2011 Braintree District Council election

The 2011 Braintree District Council Elections took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. All 60 councillors in 30 wards were up for election.

2011 Braintree District Council election

5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
60 seats 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Green Last election 42 9 2 Seats before 42 9 2 Seats won 47 9 2 Seat change 5 Popular vote 24,115 13,479 5,465 Percentage 48.9 27.4 11.1 Swing 2.1 2.8 3.9   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Independent Halstead Residents Liberal Democrats Last election 1 5 1 Seats before 1 5 1 Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 1,636 1,272 1,734 Percentage 3.3 2.6 3.5 Swing 0.2 0.9 7.9

Summary

Candidates by party

Labour Party (58/58)

Conservative Party (57/58)

Green Party (22/58)

Liberal Democrats (8/58)

Independent (6/58)

Halstead Residents (5/58)

UKIP (5/58)

BNP (1/58)

Results

Braintree District Council election result 2011

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	44	5	0	5	73.3	52.2	47,063
	Labour	10	1	1		16.7	31.3	28,186
	Green	2	0	0		3.3	7.5	6,788
	Halstead Residents	1	0	4	4	1.7	2.9	2,582
	Independent	1	0	0		1.7	2.1	1,927
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	1	1	0	2.3	2,082
	UKIP	0	0	0		0	1.6	1,440
	BNP	0	0	0		0	0.2	132

Ward results

Black Notley

Black Notley ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Galione	789	55.8
	Conservative	Tom Cunningham	767	54.2
	Labour	Juliet Walton	231	16.3
	Labour	Andrew Bennett	217	15.3
	UKIP	David Hodges	200	14.1
	Independent	John Clark	163	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Toombs	149	10.5
	Green	Freddie Gerrard-Abbott	115	8.1
Turnout			1,414	46.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bocking Blackwater

Bocking Blackwater ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Canning	1,243	50.1
	Conservative	Jean Schmitt	1,059	42.7
	Conservative	Vanessa Santomauro	999	40.2
	Labour	Agnes Bishop	796	32.1
	Labour	Allan Millam	623	25.1
	Labour	Richard Parsons	622	25.1
	UKIP	Gordan Helm	418	16.8
	Green	Simon Attwood	334	13.5
Turnout			2,483	41.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bocking North

Bocking North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Mann	709	49.4
	Labour	Anthony Everard	657	45.8
	Conservative	Timothy Wilkinson	493	34.3
	Conservative	Nigel McCrea	376	26.2
	UKIP	Michael Ford	215	15.0
	Green	Dawn Holmes	116	8.1
Turnout			1,436	40.7
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bocking South

Bocking South ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Davis Baugh	701	46.9
	Labour	Moia Thorogood	689	46.1
	Labour	Lynn Watson	626	41.9
	Conservative	Abiodun Olumbori	508	34.0
	Green	John Malam	204	13.6
Turnout			1,495	36.2
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

Bradwell, Silver End and Rivenhall

Bradwell, Silver End and Rivenhall ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	James Abbott	969	53.0
	Green	Bob Wright	689	37.7
	Labour	Jeremy White	422	23.1
	Labour	Daniel Wright	358	19.6
	Conservative	Stephen Nimmons	323	17.7
	UKIP	Brain Wood	284	15.5
	Conservative	Paul Ryland	266	14.6
Turnout			1,828	49.8
	Green hold
	Green hold

Braintree Central

Braintree Central ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John McKee	1,123	47.7
	Conservative	Marlene Shepherd	957	40.6
	Conservative	Ronald Ramage	888	37.7
	Labour	Nigel Gibson	805	34.2
	Labour	Celia Burne	789	33.5
	Labour	William Edwards	734	31.2
	Green	Daniel Shadbolt	327	13.9
	UKIP	Roger Lord	323	13.7
	BNP	Paul Hooks	132	5.6
Turnout			2,355	38.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Braintree East

Braintree East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elwyn Bishop	762	42.3
	Conservative	David Messer	759	42.2
	Labour	Colette Gibson	756	42.0
	Labour	Eric Lynch	710	39.4
	Conservative	Luke Harrington	691	38.4
	Conservative	Rikki Williams	668	37.1
	Green	Wendy Partridge	297	16.5
Turnout			1,800	36.0
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

Braintree South

Braintree South ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Sandbrook	844	42.3
	Conservative	Lyn Walters	806	40.4
	Labour	Douglas Rice	780	39.1
	Labour	Gordon Currie	711	35.7
	Labour	Martin Green	709	35.6
	Conservative	Syedun Noor	605	30.3
	Independent	Andrew Beatty	408	20.5
	Green	Timothy Reeve	291	14.6
Turnout			1,994	37.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

Bumpstead

Bumpstead ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Cadman	713	70.0
	Labour	Stephen Trumm	306	30.0
Majority			407	40.0
Turnout			1,035	51.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coggeshall and North Feering

Coggeshall and North Feering ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Newton	1,254	63.1
	Conservative	Susan Wilson	1,114	56.1
	Labour	Catherine Joyce	493	24.8
	Labour	Cherry Cornish	478	24.1
	Green	Stephanie Bills	289	14.6
Turnout			1,986	50.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Cressing and Stisted

Cressing and Stisted ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lynette Flint	600	76.9
	Labour	Greta Tew	180	23.1
Majority			420	53.8
Turnout			804	45.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Gosfield and Greenstead Green

Gosfield and Greenstead Green ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John O'Reilly-Cicconi	688	64.5
	Labour	Adrian Gibson	254	23.8
	Green	Howard Reed	124	11.6
Majority			434	40.7
Turnout			1,078	53.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Notley and Braintree West

Great Notley and Braintree West ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Butland	1,435	67.0
	Conservative	Claire Sandbrook	1,418	66.2
	Conservative	Roger Walters	1,211	56.5
	Labour	David Green	407	19.0
	Labour	Christina Bennett	362	16.9
	Labour	Stephen Goodfellow	306	14.3
	Green	Howard Bills	274	12.8
Turnout			2,142	41.3
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Halstead St. Andrew's

Halstead St. Andrews ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennifer Sutton	895	42.0
	Conservative	Julia Allen	827	38.8
	Conservative	Stephen Kirby	762	35.7
	Halstead Residents	David Hume	720	33.8
	Labour	Grahame McCoyd	573	26.9
	Halstead Residents	Kenneth Paisley	571	26.8
	Halstead Residents	Howard Messenger	405	19.0
	Labour	Stuart Gilbert	388	18.2
	Independent	Michael Gage	310	14.5
	Labour	Stuart Scrivens	297	13.9
	Independent	Beryl Gage	291	13.6
Turnout			2,132	40.5
	Conservative gain from Halstead Residents
	Conservative gain from Halstead Residents
	Conservative gain from Halstead Residents

Halstead Trinity

Halstead Trinity ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Halstead Residents	Jacqueline Pell	552	41.9
	Labour	Malcolm Fincken	456	34.6
	Labour	Stephen Knight	376	28.5
	Conservative	David Sharp	352	26.7
	Halstead Residents	Linda Hilton	334	25.4
	Conservative	Yvonne Warren	325	24.7
Turnout			1,317	37.4
	Halstead Residents hold
	Labour gain from Halstead Residents

Hatfield Peverel

Hatfield Peverel ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Beeb	1,062	65.3
	Conservative	Derrick Louis	981	60.3
	Labour	Lauren Whitnell	357	21,9
	Labour	Katherine Watts	288	17.7
	Green	Cheryl Gerrard	220	13.5
Turnout			1,627	47.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hedingham and Maplestead

Hedingham and Mapstead ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joanne Beavis	1,345	58.9
	Conservative	Hylton Johnson	1,197	52.4
	Conservative	Wendy Scattergood	1,044	45.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bolter	661	28.9
	Green	Susan Ransome	387	16.9
	Labour	Noel Owen	386	16.9
	Labour	John Kotz	350	15.3
	Labour	Betty Kotz	339	14.8
Turnout			2,285	44.3
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Kelvedon

Kelvedon ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Foster	1,202	60.4
	Conservative	Robert Mitchell	1,084	54.4
	Labour	Ian Marshall	537	27.0
	Labour	Anthony Lewis	508	25.5
	Green	Robert McCracken	280	14.1
Turnout			1,991	50.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Panfield

Panfield ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Tattersley	522	64.8
	Labour	David Rice	183	22.7
	Green	Lynne Maynard	101	12.5
Majority			339	42.1
Turnout			816	47.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rayne

Rayne ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Banthorpe	652	81.2
	Labour	Cornelius Coughlan	151	18.8
Majority			501	62.4
Turnout			817	46.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stour Valley North

Stour Valley North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Swift	686	76.0
	Labour	Robert Green	217	24.0
Majority			469	52.0
Turnout			915	51.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stour Valley South

Stour Valley South ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Shelton	711	78.6
	Labour	Frederick Hearn	194	21.4
Majority			517	57.2
Turnout			936	53.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Three Fields

Three Fields ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Finbow	1,125	71.1
	Conservative	David Reid	1,029	65.0
	Labour	Maureen Bennett	343	21.7
	Labour	Cynthia Woodhouse	298	18.8
Turnout			1,582	50.3
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Upper Colne

Upper Colne ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Bolton	599	73.3
	Labour	Peter Long	218	26.7
Majority			381	46.6
Turnout			834	48.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Witham Chipping Hill and Central

Witham Chipping Hill and Central ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sandra Howell	662	44.2
	Conservative	Michael Lager	652	43.5
	Labour	Francis MacDonald	396	26.4
	Labour	Eileen Davidson	382	25.5
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Fleet	296	19.7
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Waring	181	12.1
	Green	Nelson Brunton	176	11.7
Turnout			1,499	41.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Witham North

Witham North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Evans	613	46.7
	Labour	Philip Barlow	603	45.9
	Conservative	Christopher Thompson	422	32.1
	Conservative	John Cunningham	363	27.6
	Green	Robert Nicholls	246	18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Clifford Livermore	158	12.0
Turnout			1,314	38.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Witham South

Witham South ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Money	997	46.1
	Conservative	Corrine Thompson	937	43.3
	Conservative	John Elliott	930	43.0
	Labour	Paul Heath	719	33.2
	Labour	Olatunde Biyi	713	32.9
	Labour	Alan O'Shea	672	31.0
	Green	Agnes Wells	352	16.3
	Green	Stephen Hicks	290	13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Dearlove	239	11.0
Turnout			2,165	34.3
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Witham West

Witham West ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Rose	841	41.4
	Conservative	Patrick Horner	824	40.6
	Conservative	Cheryl Louis	736	36.2
	Labour	Lucy Barlow	697	34.3
	Labour	Anthony Bennett	649	32.0
	Labour	Kathleen Tearle	640	31.5
	Green	Andrew Bunn	362	17.8
	Green	Philip Hughes	345	17.0
	Liberal Democrats	James Fleet	231	11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Hooper	167	8.2
Turnout			2,031	40.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Yeldham

Yeldham ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iona Parker	426	58.2
	Independent	Trevor Revell	155	21.2
	Labour	Richard Green	151	20.6
Majority			271	37.0
Turnout			735	44.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections

Braintree East (March 2012)

A by-election was called due to the resignation of Cllr David Messer (Conservative).

Braintree East: 15 March 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Lynch	554	49.0	+7.1
	Conservative	Stephen Nimmons	338	29.9	−11.8
	UKIP	Phil Palij	131	11.6	N/A
	Green	Wendy Partridge	76	6.7	−9.6
	Independent	Paul Lemon	32	2.8	N/A
Majority			216	19.1	N/A
Turnout			1,131
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	9.5

Braintree South

A by-election was called due to the resignation of Cllr Stephen Sandbrook (Conservative).

Braintree South: 15 March 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Green	596	50.2	+16.6
	Conservative	Abi Olumbori	476	40.1	+3.8
	Green	Timothy Reeve	116	9.8	−2.7
Majority			120	10.1	N/A
Turnout			1,188
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	6.4

Great Notley and Braintree West

A by-election was called due to the resignation of Cllr Claire Sandbrook (Conservative).

Great Notley and Braintree West: 15 March 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frankie Ricci	532	54.3	−13.5
	Labour	Juliet Walton	232	23.7	+4.5
	UKIP	Gordon Helm	155	15.8	N/A
	Green	Lynne Maynard	61	6.2	−6.7
Majority			300	30.6	N/A
Turnout			980
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.0

Braintree East (July 2013)

A by-election was called due to the death of Cllr Eric Lynch (Labour). Percentage changes compared to the 2012 by-election.

Braintree East: 25 July 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Celia Burne	461	46.6	−2.4
	Conservative	Jennifer Smith	267	27.0	−2.9
	UKIP	Philip Palij	194	19.6	+8.0
	Green	John Malam	67	6.8	+0.1
Majority			194	19.6	+0.5
Turnout			989
	Labour hold		Swing	0.3