2011 Derbyshire Dales District Council election

The 2011 Derbyshire Dales District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Derbyshire Dales District Council in Derbyshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

Map of the results of the 2011 Derbyshire Dales District Council election, including the delayed election in Stanton. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in grey.

Election result

The Conservatives increased their majority on the council after winning 28 seats at the election in May.[2] They gained 4 seats from the Liberal Democrats, more than offsetting losing 1 seat to Labour.[2] This meant Labour went up by one to five seats, while the Liberal Democrats dropped to four, losing half of the seats they had won in 2007, and there remained one independent.[2][3] Overall turnout at the election was 50.8%.[2]

The Conservatives gained 4 seats from the Liberal Democrats in the wards of Darley Dale, Matlock All Saints and Matlock St Giles.[2] However the Conservatives did lose 1 seat to Labour in Masson, by a 5-vote margin.[2] In total of the 38 seats elected in May, 15 new councillors were elected.[2]

The election in Stanton ward was delayed until 23 June after no candidates were nominated for the seat originally.[4] At the delayed election the Conservatives held the seat and therefore had 29 of the 39 councillors.[4]

Derbyshire Dales local election result 2011[5][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 29 4 1 +3 74.4 48.7 21,330 -0.3%
  Labour 5 1 0 +1 12.8 27.8 12,176 +17.9%
  Liberal Democrats 4 0 4 -4 10.3 18.1 7,903 -15.9%
  Independent 1 0 0 0 2.6 2.9 1,261 -1.5%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 1,016 -0.4%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 86 +0.2%

7 Conservative candidates were unopposed at the election.[5] The above results include the delayed election for Stanton ward.

Ward results
Ashbourne North (2 seats)[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Bull 785
Conservative Tony Millward 673
Labour Rob Whyman 407
Turnout 1,865 41.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Ashbourne South (2 seats)[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Lewer 883
Conservative Tom Donnelly 583
Labour Che Lear Page 464
Turnout 1,930 40.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Bakewell (3 seats)[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Judith Twigg 1,378
Conservative Carol Walker 1,245
Conservative Philippa Tilbrook 1,121
Labour Pam Russell 773
Turnout 4,517 52.1 +7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Bradwell[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Goodison 430 54.2
Independent Christopher Furness 364 45.8
Majority 66 8.3
Turnout 794 52.5
Conservative hold Swing
Brailsford[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angus Jenkins 517 74.1
Independent Alan Hodkinson 181 25.9
Majority 336 48.1
Turnout 698 51.9
Conservative hold Swing
Calver[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cate Hunt unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Carsington Water[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lewis Rose unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Chatsworth[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Longden unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Clifton and Bradley[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Shirley 512 55.4
Independent Ian Bates 326 35.3
UKIP Charles Swabey 86 9.3
Majority 186 20.1
Turnout 924 61.8
Conservative hold Swing
Darley Dale (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Fearn 731
Liberal Democrats David Burton 729
Conservative Andrew Statham 720
Liberal Democrats Nigel Allwood 694
Conservative Katherine Staves 688
Conservative Neil MacPherson 610
Labour Julie Morrison 578
Labour Finn Page 554
Labour Phil Rogers 512
Turnout 5,816 48.6 +8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Dovedale and Parwich[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Fitzherbert 594 76.6
Labour Eric Page 181 23.4
Majority 413 53.3
Turnout 775 55.3
Conservative hold Swing
Doveridge and Sudbury[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Albert Catt 660 81.7 +12.9
Labour Katy Brown 148 18.3 +18.3
Majority 512 63.4 +25.8
Turnout 808 53.4 +5
Conservative hold Swing
Hartington and Taddington[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Chapman unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Hathersage and Eyam (2 seats)[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jacque Bevan 962
Conservative Jean Monks 728
Labour Briony Robinson 605
Labour Val Robinson 562
Liberal Democrats David Hoskin 359
Liberal Democrats Jim Tweeddale 352
Turnout 3,568 59.7 +13
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Hulland[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Bright unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Lathkill and Bradford[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Frederickson 390 52.8 -13.4
Conservative Mitch Blythe 349 47.2 +13.4
Majority 41 5.5 -27.0
Turnout 739 57.4 +12
Independent hold Swing
Litton and Longstone[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Horton unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Masson (2 seats)[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Garry Purdy 593
Labour Bob Cartwright 571
Conservative Peter Hume 566
Labour Nick Whitehead 534
Turnout 2,264 50.3 +10
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Matlock All Saints (3 seats)[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Burfoot 931
Conservative Geoff Stevens 808
Conservative Ann Elliott 796
Liberal Democrats David Barker 789
Conservative Sam Gregory 730
Liberal Democrats David Jones 715
Labour Andrew Botham 709
Turnout 5,478 50.6 +5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Matlock St Giles (3 seats)[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Flitter 950
Conservative Barrie Tipping 716
Conservative Jacquie Stevens 691
Liberal Democrats Barry Hopkinson 670
Liberal Democrats Cate Hopkinson 655
Labour Sally Davies 632
Conservative Richard Walsh 604
Labour Simon Peters 562
Turnout 5,480 48.6 +6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Norbury[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Bull unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Tideswell[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jennifer Bower 338 45.7 -18.8
Liberal Democrats Sue Barber 244 33.0 +14.4
Labour Lytton Page 157 21.2 +21.2
Majority 94 12.7 -34.0
Turnout 739 49.8 +14
Conservative hold Swing
Winster and South Darley[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Swindell 690 78.7 +49.1
Conservative Rebecca Swindell 187 21.3 -22.9
Majority 503 57.4
Turnout 877 62.6 +3
Labour hold Swing
Wirksworth (3 seats)[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Irene Ratcliffe 1,293
Labour Peter Slack 1,048
Labour Mike Ratcliffe 1,023
Conservative Philip Cope 626
Green Chris Spencer 532
Conservative Susan Bull 517
Green Josh Stockell 484
Conservative John Smith 474
Turnout 5,997 49.8 +9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Stanton delayed election

The election in Stanton was delayed until 23 June 2011 after no candidates originally stood for the seat at the May election.[4] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Joanne Wild with a 73-vote majority.[6]

Stanton[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joanne Wild 246 48.9 -10.7
Labour Julie Morrison 173 34.4 +34.4
Liberal Democrats Anthony Allwood 84 16.7 -23.7
Majority 73 14.5 -4.6
Turnout 503 34.1 -5
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections between 2011 and 2015

Chris Furness was elected without opposition on 12 January 2012 to hold Bradwell for the Conservative party, after having been the losing independent candidate at the 2011 election.[7] The vacancy came after the death of Conservative councillor Janet Goodison in October 2011.[8]

Bradwell by-election 12 January 2012[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Furness unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  2. "Conservatives retain control". Derbyshire Dales District Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  3. "Good night for Tories at polls". Matlock Mercury. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  4. "Stanton by-election result". Derbyshire Dales District Council. 24 June 2011. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  5. "District Council Elections 2011". Derbyshire Dales District Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  6. "Tories' majority on council is extended". Derby Telegraph. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  7. Mead, Chris (13 January 2012). "Ex-independent candidate triumphs for Tories in Bradwell byelection". The Independent. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  8. "New councillor for Bradwell ward". Matlock Mercury. Bakewell Today. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
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