Braintree District Council election, 2011

May 7, 2011 (2011-05-07)

60 seats 31 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Green
Last election	42	9	2
Seats before	42	9	2
Seats won	47	9	2
Seat change	5
Popular vote	24,115	13,479	5,465
Percentage	48.9	27.4	11.1
Swing	2.1	2.8	3.9

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Independent	Halstead Residents	Liberal Democrat
Last election	1	5	1
Seats before	1	5	1
Seats won	1	1	0
Seat change		4	1
Popular vote	1,636	1,272	1,734
Percentage	3.3	2.6	3.5
Swing	0.2	0.9	7.9

The 2011 Braintree District Council Elections took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England. This is on the same day as other local elections. All 60 councillors in 30 wards were up for election.

Results of election

Braintree District Council Election Result 2011
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	44	5	0	5	73.3	52.2	47,063
	Labour	10	1	1		16.7	31.3	28,186
	Green	2	0	0		3.3	7.5	6,788
	Halstead Residents	1	0	4	4	1.7	2.9	2,582
	Independent	1	0	0		1.7	2.1	1,927
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	1	1	0	2.3	2,082
	UKIP	0	0	0		0	1.6	1,440
	BNP	0	0	0		0	0.2	132

Black Notley

Black Notley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Galione	789
	Conservative	Tom Cunningham	767
	Labour	Juliet Walton	231
	Labour	Andrew Bennett	217
	UKIP	David Hodges	200
	Independent	John Clark	163
	Liberal Democrat	David Toombs	149
	Green	Freddie Gerrard-Abbott	115
Majority
Turnout			1,414	46.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bocking Blackwater

Bocking Blackwater ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Stephen Canning	1,243
	Conservative	Jean Schmitt	1,059
	Conservative	Vanessa Santomauro	999
	Labour	Agnes Bishop	796
	Labour	Allan Millam	623
	Labour	Richard Parsons	622
	UKIP	Gordan Helm	418
	Green	Simon Attwood	334
Majority
Turnout			2,483
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bocking North

Bocking North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	David Mann	709
	Labour	Anthony Everard	657
	Conservative	Timothy Wilkinson	493
	Conservative	Nigel McCrea	376
	UKIP	Michael Ford	215
	Green	Dawn Holmes	116
Majority
Turnout			1,436
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bocking South

Bocking South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Davis Baugh	701
	Labour	Moia Thorogood	689
	Labour	Lynn Watson	626
	Conservative	Abiodun Olumbori	508
	Green	John Malam	204
Majority
Turnout			1,495	36.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bradwell, Silver End and Rivenhall

Bradwell, Silver End and Rivenhall ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	James Abbott	969	29.3
	Green	Bob Wright	689	20.8
	Labour	Jeremy White	422	12.8
	Labour	Daniel Wright	358	10.8
	Conservative	Stephen Nimmons	323	9.8
	UKIP	Brain Wood	284	8.6
	Conservative	Paul Ryland	266	8.0
Majority
Turnout			1,828	49.8
	Green hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing

Braintree Central

Braintree Central ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John McKee	1,123
	Conservative	Marlene Shepherd	957
	Conservative	Ronald Ramage	888
	Labour	Nigel Gibson	805
	Labour	Celia Burne	789
	Labour	William Edwards	734
	Green	Daniel Shadbolt	327
	UKIP	Roger Lord	323
	BNP	Paul Hooks	132
Majority
Turnout			2,355	38.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Braintree East

Braintree East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elwyn Bishop	762
	Conservative	David Messer	759
	Labour	Colette Gibson	756
	Labour	Eric Lynch	710
	Conservative	Luke Harrington	691
	Conservative	Rikki Williams	668
	Green	Wendy Partridge	297
Majority
Turnout			990	19.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Braintree South

Braintree South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Sandbrook	844
	Conservative	Lyn Walters	806
	Labour	Douglas Rice	780
	Labour	Gordon Currie	711
	Labour	Martin Green	709
	Conservative	Syedun Noor	605
	Independent	Andrew Beatty	408
	Green	Timothy Reeve	291
Majority
Turnout			1,192	21.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bumpstead

Bumpstead ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Cadman	713
	Labour	Stephen Trumm	306
Majority
Turnout			1,035	51.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coggeshall and North Feering

Coggeshall and North Feering ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patricia Newton	1,254
	Conservative	Susan Wilson	1,114
	Labour	Catherine Joyce	493
	Labour	Cherry Cornish	478
	Green	Stephanie Bills	289
Majority
Turnout			1,986	50.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cressing and Stisted

Cressing and Stisted ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Lynette Flint	600
	Labour	Greta Tew	180
Majority
Turnout			804	45.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Gosfield and Greenstead Green

Gosfield and Greenstead Green ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John O'Reilly-Cicconi	688
	Labour	Adrian Gibson	254
	Green	Howard Reed	124
Majority
Turnout			1,078	53.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Notley and Braintree West

Great Notley and Braintree West ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Graham Butland	1,435
	Conservative	Claire Sandbrook	1,418
	Conservative	Roger Walters	1,211
	Labour	David Green	407
	Labour	Christina Bennett	362
	Labour	Stephen Goodfellow	306
	Green	Howard Bills	274
Majority
Turnout			2,142	41.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Halstead St. Andrew's

Halstead St. Andrews ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jennifer Sutton	895
	Conservative	Julia Allen	827
	Conservative	Stephen Kirby	762
	Halstead Residents	David Hume	720
	Labour	Grahame McCoyd	573
	Halstead Residents	Kenneth Paisley	571
	Halstead Residents	Howard Messenger	405
	Labour	Stuart Gilbert	388
	Independent	Michael Gage	310
	Labour	Stuart Scrivens	297
	Independent	Beryl Gage	291
Majority
Turnout			2,132	40.5
	Conservative gain from Halstead Residents
	Conservative gain from Halstead Residents
	Conservative gain from Halstead Residents

Halstead Trinity

Halstead Trinity ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Halstead Residents	Jacqueline Pell	552
	Labour	Malcolm Fincken	456
	Labour	Stephen Knight	376
	Conservative	David Sharp	352
	Halstead Residents	Linda Hilton	334
	Conservative	Yvonne Warren	325
Majority
Turnout			1,317	37.4
	Halstead Residents hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Halstead Residents

Hatfield Peverel

Hatfield Peverel ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Beeb	1,062
	Conservative	Derrick Louis	981
	Labour	Lauren Whitnell	357
	Labour	Katherine Watts	288
	Green	Cheryl Gerrard	220
Majority
Turnout			1,627	47.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hedingham and Maplestead

Hedingham and Mapstead ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joanne Beavis	1,345
	Conservative	Hylton Johnson	1,197
	Conservative	Wendy Scattergood	1,044
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Bolter	661
	Green	Susan Ransome	387
	Labour	Noel Owen	386
	Labour	John Kotz	350
	Labour	Betty Kotz	339
Majority
Turnout			2,285	44.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kelvedon

Kelvedon ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Foster	1,202
	Conservative	Robert Mitchell	1,084
	Labour	Ian Marshall	537
	Labour	Anthony Lewis	508
	Green	Robert McCracken	280
Majority
Turnout			1,991	50.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Panfield

Panfield ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Tattersley	522
	Labour	David Rice	183
	Green	Lynne Maynard	101
Majority
Turnout			816	47.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rayne

Rayne ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Banthorpe	652
	Labour	Cornelius Coughlan	151
Majority
Turnout			817	46.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stour Valley North

Stour Valley North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Julian Swift	686
	Labour	Robert Green	217
Majority
Turnout			915	51.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stour Valley South

Stour Valley South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Shelton	711
	Labour	Frederick Hearn	194
Majority
Turnout			936	53.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Three Fields

Three Fields ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Finbow	1,125
	Conservative	David Reid	1,029
	Labour	Maureen Bennett	343
	Labour	Cynthia Woodhouse	298
Majority
Turnout			1,582	50.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upper Colne

Upper Colne ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Bolton	599
	Labour	Peter Long	218
Majority
Turnout			834	48.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Witham, Chipping Hill and Central

Witham, Chipping Hill and Central ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sandra Howell	662
	Conservative	Michael Lager	652
	Labour	Francis MacDonald	396
	Labour	Eileen Davidson	382
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Fleet	296
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Waring	181
	Green	Nelson Brunton	176
Majority
Turnout			1,499	41.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Witham North

Witham North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Evans	613
	Labour	Philip Barlow	603
	Conservative	Christopher Thompson	422
	Conservative	John Cunningham	363
	Green	Robert Nicholls	246
	Liberal Democrat	Clifford Livermore	158
Majority
Turnout			1,314	38.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Witham South

Witham South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Janet Money	997
	Conservative	Corrine Thompson	937
	Conservative	John Elliott	930
	Labour	Paul Heath	719
	Labour	Olatunde Biyi	713
	Labour	Alan O'Shea	672
	Green	Agnes Wells	352
	Green	Stephen Hicks	290
	Liberal Democrat	Bernard Dearlove	239
Majority
Turnout			2,165	34.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Witham West

Witham West ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Rose	841
	Conservative	Patrick Horner	824
	Conservative	Cheryl Louis	736
	Labour	Lucy Barlow	697
	Labour	Anthony Bennett	649
	Labour	Kathleen Tearle	640
	Green	Andrew Bunn	362
	Green	Philip Hughes	345
	Liberal Democrat	James Fleet	231
	Liberal Democrat	Pamela Hooper	167
Majority
Turnout			2,031	40.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yeldham

Yeldham ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Iona Parker	426
	Independent	Trevor Revell	155
	Labour	Richard Green	151
Majority
Turnout			735	44.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

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