Bournemouth Borough Council election, 2011

Map of results of 2011 election

Elections to Bournemouth Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011, in line with other local elections in the United Kingdom. All 54 seats, across 18 wards of this unitary authority, were up for election.

There were 176 candidates nominated, comprised as follows: 54 Conservatives, 40 Labour, 39 Liberal Democrats, 24 Independents, 14 UK Independence Party, 4 Green Party and 1 Liberal Party. There were 3 more candidates standing than in the 2007 election.^[1] ^[2]

Composition of council seats before election

Party		Seats
	Conservative	36
	Liberal Democrat	8
	Independent	5
	Labour	3
	Non-aligned	2

Election result summary

Bournemouth Election Result 2011^[3]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	45	9	0	+9	83.3	50.9	64,556	-1.8
	Labour	3	1	1	0	5.6	17.3	21,883	+8.3
	Liberal Democrat	3	0	5	-5	5.6	17.1	21,721	-9.5
	Independent	3	0	2	-2	5.6	10.5	13,278	+3.8
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	3,899	-0.5
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	1,185	+0.1
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	268	+0.2

Less than a week after the elections, Derek Borthwick, elected as an independent in the Throop and Muscliff ward joined the Conservative Party.^[4]

Election results by ward

^[5]

Boscombe East (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Rochester	1,128
	Conservative	Linda Bailey	1,059
	Conservative	John Wilson	1,032
	Independent	Mike Everingham	683
	Liberal Democrat	Lorraine Crouch	682
	Labour	Jilly Grower	612
	Liberal Democrat	Andy Jones	586
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Blinkhorn	574
	Labour	Mike Hicks	514
	Independent	Rob Wotton	412
Turnout				38.98
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Boscombe West (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jane Kelly	747
	Conservative	Christopher Wakefield	723
	Conservative	Philip Stanley-Watts	686
	Liberal Democrat	Lisa Northover	537
	Liberal Democrat	Maan Basma	420
	Labour	Mike Goff	350
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Pull	336
	Labour	Bob Milner	309
	Labour	Ian Taylor	279
	Green	Damian Maguire	261
	Independent	Angus Reid	187
	Independent	Michal Figat	150
Turnout				26.49
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Central (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bob Chapman	1,207
	Conservative	Mike Greene	1,118
	Conservative	Dave Smith	1,036
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Card	557
	Labour	Austin McCormack	516
	Labour	Stepehn Sinsbury	442
Turnout				25.35
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Cliff & Springbourne (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anne Filer	1,505
	Conservative	David Kelsey	1,433
	Conservative	Michael Filer	1,416
	Labour	Louise Bell	762
	Labour	Carol Milner	699
	Labour	David Thompson	687
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Thomas	540
Turnout				29.86
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Southborne & Tuckton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Coope	2,293
	Conservative	Malcolm Davies	2,197
	Conservative	Robert Lawton	1,944
	Labour	Catherine Eden	779
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Amboorallee	635
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Saunders	547
	UKIP	Pam McAlester	494
	UKIP	Vicky Millward	419
	UKIP	Sam Whitt	319
Turnout				46.48
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kinson North (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Battistini	914
	Conservative	Amedeo Angiolini	891
	Labour	Dennis Gritt	827
	Liberal Democrat	Claire Smith	804
	Conservative	Stuart McKeown	803
	Liberal Democrat	Pat Lewis	788
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Smith	732
	Labour	Helen Rosser	730
	Labour	David Stokes	693
	Independent	Julie Darbyshire	427
Turnout				37.55
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Kinson South (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Beryl Baxter	1,043
	Labour	Ben Grower	992
	Conservative	Roger Marley	922
	Labour	Mel Semple	892
	Conservative	Jeremy Old	787
	Conservative	Nicholas Rose	782
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Chizlett	308
	Liberal Democrat	Adam Merrifield	256
Turnout				31.26
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Littledown & Iford (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nick King	1,865
	Conservative	Jane Montrose	1,755
	Conservative	Lawrence Williams	1,743
	Independent	Margaret Rose	802
	Labour	Roger Ansell	575
	Labour	Debbie Sharman	512
	Liberal Democrat	Shaun Kirkland	397
	Liberal Democrat	Sibanda Innocent	318
Turnout				41.80
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

References

↑ "Local election candidates announced in Bournemouth". Bournemouth Borough Council. 2011-04-05. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
↑ "Statements of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Bournemouth Borough Council. 2011-04-05. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
↑ "Local election - 5 May 2011". Bournemouth Borough Council. 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
↑ "Anger after elected Independent councillor Derek Borthwick joins the Conservatives". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
↑ "Local Elections 5 May 2011". Bournemouth Borough Council. 2011-04-05. Retrieved 2011-08-24.

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