2011 Suffolk Coastal District Council election

2011 Suffolk Coastal District Council election
5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
All 55 seats to Suffolk Coastal District Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won 44 5
Seat change 1 4
Popular vote 42,104 10,786
Percentage 54.7% 14.0%
Swing 2.9% 11.8%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Labour Independent
Seats won 4 2
Seat change 3 2
Popular vote 17,476 4,107
Percentage 22.7% 5.3%
Swing 11.5% 3.5%
Winner of each seat at the 2011 Suffolk Coastal District Council election.
Control before election


Conservative

Control after election


Conservative

The 2011 Suffolk Coastal District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Suffolk Coastal District Council in Suffolk, England.[1][2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2011 Suffolk Coastal District Council election[3]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 55 44 1 2 1 80.0 54.7 42,104 –2.9
  Liberal Democrats 25 5 0 4 4 9.1 14.0 10,786 –11.8
  Labour 44 4 3 0 3 7.3 22.7 17,476 +11.5
  Independent 7 2 2 0 2 3.6 5.3 4,107 +3.5
  Green 8 0 0 0 0.0 3.3 2,524 –0.2

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.

Aldeburgh

Aldeburgh (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marianne Fellowes* 833 53.1
Conservative Terry-Jill Haworth 766 48.8
Independent Sarah Duerr 575 36.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Day 455 29.0
Turnout ~1,569 58.3
Registered electors 2,692
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Earl Soham

Earl Soham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Snell* 738 75.2
Labour Tony Dockerill 243 24.8
Majority 495 50.4
Turnout 981 60.6
Registered electors 1,661
Conservative hold Swing

Farlingaye

Farlingaye
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Diana Ball* 316 40.9
Conservative Patricia Mulcahy 254 32.9
Labour William White 202 26.2
Majority 62 8.0
Turnout 772 49.5
Registered electors 1,561
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Felixstowe East

Felixstowe East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Doreen Savage* 1,151 57.5
Conservative Christopher Slemmings* 1,013 50.6
Independent Gillian Mason 570 28.5
Labour Harriet Bennett 373 18.6
Liberal Democrats Bernard Price 310 15.5
Labour Heather Mullen 260 13.0
Turnout ~2,001 60.3
Registered electors 3,319
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Felixstowe North

Felixstowe North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Deacon* 887 59.6
Labour Kimberley Williams 687 46.2
Conservative Wayne Dye 572 38.4
Conservative Michael Titchener 563 37.8
Turnout ~1,488 45.8
Registered electors 3,249
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Felixstowe South

Felixstowe South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Coleman* 694 47.8
Conservative Joan Sennington* 693 47.7
Labour Richard Reaville 375 25.8
Labour Andrew Tink 352 24.2
Liberal Democrats Gerard Hughes 316 21.8
Liberal Democrats David Miller 301 20.7
Turnout ~1,452 43.1
Registered electors 3,370
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Felixstowe South East

Felixstowe South East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Garfield* 892 45.7
Conservative Andrew Smith* 849 43.5
Liberal Democrats James Bennett 639 32.8
Liberal Democrats Cherrie MacGregor 513 26.3
Labour Ruth McGrath 377 19.3
Labour Peter Haymes 343 17.6
Turnout ~1,950 54.9
Registered electors 3,552
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Felixstowe West

Felixstowe West (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stuart Bird 590 32.7
Labour Michael Sharman 590 32.7
Labour Margaret Morris 574 31.8
Liberal Democrats Henry Dangerfield* 547 30.3
Conservative Stephen Beedle 546 30.2
Labour John Mullen 535 29.6
Conservative Jeremy Moore 503 27.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Ninnmey* 479 26.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Woods 454 25.2
Turnout ~1,805 37.3
Registered electors 4,840
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Framlingham

Framlingham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Hudson 1,040 56.7
Conservative Colin Walker* 900 49.1
Labour John Clough 447 24.4
Green Edward Thompson 436 23.8
Labour Edna Salmon 355 19.4
Turnout ~1,833 51.8
Registered electors 3,538
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Grundisburgh

Grundisburgh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Fryatt 665 69.7
Labour Eric Middleton 289 30.3
Majority 376 39.4
Turnout 954 52.5
Registered electors 1,817
Conservative hold Swing

Hacheston

Hacheston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Peck 483 50.5
Labour Lesley Bensley 191 20.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Houseley 166 17.3
Green Rachel Fulcher 117 12.2
Majority 292 30.5
Turnout 957 60.8
Registered electors 1,590
Conservative hold Swing

Hollesley With Eyke

Hollesley With Eyke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Marson 579 64.5
Labour Janet Snell 318 35.5
Majority 261 29.0
Turnout 897 55.0
Registered electors 1,664
Conservative hold Swing

Kesgrave East

Kesgrave East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sally Ogden* 1,405 51.8
Conservative Mary Neale* 1,390 51.3
Conservative John Klaschka* 1,343 49.6
Labour David Isaacs 704 26.0
Labour Barbara Dockerill 606 22.4
Liberal Democrats Derrick Fairbrother 561 20.7
Green James Howard 542 20.0
Liberal Democrats Manooch Azmoodeh 443 16.3
Turnout ~2,710 36.9
Registered electors 7,345
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Kesgrave West

Kesgrave West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Deborah McCallum* 877 63.0
Conservative Robert Grimwood* 692 49.7
Labour Anna Hubert-Chibnall 427 30.7
Turnout ~1,391 45.4
Registered electors 3,063
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Kyson

Kyson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Binns* 317 41.8
Liberal Democrats Vanessa Gregory 274 36.1
Labour Roy Burgon 168 22.1
Majority 43 5.7
Turnout 759 48.2
Registered electors 1,588
Conservative hold Swing

Leiston

Leiston (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Anthony Cooper 841 41.4
Conservative Andrew Nunn* 805 39.7
Conservative Trevor Hawkins* 745 36.7
Labour Terence Hodgson 641 31.6
Conservative Nigel Parker 581 28.6
Labour Brian Cox 529 26.1
Labour Steve Smedley 422 20.8
Green Anne Clark 351 17.3
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Morrissey 287 14.1
Turnout ~2,029 42.8
Registered electors 4,741
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Martlesham

Martlesham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Kelso* 1,110 51.2
Conservative Christopher Blundell* 960 44.3
Conservative Paul Callaghan 484 22.3
Independent Leo Brome 340 15.7
Labour Adam Leeder 264 12.2
Labour Howard Needham 225 10.4
Green David Keeble 193 8.9
Green John Forbes 181 8.3
Turnout ~2,168 54.1
Registered electors 4,008
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative hold

Melton & Ufford

Melton & Ufford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Bond* 1,110 54.7
Conservative James Bidwell* 1,101 54.3
Labour Jeremy Bale 470 23.2
Labour Cerys Shepherd 452 22.3
Liberal Democrats John Ball 405 20.0
Turnout ~2,028 52.2
Registered electors 3,886
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Nacton

Nacton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Veronica Falconer* 1,113 59.1
Conservative Patricia O'Brien* 1,102 58.5
Labour Andrew Leeder 377 20.0
Green Betsy Reid 357 18.9
Labour Peter Waller 322 17.1
Turnout ~1,884 51.4
Registered electors 3,666
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Orford & Tunstall

Orford & Tunstall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Raymond Herring* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,437
Conservative hold

Otley

Otley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Bellfield* 777 76.3
Labour Peter Stone 241 23.7
Majority 536 52.6
Turnout 1,018 58.7
Registered electors 1,773
Conservative hold Swing

Peasenhall

Peasenhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Burroughes* 604 64.6
Labour Roger Benstead 331 35.4
Majority 273 29.2
Turnout 935 56.0
Registered electors 1,704
Conservative hold Swing

Rendlesham

Rendlesham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terence Eastman 659 67.2
Labour Hugo Martineau-Needham 321 32.8
Majority 338 34.4
Turnout 980 41.7
Registered electors 2,391
Conservative hold Swing

Riverside

Riverside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Holdcroft* 538 54.0
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Yule 306 30.7
Labour Andrew Corston 152 15.3
Majority 232 23.3
Turnout 996 61.0
Registered electors 1,643
Conservative hold Swing

Rushmere St. Andrew

Rushmere St. Andrew (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Whiting* 1,422 63.7
Conservative John Withey 1,405 62.9
Conservative Mark Newton 1,393 62.4
Labour Stanley Robinson 728 32.6
Turnout ~2,233 45.3
Registered electors 4,929
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Saxmundham

Saxmundham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Batho* 843 48.3
Liberal Democrats Marian Andrews* 596 34.1
Conservative Richard Smith 505 28.9
Independent Donald Tricker 425 24.3
Green Joseph Cassels 347 19.9
Liberal Democrats Keith Dickerson 335 19.2
Turnout ~1,746 45.8
Registered electors 3,813
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Seckford

Seckford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jason Sayles 477 50.9
Liberal Democrats Victor Harrup 298 31.8
Labour Susan Bale 162 17.3
Majority 179 19.1
Turnout 937 60.4
Registered electors 1,567
Conservative hold Swing

Snape

Snape
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Phillip Dunnett* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,530
Conservative hold

Sutton

Sutton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Block* 502 53.1
Conservative James Adeane 319 33.7
Labour Thomas Bolger 125 13.2
Majority 183 19.3
Turnout 946 51.1
Registered electors 1,861
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Trimleys with Kirton

Trimleys with Kirton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Harvey 1,053 42.1
Conservative Graham Harding* 981 39.3
Conservative Richard Kerry* 948 37.9
Independent Sherrie Green* 762 30.5
Labour Steven Brinkley 631 25.3
Labour Justine Good 568 22.7
Labour Neville Mayes 560 22.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Marfleet 379 15.2
Liberal Democrats Ian Burnett 308 12.3
Turnout ~2,499 46.0
Registered electors 5,432
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Walberswick & Wenhaston

Walberswick & Wenhaston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Gower 595 65.1
Labour Anne Thomas 319 34.9
Majority 276 30.2
Turnout 914 60.3
Registered electors 1,538
Conservative hold Swing

Wickham Market

Wickham Market
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bryan Hall* 486 60.5
Conservative Diane Smith 191 23.8
Labour Valerie Pizzey 126 15.7
Majority 295 36.7
Turnout 803 48.0
Registered electors 1,685
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Witnesham

Witnesham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steven Hudson 659 76.1
Labour Anthony Scott 207 23.9
Majority 452 52.2
Turnout 866 54.4
Registered electors 1,602
Conservative hold Swing

Yoxford

Yoxford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Slater* 594 60.6
Conservative Helen Williams 386 39.4
Majority 208 21.2
Turnout 980 61.9
Registered electors 1,597
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

By-elections

Kesgrave East By-Election 9 February 2012[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoff Lynch 531 55.0 +11.3
Labour David Isaacs 241 24.9 +3.0
Liberal Democrats Derrick Fairbrother 194 20.1 +2.6
Majority 290 30.0
Turnout 966
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Suffolk Coastal District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University: The Elections Centre. pp. 14–15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  2. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2011 – Suffolk Coastal". andrewteale.me.uk. Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  3. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Compositions calculator". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University: The Elections Centre. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Kesgrave East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  5. ^ 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.
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