Coventry City Council election, 2011
Elections for Coventry City Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2011. As the council is elected by thirds, one seat in each of the wards was up for election. The vote took place alongside the United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, 2011.
Labour took five seats (Bablake, Sherbourne, Westwood, Whoberley, and Woodlands) from the Conservatives, and retained control of the council with an increased majority, holding 35 out of 54 seats.
During the election count, a box of ballot papers for Cheylesmore ward was misplaced. Before they were discovered, Councillor Kevin Foster was about to concede that he had lost his seat, although after the additional votes were counted he had retained it.[1]
Election result
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 15 | +5 | 0 | +5 | 83.33% | 54.60% | 45,537 | +12.31% | ||
Conservative | 3 | 0 | -5 | -5 | 16.67% | 26.50% | 22,104 | -2.01% | ||
Liberal Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.18% | 4,320 | -12.52% | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.94% | 4,121 | +3.61% | ||
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.69% | 3,081 | +0.61% | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.65% | 3,045 | -0.93% | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.85% | 708 | +0.18% | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.58% | 484 | -1.14% | ||
Council Composition
The composition of the council before and after the election can be found in the following table:
Party | Previous council | Staying councillors | Seats up for election | Election result | New council | |
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Labour | 30 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 35 | |
Conservative | 22 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 17 | |
Socialist Alternative | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Liberal Democrat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 54 | 36 | 18 | 18 | 54 | |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Edwin Kershaw | 2687 | 48.85% | +16.6% | |
Conservative | Laura Frances Dodd | 1873 | 34.05% | -0.6% | |
Green | Walter William Milner | 233 | 4.24% | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Simpson | 231 | 4.20% | -13.1% | |
BNP | Philip Mark Jones | 208 | 3.78% | -2.4% | |
Socialist Alternative | Hannah Grace Seaman | 45 | 0.82% | -0.5% | |
Majority | 814 | 14.8% | |||
Turnout | 5500 | 42.65% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Note: the Green Party candidate stood in this ward as an independent at the last election, so it could be argued that he had a swing of -4.2%
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ram Lakha | 2436 | 58.36% | +11.8% | |
Conservative | Jonathan George Smith | 970 | 23.24% | -0.4% | |
UKIP | Colin Aldous Stubbs | 329 | 7.88% | +1.5% | |
BNP | Dave Clarke | 207 | 4.96% | -0.6% | |
Green | Steven Adams | 123 | 2.95% | +1.2% | |
Socialist Alternative | Lindsay Margaret Currie | 79 | 1.89% | +0.5% | |
Majority | 1466 | 35.12% | |||
Turnout | 4174 | 33.16% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kevin John Foster | 2493 | 48.19 | +11.69 | |
Labour | Alison Gingell | 2188 | 42.30 | +4.5 | |
Green | John Verdult | 331 | 6.40 | +2.3 | |
Socialist Alternative | Judy Griffiths | 161 | 3.11 | -0.09 | |
Majority | 305 | 5.90 | +4.59 | ||
Turnout | 5173 | 41.96 | -23.84 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth John Taylor | 2596 | 43.08 | +7.08 | |
Labour | John Fletcher | 2482 | 41.19 | +7.39 | |
Liberal Democrat | Greg Paul Judge | 469 | 7.78 | -15.92 | |
Green | Scott Redding | 343 | 5.69 | +1.09 | |
Socialist Alternative | Thomas Allan House | 136 | 2.26 | +0.36 | |
Majority | 114 | 1.89 | -0.26 | ||
Turnout | 6026 | 48.76 | -23.84 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Abdul Salam Khan | 3184 | 66.90% | +11.2 | |
Conservative | Shabbir Ahmed | 1124 | 23.62% | -6.58 | |
Green | Gavin Collins | 133 | 2.79% | N/A | |
BNP | Berry Booton | 125 | 2.63% | -0.37 | |
Liberal Democrat | Scott Martin Tallis | 116 | 2.44% | -4.66 | |
Socialist Alternative | Jim Hensman | 77 | 1.62% | +0.02 | |
Majority | 2060 | 43.29 | +36.45 | ||
Turnout | 4759 | 39.35% | -0.49 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lynette Catherine Kelly | 2409 | 57.36% | +15.76 | |
Liberal Democrat | Brian David Patton | 1170 | 27.86% | +0.76 | |
BNP | Leisel Dawn Wagstaff | 337 | 8.02% | -4.6 | |
Green | George Robinson | 171 | 4.07% | N/A | |
Socialist Alternative | Josie Kenny | 113 | 2.69% | +0.59 | |
Majority | 1239 | 29.50% | +15.08 | ||
Turnout | 4281 | 32.18% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -23.82 | |||
Note: The Conservative Party candidate for Henley, Steven Henry Charles Keough, withdrew his nomination.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joe Clifford | 2793 | 65.43% | +13.43 | |
Conservative | Charles Cox | 897 | 21.01% | +2.81 | |
BNP | John Hurren | 252 | 5.90% | -0.8 | |
Green | Danny Foulstone | 243 | 5.69% | +3.79 | |
Socialist Alternative | Richard Marcus Charles Groves | 57 | 1.34% | -0.16 | |
Majority | 1896 | 44.41% | +22.57 | ||
Turnout | 4269 | 34.4% | -24.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Linda Joyce Bigham | 3036 | 72.53% | ||
Conservative | Will Jones | 602 | 14.38% | ||
BNP | Keith Oxford | 253 | 6.04% | ||
Green | John Edward Griffiths | 165 | 3.94% | ||
Socialist Alternative | James Daryl Edgar | 101 | 2.41% | ||
Majority | 2434 | ||||
Turnout | 4186 | 31.4% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Douglas McNicholas | 2608 | 57.19% | ||
Conservative | Nick Williams | 1018 | 22.32% | ||
Green | Laura Vesty | 353 | 7.74% | ||
Socialist Alternative | Robert McArdle | 291 | 6.38% | ||
BNP | Mary Jane Nicholls | 261 | 5.72% | ||
Majority | 1590 | ||||
Turnout | 4560 | 34.7% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Skipper | 2607 | 64.87% | ||
Conservative | Gareth Fowler | 699 | 17.39% | ||
Green | Stephen Gray | 226 | 5.62% | ||
BNP | Hunter Helmsley | 205 | 5.10% | ||
Independent | John Joseph Ryan | 159 | 3.96% | ||
Socialist Alternative | Glen Watson | 94 | 2.34% | ||
Majority | 1908 | ||||
Turnout | 4019 | 29.95% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Damian Gannon | 2606 | 55.17% | ||
Conservative | Jane Marie Williams | 1281 | 27.12% | ||
Liberal Democrat | Jamie Simpson | 281 | 5.95% | ||
Green | Justin Timothy Wood | 220 | 4.66% | ||
BNP | Frank Thomas Bates | 195 | 4.13% | ||
Socialist Alternative | Jason Arnold Toynbee | 117 | 2.48% | ||
Majority | 1325 | ||||
Turnout | 4724 | 37.65% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim O'Boyle | 2419 | 58.07% | ||
Socialist Alternative | Rob Windsor | 1263 | 30.32% | ||
Conservative | Dial Masih | 434 | 10.42% | ||
Majority | 1156 | ||||
Turnout | 4166 | 26.67% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colleen Margaret Fletcher | 2536 | 58.69% | ||
Liberal Democrat | Derek Stephen Benefield | 799 | 18.49% | ||
Conservative | Denise Beech | 508 | 11.76% | ||
BNP | Darren Thomas | 193 | 4.47% | ||
Green | John Halpin | 159 | 3.68% | ||
Socialist Alternative | Paul Stephen Smith | 95 | 2.20% | ||
Majority | 1737 | 40.20% | |||
Turnout | 4321 | 33% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Sawdon | 2452 | 43.58% | ||
Labour | Sundeep Singh | 1909 | 33.93% | ||
Liberal Democrat | Napier Penlington | 410 | 7.29% | ||
Green | Rachel Adshead | 393 | 6.99% | ||
UKIP | Mark Taylor | 379 | 6.74% | ||
Socialist Alternative | Daniel Crowter | 83 | 1.48% | ||
Majority | 543 | 9.65% | |||
Turnout | 5626 | 45% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Sandy | 2184 | 46.88% | ||
Conservative | Nigel Charles Lee | 1793 | 38.48% | ||
Green | Merle Gering | 291 | 6.25% | ||
BNP | Mark Badrick | 256 | 5.49% | ||
Socialist Alternative | James Richard Donnelly | 95 | 2.04% | ||
Majority | 391 | 8.39% | |||
Turnout | 4659 | 36.00% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dan Howells | 2561 | 50.45 | +15.46% | |
Conservative | Ken Charley | 1392 | 27.42 | -1.82% | |
Green | Jo Rathbone | 330 | 6.50 | +4.70% | |
Liberal Democrat | Brian Rees Lewis | 295 | 5.81 | -15.82% | |
BNP | Tom Gower | 270 | 5.32 | +0.44% | |
Independent | Martyn Warwick Richards | 119 | 2.34 | n/a | |
Socialist Alternative | Teresa Chalcroft | 109 | 2.15 | -0.49% | |
Majority | 1169 | 23.03 | |||
Turnout | 5076 | 40.9 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patricia Hetherton | 2286 | 42.96 | +7.03% | |
Conservative | Christian Michael Cliffe | 1972 | 37.06 | +0.89% | |
Liberal Democrat | Jacqueline Bridget Basu | 549 | 10.32 | -7.27% | |
BNP | David John White | 283 | 5.32 | -1.72% | |
Green | Dan Gower | 187 | 3.51 | +1.40% | |
Socialist Alternative | Lenny Shail | 44 | 0.83 | -0.32% | |
Majority | 318 | 5.90 | |||
Turnout | 5321 | 40.9 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hazel Jean Sweet | 2606 | 53.40 | +7.03% | |
Conservative | Jaswant Singh Birdi | 1727 | 35.39 | +3.58% | |
Green | Cathy Wattebot | 220 | 4.51 | n/a | |
Independent | Adrian Roll | 206 | 4.22 | n/a | |
Socialist Alternative | Jodie Michelle Hannis | 121 | 2.48 | -0.90% | |
Majority | 879 | 18.01 | |||
Turnout | 4880 | 38.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- "Statement of persons nominated 2011". Coventry City Council. 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- "Coventry City Councill (local) election results - May 5 2011". Coventry City Council. 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- ↑ "Coventry Telegraph: Talking Point: Your reaction to the May 2011 local elections". Coventry Telegraph. 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-31.