Maidstone Borough Council election, 2011

Main articles: Maidstone Borough Council elections and United Kingdom local elections, 2011

5 May 2011

20 members

Turnout	43%
	First party	Second party

Leader	Christopher Garland	Fran Wilson
Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrat
Leader's seat	n/a	High Street
Seats before	28	23
Seats won	12	6
Seats after	30	21
Seat change	2	2

Map of Borough Election Results 2011, Colour legend by wards won:

Conservative party

Liberal Democrats

Independents

Wards in grey were not contested in 2011

Leader before election

Christopher Garland
Conservative

Leader-elect

Christopher Garland
Conservative

Elections to Maidstone Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011. One-third of the borough council (20 members) were up for election. Parish council elections and the national Alternative Vote referendum were held on the same day.

Overall results

The Conservatives stayed in overall control of the council by gaining two seats. The Liberal Democrats lost two seats.

Maidstone Borough Council^[1] ^[2]
Party		Elected Seats	Total Seats	+/-
	Conservative Party	12	30	+2
	Liberal Democrats	6	21	-2
	Independent	2	4	0
Total		20	55

Valid Ballot Papers
Rejected Ballot Papers		226
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors		87,445
Turnout		43%

Ward results

Allington Ward (1)^[3]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Cynthia Robertson	Liberal Democrats	1,345	48.45%
	Barry Stephen Ginley	Conservative Party	1,048	37.75%
	Wendy Florence Hollands	Labour Party	383	13.80%
Total			2,776	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			9
Ballot Papers Issued			2,785
Registered Electors			5,518
Turnout			50.47%

Bearsted Ward (2)^[4]
Candidate		Party	Votes	% (Total)	% (Valid)
	Val Springett	Conservative Party	1,754	30.17%
	Mike Cuming	Conservative Party	1,555	26.75%
	Pat Marshall	Independent	1,395	23.99%
	Jim Grogan	Labour Party	432	7.43%
	Gill Annan	Labour Party	281	4.83%
	Ciaran Dominic Oliver	Green Party	215	3.70%
	Sarah Ann Goodwin	Green Party	182	3.13%
Total			5,814	100.00%

Valid Ballot Papers
Rejected Ballot Papers			36
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors			6,616
Turnout

Boxley Ward (1)^[5]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Malcolm Frank Greer	Conservative Party	1,350	50.89%
	Michael John Beckwith	Labour Party	862	32.49%
	John Peter Watson	Liberal Democrats	264	9.95%
	Penny Kemp	Green Party	177	6.67%
Total			2,653	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			12
Ballot Papers Issued			2,665
Registered Electors			6,446
Turnout			41.34%

Coxheath & Hunton Ward (1)^[6]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Dennis Harold Collins	Conservative Party	1,247	46.51%
	David Michael Stamp	Liberal Democrats	915	34.13%
	Stella Marlyn Randall	Labour Party	265	9.88%
	Keith Clement Woollven	UK Independence Party	140	5.22%
	Robin James Kinrade	Green Party	114	4.25%
Total			2,681	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			12
Ballot Papers Issued			2,693
Registered Electors			5,754
Turnout			46.80%

Detling & Thurnham Ward (1)^[7]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nick de Wiggondene	Conservative Party	628	59.13%
	Geoffrey Frank Licence	Independent	291	27.40%
	Paul Michael Blackmore	Labour Party	143	13.47%
Total			1,062	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			13
Ballot Papers Issued			1,075
Registered Electors			2,344
Turnout			45.86%

Downswood & Otham Ward (1)^[8]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Gordon William Newton	Independent	451	51.72%
	Gary Cooke	Conservative Party	310	35.55%
	Steve Gibson	Labour Party	84	9.63%
	Andrew Crawford Waldie	Green Party	27	3.10%
Total			872	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			4
Ballot Papers Issued			876
Registered Electors			2,107
Turnout			41.58%

East Ward (2)^[9]
Candidate		Party	Votes	% (Total)	% (Valid)
	David Sandru Naghi	Liberal Democrats	1,286	24.43%
	Martin Ashley Richard Cox	Liberal Democrats	1,281	24.34%
	Tony Dennison	Conservative Party	1,010	19.19%
	Scott Hahnefeld	Conservative Party	858	16.30%
	Bruce Henry Heald	Labour Party	316	6.00%
	Caroline Burns	Green Party	270	5.13%
	Hannah Margaret Patton	Green Party	242	4.60%
Total			5,263	100.00%

Valid Ballot Papers
Rejected Ballot Papers			19
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors			6,500
Turnout

Fant Ward (1)^[10]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Alistair James Black	Conservative Party	727	29.60%
	Fran Smith	Liberal Democrats	661	26.91%
	Paul Harper	Labour Party	542	22.07%
	Stuart Robert Jeffery	Green Party	526	21.42%
Total			2,456	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			14
Ballot Papers Issued			2,470
Registered Electors			6,519
Turnout			37.89%

Harrietsham & Lenham Ward (1)^[11]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Tom Sams	Independent	1,175	55.32%
	Marino (Maz) Michaelas	Conservative Party	827	38.94%
	Jeanne Mary Gibson	Labour Party	122	5.74%
Total			2,124	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			9
Ballot Papers Issued			2,133
Registered Electors			4,396
Turnout			48.52%

High Street Ward (1)^[12]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Fran Wilson	Liberal Democrats	853	41.45%
	Valerie Katharine Parker	Conservative Party	533	25.90%
	Marianna Romeojuliet Poliszczuk	Labour Party	333	16.18%
	Wendy Kathleen Lewis	Green Party	176	8.55%
	UK Independence Party	UK Independence Party	163	7.92%
Total			2,058	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			11
Ballot Papers Issued			2,069
Registered Electors			6,367
Turnout			32.50%

Leeds Ward (1)^[13]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Peter James Dudley Parvin	Conservative Party	623	66.35%
	Juliet Maria Maddocks	Independent	187	19.91%
	Maggie Lack	Labour Party	129	13.74%
Total			939	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			3
Ballot Papers Issued			942
Registered Electors			1,869
Turnout			50.40%

Loose Ward (1)^[14]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Susan Jane Grigg	Liberal Democrats	519	50.49%
	Steve Sheppard	Conservative Party	413	40.18%
	Joshua Amos	Labour Party	49	4.77%
	Denise Joy Hay	Green Party	47	4.57%
Total			1,028	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			5
Ballot Papers Issued			1,033
Registered Electors			1,960
Turnout			52.70%

Marden & Yalding Ward (1)^[15]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Annabelle Blackmore	Conservative Party	1,612	63.41%
	Carol Ann Jacques	Liberal Democrats	425	16.72%
	Edith Maud Davis	Labour Party	317	12.47%
	James Edward Shalice	Green Party	188	7.40%
Total			2,542	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			20
Ballot Papers Issued			2,562
Registered Electors			5,813
Turnout			44.07%

North Ward (1)^[16]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mervyn Dyke Warner	Liberal Democrats	871	38.29%
	Jeff Tree	Conservative Party	782	34.37%
	Keith Adkinson	Labour Party	330	14.51%
	Charles Richard Elliott	UK Independence Party	152	6.68%
	Derek Roy Eagle	Green Party	140	6.15%
Total			2,275	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			10
Ballot Papers Issued			2,285
Registered Electors			6,066
Turnout			37.67%

Shepway North Ward (1)^[17]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Marion Ann Ring	Conservative Party	1,139	52.25%
	Geoff Harvey	Labour Party	589	27.02%
	Geoffrey Richard Samme	Liberal Democrats	193	8.85%
	Stephen Fraser Muggeridge	Green Party	157	7.20%
	Gary Butler	British National Party	102	4.68%
Total			2,180	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			8
Ballot Papers Issued			2,188
Registered Electors			6,504
Turnout			33.64%

South Ward (1)^[18]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mike Hogg	Conservative Party	1,242	45.15%
	John Wilson	Liberal Democrats	1,171	42.57%
	Richard John Coates	Labour Party^[19]	338	12.29%
Total			2,751	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			20
Ballot Papers Issued			2,771
Registered Electors			6,258
Turnout			44.28%

Staplehurst Ward (1)^[20]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Richard Lusty	Conservative Party	1,211	64.59%
	John Edward Randall	Labour Party	288	15.36%
	Ralph Frederick Austin	Liberal Democrats	228	12.16%
	Ian Francis Stewart McDonald	Green Party	148	7.89%
Total			1,875	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			15
Ballot Papers Issued			1,890
Registered Electors			4,349
Turnout			43.46%

Sutton Valence & Langley Ward (1)^[21]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Paulina Annette Veronica Stockell	Conservative Party	735	73.28%
	Jean Harvey	Labour Party	156	15.55%
	Susan Austin	Liberal Democrats	112	11.17%
Total			1,003	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			6
Ballot Papers Issued			1,009
Registered Electors			2,059
Turnout			49.00%

References & notes

Council elections in Kent

Kent County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Ashford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Canterbury City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Dartford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Dover District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Gravesham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Maidstone Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Medway Council	1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Sevenoaks District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Shepway District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Swale Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015

Thanet District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Rochester-upon-Medway City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished

Gillingham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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