Dover District Council election, 2011

5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)



Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Labour

Leader of the Council before election

Conservative

Elected Leader of the Council

Conservative

Elections to Dover District Council in Kent, England were held on 5 May 2011. The whole council was up for election. The previous election for the District Council was held in May 2007.

Election result ^[1]

The Conservatives retained overall control, albeit with a reduced majority. Labour captured four seats from the Conservatives, who themselves took two from the Liberal Democrats, eliminating the latter from the council. Although Labour had recovered some seats, they did not restore their position as before the previous election in 2007.

Dover District Election Result 2011
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	26	2	4	-2	57.8	50.95	41691
	Labour	19	4	-	+4	42.2	40.58	33211
	Liberal Democrat	0	-	2	-2		5.22	4271
	Independent	0	-	-	0		1.23	1006
	Dover Alliance	0	-	-	0	0%	0.79	645
	Independents Party of Dover District	0	-	-	0	0%	0.61	503
		0	-	-	0	0%	0.38	310
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	0	-	-	0	0%	0.24	197

Seat gains/losses are in relation to the previous whole council election in 2007.

Ward results

Only Labour offered candidates in all wards (but not all seats); the Conservatives left the field clear for an independent to oppose Labour in Town and Pier (unsuccessfully). The Liberal Democrats stood in only five wards (ten in 2007), nowhere being particularly popular in terms of votes except in the ward where they lost their only two seats. Unusually, UKIP did not put forward any candidates. There were several indeopendent or local interest candidates.

Successful candidates are in bold; defending incumbents are indicated by "*". Percentages are of the total number of votes cast (In multiple member wards, each voter may vote for each vacancy, i.e., in a three-member ward each voter has three votes).

Aylesham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert John THOMPSON	1,077	39.95
	Labour	Linda Anne KEEN*	975	36.16
	Conservative	David Roger LLOYD-JONES	341	12.65
	Conservative	Christopher ROOK	303	11.24
Majority			634	23.52
Turnout			2,696	41.13
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Buckland (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Frances TRANTER*	781	18.26
	Labour	Anne Rose SMITH*	746	17.44
	Labour	John Micheal SMITH*	746	17.44
	Conservative	John MORGAN	490	11.45
	Conservative	Ann Corke	475	11.10
	Conservative	Brian John ROWLAND	452	10.57
	Dover Alliance	Neil Thomas RIX	391	9.14
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	Peter Charles MCHUGH	197	4.60
Majority			256	5.98
Turnout			4278	30.90
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Capel-Le-Ferne (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick John William SCALES*	656	71.38
	Labour	John David BROOKS	263	28.62
Majority			393	42.76
Turnout			919	48.47
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel John COLLOR*	440	54.79
	Independent	Graham Richard WANSTALL	186	23.16
	Labour	Elizabeth Mary BIRD	177	22.04
Majority			254	31.63
Turnout			803	45.12
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastry (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Stephen KENTON*	1,184	33.67
	Conservative	Stephen Charles MANION*	1,062	30.20
	Labour	Eileen Diane ROWBOTHAM	643	18.28
	Labour	James REES	628	17.86
Majority			419	11.91
Turnout			3,517	49.17
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eythorne and Shepherdswell (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marjorie Joyce OVENDEN	992	27.96
	Labour	Peter WALKER	781	22.01
	Conservative	Jennifer Catherine RECORD*	699	19.70
	Labour	Christopher James David TOUGH	573	16.15
	Independents Party of Dover District	Reginald Victor HANSELL	503	14.18
Majority			82	2.31
Turnout			3548	53.70
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Little Stour and Ashstone (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Scott CHANDLER*	1,680	24.67
	Conservative	Trevor James BARTLETT*	1,665	24.45
	Conservative	Michael Daniel CONOLLY	1,490	21.88
	Liberal Democrat	Russell James TIMPSON	504	7.40
	Labour	Janet Audrey BIRKETT	420	6.17
	Labour	Kathleen BLACKBURN	409	6.01
	Labour	Brynley HAWKINS	372	5.46
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Anita Florence HILTON	269	3.95
Majority			986	14.48
Turnout			6,809	48.30
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lydden and Temple Ewell (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey LYMER	451	65.55
	Labour	John Phillip HASTE	237	34.45
		Kevin James ELKS	230	33.43
Majority			214	31.10
Turnout			688	48.45
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maxton, Elms Vale and Priory (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Jane JONES	988	33.53
	Conservative	Roger Stephen WALKDEN*	980	33.25
	Labour	Diane Gloria SMALLWOOD	979	33.22
	Labour	Viviane Jane REVELL	945	32.07
	Conservative	Mark Roy HEMINGWAY	944	32.03
	Conservative	Patrick George SHERRATT	900	30.54
Majority			34	1.15
Turnout			2947	38.36
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Middle Deal and Sholden (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pamela Joyce HAWKINS	1,330	17.17
	Labour	James Anthony CRONK	1,222	15.78
	Conservative	Trevor Antony BOND*	1,197	15.45
	Conservative	Adrian FRIEND*	1,189	15.35
	Labour	Martin Huw GARSIDE	1,151	14.86
	Conservative	Robert Charles JENNINGS	1,138	14.69
	Independent	Paul John ROBBINS	519	6.70
Majority			8	0.10
Turnout			7,746	48.72
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mill Hill (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Benet Walter BANO*	1,318	21.38
	Labour	Michael Robert EDDY*	1,315	21.33
	Labour	Anthony Sidney POLLITT	1,251	20.30
	Conservative
	Conservative	John BATTLES	737	11.96
	Conservative	Wayne Edward ELLIOTT	695	11.28
	Liberal Democrat	John Charles TRICKEY	463	7.51
	Liberal Democrat	Janet BENNETT	385	6.25
Majority			514	8.34
Turnout			6,164	41.86
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

North Deal (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Ann ROOK*	1,239	17.02
	Conservative	Robert James FROST	1,163	15.98
	Labour	William Christopher GARDNER	1,124	15.44
	Labour	Bryan HENDERSON	1,097	15.07
	Conservative	Peter David JULL	1,085	14.91
	Labour	Albert Morris TAYLORSON	1,025	14.08
	Liberal Democrat	Antony James HOOK	273	3.75
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Anne HOOK	273	3.75
Majority			27	0.37
Turnout			7,279	47.33
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Ringwould (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Suzanne Marie LE CHEVALIER	625	65.86
	Labour	David Malcolm ROBERTSON	324	34.14
Majority			301	31.72
Turnout			949	56.84
	Conservative hold		Swing

River (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sylvia Ruth NICHOLAS	1,175	33.06
	Conservative	Pauline Margaret BERESFORD	1,108	31.18
	Labour	Jean NEWMAN	517	14.55
	Labour	William Victor NEWMAN	453	12.75
	Independent	John Gordon KILLIP	301	8.47
Majority			591	16.63
Turnout			3,554	52.50
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandwich (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard William BUTCHER*	1,591	22.53
	Conservative	Paul Ivor CARTER	1,505	21.31
	Conservative	Margaret Ann RUSSELL	1,217	17.23
	Labour	Terence James BIRKETT	634	8.98
	Labour	Elizabeth Shaw SEALY	612	8.67
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Peter Tacon HART	604	8.55
	Labour	Carol Jayne ERRINGTON	573	8.11
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah SMITH	326	4.62
Majority			583	8.26
Turnout			7,062
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Margaret`s-At-Cliffe (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Evans MORRIS	1,257	36.87
	Conservative	Paul Alexander	1,185	34.76
	Labour	John William BIRD	500	14.67
	Labour	Thomas James BIRD	467	13.70
Majority			685	20.09
Turnout			3,409	53.18
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Radigund`s (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin MILLS*	545	26.99
	Labour	Gordon COWAN*	525	26.00
	Conservative	Deborah Nicholson BOULARES	475	23.53
	Conservative	Stewart Andrew DIMMOCK	474	23.48
Majority			50	2.48
Turnout			2019	30.60
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Tower Hamlets (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Howard GOODWIN*	760	34.77
	Labour	Pamela Mary BRIVIO	750	34.31
	Conservative	Bryan Richard COPE	377	17.25
	Conservative	Kathleen Sally LE-FAYE	299	13.68
Majority			373	17.06
Turnout			2186	31.37
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Town and Pier (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George James HOOD*	324	56.06
	Dover Alliance	Christopher John PRECIOUS	254	43.94
Majority			70	12.11
Turnout			578	40.03
	Labour hold		Swing

Walmer (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Glyn HEATH*	1,764	21.71
	Conservative	Christopher James SMITH*	1,690	20.80
	Conservative	Paul Stephen LE CHEVALIER*	1,624	19.99
	Labour	George Stanley BROWN	1,056	13.00
	Labour	Ernest Samuel BRIMMELL	1,014	12.48
	Labour	Benjamin Rupert COSIN	978	12.04
Majority			568		6.99
Turnout			8,126	48.94
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitfield (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David HANNENT	847	23.94
	Conservative	James Stephen BACK	831	23.49
	Liberal Democrat	Clive John MEREDITH*	654	18.49
	Liberal Democrat	Bryan Arthur Charles CURTIS	520	14.70
	Labour	Margaret Irene COSIN	319	9.02
	Labour	Angela Florence REES	287	8.11
		Victor Peter MATCHAM	80	2.26
Majority			177	5.00
Turnout			3538	48.98
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

References

↑ "Dover seats at a glance". England council elections. BBC. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2014.

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Dover District Council election, 2011

Election result [1]

Ward results

References

Election result ^[1]