2011 Chelmsford Borough Council election
2011 UK local government election
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Elections to Chelmsford Borough Council were held in 2011 alongside local elections in other parts of the United Kingdom.
5 May 2011
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Election results
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 40 | 50.3 | 29,163 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | 15 | 25.1 | 14,548 | ||||||
| Labour | 1 | 16.7 | 9,684 | ||||||
| SWFTCA | 0 | 2.9 | 1,680 | New | |||||
| Independent | 1 | 2.1 | 1,208 | ||||||
| Green | 0 | 1.9 | 1,105 | ||||||
| UKIP | 0 | 1.1 | 636 | ||||||
Ward results
Bicknacre and East & West Hanningfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard Poulter | 1,322 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Harris | 1,279 | |||
| Labour | Frank Harris | 298 | |||
| Labour | Anthony Lees | 281 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Frank Butler | 225 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Whiteing | 216 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Boreham and The Leighs
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Galley | 1,288 | |||
| Conservative | Philip Watson | 1,040 | |||
| Labour | Kevin Adair | 355 | |||
| Labour | Raymond Barry | 337 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Nathan Lagden | 245 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Goldfinch | 236 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Broomfield and The Walthams
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Brian Patient | 1,278 | |||
| Conservative | Sandra Pontin | 1,145 | |||
| Independent | Delmas Ashford | 1,065 | |||
| Conservative | James Raven | 923 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Taylor | 785 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Lorraine Cobbold | 500 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Janice Farn | 492 | |||
| Green | Shah Hossain | 373 | |||
| Labour | Brian Goodwin | 348 | |||
| Labour | Roy Chad | 341 | |||
| Labour | James Fourt | 324 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ronald Alcock | 2,155 | |||
| Conservative | Neil Gulliver | 2,047 | |||
| Conservative | Duncan Lumley | 2,017 | |||
| Labour | Colin Farquhur | 595 | |||
| Labour | Max Gibson | 564 | |||
| Labour | Paul Walentowicz | 504 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Bastick | 412 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Lester Wakeling | 375 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Pennicard | 353 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Chelmsford Rural West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Nicolette Chambers | 940 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Angela Robertson | 141 | |||
| Labour | Philip Gaudin | 115 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Galleywood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Janette Potter | 1,230 | |||
| Conservative | David Stevenson | 1,091 | |||
| Labour | Richard Hyland | 435 | |||
| Labour | Daniel Ebdon | 353 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Robson | 279 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Shaw | 264 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Goat Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Freda Mountain | 963 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Mascot | 908 | |||
| Conservative | Katherine Joel | 850 | |||
| Conservative | Louis Ward | 777 | |||
| Labour | Susan Leslie | 222 | |||
| Labour | Mark Player | 219 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Great Baddow East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Miller | 1,260 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Rycroft | 1,229 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Sosin | 1,215 | |||
| Conservative | Stephanie Scott | 1,073 | |||
| Conservative | Yvonne Spence | 1,059 | |||
| Conservative | Ernest von Tromp | 952 | |||
| Labour | Helen Ephraim | 425 | |||
| Labour | James Glider | 395 | |||
| UKIP | Jesse Pryke | 395 | |||
| Labour | Matthew Russell | 393 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Great Baddow West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jennifer Chandler | 866 | |||
| Conservative | Robert Villa | 722 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Veronica Sadowsky | 607 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jannetta Sosin | 607 | |||
| Labour | John Devine | 279 | |||
| UKIP | Jeanette Howes | 241 | |||
| Labour | William Horslen | 220 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
The Lawns
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Burgoyne | 1,078 | |||
| Conservative | Christine Garrett | 1,074 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Stevens | 950 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Rosalind Webb | 888 | |||
| Labour | Susan O'Brian | 262 | |||
| Labour | Roger Patterson | 249 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Shepherd | 2,280 | |||
| Conservative | Ian Wright | 2,264 | |||
| Conservative | Christopher Kingsley | 2,263 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Lawrence O'Brien | 455 | |||
| Green | Colin Budgey | 449 | |||
| Labour | Diana Smith | 374 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Bell | 327 | |||
| Labour | Alan Carpenter | 303 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Moore | 284 | |||
| Labour | Donald Newton | 266 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Marconi
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Judith Deakin | 641 | |||
| Labour | Christopher Fegan | 610 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Pooley | 582 | |||
| Labour | Christopher Vince | 554 | |||
| Conservative | Michael McCullough | 526 | |||
| Conservative | Timothy Worrall | 485 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Moulsham and Central
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Victoria Irwin | 1,496 | |||
| Conservative | Richard Madden | 1,456 | |||
| Conservative | Sameh Hindi | 1,411 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ben Wright | 1,000 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Balding | 998 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Lois Speller | 964 | |||
| Labour | Prudence Jones | 702 | |||
| Labour | John Leslie | 652 | |||
| Labour | Robert Jones | 648 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Moulsham Lodge
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Jones | 845 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Springett | 806 | |||
| Conservative | Iain Miller | 754 | |||
| Conservative | Mary Dearden | 698 | |||
| Labour | Daniel Roberts | 328 | |||
| Labour | Samuel Bikwa | 304 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Patching Hall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Smith-Hughes | 1,307 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Arnot | 1,230 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Robinson | 1,116 | |||
| Conservative | Peter Driscoll | 1,072 | |||
| Conservative | Stephen Fowell | 1,053 | |||
| Conservative | Graham Seeley | 1,000 | |||
| Labour | Joan Bliss | 592 | |||
| Labour | David Howell | 500 | |||
| Labour | Ernest Webb | 449 | |||
| Green | Angela Thompson | 283 | |||
| Independent | Ashley Final | 143 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Rettendon and Runwell
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Raymond Ride | 1,470 | |||
| Conservative | Lance Millane | 1,444 | |||
| Labour | Glenys Chatterley | 232 | |||
| Labour | John Duffy | 231 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Timothy Rothwell | 111 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ryan Wakeling | 94 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Andrew's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Cousins | 1,043 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Hunnable | 1,034 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Gloria Nichols | 987 | |||
| Conservative | John Pontin | 938 | |||
| Conservative | Neil Spooner | 893 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Willis | 886 | |||
| Labour | Hannah Elgie | 749 | |||
| Labour | Peter Dixon | 731 | |||
| Labour | John Knott | 691 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ian Grundy | 1,734 | |||
| Conservative | Roy Whitehead | 1,616 | |||
| Labour | Joyce Lees | 252 | |||
| Labour | Margaret Vanner | 214 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Masek | 178 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ayman Syed | 122 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
South Woodham - Chetwood and Collingwood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ashley John | 1,325 | |||
| Conservative | Robert Massey | 1,300 | |||
| Conservative | Malcolm Sismey | 1,231 | |||
| SWFCTA | Lawrence Brennan | 766 | |||
| Labour | Clifford Vanner | 669 | |||
| SWFCTA | Christine Weir-Ewing | 609 | |||
| SWFCTA | Richard Weir-Ewing | 515 | |||
| Labour | Stephanie Troop | 233 | |||
| Labour | Jeffrey Mushens | 225 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Noel Sutcliffe | 188 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
South Woodham - Elmwood and Woodville
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Denston | 1,170 | |||
| Conservative | Patricia Hughes | 1,145 | |||
| Conservative | Maureen Moulds | 1,110 | |||
| SWFCTA | Jacqueline Birch | 914 | |||
| SWFCTA | Ian Roberts | 887 | |||
| SWFCTA | Keith Miles | 807 | |||
| Labour | Alice Duffy | 222 | |||
| Labour | Roger Fellows | 211 | |||
| Labour | Sarah Haigh | 197 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Sykes | 154 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Springfield North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Hutchinson | 1,150 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Pamela Lane | 1,094 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Fuller | 1,088 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Mackroy | 1,082 | |||
| Conservative | Graham McGhie | 1,028 | |||
| Conservative | John Scott | 973 | |||
| Labour | Karen Kennedy | 469 | |||
| Labour | Evelyn Haigh | 452 | |||
| Labour | Russell Kennedy | 433 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Trinity
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Julie Maybrick | 1,041 | |||
| Conservative | Jean Murray | 981 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Bracken | 683 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Lee | 614 | |||
| Labour | Jennie Duffy | 315 | |||
| Labour | Jonathan Legg | 288 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Waterhouse Farm
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Malcolm Watson | 753 | |||
| Conservative | Alan Chambers | 752 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Donald Bacon | 724 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Eileen Moxon | 681 | |||
| Labour | Maurice Fegan | 412 | |||
| Labour | Maria Fegan | 400 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Writtle
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Timothy Ryder | 1,269 | |||
| Conservative | Anthony Sach | 1,237 | |||
| Labour | David Acock | 424 | |||
| Labour | Peter Illman | 413 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Kelvin Leeds | 267 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Jones | 242 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
By-elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Bentham | 842 | 42.4 | +3.9 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Fowell | 488 | 24.6 | −7.0 | |
| Labour | Chris Vince | 309 | 15.6 | −1.8 | |
| UKIP | Ian Nicholls | 263 | 13.2 | +13.2 | |
| Green | Reza Hossain | 84 | 4.2 | −4.1 | |
| Majority | 354 | 17.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,986 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Pooley | 543 | 38.2 | +17.8 | |
| Conservative | William Wetton | 423 | 29.7 | −3.5 | |
| UKIP | Ian Nicholls | 280 | 19.7 | +19.7 | |
| Labour | Sinead Jein | 129 | 9.1 | +0.1 | |
| Green | Reza Hossain | 47 | 3.3 | −6.4 | |
| Majority | 120 | 8.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,422 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWFCTA | Ian Roberts | 281 | 31.4 | −5.8 | |
| Conservative | Linda Denston | 275 | 30.8 | −16.8 | |
| UKIP | Ian Nicholls | 249 | 27.9 | +27.9 | |
| Labour | Derek Barnett | 65 | 7.3 | −1.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jeni Goldfinch | 24 | 2.7 | −3.6 | |
| Majority | 6 | 0.7 | |||
| Turnout | 894 | ||||
| SWFCTA gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Matt Flack | 649 | 56.1 | −15.6 | |
| UKIP | David Kirkwood | 359 | 31.0 | +31.0 | |
| Labour | Tony Lees | 80 | 6.9 | −9.3 | |
| Green | Reza Hossain | 35 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Robson | 34 | 2.9 | −9.3 | |
| Majority | 290 | 25.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,157 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||