Canniford | 1,335 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Crockford-Hawley | 1,234 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Robert Payne | 1,014 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Horler | 1,004 | |||
Conservative | Dawn Parry | 912 | |||
Conservative | Christopher Kimitri | 886 | |||
Labour | Oliver Ballard | 361 | |||
Labour | Dorothy Agassiz | 360 | |||
Labour | Simon Harrison-Morse | 296 | |||
UKIP | Harold James | 293 | |||
Green | Brian Outten | 253 | |||
All The South Party | Robert Craig | 137 | |||
Turnout | 8,085 | 43.1 | +0.8 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing |
Winford[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Independent | Hugh Gregor | 774 | 69.3 | +15.2 | |
Conservative | Michael Dolley | 343 | 30.7 | -15.2 | |
Majority | 431 | 38.6 | +30.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,117 | 45.3 | +3.9 | ||
Independent hold | Swing |
Wraxall & Long Ashton (2)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Robert Cook | 1,390 | |||
Conservative | Charles Cave | 1,239 | |||
Independent | Anthony Butcher | 1,006 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Angela Neale | 648 | |||
Independent | Bridget Mackwood | 430 | |||
Green | Stuart McQuillan | 381 | |||
Labour | Christopher Smart | 324 | |||
Labour | Alan Monks | 307 | |||
Turnout | 5,779 | 51.1 | +7.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wrington[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Deborah Yamanaka | 673 | 52.3 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | Peter Ellis | 613 | 47.7 | +14.9 | |
Majority | 60 | 4.7 | -7.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,286 | 57.4 | +3.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Yatton (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Independent | Anthony Moulin | 1,824 | |||
Conservative | Annabel Tall | 1,465 | |||
Conservative | Jill Iles | 1,464 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Wendy Griggs | 1,328 | |||
Independent | Juley Howard | 985 | |||
Labour | Hedley Woods | 415 | |||
Labour | Alan Bagg | 387 | |||
Labour | Carol Bagg | 355 | |||
Turnout | 8,223 | 50.8 | +5.6 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Preceded by North Somerset Council election, 2007 |
North Somerset local elections | Succeeded by North Somerset Council election, 2015 |
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