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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
- Liberal Democrats 26
- Conservative 24
- Labour 7
- Independent 3[2]
Election result
[edit]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]
2011 Colchester Borough Council election[1][6] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 7 | ![]() |
35.0 | 19 | 26 | 43.3 | 11,890 | 27.5 | –12.4 | |
Conservative | 9 | ![]() |
45.0 | 15 | 24 | 40.0 | 15,806 | 36.5 | –1.1 | |
Labour | 3 | ![]() |
15.0 | 4 | 7 | 11.7 | 9,487 | 21.9 | +8.9 | |
Independent | 1 | ![]() |
5.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.0 | 2,649 | 6.1 | +2.2 | |
Green | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,280 | 7.6 | +2.2 | |
UKIP | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 171 | 0.4 | N/A |
Ward results
[edit]Berechurch
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dave Harris* | 1,565 | 64.6 | +32.1 | |
Conservative | Andrew Bright | 450 | 18.6 | −5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bruno Hickman | 334 | 13.8 | −26.9 | |
Green | Maria Iacovou | 73 | 3.0 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 1,115 | 46.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,422 | 38.3 | −20.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,377 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Birch & Winstree
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Ellis | 1,430 | 68.7 | +5.8 | |
Labour | James Spencer | 282 | 13.5 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Registered electors | 4,421 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Castle
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nick 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 | ||
Registered electors | 7,132 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Christ Church
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Registered electors | 3,247 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Copford & West Stanway
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jacqueline Maclean* | 465 | 66.7 | −2.4 | |
Labour | John Spademan | 95 | 13.6 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Registered electors | 1,494 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Fordham & Stour
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Chapman* | 1,246 | 67.3 | +9.9 | |
Labour | Elizabeth Dennis | 286 | 15.5 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Registered electors | 4,136 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Great Tey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Chillingworth* | 703 | 60.7 | −11.2 | |
UKIP | Mark Cole | 171 | 14.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Robert Fisher | 114 | 9.8 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Registered electors | 2,210 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Highwoods
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Philip Oxford* | 1,519 | 61.4 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | Robert Walker | 413 | 16.7 | −3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Registered electors | 6,730 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ![]() |
Mile End
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Registered electors | 7,150 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
New Town
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Registered electors | 6,143 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Prettygate
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Will Quince | 1,533 | 47.0 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Loxley | 1,236 | 37.9 | −5.0 | |
Labour | Mike 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 | ||
Registered electors | 5,914 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
St. Andrew's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tim Young* | 1,288 | 67.6 | +24.6 | |
Conservative | Alexander Hopkins | 277 | 14.5 | −3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Registered electors | 6,405 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
St. Anne's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Registered electors | 6,502 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Shrub End
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pauline Hazell* | 854 | 39.3 | +4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,171 | 32.9 | −22.8 | ||
Registered electors | 6,652 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Stanway
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Registered electors | 6,359 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Tiptree
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Fairley-Crowe* | 1,425 | 58.6 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Audrey Spencer | 629 | 25.9 | +8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Registered electors | 6,101 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green
[edit]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 Democrats | 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 | ||
Registered electors | 3,985 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
West Mersea
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Margaret Kimberley* | 1,596 | 55.2 | −10.0 | |
Independent | David Bragg | 659 | 22.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Barbara Nichols | 299 | 10.3 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Registered electors | 5,924 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Wivenhoe Cross
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Registered electors | 3,600 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Wivenhoe Quay
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 Democrats | Samantha Mckay | 172 | 7.7 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 706 | 31.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,241 | 53.3 | +9.5 | ||
Registered electors | 4,233 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ "Local authority elections: England". The Guardian. NewsBank. 7 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d Nelson, Alistair (6 May 2011). "Colchester: No change on Borough Council in election". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Declaration of result of poll". Colchester Borough Council. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2014.