East Dorset District Council election, 2011

Map of the results of the 2011 East Dorset District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

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

Background

Before the election the Conservatives had a majority on the council with 25 seats, compared to 11 Liberal Democrats.^[2] Every seat was up for election, however 12 Conservative councillors, including the leader of the council Spencer Flower, faced no opposition at the election.^[2] The candidates at the election were 36 Conservatives, 18 Liberal Democrats, 10 UK Independence Party and 3 from Labour.^[2]

Election result

The Conservatives gained 5 seats from the Liberal Democrats to have 30 councillors, compared to 6 for the Liberal Democrats.^[3] Conservative gains including taking seats in West Moors and Corfe Mullen from the Liberal Democrats, with the margin in Corfe Mullen South ward being only 6 votes.^[4] Overall turnout at the election was 49.1%.^[5]

East Dorset local election result 2011^[6]^[5]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	30	5	0	+5	83.3	60.8	23,205	-1.2%
	Liberal Democrat	6	0	5	-5	16.7	29.2	11,161	-3.6%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	7.3	2,803	+3.2%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	1,027	+2.0%

Ward results

Alderholt^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Monks	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ameysford^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Reynolds	703	74.4	-5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Hemsley	242	25.6	+5.0
Majority			461	48.8	-10.0
Turnout			945	48.0	+8.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Colehill East (2 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Dover	1,066
	Liberal Democrat	Donald Wallace	765
	Conservative	David Mitchell	668
	Conservative	Kevin Johnson	667
	Labour	Oliver Bradbury	200
	UKIP	Kenneth Dacombe	175
Turnout			3,541	52.2	+8.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Colehill West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Packer	729	66.0	+8.0
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Dickins	375	34.0	-0.7
Majority			354	32.1	+7.8
Turnout			1,104	58.9	+11.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Corfe Mullen Central (2 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Holland	813
	Conservative	Sarah Burns	759
	Liberal Democrat	Phillip Cuckston	735
	Conservative	Zoe White	667
	UKIP	Dave Evans	299
Turnout			3,273	45.8	+5.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Corfe Mullen North^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Holland	540	59.3	-2.3
	Conservative	Graeme Smith	371	40.7	+12.2
Majority			169	18.6	-14.4
Turnout			911	48.9	+8.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Corfe Mullen South^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Edwards	418	43.5	+0.0
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Harknett	412	42.8	-13.7
	UKIP	Josephine Evans	132	13.7	+13.7
Majority			6	0.6
Turnout			962	46.7	+5.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Crane^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Butler	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ferndown Central (2 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Burt	unopposed
	Conservative	Steven Lugg	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ferndown Links (2 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Birr	unopposed
	Conservative	John Little	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Handley Vale^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Tong	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holt^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Spencer Flower	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longham^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gladys Elliot	606	68.4	+2.5
	UKIP	John Baxter	280	31.6	+14.8
Majority			326	36.8	-11.8
Turnout			886	46.5	+6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parley (2 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Manuel	1,482
	Conservative	John Wilson	1,430
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Coussell	487
Turnout			3,399	52.9	+12.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Leonards & St Ives East (2 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Dyer	1,520
	Conservative	Ann Warman	1,501
	UKIP	Oliver Kent	371
	UKIP	Allan Tallett	321
Turnout			3,713	51.6	+7.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Leonards & St Ives West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Dudman	1,022	81.4	-4.3
	UKIP	Alfred Eckel	233	18.6	+4.3
Majority			789	62.9	-8.5
Turnout			1,255	61.7	+9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stapehill^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Russell	688	72.9	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Chant	132	14.0	-0.9
	UKIP	John Myers	124	13.1	+1.9
Majority			556	58.9	-0.1
Turnout			944	48.6	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stour^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bennett	678	73.3	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat	William Honeyman	247	26.7	-5.2
Majority			431	46.6	+10.4
Turnout			925	47.0	+7.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Three Cross & Potterne^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Richardson	451	67.4	+21.4
	Liberal Democrat	Lindsey Dedden	218	32.6	+18.7
Majority			233	34.8	+15.0
Turnout			669	37.7	+4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Verwood Dewlands (2 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Toni Coombs	unopposed
	Conservative	Jean Hazel	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Verwood Newtown^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Boyden Mortimer	531	69.2	+6.3
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Dorey	236	30.8	-6.3
Majority			295	38.5	+12.7
Turnout			767	39.5	+7.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Verwood Stephen's Castle (2 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lucy Clark	unopposed
	Conservative	Simon Gibson	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Moors (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Clarke	1,923
	Conservative	David Shortell	1,781
	Conservative	Andrew Skeats	1,607
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Holden	986
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Smith	751
	UKIP	David Butt	540
	Labour	Michael Shine	470
Turnout			8,058	50.4	+5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Wimborne Minster (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Hymers	1,220
	Conservative	Robin Cook	1,169
	Liberal Democrat	David Morgan	993
	Conservative	Michael Bartlett	973
	Liberal Democrat	Shane Bartlett	943
	Conservative	Alan Spencer	861
	Labour	Marion Lock	357
	UKIP	Nicholas Wellstead	328
Turnout			6,844	49.1	+7.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

By-elections between 2011 and 2015

A by-election was held in Colehill East ward on 17 July 2014 after the death of the Liberal Democrat councillor since 1973, Don Wallace.^[7]^[8] The seat was held for the Liberal Democrats by Barry Roberts with a majority of 416 votes over the Conservatives.^[9]

Colehill East by-election 17 July 2014^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Roberts	742	59.3	+8.7
	Conservative	Graeme Smith	326	26.0	-5.6
	UKIP	David Mattocks	184	14.7	+6.4
Majority			416	33.2
Turnout			1,252	33.7	-18.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
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↑ John, Timothy (6 May 2011). "Conservatives strengthen hold on East Dorset District Council". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "Summary of Results". dorsetforyou.com. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
↑ "Local authority elections: England". The Guardian (NewsBank). 7 May 2011. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Don Wallace". Bournemouth Echo. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
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1 2 "Liberal Democrats hold Colehill East in by-election". Christchurch and East Dorset Councils. dorsetforyou.com. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.

Council elections in Dorset

Dorset County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Bournemouth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Christchurch Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

East Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Poole Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Purbeck District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

West Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

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