2011 Stroud District Council election

2011 English local election

The 2011 Stroud Council election was held 6 May to elect members of the Stroud District Council in England. Candidates in four parties campaigned for one of eighteen seats. The Labour Party won seven of the seats up for grabs, the highest of any single party in this election.

Election result

Stroud Council Election, 2011
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	4	22.23%	34.10%	9,858
Independent	1	5.56%	3.10%	864
Green	5	27.78%	17.07%	4,765
Labour	7	38.89%	34.48%	9,626
Liberal Democrats	1	5.56%	13.46%	3,758
TUSC	0	0%	0.02%	45

Ward results

Cainscross (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Bridgland	190	7.94%	−9.56%
	Green	Christopher Owen	235	9.83%
	Labour	David Rees	1,237	51.78%
	Conservative	Julie Zimmer	731	30.55%
Majority			1,237	51.78%	+7.18%
Turnout			2,393	43.30%	−26.80%

Cam East (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miranda Clifton	779	47.20%	+12.30%
	Conservative	Brian Tipper	871	52.80%
Majority			871	52.80%	+14.50
Turnout			1,650	45.60%	−30.00%

Cam West (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Denney	683	46.90%
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Jones	301	20.70%
	Conservative	Matthew Patrick	473	32.50%
Majority			683	46.90%	+1.10%
Turnout			1,457	45.60%	−26.70%

Central (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Malcolm Perry	155	21.60%
	Independent	Andrew Read	354	49.20%
	Conservative	Ian Robinson	210	29.20%
Majority			354	49.20%
Turnout			719	45.30%

Chalford (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Richard Dean	649	25.1%	−4.00%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Peters	1,302	50.30%
	Labour	David Taylor	638	24.60%
Majority			1,302	50.30%	−1.20%
Turnout			2,589	51.70%	−26.70%

Dursley (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Harding	416	18.60%
	Conservative	Loraine Patrick	679	30.40%
	Labour	Geoffrey Wheeler	1,026	45.90%	+16.10%
	Green	Miriam Yagud	112	5.00%	+3.00%
Majority			1,026	45.90%	+12.90%
Turnout			2,233	43.50%	−24.60%

Farmhill & Paganhill (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Henry Carr	304	36.10%
	Labour	David Drew	538	63.90%
Majority			538	63.90%
Turnout			842	50.30%

Minchinhampton (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dorcas Binns	1,108	55.50%
	Green	William Heaney	263	13.20%
	Labour	Joan Moore	270	13.50%
	Independent	John Williams	354	17.70%
Majority			1,108	55.50%
Turnout			1,995	56.00%

Nailsworth (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Carter	1,147	22.41%
	Green	Catherine Farrell	933	13.34%
	Green	Norman Kay	930	18.21%
	Labour	Audrey Smith	661	12.92%
	Labour	Jacqueline Smith	608	11.88%
	Conservative	Louise Roden	841	16.43%
Majority			1,988	38.84%
Turnout			5,120	51.90%

Rodborough (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Philip Blomberg	213	11.40%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Headley	591	31.50%
	Labour	Nigel Prenter	617	32.90%
	Conservative	Adam Sarch	453	24.20%
Majority			617	32.90%
Turnout			1,874	51.50%

Slade (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Shelagh Hume	270	43.50%
	Green	Simon Pickering	350	56.50%
Majority			350	56.50%
Turnout			620	40.20%

Stonehouse (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Brine	1,346	55.00%
	Conservative	Lawrence Hall	789	32.20%
	Green	Clare Sheridan	314	12.80%	+5.00
Majority			1,346	55.00%	+13.10%
Turnout			2,449	41.00%	−26.40%

Thrupp (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Elisabeth Bird	319	28.90%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Walker-Smith	49	4.40%
	Green	Martin Whiteside	591	53.60%
	Labour	Lesley Williams	143	13.00%
Majority			591	53.60%
Turnout			1,102	58.40%

Trinity (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Mansell	178	20.30%
	Labour	Paul Mapplebeck	149	17.00%
	Green	John Marjoram	551	62.80%
Majority			551	62.80%
Turnout			878	51.80%

Uplands (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Rachel Lyons	137	16.60%
	TUSC	Christopher Moore	45	5.40%
	Labour	Roger Sanders	551	62.80%
	Independent	Timothy Seager	156	18.90%
Majority			488	59.10%
Turnout			826	49.40%

Valley (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Julie Job	190	21.40%
	Labour	Stephen Lydon	279	31.50%
	Green	Molly Scott-Cato	417	47.10%
Majority			417	47.10%
Turnout			886	47.50%

Wotton-Under-Edge (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Boobyer	347	13.00%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Cartigny	1,104	41.50%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Smith	1,211	45.50%
Majority			1,211	45.50%	−9.40%
Turnout			2,662	52.50%	−21.10%

References

"Election results 2011". Stroud District Council. n.d. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
"Local Election Results 2011". Local Elections Archive Project. n.d. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (n.d.). "Stroud District Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

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