2011 Lichfield District Council election

The 2011 Lichfield District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Lichfield District Council in Staffordshire, England. The whole council - 56 members - was up for election and the Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

Campaign

Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrats, Independent and Independent Labour candidates stood in the election. The wards elected from one to three members of the council depending on the electorate's size. candidates in wards were elected unopposed.

Election result

The Conservatives maintained control of the council. They gained 2 seats and Labour gained 5. The Liberal Democrats and the two Independent councillors were eliminated from the council and no other party is represented.

Lichfield Local Election Result 1999^[1]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	46	2	58.92	38512
Labour	10	5	25.50	16668
Liberal Democrats	0	-5	11.88	7765
UKIP	0		2.23	1459
Independent	0	-2	1.47	964
Green			0.22	143

Results by ward

Elected candidates in bold: defending candidates marked with "*".

All Saints (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brenda Lilian Constable*	630	30.03
	Conservative	Ken Humphreys	555	26.45
	Labour	James Patrick Morgan	393	18.73
	Labour	Peter Van Hagen	366	17.45
	UKIP	Martin Dewes	154	7.34
Majority			162	7.72
Turnout			2098	40.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alrewas and Fradley (3 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Hogan*	1319	23.21
	Conservative	Margaret Stanhope*	1225	21.56
	Conservative	Michael John Wilcox*	1161	20.43
	Labour	Peter David Jones	496	8.73
	Labour	Paula Ann Knight	481	8.46
	Labour	David Peter Whatton	479	8.43
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Joy Hille	189	3.33
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Anketell	184	3.24
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Kamm	149	2.62
Majority			665	11.70
Turnout			5683	45.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Armitage with Handsacre (3 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Ernest Cox*	911	21.03
	Conservative	Martyn Clive Tittley*	897	20.71
	Conservative	Thomas Marshall*	875	20.20
	Labour	Steve Hyden	572	13.21
	Labour	Jill Hyden	558	12.88
	Labour	Elaine Mary Moore	518	11.96
Majority			303	7.00
Turnout			4331	37.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boley Park (3 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Janet May Eagland*	1319	24.53
	Conservative	Jeanette Ann Allsopp*	1255	23.34
	Conservative	Mark Andrew Warfield	1099	20.44
	Labour	Brian Michael Pretty	493	9.17
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Jackson	368	6.85
	Liberal Democrats	Marguerite Stockdale	325	6.05
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Leonard Stockdale	264	4.91
	UKIP	Jackie Littlewood	253	4.71
Majority			606	11.27
Turnout			5376	57.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boney Hay (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Diane Evans	517	9.10
	Labour	Russell Heath*	493	8.67
	Conservative	Pamela Helen Stokes	377	6.63
	Conservative	Sonia Elizabeth Wilcox	284	5.00
Majority			116	2.04
Turnout			1671	37.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bourne Vale (1 seat)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian William Yeates
	Conservative hold		Swing

This poll was uncontested

Burntwood Central (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Heather Tranter	508	29.66
	Conservative	Richard Charles Mosson	487	28.43
	Labour	Jeremy Harold James	372	21.72
	Labour	Keith Cockroft	346	20.20
Majority			115	6.71
Turnout			1713	37.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chadsmead (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mike Fryers Senior	416	21.73
	Conservative	Terry Thomas	385	20.11
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Patricia Bland*	326	17.03
	Labour	Neil Trevor Guest	303	15.83
	Labour	Roger Morgan	278	14.52
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Harvey	206	10.76
Majority			59	3.08
Turnout			1914	36.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chase Terrace (3 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Eric Nathaniel Drinkwater	775	19.77
	Labour	Sue Woodward	736	18.77
	Labour	John Thomas Walker	728	18.57
	Conservative	Steve Tranter*	588	15.00
	Conservative	Richard Andrew James Bamborough*	562	14.33
	Conservative	Thomas Neil Loughbrough	532	13.57
Majority			140	3.57
Turnout			3921	37.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Chasetown (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Daniel Taylor	454	24.71
	Labour	Keith Andrew Willis-Croft	389	21.18
	Conservative	Marilyn Patricia Bamborough	362	19.71
	Conservative	Barry Davis Diggle	259	14.10
	Independent	Colin Waldron	187	10.18
	Independent	Darren Michael Oliver Ennis	186	10.13
Majority			27	1.47
Turnout			1837	33.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Colton and Mavesyn Ridware (1 seat)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shirley Ann Barnett
	Conservative hold		Swing

This poll was uncontested

Curborough (3 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Norma Bacon*	668	36.36
	Conservative	Brian Frederick Bacon*	646	35.17
	Conservative	David Leytham	590	32.12
	Labour	John Robert Brooks	577	31.41
	Labour	Tony Wilkins	533	29.01
	Labour	Colin John Ball	497	27.05
	Independent	John Christopher Walker*	208	11.32
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Anthony Ellis	159	8.66
	UKIP	Eileen Cope	153	8.33
	Liberal Democrats	Kieren Daisy Parkes	132	7.19
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Dawn Parkes	120	6.53
Majority			13	0.71
Turnout			4283	42.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Fazeley (3 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Victor Lewin*	758	32.60
	Conservative	Alan George Pearce	595	25.59
	Labour	Glen Mynott	512	22.02
	Conservative	Hayley Taroni	460	19.78
Majority			52	2.24
Turnout				34.6	2325
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hammerwich (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Val Richards*	651	31.22
	Conservative	Brett Wilson	484	23.21
	Independent	Vance Wasdell	383	18.37
	Labour	Roderick Erskine Campbell	345	16.55
	UKIP	Jeffrey Anthony Sheriff	222	10.65
Majority			101	4.84
Turnout			2085	43.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Highfield (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Doug Constable*	906	37.39
	Conservative	Helen Elizabeth Fisher	867	35.78
	Labour	Eddie McCann	354	14.61
	Labour	Peter Frederick Tams	296	12.22
Majority			513	21.17
Turnout			2423	42.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

King's Bromley (1 seat)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Maxwell Pardoe Pritchard*
	Conservative hold		Swing

This poll was uncontested

Leomansley (3 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bob Awty	1015	16.55
	Conservative	Andrew Smith	981	15.99
	Conservative	Iain Morris Eadie	963	15.70
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Jackson*	913	14.88
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Love*	871	14.20
	Liberal Democrats	John Anthony Smith	753	12.28
	Labour	Mark Neil Taylor	460	7.50
	UKIP	Trevor Cook	178	2.90
Majority			50	0.82
Turnout			6134	49.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Little Aston (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Louise Elizabeth Flowith*	991	43.91
	Conservative	Joseph John Rayner Powell*	898	39.79
	Labour	Roy Edward Boffy	185	8.20
	Labour	David John Morris	183	8.11
Majority			713	31.59
Turnout			2257	49.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longdon (1 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Roberts*
	Conservative hold		Swing

This poll was uncontested

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References

^ "England council elections". BBC Online. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Live 2011 election results". Lichfield District Council. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.

[locals-1] "England council elections". BBC Online. Retrieved 11 February 2014.

[results-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Live 2011 election results". Lichfield District Council. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.

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