Hertsmere Borough Council election, 2011

Map of the results of the 2011 Hertsmere council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2011.

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

After the election, the composition of the council was

Conservative 35
Labour 4^[2]

Background

13 of the 39 seats on the council were being contested, with 2 sitting councillors standing down at the election, Conservative Darren Solomons and Liberal Democrat Anita Gamble.^[3] Meanwhile the Liberal Democrat leader on the council Roger Kutchinsky contested Bushey Heath, instead of the ward he had previously held Bushey North.^[3]

Election result

The Conservatives gained 2 seats from the Liberal Democrats, but lost a seat to Labour, thus winning 11 of the 13 seats contested.^[4]^[5] This meant the Conservatives stayed in control of the council with 35 seats compared to 4 for Labour.^[5] Meanwhile the defeats for the Liberal Democrats meant they no longer had any seats on Hertsmere council for the first time ever.^[6] Overall turnout at the election was 40.49%.^[7]

The Conservatives gained Bushey North and Bushey St James from the Liberal Democrats, while the Liberal Democrat leader came third in Bushey Heath.^[8] Labour candidate Richard Butler gained Borehamwood Kenilworth from the Conservatives, at the same election that his father Ernie Butler held Borehamwood Cowley Hill for Labour.^[4] The gain by 25-year-old Richard Butler meant Labour finished the election with more councillors than before the election for the first time since 1996.^[9]

Hertsmere local election result 2011^[7]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11	2	1	+1	84.6	59.7	15,493	-1.2%
	Labour	2	1	0	+1	15.4	29.1	7,549	+2.9%
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	2	-2	0	10.4	2,691	+0.1%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	236	+0.9%

Ward results

Aldenham East^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Goldstein	1,410	75.2	-5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Ruth Irwin	250	13.3	+13.3
	Labour	Richard Kirk	214	11.4	+3.1
Majority			1,160	61.9	-7.5
Turnout			1,874	51.4	+11.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aldenham West^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Griffin	1,122	72.4	-2.1
	Labour	Sandra Huff	270	17.4	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Gamble	158	10.2	+10.2
Majority			852	55.0	-6.3
Turnout			1,550	44.2	+9.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Borehamwood Brookmeadow^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sam Dobin	995	50.1	+4.1
	Labour	Susan Maughan	860	43.3	+16.9
	Liberal Democrat	Judith Sear	133	6.7	-8.9
Majority			135	6.8	-12.8
Turnout			1,988	36.9	-22.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Borehamwood Cowley Hill^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernie Butler	1,125	60.9	+18.7
	Conservative	Alan Plancey	723	39.1	+2.6
Majority			402	21.8	+16.1
Turnout			1,848	30.7	-23.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Borehamwood Hillside^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Heywood	1,302	58.2	-4.3
	Labour	Lee Petar	936	41.8	+4.3
Majority			366	16.4	-8.6
Turnout			2,238	33.9	-25.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Borehamwood Kenilworth^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Butler	859	56.8	+8.1
	Conservative	Penny Swallow	652	43.2	-8.1
Majority			207	13.7
Turnout			1,511	37.4	-22.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bushey Heath^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Morris	1,845	75.3	-1.8
	Labour	David Bearfield	322	13.1	+2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Kutchinsky	282	11.5	-0.5
Majority			1,523	62.2	-2.9
Turnout			2,449	48.1	-26.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bushey North^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Winters	841	45.4	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Eddie Sheridan	583	31.5	-9.7
	Labour	Sam Russell	427	23.1	+8.7
Majority			258	13.9	+10.8
Turnout			1,851	39.3	-26.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Bushey St James^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carey Keates	1,238	51.8	+2.3
	Labour	Tony Breslin	662	27.7	+14.1
	Liberal Democrat	Kim Elliot	491	20.5	-16.4
Majority			576	24.1	+11.4
Turnout			2,391	44.6	-23.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Elstree^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Morris Bright	1,116	77.6	-0.1
	Labour	Ian Feeney	322	22.4	+0.1
Majority			794	55.2	-0.3
Turnout			1,438	40.2	-27.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Potters Bar Furzefield^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Morris	1,281	61.4	-6.6
	Labour	Jim Fisher	532	25.5	-6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Oatway	275	13.2	+13.2
Majority			749	35.9	+0.0
Turnout			2,088	43.4	-25.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Potters Bar Oakmere^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Calcutt	1,092	54.1	-11.5
	Labour	John Doolan	566	28.0	-6.4
	UKIP	David Rutter	236	11.7	+11.7
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Willett	125	6.2	+6.2
Majority			526	26.1	-5.1
Turnout			2,019	37.0	-24.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Potters Bar Parkfield^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Hodgson-Jones	1,876	68.9	-7.9
	Labour	Derek Marcus	454	16.7	-6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Bonner	394	14.5	+14.5
Majority			1,422	52.2	-1.4
Turnout			2,724	46.0	-21.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
↑ "Election results 2011: English council summary results". guardian.co.uk. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
1 2 Darlington, Josh (6 April 2011). "Two Hertsmere Borough councillors to stand down in elections in May". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
1 2 Kirk, Tristan (6 May 2011). "Richard Butler elected for Labour in Borehamwood Kenilworth". This is Local London. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
1 2 "Tories hold Potters Bar seats on Hertsmere Council". Times Series. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
↑ Hewett, Chris (6 May 2011). "Lib Dems suffer crushing defeat in Hertsmere". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Election results - 2011". Hertsmere Borough Council. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
↑ Kirk, Tristan (6 May 2011). "Tories take two seats off Lib Dems on Hertsmere Council". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
↑ "Young councillors change the political map". This is Local London. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011.

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