2011 Gloucester City Council election

2011 Gloucester City Council election

5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
11 seats of 36 on council 19 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Paul James Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Seats before 17 8 11 Seats after 19 7 10 Seat change 2 1 1

The 2011 Gloucester City Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in England. There were 11 seats for election and the Conservative Party gained control of the council from no overall control. Paul James, who had been serving as leader of the council since 2007 running a Conservative minority administration, continued to serve as leader but with his party having a majority.

Results

Gloucester City Council election, 2011

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	6	3	1	+2		41%
	Labour	2		1	-1		29%
	Liberal Democrats	3	1	2	-1		24%
	UKIP	0					3%
	Green	2					0%
	TUSC	0					1%

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman John Ravenhill	1,755	55%
	Labour	Emily Ann Barrett	977	29%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Partington	270	8%
	UKIP	Danny Sparkes	247	8%
Turnout			3189
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barnwood

Barnwood 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tarren Randle	1,086	34
	Liberal Democrats	Verona Vidal	1,059	33
	Labour	Cilla Woodman	718	23
	UKIP	Mike Smith	209	7
	TUSC	Phil Jordan	115	4
Turnout			3,187
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Barton and Tredworth

Barton and Tredworth 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sajid Patel	1,229	44
	Labour	Harjit Gill	1,061	38
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Haq Pandor	299	11
	TUSC	John Henry Ewers	190	7
Turnout			2,779
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hucclecote

Hucclecote 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Declan Wilson	1,854	57
	Conservative	John Clarence Lock	756	33.4
	Labour	James Andrew Hoddy	479	15
Turnout			3,274
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kingsholm and Wotton

Kingsholm and Wotton 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sebastian Richard Seymour Field	785	40
	Labour	David Hitchings	487	25
	Conservative	Matthew Mark Stevens	481	25
	Green	Jonathan Cecil Ingleby	108	6
	UKIP	Daryl Phillip Stanbury	97	5
Turnout			1,958
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Longlevens

Longlevens 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathy Williams	2,005	57
	Labour	Di Docksey	821	23
	Liberal Democrats	Danny King	695	20
Turnout			3521
	Conservative hold		Swing

Matson and Robinswood

Matson and Robinswood 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate Haigh	767	51
	Conservative	Rebecca Lianne Byczok	885	34
	UKIP	Richard John Edwards	235	9
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Anderton	181	7
Turnout			2636
	Labour hold		Swing

Moreland

Moreland 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew William Gilson	1,243	48
	Conservative	Lyn Ackroyd	990	38
	Green	Matthew John Sidford	214	8
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen John Power	154	6
Turnout			2601
	Labour hold		Swing

Quedgeley Fieldcourt

Quedgeley Fieldcourt 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deb Llewellyn	1,095	49
	Labour	Barry Peter Kirby	777	35
	Liberal Democrats	David Robert Southgate	240	11
	Green	Charley Bircher	120	5
Turnout			2232
	Conservative hold		Swing

Quedgeley Severn Vale

Quedgeley Severn Vale 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Mozol	750	40
	Conservative	Martyn White	670	35
	Labour	Christopher Harry Chatterton	477	25
Turnout			1897
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Westgate

Westgate 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Geoffrey Toleman	774	45
	Liberal Democrats	Kelsa Jayne Rowlands-Evans	492	29
	Labour	Garry Mills	342	20
	Green	Eva Langrock-Bircher	94	6
Turnout			1702
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing