Wokingham Borough Council election, 2011

Map of the results of the 2011 Wokingham council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2011.

The 2011 Wokingham Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, 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 45
Liberal Democrat 9^[2]

Background

A total of 72 candidates contested the 18 seats which were up for election.^[3] These were 18 Conservative, 17 Liberal Democrat, 16 Labour, 10 Green Party, 10 United Kingdom Independence Party and 1 independent candidates.^[3]^[4] Councillors standing down at the election included Conservatives Pam Stubbs and Steve Chapman from Barkham and Sonning wards respectively.^[4]

Issues in the election included plans for a new supermarket and traffic congestion.^[5]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives hold control of the council after gaining 2 seats from the Liberal Democrats to have 45 of the 54 seats.^[6] The Liberal Democrats were reduced to 9 seats after the party lost 2 of the 4 seats they had been defending in Bulmershe and Whitegates and Winnersh.^[6] The Conservatives held all 14 seats they had been defending and among the winners for the party was Abdul Loyes, who returned to the council for Loddon one year after losing his seat there.^[5]

The Liberal Democrat leader on the council, Pru Bray, put the defeats down to national events, with the party being part of the national coalition government.^[5] Meanwhile, the Conservative leader of the council, David Lee, described the results as "brilliant" and attributed them to "hard work" in the campaign and over the previous year.^[5]

Wokingham Local Election Result 2011^[7]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	16	2	0	+2	88.9	52.4	23,459	+1.5%
	Liberal Democrat	2	0	2	-2	11.1	25.6	11,449	-9.7%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	13.3	5,967	+5.1%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	4.3	1,913	+2.6%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	3.9	1,726	+0.2%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	283	+0.6%

Ward results

Barkham^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Kaiser	745	65.5	-10.9
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Bacon	393	34.5	+15.8
Majority			352	30.9	-26.8
Turnout			1,138
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bulmershe and Whitegates^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Shahid Younis	1,154	36.5	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Lesley Hayward	1,050	33.2	-4.9
	Labour	Kyriakos Fiakkas	661	20.9	+1.7
	UKIP	Peter Jackson	176	5.6	+0.9
	Green	Adrian Windisch	121	3.8	+1.0
Majority			104	3.3
Turnout			3,162
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Coronation^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Kate Haines	1,403	60.1	+7.3
	Liberal Democrat	Paddy Power	634	27.2	-4.2
	Labour	Pippa White	298	12.8	+4.6
Majority			769	32.9	+11.5
Turnout			2,335
	Conservative hold		Swing

Emmbrook^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Philip Mirfin	1,863	56.1	+6.9
	Liberal Democrat	Jeremy Harley	741	22.3	-10.3
	Labour	Paul Sharples	444	13.4	+4.7
	UKIP	Stella Howell	272	8.2	-1.4
Majority			1,122	33.8	+17.2
Turnout			3,320
	Conservative hold		Swing

Evendons^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Christopher Bowring	1,778	56.1	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Carolyn Dooley	703	22.2	-11.9
	Labour	Tony Skuse	413	13.0	+5.0
	UKIP	Mike Spencer	278	8.8	+2.3
Majority			1,075	33.9	+16.5
Turnout			3,172
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawkedon^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tim Holton	1,486	55.6	+7.0
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Vick	731	27.3	-18.0
	Labour	Neville Waites	458	17.1	+17.1
Majority			755	28.2	+24.9
Turnout			2,675
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hillside^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Norman Jorgensen	1,853	58.0	+11.5
	Liberal Democrat	Muir Ahmed	548	17.1	-23.1
	Labour	David Sharp	501	15.7	+5.4
	Green	Andrew Tunley	294	9.2	+9.2
Majority			1,305	40.8	+34.5
Turnout			3,196
	Conservative hold		Swing

Loddon^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Abdul Loyes	1,288	45.8	+4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Tom McCann	975	34.6	-8.3
	Labour	Roger Hayes	375	13.3	+1.5
	Green	Andrew Sansom	176	6.3	+2.8
Majority			313	11.1
Turnout			2,814
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maiden Erlegh^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Chopping	1,626	50.4
	Liberal Democrat	David Hare	725	22.5
	Labour	Jacqueline Rupert	579	18.0
	Green	Nicholas Marshall	295	9.1
Majority			901	27.9
Turnout			3,225
	Conservative hold		Swing

Norreys^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alistair Auty	1,630	53.4	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Bray	455	14.9	-14.9
	Labour	Mary Gascoyne	452	14.8	+2.6
	Independent	Robin Smith	283	9.3	+9.3
	UKIP	Keith Knight	230	7.5	+0.1
Majority			1,175	38.5	+17.6
Turnout			3,050
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shinfield North^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Parry Batth	421	50.2	-5.9
	Labour	Christopher Bertrand	212	25.3	+9.7
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Scarrott	100	11.9	-5.4
	Green	Ann Bowen-Jones	57	6.8	+6.8
	UKIP	Joan Huntley	48	5.7	-5.3
Majority			209	24.9	-13.9
Turnout			838
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shinfield South^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Pollock	1,296	62.0
	Green	Marjory Bisset	507	24.3
	Liberal Democrat	Imogen Shepherd-Dubey	287	13.7
Majority			789	37.8
Turnout			2,090
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sonning^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mike Haines	977	72.5	-3.9
	Labour	Philippa Hills	168	12.5	+7.2
	Green	John Prior	136	10.1	+10.1
	UKIP	Geoff Bulpitt	67	5.0	+1.1
Majority			809	60.0	-2.0
Turnout			1,348
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Lake^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Kay Gilder	828	44.3	-2.8
	Conservative	Chris Smith	606	32.4	-2.3
	Labour	Ian Hills	315	16.9	+3.5
	Green	Julia Titus	119	6.4	+6.4
Majority			222	11.9	-0.5
Turnout			1,868
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Twyford^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Dee Tomlin	1,281	51.7	-16.6
	Conservative	Sam Hawkins	875	35.3	+8.8
	Labour	Roy Mantel	203	8.2	+5.1
	UKIP	Andrew Heape	118	4.8	+2.7
Majority			406	16.4	-25.4
Turnout			2,477
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Wescott^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Julian McGhee-Sumner	1,125	54.3	-5.9
	Liberal Democrat	David Vaughan	426	20.6	+0.9
	Labour	John Woodward	268	12.9	+6.3
	Green	Martyn Foss	135	6.5	+6.5
	UKIP	Marcus Ellis	118	5.7	-4.9
Majority			699	33.7	-5.8
Turnout			2,072
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winnersh^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Philip Houldsworth	1,284	42.3	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Rachelle Shepherd-Dubey	1,212	40.0	-9.3
	Labour	John Baker	287	9.5	+2.4
	UKIP	Tony Pollock	176	5.8	+1.3
	Green	Omar Hamid	73	2.4	+2.4
Majority			72	2.4
Turnout			3,032
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Wokingham Without^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Sleight	2,049	68.6	+8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Roland Cundy	360	12.1	-8.8
	Labour	Tim Jinkerson	333	11.2	+1.0
	UKIP	Graham Widdows	243	8.1	-0.6
Majority			1,689	56.6	+17.2
Turnout			2,985
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "England council elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
↑ "Election results 2011: English council summary results". guardian.co.uk. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
1 2 "Wokingham election candidates confirmed". Reading Chronicle. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
1 2 Corbett, Victoria (18 April 2011). "Battle lines are drawn as election nears". getwokingham. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
1 2 3 4 Cook, Caroline (11 May 2011). "Borough election round up: Tories boost their numbers". getwokingham. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Final results for Wokingham Borough Council elections 2011". getwokingham. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Wokingham Borough Council Election and Referendum results – May 2011". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 23 July 2011.

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