Cherwell District Council election, 2011

The 2011 Cherwell District Council election took place on 5 May 2011^[1] to elect members of Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[2]

In all 16 seats were contested, out of 50 on the council. The Conservative party remained in overall control with 43 seats, a net loss of just one seat. There was one Conservative gain, the Bicester South ward taken by Lynn Pratt from Liberal Democrat leader Nick Cotter, but Labour gained two seats from Conservative, with Patrick Cartledge regaining the Banbury Ruscote seat which he had lost to the Conservatives in 2008, and Andrew Beere taking Banbury Grimsbury and Castle by 15 votes, also from the Conservatives. Labour increased their council seats from two to four, whereas the loss of the Bicester South ward by the Liberal Democrat party left them with three councillors, and so were replaced by Labour as official opposition on the council.^[3][4]

After the election, the composition of the council was^[2]

• Conservative 43
• Labour 4
• Liberal Democrat 3

Election result

Cherwell Local Election Result 2011
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	1	2	-1		51.0	14962
	Labour	3	2		+2		29.2	8565
	Liberal Democrat	1		1	-1
	Green	0			0
	Independent	0			0
	Labour Co-op	0			0

Ward results

Ambrosden and Chesterton[1][3][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew John Fulljames	718	73.6
	Liberal Democrat	John Willett	257	26.4
Majority			461
Turnout			975	43.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Banbury Easington[1][3][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel John Morris	1353	51.1
	Labour Co-op	Surinder Dhesi	875	33.1
	Green	Katherine Jane Chandler	247	9.3
	Liberal Democrat	Andy Murray	172	6.5
Majority			478
Turnout			2647	44.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Banbury Grimsbury and Castle[1][3][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Gerald Beere	969	40.9
	Conservative	Chris Smithson	954	40.3
	Green	Andrew John Haywood	230	9.7
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth William Ashworth	214	9.0
Majority			15
Turnout			2367	31.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Banbury Hardwick[1][3][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Patrick Turner	1035	51.5
	Labour	Sean Lee Woodcock	636	31.6
	Green	Stephen Christopher Hartley	197	9.8
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Creed	142	7.1
Majority			399
Turnout			2010	33.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Banbury Ruscote[1][3][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Samuel Cartledge	1058	54.4
	Conservative	Keith Strangwood	762	39.2
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Burns	125	6.4
Majority			296
Turnout			1945	34.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bicester East[1][3][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rose Thirza Jane Stratford	972	60.3
	Labour	John Hanna	641	39.7
Majority			331
Turnout			1613	39.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bicester North[1][3][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Stewart	1013	58.9
	Labour	Kevin Lawrence Walsh	432	25.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Alexander Innes	275	16.0
Majority			581
Turnout			1720	37.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bicester South[1][3][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynn Mary Pratt	677	43.8
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Cotter	550	35.6
	Labour	Neil Ridges Payne	234	15.1
	Green	Graham Allan Newell	86	5.6
Majority			127
Turnout			1547	41.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Bicester Town[1][3][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana May Edwards	852	60.5
	Labour	John Leslie Broad	557	39.5
Majority			295
Turnout			1409	38.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bicester West[1][3][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Les Sibley	1286	56.4
	Conservative	James Ferris Porter	994	43.6
Majority			292
Turnout			2280	43.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Cropredy[1][3][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Atack	748	60.0
	Independent	Ray Barron-Woolfold	255	20.5
	Labour	Derek John Evans	163	13.1
	Liberal Democrat	Janice Johnson	80	6.4
Majority			493
Turnout			1246	55.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hook Norton[1][3][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victoria Louise Irvine	686	58.5
	Labour	Perran Henry Rupert Moon	367	31.3
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Davis	119	10.2
Majority			319
Turnout			1172	56.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kidlington North[1][3][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alaric David Hammond Rose	771	39.7
	Conservative	Sandra Rhodes	757	38.9
	Labour	Trevor Alan Blake	295	15.2
	Green	Alastair Theodore White	121	6.2
Majority			14
Turnout			1944	48.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kidlington South[1][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Prestidge	1236	41.2
	Liberal Democrat	Alan William Graham	861	28.7
	Labour	David James	691	23.0
	Green	Janet Malvine Warren	212	7.1
Majority			375
Turnout			3000	48.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Astons and Heyfords[1][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Kerford-Byrnes	1103	62.2
	Green	Mary Rachel Franklin	348	19.6
	Liberal Democrat	Liz Yardley	322	18.2
Majority			755
Turnout			1773	46.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yarnton, Gosford and Water Eaton[1][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael John Gibbard	1102	65.6
	Labour	Andrew Hornsby-Smith	361	21.5
	Liberal Democrat	Suzanne Wilson-Higgins	217	12.9
Majority			741
Turnout			1680	46.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "District election results 2011". Bodicote, Banbury: Cherwell District Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
2. "New council make-up". Bodicote, Banbury: Cherwell District Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
3. "Elections 2011: Cherwell". Banbury Guardian. Johnston Publishing Ltd. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
4. McGregor, Sam (6 May 2011). "Cherwell Tories say business as usual despite Labour picking up two wards". The Oxford Times. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
5. "Oxfordshire Council Elections 2011, Cherwell". Oxford Mail. Newsquest Media Group. May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.