North Devon District Council election, 2011

Map of the results of the 2011 North Devon council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in grey.

The 2011 North Devon District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of North Devon District Council in Devon, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.^[1]

Background

Before the election the council was controlled by the Conservatives with 22 councillors, compared to 17 Liberal Democrats and 4 independents.^[2] However North Devon was reported as one of the councils that the Conservatives were most likely to lose control of in 2011.^[3]^[4]

There were 120 candidates standing in the election for the 43 seats on the council.^[5] These were made up of 36 Conservatives, 33 Liberal Democrats, 20 independents, 17 Green Party, 10 Labour, 2 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 1 United Kingdom Independence Party and 1 Communist Party of Britain.^[5] The candidates included the former Liberal Democrat leader of the council, Malcolm Prowse, and Yvette Gubb, who both quit the Liberal Democrats to stand as independents in the election.^[6]

Election result

The results saw the Conservative lose their majority on the council, dropping to 18 seats after sufering a net loss of four councillors.^[7] The Liberal Democrats stayed as the main opposition with 14 seats, but also dropped 3 seats.^[7] It was independents who made progress in the election, with the number of independent councillors going up to 11.^[8] Overall turnout in the election was 45.33%,^[9] ranging from a high of 63% in Bratton Fleming to a low of 30% in Forches and Whiddon Valley.^[5]

Among the councillors to lose their seats to independents were Conservatives Dick Jones and John Gill in Fremington and Liberal Democrats Carol Mccormack-Hole and Sue Sewell in Bickington and Roundswell, and South Molton respectively.^[10] Successful independent candidates included the former Conservative Rodney Cann and the former Liberal Democrat Malcolm Prowse.^[5]

10 of the 11 elected independent councillors divided up into 3 groups, New Wave, containing Rodney Cann, Joanne Bell, Frank Biederman and Brian Hockin, North Devon First, containing Malcolm Prowse, Julia Clark and Yvette Gubb, and Independent Group, containing Mike Edmunds, Eric Ley and Walter White.^[11] The final independent, John Moore, was not part of any group.^[11]

Following the election a coalition between the Liberal Democrat and independent councillors took control of the council from the former Conservative administration.^[12] Liberal Democrat Brian Greenslade became the new council leader,^[13] taking over from Conservative Des Brailey, while independent Rodney Cann became deputy leader.^[12] The new cabinet was made up of 5 Liberal Democrats and 4 independents.^[12]

North Devon Local Election Result 2011^[9]^[14]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	18	1	5	-4	41.9	36.1	18,269	-3.7%
	Liberal Democrat	14	2	5	-3	32.6	31.6	16,004	-11.2%
	Independent	11	7	0	+7	25.6	20.4	10,317	+12.9%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	6.9	3,474	-2.4%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	3.9	1,985	+3.7%
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	340	+0.7%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	131	+0.3%
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	90	+0.0%

2 independent candidates were unopposed.^[9]^[14]

Ward results

Bickington & Roundswell (2)^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rodney Cann	850
	Independent	Brian Hockin	570
	Liberal Democrat	Carol McCormack-Hole	411
	Liberal Democrat	Jerry Hole	281
	Conservative	Serena Thomas	278
	Conservative	Jason Ritterband-Fulcher	272
	Labour	Jean Smalley	163
Turnout			2,825	43.4	+8.5
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Bishops Nympton^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eric Ley	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Bratton Fleming^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Malcolm Prowse	544	54.1	+54.1
	Conservative	Gordon Cumming	315	31.3	+10.2
	Green	Ian Godfrey	147	14.6	+14.6
Majority			229	22.8
Turnout			1,006	62.8	+6.2
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Braunton East (2)^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Lucas	621
	Liberal Democrat	Derrick Spear	517
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Spear	495
	Conservative	Sally Smith	489
	Green	Mary Breeds	276
	Green	Andy Leat	191
	Labour	Valerie Cann	173
Turnout			2,762	47.0	+6.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Braunton West (2)^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Chugg	753
	Conservative	Jasmine Chesters	677
	Liberal Democrat	Marguerite Shapland	478
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Woodford	342
	Green	Liz Wood	218
	Labour	Steven Holden	206
	Green	Mary Clay	174
Turnout			2,848	47.6	+4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central Town (Barnstaple) (2)^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Faye Webber	593
	Liberal Democrat	Adam Bradford	550
	Conservative	Simon Harvey	459
	Labour	Danny Neary	235
	Conservative	Deborah Lewis	201
	Communist	Gerrard Sables	90
Turnout			2,128	33.9	+0.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Chittlehampton^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Walter White	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Chulmleigh^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Croft	615	63.4
	Liberal Democrat	Trudy Weston	355	36.6
Majority			260	26.8
Turnout			970	54.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Combe Martin (2)^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Yvette Gubb	1,168
	Independent	Julia Clark	821
	Conservative	Sue Sussex	764
	Conservative	Paul Crockett	541
Turnout			3,294	54.2	+3.3
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Forches & Whiddon Valley (Barnstaple) (2)^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Haywood	534
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Hunt	433
	Labour	Geoff Moody	208
	Green	Neil Basil	200
	TUSC	Douglas Lowe	154
Turnout			1,529	29.5	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Fremington (2)^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Frank Biederman	1,266
	Independent	Joanne Bell	969
	Conservative	Dick Jones	382
	Conservative	John Gill	323
	Independent	Tony Wood	235
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Cann	184
	Liberal Democrat	Joy Cann	95
Turnout			3,454	54.0	+11.1
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Georgeham & Mortehoe (2)^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Wilkinson	678
	Conservative	Pat Barker	597
	Liberal Democrat	Lesley Slade	557
	Conservative	Edward Short	416
	Green	Mike Harrison	274
	Green	Rosemary Brian	205
Turnout			2,727	50.0	+8.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heanton Punchardon^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrea Davis	301	52.7	-18.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ray Shapland	139	24.3	-4.7
	UKIP	Steve Crowther	131	22.9	+22.9
Majority			162	28.4	-13.6
Turnout			571	35.2	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ilfracombe Central (2)^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Crabb	496
	Conservative	Paul Yabsley	436
	Independent	Frank Pearson	381
	Independent	Netti Pearson	284
	Green	Tim Cox	223
Turnout			1,820	29.6	-0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ilfracombe East^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mike Edmunds	482	55.1	+6.8
	Conservative	Robin Horne	312	35.7	-8.2
	Labour	Tony Ebert	80	9.2	+9.2
Majority			170	19.5	+15.1
Turnout			874	45.0	+2.6
	Independent hold		Swing

Ilfracombe West (2)^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Geoff Fowler	678
	Conservative	Philip Webb	594
	Conservative	Colin Wright	560
	Labour	Marianna Holdsworth	333
Turnout			2,165	37.9	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Instow^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Moores	423	59.9	+6.7
	Independent	Stewart White	159	22.5	+22.5
	Independent	Michaela Willis	124	17.6	+17.6
Majority			264	37.4	+31.0
Turnout			706	55.8	+11.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Landkey, Swimbridge & Taw (2)^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glyn Lane	1,054
	Conservative	David Luggar	973
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Medland	639
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Pegden	449
	Green	Mark Haworth-Booth	390
	Independent	Cliff Bell	341
Turnout			3,846	54.1	+10.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longbridge (Barnstaple) (2)^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Des Brailey	852
	Conservative	Jackie Flynn	601
	Liberal Democrat	Charlie Piper	529
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Rundle	504
	Labour	Mark Cann	225
Turnout			2,711	44.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lynton & Lynmouth^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Julian Gurney	401	47.7
	Independent	Tim Parker	220	26.2
	Conservative	Ian Rigby	220	26.2
Majority			181	21.5
Turnout			841	57.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Marwood^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Joe Tucker	447	48.2	+0.7
	Conservative	Jim Pile	366	39.4	-3.2
	Green	Micky Darling	115	12.4	+2.5
Majority			81	8.7	+3.8
Turnout			928	59.5	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Newport (Barnstaple) (2)^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mathews	624
	Conservative	Michael Harrison	557
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Haywood	498
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Roome	394
	Green	Ricky Knight	353
	Green	Rosie Haworth-Booth	200
	Labour	Marion Mason	143
Turnout			2,769	42.2	-1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Molton^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Edgell	613	68.0
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Nelson	288	32.0
Majority			325	36.1
Turnout			901	53.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pilton (Barnstaple) (2)^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Greenslade	872
	Liberal Democrat	Mair Manuel	765
	Conservative	David Barker	349
	Conservative	Linda Wellstead	293
	Green	L'Anne Knight	284
	Labour	Hilary Greenfield	219
Turnout			2,782	43.7	+4.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

South Molton (2)^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Moore	1,221
	Liberal Democrat	David Worden	733
	Independent	Tracey Lewis	682
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Sewell	618
Turnout			3,254	47.7	+10.3
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Witheridge^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Yabsley	689	71.8	+13.1
	Liberal Democrat	Kate Palmer	270	28.2	-13.1
Majority			419	43.7	+26.4
Turnout			959	51.6	+3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yeo Valley (Barnstaple) (2)^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Lesley Brown	677
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Payne	600
	Conservative	Silvia Harrison	253
	Green	Sarah Willoughby	224
	TUSC	Paul Dyer	186
Turnout			1,940	34.2	+5.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

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Council elections in Devon

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