Cotswold Council election, 2011

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Elections for Cotswold District Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2011. The whole council was up for election. Cotswold District is split up into 28 wards, with a total of 44 seats up for election.

Summary results

May 2011 was a bad year for the Conservatives in the Cotswolds, they lost 12 seats, 7 to the Liberal Democrats and 5 to Independents.

Cotswold Local Election Results 2011
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 27 1 12 -11
  Liberal Democrat 12 7 0 +7
  Labour 0 0 0 0
  Green 0 0 0 0

Wards

Ampney-Coln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Edward Horsefall 584 74.3%
Liberal Democrat Frank Skinner 202 25.7%
Majority 382 48.6
Turnout 797 50.83
Conservative hold Swing