The 2011 Blackpool Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of the unitary Blackpool Borough Council in England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council from the Conservative party.[1]
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Election result
editThe results saw Blackpool Labour gain 15 seats to take control from the Conservatives.[2] Conservative councillors who lost seats included the deputy leader of the party Ian Fowler and the cabinet member for education, Peter Collins.[3] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats were reduced to just one councillor, Douglas Green.[3] Overall turnout at the election was 37.41%.[4]
The Conservative leader of the council Peter Callow said the Labour result was "well-earned" and that cuts made by the national government were to blame for the Conservative losses.[2] Meanwhile, the Labour leader Simon Blackburn called the result "very pleasing, but not unexpected".[2]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 27 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 64.3 | 50.2 | 38,828 | +15.8% | |
Conservative | 14 | 1 | 14 | -13 | 33.3 | 41.4 | 32,024 | -5.9% | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 4,010 | -8.7% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1,511 | +1.5% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 861 | +0.8% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 112 | +0.1% |
Ward results
editAnchorsholme
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Williams | 1,202 | 25.49% | +6.18% | |
Conservative | Paul Galley | 1,107 | 23.47% | +4.95% | |
Labour | Danny Bradford | 970 | 20.57% | +7.05% | |
Labour | Rosemary Southern | 883 | 18.72% | +4.49% | |
Liberal Democrats | Jon Bamborough | 318 | 6.74% | −11.37% | |
Liberal Democrats | Gill Jackson | 236 | 5.00% | −11.30% | |
Turnout | 47.7 | −2.0% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.8% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.2% |
Bispham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Don Clapham | 1,187 | 30.53% | −1.40% | |
Conservative | Henry Mitchell | 1,065 | 27.40% | −3.21% | |
Labour | Kathryn Benson | 743 | 19.11% | +7.05% | |
Labour | Bob Harrison | 681 | 17.52% | +7.45% | |
Liberal Democrats | Anne Heyworth | 211 | 5.43% | −1.11% | |
Turnout | 41.7 | −3.0% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.2% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.4% |
Bloomfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graham Cain | 849 | 32.79% | +16.85% | |
Labour | Mary Smith | 777 | 30.01% | +12.84% | |
Conservative | Irene James | 322 | 12.44% | +1.59% | |
Conservative | Michael Ruane | 282 | 10.89% | +1.52% | |
UKIP | Hamish Howitt | 159 | 6.14% | −0.46% | |
UKIP | Len Booth | 146 | 5.64% | +5.64% | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Hodkinson | 54 | 2.09% | −16.90% | |
Turnout | 26.5 | −3.4% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.5% | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +16.9% |
Brunswick
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gary Coleman | 1,059 | 31.73% | +4.90% | |
Labour | Simon Blackburn | 1,049 | 31.43% | +5.31% | |
Conservative | Timothy Cox | 472 | 14.14% | −6.15% | |
Conservative | Geoff Hodson | 435 | 13.03% | −5.88% | |
UKIP | Robert McDowell | 176 | 5.27% | +5.27% | |
UKIP | Colin Porter | 147 | 4.40% | −3.45% | |
Turnout | 33.8 | +3.4% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.5% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.6% |
Claremont
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ivan Taylor | 1,031 | 34.18% | +7.9% | |
Labour | Sylvia Taylor | 965 | 32.00% | +8.6% | |
Conservative | Brian Bell | 450 | 14.92% | −2.7% | |
Conservative | Ian Benson | 419 | 13.89% | −2.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | David Charles-Cully | 151 | 5.01% | −4.5% | |
Turnout | 28.3 | +0.5% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.3% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.4% |
Clifton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joan Greenhalgh | 1,090 | 33.39% | +8.69% | |
Labour | Adrian Hutton | 911 | 27.91% | +6.23% | |
Conservative | Joe Best | 567 | 17.37% | −5.73% | |
Conservative | Marlene Ruane | 475 | 14.55% | −7.13% | |
Independent | Michael Carr | 221 | 6.77% | −14.91% | |
Turnout | 34.9 | +0.2% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.2% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.7% |
Greenlands
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christine Wright | 861 | 21.6% | +1.9% | |
Labour | Chris Ryan | 851 | 21.4% | +4.2% | |
Conservative | Steve Houghton | 816 | 20.5% | −3.3% | |
Conservative | Angela Brown | 758 | 19.0% | −3.2% | |
Independent | Julian Mineur | 295 | 7.4% | +7.4% | |
UKIP | John Bebbington | 258 | 6.5% | +6.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | Carole Bate | 142 | 3.6% | −1.7% | |
Turnout | 3,981 | 40.4 | −0.1% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.6% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.2% |
Hawes Side
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Hardy | 1,244 | 34.6% | +12.8% | |
Labour | Val Haynes | 1,177 | 32.7% | +11.8% | |
Conservative | Pam Knight | 616 | 17.1% | −1.5% | |
Conservative | Bev Warren | 563 | 14.4% | −0.9% | |
Turnout | 3,600 | 35.4 | −0.1% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.2% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.4% |
Highfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lily Henderson | 868 | 23.9% | '−4.4% | |
Labour | Chris Maughan | 849 | 23.3% | +9.2% | |
Conservative | Susan Fowler | 777 | 21.4% | −6.7% | |
Labour | James Sorah | 701 | 19.3% | +5.3% | |
Independent | Robert Mottershead | 345 | 9.5% | +9.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Osinski | 99 | 2.7% | −4.0% | |
Turnout | 3,639 | 38.6 | −5.8% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.9% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.0% |
Ingthorpe
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kath Rowson | 1,135 | 27.6% | +3.9% | |
Labour | Amy Cross | 1,013 | 24.7% | +2.9% | |
Conservative | Sheila Haskett | 633 | 15.4% | −8.7% | |
Conservative | Tony Normington | 633 | 15.4% | −7.3% | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven Bate | 477 | 11.6% | +3.9% | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Newman | 215 | 5.2% | +5.2% | |
Turnout | 4,106 | 42.4 | −1.5% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.6% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.8% |
Layton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Boughton | 1,091 | 28.7% | +7.2% | |
Labour | Martin Mitchell | 921 | 24.2% | +2.8% | |
Conservative | Sue Ridyard | 837 | 22.0% | −3.6% | |
Conservative | Roy Haskett | 817 | 21.5% | −2.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven Farley | 141 | 3.7% | −4.3% | |
Turnout | 3,807 | 39.0 | −2.5% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.4% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.5% |
Marton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Houldsworth | 997 | 25.7% | −0.5% | |
Labour | Debbie Coleman | 984 | 25.4% | +12.7% | |
Labour | Jim Elmes | 932 | 24.0% | +12.9% | |
Conservative | David Christy | 816 | 21.0% | −5.3% | |
Liberal Democrats | Betty Newman | 151 | 3.9% | −0.6% | |
Turnout | 3,880 | 38.7 | −9.3% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -6.6% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.0% |
Norbreck
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maxine Callow | 1,467 | 31.5% | −6.0% | |
Conservative | Peter Callow | 1,465 | 31.5% | −5.2% | |
Labour | Betty Bradford | 886 | 19.0% | +8.7% | |
Labour | Roy Lewis | 840 | 18.0% | +8.6% | |
Turnout | 4,658 | 48.0 | −0.2% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.4% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -6.9% |
Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gillian Campbell | 1,084 | 30.3% | +9.2% | |
Labour | Brian Doherty | 1,083 | 30.3% | +10.2% | |
Conservative | Peter Collins | 784 | 21.9% | +4.8% | |
Conservative | Kevin Wilson | 632 | 17.6% | +1.1% | |
Turnout | 3,583 | 37.3 | +4.8% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.0% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.6% |
Squires Gate
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christian Cox | 821 | 21.1% | +7.4% | |
Liberal Democrats | Douglas Green | 698 | 17.9% | −10.1% | |
Conservative | Richard Brodowski | 653 | 16.8% | +2.9% | |
Labour | Pat Carson | 636 | 16.4% | +9.1% | |
Labour | Robert Wood | 624 | 16.0% | +10.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Close | 457 | 11.8% | −18.4% | |
Turnout | 3,889 | 40.3 | −5.0% | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +12.9% | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -6.5% |
Stanley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Evans | 1,082 | 24.6% | −9.3% | |
Conservative | Andrew Stansfield | 974 | 22.2% | −9.4% | |
Labour | Pamela Jackson | 943 | 21.5% | +7.1% | |
Labour | John Jones | 869 | 19.8% | +7.0% | |
UKIP | Jacqueline Bleeker | 227 | 5.2% | +5.2% | |
UKIP | Martin Bleeker | 213 | 4.8% | +4.8% | |
Liberal Democrats | Eric Close | 88 | 2.0% | −5.3% | |
Turnout | 4,396 | 43.4 | +2.6% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.2% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.2% |
Talbot
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sarah Riding | 892 | 29.0% | '+8.2% | |
Labour | Mark Smith | 854 | 27.8% | +8.1% | |
Conservative | Charlie Docherty | 697 | 22.7% | −2.9% | |
Conservative | Mike Warren | 629 | 20.5% | −4.4% | |
Turnout | 3,072 | 29.9 | +0.3% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.6% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.3% |
Tyldesley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Allan Matthews | 1,137 | 31.6% | +9.4% | |
Labour | Eddie Collett | 1,105 | 30.7% | +9.2% | |
Conservative | Jim Price | 689 | 19.1% | −4.8% | |
Conservative | Roger Stansfield | 667 | 18.5% | −4.5% | |
Turnout | 3,598 | 35.6 | +1.1% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.1% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | + 6.9% |
Victoria
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Jackson | 1,221 | 37.1% | +10.7% | |
Labour | David Owen | 1,088 | 33.1% | +10.8% | |
Conservative | Sharon Sanderson-Robert | 519 | 15.8% | −2.0% | |
Conservative | Pat Francioni | 461 | 14.0% | −3.7% | |
Turnout | 3,289 | 33.7 | +3.4% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.4% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.3% |
Warbreck
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joyce Delves | 938 | 25.6% | −1.3% | |
Conservative | Tony Brown | 911 | 24.9% | −1.3% | |
Labour | Steven Hemingway | 621 | 17.0% | +5.8% | |
Labour | Doreen Peters | 582 | 15.9% | +5.6% | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevan Benfold | 185 | 5.1% | −3.8% | |
UKIP | Alex Ewan | 185 | 5.1% | +5.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | Joleen Rixon | 124 | 3.4% | −5.3% | |
Green | Philip Mitchell | 112 | 3.1% | +3.1% | |
Turnout | 3,658 | 37.4 | −3.8% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.6% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.5% |
Waterloo
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David O'Hara | 937 | 27.7% | +7.1% | |
Conservative | Tony Lee | 793 | 23.5% | −3.9% | |
Conservative | Ian Fowler | 728 | 21.5% | −5.0% | |
Labour | Tasurraf Shah | 659 | 19.5% | +2.4% | |
Liberal Democrats | Alma Rollinson | 263 | 7.8% | −0.6% | |
Turnout | 3,380 | 34.6 | −1.7% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.5% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.7% |
References
edit- ^ "England council elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ a b c "Labour gains as Tories lose three Lancashire councils". BBC News Online. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ a b "Labour take control of Blackpool". Blackpool Gazette. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ "Election results finalised". Blackpool Council. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Local Election Results". Blackpool Council. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.