2011 Thanet District Council election
Elections to elect all members (councillors) of Thanet District Council were held on 5 May 2011, as part of the 2011 United Kingdom local elections taking place simultaneously with the Alternative Vote Referendum. No political party won an overall majority of seats, meaning that the council went into 'No Overall Control' status for the first time since 1991. The Conservative Party ran a minority administration until December of that year, when a Conservative councillor defected to the Independents group, enabling The Labour Party to run a minority administration until 2015. The District has as its main towns the beach resort towns of Ramsgate, Margate and Broadstairs.
Overall Results
After the election, the composition of the council is:[1]
Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative Party | 40,813 | 46.58 | 27 | 6 | |
Labour Party | 33,498 | 38.24 | 26 | 7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2,302 | 2.63 | 0 | ||
UK Independence Party | 1,673 | 1.91 | 0 | ||
Ramsgate First | 519 | 0.59 | 0 | 1 | |
Green Party | 283 | 0.32 | 0 | ||
Independent(s) | 8,522 | 9.73 | 3 | ||
Total | 87,610 | 100 | 0 | 56 | 0 |
Valid ballots cast | 39,318 | 98.60 | |||
Invalid/blank ballots cast | 559 | 1.40 | |||
Total ballots cast | 39,877 | 100 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 93,589 | 42.61 | |||
Source: BBC |
Results by ward
Listed below are the results[2] in each of the 26 wards of Thanet District Council. Each ward elects 2 or 3 councilors, with the exception of Kingsgate ward, which only elects one member.
Beacon Road
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jenny Matterface | 703 | 27 | ||
Conservative | Rosalind Binks | 672 | 25 | ||
Labour | Gordon John Edwards | 670 | 25 | ||
Conservative | David Macdonald Lawson | 591 | 22 | ||
Majority | 2 | 0.07 | |||
Turnout | 2636 | 44 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Birchington North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Day | 835 | 29 | ||
Conservative | Keith Coleman-Cooke | 787 | 27 | ||
Independent | Ash Ashbee | 552 | 19 | ||
Labour | Jodie Sharon Hibbert | 228 | 8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sue Granata | 210 | 7 | ||
Independent | Bernard Anthony La Roche | 201 | 7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Seth Proctor | 87 | 3 | ||
Majority | 235 | 8.10 | |||
Turnout | 2900 | 53 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Birchington South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Worrow | 1171 | 23 | ||
Conservative | Alasdair Bruce | 1079 | 21 | ||
Independent | Jack Bernard Cohen | 1023 | 20 | ||
Conservative | Jo Roberts | 900 | 18 | ||
Labour | Hannah Rose Scobie | 499 | 10 | ||
Labour | Rebecca Jayne Scobie | 433 | 8 | ||
Majority | 123 | 2.41 | |||
Turnout | 5105 | 46 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Bradstowe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Saunders | 832 | 29 | ||
Conservative | Bill Hayton | 781 | 27 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Louisa June Rachel Latham | 412 | 14 | ||
Labour | Brian Yeoman | 372 | 13 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Clare Alison Hunt | 279 | 10 | ||
Independent | Robin Peter Vaughan-Lyons | 211 | 7 | ||
Majority | 369 | 12.78 | |||
Turnout | 2887 | 50 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Central Harbour
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Campbell | 859 | 15 | ||
Labour | Mary Dwyer | 743 | 13 | ||
Labour | Corinna Huxley | 729 | 13 | ||
Independent | Ralph Christopher Hoult | 630 | 11 | ||
Conservative | Sandy Spicer | 554 | 10 | ||
Conservative | Mike Taylor | 517 | 9 | ||
Independent | Frank Batt | 485 | 8 | ||
Conservative | Saul Huggins | 440 | 8 | ||
Independent | Angela Cousins | 435 | 8 | ||
UKIP | Trev Shonk | 335 | 6 | ||
Majority | 99 | 1.73 | |||
Turnout | 5727 | 39 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Ramsgate First | Swing | ||||
Cliffsend and Pegwell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Derek Kirby | 966 | 31 | ||
Conservative | Jo Gideon | 859 | 27 | ||
Labour | Steve Ward | 502 | 16 | ||
Independent | Brian Urwin | 439 | 14 | ||
Labour | Peter Wharmby | 384 | 12 | ||
Majority | 357 | 11.33 | |||
Turnout | 3150 | 49 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Cliftonville East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sandy Ezekiel | 1187 | 18 | ||
Conservative | Martin Wise | 1165 | 18 | ||
Conservative | Brian Sullivan | 1155 | 18 | ||
Independent | William Friend | 601 | 9 | ||
Independent | Louise Friend | 598 | 9 | ||
Labour | Elizabeth Poole | 515 | 8 | ||
Labour | Margaret Symonds | 490 | 8 | ||
Labour | Matthew Rowland Poole | 456 | 7 | ||
Green | Timothy Peter Patrick Spencer | 283 | 4 | ||
Majority | 554 | 8.59 | |||
Turnout | 6450 | 49 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Cliftonville West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive Hart | 875 | 21 | ||
Labour | Douglas Clark | 822 | 20 | ||
Labour | Linda Aldred | 800 | 19 | ||
Conservative | Bert McCastree | 588 | 14 | ||
Conservative | Henry James Martell | 567 | 14 | ||
Conservative | John Rothman | 525 | 13 | ||
Majority | 212 | 5.08 | |||
Turnout | 4177 | 35 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Dane Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sandra Jean Hart | 921 | 19 | ||
Labour | John Martin Edwards | 863 | 18 | ||
Labour | Will Scobie | 818 | 17 | ||
Conservative | Wendy Allan | 582 | 12 | ||
Conservative | Michael Jarvis | 479 | 10 | ||
Conservative | David Wallin | 431 | 9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew David Brown | 289 | 6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tony Flaig | 278 | 6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bill Furness | 243 | 5 | ||
Majority | 236 | 4.81 | |||
Turnout | 4904 | 35 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Eastcliff
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Green | 767 | 18 | ||
Labour | Rick Everitt | 651 | 15 | ||
Labour | Pat Moore | 622 | 15 | ||
Ramsgate First | Gerry O'Donnell | 519 | 12 | ||
Conservative | Eric Easton | 457 | 11 | ||
Conservative | John Holmes | 404 | 10 | ||
Conservative | David Barrie Spicer | 372 | 9 | ||
Independent | Jane Ann Roscow | 226 | 5 | ||
Independent | Les Shonk | 224 | 5 | ||
Majority | 103 | 2.43 | |||
Turnout | 4242 | 35 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Garlinge
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Shirley Timlinson | 482 | 21 | ||
Conservative | Ken Gregory | 440 | 19 | ||
Labour | Beth Caroline Denning | 415 | 18 | ||
Labour | Colin James Harvey | 403 | 17 | ||
Independent | Roy Douglas Ovenden | 312 | 13 | ||
UKIP | David John Greely | 266 | 11 | ||
Majority | 25 | 1.08 | |||
Turnout | 2318 | 40 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Kingsgate
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert William Bayford | 518 | 65 | ||
Labour | Nigel Utton | 171 | 21 | ||
UKIP | Alan Terry | 107 | 13 | ||
Majority | 347 | 43.59 | |||
Turnout | 796 | 46 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Margate Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Iris Johnston | 682 | 39 | ||
Labour | John Terence Charles Watkins | 570 | 32 | ||
Conservative | Matthew Clements | 283 | 16 | ||
Conservative | Glenn Coleman-Cooke | 235 | 13 | ||
Majority | 287 | 16.21 | |||
Turnout | 1770 | 34 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Nethercourt
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Steven Alexandrou | 669 | 24 | ||
Labour | Kim Gibson | 628 | 22 | ||
Conservative | Jill Marion Kirby | 600 | 21 | ||
Conservative | Brenda Marilyn Rogers | 562 | 20 | ||
UKIP | Sarah Larkins | 188 | 7 | ||
UKIP | Maggie Carter | 166 | 6 | ||
Majority | 28 | 1.00 | |||
Turnout | 2813 | 44 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Newington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Harrison | 705 | 33 | ||
Labour | Richard Russell Nicholson | 702 | 33 | ||
Conservative | Wynnette Joyce Marsh | 370 | 17 | ||
Conservative | Phil Simpson | 351 | 16 | ||
Majority | 332 | 15.60 | |||
Turnout | 2128 | 36 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Northwood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kay Dark | 971 | 20 | ||
Labour | Elizabeth Green | 951 | 20 | ||
Labour | Ian Driver | 877 | 18 | ||
Conservative | Barbara Byne | 726 | 14 | ||
Conservative | Jenny Hudson | 658 | 14 | ||
Conservative | Mark Mulvihill | 616 | 13 | ||
Majority | 151 | 3.15 | |||
Turnout | 4799 | 38 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Salmestone
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry William Scobie | 579 | 26 | ||
Labour | Ela Lodge-Pritchard | 557 | 25 | ||
Conservative | Ingrid Spencer | 417 | 19 | ||
Conservative | Payam Tamiz | 312 | 14 | ||
UKIP | Jeffrey Elenor | 165 | 8 | ||
UKIP | Andy Jardine | 163 | 7 | ||
Majority | 140 | 6.38 | |||
Turnout | 2193 | 34 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Sir Moses Montefiore
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michelle Fenner | 872 | 31 | ||
Labour | Alan Poole | 858 | 31 | ||
Conservative | Gillian Elizabeth Todd | 541 | 19 | ||
Conservative | Vic Todd | 514 | 18 | ||
Majority | 317 | 11.38 | |||
Turnout | 2785 | 42 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
St Peters
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian James Gregory | 1385 | 21 | ||
Conservative | Zita Pauline Wiltshire | 1330 | 20 | ||
Conservative | Jason Savage | 1329 | 20 | ||
Labour | Wendy Perfect | 869 | 13 | ||
Labour | Dick Symonds | 861 | 13 | ||
Labour | Emma Poole | 853 | 13 | ||
Majority | 460 | 6.94 | |||
Turnout | 6627 | 44 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Thanet Villages
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Bob Grove | 1209 | 23 | ||
Conservative | Mike Roberts | 1011 | 19 | ||
Conservative | Linda Wright | 837 | 16 | ||
Conservative | Karen Sullivan | 720 | 14 | ||
Independent | Ken Read | 523 | 10 | ||
Labour | Andrew Stephen Bean | 516 | 10 | ||
Labour | Serena Bean | 472 | 9 | ||
Majority | 117 | 2.21 | |||
Turnout | 5288 | 47 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Viking
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mave Saunders | 1487 | 22 | ||
Conservative | Chris Wells | 1352 | 20 | ||
Conservative | Julie Marson | 1321 | 19 | ||
Labour | Colin Kemp | 777 | 11 | ||
Labour | Bill Pitt | 733 | 11 | ||
Labour | Stephen Perfect | 649 | 10 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Anne Branscombe-Kent | 504 | 7 | ||
Majority | 544 | 7.97 | |||
Turnout | 6823 | 48 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Westbrook
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neil Hornus | 704 | 30 | ||
Conservative | Mick Tomlinson | 697 | 30 | ||
Labour | Kerry Harker | 459 | 20 | ||
Labour | Louise Mary Frances Drelaud | 450 | 19 | ||
Majority | 238 | 10.30 | |||
Turnout | 2310 | 42 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Westgate-on-Sea
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas George King | 853 | 17 | ||
Conservative | Simon Moores | 793 | 16 | ||
Conservative | Brian Goodwin | 751 | 15 | ||
Conservative | Richard Chapman | 675 | 14 | ||
Labour | David Michael Bull | 555 | 11 | ||
Labour | Lynda Diane Robinson | 528 | 11 | ||
Labour | Meg Harvey | 444 | 9 | ||
UKIP | Rosamund Mary Parker | 283 | 6 | ||
Majority | 76 | 1.56 | |||
Turnout | 4882 | 42 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- "Election results by party, 5 May 2011". democracy.thanet.gov.uk. 5 May 2011.
- "Election results by party, 5 May 2011". democracy.thanet.gov.uk. 5 May 2011.