2011 UK local government election
The 2011 Middlesbrough Borough Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect all 48 councillors, across 23 multi-member wards to Middlesbrough Borough Council. The Labour Party retained a majority on the council.
Overall results
Middlesbrough Borough Council Election Result 2011[1][2] Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 30 | | | | 62.50 | 51.14 | 32,443 | |
| Independent | 10 | | | | 20.83 | 23.74 | 15,058 | |
| Conservative | 4 | | | | 8.34 | 15.14 | 9,606 | |
| Marton Independents | 2 | | | | 4.17 | 3.14 | 1,989 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | | | | 2.08 | 4.91 | 3,117 | |
| Green | 1 | | | | 2.08 | 1.36 | 860 | |
| UKIP | 0 | | | | 0 | 0.41 | 257 | |
| BNP | 0 | | | | 0 | 0.16 | 103 | |
A total of 63,433 valid votes were cast and there were 328 rejected ballots.
The turnout was 36.35%.
Council Composition
After the election the composition of the council was:
↓ 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Labour | Independent | Con | MI | L | G |
Con - Conservative Party
MI - Marton Independents
L - Liberal Democrats
G - Green Party
Results by ward
Acklam
Acklam (2 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Ronnie Lowes | 998 | 31.4 | |
| Labour | Shyalam Kumar Biswas | 888 | 27.95 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Foote-Wood | 676 | 21.27 | |
| Conservative | John Henzell Hemy | 616 | 19.38 | |
Majority | 212 | 6.68 | |
Turnout | 3,178 | 46.97 | |
Ayresome
Ayresome Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Bernard Edward Taylor | 693 | 27.90 | |
| Independent | William Henry Hawthorne | 592 | 23.83 | |
| Labour | Scott Alexander Hurlston | 586 | 23.59 | |
| Independent | Pauline Hawthorne | 412 | 16.59 | |
| BNP | Michael Stewart Ferguson | 103 | 4.15 | |
| Conservative | Sheila Petrie | 98 | 3.94 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.24 | |
Turnout | 2,484 | 32.96 | |
Beckfield
Beckfield (2 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Brian Anthony Hubbard | 787 | 36.33 | |
| Independent | Peter Alexander Cox | 720 | 33.24 | |
| Labour | Dennis Burns | 324 | 14.96 | |
| Labour | Christopher Patrick McIntyre | 287 | 13.25 | |
| Conservative | Mark Owen Warman | 48 | 2.22 | |
Majority | 396 | 18.28 | |
Turnout | 2,166 | 32.76 | |
Beechwood
Beechwood (2 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Garry Bartliff Clark | 567 | 31.66 | |
| Independent | Joan McTigue | 544 | 30.37 | |
| Labour | Teresa Higgins | 444 | 24.79 | |
| Independent | Maureen O'Donoghue | 154 | 8.60 | |
| Conservative | Eric Dawson Smith | 82 | 4.58 | |
Majority | 100 | 5.58 | |
Turnout | 1,791 | 30.18 | |
Brookfield
Brookfield (2 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Jean Sharrocks | 594 | 17.09 | |
| Labour | Peter Sharrocks | 563 | 16.20 | |
| Independent | Kenneth Hall | 523 | 15.05 | |
| Independent | George W Rogers | 426 | 12.26 | |
| Conservative | Valerie Jean St. John Beadnall | 422 | 12.14 | |
| Independent | Patricia Rogers | 281 | 8.09 | |
| UKIP | David Cottrell | 257 | 7.40 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard M Kilpatrick | 253 | 7.28 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Samuel Dunning | 156 | 4.49 | |
Majority | 40 | 1.15 | |
Turnout | 3,475 | 43.46 | |
Clairville
Clairville (2 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | William J R Kerr | 743 | 38.54 | |
| Labour | Charles Rooney | 573 | 29.72 | |
| Independent | Jill Powles Coleman | 371 | 19.24 | |
| Conservative | George Beasley | 131 | 6.79 | |
| Independent | Daud Bashir | 110 | 5.71 | |
Majority | 202 | 10.48 | |
Turnout | 1,928 | 31.73 | |
Coulby Newham
Coulby Newham (3 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John G Cole | 1,318 | 22.45 | |
| Labour | Janice Brunton | 1,035 | 17.63 | |
| Independent | Michael Hudson | 1,014 | 17.27 | |
| Labour | Robert M Campbell | 1,008 | 17.17 | |
| Independent | Steven Antony Maynard | 961 | 16.37 | |
| Conservative | David Philip Coupe | 535 | 9.11 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.10 | |
Turnout | 5,871 | 35.89 | |
Gresham
Gresham (3 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Sajaad Khan | 939 | 25.56 | |
| Labour | Robert K Brady | 759 | 20.66 | |
| Labour | Tracy Harvey | 690 | 18.78 | |
| Independent | Kenneth Walker | 547 | 14.89 | |
| Independent | Janet Campbell | 425 | 11.57 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Donald G Theakston | 206 | 5.60 | |
| Conservative | Deborah Wardle | 108 | 2.94 | |
Majority | 143 | 3.89 | |
Turnout | 3,674 | 29.53 | |
Hemlington
Hemlington (2 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Jeanette A Walker | 1,212 | 46.40 | |
| Labour | Nicola J Walker | 1,165 | 44.60 | |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Dawson | 235 | 9.00 | |
Majority | 930 | 35.60 | |
Turnout | 2,612 | 35.53 | |
Kader
Kader (2 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Hazel Pearson | 1,101 | 31.13 | |
| Conservative | Ronald Arundale | 921 | 26.04 | |
| Labour | Richard Speakman | 833 | 23.55 | |
| Labour | Lewis Young | 682 | 19.28 | |
Majority | 88 | 2.49 | |
Turnout | 3,537 | 49.82 | |
Ladgate
Ladgate (2 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Michael Carr | 828 | 37.18 | |
| Labour | Christopher David Budd | 813 | 36.51 | |
| Independent | Michael Derek Guess | 586 | 26.31 | |
Majority | 227 | 10.20 | |
Turnout | 2,227 | 36.84 | |
Linthorpe
Linthorpe (3 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Stephen E Bloundele | 1,577 | 21.42 | |
| Labour | Julia Rostron | 1,436 | 19.51 | |
| Labour | Naweed Hussain | 1,345 | 18.27 | |
| Independent | B Jacqueline Elder | 1,221 | 16.59 | |
| Conservative | Thomas Wilkinson | 665 | 9.03 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Godfrey Llewellyn Jones | 575 | 7.81 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gary McArthur | 297 | 4.03 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Pramod Subbaraman | 246 | 3.34 | |
Majority | 124 | 1.68 | |
Turnout | 7,362 | 46.33 | |
Marton
Marton (2 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Marton Independent | Thomas W Mawston | 1,032 | 35.22 | |
| Marton Independent | Dorothy Davison | 957 | 32.66 | |
| Labour | Michael Kilgallon | 568 | 19.39 | |
| Conservative | James Ruddock | 373 | 12.73 | |
Majority | 389 | 13.27 | |
Turnout | 2,930 | 44.87 | |
Marton West
Marton West (2 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Christine Hobson | 1,370 | 41.65 | |
| Conservative | John Eric Hobson | 1,176 | 35.76 | |
| Labour | David John Branson | 743 | 22.59 | |
Majority | 194 | 5.89 | |
Turnout | 3,289 | 50.12 | |
Middlehaven
Middlehaven (2 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Pervaz Khan | 496 | 42.98 | |
| Labour | John McPartland | 443 | 38.39 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Brown | 82 | 7.10 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Emma Inkles | 81 | 7.02 | |
| Conservative | Kerry Luan Thompson Latham | 52 | 4.51 | |
Majority | 361 | 31.29 | |
Turnout | 1,154 | 27.14 | |
North Ormesby & Brambles Farm
North Ormesby & Brambles Farm (2 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Len Junier | 803 | 50.89 | |
| Labour | Eleanor Lancaster | 606 | 38.40 | |
| Conservative | Pamela Waterfield | 169 | 10.71 | |
Majority | 437 | 27.69 | |
Turnout | 1,578 | 23.93 | |
Nunthorpe
Nunthorpe (2 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Brenda Alice Thompson | 1,381 | 40.37 | |
| Independent | Peter Sanderson | 1,061 | 31.01 | |
| Conservative | Martin Timothy Lyon | 560 | 16.37 | |
| Labour | David Andrew Drumm | 419 | 12.25 | |
Majority | 501 | 14.64 | |
Turnout | 3,421 | 48.71 | |
Pallister
Pallister (2 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John B Coppinger | 614 | 35.80 | |
| Labour | Edward N Dryden | 572 | 33.35 | |
| Residents | John Thomas Conroy | 443 | 25.83 | |
| Conservative | Doris Lawrence | 86 | 5.02 | |
Majority | 129 | 7.52 | |
Turnout | 1,715 | 25.35 | |
Park
Park (2 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Green | Joseph Michna | 860 | 33.50 | |
| Labour | Frances McIntyre | 852 | 33.19 | |
| Labour | Najabat Ramzan | 586 | 22.83 | |
| Conservative | Samuel Hughes | 269 | 10.48 | |
Majority | 266 | 10.36 | |
Turnout | 2,567 | 40.13 | |
Park End
Park End (2 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Michael Saunders | 611 | 31.24 | |
| Independent | Kevin John Morby | 392 | 20.04 | |
| Labour | Joe W Culley | 349 | 17.84 | |
| Labour | Derek G Loughborough | 337 | 17.23 | |
| Independent | Peter Elvyn Porley | 229 | 11.71 | |
| Conservative | Cecilia Maureen Whatley | 38 | 1.94 | |
Majority | 43 | 2.20 | |
Turnout | 1,956 | 27.15 | |
Stainton and Thornton
Stainton and Thornton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Maelor Brian Williams | 545 | 57.31 | |
| Labour | Stefan Walker | 234 | 24.60 | |
| Conservative | Richard Simon Madden | 172 | 18.09 | |
Majority | 311 | 32.71 | |
Turnout | 951 | 40.94 | |
Thorntree
Thorntree (2 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Thurston P Purvis | 616 | 39.84 | |
| Labour | Geraldine Purvis | 576 | 37.26 | |
| Independent | George W Charlton | 269 | 17.40 | |
| Conservative | Ronald Darby | 85 | 5.50 | |
Majority | 307 | 19.86 | |
Turnout | 1,546 | 21.99 | |
University
University (2 Seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Mohammed Hanif | 870 | 43.05 | |
| Labour | Habib Rehman | 857 | 42.40 | |
| Conservative | Eric Lawrence | 294 | 14.55 | |
Majority | 563 | 27.85 | |
Turnout | 2,021 | 33.82 | |
References
- ^ "Middlesbrough Council Election Results 1995-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Local Elections Results 2011 - Middlesbrough". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 13 February 2024.