Newark and Sherwood District Council election, 2011
The 2011 Shewood & Newark District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Shewood & Newark District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election.[1] At the time of the 2011 Census the Local Authority had a population of, 114,817.[2]
Overall election results
Shewood and Newark District Council (summary of overall results)
Newark and Sherwood District Council - results by ward
Balderton North
Balderton North (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Conservative |
Neil Richard Allsopp (E) |
727 |
26.8 |
|
Conservative |
Jason Louis Osbourne (E) |
621 |
22.9 |
|
Labour |
Andy Freeman |
450 |
16.6 |
|
Independent |
Walter Hurst |
430 |
15.9 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Neil Allen |
206 |
7.6 |
|
Independent |
David Michael Nixon |
146 |
5.4 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Page |
131 |
4.8 |
Balderton West
Balderton West (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Conservative |
Betty Margaret Brooks (E) |
736 |
36.2 |
|
Conservative |
Gordon Brooks (E) |
719 |
35.7 |
|
Labour |
Raymond Arthur Rouse |
581 |
28.5 |
Beacon
Blidworth
Blidworth (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Labour |
Yvonne Woodhead (E) |
652 |
36.0 |
|
Independent |
Geoff Merry (E) |
595 |
32.9 |
|
Labour |
Hayley Warren |
562 |
31.1 |
Boughton
Boughton (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Labour |
Linda Ann Shilling (E) |
660 |
30.7 |
|
Labour |
David Staples (E) |
615 |
28.6 |
|
Conservative |
Tim Wildgust |
476 |
22.1 |
|
Independent |
Dean Guy Milo Nixon |
400 |
18.6 |
Bridge
Bridge (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Independent |
Gill Dawn (E) |
573 |
29.6 |
|
Independent |
Irene Brown (E) |
519 |
26.9 |
|
Conservative |
Stuart Graham |
310 |
16.0 |
|
Conservative |
Dean John Hyde |
280 |
14.5 |
|
Labour |
Graeme Lake |
251 |
13.0 |
Castle
Castle (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Independent |
Tom Bickley (E) |
862 |
42.7 |
|
Conservative |
David Richard Payne (E) |
591 |
29.3 |
|
Conservative |
Max Cope |
565 |
28.0 |
Caunton
Clipstone
Clipstone (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Labour |
Sheila Soar (E) |
643 |
36.3 |
|
Labour |
Dave Thompson (E) |
591 |
33.3 |
|
Independent |
Steve Parkhouse |
539 |
30.4 |
Collingham and Meering
Devon
Devon (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Labour |
Dennis Jones (E) |
478 |
21.3 |
|
Labour |
Trish Gurney (E) |
459 |
20.4 |
|
Conservative |
Keith Frank Girling |
405 |
18.0 |
|
Conservative |
Stuart Robert Wallace |
385 |
17.1 |
|
Independent |
Laurence Goff |
270 |
12.0 |
|
Independent |
Jerry McGarrigle |
250 |
11.1 |
Edwinstowe
Edwinstowe (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Labour |
Celia Brooks (E) |
1,023 |
27.9 |
|
Labour |
John Malcolm Peck (E) |
1,010 |
27.6 |
|
Conservative |
Brian William Jarvis |
573 |
15.6 |
|
Independent |
Keith Benison |
559 |
15.3 |
|
Independent |
Les Ward |
499 |
13.6 |
Voter turnout |
% |
Farndon
Farndon (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Conservative |
Ivor Walker (E) |
1,023 |
32.4 |
|
Independent |
Declan Patrick Logue (E) |
866 |
27.5 |
|
Conservative |
Neill Bernard Mison |
769 |
24.3 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jim Gould |
497 |
17.6 |
Voter turnout |
% |
Farnsfield and Bilsthorpe
Farnsfield and Bilsthorpe (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Conservative |
Nora Anne Armstrong (E) |
1,752 |
20.3 |
|
Conservative |
Bruce Laughton (E) |
1,698 |
19.7 |
|
Conservative |
Robert Bradbury (E) |
1,619 |
18.8 |
|
Labour |
Kevin Cocker |
1,234 |
14.3 |
|
Labour |
Glenn Bardill |
1,181 |
13.7 |
|
Labour |
Arthur Fell |
1,142 |
13.2 |
Voter turnout |
% |
Lowdham
Lowdham (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Conservative |
Roger James Jackson (E) |
Elected unopposed |
n/a |
|
Conservative |
Keith William Sheppard (E) |
Elected unopposed |
n/a |
Magnus
Magnus (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Conservative |
Rita Crowe (E) |
513 |
22.0 |
|
Conservative |
Tony Roberts (E) |
475 |
20.4 |
|
Labour |
Jean Moore |
418 |
17.9 |
|
Labour |
Douglas Michael Hough |
365 |
15.7 |
|
Independent |
Paul Baggaley |
310 |
13.3 |
|
Independent |
Sue Murphy |
154 |
6.6 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Anne Holmes |
95 |
4.1 |
Voter turnout |
% |
Muskham
Muskham (1 seat)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Conservative |
Sue Saddington (E) |
Elected unopposed |
n/a |
Ollerton
Ollerton (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Labour |
Abbie Ann Truswell (E) |
1,056 |
22.2 |
|
Labour |
Stan Crawford (E) |
997 |
20.9 |
|
Labour |
Benjamin Wells (E) |
906 |
19.0 |
|
Conservative |
Mary Brown |
562 |
11.8 |
|
Independent |
Brian Smith |
467 |
9.8 |
|
Conservative |
Margaret Pettitt |
464 |
9.7 |
|
Independent |
Moritz Leslie Dawkins |
312 |
6.6 |
Voter turnout |
% |
Rainworth
Rainworth (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Labour |
Linda Tift (E) |
1,080 |
23.7 |
|
Labour |
John Bradbury (E) |
819 |
17.9 |
|
Labour |
John Middleton (E) |
806 |
17.7 |
|
Independent |
Mark Jefferies |
678 |
14.9 |
|
Independent |
Mark Buttery |
648 |
14.2 |
|
Conservative |
Robert Johnston |
536 |
11.7 |
Voter turnout |
% |
Southwell East
Southwell East (1 seat)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Julian Edward Hamilton (E) |
577 |
48.8 |
|
Conservative |
Michael John Jeffrey |
423 |
35.8 |
|
Labour |
Jason Ferguson |
182 |
15.4 |
Voter turnout |
% |
Southwell North
Southwell North (1 seat)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Conservative |
Paul Handley (E) |
374 |
31.0 |
|
Independent |
Andrew Phillip Gregory |
354 |
29.3 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Brian Smith |
350 |
29.0 |
|
Labour |
Paul Sweeney |
129 |
10.7 |
Voter turnout |
% |
Southwell West
Sutton-on-Trent
Sutton-on-Trent (1 seat)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Christine Rose (E) |
637 |
57.4 |
|
Conservative |
James Fountain |
377 |
34.0 |
|
Independent |
Jean Clark |
96 |
8.7 |
Voter turnout |
% |
Trent
Winthorpe
Winthorpe (1 seat)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Independent |
Maureen Dobson (E) |
677 |
63.6 |
|
Conservative |
Chris Gangel |
387 |
36.4 |
Voter turnout |
% |
By-elections between May 2011 - May 2015
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.
Lowdham - 12 April 2012
Collingham and Meering - 2 May 2013
Farnsfield and Bilsthorpe - 27 June 2013
Collingham and Meering - 11 September 2014
Ollerton - 11 September 2014
Ollerton by-election 11th September 2014
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Michael Pringle (E) |
837 |
58.1 |
-4.0 |
|
Conservative |
Mary Brown |
323 |
22.4 |
+0.9 |
|
UKIP |
Moritz Dawkins |
280 |
19.4 |
+19.4 |
Majority |
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Turnout |
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Labour hold |
Swing |
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