2011 East Dorset District Council election

The 2011 East Dorset District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of East Dorset District Council in Dorset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

Map of the results of the 2011 East Dorset District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Background

Before the election the Conservatives had a majority on the council with 25 seats, compared to 11 Liberal Democrats.[2] Every seat was up for election, however 12 Conservative councillors, including the leader of the council Spencer Flower, faced no opposition at the election.[2] The candidates at the election were 36 Conservatives, 18 Liberal Democrats, 10 UK Independence Party and 3 from Labour.[2]

Election result

The Conservatives gained 5 seats from the Liberal Democrats to have 30 councillors, compared to 6 for the Liberal Democrats.[3] Conservative gains including taking seats in West Moors and Corfe Mullen from the Liberal Democrats, with the margin in Corfe Mullen South ward being only 6 votes.[4] Overall turnout at the election was 49.1%.[5]

East Dorset local election result 2011[6][5]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	30	5	0	+5	83.3	60.8	23,205	-1.2%
	Liberal Democrats	6	0	5	-5	16.7	29.2	11,161	-3.6%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	7.3	2,803	+3.2%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	1,027	+2.0%

Ward results

Alderholt[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Monks	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ameysford[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Reynolds	703	74.4	-5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Hemsley	242	25.6	+5.0
Majority			461	48.8	-10.0
Turnout			945	48.0	+8.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Colehill East (2 seats)[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Dover	1,066
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Wallace	765
	Conservative	David Mitchell	668
	Conservative	Kevin Johnson	667
	Labour	Oliver Bradbury	200
	UKIP	Kenneth Dacombe	175
Turnout			3,541	52.2	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Colehill West[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Packer	729	66.0	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Dickins	375	34.0	-0.7
Majority			354	32.1	+7.8
Turnout			1,104	58.9	+11.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Corfe Mullen Central (2 seats)[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Holland	813
	Conservative	Sarah Burns	759
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Cuckston	735
	Conservative	Zoe White	667
	UKIP	Dave Evans	299
Turnout			3,273	45.8	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Corfe Mullen North[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Holland	540	59.3	-2.3
	Conservative	Graeme Smith	371	40.7	+12.2
Majority			169	18.6	-14.4
Turnout			911	48.9	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Corfe Mullen South[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Edwards	418	43.5	+0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Harknett	412	42.8	-13.7
	UKIP	Josephine Evans	132	13.7	+13.7
Majority			6	0.6
Turnout			962	46.7	+5.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Crane[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Butler	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ferndown Central (2 seats)[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Burt	unopposed
	Conservative	Steven Lugg	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ferndown Links (2 seats)[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Birr	unopposed
	Conservative	John Little	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Handley Vale[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Tong	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holt[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Spencer Flower	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longham[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gladys Elliot	606	68.4	+2.5
	UKIP	John Baxter	280	31.6	+14.8
Majority			326	36.8	-11.8
Turnout			886	46.5	+6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parley (2 seats)[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Manuel	1,482
	Conservative	John Wilson	1,430
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Coussell	487
Turnout			3,399	52.9	+12.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Leonards & St Ives East (2 seats)[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Dyer	1,520
	Conservative	Ann Warman	1,501
	UKIP	Oliver Kent	371
	UKIP	Allan Tallett	321
Turnout			3,713	51.6	+7.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Leonards & St Ives West[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Dudman	1,022	81.4	-4.3
	UKIP	Alfred Eckel	233	18.6	+4.3
Majority			789	62.9	-8.5
Turnout			1,255	61.7	+9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stapehill[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Russell	688	72.9	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Chant	132	14.0	-0.9
	UKIP	John Myers	124	13.1	+1.9
Majority			556	58.9	-0.1
Turnout			944	48.6	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stour[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bennett	678	73.3	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	William Honeyman	247	26.7	-5.2
Majority			431	46.6	+10.4
Turnout			925	47.0	+7.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Three Cross & Potterne[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Richardson	451	67.4	+21.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsey Dedden	218	32.6	+18.7
Majority			233	34.8	+15.0
Turnout			669	37.7	+4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Verwood Dewlands (2 seats)[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Toni Coombs	unopposed
	Conservative	Jean Hazel	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Verwood Newtown[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Boyden Mortimer	531	69.2	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Dorey	236	30.8	-6.3
Majority			295	38.5	+12.7
Turnout			767	39.5	+7.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Verwood Stephen's Castle (2 seats)[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lucy Clark	unopposed
	Conservative	Simon Gibson	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Moors (3 seats)[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Clarke	1,923
	Conservative	David Shortell	1,781
	Conservative	Andrew Skeats	1,607
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Holden	986
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Smith	751
	UKIP	David Butt	540
	Labour	Michael Shine	470
Turnout			8,058	50.4	+5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Wimborne Minster (3 seats)[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Hymers	1,220
	Conservative	Robin Cook	1,169
	Liberal Democrats	David Morgan	993
	Conservative	Michael Bartlett	973
	Liberal Democrats	Shane Bartlett	943
	Conservative	Alan Spencer	861
	Labour	Marion Lock	357
	UKIP	Nicholas Wellstead	328
Turnout			6,844	49.1	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

By-elections between 2011 and 2015

A by-election was held in Colehill East ward on 17 July 2014 after the death of the Liberal Democrat councillor since 1973, Don Wallace.[7][8] The seat was held for the Liberal Democrats by Barry Roberts with a majority of 416 votes over the Conservatives.[9]

Colehill East by-election 17 July 2014[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Roberts	742	59.3	+8.7
	Conservative	Graeme Smith	326	26.0	-5.6
	UKIP	David Mattocks	184	14.7	+6.4
Majority			416	33.2
Turnout			1,252	33.7	-18.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
2. "Local elections: Third of East Dorset 's seats to be uncontested". Bournemouth Daily Echo. NewsBank. 7 April 2011.
3. "East Dorset". Western Daily Press. NewsBank. 7 May 2011.
4. John, Timothy (6 May 2011). "Conservatives strengthen hold on East Dorset District Council". Dorset Echo. Archived from the original on 15 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
5. "Summary of Results". dorsetforyou.com. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
6. "Local authority elections: England". The Guardian. NewsBank. 7 May 2011.
7. "Don Wallace". Bournemouth Echo. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
8. "Don Wallace". dorsetforyou.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
9. "Liberal Democrats hold Colehill East in by-election". Christchurch and East Dorset Councils. dorsetforyou.com. 18 July 2014. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.