2011 Rutland County Council election
The 2011 Rutland County Council election took place on 5 May 2011. The whole of Rutland County Council was up for election.[1][2]
Overall election results
[edit]Rutland County Council - summary of overall results
[edit]| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 16 | 61.5 | |||||||
| Independent | 8 | 30.8 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 7.7 | |||||||
Rutland County Council - results by ward
[edit]Braunston and Belton
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Cross (E) | Elected unopposed | n/a | |
Cottesmore
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Cecil Hollis (E) | 521 | 45.9 | |
| Conservative | Martyn Dietrich Alexander Pocock (E) | 354 | 31.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Thibault | 260 | 22.9 | |
Exton
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Terry King (E) | 428 | 72.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Hugh Smith | 166 | 28.0 | |
Greetham
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Roger Bilton Begy (E) | 456 | 81.1 | |
| Independent | Martin John Brookes | 106 | 18.9 | |
Ketton
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Christine Emmett (E) | Elected unopposed | n/a | |
| Conservative | Barrie Roper (E) | Elected unopposed | n/a | |
Langham
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Nick Wainwright (E) | 287 | 51.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter William Green | 267 | 48.2 | |
Lyddington
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Mark Lammie (E) | Elected unopposed | n/a | |
Martinsthorpe
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edward Baines (E) | Elected unopposed | n/a | |
Normanton
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Kenneth Alan Bool (E) | 695 | 40.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gale Waller (E) | 514 | 30.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Golden | 496 | 29.1 | |
Oakham North East
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Alan Stewart Walters (E) | 443 | 31.0 | |
| Independent | Jeff Dale (E) | 388 | 27.2 | |
| Conservative | Vijay Dighe | 361 | 25.3 | |
| Independent | Helen Pender | 236 | 16.5 | |
Oakham North West
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Richard John Gale (E) | 557 | 41.9 | |
| Independent | Mark Woodcock (E) | 439 | 33.0 | |
| Independent | Paul Anthony Beech | 335 | 25.2 | |
Oakham South East
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jonathan Robert Munton (E) | 602 | 39.1 | |
| Conservative | Gene Plews (E) | 489 | 31.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Lawrence Swift | 449 | 29.2 | |
Oakham South West
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joanna Katherine Figgis (E) | 285 | 18.3 | |
| Independent | David Leslie Richardson (E) | 279 | 17.9 | |
| Conservative | Peter William Jones | 277 | 17.8 | |
| Independent | Alf Dewis | 266 | 17.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Joanna Mary Burrows | 178 | 11.5 | |
| Independent | Jim Harrison | 139 | 8.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Cedric Walter Phillips | 131 | 8.4 | |
Ryhall and Casterton
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charlotte Louise Jones (E) | 592 | 36.4 | |
| Conservative | Chris Parsons (E) | 524 | 32.3 | |
| Independent | Graham Anthony George Faithfull | 509 | 31.3 | |
Uppingham
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lucy Stephenson (E) | 645 | 19.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marc Allen Oxley (E) | 626 | 18.4 | |
| Independent | Colin Hamish Forsyth (E) | 600 | 17.7 | |
| Conservative | Lionel William Cunnington | 562 | 16.5 | |
| Independent | Peter David Ind | 531 | 15.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Wise | 434 | 12.8 | |
Whissendine
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Brian Andrew Montgomery (E) | 335 | 57.6 | |
| Conservative | Allan Dean | 247 | 42.4 | |
By-elections between May 2011 - May 2015
[edit]By-elections are called when a representative councillor resigns or dies, so are unpredictable. A by-election is held to fill a political office that has become vacant between the scheduled elections.
Ketton - 27 June 2013
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Gary Conde (E) | 330 | 44.4 | +44.4 | |
| Independent | Andrew McGilvray | 260 | 35.0 | +35.0 | |
| UKIP | Liam Powell | 130 | 17.5 | +17.5 | |
| Independent | Martin Brookes | 24 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Oakham South West - 16 October 2014
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard William Clifton (E) | 240 | 52.2 | ||
| Independent | Benjamin G. F. Callaghan | 177 | 38.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Lawrence Swift | 43 | 9.3 | ||
| Majority | 63 | ||||
| Turnout | 24.82% | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Whissendine - 16 October 2014
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Samuel Michael Asplin (E) | 192 | 51.8 | ||
| Conservative | Jonathan Ralph Baker | 179 | 48.2 | ||
| Majority | 13 | ||||
| Turnout | 34.67% | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Rutland County Council election result 2011" (PDF). Rutland County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ "Rutland Election results 2011". Leicester Mercury. 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
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