Luton Borough Council election, 2011

An election for the whole of Luton Borough Council (a unitary authority) was held on 5 May 2011. The Labour Party strengthened its control of the council, mainly at the expense of the Liberal Democrats, winning three-quarters of the seats (albeit with less than half of the votes cast). The Liberal Democrats were marginally outvoted by the Conservatives (see table, below) but won twice as many seats, probably due to not putting up candidates for all available seats (only Labour and the Conservatives had the maximum number of candidates).

Results

Luton United Kingdom local elections, 2011^[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	36	11	0	+11	75.0	48.66	61315
	Liberal Democrat	8	0	9	-9	16.7	24.03	30283
	Conservative	4	0	2	-2	8.3	24.45	30808
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.87	1092
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.85	1068
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.78	984
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.20	250
	Respect	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.17	209

By ward

Barnfield (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Pantling	904	19.10
	Labour	Rachel Hopkins	822	17.4
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Strange	808	17.1
	Conservative	Graham Costello	691	14.6
	Labour	Bryan Davey	679	14.3
	Conservative	Saeed Akhtar	657	13.9
	Green	Simon Hall	171	3.6
Majority			14	0.30
Turnout			4732	46.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Biscot (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tahir Khan	2262	18.9
	Labour	Mohammed Ayub	2082	17.4
	Labour	Naseem Ayub	2042	17
	Liberal Democrat	Ashuk Ahmed	1581	13.2
	Liberal Democrat	Haji Abid	1271	10.6
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Bashir	1154	9.6
	Conservative	Abu Ahmed	587	4.9
	Conservative	Arthur Flint	348	2.9
	Conservative	Jamshed Ali	293	2.4
	Respect	Faruk Ahmed Choudhury	209	1.7
	Independent	Mohammed-Forid Ahmed-Chowdhury	164	1.40
Majority			461	3.84
Turnout			11993	50.16
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Bramingham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gilbert Campbell	1325	30.20
	Conservative	Katherine Foord	1284	29.2
	Labour	Gregory Burton	898	20.4
	Labour	Syedul Khan	576	13.1
	Liberal Democrat	Joyce Felmingham	204	4.60
	Liberal Democrat	Giovanni Testagrossa	103	2.30
Majority			386	8.79
Turnout			4390	42.43
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Challney (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Shaw	1899	21.1
	Labour	Khtija Malik	1499	16.60
	Labour	Tahir Malik	1470	16.3
	Liberal Democrat	Sirfraz Ali-Choudhry	1060	11.7
	Liberal Democrat	Julia Mead	1057	11.7
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Yasin	841	9.3
	Conservative	Naeem Khan	397	4.4
	Conservative	Ismail Ali	396	4.4
	Conservative	Bashir Hafeez	391	4.3
Majority			410	4.55
Turnout			9010	43.78
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Crawley (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Melvin Cato	837	21.3
	Liberal Democrat	David Franks	797	20.20
	Labour	Philomena Kean	736	18.70
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Mead	575	14.60
	Conservative	Alan Hamilton	550	14.00
	Conservative	Anwar Hussain	442	11.2
Majority			61	1.55
Turnout			3937	42.26
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Dallow (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Ashraf	1984	17.3
	Labour	Tafheen Sharif	1914	16.7
	Labour	Mohammed Farooq	1870	16.3
	Liberal Democrat	Naseem Arif	1319	11.5
	Liberal Democrat	Sadiq Subhani	1181	10.3
	Liberal Democrat	Asif Masood	1105	9.6
	Conservative	Md Abdul Basith Choudhury	677	5.9
	Conservative	Mohammed Islam	378	3.3
	Conservative	Shyamal Roy	341	3
	Independent	Mohammed Khan	678	5.9
Majority			551	4.81
Turnout			11447	48.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Farley (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Harris	1549	21.9
	Labour	Sian Timoney	1518	21.4
	Labour	Mahmood Hussain	1496	21.1
	Conservative	Kevin Drew	508	7.2
	Conservative	John Sentinella	420	5.9
	Conservative	Samson Victor	409	5.8
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Choudary	294	4.1
	BNP	Stephen Bridgeman	250	3.5
	Liberal Democrat	Allah Ditta	229	3.2
	UKIP	Charles Lawman	218	3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Soirab Taj	187	2.6
Majority			988	13.96
Turnout			7078	37.46
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

High Town (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Malcolm	1008	30.24
	Labour	Roxanna Whittaker	899	27
	Conservative	David Coulter	491	14.7
	Conservative	Meherban Khan	437	13.10
	Green	Denis Parker	191	5.7
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Neale	176	5.3
	Liberal Democrat	Lawrence Patterson	126	3.80
Majority			408	12.26
Turnout			3328	34.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Icknield (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Garrett	1325	27.9
	Conservative	John Titmuss	1226	25.8
	Labour	Alan Roden	930	19.6
	Labour	Irak-Il Chowdhury	856	18
	Liberal Democrat	Yvonne Edmunds	245	5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Lincoln	172	3.6
Majority			296	6.23
Turnout			4754	44.73
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leagrave (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shelia Roden	1399	21.4
	Labour	Desline Stewart	1364	20.90
	Labour	Waheed Akbar	1299	20.40
	Conservative	Richard Joyce	822	12.60
	Conservative	Ifhekher Alom	781	11.90
	Conservative	Bunmi Adedeji	674	10.6
Majority			477	7.52
Turnout			6339	36.46
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Lewsey (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Bailey	1798	24.0
	Labour	Hazel Simmons	1708	23.0
	Labour	Mohammed Khan	1456	19.50
	Conservative	Susan Garrett	774	10.00
	Conservative	Jeffrey Petts	616	8.30
	Conservative	Robert Theobald	602	6.0
	Green	Eileen Nash	287	3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Salma Nasir	206	2.8
Majority			682	9.16
Turnout			7447	33.66
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Limbury (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Lewis	1245	27.00
	Labour	Jacqueline Burnett	1226	26.70
	Conservative	Robert Simons	965	21.0
	Conservative	Margaret Simons	908	19.8
	UKIP	Colin Brown	246	5.4
Majority			261	5.69
Turnout			4590	44.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Northwell (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Davis	1053	32.2
	Labour	Don Worlding	1027	31.8
	Conservative	Deloris Campbell	395	12.2
	Conservative	Nuala Prior	301	9.3
	Independent	Victor Cowell	250	7.8
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Richardson	123	3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Aroosa Ulzaman	76	2.3
Majority			632	19.60
Turnout			3225	32.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Round Green (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Rivers	1228	14.4
	Labour	Yaqub Hanif	1061	12.4
	Labour	Mohammed Zia	991	11.6
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Skepelhorn	960	11.2
	Liberal Democrat	Terry Keens	933	10.9
	Conservative	Richard Ellwood	893	10.4
	Liberal Democrat	Sidney Rutstein	877	10.3
	Conservative	Jayne Stewart	812	9.5
	Conservative	Philip Turner	790	9.20
Majority			31	0.36
Turnout			8545	40.23
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Saints (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Riaz	2240	19.2
	Labour	Raja Saleem	2119	18.2
	Labour	Asma Rathore	2023	17.4
	Liberal Democrat	Muhammad Yasin	1318	11.3
	Liberal Democrat	Masood Akhtar	1230	10.6
	Liberal Democrat	Imtiaz Nasreen	832	7.1
	Conservative	Abdul Rashid	686	5.9
	Conservative	Arif Mohammed	604	5.2
	Conservative	Morel Benard	596	5.1
Majority			705	6.05
Turnout			11648	47.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

South (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amy O'Callaghan	994	17.7
	Labour	Keir Gale	957	17.1
	Labour	David Taylor	930	16.6
	Conservative	Peter Banks	653	11.7
	Conservative	John Young	528	9.4
	Conservative	Ali Aklakul	518	9.2
	UKIP	Martin Newman	196	3.5
	Green	Lyn Bliss	161	2.9
	Green	Marc Scheimann	150	2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Howes	149	2.7
	Liberal Democrat	William Cole	142	2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Anjum Choudary	114	2
	Green	Eric Fisher	108	1.9
Majority			277	4.95
Turnout			5600	30.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Stopsley (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Davies	1201	26.00
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Dolling Liberal	991	21.0
	Conservative	Richard Lovelock	730	15.8
	Conservative	Peter Bushnell	639	13.80
	Labour	James Carroll	578	12.50
	Labour	Pardeep Kumar	476	10.3
Majority			261	5.66
Turnout			4615	46.24
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Sundon Park (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sydney Knight	1099	22.80
	Liberal Democrat	Doris Hinkley	1097	22.80
	Labour	Summara Shahid	917	19.00
	Liberal Democrat	Anna Perdersen	890	18.5
	Conservative	Ian Beck	460	9.6
	Conservative	Saleha Parveen	335	7.0
Majority			180	3.75
Turnout			4798	46
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Wigmore (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Royston Davies	1403	16.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Chapman	1239	14.50
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Moles	1113	13.00
	Conservative	Mary Thomas	807	9.40
	Conservative	Nicodemus Mawerere	787	9.20
	Labour	Peter Blanking	786	9.2
	Labour	Richard Jack	781	9.1
	Labour	Norris Bullock	734	8.60
	Conservative	Afiz Ullah	559	6.5
	UKIP	Lance Richardson	324	3.80
Majority			306	3.59
Turnout			8533	39.34
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ "Local election results by ward". Luton Borough Council. 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2013.

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