2011 Telford and Wrekin Council election

2011 Telford and Wrekin Council election

5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)

Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour

Leader of the Council before election Conservative Elected Leader of the Council Labour

The 2011 elections for the whole of Telford and Wrekin Council took place on 5 May 2011. 54 councillors were elected in 33 wards and the Labour Party took control from the Conservatives. There were no boundary changes taking effect at this election.

Election result

The Conservatives lost control to Labour, who gained 16 seats.

Telford and Wrekin Election Result 2011

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	33	14	-	+14		45.2	38,943
	Conservative	17	1	9	-8		39.7	34,229
	Liberal Democrats	3	-	-	0		3.4	2,935
	Independent	1	-	3	-3		4.7	4,053
	Telford and Wrekin People's Association	0	-	3	-3		3.5	2,987
	UKIP	0	-	-	0		2.2	1,882
		0	-	-	0		1.3	1,091
	BNP	0	-	-	0		0.2	145

Seat gains/losses are in relation to the previous whole council election in 2007. During the intervening time, four seats changes hands in by-elections; the Conservatives gained four seats, 2 losses each from Labour and Independents.

Ward results

Successful candidates are in bold; defending incumbents are indicated by "*". Percentages are of the total number of votes cast (In multiple member wards, each voter may vote once for each vacancy, i.e., in a three-member ward each voter has three votes).

Apley Castle (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Tracy BLUNDELL*	616	52.25
	Conservative	Barry David TILLOTSON	358	30.36
	Labour	Stuart James WILLIAMS	205	17.39
Majority			258	21.88
Turnout			1179	51.41
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Arleston (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Diane McCLEMENTS*	699	68.33
	Conservative	David Cecil DUCE	324	31.67
Majority			375	36.66
Turnout			1023	41.26
	Labour hold		Swing

Brookside (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arnold Richard Hugh ENGLAND	756	26.10
	Labour	Jacqueline LOVERIDGE	746	25.76
	Conservative	Nicola ANDERSON	572	19.75
	Conservative	John Alan DIXON	524	18.09
	UKIP	Stuart James PARR	298	10.29
Majority			174	6.01
Turnout			2896	33.75
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Church Aston & Lilleshall (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew John EADE	1082	78.86
	Labour	Sinah Anne WATKINS	290	21.14
Majority			792	57.73
Turnout			1372	53.88
	Conservative hold		Swing

College (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Michael Gerard ION	415	37.22
	Independent	MCCARTHY, Patrick Michael John	368	33.00
	Conservative	David Reginald CHAPLIN	332	29.78
Majority			47	4.22
Turnout			1115	49.32
	Labour Co-op gain from Independent		Swing

Cuckoo Oak (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Robert William WHITE	801	29.20
	Labour	Alan Arthur MACKENZIE*	735	26.80
	Conservative	Graham Phillip HOSSELL*	615	22.42
	Conservative	Pauline HOSSELL	592	21.58
Majority			66	2.41
Turnout			2743	37.91
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Dawley Magna (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frances Molly BOULD	1315	19.92
	Labour	Brian Hereward DUCE	1243	18.82
	Labour	Clive Bertil Ashley ELLIOTT	961	14.55
	Conservative	Alan Edward SCOTT	917	13.89
	Telford and Wrekin People's Association	Victor TONKS*	877	13.28
	Telford and Wrekin People's Association	John Henry JOHNSON	785	11.89
	Telford and Wrekin People's Association	Adrian Gilbert Peter WILLIAMS*	505	7.65
Majority			44	0.67
Turnout			6603	40.31
	Labour gain from Telford and Wrekin People's Association		Swing
	Labour gain from Telford and Wrekin People's Association		Swing
	Labour gain from Telford and Wrekin People's Association		Swing

Donnington (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Ann CLARE*	979	33.32
	Labour	Clive Neil MASON*	941	32.03
	Conservative	Timothy James NELSON	448	15.25
	Conservative	Rodney Stephen PITT	405	13.78
	Independent	Graham WILLIAMSON	165	5.62
Majority			493	16.78
Turnout			2938	34.63
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Dothill (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Lesley TOMLINSON*	404	41.44
	Conservative	Lesley Barbara STREET	311	31.90
	Labour	Timothy John SKIDMORE	260	26.67
Majority			93
Turnout			975	50.05
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Edgmond (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Peter BURRELL*	922	74.06
	Labour	William Walter BARTON	323	25.94
Majority			599	48.11
Turnout			1245	59.88
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ercall (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Miles Bewick HOSKEN	855	62.14
	Labour	Mary LEWIS	521	37.86
Majority			334	24.27
Turnout			1376	55.81
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ercall Magna (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen BENTLEY*	648	52.38
	UKIP	Gillian Elizabeth SEYMOUR	322	26.03
	Labour	Derek GORSE	267	21.58
Majority			326	26.35
Turnout			1237	52.28
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hadley & Leegomery (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Keith AUSTIN*	1277	17.33
	Labour	Leon Albert MURRAY	1245	16.90
	Labour	Malcolm John SMITH*	1227	16.65
	Conservative	Reginald John SMART	881	11.96
	Conservative	Ronald Ritchie PLENDERLEITH	764	10.37
	Conservative	Roger AVELEY*	677	9.19
	Independent	George ASHCROFT	449	6.09
	Independent	Ann Marie HOUGHTON	440	5.97
	Independent	John James HOUGHTON	408	5.54
Majority			346	4.70
Turnout			7368	36.22
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Haygate (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert James SLOAN	584	56.21
	Conservative	Rosemary Grace CHAPLIN*	455	43.79
Majority			129	12.42
Turnout			1039	43.24
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Horsehay & Lightmoor (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tracy Jean HOPE*	517	23.50
	Conservative	Clive Paul Richard MOLLETT	494	22.45
	Labour	Michael John Henry MACKENZIE	485	22.05
	Labour	Benjamin James WHITEHOUSE	444	20.18
	Telford and Wrekin People's Association	Graham William George WHITEHEAD	172	7.82
	Telford and Wrekin People's Association	Barry William OLLIVER	88	4.00
Majority			9	0.41
Turnout			2200	41.58
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Ironbridge Gorge (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Glyn DAVIES	589	52.97
	Conservative	Elizabeth Marte MOLLETT	523	47.03
Majority			66	5.94
Turnout			1112	54.48
	Labour hold		Swing

Ketley & Oakengates (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hilda RHODES*	1504	20.67
	Labour	Gillian Catherine Withers REYNOLDS	1160	15.94
	Labour	Amrik Singh JHAWAR	1113	15.30
	Conservative	Joy Annice FRANCIS*	1043	14.33
	Conservative	Sean KELLY*	894	12.29
	Conservative	Desmond Cecil PARKINSON	823	11.31
		Steven Andrew George WOOD	385	5.29
		Martin John YOUNG	354	4.87
Majority			70	0.96
Turnout			7276	40.86
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Lawley & Overdale (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Jayne GREENAWAY*	589	23.63
	Labour	Frederick Roy PICKEN*	525	21.06
	Labour	Santokho SEKHON	432	17.33
	Conservative	Ronald James WOOD	294	11.79
	Independent	Alan John HUSSEY	216	8.66
		Deborah Ann CRANE	205	8.22
	Telford and Wrekin People's Association	Janet Louise HULME	131	5.25
	Telford and Wrekin People's Association	John David Ralph HIGGINSON	101	4.05
Majority			93	3.73
Turnout			2493	36.72
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Madeley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Robert WATLING	904	31.75
	Independent	Gillian Mary GREEN*	879	30.87
	Conservative	David George WRIGHT*	694	24.38
	Conservative	Jeremy Michael James HAIGH	370	13.00
Majority			185	6.50
Turnout			2847	44.05
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Malinslee (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kuldip Singh SAHOTA*	946	34.64
	Labour	Shaun DAVIES	893	32.70
	Conservative	Catherine Ann WORTHING	305	11.17
	Conservative	William Leonard WORTHING	259	9.48
	Telford and Wrekin People's Association	Christine Ann CHOUDHARY	184	6.74
	Telford and Wrekin People's Association	Mohammed Nasir CHOUDHARY	144	5.27
Majority			588	21.53
Turnout			2731	35.22
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Muxton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Arthur DUGMORE	1079	30.06
	Conservative	Adrian LAWRENCE*	993	27.67
	Labour	Veronica Jill BROWN	641	17.86
	Labour	Dylan HARRISON	546	15.21
	Liberal Democrats	Lee James DARGUE	330	9.19
Majority			352	9.81
Turnout			3589	41.98
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newport East (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric James CARTER*	628	64.02
	Labour	Nigel Humphrey FOSKETT	353	35.98
Majority			275	28.03
Turnout			981	49.72
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newport North (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Geoffrey SCAMMELL	711	61.77
	Labour Co-op	Philip David NORTON	440	38.23
Majority			271	23.54
Turnout			1151	50.21
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newport South (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Alma MEREDITH	712	69.53
	Labour	Jane CALLISTER	312	30.47
Majority			400	39.06
Turnout			1024	50.91
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newport West (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam John STANTON*	606	63.99
	Labour	Alexander Philip Charles KEEN	341	36.01
Majority			265	27.98
Turnout			947	45.80
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Benjamin John THOMPSON	352	32.35
	Conservative	Anthony BENTLEY	335	30.79
	UKIP	Denis Graham ALLEN	224	20.59
	Liberal Democrats	David John HOLLOWAY	177	16.27
Majority			17	1.56
Turnout			1088	54.08
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Priorslee (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Thomas Wells FLETCHER*	1233	30.73
	Conservative	Veronica Alma FLETCHER*	1167	29.08
	Labour	Robert Hywel SMITH	614	15.30
	Independent	Roy Ernest WILLIAMS	590	14.70
	Labour	Keith Raymond WATKINS	409	10.19
Majority			553	13.78
Turnout			4013	48.24
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shawbirch (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Leonard TOMLINSON*	592	51.34
	Conservative	Katrina Mary BAKER,	286	24.80
	Labour	Neil Andrew FURY	275	23.85
Majority			306	26.54
Turnout			1153	48.17
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Georges (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Charles MINOR*	1179	33.31
	Labour	Richard Andrew OVERTON*	1145	32.35
	Conservative	Frank Ernest TOWNSEND	695	19.64
	Conservative	Shaukat ALI	520	14.69
Majority			450	12.72
Turnout			3539	42.62
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

The Nedge (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nathaniel Aleric Moses ENGLAND	1223	18.04
	Labour	Christopher Robin TURLEY	1141	16.83
	Labour	William Alexander Marsh MCCLEMENTS	985	14.53
	Conservative	Harvey James UNWIN	836	12.33
	Conservative	Richard Michael TYLER*	808	11.92
	Conservative	Sheenagh Mary UNWIN	750	11.06
	UKIP	Raymond John KNIGHT	414	6.11
	UKIP	Judy SMART	345	5.09
	UKIP	Ursula Mary DOBROWOLSKA	279	4.11
Majority			149	2.20
Turnout			6781	39.00
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodside (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raemonde Catherine EVANS	635	30.32
	Labour	Kevin Ronald GUY	564	26.93
	Conservative	Christopher Owen Ernest HIGGINS	377	18.00
	Conservative	Grant Nathen Lence FOXON	373	17.81
	BNP	Philip William SPENCER	145	6.92
Majority			187	8.93
Turnout			2094	27.20
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Wrockwardine (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Terence KIERNAN	1424	36.56
	Conservative	Jacqueline M SEYMOUR*	1196	30.71
	Labour	Joan Eva GORSE	502	12.89
	Labour	Christopher Lionel LEWIS	490	12.58
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen DE LAUNEY	283	7.27
Majority			694	17.82
Turnout			3895	50.12
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wrockwardine Wood & Trench (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shirley Ann Withers REYNOLDS	1048	26.94
	Labour	Charles Frederick SMITH*	963	24.76
	Conservative	Malcolm Peter ROUND	629	16.17
	Independent	GROOM, Robert Edward*	538	13.83
	Conservative	Sunil VERMA	384	9.87
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Ann BOYLE	328	8.43
Majority			334	8.59
Turnout			3890	44.93
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

External links

• Summary of result