2011 Telford and Wrekin Council election
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Leader of the Council before election


Conservative

Elected Leader of the Council


Labour

The 2011 elections for the whole of Telford and Wrekin Council took place on 10 May 2011. 54 councillors were elected in 33 wards and the Labour Party took control from the Conservatives. There were no boundary changes taking effect at this election.

Election result

The Conservatives lost control to Labour, who gained 16 seats.

Telford and Wrekin Election Result 2011
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 33 14 - +14 45.2 38,943
  Conservative 17 1 9 -8 39.7 34,229
  Liberal Democrats 3 - - 0 3.4 2,935
  Independent 1 - 3 -3 4.7 4,053
  Telford and Wrekin People's Association 0 - 3 -3 3.5 2,987
  UKIP 0 - - 0 2.2 1,882
  0 - - 0 1.3 1,091
  BNP 0 - - 0 0.2 145

Seat gains/losses are in relation to the previous whole council election in 2007. During the intervening time, four seats changes hands in by-elections; the Conservatives gained four seats, 2 losses each from Labour and Independents.

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Ward results

Successful candidates are in bold; defending incumbents are indicated by "*". Percentages are of the total number of votes cast (In multiple member wards, each voter may vote once for each vacancy, i.e., in a three-member ward each voter has three votes).

Apley Castle (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Karen Tracy BLUNDELL* 616 52.25
Conservative Barry David TILLOTSON 358 30.36
Labour Stuart James WILLIAMS 205 17.39
Majority 258 21.88
Turnout 1179 51.41
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Arleston (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angela Diane McCLEMENTS* 699 68.33
Conservative David Cecil DUCE 324 31.67
Majority 375 36.66
Turnout 1023 41.26
Labour hold Swing
Brookside (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arnold Richard Hugh ENGLAND 756 26.10
Labour Jacqueline LOVERIDGE 746 25.76
Conservative Nicola ANDERSON 572 19.75
Conservative John Alan DIXON 524 18.09
UKIP Stuart James PARR 298 10.29
Majority 174 6.01
Turnout 2896 33.75
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Church Aston & Lilleshall (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew John EADE 1082 78.86
Labour Sinah Anne WATKINS 290 21.14
Majority 792 57.73
Turnout 1372 53.88
Conservative hold Swing
College (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Michael Gerard ION 415 37.22
Independent MCCARTHY, Patrick Michael John 368 33.00
Conservative David Reginald CHAPLIN 332 29.78
Majority 47 4.22
Turnout 1115 49.32
Labour Co-op gain from Independent Swing
Cuckoo Oak (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derek Robert William WHITE 801 29.20
Labour Alan Arthur MACKENZIE* 735 26.80
Conservative Graham Phillip HOSSELL* 615 22.42
Conservative Pauline HOSSELL 592 21.58
Majority 66 2.41
Turnout 2743 37.91
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Dawley Magna (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frances Molly BOULD 1315 19.92
Labour Brian Hereward DUCE 1243 18.82
Labour Clive Bertil Ashley ELLIOTT 961 14.55
Conservative Alan Edward SCOTT 917 13.89
Telford and Wrekin People's Association Victor TONKS* 877 13.28
Telford and Wrekin People's Association John Henry JOHNSON 785 11.89
Telford and Wrekin People's Association Adrian Gilbert Peter WILLIAMS* 505 7.65
Majority 44 0.67
Turnout 6603 40.31
Labour gain from Telford and Wrekin People's Association Swing
Labour gain from Telford and Wrekin People's Association Swing
Labour gain from Telford and Wrekin People's Association Swing
Donnington (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Ann CLARE* 979 33.32
Labour Clive Neil MASON* 941 32.03
Conservative Timothy James NELSON 448 15.25
Conservative Rodney Stephen PITT 405 13.78
Independent Graham WILLIAMSON 165 5.62
Majority 493 16.78
Turnout 2938 34.63
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Dothill (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Karen Lesley TOMLINSON* 404 41.44
Conservative Lesley Barbara STREET 311 31.90
Labour Timothy John SKIDMORE 260 26.67
Majority 93
Turnout 975 50.05
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Edgmond (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Peter BURRELL* 922 74.06
Labour William Walter BARTON 323 25.94
Majority 599 48.11
Turnout 1245 59.88
Conservative hold Swing
Ercall (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Miles Bewick HOSKEN 855 62.14
Labour Mary LEWIS 521 37.86
Majority 334 24.27
Turnout 1376 55.81
Conservative hold Swing
Ercall Magna (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen BENTLEY* 648 52.38
UKIP Gillian Elizabeth SEYMOUR 322 26.03
Labour Derek GORSE 267 21.58
Majority 326 26.35
Turnout 1237 52.28
Conservative hold Swing
Hadley & Leegomery (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ronald Keith AUSTIN* 1277 17.33
Labour Leon Albert MURRAY 1245 16.90
Labour Malcolm John SMITH* 1227 16.65
Conservative Reginald John SMART 881 11.96
Conservative Ronald Ritchie PLENDERLEITH 764 10.37
Conservative Roger AVELEY* 677 9.19
Independent George ASHCROFT 449 6.09
Independent Ann Marie HOUGHTON 440 5.97
Independent John James HOUGHTON 408 5.54
Majority 346 4.70
Turnout 7368 36.22
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Haygate (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert James SLOAN 584 56.21
Conservative Rosemary Grace CHAPLIN* 455 43.79
Majority 129 12.42
Turnout 1039 43.24
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Horsehay & Lightmoor (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tracy Jean HOPE* 517 23.50
Conservative Clive Paul Richard MOLLETT 494 22.45
Labour Michael John Henry MACKENZIE 485 22.05
Labour Benjamin James WHITEHOUSE 444 20.18
Telford and Wrekin People's Association Graham William George WHITEHEAD 172 7.82
Telford and Wrekin People's Association Barry William OLLIVER 88 4.00
Majority 9 0.41
Turnout 2200 41.58
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Ironbridge Gorge (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Glyn DAVIES 589 52.97
Conservative Elizabeth Marte MOLLETT 523 47.03
Majority 66 5.94
Turnout 1112 54.48
Labour hold Swing
Ketley & Oakengates (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hilda RHODES* 1504 20.67
Labour Gillian Catherine Withers REYNOLDS 1160 15.94
Labour Amrik Singh JHAWAR 1113 15.30
Conservative Joy Annice FRANCIS* 1043 14.33
Conservative Sean KELLY* 894 12.29
Conservative Desmond Cecil PARKINSON 823 11.31
Steven Andrew George WOOD 385 5.29
Martin John YOUNG 354 4.87
Majority 70 0.96
Turnout 7276 40.86
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Lawley & Overdale (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Jayne GREENAWAY* 589 23.63
Labour Frederick Roy PICKEN* 525 21.06
Labour Santokho SEKHON 432 17.33
Conservative Ronald James WOOD 294 11.79
Independent Alan John HUSSEY 216 8.66
Deborah Ann CRANE 205 8.22
Telford and Wrekin People's Association Janet Louise HULME 131 5.25
Telford and Wrekin People's Association John David Ralph HIGGINSON 101 4.05
Majority 93 3.73
Turnout 2493 36.72
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Madeley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Robert WATLING 904 31.75
Independent Gillian Mary GREEN* 879 30.87
Conservative David George WRIGHT* 694 24.38
Conservative Jeremy Michael James HAIGH 370 13.00
Majority 185 6.50
Turnout 2847 44.05
Independent hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Malinslee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kuldip Singh SAHOTA* 946 34.64
Labour Shaun DAVIES 893 32.70
Conservative Catherine Ann WORTHING 305 11.17
Conservative William Leonard WORTHING 259 9.48
Telford and Wrekin People's Association Christine Ann CHOUDHARY 184 6.74
Telford and Wrekin People's Association Mohammed Nasir CHOUDHARY 144 5.27
Majority 588 21.53
Turnout 2731 35.22
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Muxton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Arthur DUGMORE 1079 30.06
Conservative Adrian LAWRENCE* 993 27.67
Labour Veronica Jill BROWN 641 17.86
Labour Dylan HARRISON 546 15.21
Liberal Democrats Lee James DARGUE 330 9.19
Majority 352 9.81
Turnout 3589 41.98
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Newport East (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eric James CARTER* 628 64.02
Labour Nigel Humphrey FOSKETT 353 35.98
Majority 275 28.03
Turnout 981 49.72
Conservative hold Swing
Newport North (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Geoffrey SCAMMELL 711 61.77
Labour Co-op Philip David NORTON 440 38.23
Majority 271 23.54
Turnout 1151 50.21
Conservative hold Swing
Newport South (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adrian Alma MEREDITH 712 69.53
Labour Jane CALLISTER 312 30.47
Majority 400 39.06
Turnout 1024 50.91
Conservative hold Swing
Newport West (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam John STANTON* 606 63.99
Labour Alexander Philip Charles KEEN 341 36.01
Majority 265 27.98
Turnout 947 45.80
Conservative hold Swing
Park (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Benjamin John THOMPSON 352 32.35
Conservative Anthony BENTLEY 335 30.79
UKIP Denis Graham ALLEN 224 20.59
Liberal Democrats David John HOLLOWAY 177 16.27
Majority 17 1.56
Turnout 1088 54.08
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Priorslee (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Thomas Wells FLETCHER* 1233 30.73
Conservative Veronica Alma FLETCHER* 1167 29.08
Labour Robert Hywel SMITH 614 15.30
Independent Roy Ernest WILLIAMS 590 14.70
Labour Keith Raymond WATKINS 409 10.19
Majority 553 13.78
Turnout 4013 48.24
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Shawbirch (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats William Leonard TOMLINSON* 592 51.34
Conservative Katrina Mary BAKER, 286 24.80
Labour Neil Andrew FURY 275 23.85
Majority 306 26.54
Turnout 1153 48.17
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St Georges (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Charles MINOR* 1179 33.31
Labour Richard Andrew OVERTON* 1145 32.35
Conservative Frank Ernest TOWNSEND 695 19.64
Conservative Shaukat ALI 520 14.69
Majority 450 12.72
Turnout 3539 42.62
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
The Nedge (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nathaniel Aleric Moses ENGLAND 1223 18.04
Labour Christopher Robin TURLEY 1141 16.83
Labour William Alexander Marsh MCCLEMENTS 985 14.53
Conservative Harvey James UNWIN 836 12.33
Conservative Richard Michael TYLER* 808 11.92
Conservative Sheenagh Mary UNWIN 750 11.06
UKIP Raymond John KNIGHT 414 6.11
UKIP Judy SMART 345 5.09
UKIP Ursula Mary DOBROWOLSKA 279 4.11
Majority 149 2.20
Turnout 6781 39.00
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Woodside (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Raemonde Catherine EVANS 635 30.32
Labour Kevin Ronald GUY 564 26.93
Conservative Christopher Owen Ernest HIGGINS 377 18.00
Conservative Grant Nathen Lence FOXON 373 17.81
BNP Philip William SPENCER 145 6.92
Majority 187 8.93
Turnout 2094 27.20
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Wrockwardine (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Terence KIERNAN 1424 36.56
Conservative Jacqueline M SEYMOUR* 1196 30.71
Labour Joan Eva GORSE 502 12.89
Labour Christopher Lionel LEWIS 490 12.58
Liberal Democrats Stephen DE LAUNEY 283 7.27
Majority 694 17.82
Turnout 3895 50.12
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Wrockwardine Wood & Trench (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shirley Ann Withers REYNOLDS 1048 26.94
Labour Charles Frederick SMITH* 963 24.76
Conservative Malcolm Peter ROUND 629 16.17
Independent GROOM, Robert Edward* 538 13.83
Conservative Sunil VERMA 384 9.87
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Ann BOYLE 328 8.43
Majority 334 8.59
Turnout 3890 44.93
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Telford & Wrekin seats at a glance". England council elections. BBC. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2014.

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