2011 New Forest District Council election
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All 60 seats to New Forest District Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before 46 14
Seats won 54 6
Seat change Increase8 Decrease8
Popular vote 36,502 16,757
Results by Ward
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

The 2011 New Forest District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members to the New Forest District Council, on the same day as other local elections. The election saw the Conservatives gain eight seats from the Liberal Democrats, increasing their majority.[1][2]

Election Summary

After the 2007 elections, the Conservatives held 45 seats, the Liberal Democrats held 14, and one seat was Independent; Prior to this election, Independent Councillor Danny Cracknell died,[3] with the Conservatives winning a subsequent by-election, meaning that the Conservatives held 46 seats and Liberal Democrats held 14.

The Conservatives again increased their control of the council, winning 54 seats out of 60, with the Liberal Democrats holding the remaining six.

Note that comparisons to the previous election do not include Bramshaw, Copythorne North and Minstead, as a by-election was held several months later instead.

The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections.

New Forest local election result 2011
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 54 8 0 Increase8 90.00 56.09 36,502 Decrease0.39
  Liberal Democrats 6 0 8 Decrease8 10.00 25.75 16,757 Decrease9.05
  Labour 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.00 10.99 7,156 Increase8.70
  Green 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.00 3.87 2,520 Increase1.39
  UKIP 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.00 3.27 2,133 Increase3.27

Ward Results

Ashurst, Copythorne South and Netley Marsh

Ashurst, Copythorne South and Netley Marsh (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leslie Puttock 1,431 63.51 Decrease6.09
Conservative Derek Tipp 1,422
Liberal Democrats Stuart Ardern 466 20.68 Decrease0.86
Labour Peter Sopowski 356 15.80 Increase6.95
Liberal Democrats Timothy Mawby 301
Majority 965 42.83 Decrease5.23
Turnout 2,253
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Barton

Barton (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Godfrey Beck 1,715 64.01 Decrease12.80
Conservative Alan O'Sullivan 1,666
Liberal Democrats Lisa Chatfield 560 20.90 Decrease2.28
Labour Peter Beck 404 15.08 Increase15.08
Majority 1,155 43.11 Decrease10.52
Turnout 2,679
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bashley

Bashley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Rice 849 71.64 Decrease6.24
Liberal Democrats Roger Dagnall 170 14.34 Decrease7.77
Labour Caroline Hexter 166 14.00 Increase14.00
Majority 679 57.29 Increase1.53
Turnout 1,185
Conservative hold Swing

Becton

Becton (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christine Ward 1,140 55.12 Decrease20.11
Conservative Paul Woods 1,085
Liberal Democrats Judith Baker 370 17.89 Decrease6.87
UKIP Ivan Ledger 342 16.53 Increase16.53
Liberal Democrats Brenda Vincent 220
Labour Joan Iles 216 10.44 Increase10.44
Majority 770 37.23 Decrease13.23
Turnout 2,068
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Boldre and Sway

Boldre and Sway (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Rickman 1,665 71.64 Decrease1.63
Conservative Colin Wise 1,336
Liberal Democrats Susan Lewis 659 28.35 Increase1.63
Liberal Democrats Linda Hollins 418
Majority 1,006 43.28 Decrease3.26
Turnout 2,324
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bramshaw, Copythrone North and Minstead

Bramshaw, Copythorne North and Minstead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Diane Andrews 802 77.78 Decrease0.22
Liberal Democrats Jane Woodnutt 229 22.21 Increase0.22
Majority 573 55.57 Decrease0.43
Turnout 559 26.2
Conservative hold Swing

Bransgore and Burley

Bransgore and Burley (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ann Hickman 1,789 65.99 Increase15.67
Conservative John Penwarden 1,539
Liberal Democrats Richard Grant 536 19.77 Increase3.57
Labour Peter Kelleher 386 14.23 Increase14.23
Majority 1,253 46.21 Increase29.37
Turnout 2,653
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Brockenhurst and Forest South East

Brockenhurst and Forest South East (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maureen Holding 1,693 72.13 Increase3.47
Conservative Frank Vickers 1,471
Liberal Democrats Allan Hendry 654 27.86 Decrease7.67
Liberal Democrats Rachel Smith 638
Majority 1,039 44.26 Decrease4.20
Turnout 2,347
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Buckland

Buckland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Swain 624 60.28 Increase5.97
Liberal Democrats Edward Jearrad 283 27.34 Decrease18.34
Labour Stephen Short 128 12.36 Increase12.36
Majority 679 32.94 Increase24.32
Turnout 1,035
Conservative hold Swing

Butts Ash and Dibden Purlieu

Butts Ash and Dibden Purlieu (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Wade 1,055 43.88 Decrease8.75
Conservative James Binns 1,020 42.42 Decrease4.94
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Clark 972
Conservative Brian Uglow 963
Labour Iris Smith 329 Increase13.68 13.68
Turnout 2,404
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Dibden and Hythe East

Dibden and Hythe East (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Harrison 1,001 55.54 Increase6.34
Liberal Democrats Stanley Wade 963
Conservative Beverley Thorne 801 44.45 Increase0.85
Conservative Teresa Joof 768
Majority 200 11.09 Increase5.49
Turnout 1,802
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Downlands and Forest

Downlands and Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Heron 901 67.13 Increase9.51
Green Janet Richards 270 20.11 Decrease0.95
Liberal Democrats Paul Toynton 171 12.74 Decrease8.56
Majority 631 47.01 Increase10.7
Turnout 1,342
Conservative hold Swing

Fawley, Blackfield and Langley

Fawley, Blackfield and Langley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexis McEvoy 1,418 67.87 Increase10.15
Conservative Robert Wappet 1,215
Liberal Democrats Brenda Smith 671 32.12 Decrease10.15
Liberal Democrats Alexander Wade 591
Majority 203 9.71 Decrease5.74
Turnout 2,089
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Fernhill

Fernhill (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jill Cleary 1,321 59.211 Decrease4.06
Conservative John Ward 1,076
Liberal Democrats Beverley Scott-Johns 509 22.81 Decrease5.31
Labour Amy Coakes 401 17.97 Increase9.37
Majority 812 36.39 Increase1.24
Turnout 2,231
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Fordingbridge

Fordingbridge (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roxanne Bellows 1,124 41.94 Increase5.54
Conservative Ann Sevier 1,105
Liberal Democrats Miranda Whitehead 896 33.43 Decrease14.78
Liberal Democrats Timothy Denne 688
Green Christopher Dennis 365 13.61 Increase2.7
Labour Brian Shemmings 344 11.00 Increase6.54
Majority 228 8.50
Turnout 2,680
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Forest North West

Forest North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Dow Unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

Furzedown and Hardley

Furzedown and Hardley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Ross 444 45.72 Increase5.87
Liberal Democrats Graham Parkes 309 31.82 Decrease28.32
Green Elaine Fordham 218 22.45 Increase22.45
Majority 135 13.90
Turnout 971
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Holbury and North Blackfield

Holbury and North Blackfield (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Allan Glass 830 51.29 Increase19.16
Conservative Alan Alvery 759
Labour Karlton Smith 407 25.15 Increase15.74
Liberal Democrats David Lord 381 23.54 Decrease34.91
Labour Michael Perkins 365
Liberal Democrats David Townsley 344
Majority 71 4.38
Turnout 1,618
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Hordle

Hordle (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Tinsley 1,239 47.78 Decrease22.37
Conservative Penelope Lovelace 1,214
UKIP Ian Linney 652 25.14 Increase25.14
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Szwaczka 406 15.65 Decrease14.19
Labour Peter Coakes 296 11.41 Increase11.41
Majority 587 22.63 Decrease17.67
Turnout 2,593
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hythe West and Langdown

Hythe West and Langdown (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Maureen McLean 1,609 56.47 Decrease8.04
Liberal Democrats Maureen Robinson 1,128
Conservative Joan Fowler 892 31.30 Decrease4.18
Conservative Brenda Spearing 876
Labour Emmanuel Boateng 348 12.21 Increase12.21
Majority 717 25.16 Decrease3.86
Turnout 2,849
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Lymington Town

Lymington Town (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anna Rostand 1,479 56.47 Decrease13.4
Conservative Miriam Lewis 1,473
Liberal Democrats Freda Angelou 481 18.36 Decrease0.99
Liberal Democrats Stephen Moss 419
UKIP Michael Beggs 383 14.62 Increase14.62
Labour Robert Joy 276 10.53 Increase10.53
Majority 998 38.10 Decrease12.41
Turnout 2,619
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Wyeth 858 75.39 Increase0.42
Liberal Democrats Michael Reid 153 13.44 Decrease2.47
Labour Kenneth Kershaw 127 11.15 Increase2.05
Majority 705 61.95 Increase2.89
Turnout 1,138
Conservative hold Swing

Marchwood

Marchwood (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alison Hoare 1,020 51.75 Decrease0.53
Conservative Susan Bennison 742
Liberal Democrats Keith Petty 455 23.08 Decrease13.19
Liberal Democrats Geraint Rowlands 338
Green Beverley Golden 268 13.59 Increase2.15
Labour Sean Hill 228 11.56 Increase11.56
Majority 565 28.66 Increase
Turnout 1,971
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Milford

Milford (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Melville Kendal 1,802 78.55 Decrease0.52
Conservative Michael Pemberton 1,678
Labour Tracey Carruthers 492 21.44 Increase21.44
Majority 1,310 57.10 Decrease1.05
Turnout 2,294
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Milton

Milton (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Clarke 1,144 51.20 Decrease7.02
Conservative Stephen Davies 1,138
UKIP Nigel Cox 439 19.65 Increase19.65
Liberal Democrats Wynford Davies 344 15.39 Decrease20.07
Liberal Democrats Paul Chatfield 341
Labour Peter Dance 307 13.74 Increase7.09
Majority 705 31.55 Increase9.14
Turnout 2,234
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Pennington

Pennington (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Penelope Jackman 922 45.58 Decrease1.89
Conservative Alexander Kilgour 877
Liberal Democrats Paul Hickman 655 30.10 Decrease16.41
Liberal Democrats Martina Humber 569
Labour Lena Samuels 265 12.17 Increase6.17
Green Sally May 264 12.13 Increase12.13
Majority 337 15.48 Decrease6.93
Turnout 2,176
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Ringwood East and Sopley

Ringwood East and Sopley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barbara Woodifield 756 70.52 Decrease5.22
Liberal Democrats Cara Frost-Jones 180 16.79 Decrease7.46
Labour Audrey Walker 136 12.68 Increase12.68
Majority 576 53.73 Increase2.25
Turnout 1,072
Conservative hold Swing

Ringwood North

Ringwood North (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lorna Ford 1,329 55.14 Increase4.53
Conservative Michael Thierry 1,174
Labour Peter Harper 450 18.67 Increase8.93
Green Timothy Rowe 392 16.26 Increase6.74
Liberal Democrats Brian Dash 239 9.91 Decrease20.21
Liberal Democrats William Catt 190
Majority 879 36.47 Increase15.99
Turnout 2,410
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Ringwood South

Ringwood South (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Rippon-Swaine 1,069 49.60 Increase18.03
Conservative Jeremy Heron 980
Green Sally Rose 627 29.09 Increase29.09
Labour Desmond Williams 459 21.29 Increase12.45
Majority 442 20.51
Turnout 2,155
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Totton Central

Totton Central (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Lucas 947 59.59 Increase7.54
Conservative Ronald Scrivens 915
Liberal Democrats Stephen Starr 642 40.40 Decrease7.54
Liberal Democrats Lotte Bakoji-Hume 583
Majority 305 19.19 Increase15.08
Turnout 1,589
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Totton East

Totton East (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dean Britton 879 41.42 Decrease6.72
Conservative Christopher Lagdon 783
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Dawson 631 29.73 Decrease12.98
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Sawyer 574
UKIP David Robert Menhennet 317 14.93 Increase14.93
Labour Jennifer Ovenden 295 13.90 Increase13.90
Majority 248 11.68 Increase6.28
Turnout 2,122
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Totton North

Totton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Dart 903 54.99 Decrease0.17
Conservative Neville Penman 902
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Shaw 739 45.00 Increase0.17
Liberal Democrats Lorella Weeks 668
Majority 164 9.98 Decrease0.35
Turnout 1642
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Totton South

Totton South (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Harrison 917 45.19 Decrease14.83
Conservative Michael Southgate 778 38.34 Decrease1.63
Conservative Melvyn Molyneux 734
Liberal Democrats Alan Weeks 703
Green Helen Field 334 16.46 Increase16.46
Turnout 2,029
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Totton West

Totton West (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Diana Brooks 848 60.35 Increase6.82
Conservative David Russell 773
Liberal Democrats Leonard Harris 557 39.64 Decrease6.82
Liberal Democrats Kate Lord 521
Majority 291 20.71 Increase13.64
Turnout 1,405
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2011 - New Forest". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  2. ^ Rallings, Collin; Thrasher, Michael. "New Forest District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Plymouth University.
  3. ^ "Ringwood mourns death of community champion". Salisbury Journal. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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