Eastbourne Borough Council election, 2011
The 2011 Eastbourne Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex, England. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
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Background
Before the election the Liberal Democrats controlled the council with 20 seats, compared to 7 for the Conservatives, after taking control at the 2007 election.[2] A total of 94 candidates stood for the 27 seats on the council being contested, while 10 sitting councillors stood down at the election, 8 Liberal Democrats and 2 Conservatives.[2] Important seats for control of the council were expected to be Old Town and Sovereign, as well as Hampden Park and Upperton.[2]
Local issues at the election included plans for the redevelopment of the town centre, which was supported across parties, and calls to improve Eastbourne's transport links.[3] However with the Liberal Democrats in government nationally together with the Conservatives, national government decisions, such as the increase in tuition fees, were also an issue during the election.[3]
Election result
The Liberal Democrats remained in control of the council with 15 seats, but lost 5 seats to the Conservatives.[4][5] The Conservatives gained all 3 seats in Sovereign ward and also took the 2 seats the Liberal Democrats had been defending in Upperton.[5] This took the Conservatives to 12 councillors,[6] but the Liberal Democrats held on to all 3 seats in Old Town ward after a recount, to keep a 3-seat council majority.[5] Overall turnout at the election was 44.17%,[7] compared to 42.26% in 2007.[8]
Eastbourne local election result 2011[7][9] | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrat | 15 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 55.6 | 42.3 | 36,902 | -6.3% | ||
Conservative | 12 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 44.4 | 41.6 | 36,271 | -0.3% | ||
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 8,914 | +7.6% | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 4,593 | -0.5% | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 404 | -0.6% | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 160 | +0.2% |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Margaret Bannister | 1,529 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Neil Stanley | 1,304 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Steve Wallis | 1,273 | |||
Conservative | Margaret Parker | 672 | |||
Conservative | Sandra Elkin | 666 | |||
Conservative | Grant Sanders | 580 | |||
Labour | Steven Clark | 412 | |||
Labour | Richard Goude | 345 | |||
Labour | Jean Winstone | 337 | |||
Green | Linda Wintle | 295 | |||
Green | Bill Palethorpe | 256 | |||
Independent | Keith Gell | 160 | |||
Turnout | 7,829 | 34.5 | +0.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Pat Hearn | 1,394 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jim Murray | 1,266 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Mike Thompson | 1,225 | |||
Conservative | Caroline Ansell | 692 | |||
Conservative | Kate Glover | 672 | |||
Conservative | Sam Chapman | 643 | |||
Labour | Dave Brinson | 470 | |||
Labour | Jake Lambert | 418 | |||
Labour | Gerry Stonestreet | 344 | |||
Green | Leslie Dalton | 255 | |||
Green | Ivor Hueting | 220 | |||
Green | Rob Sier | 166 | |||
Turnout | 7,765 | 40.1 | +8.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Alan Shuttleworth | 1,434 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Harun Miah | 1,328 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Troy Tester | 1,282 | |||
Conservative | Tony Freebody | 726 | |||
Conservative | John Glover | 720 | |||
Conservative | Jan Jenkins | 705 | |||
Labour | Lee Comfort | 278 | |||
Green | Christine Quarrington | 270 | |||
Labour | Sean Meekings | 258 | |||
Labour | Roy Noble | 218 | |||
Turnout | 7,219 | 34.4 | +0.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Barry Taylor | 2,239 | |||
Conservative | David Elkin | 2,232 | |||
Conservative | Nigel Goodyear | 2,126 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Tom Banner | 797 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jean Fisher | 766 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Margaret Ticehurst | 734 | |||
Green | Harry Boys | 414 | |||
Labour | Jean Couture | 411 | |||
UKIP | Ian Cameron | 404 | |||
Labour | Dennis Scard | 373 | |||
Green | Dorothy Forsyth | 361 | |||
Labour | Manek Jaffer | 349 | |||
Turnout | 11,206 | 51.4 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Carolyn Heaps | 2,432 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Janet Coles | 1,934 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Ungar | 1,738 | |||
Conservative | Anne Angel | 1,726 | |||
Conservative | Vivienne De Havilland-Geraghty | 1,350 | |||
Conservative | Danielle Perry | 1,193 | |||
Green | Pippa Oliphant | 631 | |||
Labour | Helen Key | 418 | |||
Labour | Paul Richards | 374 | |||
Labour | Sarah Richards | 340 | |||
Turnout | 12,136 | 53.4 | -1.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Belsey | 2,357 | |||
Conservative | Sandie Howlett | 2,076 | |||
Conservative | Colin Murdoch | 1,991 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Linda Beckmann | 999 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Roger Howarth | 984 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Barbara Rodohan | 908 | |||
Green | Nancy Dalton | 523 | |||
Labour | Christopher Hall | 471 | |||
Labour | James Nolan | 394 | |||
Labour | Helen Sedgwick | 360 | |||
Turnout | 11,063 | 53.1 | +4.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | David Tutt | 2,169 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jon Harris | 1,929 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Gill Mattock | 1,913 | |||
Conservative | Nick Ansell | 846 | |||
Conservative | Simon Herbert | 759 | |||
Conservative | Robert Borland | 752 | |||
Labour | Jackie Ferguson | 383 | |||
Labour | David Salmon | 348 | |||
Labour | Ian Culshaw | 332 | |||
Green | Hugh Norris | 287 | |||
Turnout | 9,718 | 43.8 | +2.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Ede | 1,904 | |||
Conservative | Patrick Warner | 1,767 | |||
Conservative | Gordon Jenkins | 1,745 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Margaret Salsbury | 1,193 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Holt | 1,169 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Grace Loseby | 1,106 | |||
Green | Jocelyn McCarthy | 488 | |||
Labour | Sharon Wentworth | 359 | |||
Turnout | 9,731 | 40.6 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tom Liddiard | 1,731 | |||
Conservative | Annabelle West | 1,707 | |||
Conservative | Alun Cooke | 1,694 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Alex Hough | 1,394 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Pat Rodohan | 1,378 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Hilary Lewis | 1,324 | |||
Green | Kenneth Webb | 427 | |||
Labour | Margaret Barr | 313 | |||
Labour | Lucette Davies | 305 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth Goude | 304 | |||
Turnout | 10,577 | 46.4 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing |
By-elections between 2011 and 2015
A by-election was held in Meads on 31 May 2012 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Nigel Goodyear.[10] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Caroline Ancell with a majority of 1,318 votes over Liberal Democrat Gerard Thompson.[10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Caroline Ancell | 1,783 | 59.6 | +7.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Gerard Thompson | 465 | 15.5 | -3.2 | |
Labour | Dennis Scard | 323 | 10.8 | +1.2 | |
UKIP | Ian Cameron | 322 | 10.8 | +1.3 | |
Independent | Keith Gell | 100 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 1,318 | 44.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,993 | 39 | -12 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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