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.[1] 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

Results of election

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	47.9
	Conservative	Tom Cunningham	767
	Labour	Juliet Walton	231	14.0
	Labour	Andrew Bennett	217
	UKIP	David Hodges	200	12.1
	Independent	John Clark	163	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Toombs	149
	Green	Freddie Gerrard-Abbott	115	7.0
Turnout			1,414	46.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bocking Blackwater

Bocking Blackwater ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen Canning	1,243	44.5
	Conservative	Jean Schmitt	1,059
	Conservative	Vanessa Santomauro	999
	Labour	Agnes Bishop	796	28.5
	Labour	Allan Millam	623
	Labour	Richard Parsons	622
	UKIP	Gordan Helm	418	15.0
	Green	Simon Attwood	334	12.0
Turnout			2,483	41.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bocking North

Bocking North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Mann	709	46.2
	Labour	Anthony Everard	657
	Conservative	Timothy Wilkinson	493	32.2
	Conservative	Nigel McCrea	376
	UKIP	Michael Ford	215	14.0
	Green	Dawn Holmes	116	7.6
Turnout			1,436	40.7
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bocking South

Bocking South ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Davis Baugh	701	44.0
	Labour	Moia Thorogood	689	43.2
	Labour	Lynn Watson	626
	Conservative	Abiodun Olumbori	508
	Green	John Malam	204	12.8
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	48.5
	Green	Bob Wright	689
	Labour	Jeremy White	422	21.1
	Labour	Daniel Wright	358
	Conservative	Stephen Nimmons	323	16.2
	UKIP	Brain Wood	284	14.2
	Conservative	Paul Ryland	266
Turnout			1,828	49.8
	Green hold
	Green hold

Braintree Central

Braintree Central ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John McKee	1,123	41.4
	Conservative	Marlene Shepherd	957
	Conservative	Ronald Ramage	888
	Labour	Nigel Gibson	805	29.7
	Labour	Celia Burne	789
	Labour	William Edwards	734
	Green	Daniel Shadbolt	327	12.1
	UKIP	Roger Lord	323	11.9
	BNP	Paul Hooks	132	4.9
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	41.9
	Conservative	David Messer	759	41.7
	Labour	Colette Gibson	756
	Labour	Eric Lynch	710
	Conservative	Luke Harrington	691
	Conservative	Rikki Williams	668
	Green	Wendy Partridge	297	16.3
Turnout			1,800	36.0
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

Braintree South

Braintree South ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen Sandbrook	844	36.3
	Conservative	Lyn Walters	806
	Labour	Douglas Rice	780	33.6
	Labour	Gordon Currie	711
	Labour	Martin Green	709
	Conservative	Syedun Noor	605
	Independent	Andrew Beatty	408	17.6
	Green	Timothy Reeve	291	12.5
Turnout			1,192	21.6
	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
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	61.6
	Conservative	Susan Wilson	1,114
	Labour	Catherine Joyce	493	24.2
	Labour	Cherry Cornish	478
	Green	Stephanie Bills	289	14.2
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
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
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	67.8
	Conservative	Claire Sandbrook	1,418
	Conservative	Roger Walters	1,211
	Labour	David Green	407	19.2
	Labour	Christina Bennett	362
	Labour	Stephen Goodfellow	306
	Green	Howard Bills	274	12.9
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	35.8
	Conservative	Julia Allen	827
	Conservative	Stephen Kirby	762
	Halstead Residents	David Hume	720	28.8
	Labour	Grahame McCoyd	573	22.9
	Halstead Residents	Kenneth Paisley	571
	Halstead Residents	Howard Messenger	405
	Labour	Stuart Gilbert	388
	Independent	Michael Gage	310	12.4
	Labour	Stuart Scrivens	297
	Independent	Beryl Gage	291
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	40.6
	Labour	Malcolm Fincken	456	33.5
	Labour	Stephen Knight	376
	Conservative	David Sharp	352	25.9
	Halstead Residents	Linda Hilton	334
	Conservative	Yvonne Warren	325
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	64.8
	Conservative	Derrick Louis	981
	Labour	Lauren Whitnell	357	21.8
	Labour	Katherine Watts	288
	Green	Cheryl Gerrard	220	13.4
Turnout			1,627	47.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hedingham and Maplestead

Hedingham and Mapstead ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Joanne Beavis	1,345	48.4
	Conservative	Hylton Johnson	1,197
	Conservative	Wendy Scattergood	1,044
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bolter	661	23.8
	Green	Susan Ransome	387	13.9
	Labour	Noel Owen	386	13.9
	Labour	John Kotz	350
	Labour	Betty Kotz	339
Turnout			2,285	44.3
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Kelvedon

Kelvedon ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Thomas Foster	1,202	59.5
	Conservative	Robert Mitchell	1,084
	Labour	Ian Marshall	537	26.6
	Labour	Anthony Lewis	508
	Green	Robert McCracken	280	13.9
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
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
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
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
Turnout			936	53.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Three Fields

Three Fields ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Finbow	1,125	76.6
	Conservative	David Reid	1,029
	Labour	Maureen Bennett	343	23.4
	Labour	Cynthia Woodhouse	298
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
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	43.3
	Conservative	Michael Lager	652
	Labour	Francis MacDonald	396	25.9
	Labour	Eileen Davidson	382
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Fleet	296	19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Waring	181
	Green	Nelson Brunton	176	11.5
Majority
Turnout			1,499	41.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Witham North

Witham North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Robert Evans	613	42.6
	Labour	Philip Barlow	603
	Conservative	Christopher Thompson	422	29.3
	Conservative	John Cunningham	363
	Green	Robert Nicholls	246	17.1
	Liberal Democrats	Clifford Livermore	158	11.0
Turnout			1,314	38.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Witham South

Witham South ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Janet Money	997	43.2
	Conservative	Corrine Thompson	937
	Conservative	John Elliott	930
	Labour	Paul Heath	719	31.2
	Labour	Olatunde Biyi	713
	Labour	Alan O'Shea	672
	Green	Agnes Wells	352	15.3
	Green	Stephen Hicks	290
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Dearlove	239	10.4
Turnout			2,165	34.3
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Witham West

Witham West ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Rose	841	45.9
	Conservative	Patrick Horner	824
	Conservative	Cheryl Louis	736
	Labour	Lucy Barlow	697	21.7
	Labour	Anthony Bennett	649
	Labour	Kathleen Tearle	640
	Green	Andrew Bunn	362	19.8
	Green	Philip Hughes	345
	Liberal Democrats	James Fleet	231	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Hooper	167
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
Turnout			735	44.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. https://www.braintree.gov.uk/downloads/file/6084/5th_may_2011_district_council_elections