2011 North Somerset Council election

2011 UK local government election April 2023 November 2013 2011 North Somerset Council election parliamentary no 2011 05 05 y 2007 North Somerset Council election 2007 2015 North Somerset Council election 2015 All 61 seats to North Somerset Council 31 Con Conservative Party (UK) 46 seats, 44.4% 42 4 58,442 44.4% 3.8% Ind Independent politician 6 seats, 6.9% 7 1 18,071 13.7% 6.8% LD Liberal Democrats (UK) 5 seats, 29.2% 6 2 24,553 18.7% 10.5% Lab Labour Party (UK) 5 seats, 20.3% 5 2 26,642 20.3% 6.8% Grn Green Party of England and Wales 1 seat, 1.2% 1 - 2,620 1.6% 0.4% File:North Somerset Council Election Map 2011.svg Map of the results of the 2011 North Somerset council election. Conservatives in blue, independent in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Green Party in green. Council control Council control after election Conservative Conservative The 2011 North Somerset Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of North Somerset Unitary Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/hc.stm England council elections BBC News 20 August 2011 Background At the last election in 2007 the Conservatives gained control of the council with 46 seats.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/hc.stm North Somerset BBC News 20 August 2011 This was compared to 6 independents, 5 Liberal Democrats, 3 Labour and 1 Green Party councillors. In February 2011 Liberal Democrat councillor for Nailsea East Andy Cole said he would be standing in the election as an independent.http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/liberal_democrat_councillor_turns_independent_1_802378 Liberal Democrat councillor turns independent Angear Vicky 15 February 2011 Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury 20 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110217035109/http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/liberal_democrat_councillor_turns_independent_1_802378 17 February 2011 dead Cole was one of a total of 182 candidates who stood in the election for the 61 seats on the council.http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/election_north_somerset_council_candidates_unveiled_1_854989 Election: North Somerset Council candidates unveiled 5 April 2011 Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury 20 August 2011 These were 58 Conservatives, 53 Labour, 42 Liberal Democrats, 20 independents, 5 Green Party, 3 United Kingdom Independence Party and 1 from the All The South Party. The most candidates were in Weston-super-Mare West ward, where 12 people contested the seats. The Conservative administration of the previous 4 years was attacked over the cost moving the council offices to Castlewood in Clevedon and over the refurbishment of the town hall in Weston-super-Mare.http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Tory-fortress-threatened-broad-coalition-opponents/story-11305113-detail/story.html Tory fortress would only be threatened by broad coalition of opponents 7 April 2011 this is Bristol 20 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120924143329/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Tory-fortress-threatened-broad-coalition-opponents/story-11305113-detail/story.html 24 September 2012 dead However the Conservatives said they had been able to make savings and therefore not had to make as big cuts as other councils.http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Tories-grip-power/story-11282980-detail/story.html Conservatives keep grip on power on North Somerset Council 7 May 2011 This is Bristol 20 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110817192810/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Tories-grip-power/story-11282980-detail/story.html 17 August 2011 dead Election result The results saw the Conservatives remain in control of the council after winning 42 of the 61 seats. Independents won 7 seats, the Liberal Democrats 6, Labour 5 and the Green Party 1 seat. The Liberal Democrats took 2 seats from the Conservatives in Weston-super-Mare Central and 3 seats from them in Weston-super-Mare West,http://www.clevedonpeople.co.uk/groups/north-somerset-council/Clevedon-votes-stick-Tories-District-Councillors/story-11089835-detail/story.html Clevedon votes to stick with the Tories: District Councillors election results 6 May 2011 Clevedon People 20 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120330235710/http://www.clevedonpeople.co.uk/groups/north-somerset-council/Clevedon-votes-stick-Tories-District-Councillors/story-11089835-detail/story.html 30 March 2012 usurped but lost 3 seats back to the Conservatives in Weston-super-Mare South Worle. Meanwhile, Labour also gained 2 seats from the Conservatives in Weston-super-Mare East. Long time councillor and independent Nan Kirsen lost her seat in Pill to another independent Don Davies, standing for the Sustainable Pill and District Party, by 17 votes, while Andy Cole won his seat in Nailsea East as an independent after leaving the Liberal Democrats. North Somerset local election result 2011http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5FA174DC-3DFF-4693-B0E3-A98DC7094FF1/0/ElectionsDistrictNoticesOfResultsOfPollMay11.pdf Declaration of result of poll North Somerset Council 20 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120323030752/http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5FA174DC-3DFF-4693-B0E3-A98DC7094FF1/0/ElectionsDistrictNoticesOfResultsOfPollMay11.pdf 23 March 2012 deadhttp://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/457F7596-8597-4DE1-A6F8-9882D617CDEC/0/ElectionsDistrictSummaryOfResultOfPollMay11.pdf Summary: District council election results 2011 North Somerset Council 20 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120323030844/http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/457F7596-8597-4DE1-A6F8-9882D617CDEC/0/ElectionsDistrictSummaryOfResultOfPollMay11.pdf 23 March 2012 dead Conservative Party (UK) 42 3 7 -4 68.9 44.4 58,442 -3.8% Independent (politician) 7 1 0 +1 11.5 13.7 18,017 +6.8% Liberal Democrats (UK) 6 5 4 +1 9.8 18.7 24,553 -10.5% Labour Party (UK) 5 2 0 +2 8.2 20.3 26,645 +6.8% Green Party of England and Wales 1 0 0 0 1.6 2.0 2,620 +0.4% United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 1,109 +0.1% All The South Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 137 +0.1% Ward results Backwell (2) Independent (politician) Karen Barclay 1,603 40.2% Independent (politician) Thomas Collinson 1,602 40.2% Conservative Party (UK) Peter Burden 778 19.5% 3,983 51.5 +6.4 Independent (politician) Independent (politician) Banwell & Winscombe (3) Conservative Party (UK) Ann Harley 2,055 63.9% Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Lake 1,914 57.3% Conservative Party (UK) Timothy Marter 1,765 54.9% Green Party of England and Wales Cresten Boase 936 29.4% Labour Party (UK) Stanley Banks 637 19.8% Liberal Democrats (UK) David Gilbert 628 19.5% Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Pike 590 18.3% Labour Party (UK) Barry Edwards 554 17.2% Labour Party (UK) Georgina Edwards 549 17.1% 9,628 44.4 +6.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Blagdon & Churchill Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Wells 1,094 71.0 +5.9 Labour Party (UK) Mark Burgess 446 29.0 +22.1 648 42.1 +5.0 1,540 50.7 +6.1 Conservative Party (UK) Clevedon Central Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Pennycott 445 43.2 -1.9 Labour Party (UK) Stuart Hale 403 39.2 +15.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bronno Vanderholt 181 17.6 -13.4 42 4.1 -10.1 1,029 41.8 +8.3 Conservative Party (UK) Clevedon East Independent (politician) David Shopland 622 52.2 -8.2 Conservative Party (UK) Jon Middleton 338 28.4 +3.3 Labour Party (UK) Nicholas Green 232 19.5 +5.0 284 23.8 -11.6 1,192 45.8 +10.7 Independent (politician) Clevedon North Conservative Party (UK) Robert Garner 733 68.5 +23.2 Labour Party (UK) Joseph Norman 337 31.5 +31.5 396 37.0 +32.3 1,070 50.0 +7.5 Conservative Party (UK) Clevedon South Conservative Party (UK) Linda Knott 499 50.7 +11.7 Labour Party (UK) Alan Cotton 485 49.3 +13.9 14 1.4 -2.2 984 40.5 +4.9 Conservative Party (UK) Clevedon Walton Conservative Party (UK) John Norton-Sealey 917 65.7 +1.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jack Dagnall 245 17.6 -17.8 Labour Party (UK) Martin Hime 233 16.7 +16.7 672 48.2 +19.0 1,395 60.8 +9.3 Conservative Party (UK) Clevedon West Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Blades 558 46.3 -8.4 Independent (politician) Trevor Morgan 342 28.4 +28.4 Labour Party (UK) Ivy Cameron 304 25.2 -20.1 216 17.9 +8.6 1,204 49.3 +5.7 Conservative Party (UK) Clevedon Yeo Conservative Party (UK) Colin Hall 550 55.6 -2.5 Labour Party (UK) Alistair Lindsay 290 29.3 -12.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Masding 149 15.1 +15.1 260 26.3 +10.2 989 40.2 +9.4 Conservative Party (UK) Congresbury Green Party of England and Wales Thomas Leimdorfer 825 58.1 -7.2 Conservative Party (UK) Samantha Pepperall 418 29.4 -2.5 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Wontner-Smith 121 8.5 +8.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) June How 56 3.9 +3.9 407 28.7 -4.7 1,420 51.7 +5.0 Green Party of England and Wales Easton-in-Gordano Conservative Party (UK) Carl Francis-Pester 729 61.4 -10.9 Independent (politician) Madeline Bickle 459 38.6 +38.6 270 22.7 -22.0 1,188 54.2 +9.4 Conservative Party (UK) Gordano Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Ashton 1,093 67.8 -8.5 Labour Party (UK) Terry Lester 276 17.1 +17.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Daisy Bickley 243 15.1 -8.6 817 50.7 -2.0 1,612 50.0 +3.0 Conservative Party (UK) Hutton & Locking (2) Conservative Party (UK) Terence Porter 1,544 65.9% Conservative Party (UK) Elfan Ap Rees 1,370 58.4% Labour Party (UK) Anthony Probert 495 21.1% Liberal Democrats (UK) Glyn Hayes 476 20.3% Labour Party (UK) Timothy Taylor 424 18.1% Liberal Democrats (UK) Hamish Macdonald Fraser 375 16.0% 4,684 46.3 +6.8 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Kewstoke Conservative Party (UK) Ian Porter 733 60.5 -2.7 Labour Party (UK) Susan Popperwell 274 22.6 +13.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jeffrey Alen 204 16.8 -11.1 459 37.9 +2.6 1,211 45.9 +8.3 Conservative Party (UK) Nailsea East (2) Independent (politician) Andrew Cole 1,705 61.4% Conservative Party (UK) Angela Barber 1,328 47.8% Independent (politician) Susan Cole 1,269 45.7% Conservative Party (UK) Anita Heappey 864 31.1% Labour Party (UK) John Loosley 210 7.5% Labour Party (UK) Patricia Loosley 177 6.3% 5,553 55.7 +11.1 Independent (politician) Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Nailsea North and West (3) Conservative Party (UK) Jeremy Blatchford 1,537 47.0% Conservative Party (UK) Teresa Kemp 1,415 43.3% Conservative Party (UK) Mary Blatchford 1,360 41.6% Independent (politician) Alan Clarke 1,107 33.8% Independent (politician) Julia Latta 1,069 32.7% Liberal Democrats (UK) Robin Bell 1,058 32.3% Labour Party (UK) Terence Connell 857 26.2% Independent (politician) Suzanne Osborne 566 17.3% Labour Party (UK) Gaile Blake 493 15.1% Labour Party (UK) Stephen Varney 353 10.7% 9,815 49.9 +11.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Pill Independent (politician) Donald Davies 603 50.7 +50.7 Independent (politician) Nanette Kirsen 586 49.3 -30.6 17 1.4 -58.5 1,189 43.4 +5.4 Independent (politician) Portishead Central Conservative Party (UK) Reyna Knight 675 56.6 +18.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Clark 518 43.4 +13.6 157 13.2 +4.6 1,193 54.7 +20.1 Conservative Party (UK) Portishead Coast Conservative Party (UK) David Pasley 854 68.6 +3.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Evelyn Elworthy 391 31.4 +5.9 463 37.2 -2.4 1,245 54.7 +5.3 Conservative Party (UK) Portishead East Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Terry 904 50.4 -6.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jean Lord 430 24.0 -5.4 Labour Party (UK) Abigail Fuller-Gardener 321 17.9 +3.8 Independent (politician) Roger Whitfield 139 7.7 +7.7 474 26.4 -0.7 1,794 42.6 +5.0 Conservative Party (UK) Portishead Redcliffe Bay Conservative Party (UK) Felicity Baker 799 60.8 +8.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Colin Howells 515 39.2 -4.1 284 21.6 +12.8 1,314 51.0 +1.2 Conservative Party (UK) Portishead South & North Weston Conservative Party (UK) Alan McMurray 604 55.4 -4.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicholas Doddrell 279 25.6 -14.6 Labour Party (UK) Paul Dunn 208 19.1 +19.1 325 29.8 +10.1 1,091 46.0 +7.5 Conservative Party (UK) Portishead West Conservative Party (UK) David Jolley 728 58.1 -5.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Susan Mason 323 25.8 -3.5 Labour Party (UK) Kirsty Gardener 201 16.1 +9.2 405 32.3 -2.3 1,252 49.1 +4.0 Conservative Party (UK) Weston-super-Mare Central (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Mike Bell 632 48.1% Liberal Democrats (UK) Claire Kingsbury-Bell 521 39.7% Conservative Party (UK) Michael Kellaway-Marriott 431 32.9% Conservative Party (UK) Keith Morris 383 29.2% Labour Party (UK) David Drinkwater 228 17.4% Green Party of England and Wales Elisabeth Roberts 225 17.1% Labour Party (UK) Frederick Roberts 205 15.6% 2,625 37.5 +4.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Weston-super-Mare Clarence & Uphill (3) Conservative Party (UK) David Poole 1,372 53.1% Conservative Party (UK) Clive Webb 1,333 51.6% Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Bryant 1,271 49.2% Independent (politician) John Ley-Morgan 1,172 45.4% Liberal Democrats (UK) Jennifer Bindon 560 21.7% Labour Party (UK) Bryan Trotter 534 20.7% Labour Party (UK) Josephine Bateman 533 20.6% Labour Party (UK) June Parker 523 20.2% Liberal Democrats (UK) Amanda Brading 453 17.5% 7,753 45.7 +5.2 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Weston-super-Mare East (3) Labour Party (UK) Richard Tucker 1,319 42.8% Labour Party (UK) Catherine Gibbons-Antonopoulos 1,279 41.5% Conservative Party (UK) Dawn Payne 1,214 39.4% Conservative Party (UK) William Collins 1,211 39.3% Labour Party (UK) Michael Lyall 1,204 39.1% Conservative Party (UK) David Power 1,108 36.0% Liberal Democrats (UK) David Cordingley 676 22.0% Liberal Democrats (UK) John Harrison 620 20.1% Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Johnston 607 19.7% 9,238 35.3 +3.8 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Weston-super-Mare Milton & Old Worle (3) Conservative Party (UK) Rosslyn Willis 1,501 48.2% Conservative Party (UK) Lisa Pilgrim 1,448 46.5% Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Fudge 1,383 44.4% Liberal Democrats (UK) Jennifer Gosden 872 28.0% Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Bowering 768 24.7% Labour Party (UK) Monish Kelly 673 21.6% Liberal Democrats (UK) Norman Sycamore 673 21.6% Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Swan 632 20.3% Labour Party (UK) Michael O'Regan 568 18.3% United Kingdom Independence Party Steven Pearse-Danker 430 13.8% United Kingdom Independence Party Louis Rostill 386 12.4% 9,334 47.5 +5.7 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Weston-super-Mare North Worle (3) Conservative Party (UK) Philip Judd 1,293 54.0% Conservative Party (UK) Marcia Pepperall 1,183 49.4% Conservative Party (UK) Sonia Russe 1,101 46.0% Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Hardaway 686 28.6% Liberal Democrats (UK) Ronald Moon 671 28.0% Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Skinner 609 25.4% Labour Party (UK) Jacqueline Scholes 600 25.0% Labour Party (UK) Darius Foster 596 24.9% Labour Party (UK) Andrew Hughes 449 18.7% 7,188 38.2 +11.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Weston-super-Mare South (3) Labour Party (UK) Ian Parker 1,190 62.3% Labour Party (UK) Robert Bateman 1,146 60.0% Labour Party (UK) Deborah Stone 1,090 57.0% Conservative Party (UK) Sidney Carter 489 25.6% Conservative Party (UK) John Butler 432 22.6% Conservative Party (UK) Francis Drake 372 19.5% Liberal Democrats (UK) Gillian Ashworth 312 16.3% Liberal Democrats (UK) William Dawson 275 14.4% Liberal Democrats (UK) Amanda Wilkinson 273 14.3% Independent (politician) John Hopkins 154 8.1% 5,733 29.9 +2.5 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Weston-super-Mare South Worle (3) Conservative Party (UK) Peter Crew 1,058 41.5% Conservative Party (UK) David Hitchins 985 38.7% Conservative Party (UK) Robert Cleland 957 37.6% Liberal Democrats (UK) Guljinder Hayer 908 35.6% Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Howell 781 30.7% Liberal Democrats (UK) Edward Keating 763 29.9% Labour Party (UK) David Dash 762 29.9% Labour Party (UK) Derek Kraft 738 28.9% Labour Party (UK) Simon Stokes 691 27.1% 7,643 38.1 +10.3 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Weston-super-Mare West (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Canniford 1,335 49.5% Liberal Democrats (UK) John Crockford-Hawley 1,234 45.8% Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Payne 1,014 37.6% Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Horler 1,004 37.3% Conservative Party (UK) Dawn Parry 912 33.8% Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Kimitri 886 32.9% Labour Party (UK) Oliver Ballard 361 13.4% Labour Party (UK) Dorothy Agassiz 360 13.4% Labour Party (UK) Simon Harrison-Morse 296 11.0% United Kingdom Independence Party Harold James 293 10.9% Green Party of England and Wales Brian Outten 253 9.4% All The South Party Robert Craig 137 5.1% 8,085 43.1 +0.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Winford Independent (politician) Hugh Gregor 774 69.3 +15.2 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Dolley 343 30.7 -15.2 431 38.6 +30.4 1,117 45.3 +3.9 Independent (politician) Wraxall & Long Ashton (2) Conservative Party (UK) Robert Cook 1,390 48.1% Conservative Party (UK) Charles Cave 1,239 42.9% Independent (politician) Anthony Butcher 1,006 34.8% Liberal Democrats (UK) Angela Neale 648 22.4% Independent (politician) Bridget Mackwood 430 14.9% Green Party of England and Wales Stuart McQuillan 381 13.2% Labour Party (UK) Christopher Smart 324 11.2% Labour Party (UK) Alan Monks 307 10.6% 5,779 51.1 +7.8 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Wrington Liberal Democrats (UK) Deborah Yamanaka 673 52.3 +7.3 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Ellis 613 47.7 +14.9 60 4.7 -7.5 1,286 57.4 +3.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Yatton (3) Independent (politician) Anthony Moulin 1,824 66.5% Conservative Party (UK) Annabel Tall 1,465 53.4% Conservative Party (UK) Jill Iles 1,464 53.4% Liberal Democrats (UK) Wendy Griggs 1,328 48.4% Independent (politician) Juley Howard 985 35.9% Labour Party (UK) Hedley Woods 415 15.1% Labour Party (UK) Alan Bagg 387 14.1% Labour Party (UK) Carol Bagg 355 13.0% 8,223 50.8 +5.6 Independent (politician) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References North Somerset 2011 Category:2010s in Somerset