2011 West Somerset District Council election

2011 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2011 West Somerset District Council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey and Labour in red. The 2011 West Somerset District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of West Somerset District Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2007 reducing the number of seats by 3.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/40uf.stm England council elections 10 May 2011 BBC News 27 November 2011 The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from Independents. Background Before the election Conservative Tim Taylor was the leader of the council in an alliance with Independents.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-13280165 Somerset Conservatives celebrate election results 6 May 2011 BBC News 27 November 2011 Since the 2007 election boundary changes reduced the number of seats on the council from 31 to 28.http://www.west-somerset-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=16413 West Somerset Council election results 6 May 2011 West Somerset Free Press 27 November 2011 A total of 63 candidates stood at the election for the 28 seats on the council.http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/8963607.FULL_list_of_West_Somerset_election_candidates/ Full list of West Somerset election candidates 8 April 2011 Somerset County Gazette 27 November 2011 These included 15 sitting councillors and a record 12 Green Party candidates, a party that had not contested any seats in West Somerset in 2007.https://www.ft.com/content/981b282e-7035-11e0-bea7-00144feabdc0 Somerset Greens energised by fallout from Japan Blair David 26 April 2011 Financial Times 27 November 2011 This was compared to only 4 Labour Party and 2 Liberal Democrat candidates, with the number of Green candidates being put down to the proposal for a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point. One seat, Greater Exmoor, only had one candidate, Conservative Steven Pugsley, so he was elected without opposition. Election result The Conservatives took control of the council with 19 councillors after gaining 6 seats.http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Tories-surge-council-victories/story-11429921-detail/story.html https://archive.today/20130421112224/http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Tories-surge-council-victories/story-11429921-detail/story.html dead 21 April 2013 Tories take control of three West councils as voters reject AV system in referendum 7 May 2011 this is Cornwall 27 November 2011 This was mainly at the expense of Independents who dropped 9 seats, with only 7 independents being elected. The independent losses included the defeat of councillors Sandra Slade and Paul Tipney in Minehead South and Quantock Vale respectively. The Labour Party gained a seat to move to 2 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats lost their only seat on the council and the Greens failed to win any seats. West Somerset local election result 2011http://www.westsomersetonline.gov.uk/District-Election-Results-2011 District Election Results 2011 West Somerset Council 27 November 2011 Conservative Party (UK) 19 +6 67.9 47.4 10,486 +4.4% Independent (politician) 7 -9 25.0 32.4 7,169 -15.6% Labour Party (UK) 2 +1 7.1 7.0 1,548 +1.6% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 11.1 2,449 +11.1% Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 -1 0 2.2 479 -1.4% Ward results Alcombe (2) Independent (politician) Ian Melhuish 409 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Grierson 357 Labour Party (UK) Andy Lewis 280 Green Party of England and Wales Venetia Moore 200 1,246 33.6 Brendon Hills Conservative Party (UK) Keith Turner 456 74.3 Independent (politician) Nick Moore 158 25.7 298 48.6 614 51.6 Carhampton & Withycombe Conservative Party (UK) Timothy Taylor 382 66.3 Independent (politician) William Butcher 194 33.7 188 32.6 576 51.0 Crowcombe & Stogumber Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Trollope-Bellew 373 54.8 Independent (politician) Roy Harbour 178 26.1 Green Party of England and Wales Jamie Robertson 130 19.1 195 28.7 681 53.4 Dulverton & District (2) Independent (politician) Keith Ross 736 Conservative Party (UK) Bruce Heywood 543 Independent (politician) David Lungley 450 Conservative Party (UK) Kathy Smith 434 2,163 51.3 Dunster & Timberscombe Conservative Party (UK) Alec Chick 336 57.9 Green Party of England and Wales Nicky Gibbard 166 28.6 Independent (politician) Gary Miele 78 13.4 170 29.3 580 47.5 Greater Exmoor Conservative Party (UK) Steven Pugsley unopposed Minehead Central (3) Independent (politician) Andrew Hadley 588 Conservative Party (UK) Mandy Chilcott 543 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Lillis 349 Independent (politician) Stephen Grice 302 Labour Party (UK) Lesley Culverhouse 298 Independent (politician) Ernest Taylor 247 Independent (politician) John Clyde-Smith 146 Green Party of England and Wales Cait Collins 137 Green Party of England and Wales Simon Gibbard 127 2,737 32.4 Minehead North (2) Independent (politician) David Ross 471 Conservative Party (UK) David Sanders 448 Independent (politician) Steve Pickard 220 Green Party of England and Wales Katy Attwater 218 1,357 29.4 Minehead South (2) Conservative Party (UK) Les Smith 520 Labour Party (UK) Maureen Smith 520 Conservative Party (UK) Tristan Tonks 365 Independent (politician) Sandra Slade 335 Green Party of England and Wales David Taylor 259 1,999 41.3 Old Cleeve (2) Conservative Party (UK) Kate Kravis 523 Conservative Party (UK) Martin Dewdney 423 Green Party of England and Wales Jude Johnson-Smith 304 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Galloway 219 Green Party of England and Wales David Latimer 178 1,647 46.0 Porlock & District (2) Conservative Party (UK) Karen Mills 683 Independent (politician) Jon Freeman 591 Conservative Party (UK) Nick Messarra 414 1,688 47.7 Quantock Vale (2) Conservative Party (UK) Chris Morgan 521 Conservative Party (UK) Sue Goss 442 Independent (politician) Paul Tipney 434 1,397 45.1 Watchet (3) Conservative Party (UK) David Westcott 669 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Knight 637 Labour Party (UK) Peter Murphy 450 Conservative Party (UK) Ann Snelling 327 Green Party of England and Wales Izzy Silvester 297 Independent (politician) Loretta Whetlor 269 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Bowden 260 Green Party of England and Wales Bruce Scott 259 Independent (politician) John Richards 238 3,406 38.5 West Quantock Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Dowding 417 70.6 Green Party of England and Wales Miriam Robertson 174 29.4 243 41.2 591 53.8 Williton (2) Independent (politician) Hugh Davies 700 Independent (politician) Edwin May 425 Conservative Party (UK) Rosemary Woods 324 1,449 39.5 References West Somerset 2011 Category:2010s in Somerset