2011 Cannock Chase District Council election

2011 UK local government election December 2023 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2011 Cannock Chase District Council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Elections to Cannock Chase District Council took place on 5 May 2011 on the same day as other local elections in England and the Alternative Vote referendum.https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2011/323/ District Election Results 2011 18 August 2016 Local Elections Archive Project (Andrew Teale) A total of 15 councillors were elected from all of the council's wards as a third of the council was up for election. The Labour Party was aiming to supplant the Liberal Democrats as the largest party on the council. The Conservatives were aiming to build on modest gains made in 2010, particularly from the Liberal Democrats around Rugeley. The result had the potential to have a significant impact on the dominance of the Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition on the council. Following the election, Labour emerged as the largest party on the council, albeit short of the 21 seats required for an overall majority. They gained two seats, one from the Conservatives and another from the Liberal Democrats. They also successfully held on to their seats won at the 2007 election and went on to form a minority administration following the election. The Conservatives came a fairly close second in terms of vote share but won less than half the number of seats that Labour did. Despite losing a seat to Labour in Hednesford, they still managed a net gain of one seat thanks to them winning two seats from the Liberal Democrats in Rawnsley and Rugeley. The Liberal Democrats had won five wards when these seats were last contested and were the largest party on the council with 17 seats. However, their three-seat loss, combined with councillors who had defected to them not standing for re-election, meant that the Liberal Democrats slipped to being the third largest party with 11 seats. Also standing was one candidate from the British National Party and two candidates from The Chase Independent Party; none of these candidates were successful and so there remained only three parties represented on the council. Election result Cannock Chase District Council election, 2011 Labour Party (UK) 9 2 0 2 60.0 41.6 10,269 4.9 Conservative Party (UK) 4 2 1 1 26.7 38.4 9,475 3.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 0 3 3 13.3 18.2 4,486 5.3 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.1 269 N/A British National Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.7 167 1.3 Council Composition Prior to the election, the composition of the council was: + ↓ 17 14 10 Lib Dem Labour Conservative After the election, the composition of the council was: + ↓ 17 13 11 Labour Conservative Lib Dem Ward results Vote share changes are based on the results achieved by parties in 2007 when these seats were last contested. Brereton and Ravenhill Brereton and Ravenhill Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Fisher 705 41.4 11.2 Labour Party (UK) Brian Bottomer 601 35.3 8.7 Conservative Party (UK) Andie Wilkinson 396 23.3 1.5 104 6.1 19.9 1,702 33.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) 10.0 Cannock East Cannock East Labour Party (UK) Janos Toth 1,059 60.5 2.7 Conservative Party (UK) Claire Wixon 691 39.5 8.7 368 21.0 6.0 1,750 31.6 Labour Party (UK) 3.0 Cannock North Cannock North Labour Party (UK) Dennis Dixon 1,057 66.8 2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Jim Bowater 359 22.7 2.9 British National Party William Vaughan 167 10.5 N/A 698 44.1 0.6 1,583 29.2 Labour Party (UK) 0.3 Cannock South Cannock South Labour Party (UK) John Kraujalis 947 53.3 2.9 Conservative Party (UK) Amanda-Jane Holmes 608 34.2 0.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Phil Freeman 223 12.5 5.6 339 19.1 2.7 1,778 31.0 Labour Party (UK) 1.4 Cannock West Cannock West Conservative Party (UK) Paul Snape 1,411 58.9 3.0 Labour Party (UK) William Lintern 748 31.2 3.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Wayne Goodwin 235 9.8 0.7 663 27.7 6.6 2,394 42.1 Conservative Party (UK) 3.3 Etching Hill and The Heath Etching Hill and The Heath Liberal Democrats (UK) Ray Jones 817 50.6 0.3 Conservative Party (UK) Justin Johnson 799 49.4 17.2 18 1.2 16.9 1,616 32.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) 8.5 Hagley Hagley Labour Party (UK) Gordon Brown 493 44.9 15.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Neil Stanley 358 32.6 23.5 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Emery 248 22.6 7.7 135 12.3 N/A 1,099 32.3 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 19.3 Hawks Green Hawks Green Conservative Party (UK) John Bernard 818 49.9 4.3 Labour Party (UK) John Preece 534 32.6 8.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Keith Bennett 288 17.6 5.7 284 17.3 3.7 1,640 29.0 Conservative Party (UK) 1.9 Heath Hayes East and Wimblebury Heath Hayes East and Wimblebury Labour Party (UK) Alison Spicer 676 42.1 1.7 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Dean 601 37.4 1.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Chris Collis 330 20.5 0.6 75 4.7 2.9 1,607 32.3 Labour Party (UK) 1.5 Hednesford Green Heath Hednesford Green Heath Labour Party (UK) Bob Todd 580 44.3 8.0 Conservative Party (UK) Lisa Pearce 443 33.8 8.7 Independent (politician) Ron Turville 161 12.3 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Darrell Mawle 126 9.6 11.6 137 10.5 N/A 1,310 33.4 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 8.4 Hednesford North Hednesford North Labour Party (UK) Doris Grice 994 58.5 12.4 Conservative Party (UK) Chris Anslow 526 31.0 5.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Buckle 178 10.5 7.1 468 27.5 17.8 1,698 30.8 Labour Party (UK) 8.9 Hednesford South Hednesford South Labour Party (UK) Gordon Ball 621 43.7 1.9 Conservative Party (UK) Wayne Pearce 446 31.4 3.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Wendy Yates 247 17.4 4.0 Independent (politician) Ann Turville 108 7.6 5.5 175 12.3 5.4 1,422 33.7 Labour Party (UK) 2.7 Norton Canes Norton Canes Labour Party (UK) Michael Holder 961 49.7 14.3 Conservative Party (UK) June Davies 905 46.8 12.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ken Ansell 67 3.5 N/A 56 2.9 1.4 1,933 33.6 Labour Party (UK) 0.7 Rawnsley Rawnsley Conservative Party (UK) Jodie Jones 593 39.2 3.3 Labour Party (UK) Brian Gamble 560 37.0 10.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Pat Ansell 361 23.8 13.5 33 2.2 N/A 1,514 39.5 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 8.4 Western Springs Western Springs Conservative Party (UK) Anne Allt 631 39.0 7.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bob Meaden 551 34.0 10.9 Labour Party (UK) David Marsden 438 27.0 3.7 80 5.0 N/A 1,620 31.9 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 9.1 References Cannock Chase 2011 Category:2010s in Staffordshire