2011 Stroud District Council election

The 2011 Stroud Council election was held 6 May to elect members of the Stroud District Council in England.[1] Candidates in four parties campaigned for one of eighteen seats.[2] The Labour Party won seven of the seats up for grabs, the highest of any single party in this election.[3]

Election result

Stroud Council Election, 2011
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 4 22.23% 34.10% 9,858
  Independent 1 5.56% 3.10% 864
  Green 5 27.78% 17.07% 4,765
  Labour 7 38.89% 34.48% 9,626
  Liberal Democrats 1 5.56% 13.46% 3,758
  TUSC 0 0% 0.02% 45

Ward results

Cainscross (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Bridgland 190 7.94% −9.56%
Green Christopher Owen 235 9.83%
Labour David Rees 1,237 51.78%
Conservative Julie Zimmer 731 30.55%
Majority 1,237 51.78% +7.18%
Turnout 2,393 43.30% −26.80%
Cam East (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Miranda Clifton 779 47.20% +12.30%
Conservative Brian Tipper 871 52.80%
Majority 871 52.80% +14.50
Turnout 1,650 45.60% −30.00%
Cam West (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Denney 683 46.90%
Liberal Democrats Darren Jones 301 20.70%
Conservative Matthew Patrick 473 32.50%
Majority 683 46.90% +1.10%
Turnout 1,457 45.60% −26.70%
Central (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Perry 155 21.60%
Independent Andrew Read 354 49.20%
Conservative Ian Robinson 210 29.20%
Majority 354 49.20%
Turnout 719 45.30%
Chalford (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Richard Dean 649 25.1% −4.00%
Conservative Elizabeth Peters 1,302 50.30%
Labour David Taylor 638 24.60%
Majority 1,302 50.30% −1.20%
Turnout 2,589 51.70% −26.70%
Dursley (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Veronica Harding 416 18.60%
Conservative Loraine Patrick 679 30.40%
Labour Geoffrey Wheeler 1,026 45.90% +16.10%
Green Miriam Yagud 112 5.00% +3.00%
Majority 1,026 45.90% +12.90%
Turnout 2,233 43.50% −24.60%
Farmhill & Paganhill (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Carr 304 36.10%
Labour David Drew 538 63.90%
Majority 538 63.90%
Turnout 842 50.30%
Minchinhampton (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dorcas Binns 1,108 55.50%
Green William Heaney 263 13.20%
Labour Joan Moore 270 13.50%
Independent John Williams 354 17.70%
Majority 1,108 55.50%
Turnout 1,995 56.00%
Nailsworth (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Carter 1,147 22.41%
Green Catherine Farrell 933 13.34%
Green Norman Kay 930 18.21%
Labour Audrey Smith 661 12.92%
Labour Jacqueline Smith 608 11.88%
Conservative Louise Roden 841 16.43%
Majority 1,988 38.84%
Turnout 5,120 51.90%
Rodborough (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Philip Blomberg 213 11.40%
Liberal Democrats Christine Headley 591 31.50%
Labour Nigel Prenter 617 32.90%
Conservative Adam Sarch 453 24.20%
Majority 617 32.90%
Turnout 1,874 51.50%
Slade (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shelagh Hume 270 43.50%
Green Simon Pickering 350 56.50%
Majority 350 56.50%
Turnout 620 40.20%
Stonehouse (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Brine 1,346 55.00%
Conservative Lawrence Hall 789 32.20%
Green Clare Sheridan 314 12.80% +5.00
Majority 1,346 55.00% +13.10%
Turnout 2,449 41.00% −26.40%
Thrupp (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elisabeth Bird 319 28.90%
Liberal Democrats Adrian Walker-Smith 49 4.40%
Green Martin Whiteside 591 53.60%
Labour Lesley Williams 143 13.00%
Majority 591 53.60%
Turnout 1,102 58.40%
Trinity (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Mansell 178 20.30%
Labour Paul Mapplebeck 149 17.00%
Green John Marjoram 551 62.80%
Majority 551 62.80%
Turnout 878 51.80%
Uplands (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Rachel Lyons 137 16.60%
TUSC Christopher Moore 45 5.40%
Labour Roger Sanders 551 62.80%
Independent Timothy Seager 156 18.90%
Majority 488 59.10%
Turnout 826 49.40%
Valley (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julie Job 190 21.40%
Labour Stephen Lydon 279 31.50%
Green Molly Scott-Cato 417 47.10%
Majority 417 47.10%
Turnout 886 47.50%
Wotton-Under-Edge (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip Boobyer 347 13.00%
Conservative Jacqueline Cartigny 1,104 41.50%
Liberal Democrats Paul Smith 1,211 45.50%
Majority 1,211 45.50% −9.40%
Turnout 2,662 52.50% −21.10%

References

  1. ^ "Election results 2011". Stroud District Council. n.d. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Local Election Results 2011". Local Elections Archive Project. n.d. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (n.d.). "Stroud District Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 13 October 2021.