2011 Ashfield District Council election

2011 UK local government election December 2019 December 2021 2011 Ashfield District Council election England Parliamentary no yes 2007 Ashfield District Council election 2007 2015 Ashfield District Council election 2015 All 33 seats to Ashfield District Council 17 21 May 2011 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2011 Ashfield council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independents in grey. The 2011 Ashfield District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Ashfield District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/37ub.stm England council elections BBC News Online 21 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110519015137/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/37ub.stm 19 May 2011 live Background Before the 2011 election the Liberal Democrats formed the largest group on the council and following the 2007 election had led the council.'Two-horse race' will be a battle to the end Agbonlahor Winnie 12 April 2011 Nottingham Post 13 However the Labour, independent and Conservative councillors joined together to oust the Liberal Democrats, Labour's John Knight then became the leader of the council. This lasted until the 2013 County Elections when due to a conflict with also being a Councillor at county level he stood down as leader. Since then the leader of Ashfield District Council has been Chris Baron. Before the election the Liberal Democrats had 13 councillors, compared to 10 independents, 9 Labour and 1 Conservative.Smiles say Labour has the ring of confidence Howell Dom 6 May 2011 Nottingham Post 8 Both the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties put up 33 candidates in the election, compared to 13 Conservatives, with 9 of the 13 Conservative candidates being in Hucknall, which was seen as the Conservatives best area. There were 9 seats to be contested over 4 wards in Hucknall all of which Labour returned all 9. Three days before the election the national Labour leader Ed Miliband visited Kirkby in Ashfield to campaign in the local elections. He also visited Hucknall during his Labour leadership campaign in 2010.Miliband goes in to bat for election candidates Monk Delia 3 May 2011 Nottingham Post 2 Election result The results had Labour gain 15 seats to win a majority on the council with 24 of the 33 seats.Power shift in Ashfield as Lib Dems left to lick their wounds Henesey Bryan 7 May 2011 Nottingham Post 3 Both the independents and Liberal Democrats lost 7 seats, to fall to 3 and 6 seats respectively. Meanwhile, the only Conservative councillor, John Dymock, lost his seat in Hucknall North. Overall turnout in the election was slightly under 39%. Ashfield local election result 2011http://www.ashfield-dc.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/council--government-and-democracy/elections/ Elections Ashfield District Council 21 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110613202615/http://www.ashfield-dc.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/council--government-and-democracy/elections/ 13 June 2011 deadLocal authority elections: England 7 May 2011 The Guardian 30 Labour Party (UK) 24 15 0 +15 72.7 45.3 34,030 +16.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) 6 0 7 -7 18.2 25.6 19,234 +0.3 Independent politician 3 0 7 -7 9.1 15.9 11,982 -11.8 Conservative Party (UK) 0 0 1 -1 0.0 11.2 8,389 -1.4 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.9 672 -1.1 English Democrats 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.8 600 +0.7 UK Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 225 -0.2 |} Ward results Hucknall Central Hucknall Central (2 seats)http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Local-election-results-Ashfield/article-3530932-detail/article.html https://archive.today/20130505072720/http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Local-election-results-Ashfield/article-3530932-detail/article.html dead 5 May 2013 Local election results: Ashfield Nottingham Post 21 May 2011 Labour Party (UK) Trevor Locke (E) 1,281 30.3 Labour Party (UK) Lachlan Morrison (E) 1,161 27.5 Conservative Party (UK) Benjamin Marshall 763 18.1 Conservative Party (UK) Steven Sadler 694 16.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Adam Braddow 184 4.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Karen Day 142 3.4 4,225 40.4 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Hucknall East Hucknall East (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) Keir Morrison (E) 928 22.8 Labour Party (UK) Dave Shaw (E) 882 21.7 Conservative Party (UK) Trevor Peat 690 17.0 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Smith 616 15.2 Independent (politician) Richard Darrington 403 9.9 Independent (politician) Robert Rankin 309 7.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicole Knight 151 3.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Moore 85 2.1 4,064 36.7 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Hucknall North Hucknall North (2 Seats) Labour Party (UK) John Wilmott (E) 1,075 25.1 Labour Party (UK) Ian Morrison (E) 1,012 23.7 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Copley 682 15.9 Conservative Party (UK) John Dymock 643 15.0 Independent politician Bob Gow 289 6.8 UK Independence Party Ron Nixon 225 5.3 Green Party of England and Wales Lisa-Jane Brown 163 3.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Paylor 101 2.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicola Ellis 90 2.1 4,280 43.2 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Hucknall West Hucknall West (3 Seats) Labour Party (UK) Chris Baron (E) 1,277 16.0 Labour Party (UK) Ken Knight (E) 1,198 15.0 Labour Party (UK) Jim Grundy (E) 1,169 14.7 Conservative Party (UK) Kevin Rostance 1,013 12.7 Conservative Party (UK) Mick Murphy 918 11.5 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Arnold 795 10.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Harry Toseland 450 5.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jean Toseland 420 5.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kenneth Cotham 373 4.7 Independent (politician) Alan Davies 351 4.4 7,964 39.3 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Jacksdale Jacksdale (1 Seat) Labour Party (UK) Liz Mays (E) 412 41.4 -5.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Benjamin Rathe 329 33.0 +33.0 Selston Area Independents Putting People First Diane Butler 255 25.6 -3.6 996 39.9 Labour Party (UK) Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central (2 Seats) Labour Party (UK) Cheryl Butler (E) 1,101 24.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rachel Madden (E) 972 21.3 Labour Party (UK) Adam Mohammed 932 20.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Austin Rathe 763 16.7 Independent (politician) Tony Brown 370 8.1 Independent (politician) Terry Coleman 163 3.6 Green Party of England and Wales Mark Harrison 134 2.9 Green Party of England and Wales David Lowe 128 2.8 4,563 47.0 Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Liberal Democrats (UK) Kirkby-in-Ashfield East Kirkby-in-Ashfield East (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) Linford Gibbons (E) 661 22.0 Labour Party (UK) Warren Nuttall (E) 626 20.8 Independent (politician) Wendy Harvey 538 17.9 Independent (politician) Pat Simms 414 13.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Linda Mullaney 407 13.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rebecca Mullaney 361 12.0 3,007 34.5 Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Labour Party (UK) Kirkby-in-Ashfield West Kirkby-in-Ashfield West (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) John Knight (E) 901 27.9 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Davidson (E) 781 24.2 Independent (politician) John Baird 712 22.1 Independent (politician) Karen Black 442 13.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sadie Kime 200 6.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kelly Hurst 197 6.1 3,233 35.3 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Selston Selston (2 seats) Selston Area Independents Putting People First Gail Turner (E) 1,678 41.1 Selston Area Independents Putting People First Sam Wilson (E) 1,463 35.8 Labour Party (UK) Natalie Fleet 380 9.3 Labour Party (UK) Pete Spencer 347 8.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Zadrozny 124 3.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicola Gunton-Day 95 2.3 4,087 43.3 Independent (politician) Independent (politician) Sutton-In-Ashfield Central Sutton-In-Ashfield Central (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Mick Coppin (E) 1,583 22.0 Labour Party (UK) Tim Brown (E) 1,425 19.8 Labour Party (UK) David Kirkham (E) 1,281 17.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michelle Gent 831 11.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kirsty Evans 805 11.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Trevor Gent 705 9.8 Independent (politician) Dale Gratton 583 8.1 7,213 34.7 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Sutton-In-Ashfield East Sutton-In-Ashfield East (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Steven Carroll (E) 1,443 17.0 Labour Party (UK) May Barsby (E) 1,335 16.1 Labour Party (UK) Kier Barsby (E) 1,275 15.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Craig Day 981 11.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Wakefield 934 11.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Gibson 928 11.2 The Sutton Independent Group Mick Parker 722 8.7 Independent (politician) Tony Wallis 667 8.1 8,285 36.3 Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Sutton-In-Ashfield North Sutton-In-Ashfield North (3 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) Jason Zadrozny (E) 1,574 17.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ann Patrick (E) 1,398 15.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas Hollis (E) 1,377 15.0 Labour Party (UK) Scott Darrington 1,303 14.2 Labour Party (UK) Trish Phillips 1,214 13.2 Labour Party (UK) Kevin Ball 1,184 12.9 Conservative Party (UK) John Baker 478 5.2 Conservative Party (UK) Sylvia Baker 433 4.7 Green Party of England and Wales Fiona Keen 247 2.7 9,208 41.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Sutton-In-Ashfield West Sutton-In-Ashfield West (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Glenys Maxwell (E) 1,215 14.5 Labour Party (UK) Terry Keetley (E) 1,197 14.3 Independent (politician) Ray Buttery (E) 1,167 13.9 Labour Party (UK) Paul Roberts 1,120 13.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Fiona Asbury 788 9.4 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Saxelby 664 7.9 Independent (politician) Anna Wilson 645 7.7 Independent (politician) Mark Beagley 560 6.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Scott Asbury 551 6.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sam Hayward-Vernon 483 5.8 8,390 37.3 Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Independent (politician) Underwood Underwood (1 seat) Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Sears-Piccavey 497 48.3 -0.2 Labour Party (UK) Steve Mays 282 27.4 +8.8 Selston Area Independents Putting People First Bob Green 251 24.4 +14.6 1,030 44.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Woodhouse Woodhouse (2) Labour Party (UK) Don Davis (E) 1,081 23.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Helen Smith (E) 995 21.7 Labour Party (UK) Charlotte Watson 968 21.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Tony Theaker 943 20.6 English Democrats Tony Ellis 371 8.1 English Democrats Carole Terzza 229 5.0 4,587 42.4 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) References Ashfield 2011 Category:2010s in 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