2011 Wolverhampton City Council election

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Elections to Wolverhampton City Council were held on 5 May 2011, the same day as the national referendum on the Alternative Vote, in Wolverhampton, England. One third of the council was up for election.

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2011 local election results in Wolverhampton

Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

Note: this differs from the total at the previous election, due to a by-election and a Liberal Democrat councillor defecting to Labour. [1]

Following the election, the composition of the council is:

Election result

Wolverhampton Local Election Result 2011
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 3540
  Conservative 2203
  Liberal Democrats 301
  BNP 0000
  Independent 0000
  UKIP 0000

Ward results

Bilston East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Gibson1,76466.14
Conservative Tom Fellows90333.86
Majority86132.28
Turnout 266729.67
Bilston North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sue Constable1,69659.82
Conservative David Hunt62522.05
Liberal Democrats Frances Heap973.42
BNP Stewart Gardner1545.43
UKIP Remi Hodister2639.28
Majority107137.78
Turnout 2,83532.51
Blakenhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Jones3,073
Conservative Sid Sidhu678
Majority2,39545.54%
Turnout
Bushbury North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie Pugh1,347
Labour Ian Angus1,673
BNP Simon Patten391
Majority326
Turnout 342537.87%
Bushbury South and Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter O'Neill1,763
Conservative Annette Pugh625
Majority1,138
Turnout 2,40626.74%
East Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harman Banger1,763
Conservative Darren Friel1,508
Majority705
Turnout 2,85532.82%
Ettingshall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sandra SamuelsUnopposed-
Majority---
Turnout ---
Fallings Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Evans2,072
Conservative Simon Hewitt1,123
Majority949
Turnout 3,12535.82%
Graiseley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elias Mattu2,399
Conservative Jazz Boparai614
Liberal Democrats Eileen Birch201
Independent John Mellor505
Majority1,7585
Turnout 3,74645.44%
Heath Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Milkinderpal Jaspal1,488
Conservative John Lee708
Green Matthew Addison231
Majority1,785
Turnout 2,44831.85%
Merry Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Haynes
Labour Nav Rana
Liberal Democrats Lexi Lawrence
Independent Timothy Broomer
UKIP Phil Templar
Majority
Turnout
Oxley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Bisbey1,263
Labour Ian Claymore1,749
UKIP Keith Sinclair276
Majority513
Turnout 3,28537.12%
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Hardacre1,910
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Webber568
Conservative Nasim Ullah968
Green David Belcher262
Majority942
Turnout 3,73046.73%
Penn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Singh
Labour Martin Waite
Liberal Democrats Bryan Lewis
Green Daniel Batchelor
UKIP Barry Hodgson
Majority
Turnout
Spring Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Heap
Labour Gurcharan Bedi
Conservative Trevor White
BNP David Bradnock
Majority
Turnout
St Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Zahid Shah1,867
Liberal Democrats Mary Garside236
Conservative Shailesh Parekh270
Majority1,597
Turnout 2,39135.07%
Tettenhall Regis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Yardley
Labour Muhammad Khan
Liberal Democrats Roger Gray
UKIP Donald Morris
Majority
Turnout
Tettenhall Wightwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wendy Thompson
Labour Stu Goldcrusher
Liberal Democrats Peter Hollis
Majority
Turnout
Wednesfield North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tania Davis
Labour Rita Potter
Majority
Turnout
Wednesfield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Dobb1,074
Labour Bhupinder Gakhal1,481
Liberal Democrats Oliver Williams572
Majority407
Turnout 3,174337.41%

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References

  1. ↑ Wainwright, Daniel (2 April 2011). "Councillor's defection is unfair on the local voters" (PDF). Express & Star . Retrieved 19 September 2011.
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