2011 Wyre Forest District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2011 Wyre Forest District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Health Concern in pink, Liberals in orange and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2011. Wyre Forest UK local election 2011 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2011 Wyre Forest District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Health Concern in pink, Liberals in orange and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2011.

The 2011 Wyre Forest District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Wyre Forest District Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

After the last election in 2010 the Conservatives had a majority on the council with 23 seats, compared to 8 for Health Concern, 5 Liberals, 3 Labour, 2 Liberal Democrats and 1 independent. [3] However, in late May 2010 the leader of Health Concern on the council, Howard Martin, left the party to sit as an independent and went on to join Labour in September 2010. [4] Another change came in March 2011 when both of the Liberal Democrat councillors, husband and wife Peter and Helen Dyke, left the party to become independents due to disillusionment with the national Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition. [5]

Election result

The Conservatives retained a majority on the council with 24 councillors and gained a seat from Health Concern in Mitton. [2] [6] [7] Labour were the other party to make gains, taking an extra 2 seats, including gaining Areley Kings from Health Concern by 39 votes. [2] [8] This made Labour the second largest party on the council with six seats, while Health Concern dropped three to have four seats. [9] Meanwhile, Peter Dyke held Aggborough and Spennells as an independent, after having left the Liberal Democrats earlier in the year. [10]

Wyre Forest local election result 2011 [2] [11]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 710+150.038.610,669-0.5%
  Labour 420+228.623.96,617+5.3%
  Health Concern 103-37.121.15,825-3.7%
  Liberal 10007.15.91,634-1.0%
  Independent 10007.13.71,012+3.7%
  Liberal Democrats 000003.3909-6.7%
  UKIP 000001.9512+1.9%
  Green 000001.7462+0.1%

Ward results

Aggborough and Spennells [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Peter Dyke83137.6+37.6
Conservative Gill Onslow57025.8-12.3
Labour Dan Watson23910.8-0.1
Health Concern Liz Davies2209.9-6.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Troth2039.2-25.1
UKIP Tony Baker1496.7+6.7
Majority26111.8
Turnout 2,21242.7-25.3
Independent hold Swing
Areley Kings [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vi Higgs69134.8+9.8
Conservative Ken Henderson65232.9-3.3
Health Concern John Thomas58829.6-9.2
Liberal Democrats John Stephen532.7+2.7
Majority392.0
Turnout 1,98442.8-23.3
Labour gain from Health Concern Swing
Bewdley and Arley [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jenny Greener1,04742.0+2.1
Labour Paul Gittins68127.3+13.2
Health Concern Derek Killingworth62625.1-2.4
Liberal Democrats Jayne Smith1415.7-12.7
Majority36614.7+2.3
Turnout 2,49546.6-26.3
Conservative hold Swing
Blakedown and Chaddesley [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Williams1,24778.6+11.2
Labour Matthew Nicholls19812.5+2.8
Liberal Democrats Jean Prosser1428.9+8.9
Majority1,04966.1+21.6
Turnout 1,58748.9-27.6
Conservative hold Swing
Broadwaters [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adrian Sewell60228.7+6.4
Health Concern Mary Rayner55826.6-11.8
Conservative Juliet Smith52124.9-7.8
Independent Steven Walker1818.6+8.6
Liberal Mark Haynes1446.9+6.9
Green Phil Oliver894.2-2.4
Majority442.1
Turnout 2,09535.3-23.7
Labour gain from Health Concern Swing
Cookley [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Nicholls53855.5+8.6
Conservative Greta Smith23524.2+0.8
Health Concern Les Rising19720.3+6.9
Majority30331.2+7.7
Turnout 97047.4-1.0
Labour hold Swing
Franche [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Hingley1,09847.0+10.3
Labour Nigel Knowles71430.5+5.3
Health Concern Michael Shellie46019.7-3.9
Liberal Democrats Steven Burns662.8-9.1
Majority38416.4+4.9
Turnout 2,33842.7-26.1
Conservative hold Swing
Greenhill [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Harrison70132.8+1.4
Liberal John Stevenson51324.0-17.7
Labour Vicky Smith48422.7+2.4
Health Concern Chris Thomas33315.6+15.6
Green Alexandra Heelis1034.8-1.8
Majority1888.8
Turnout 2,13435.0-26.8
Conservative hold Swing
Habberley and Blakebrook [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Kelly89537.9+13.6
Conservative Susan Meekings84535.8-1.0
Health Concern Jim Lawson48520.5-3.0
Liberal Democrats Clare Cassidy873.7-9.5
Green Dave Finch502.1-0.1
Majority502.1
Turnout 2,36245.3-21.5
Labour hold Swing
Lickhill [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Health Concern Jim Parish92544.0+2.0
Conservative David Little81338.7-0.6
Labour Jennifer Knowles36317.3-1.4
Majority1125.3+2.6
Turnout 2,10139.0-27.2
Health Concern hold Swing
Mitton [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Rogers80536.1-9.9
Health Concern Cliff Brewer77834.9-0.9
Labour Gary Watson39917.9-0.4
UKIP Bill Jones1567.0+7.0
Green Steve Brown894.0+4.0
Majority271.2-9.0
Turnout 2,22738.4-29.0
Conservative gain from Health Concern Swing
Offmore and Comberton [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Michael Price97743.8-1.4
Conservative Averil Chinn79435.6+6.9
Labour Lee Wright46120.7+7.3
Majority1838.2-8.3
Turnout 2,23241.6-26.7
Liberal hold Swing
Sutton Park [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tracey Onslow82240.2-2.0
Health Concern Linda Candlin38819.0+1.0
Labour Bill Bradley35217.2-0.9
Liberal Democrats Adrian Beavis21710.6-7.7
UKIP Michael Wrench20710.1+10.1
Green Mike Whitbread613.0-0.4
Majority43421.2-2.7
Turnout 2,04736.2-23.3
Conservative hold Swing
Wolverley [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hart51960.6+5.0
Health Concern Caroline Shellie26731.2-2.9
Green Kate Spohrer708.2+2.2
Majority25229.4+7.9
Turnout 85650.4-1.9
Conservative hold Swing

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