Colchester Borough Council election, 2011

5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)

20 seats (out of 60 seats)
31 seats seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Liberal Democrat	Conservative	Labour
Last election	26	24	7
Seats before	26	24	7
Seats won	26	24	7
Seat change	0	0	0
Popular vote	11,890	15,806	9,487
Percentage	27.5	36.5	21.9
Swing	12.4	1.1	8.9

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Independent	Green	UKIP
Last election	3	0	0
Seats before	3	0	0
Seats won	3	0	0
Seat change	0	0	0
Popular vote	2,649	3,280	171
Percentage	6.1	7.6	0.4
Swing	2.2	2.2	0.4

Map of the results of the 2011 Colchester council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and independents in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2011.

The 2011 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

No seats changed hands at the election with the Liberal Democrats remaining on 26 seats after holding 7 seats, ahead of the Conservatives, who stayed on 24 seats after retaining the 9 seats they had been defending.^[3] Meanwhile, Labour retained 3 seats to keep 7 councillors and 1 independent retained his seat.^[3] Among those to hold their seats were the Liberal Democrat group leader Martin Hunt in Christ Church ward and the Labour group leader Tim Young in St Andrews, while the closest result saw Conservative Pauline Hazell retain Shrub End by 123 votes from the Liberal Democrats^[3]^[4]

The coalition between the Liberal Democrats, Labour and the independents remained in charge, with Liberal Democrat Anne Turrell staying as leader of the council,^[5] after holding her seat in Mile End at the election.^[3]^[4]

Colchester Borough Council Election, 2011^[1]^[6]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	0	0	0	45.0	36.5	15,806	-1.1%
	Liberal Democrat	7	0	0	0	35.0	27,5	11,890	-12.4%
	Labour	3	0	0	0	15.0	21.9	9,487	+8.9%
	Independent	1	0	0	0	5.0	6.1	2,649	+2.2%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	7.6	3,280	+2.2%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	171	+0.4%

Ward results

Berechurch^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Harris	1,565	64.6	+32.1
	Conservative	Andrew Bright	450	18.6	-5.2
	Liberal Democrat	Bruno Hickman	334	13.8	-26.9
	Green	Maria Iacovou	73	3.0	+0.0
Majority			1,115	46.0
Turnout			2,422	38.3	-20.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Birch & Winstree^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Andrew Ellis	1,430	68.7	+5.8
	Labour	James Spencer	282	13.5	+2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Gillian Collins	234	11.2	-9.9
	Green	Tobie Glenny	136	6.5	+1.7
Majority			1,148	55.1	+13.3
Turnout			2,082	47.1	-25.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Barlow	1,113	40.1	-1.7
	Green	Peter Lynn	715	25.7	+4.2
	Conservative	Bruce Halling	583	21.0	-5.2
	Labour	Luke Dopson	368	13.2	+2.6
Majority			398	14.3	-1.3
Turnout			2,779	39.5	-19.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Christ Church^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Hunt	739	43.0	-8.6
	Conservative	Roger Buston	569	33.1	+2.7
	Green	Clare Palmer	213	12.4	+2.8
	Labour	Tyron Wilson	196	11.4	+2.9
Majority			170	9.9	-11.3
Turnout			1,717	53.2	-20.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Copford & West Stanway^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jacqueline Maclean	465	66.7	-2.4
	Labour	John Spademan	95	13.6	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat	Robert James	90	12.9	-1.5
	Green	David Traynier	47	6.7	-1.4
Majority			370	53.1	-1.6
Turnout			697	46.9	+8.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fordham & Stour^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Nigel Chapman	1,246	67.3	+9.9
	Labour	Elizabeth Dennis	286	15.5	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Woodward	177	9.6	-15.7
	Green	Clarice Mort	142	7.7	+1.8
Majority			960	51.9	+19.8
Turnout			1,851	45.0	-27.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Tey^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Chillingworth	703	60.7	-11.2
	UKIP	Mark Cole	171	14.8	+14.8
	Labour	Robert Fisher	114	9.8	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Rachel Goodwin	104	9.0	-2.3
	Green	Stephen Ford	67	5.8	-1.4
Majority			532	45.9	-14.7
Turnout			1,159	52.8	+10.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Highwoods^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Philip Oxford	1,519	61.4	+13.2
	Conservative	Robert Walker	413	16.7	-3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Diamond	227	9.2	-10.3
	Labour	Michael Gilheany	204	8.2	+0.0
	Green	Robert Spence	111	4.5	+2.5
Majority			1,106	44.7	+16.4
Turnout			2,474	37.0	-26.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Mile End^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Turrell	1,765	60.9	+5.0
	Conservative	Matthew Eaton	713	24.6	-8.3
	Labour	Michael Donnachie	287	9.9	+1.8
	Green	Mary Bryan	132	4.6	+1.4
Majority			1,052	36.3	+13.3
Turnout			2,897	40.7	-24.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

New Town^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Elisabeth Feltham	1,026	49.4	-9.7
	Labour	Lillie Dopson	486	23.4	+10.7
	Green	Steven McGough	294	14.1	+5.4
	Conservative	Lauren McManus	272	13.1	-6.4
Majority			540	26.0	-13.6
Turnout			2,078	34.0	-22.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Prettygate^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Quince	1,533	47.0	+0.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Loxley	1,236	37.9	-5.0
	Labour	Michael Dale	341	10.5	+3.2
	Green	Peter Appleton	152	4.7	+1.4
Majority			297	9.1	+5.4
Turnout			3,262	55.4	-18.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Andrews^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tim Young	1,288	67.6	+24.6
	Conservative	Alexander Hopkins	277	14.5	-3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Owen Bartholomew	257	13.5	-22.5
	Green	Beverley Maltby	84	4.4	+1.1
Majority			1,011	53.0	+46.0
Turnout			1,906	30.0	-17.9
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Annes^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Barrie Cook	1,074	49.9	-8.5
	Conservative	Benjamin Caine	506	23.5	-0.7
	Labour	Paul Fryer-Kelsey	418	19.4	+6.5
	Green	Lucy Glover	154	7.2	+2.8
Majority			568	26.4	-7.9
Turnout			2,152	33.3	-24.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Shrub End^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Pauline Hazell	854	39.3	+4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Butler	731	33.7	-15.1
	Labour	Bruce Tuxford	462	21.3	+8.9
	Green	Walter Schwarz	124	5.7	+2.1
Majority			123	5.7
Turnout			2,171	32.9	-22.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanway^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Lesley Scott-Boutell	1,404	50.6	+4.6
	Conservative	Bryan Johnston	866	31.2	-8.7
	Labour	David Hough	394	14.2	+3.1
	Green	Pamela Nelson	109	3.9	+0.9
Majority			538	19.4	+13.3
Turnout			2,773	43.6	-26.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tiptree^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Margaret Fairley-Crowe	1,425	58.6	+3.3
	Labour	Audrey Spencer	629	25.9	+8.0
	Liberal Democrat	Beth Gudgeon	201	8.3	-12.7
	Green	Katherine Bamforth	177	7.3	+1.5
Majority			796	32.7	-1.7
Turnout			2,432	40.4	-26.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Marcus Harrington	1,088	54.8	+8.8
	Independent	John Gili-Ross	471	23.7	+1.4
	Labour	John Wood	191	9.6	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Benjamin Richards	127	6.4	-11.8
	Green	Roger Bamforth	109	5.5	+1.4
Majority			617	31.1	+7.3
Turnout			1,986	50.1	-23.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Mersea^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Margaret Kimberley	1,596	55.2	-10.0
	Independent	David Bragg	659	22.8	+22.8
	Labour	Barbara Nichols	299	10.3	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Stevens	206	7.1	-13.2
	Green	Daisy Blench	131	4.5	-0.5
Majority			937	32.4	-12.5
Turnout			2,891	49.6	-19.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe Cross^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Cory	673	51.3	+2.9
	Labour	Ashley Rudge	303	23.1	+15.5
	Conservative	Mo Metcalf-Fisher	244	18.6	-17.5
	Green	Karl Lausen	93	7.1	-0.8
Majority			370	28.2	+15.9
Turnout			1,313	36.8	+7.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Wivenhoe Quay^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stephen Ford	1,279	57.1	+29.0
	Conservative	Mercedes Mussard	573	25.6	-11.2
	Green	Sandra Moog	217	9.7	-18.2
	Liberal Democrat	Samantha Mckay	172	7.7	+0.5
Majority			706	31.5
Turnout			2,241	53.3	+9.5
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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↑ "Local authority elections: England". The Guardian. NewsBank. 7 May 2011. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 Nelson, Alistair (6 May 2011). "Colchester: No change on Borough Council in election". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
1 2 "Colchester Council full results: No change". Daily Gazette. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
↑ Calnan, James (11 May 2011). "Coalition renews its vows with priorities". The Gazette. NewsBank. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Declaration of result of poll". Colchester Borough Council. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

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