2011 Telford and Wrekin Council election

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2011 Telford and Wrekin Council election
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Elected Leader of the Council


Labour

The 2011 elections for the whole of Telford and Wrekin Council took place on 10 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.

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Election result

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

Telford and Wrekin Election Result 2011
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 3314-+1445.238,943
  Conservative 1719-839.734,229
  Liberal Democrats 3--03.42,935
  Independent 1-3-34.74,053
  Telford and Wrekin People's Association 0-3-33.52,987
  UKIP 0--02.21,882
 0--01.31,091
  BNP 0--00.2145

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.

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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)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Karen Tracy BLUNDELL*61652.25
Conservative Barry David TILLOTSON35830.36
Labour Stuart James WILLIAMS20517.39
Majority25821.88
Turnout 117951.41
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Arleston (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angela Diane McCLEMENTS*69968.33
Conservative David Cecil DUCE32431.67
Majority37536.66
Turnout 102341.26
Labour hold Swing
Brookside (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arnold Richard Hugh ENGLAND75626.10
Labour Jacqueline LOVERIDGE74625.76
Conservative Nicola ANDERSON57219.75
Conservative John Alan DIXON52418.09
UKIP Stuart James PARR29810.29
Majority1746.01
Turnout 289633.75
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Church Aston & Lilleshall (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew John EADE108278.86
Labour Sinah Anne WATKINS29021.14
Majority79257.73
Turnout 137253.88
Conservative hold Swing
College (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Michael Gerard ION41537.22
Independent MCCARTHY, Patrick Michael John36833.00
Conservative David Reginald CHAPLIN33229.78
Majority474.22
Turnout 111549.32
Labour Co-op gain from Independent Swing
Cuckoo Oak (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derek Robert William WHITE80129.20
Labour Alan Arthur MACKENZIE*73526.80
Conservative Graham Phillip HOSSELL*61522.42
Conservative Pauline HOSSELL59221.58
Majority662.41
Turnout 274337.91
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Dawley Magna (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frances Molly BOULD131519.92
Labour Brian Hereward DUCE124318.82
Labour Clive Bertil Ashley ELLIOTT96114.55
Conservative Alan Edward SCOTT91713.89
Telford and Wrekin People's Association Victor TONKS*87713.28
Telford and Wrekin People's Association John Henry JOHNSON78511.89
Telford and Wrekin People's Association Adrian Gilbert Peter WILLIAMS*5057.65
Majority440.67
Turnout 660340.31
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)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Ann CLARE*97933.32
Labour Clive Neil MASON*94132.03
Conservative Timothy James NELSON44815.25
Conservative Rodney Stephen PITT40513.78
Independent Graham WILLIAMSON1655.62
Majority49316.78
Turnout 293834.63
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Dothill (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Karen Lesley TOMLINSON*40441.44
Conservative Lesley Barbara STREET31131.90
Labour Timothy John SKIDMORE26026.67
Majority93
Turnout 97550.05
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Edgmond (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Peter BURRELL*92274.06
Labour William Walter BARTON32325.94
Majority59948.11
Turnout 124559.88
Conservative hold Swing
Ercall (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Miles Bewick HOSKEN85562.14
Labour Mary LEWIS52137.86
Majority33424.27
Turnout 137655.81
Conservative hold Swing
Ercall Magna (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen BENTLEY*64852.38
UKIP Gillian Elizabeth SEYMOUR32226.03
Labour Derek GORSE26721.58
Majority32626.35
Turnout 123752.28
Conservative hold Swing
Hadley & Leegomery (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ronald Keith AUSTIN*127717.33
Labour Leon Albert MURRAY124516.90
Labour Malcolm John SMITH*122716.65
Conservative Reginald John SMART88111.96
Conservative Ronald Ritchie PLENDERLEITH76410.37
Conservative Roger AVELEY*6779.19
Independent George ASHCROFT4496.09
Independent Ann Marie HOUGHTON4405.97
Independent John James HOUGHTON4085.54
Majority3464.70
Turnout 736836.22
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Haygate (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert James SLOAN58456.21
Conservative Rosemary Grace CHAPLIN*45543.79
Majority12912.42
Turnout 103943.24
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Horsehay & Lightmoor (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tracy Jean HOPE*51723.50
Conservative Clive Paul Richard MOLLETT49422.45
Labour Michael John Henry MACKENZIE48522.05
Labour Benjamin James WHITEHOUSE44420.18
Telford and Wrekin People's Association Graham William George WHITEHEAD1727.82
Telford and Wrekin People's Association Barry William OLLIVER884.00
Majority90.41
Turnout 220041.58
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Ironbridge Gorge (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Glyn DAVIES58952.97
Conservative Elizabeth Marte MOLLETT52347.03
Majority665.94
Turnout 111254.48
Labour hold Swing
Ketley & Oakengates (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hilda RHODES*150420.67
Labour Gillian Catherine Withers REYNOLDS116015.94
Labour Amrik Singh JHAWAR111315.30
Conservative Joy Annice FRANCIS*104314.33
Conservative Sean KELLY*89412.29
Conservative Desmond Cecil PARKINSON82311.31
Steven Andrew George WOOD3855.29
Martin John YOUNG3544.87
Majority700.96
Turnout 727640.86
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Lawley & Overdale (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Jayne GREENAWAY*58923.63
Labour Frederick Roy PICKEN*52521.06
Labour Santokho SEKHON43217.33
Conservative Ronald James WOOD29411.79
Independent Alan John HUSSEY2168.66
Deborah Ann CRANE2058.22
Telford and Wrekin People's Association Janet Louise HULME1315.25
Telford and Wrekin People's Association John David Ralph HIGGINSON1014.05
Majority933.73
Turnout 249336.72
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Madeley (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Robert WATLING90431.75
Independent Gillian Mary GREEN*87930.87
Conservative David George WRIGHT*69424.38
Conservative Jeremy Michael James HAIGH37013.00
Majority1856.50
Turnout 284744.05
Independent hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Malinslee (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kuldip Singh SAHOTA*94634.64
Labour Shaun DAVIES89332.70
Conservative Catherine Ann WORTHING30511.17
Conservative William Leonard WORTHING2599.48
Telford and Wrekin People's Association Christine Ann CHOUDHARY1846.74
Telford and Wrekin People's Association Mohammed Nasir CHOUDHARY1445.27
Majority58821.53
Turnout 273135.22
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Muxton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Arthur DUGMORE107930.06
Conservative Adrian LAWRENCE*99327.67
Labour Veronica Jill BROWN64117.86
Labour Dylan HARRISON54615.21
Liberal Democrats Lee James DARGUE3309.19
Majority3529.81
Turnout 358941.98
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Newport East (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric James CARTER*62864.02
Labour Nigel Humphrey FOSKETT35335.98
Majority27528.03
Turnout 98149.72
Conservative hold Swing
Newport North (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Geoffrey SCAMMELL71161.77
Labour Co-op Philip David NORTON44038.23
Majority27123.54
Turnout 115150.21
Conservative hold Swing
Newport South (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adrian Alma MEREDITH71269.53
Labour Jane CALLISTER31230.47
Majority40039.06
Turnout 102450.91
Conservative hold Swing
Newport West (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adam John STANTON*60663.99
Labour Alexander Philip Charles KEEN34136.01
Majority26527.98
Turnout 94745.80
Conservative hold Swing
Park (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Benjamin John THOMPSON35232.35
Conservative Anthony BENTLEY33530.79
UKIP Denis Graham ALLEN22420.59
Liberal Democrats David John HOLLOWAY17716.27
Majority171.56
Turnout 108854.08
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Priorslee (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Thomas Wells FLETCHER*123330.73
Conservative Veronica Alma FLETCHER*116729.08
Labour Robert Hywel SMITH61415.30
Independent Roy Ernest WILLIAMS59014.70
Labour Keith Raymond WATKINS40910.19
Majority55313.78
Turnout 401348.24
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Shawbirch (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats William Leonard TOMLINSON*59251.34
Conservative Katrina Mary BAKER,28624.80
Labour Neil Andrew FURY27523.85
Majority30626.54
Turnout 115348.17
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St Georges (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Charles MINOR*117933.31
Labour Richard Andrew OVERTON*114532.35
Conservative Frank Ernest TOWNSEND69519.64
Conservative Shaukat ALI52014.69
Majority45012.72
Turnout 353942.62
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
The Nedge (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nathaniel Aleric Moses ENGLAND122318.04
Labour Christopher Robin TURLEY114116.83
Labour William Alexander Marsh MCCLEMENTS98514.53
Conservative Harvey James UNWIN83612.33
Conservative Richard Michael TYLER*80811.92
Conservative Sheenagh Mary UNWIN75011.06
UKIP Raymond John KNIGHT4146.11
UKIP Judy SMART3455.09
UKIP Ursula Mary DOBROWOLSKA2794.11
Majority1492.20
Turnout 678139.00
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Woodside (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Raemonde Catherine EVANS63530.32
Labour Kevin Ronald GUY56426.93
Conservative Christopher Owen Ernest HIGGINS37718.00
Conservative Grant Nathen Lence FOXON37317.81
BNP Philip William SPENCER1456.92
Majority1878.93
Turnout 209427.20
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Wrockwardine (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Terence KIERNAN142436.56
Conservative Jacqueline M SEYMOUR*119630.71
Labour Joan Eva GORSE50212.89
Labour Christopher Lionel LEWIS49012.58
Liberal Democrats Stephen DE LAUNEY2837.27
Majority69417.82
Turnout 389550.12
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Wrockwardine Wood & Trench (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shirley Ann Withers REYNOLDS104826.94
Labour Charles Frederick SMITH*96324.76
Conservative Malcolm Peter ROUND62916.17
Independent GROOM, Robert Edward*53813.83
Conservative Sunil VERMA3849.87
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Ann BOYLE3288.43
Majority3348.59
Turnout 389044.93
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour hold Swing

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