2011 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election

2011 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election
5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
All 45 seats to St Edmundsbury Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Independent
Seats won 38 4
Seat change 2 1
Popular vote 22,249 3,275
Percentage 54.6% 8.0%
Swing 0.4% 0.8%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won 3 0
Seat change 3
Popular vote 10,580 2,247
Percentage 25.9% 5.5%
Swing 10.1% 12.6%
Winner of each seat at the 2011 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election.
Control before election


Conservative

Control after election


Conservative

The 2011 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of St Edmundsbury Borough Council in Suffolk, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2011 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election[2]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 40 38 3 1 2 84.4 54.6 22,249 –0.4
  Independent 4 4 1 0 1 8.9 8.0 3,275 –0.8
  Labour 27 3 1 1 6.7 25.9 10,580 +10.1
  Liberal Democrats 8 0 0 3 3 0.0 5.5 2,247 –12.6
  Green 6 0 0 0 0.0 5.4 2,209 +4.0
  UKIP 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 223 –0.4

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Abbeygate

Abbeygate (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Farmer* 1,007 57.0
Conservative Richard Rout* 744 42.1
Green Philippa Judd 448 25.4
Liberal Democrats Christopher Lale 317 18.0
Labour Thomas Stebbing 282 16.0
Labour Christina Ross 259 14.7
Turnout ~1,718 45.4
Registered electors 3,786
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bardwell

Bardwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hale* 737 76.8
UKIP James Lumley 223 23.2
Majority 514 53.5
Turnout 960 51.1
Registered electors 2,012
Conservative hold

Barningham

Barningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Ray* 726 70.4
Liberal Democrats David Bradbury 305 29.6
Majority 421 40.8
Turnout 1,031 51.0
Registered electors 2,086
Conservative hold

Barrow

Barrow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Houlder* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,798
Conservative hold

Cavendish

Cavendish
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Stevens* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,633
Conservative hold

Chedburgh

Chedburgh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Rushen Unopposed
Registered electors 1,709
Conservative hold

Clare

Clare
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alaric Pugh 482 57.0
Liberal Democrats Leslie Warmington 364 43.0
Majority 118 13.9
Turnout 846 51.4
Registered electors 1,688
Conservative hold

Eastgate

Eastgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Warby* 427 56.3
Labour Shirley Stephenson 332 43.7
Majority 95 12.5
Turnout 759 41.1
Registered electors 1,892
Conservative hold

Fornham

Fornham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rebecca Hopfensperger 621 73.7
Labour Sarah-Jane Pearce 222 26.3
Majority 399 47.3
Turnout 843 49.0
Registered electors 1,736
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Great Barton

Great Barton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sarah Broughton* 751 79.1
Labour Pervez Khan 199 20.9
Majority 552 58.1
Turnout 950 54.6
Registered electors 1,773
Conservative hold

Haverhill East

Haverhill East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leslie Ager* 834 49.2
Conservative Karen Richardson* 664 39.2
Conservative Gordon Cox* 662 39.1
Labour Patrick Hanlon 648 38.3
Labour Ernest Goody 636 37.5
Liberal Democrats Terence McNally 260 15.3
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Rolph 188 11.1
Turnout ~1,694 31.1
Registered electors 5,447
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Haverhill North

Haverhill North (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Gower* 857 48.0
Conservative Timothy Marks 825 46.2
Conservative John McManus 771 43.2
Labour Julie Jupp 654 36.6
Labour Gary Stroud 600 33.6
Liberal Democrats Allyn Bignell 375 21.0
Turnout ~1,785 31.5
Registered electors 5,667
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Haverhill South

Haverhill South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maureen Byrne 428 43.4
Conservative Phillip French 395 40.0
Labour Lisa Carr 373 37.8
Conservative Clive Turner* 359 36.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Graham 145 14.7
Turnout ~987 25.8
Registered electors 3,827
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Haverhill West

Haverhill West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Whittaker* 804 59.0
Conservative Jeremy Farthing* 707 51.9
Labour Roger André 529 38.8
Turnout ~1,362 34.0
Registered electors 4,007
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Horringer & Whelnetham

Horringer & Whelnetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terence Clements* 630 70.6
Labour Robin Davies 262 29.4
Majority 368 41.3
Turnout 892 52.0
Registered electors 1,742
Conservative hold

Hundon

Hundon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dorothy Whittaker* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,745
Conservative hold

Ixworth

Ixworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Griffiths* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,782
Conservative hold

Kedington

Kedington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marion Rushbrook* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,593
Conservative hold

Minden

Minden (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Everitt* 791 49.4
Conservative Clive Springett 720 45.0
Labour Quentin Cornish 524 32.7
Labour Jonathan Hartley 426 26.6
Green Ritchie Tennant 340 21.2
Turnout ~1,601 45.0
Registered electors 3,558
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Moreton Hall

Moreton Hall (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Trevor Beckwith* 1,443 61.9
Conservative Frank Warby* 1,211 51.9
Conservative Terry Buckle* 990 42.4
Labour Clifford Hind 500 21.4
Labour Kevin Waterson 364 15.6
Turnout ~2,333 41.5
Registered electors 5,621
Independent hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Northgate

Northgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Diane Hind 315 53.2
Green Ida Rynsard 258 43.6
Majority 57 9.6
Turnout 592 32.1
Registered electors 1,843
Labour hold

Pakenham

Pakenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Spicer* 623 75.7
Labour Gillian Malik 193 23.5
Majority 430 52.2
Turnout 823 32.4
Registered electors 2,541
Conservative hold

Risby

Risby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Helen Levack* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,970
Conservative hold

Risbygate

Risbygate (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Nettleton* 840 58.8
Conservative Joshua Hordern 520 36.4
Green Karen Richardson 450 31.5
Labour Neil Moffat 266 18.6
Labour Ross Taylor 198 13.9
Turnout ~1,430 38.5
Registered electors 3,713
Independent hold
Conservative hold

Rougham

Rougham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sara Mildmay-White* 656 72.2
Labour Janet Lavender 236 26.0
Majority 420 46.2
Turnout 908 49.8
Registered electors 1,824
Conservative hold

Southgate

Southgate (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chung Hung Chow 864 52.0
Conservative Sarah-Anne Stamp 668 40.2
Labour Richard Blyth 387 23.3
Labour Nicola Ridgeway 387 23.3
Green Sara Rae 341 20.5
Liberal Democrats Gordon Hughes 293 17.6
Turnout ~1,663 48.5
Registered electors 3,428
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

St. Olaves

St. Olaves (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Cockle* 461 47.8
Independent Paul Hopfensperger 421 43.6
Green Mark Ereira-Guyer 372 38.6
Labour Kevin Hind 314 32.5
Turnout ~965 29.3
Registered electors 3,293
Labour hold
Independent gain from Labour

Stanton

Stanton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Thorndyke* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,989
Conservative hold

Westgate

Westgate (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stefan Oliver* 929 57.6
Conservative Paul Simner 879 54.5
Labour Alexander Carmichael 501 31.1
Labour Timothy Beech 471 29.2
Turnout ~1,613 47.8
Registered electors 3,375
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Wickhambrook

Wickhambrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Derek Redhead* 571 58.7
Conservative Susan Houlder 395 40.6
Majority 176 18.1
Turnout 973 54.4
Registered electors 1,788
Independent hold

Withersfield

Withersfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Clifton-Brown* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,624
Conservative hold

By-elections

Risbygate By-Election 15 November 2012[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Julia Wakelam 394 51.8 +30.1
Conservative Susan Glossop 239 31.4 +6.4
Labour Cliff Hind 128 16.8 +4.0
Majority 155 20.4
Turnout 761
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Abbeygate By-Election 2 May 2013[5][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charlotte Howard 562 44.5 −4.5
Green Philippa Judd 399 31.6 +9.8
Labour Quentin Cornish 154 12.2 −1.5
Liberal Democrats Judith Broadway 149 11.8 −3.6
Majority 163 12.9
Turnout 1,264
Conservative hold Swing
Bardwell By-Election 5 September 2013[6][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paula Wade 419 66.1 −10.7
UKIP James Lumley 150 23.7 +0.5
Labour Thomas Stebbing 65 10.3 +10.3
Majority 269 42.4
Turnout 634
Conservative hold Swing
Abbeygate By-Election 3 October 2013[7][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joanna Rayner 359 42.8 −1.7
Green Mark Ereira-Guyer 236 28.1 −3.5
UKIP Clive Reason 85 10.1 +10.1
Liberal Democrats Chris Lale 83 9.9 −1.9
Labour Quentin Cornish 76 9.1 −3.1
Majority 123 14.7
Turnout 839
Conservative hold Swing
Haverhill East By-Election 9 January 2014[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Tony Brown 529 54.0 +54.0
Labour Pat Hanlon 240 24.5 −12.7
Conservative David Roach 157 16.0 −31.9
Liberal Democrats Ken Rolph 54 5.5 −9.4
Majority 289 29.5
Turnout 980 16.4
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "St Edmundsbury Borough Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University, Plymouth: The Elections Centre. pp. 12–13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  2. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Compositions calculator". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth: The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Risbygate Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "By-elections". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University: The Elections Centre. Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  5. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Abbeygate Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bardwell Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Abbeygate Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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