2011 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election

The 2011 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election to the Stratford-on-Avon District Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011.

Seventeen seats were up for election, one third of the councillors. The previous elections in 2010 produced a majority for the Conservative Party.

Election result

Stratford-on-Avon Council Election, 2011[1][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 13 +2 -1 +1 49.9 16,568
  Labour 0 11.3 3,740
  Liberal Democrats 4 -2 -2 29.2 9,694
  Green 0 1.6 528
  Henley and Beaudesert Independent Conservatives 0
  Stratford First Independent 1 +1 +1

Ward results

Alcester Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Mark Foster 326
Liberal Democrats Katherine Mary Long 366
Conservative Eric Alfred Payne 1612
Majority
Turnout 48.1
Conservative hold Swing
Bidford and Salford Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barry Doherty 354
Vox Pop Independent Bill Fleming 881
Conservative Maurice Reginald Howse 1136
Majority
Turnout 43.8
Conservative hold Swing
Fenny Compton Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Booth 336
Conservative Chris Williams 695
Majority 359
Turnout 55.4
Conservative hold Swing
Harbury Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Derek Hamburger 994
Liberal Democrats Sue Roderick 950
Majority 44
Turnout 53.5
Conservative hold Swing
Henley Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Robert Handy 169
Labour John Hartigan 192
Henley and Beaudesert Independent Conservatives Bill Leech 335
Conservative George Matheou 1027
Majority
Turnout 48.2
Conservative hold Swing
Kineton Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Robert Ballantyne 261
Liberal Democrats John Wallace Talbot Insoll 278
Conservative Chris Mills 1109
Majority
Turnout 50.3
Conservative hold Swing
Shipston Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Aston 262 13.02 +2.02
Conservative Jonathan Gullis 883 43.90 +5.30
Liberal Democrats Philip Vial 866 43.06 −4.94
Majority 17 0.84 −8.46
Turnout 2011 49.6 −21.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Southam Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Alexander Hedges 254
Labour Carol Ann Pratt 772
Conservative David Arthur James Wise 1162
Majority
Turnout 44.1
Conservative hold Swing
Stockton and Napton Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Steven Kittendorf 673
Conservative Richard Jonathan Lamb 316
Majority 357
Turnout 52.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Stratford Alveston Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tracy Jayne Doherty 359
Liberal Democrats Janette Elizabeth Dyson 1044
Conservative Lynda Margaret Organ 1560
Majority
Turnout 51.6
Conservative hold Swing
Stratford Avenue and New Town Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Dewhurst 514
Conservative Ian Hurst 796
Stratford First Independent Keith Lloyd 1009
Labour Stephen Troup 254
Majority
Turnout 41.9
Stratford First Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Stratford Guild and Hathaway Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neville Beamer 1458
Liberal Democrats Louise Mary Rose Brandon 739
Labour Samuel Hargreaves 381
Stratford First Independent John Packard 221
Majority
Turnout 47.8
Conservative hold Swing
Stratford Mount Pleasant Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew James Paul Henderson 177
Stratford First Independent Bill Lowe 222
Liberal Democrats Peter Geoffrey Williams Moorse 648
Conservative Karen Dawn Parnell 353
Majority
Turnout 41.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Studley Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wayne Bates 462
Liberal Democrats Eric Holder 788
Conservative Mike Weddell 774
Majority 14
Turnout 44.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Tredington Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeffrey Simon Kenner 142
Conservative Chris Saint 733
Liberal Democrats Rachel Helen Vial 208
Majority
Turnout 57.5
Conservative hold Swing
Welford Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Barnes 675
Labour Philip Heath 59
Conservative Robert Thomas Vaudry 416
Majority
Turnout 68.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wellesbourne Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David John Close 1186
Green Roger Fisher 267
Conservative Danny Kendall 1544
Majority 358
Turnout 54.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

References

  1. ^ "Stratford-on-Avon District Council Election Results" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Local Election Results 2011 - Statford-on-Avon". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 7 February 2024.