2011 Braintree District Council election

The 2011 Braintree District Council Elections took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. All 60 councillors in 30 wards were up for election.

2011 Braintree District Council election
5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
60 seats
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Green
Last election 42 9 2
Seats before 42 9 2
Seats won 47 9 2
Seat change 5
Popular vote 24,115 13,479 5,465
Percentage 48.9 27.4 11.1
Swing 2.1 2.8 3.9
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Independent Halstead Residents Liberal Democrats
Last election 1 5 1
Seats before 1 5 1
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change 4 1
Popular vote 1,636 1,272 1,734
Percentage 3.3 2.6 3.5
Swing 0.2 0.9 7.9

Results of election
Braintree District Council Election Result 2011
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 44 5 0 5 73.3 52.2 47,063
  Labour 10 1 1 16.7 31.3 28,186
  Green 2 0 0 3.3 7.5 6,788
  Halstead Residents 1 0 4 4 1.7 2.9 2,582
  Independent 1 0 0 1.7 2.1 1,927
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 1 1 0 2.3 2,082
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 1.6 1,440
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0.2 132

Ward results

Black Notley
Black Notley ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Galione 789 47.9
Conservative Tom Cunningham 767
Labour Juliet Walton 231 14.0
Labour Andrew Bennett 217
UKIP David Hodges 200 12.1
Independent John Clark 163 9.9
Liberal Democrats David Toombs 149
Green Freddie Gerrard-Abbott 115 7.0
Turnout 1,414 46.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bocking Blackwater
Bocking Blackwater ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Canning 1,243 44.5
Conservative Jean Schmitt 1,059
Conservative Vanessa Santomauro 999
Labour Agnes Bishop 796 28.5
Labour Allan Millam 623
Labour Richard Parsons 622
UKIP Gordan Helm 418 15.0
Green Simon Attwood 334 12.0
Turnout 2,483 41.2
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bocking North
Bocking North ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Mann 709 46.2
Labour Anthony Everard 657
Conservative Timothy Wilkinson 493 32.2
Conservative Nigel McCrea 376
UKIP Michael Ford 215 14.0
Green Dawn Holmes 116 7.6
Turnout 1,436 40.7
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bocking South
Bocking South ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Davis Baugh 701 44.0
Labour Moia Thorogood 689 43.2
Labour Lynn Watson 626
Conservative Abiodun Olumbori 508
Green John Malam 204 12.8
Turnout 1,495 36.2
Conservative hold
Labour hold

Bradwell, Silver End and Rivenhall
Bradwell, Silver End and Rivenhall ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green James Abbott 969 48.5
Green Bob Wright 689
Labour Jeremy White 422 21.1
Labour Daniel Wright 358
Conservative Stephen Nimmons 323 16.2
UKIP Brain Wood 284 14.2
Conservative Paul Ryland 266
Turnout 1,828 49.8
Green hold
Green hold

Braintree Central
Braintree Central ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John McKee 1,123 41.4
Conservative Marlene Shepherd 957
Conservative Ronald Ramage 888
Labour Nigel Gibson 805 29.7
Labour Celia Burne 789
Labour William Edwards 734
Green Daniel Shadbolt 327 12.1
UKIP Roger Lord 323 11.9
BNP Paul Hooks 132 4.9
Turnout 2,355 38.8
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Braintree East
Braintree East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elwyn Bishop 762 41.9
Conservative David Messer 759 41.7
Labour Colette Gibson 756
Labour Eric Lynch 710
Conservative Luke Harrington 691
Conservative Rikki Williams 668
Green Wendy Partridge 297 16.3
Turnout 1,800 36.0
Labour hold
Conservative hold
Labour hold

Braintree South
Braintree South ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Sandbrook 844 36.3
Conservative Lyn Walters 806
Labour Douglas Rice 780 33.6
Labour Gordon Currie 711
Labour Martin Green 709
Conservative Syedun Noor 605
Independent Andrew Beatty 408 17.6
Green Timothy Reeve 291 12.5
Turnout 1,192 21.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative hold
Labour hold

Bumpstead
Bumpstead ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Cadman 713 70.0
Labour Stephen Trumm 306 30.0
Majority
Turnout 1,035 51.3
Conservative hold Swing

Coggeshall and North Feering
Coggeshall and North Feering ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Newton 1,254 61.6
Conservative Susan Wilson 1,114
Labour Catherine Joyce 493 24.2
Labour Cherry Cornish 478
Green Stephanie Bills 289 14.2
Turnout 1,986 50.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Cressing and Stisted
Cressing and Stisted ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Lynette Flint 600 76.9
Labour Greta Tew 180 23.1
Majority
Turnout 804 45.0
Independent hold Swing

Gosfield and Greenstead Green
Gosfield and Greenstead Green ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John O'Reilly-Cicconi 688 64.5
Labour Adrian Gibson 254 23.8
Green Howard Reed 124 11.6
Majority
Turnout 1,078 53.2
Conservative hold Swing

Great Notley and Braintree West
Great Notley and Braintree West ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Butland 1,435 67.8
Conservative Claire Sandbrook 1,418
Conservative Roger Walters 1,211
Labour David Green 407 19.2
Labour Christina Bennett 362
Labour Stephen Goodfellow 306
Green Howard Bills 274 12.9
Turnout 2,142 41.3
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Halstead St. Andrew's
Halstead St. Andrews ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jennifer Sutton 895 35.8
Conservative Julia Allen 827
Conservative Stephen Kirby 762
Halstead Residents David Hume 720 28.8
Labour Grahame McCoyd 573 22.9
Halstead Residents Kenneth Paisley 571
Halstead Residents Howard Messenger 405
Labour Stuart Gilbert 388
Independent Michael Gage 310 12.4
Labour Stuart Scrivens 297
Independent Beryl Gage 291
Turnout 2,132 40.5
Conservative gain from Halstead Residents
Conservative gain from Halstead Residents
Conservative gain from Halstead Residents

Halstead Trinity
Halstead Trinity ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Halstead Residents Jacqueline Pell 552 40.6
Labour Malcolm Fincken 456 33.5
Labour Stephen Knight 376
Conservative David Sharp 352 25.9
Halstead Residents Linda Hilton 334
Conservative Yvonne Warren 325
Turnout 1,317 37.4
Halstead Residents hold
Labour gain from Halstead Residents

Hatfield Peverel
Hatfield Peverel ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Beeb 1,062 64.8
Conservative Derrick Louis 981
Labour Lauren Whitnell 357 21.8
Labour Katherine Watts 288
Green Cheryl Gerrard 220 13.4
Turnout 1,627 47.2
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hedingham and Maplestead
Hedingham and Mapstead ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joanne Beavis 1,345 48.4
Conservative Hylton Johnson 1,197
Conservative Wendy Scattergood 1,044
Liberal Democrats Stephen Bolter 661 23.8
Green Susan Ransome 387 13.9
Labour Noel Owen 386 13.9
Labour John Kotz 350
Labour Betty Kotz 339
Turnout 2,285 44.3
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Kelvedon
Kelvedon ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Foster 1,202 59.5
Conservative Robert Mitchell 1,084
Labour Ian Marshall 537 26.6
Labour Anthony Lewis 508
Green Robert McCracken 280 13.9
Turnout 1,991 50.4
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Panfield
Panfield ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Tattersley 522 64.8
Labour David Rice 183 22.7
Green Lynne Maynard 101 12.5
Majority
Turnout 816 47.8
Conservative hold Swing

Rayne
Rayne ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Banthorpe 652 81.2
Labour Cornelius Coughlan 151 18.8
Majority
Turnout 817 46.8
Conservative hold Swing

Stour Valley North
Stour Valley North ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julian Swift 686 76.0
Labour Robert Green 217 24.0
Majority
Turnout 915 51.1
Conservative hold Swing

Stour Valley South
Stour Valley South ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Shelton 711 78.6
Labour Frederick Hearn 194 21.4
Majority
Turnout 936 53.7
Conservative hold Swing

Three Fields
Three Fields ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Finbow 1,125 76.6
Conservative David Reid 1,029
Labour Maureen Bennett 343 23.4
Labour Cynthia Woodhouse 298
Turnout 1,582 50.3
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Upper Colne
Upper Colne ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Bolton 599 73.3
Labour Peter Long 218 26.7
Majority
Turnout 834 48.6
Conservative hold Swing

Witham, Chipping Hill and Central
Witham, Chipping Hill and Central ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sandra Howell 662 43.3
Conservative Michael Lager 652
Labour Francis MacDonald 396 25.9
Labour Eileen Davidson 382
Liberal Democrats Barry Fleet 296 19.3
Liberal Democrats Helen Waring 181
Green Nelson Brunton 176 11.5
Majority
Turnout 1,499 41.7
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Witham North
Witham North ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Evans 613 42.6
Labour Philip Barlow 603
Conservative Christopher Thompson 422 29.3
Conservative John Cunningham 363
Green Robert Nicholls 246 17.1
Liberal Democrats Clifford Livermore 158 11.0
Turnout 1,314 38.0
Labour hold
Labour hold

Witham South
Witham South ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Money 997 43.2
Conservative Corrine Thompson 937
Conservative John Elliott 930
Labour Paul Heath 719 31.2
Labour Olatunde Biyi 713
Labour Alan O'Shea 672
Green Agnes Wells 352 15.3
Green Stephen Hicks 290
Liberal Democrats Bernard Dearlove 239 10.4
Turnout 2,165 34.3
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Witham West
Witham West ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Rose 841 45.9
Conservative Patrick Horner 824
Conservative Cheryl Louis 736
Labour Lucy Barlow 697 21.7
Labour Anthony Bennett 649
Labour Kathleen Tearle 640
Green Andrew Bunn 362 19.8
Green Philip Hughes 345
Liberal Democrats James Fleet 231 12.6
Liberal Democrats Pamela Hooper 167
Turnout 2,031 40.4
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Yeldham
Yeldham ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iona Parker 426 58.2
Independent Trevor Revell 155 21.2
Labour Richard Green 151 20.6
Majority
Turnout 735 44.9
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. https://www.braintree.gov.uk/downloads/file/6084/5th_may_2011_district_council_elections
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