2011 Hambleton District Council election

The 2011 Hambleton District Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect all 44 members to Hambleton District Council to a four-year term, the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom. It was preceded by the 2007 Hambleton District Council election and followed by the 2015 Hambleton District Council election. The Conservative Party held control of the council after the election.^[1] The turnout across the council was 46.3%.^[2]

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2011 Hambleton District Council election^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	39		88.6
	Independent	3		6.8
	Liberal Democrats	2		4.5
	Labour	0		0.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Noone	1,416
	Conservative	Carl Les*	1,012
	Labour	Alan Benn	384
Turnout				43.2
Registered electors			3,761
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isobel Sanderson	392	55.4	11.1
	Independent	Reg Collins	170	24.0	New
	Labour	Janet Kirk	146	20.6	12.9
Majority			222	31.4	1.5
Total valid votes			708	42.0
Turnout				42.5
Registered electors			1,686
	Conservative hold		Swing	17.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Skilbeck*	498	65.6	8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Land	161	21.2	3.6
	Labour	Paul Spellman	100	13.2	4.7
Majority			337	44.4	11.9
Total valid votes			759	54.2
Turnout				54.8
Registered electors			1,400
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.0

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Steve Watson^[a]	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,531
	Conservative hold

2011 Hambleton District Council election

Ward results

Bedale

Brompton

Broughton and Greenhow

Cowtons

Crakehall

Easingwold

Great Ayton

Helperby

Huby and Sutton

Leeming

Leeming Bar

Morton-on-Swale

Northallerton Broomfield

Northallerton Central

Northallerton North

Osmotherley

Romanby

Rudby

Shipton

Sowerby

Stillington

Stokesley

Swainby

Tanfield

Thirsk

Thorntons

Tollerton

Topcliffe

White Horse

Whitestonecliffe

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Smith*	307	38.0	62.0
	Conservative	Nigel Parkin	216	26.8	New
	Independent	Christine Wheatley	145	18.0	New
	Independent	Betty Silver	110	13.6	New
	Labour	Alan Richardson	29	3.6	New
Majority			91	11.3	N/A
Total valid votes			807	57.2
Turnout				57.9
Registered electors			1,410
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Shirley Shepherd*	888
	Conservative	Geoff Ellis*	878
	Labour	Kathleen Mullen	458
	Liberal Democrats	Stella Wilson	372
Turnout				42.4
Registered electors			3,815
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ron Kirk*	1,340
	Conservative	Richard Hudson	1,185
	Conservative	Frances Greenwell*	1,169
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Short	560
	Labour	Mike Newton	541
Turnout				49.8
Registered electors			4,147
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter Sowray*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,527
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mike Rigby*	485	57.9	7.1
	Conservative	Peter Gibson	288	34.4	3.5
	Labour	Rosemary Shaw	113	13.5	New
Majority			197	23.5	10.5
Total valid votes			838	53.4
Turnout				53.4
Registered electors			1,570
	Independent hold		Swing	5.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Barker*	489	71.3	28.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Fisken	113	16.5	New
	Labour	Jane Richardson	84	12.2	New
Majority			376	54.8	N/A
Total valid votes			686	35.2
Turnout				35.6
Registered electors			1,947
	Conservative hold		Swing	22.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Wood	620	83.1	16.9
	Labour	Alex Cornwall	126	16.9	New
Majority			494	66.2	N/A
Total valid votes			746	47.2
Turnout				48.3
Registered electors			1,582
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Phillips*	605	76.2	23.8
	Labour	Roy Hutchings	189	23.8	New
Majority			416	52.4	N/A
Total valid votes			794	55.1
Turnout				56.0
Registered electors			1,442
	Conservative hold		Swing	23.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Wilkinson	1,009
	Conservative	David Blades*	996
	Labour	Peter Cornwall	468
Turnout				45.6
Registered electors			3,651
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Coulson*	625
	Conservative	Tony Hall*	462
	Conservative	Catherine Baker	310
	Labour	Gerry Ramsden	25
Turnout				31.9
Registered electors			3,431
	Independent hold
	Conservative hold

Stokesley (3 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Griffiths*	1,152
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Griffiths*	1,081
	Conservative	Andy Wake	1,076
	Conservative	Heather Moorhouse	941
	Conservative	Andrew Dickins	912
	Labour	Eileen Driver	808
Turnout				51.1
Registered electors			4,519
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Prest*	695
	Conservative	Ken Billings	571
	Labour	Sally Anderson	338
Turnout				36.3
Registered electors			2,962
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Tim Swales*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,477
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Smith*	880
	Conservative	Kevin Hardisty	871
	Labour	Ann Hutchings	499
Turnout				46.1
Registered electors			3,273
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bridget Fortune*	1,189
	Conservative	Stephen Dickins*	1,054
	Labour	Jeff King	329
Turnout				53.6
Registered electors			2,985
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Chris Rooke	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,872
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Robson*	735
	Conservative	Peter Bardon	627
	Independent	David Bentley	388
	Labour	Michael Graham	341
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley Wilson	183
Turnout				41.4
Registered electors			3,324
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Christine Cookman*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,589
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hugill	629	75.6	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Hole	203	24.4	2.5
Majority			426	51.2	5.0
Total valid votes			832	53.1
Turnout				54.6
Registered electors			1,567
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Webster*	586	81.6	18.4
	Labour	Annie Mannix	132	18.4	New
Majority			454	63.2	N/A
Total valid votes			718	48.8
Turnout				49.6
Registered electors			1,471
	Conservative hold		Swing	18.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gareth Dadd*	1,236
	Conservative	Derek Adamson*	900
	Conservative	Andy Robinson*	832
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Adamson	425
Turnout				34.8
Registered electors			4,755
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Bob Baker*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,523
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Nigel Knapton	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,663
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neville Huxtable*	550	74.8	25.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Adamson	185	25.2	New
Majority			365	49.7	N/A
Total valid votes			735	43.0
Turnout				44.1
Registered electors			1,709
	Conservative hold		Swing	25.2

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Caroline Patmore	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,701
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Nigel Clack	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,597
	Conservative hold

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