2011 Poole Borough Council election

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Elections to Poole Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011 in line with other local elections in the United Kingdom. All 42 seats across 16 wards^[1] of this unitary authority were up for election.

Map of results of 2011 election

There were 118 candidates nominated, comprised as follows:- 42 Conservatives, 33 Liberal Democrats, 11 UK Independence Party, 9 Independents, 11 Labour, 8 Poole People,^[2] 2 Green Party and 2 British National Party.^[3]

Election result summary edit

Poole Election Result 2011
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	21	2	3	-1	50.0	45.1	49,373	-5.8%
	Liberal Democrats	18	1	0	+1	42.9	30.4	33,286	-7.8%
	Poole People	3	2	0	+2	7.1	8.8	9,603	+8.8%
	Independent	0	0	2	-2	0	5.5	6,049	+3.8%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	4.6	5,074	+1.0%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	4.4	4,812	+0.5%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	785	-0.1%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	468	-0.4%

Election results by ward edit

Alderney (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Trent	1,093
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsay Wilson	1,001
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Meachin	970
	Conservative	Philip Broadhead	815
	Conservative	Meraz Choudhury	715
	Conservative	James Vassay	638
	Labour	Joan Jones	550
	Labour	Ian Malcolm-Walker	477
	Labour	Jason Sanderson	448
	UKIP	Joan Player	394
	Independent	Brian Camfield	330
	Green	Joshua Harvey	285
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Branksome East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Rollo-Smith	1,008
	Conservative	Karen Rampton	1,001
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Matthews	464
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Mason	433
	UKIP	Robert Baggs	285
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Branksome West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Eades	1,531
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Le Poidevin	1,160
	Conservative	Joyce Lavender	871
	Conservative	Malcolm Shakesby	524
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Broadstone (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Brooke	2,559
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Godfrey	2,027
	Liberal Democrats	Vikki Slade	2,016
	Conservative	David Newell	1,994
	Conservative	Barry Smith	1,718
	Conservative	Paul Roebuck	1,684
	Green	Mark Chivers	500
	UKIP	Alan Gerring	499
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Canford Cliffs (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	May Haines	1,854
	Conservative	Niel Sorton	1,658
	Conservative	Peter Pawlowski	1,626
	Independent	Carole Deas	1,464
	Independent	Susanna Carvell	989
	Independent	Ian Walker	783
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Baker	447
	UKIP	Avril King	321
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Canford Heath East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Moore	1,150
	Liberal Democrats	Jennie Hodges	1,075
	Conservative	Zena Newman	564
	Conservative	Byron Quayle	529
	UKIP	Valerie Foice	351
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Canford Heath West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Matthews	1,172
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Goodall	1,164
	Conservative	Will Burstow	819
	Conservative	Rob Way	730
	UKIP	Peter Wheat	323
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Creekmoor (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Burden	1,515
	Conservative	Judy Butt	1,487
	Conservative	John Rampton	1,284
	Independent	Siobhan Coleman	720
	UKIP	John Butler	635
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Perera	591
	Liberal Democrats	Rory MacKay	587
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hamworthy East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Poole People	Charmaine Parkinson	728
	Conservative	Mike White	688
	Conservative	Roger Gregory	651
	Liberal Democrats	Peter England	289
	Labour	Darren Brown	283
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Allen	278
	Labour	Andrew Sweetmore	168
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Poole People gain from Conservative		Swing

Hamworthy West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Chandler	778
	Conservative	Michael Wilkins	755
	Poole People	Lou Knight	654
	Labour	Pat Hicks	349
	Liberal Democrats	Max Dunnett	240
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Jones	142
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Merley and Bearwood (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Brown	2,054
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Cox	2,026
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Maiden	1,976
	Conservative	Bernard Broderick	1,936
	Conservative	Jane Thomas	1,639
	Conservative	Andrew Chard	1,593
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Newtown (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Clements	1,137
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Clements	1,131
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Wilson	1,001
	Conservative	Ashley Fraser	886
	Conservative	Chris Harrison	857
	Conservative	Sonia Pedrini	820
	Labour	Hazel Malcolm-Walker	636
	UKIP	Diana Butler	527
	BNP	Dawn Coleman	264
	Independent	David Kenyon	246
	BNP	William Kimmet	204
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Oakdale (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Potter	1,264
	Conservative	Peter Adams	1,262
	Conservative	Janet Walton	1,129
	Poole People	Andy Hadley	978
	Poole People	Hugh Todd	770
	Independent	David Gillard	682
	Labour	Brian Ellis	556
	Liberal Democrats	Larry Adams	525
	Independent	Linda Gillard	464
	Labour	Sue Mallory	445
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Brooker	436
	Liberal Democrats	David Chicken	430
	Labour	Andrei Dudau	415
	UKIP	Michael Fisher	377
	Independent	Karl Ingham	371
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Parkstone (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sally Carpenter	2,008
	Conservative	Anne Stribley	1,764
	Conservative	Tony Woodcock	1,613
	Poole People	Sam Howell	1,500
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Nance	795
	Labour	Paul Reading	747
	UKIP	Lloyd Butt	586
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penn Hill (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Atkinson	1,929
	Conservative	Xena Dion	1,929
	Conservative	Ronald Parker	1,771
	Poole People	Peter Miles	1,431
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Parker	843
	UKIP	Jack Edwards	514
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Poole Town (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Poole People	Mark Howell	1,911
	Poole People	Chris Wilson	1,631
	Conservative	Carol Evans	1,015
	Conservative	Chris Bulteel	1,006
	Conservative	Tony Reeves	898
	Liberal Democrats	Dee Knights	543
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Poole People hold		Swing
	Poole People gain from Conservative		Swing

References edit

^ "Borough of Poole – Wards". Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
^ "Poole People". The Party for Poole People. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
^ "Borough of Poole – Election Results 2011". Retrieved 24 May 2011.

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