English local election
Elections for Cotswold District Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2011. The whole council was up for election. Cotswold District is divided into 28 wards, with a total of 44 seats up for election.
Summary results
Despite winning the majority of votes in the election, the Conservatives lost 12 seats, 8 to the Liberal Democrats and 4 to Independents. However, they still retained majority control of the council.
Cotswold Local Election Results 2011[1][2] Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 27 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 61.4 | 51.8 | 18423 | 6.2[3] |
| Liberal Democrats | 12 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 27.3 | 28.8 | 10240 | 4.8 |
| Independent | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11.4 | 13.2 | 4685 | 3.8 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2.6 | 922 | N/A |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2.2 | 776 | N.A |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1.5 | 541 | 0.5 |
Wards
Ampney-Coln Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Sir Edward Horsfall | 584 | 74.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Frank Skinner | 202 | 25.7 | |
Majority | 382 | 48.6 | |
Turnout | 797 | 50.83 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Avening Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Jim Parsons | 534 | 68.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Burgess | 153 | 19.5 | |
| UKIP | David Bendall | 96 | 12.3 | |
Majority | 381 | | |
Turnout | 783 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Beacon-Stow (2 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Davin Penman | 857 | 56.3 | |
| Conservative | Merryl Phillips | 703 | --- | |
| Independent | Colin Smalley | 703 | 30.5 | |
| Independent | Christopher Turner | 258 | --- | |
| Liberal Democrats | George Ellis | 200 | 13.1 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Blockley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Barry Dare | 489 | 58.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Keay-Bright | 348 | 41.6 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bourton-on-the-Water (2 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Sheila Jeffery | 884 | 71.8 | |
| Conservative | Leonard Wilkins | 868 | --- | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Keay-Bright | 347 | 28.2 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Campden-Vale (3 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Lynden Stowe | 1,662 | 67.0 | |
| Conservative | Susan Jepson | 1,641 | --- | |
| Conservative | Mark Annett | 1,588 | --- | |
| Liberal Democrats | Clive Thompson | 819 | 33.0 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Chedworth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | David Broad | 453 | 53.5 | |
| Independent | John Robons | 393 | 46.5 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Churn Valley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Hodgkinson | 532 | 59.2 | |
| Conservative | Vanessa Powell | 397 | 40.8 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Cirencester Beeches (2 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Burgess | 629 | 51.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Hughes | 602 | 48.9 | |
| Conservative | Peter Braidwood | 598 | --- | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Robbins | 574 | 46.5 | −−− |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Cirencester Chesterton (2 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Deryck Nash | 682 | 48.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Rickman | 561 | --- | |
| Conservative | Phillip Kerton | 407 | 29.0 | |
| Conservative | John Anderson | 399 | --- | |
| Labour | Jonathan Easterbrook | 169 | 12.0 | |
| UKIP | Peter Braidwood | 146 | 10.4 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Cirencester Park (2 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Lee Searles | 769 | 57.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Joseph Harris | 735 | --- | |
| Conservative | Geoffrey Adams | 568 | 42.5 | |
| Conservative | Anthony Curry | 509 | --- | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Cirencester Stratton-Whiteway (2 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Lichnowski | 816 | 48.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Patrick Coleman | 757 | --- | |
| Conservative | Dennis Peters | 502 | 30.0 | |
| Conservative | Richard Buckley | 428 | --- | |
| Green | Robert Irving | 182 | 10.9 | |
| Labour | Reginald Eyre | 173 | 10.3 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Cirencester Watermoor (2 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Gary Selwyn | 804 | 60.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jenny Hincks | 741 | --- | |
| Conservative | William Helm | 520 | 39.3 | |
| Conservative | Steven White | 433 | --- | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Ermin Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Nicholas Parsons | 490 | 56.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Edwards | 336 | 38.8 | |
| UKIP | Adrian Blake | 41 | 4.7 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Fairford (2 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Raymond Theodoulou | 750 | 36.5 | |
| Independent | Mark Wardle | 711 | 34.6 | |
| Conservative | Christine Roberts | 670 | --- | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sean Davey | 387 | 18.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anna Lewis | 231 | --- | |
| Green | Xanthe Messenger | 205 | 10.0 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Fosseridge Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Michele Jeffery | 638 | 78.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Derrington | 173 | 21.3 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Grumbolds Ash Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Anne Nicolle | 665 | 78.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Felicity Hornby | 188 | 22.0 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hampton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Fowles | 525 | 58.5 | |
| Independent | James Steel | 288 | 25.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Harwood | 144 | 16.1 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Kempsford-Lechlade (2 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Sandra Carter | 932 | 48.2 | |
| Independent | Susan Coakley | 781 | 40.4 | |
| Conservative | Alexander Palmer | 726 | --- | |
| Independent | Jeremy Stokes | 502 | --- | |
| Green | Neil Voller | 222 | 11.5 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Moreton-in-Marsh (2 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Robert Dutton | 796 | 46.6 | |
| Independent | Rodney Hooper | 776 | 45.4 | |
| Conservative | Christopher Horne | 536 | --- | |
| Independent | Patrick Trice-Rolph | 220 | --- | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Bass | 136 | 8.0 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Northleach Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Christopher Hancock | 427 | 52.7 | |
| Conservative | Michael Pezet | 313 | 38.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Darren McLauchlan | 70 | 8.6 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Rissingtons Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Venetia Crosbie-Dawson | 602 | 76.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Watson | 189 | 23.9 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Riversmeet Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Carole Topple | 497 | 62.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Laura Watts | 240 | 29.9 | |
| Labour | Merilyn Hill | 65 | 8.1 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Sandywell Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Robin Hughes | 577 | 73.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roberta Crawley | 212 | 26.9 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Tetbury (3 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Stephen Hirst | 905 | 30.0 | |
| Conservative | Barry Gibbs | 834 | 27.7 | |
| Conservative | Diana Hicks | 627 | --- | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Painter | 577 | 19.2 | |
| Conservative | Keith Leaver | 560 | --- | |
| Independent | Peter Martin | 467 | --- | |
| Labour | Shirley Mosdell | 371 | 12.3 | |
| Labour | Christopher Giles | 292 | --- | |
| Liberal Democrats | Leslie Brown | 277 | --- | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Radford-Hancock | 236 | --- | |
| Independent | Brian Edge | 169 | --- | |
| Green | Brecon Quaddy | 167 | 5.5 | |
| UKIP | Guy Parfitt | 158 | 5.2 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Thames Head Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Birch | 591 | 66.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Willis | 204 | 22.8 | |
| UKIP | Jennifer Knight | 100 | 11.2 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Three Rivers Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Dominic Collier | 727 | 83.5 | |
| Labour | Alan Pollock | 144 | 16.5 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Water Parl (3 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Esmond Jenkins | 1,110 | 51.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Juliet Layton | 1,058 | --- | |
| Conservative | Clive Bennett | 1,030 | 48.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Evemy | 1018 | --- | |
| Conservative | Adrian Snow | 766 | --- | |
| Conservative | Peter Messenger | 684 | --- | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ "Costwold District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Local Election Results 2011 - Cotswold". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Local Election Results 2007 - Cotswold". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 18 April 2024.