2011 Cotswold District Council election

English local election

Cotswold District Council Election, 2011

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5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)

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44 out of 44 seats to Cotswold District Council
23 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

34,092 (50.2%)

	First party	Second party

Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Last election	38 seats, 58.0%	4 seats, 24.0%
Seats before	38	4
Seats after	27	12
Seat change	11	8
Popular vote	18,423	10,240
Percentage	51.8%	28.8
Swing	6.2	4.8

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Independent	Labour
Last election	2 seats, 17.0%	N/A
Seats before	2	0
Seats after	5	0
Seat change	3	0
Popular vote	4685	922
Percentage	13.2%	2.6
Swing	4.8	N/A

Leader before election

Lynden Stowe
Conservative

Leader after election

Lynden Stowe
Conservative

Elections for Cotswold District Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2011. The whole council was up for election. Cotswold District is divided into 28 wards, with a total of 44 seats up for election.

Summary results

Despite winning the majority of votes in the election, the Conservatives lost 12 seats, 8 to the Liberal Democrats and 4 to Independents. However, they still retained majority control of the council.

Cotswold Local Election Results 2011
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	27	1	12	11	61.4	51.8	18423	6.2
Liberal Democrats	12	8	0	8	27.3	28.8	10240	4.8
Independent	5	4	1	3	11.4	13.2	4685	3.8
Labour	0	0	0		0	2.6	922	N/A
Green	0	0	0		0	2.2	776	N.A
UKIP	0	0	0		0	1.5	541	0.5

Wards

Ampney-Coln
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sir Edward Horsfall	584	74.3
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Skinner	202	25.7
Majority			382	48.6
Turnout			797	50.83
	Conservative hold		Swing

Avening
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jim Parsons	534	68.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Burgess	153	19.5
	UKIP	David Bendall	96	12.3
Majority			381
Turnout			783
	Conservative hold		Swing

Beacon-Stow (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Davin Penman	857	56.3
	Conservative	Merryl Phillips	703	---
	Independent	Colin Smalley	703	30.5
	Independent	Christopher Turner	258	---
	Liberal Democrats	George Ellis	200	13.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blockley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barry Dare	489	58.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Keay-Bright	348	41.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bourton-on-the-Water (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sheila Jeffery	884	71.8
	Conservative	Leonard Wilkins	868	---
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Keay-Bright	347	28.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Campden-Vale (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lynden Stowe	1,662	67.0
	Conservative	Susan Jepson	1,641	---
	Conservative	Mark Annett	1,588	---
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Thompson	819	33.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chedworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Broad	453	53.5
	Independent	John Robons	393	46.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Churn Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Hodgkinson	532	59.2
	Conservative	Vanessa Powell	397	40.8
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cirencester Beeches (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Burgess	629	51.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Hughes	602	48.9
	Conservative	Peter Braidwood	598	---
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Robbins	574	46.5	−−−
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Cirencester Chesterton (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Deryck Nash	682	48.6
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Rickman	561	---
	Conservative	Phillip Kerton	407	29.0
	Conservative	John Anderson	399	---
	Labour	Jonathan Easterbrook	169	12.0
	UKIP	Peter Braidwood	146	10.4
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cirencester Park (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Searles	769	57.5
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Harris	735	---
	Conservative	Geoffrey Adams	568	42.5
	Conservative	Anthony Curry	509	---
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Cirencester Stratton-Whiteway (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Lichnowski	816	48.8
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Coleman	757	---
	Conservative	Dennis Peters	502	30.0
	Conservative	Richard Buckley	428	---
	Green	Robert Irving	182	10.9
	Labour	Reginald Eyre	173	10.3
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cirencester Watermoor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Selwyn	804	60.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Hincks	741	---
	Conservative	William Helm	520	39.3
	Conservative	Steven White	433	---
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Ermin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicholas Parsons	490	56.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Edwards	336	38.8
	UKIP	Adrian Blake	41	4.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fairford (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Raymond Theodoulou	750	36.5
	Independent	Mark Wardle	711	34.6
	Conservative	Christine Roberts	670	---
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Davey	387	18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Lewis	231	---
	Green	Xanthe Messenger	205	10.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Fosseridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michele Jeffery	638	78.7
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Derrington	173	21.3
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grumbolds Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anne Nicolle	665	78.0
	Liberal Democrats	Felicity Hornby	188	22.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hampton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Fowles	525	58.5
	Independent	James Steel	288	25.4
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Harwood	144	16.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kempsford-Lechlade (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sandra Carter	932	48.2
	Independent	Susan Coakley	781	40.4
	Conservative	Alexander Palmer	726	---
	Independent	Jeremy Stokes	502	---
	Green	Neil Voller	222	11.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Moreton-in-Marsh (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Dutton	796	46.6
	Independent	Rodney Hooper	776	45.4
	Conservative	Christopher Horne	536	---
	Independent	Patrick Trice-Rolph	220	---
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Bass	136	8.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Northleach
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Christopher Hancock	427	52.7
	Conservative	Michael Pezet	313	38.6
	Liberal Democrats	Darren McLauchlan	70	8.6
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Rissingtons
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Venetia Crosbie-Dawson	602	76.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Watson	189	23.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Riversmeet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Carole Topple	497	62.0
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Watts	240	29.9
	Labour	Merilyn Hill	65	8.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandywell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robin Hughes	577	73.1
	Liberal Democrats	Roberta Crawley	212	26.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tetbury (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Stephen Hirst	905	30.0
	Conservative	Barry Gibbs	834	27.7
	Conservative	Diana Hicks	627	---
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Painter	577	19.2
	Conservative	Keith Leaver	560	---
	Independent	Peter Martin	467	---
	Labour	Shirley Mosdell	371	12.3
	Labour	Christopher Giles	292	---
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Brown	277	---
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Radford-Hancock	236	---
	Independent	Brian Edge	169	---
	Green	Brecon Quaddy	167	5.5
	UKIP	Guy Parfitt	158	5.2
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thames Head
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Birch	591	66.0
	Liberal Democrats	James Willis	204	22.8
	UKIP	Jennifer Knight	100	11.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Three Rivers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dominic Collier	727	83.5
	Labour	Alan Pollock	144	16.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Water Parl (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Esmond Jenkins	1,110	51.9
	Liberal Democrats	Juliet Layton	1,058	---
	Conservative	Clive Bennett	1,030	48.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Evemy	1018	---
	Conservative	Adrian Snow	766	---
	Conservative	Peter Messenger	684	---
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"Costwold District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
"Local Election Results 2011 - Cotswold". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
"Local Election Results 2007 - Cotswold". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 18 April 2024.

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