Local Elections 2011
Local Elections 2011 was held on 5 May 2011. 9,256 seats were filled across 6,166 wards and divisions in 320 councils, from 27,390 candidates. Conservative Party won 5,001, The Labour Party won 2,421 and Liberal Democrats won 1,056.
- Date
- 5 May 2011
- Seats filled
- 9,256
- Candidates
- 27,390
- Councils
- 320
| Party | Candidates | Seats won | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 8,908 | 5,001 | 7,360,758 | 41.0% |
| The Labour Party | 6,869 | 2,421 | 5,441,127 | 30.3% |
| Liberal Democrats | 5,659 | 1,056 | 2,927,397 | 16.3% |
| Independent | 1,743 | 513 | 842,328 | 4.7% |
| Green Party | 1,595 | 75 | 542,984 | 3.0% |
| Independent / other | 269 | 68 | 127,913 | 0.7% |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 1,245 | 8 | 332,166 | 1.8% |
| LIB | 66 | 8 | 16,326 | 0.1% |
| MBI | 19 | 8 | 13,574 | 0.1% |
| IBIS | 6 | 6 | 10,618 | 0.1% |
| & Tendring | 16 | 6 | 7,686 | 0.0% |
| CIIP | 6 | 5 | 5,577 | 0.0% |
| IOCH | 11 | 4 | 8,333 | 0.0% |
| LincsInd | 8 | 4 | 6,709 | 0.0% |
| S&G RA | 7 | 4 | 4,690 | 0.0% |
| SARA | 5 | 4 | 3,571 | 0.0% |
| MF | 3 | 3 | 4,578 | 0.0% |
| Thornaby | 5 | 3 | 4,568 | 0.0% |
| Molesey | 3 | 3 | 4,543 | 0.0% |
| ECRA | 3 | 3 | 4,456 | 0.0% |
| RAC | 3 | 3 | 3,707 | 0.0% |
| WERRA | 5 | 3 | 3,543 | 0.0% |
| ECI | 4 | 3 | 2,652 | 0.0% |
| BNP | 269 | 2 | 61,319 | 0.3% |
| English Democrats Party - Putting England First | 114 | 2 | 29,208 | 0.2% |
| Bath Northeast Somerset Independent Group (BIG) | 14 | 2 | 12,016 | 0.1% |
| Moorlnds | 22 | 2 | 7,466 | 0.0% |
| Whitnash | 2 | 2 | 3,425 | 0.0% |
| OUR | 4 | 2 | 3,387 | 0.0% |
| HRI | 2 | 2 | 3,010 | 0.0% |
| TDWGRA | 2 | 2 | 2,955 | 0.0% |
| PFP | 8 | 2 | 2,751 | 0.0% |
| CC(Hart) | 2 | 2 | 2,454 | 0.0% |
| TI | 2 | 2 | 1,851 | 0.0% |
| StaffsIG | 3 | 2 | 1,517 | 0.0% |
| MIF | 19 | 1 | 4,909 | 0.0% |
| ICHC | 9 | 1 | 4,312 | 0.0% |
| WiganIC | 2 | 1 | 2,344 | 0.0% |
| HAMPS IND | 5 | 1 | 2,111 | 0.0% |
| NorkRA | 1 | 1 | 1,902 | 0.0% |
| Council | Wards / divisions | Seats filled | Largest party | Its seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allerdale | 32 | 58 | Labour | 28 |
| Amber Valley | 15 | 16 | Conservative | 13 |
| Amber Valley | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Arun | 26 | 56 | Conservative | 48 |
| Ashfield | 16 | 33 | Labour | 24 |
| Ashford | 35 | 43 | Conservative | 30 |
| Aylesbury Vale | 36 | 59 | Conservative | 37 |
| Babergh | 27 | 42 | Conservative | 18 |
| Barnsley | 22 | 19 | Labour | 15 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 13 | 35 | Labour | 28 |
| Basildon | 14 | 15 | Conservative | 8 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 29 | 21 | Conservative | 13 |
| Bassetlaw | 16 | 16 | Labour | 11 |
| Bath & North East Somerset | 8 | 7 | Conservative | 7 |
| Bedford | 27 | 39 | Labour | 12 |
| Birmingham | 40 | 40 | Labour | 27 |
| Blaby | 18 | 39 | Conservative | 28 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 21 | 23 | Labour | 18 |
| Blackpool | 21 | 45 | Labour | 27 |
| Bolsover | 20 | 37 | Labour | 31 |
| Bolton | 20 | 20 | Labour | 15 |
| Boston | 19 | 30 | Conservative | 18 |
| Bournemouth | 19 | 54 | Conservative | 45 |
| Bracknell Forest | 18 | 41 | Conservative | 39 |
| Bradford | 30 | 31 | Labour | 18 |
| Braintree | 30 | 60 | Conservative | 47 |
| Breckland | 36 | 52 | Conservative | 45 |
| Brentwood | 12 | 13 | Conservative | 10 |
| Brighton & Hove | 21 | 48 | Green | 21 |
| Bristol, City of | 24 | 24 | Labour | 13 |
| Broadland | 27 | 45 | Conservative | 34 |
| Bromsgrove | 23 | 39 | Conservative | 27 |
| Broxbourne | 13 | 13 | Conservative | 12 |
| Broxtowe | 21 | 40 | Labour | 17 |
| Burnley | 15 | 15 | Labour | 8 |
| Bury | 17 | 15 | Labour | 11 |
| Calderdale | 17 | 17 | Conservative | 8 |
| Cambridge | 14 | 15 | Labour | 9 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Cannock Chase | 15 | 15 | Labour | 9 |
| Canterbury | 23 | 43 | Conservative | 31 |
| Canterbury | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Carlisle | 18 | 18 | Labour | 10 |
| Castle Point | 2 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Castle Point | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 7 |
| Central Bedfordshire | 31 | 59 | Conservative | 49 |
| Charnwood | 28 | 52 | Conservative | 33 |
| Chelmsford | 25 | 54 | Conservative | 37 |
| Cherwell | 16 | 16 | Conservative | 12 |
| Cheshire East | 52 | 84 | Conservative | 52 |
| Cheshire West & Chester | 47 | 75 | Conservative | 42 |
| Chesterfield | 1 | 3 | Labour | 3 |
| Chesterfield | 18 | 44 | Labour | 30 |
| Chichester | 29 | 48 | Conservative | 38 |
| Chiltern | 25 | 40 | Conservative | 33 |
| Chorley | 15 | 15 | Labour | 9 |
| Christchurch | 12 | 24 | Conservative | 20 |
| Colchester | 20 | 20 | Conservative | 9 |
| Copeland | 25 | 55 | Labour | 36 |
| Corby | 16 | 28 | Labour | 21 |
| Cotswold | 28 | 44 | Conservative | 27 |
| Coventry | 18 | 18 | Labour | 15 |
| Craven | 10 | 10 | Independent | 5 |
| Crawley | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 8 |
| Dacorum | 25 | 52 | Conservative | 44 |
| Darlington | 24 | 52 | Labour | 33 |
| Dartford | 17 | 44 | Conservative | 31 |
| Daventry | 13 | 13 | Conservative | 12 |
| Derby | 17 | 19 | Labour | 12 |
| Derbyshire Dales | 25 | 37 | Conservative | 27 |
| Doncaster | 16 | 16 | Labour | 14 |
| Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council | 5 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Dover | 21 | 44 | Conservative | 26 |
| Dudley | 24 | 24 | Labour | 12 |
| East Cambridgeshire | 19 | 42 | Conservative | 25 |
| East Devon | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| East Devon | 31 | 56 | Conservative | 40 |
| East Dorset | 24 | 34 | Conservative | 28 |
| East Hampshire | 38 | 44 | Conservative | 39 |
| East Hertfordshire | 30 | 49 | Conservative | 45 |
| East Lindsey | 49 | 59 | Conservative | 30 |
| East Northamptonshire | 22 | 40 | Conservative | 35 |
| East Riding Of Yorkshire | 26 | 67 | Conservative | 53 |
| East Staffordshire | 21 | 39 | Conservative | 22 |
| Eastbourne | 10 | 25 | Liberal Democrats | 15 |
| Eastleigh | 14 | 14 | Liberal Democrats | 14 |
| Eastleigh | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Eden | 30 | 37 | Conservative | 15 |
| Elmbridge | 20 | 20 | Conservative | 11 |
| Epping Forest | 18 | 18 | Conservative | 16 |
| Epsom And Ewell | 13 | 38 | Ind | 11 |
| Erewash | 23 | 52 | Conservative | 27 |
| Exeter | 13 | 13 | Labour | 7 |
| Fenland | 27 | 40 | Conservative | 34 |
| Forest Heath | 14 | 25 | Conservative | 21 |
| Forest Of Dean | 27 | 48 | Conservative | 19 |
| Fylde | 21 | 51 | Conservative | 26 |
| Gateshead | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Gateshead | 21 | 22 | Labour | 19 |
| Gedling | 22 | 50 | Labour | 32 |
| Gloucester | 11 | 9 | Conservative | 5 |
| Gravesham | 19 | 44 | Labour | 25 |
| Great Yarmouth | 13 | 13 | Conservative | 8 |
| Guildford | 22 | 49 | Conservative | 35 |
| Halton | 19 | 19 | Labour | 17 |
| Hambleton | 30 | 43 | Conservative | 38 |
| Hampshire | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Harborough | 25 | 37 | Conservative | 27 |
| Harlow | 12 | 11 | Labour | 8 |
| Harrogate | 19 | 20 | Conservative | 14 |
| Hart | 12 | 12 | Liberal Democrats | 5 |
| Hartlepool | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Hartlepool | 15 | 15 | Labour | 10 |
| Havant | 10 | 10 | Conservative | 10 |
| Herefordshire | 40 | 58 | Conservative | 30 |
| Hertfordshire | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Hertsmere | 13 | 13 | Conservative | 11 |
| High Peak | 29 | 43 | Labour | 21 |
| Hinckley And Bosworth | 16 | 34 | Liberal Democrats | 18 |
| Horsham | 22 | 41 | Conservative | 31 |
| Huntingdonshire | 21 | 22 | Conservative | 19 |
| Hyndburn | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Hyndburn | 11 | 11 | Labour | 7 |
| Ipswich | 16 | 16 | Labour | 12 |
| Kettering | 17 | 35 | Conservative | 26 |
| King's Lynn And West Norfolk | 43 | 58 | Conservative | 39 |
| Kingston Upon Hull | 16 | 16 | Labour | 14 |
| Kingston Upon Hull, City of | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Kirklees | 23 | 23 | Labour | 10 |
| Knowsley | 21 | 21 | Labour | 21 |
| Lancaster | 28 | 56 | Labour | 20 |
| Leeds | 33 | 33 | Labour | 22 |
| Leicester | 19 | 48 | Labour | 44 |
| Leicester City Council | 4 | 9 | Labour | 9 |
| Lewes | 21 | 41 | Conservative | 22 |
| Lichfield | 24 | 50 | Conservative | 40 |
| Lichfield | 2 | 4 | Conservative | 4 |
| Lincoln | 11 | 11 | Labour | 7 |
| Liverpool | 30 | 30 | Labour | 26 |
| Luton | 20 | 48 | Labour | 36 |
| Maidstone | 19 | 23 | Conservative | 12 |
| Maldon | 17 | 31 | Conservative | 28 |
| Malvern Hills | 23 | 36 | Conservative | 19 |
| Manchester | 32 | 33 | Labour | 33 |
| Mansfield | 22 | 21 | Labour | 15 |
| Mansfield District Council | 15 | 7 | Labour | 4 |
| Medway | 22 | 55 | Conservative | 35 |
| Melton | 16 | 28 | Conservative | 19 |
| Mendip | 34 | 47 | Conservative | 31 |
| Mid Devon | 24 | 41 | Conservative | 24 |
| Mid Suffolk | 30 | 40 | Conservative | 22 |
| Mid Sussex | 27 | 52 | Conservative | 43 |
| Middlesbrough | 23 | 39 | Labour | 21 |
| Milton Keynes | 17 | 17 | Conservative | 10 |
| Mole Valley | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mole Valley | 13 | 12 | Conservative | 6 |
| New Forest | 34 | 58 | Conservative | 52 |
| Newark And Sherwood | 26 | 46 | Conservative | 22 |
| Newcastle Upon Tyne | 26 | 27 | Labour | 21 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 20 | 21 | Labour | 15 |
| Norfolk | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| North Devon | 27 | 42 | Conservative | 17 |
| North Dorset | 28 | 36 | Conservative | 26 |
| North East Derbyshire | 26 | 50 | Labour | 33 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 15 | 15 | Labour | 9 |
| North Hertfordshire | 16 | 16 | Conservative | 12 |
| North Kesteven | 26 | 43 | Conservative | 27 |
| North Lincolnshire | 17 | 41 | Conservative | 21 |
| North Norfolk | 35 | 44 | Conservative | 26 |
| North Somerset | 36 | 61 | Conservative | 42 |
| North Tyneside | 20 | 19 | Labour | 14 |
| North Tyneside | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| North Warwickshire | 17 | 35 | Labour | 18 |
| North West Leicestershire | 21 | 38 | Conservative | 21 |
| North Yorkshire | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Northampton | 33 | 45 | Conservative | 26 |
| Norwich | 13 | 14 | Labour | 8 |
| Nottingham | 21 | 55 | Labour | 48 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Oadby And Wigston | 10 | 26 | Liberal Democrats | 23 |
| Oldham | 20 | 20 | Labour | 16 |
| Pendle | 17 | 17 | Conservative | 7 |
| Peterborough | 19 | 19 | Conservative | 12 |
| Plymouth | 19 | 20 | Labour | 12 |
| Poole | 16 | 42 | Conservative | 21 |
| Portsmouth | 14 | 14 | Liberal Democrats | 9 |
| Preston | 19 | 19 | Labour | 11 |
| Purbeck | 8 | 8 | Liberal Democrats | 4 |
| Reading | 15 | 15 | Labour | 9 |
| Redcar & Cleveland | 22 | 58 | Labour | 32 |
| Redditch | 10 | 11 | Labour | 6 |
| Reigate & Banstead | 17 | 17 | Conservative | 12 |
| Ribble Valley | 24 | 40 | Conservative | 33 |
| Richmondshire | 25 | 34 | Independent | 16 |
| Rochdale | 20 | 20 | Labour | 15 |
| Rochford | 13 | 13 | Conservative | 10 |
| Rossendale | 12 | 12 | Labour | 10 |
| Rother | 20 | 38 | Conservative | 27 |
| Rotherham | 21 | 20 | Labour | 19 |
| Rugby | 16 | 16 | Conservative | 9 |
| Runnymede | 14 | 14 | Conservative | 12 |
| Rushcliffe | 28 | 48 | Conservative | 34 |
| Rushmoor | 14 | 16 | Conservative | 13 |
| Rutland | 16 | 26 | Conservative | 16 |
| Ryedale | 20 | 30 | Conservative | 20 |
| Salford | 20 | 19 | Labour | 16 |
| Sandwell | 24 | 24 | Labour | 23 |
| Scarborough | 25 | 50 | Conservative | 25 |
| Sedgemoor | 23 | 48 | Conservative | 31 |
| Sefton | 22 | 22 | Labour | 12 |
| Selby | 20 | 41 | Conservative | 29 |
| Sevenoaks | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sevenoaks | 26 | 51 | Conservative | 46 |
| Sheffield | 28 | 28 | Labour | 21 |
| Shepway | 22 | 46 | Conservative | 44 |
| Slough | 14 | 14 | Labour | 11 |
| Solihull | 15 | 14 | Conservative | 9 |
| Solihull | 2 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Somerset | 14 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Somerset County Council | 23 | 0 | — | — |
| South Buckinghamshire | 15 | 27 | Conservative | 27 |
| South Bucks | 6 | 10 | Conservative | 9 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 19 | 19 | Conservative | 13 |
| South Derbyshire | 15 | 36 | Conservative | 19 |
| South Gloucestershire | 35 | 70 | Conservative | 34 |
| South Hams | 30 | 40 | Conservative | 30 |
| South Holland | 18 | 37 | Conservative | 25 |
| South Kesteven | 34 | 56 | Conservative | 38 |
| South Lakeland | 18 | 18 | Liberal Democrats | 12 |
| South Norfolk | 36 | 46 | Conservative | 38 |
| South Northamptonshire | 28 | 41 | Conservative | 32 |
| South Oxfordshire | 29 | 48 | Conservative | 33 |
| South Ribble | 27 | 53 | Conservative | 32 |
| South Somerset | 39 | 60 | Liberal Democrats | 31 |
| South Staffordshire | 26 | 48 | Conservative | 41 |
| South Tyneside | 18 | 18 | Labour | 15 |
| Southampton | 16 | 16 | Labour | 10 |
| Southend-On-Sea | 17 | 16 | Conservative | 9 |
| Southwark | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Spelthorne | 13 | 37 | Conservative | 30 |
| St Albans | 6 | 6 | Conservative | 5 |
| St Albans Borough Council | 5 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| St Edmundsbury | 31 | 45 | Conservative | 38 |
| St. Albans | 9 | 7 | Liberal Democrats | 3 |
| St. Helens | 16 | 16 | Labour | 14 |
| Stafford | 26 | 59 | Conservative | 38 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 28 | 52 | Conservative | 22 |
| Stevenage | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Stevenage | 12 | 12 | Labour | 10 |
| Stockport | 21 | 21 | Liberal Democrats | 8 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 26 | 56 | Labour | 27 |
| Stoke On Trent | 38 | 42 | Labour | 33 |
| Stratford on Avon Borough Council | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Stratford-On-Avon | 16 | 16 | Conservative | 11 |
| Stroud | 17 | 18 | Labour | 7 |
| Suffolk | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Suffolk Coastal | 34 | 54 | Conservative | 43 |
| Sunderland | 25 | 26 | Labour | 22 |
| Surrey | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Surrey Heath | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Surrey Heath | 16 | 38 | Conservative | 33 |
| Swale | 25 | 47 | Conservative | 32 |
| Swindon | 20 | 20 | Conservative | 10 |
| Tameside | 19 | 19 | Labour | 17 |
| Tamworth | 10 | 10 | Conservative | 7 |
| Tandridge | 14 | 14 | Conservative | 10 |
| Taunton Deane | 26 | 56 | Conservative | 28 |
| Teignbridge | 25 | 46 | Conservative | 25 |
| Telford & Wrekin | 33 | 54 | Labour | 33 |
| Tendring | 35 | 58 | Conservative | 33 |
| Test Valley | 24 | 46 | Conservative | 35 |
| Tewkesbury | 22 | 37 | Conservative | 23 |
| Thanet | 23 | 56 | Conservative | 27 |
| Three Rivers | 16 | 15 | Liberal Democrats | 10 |
| Thurrock | 13 | 13 | Labour | 7 |
| Thurrock | 3 | 2 | Labour | 2 |
| Tonbridge And Malling | 26 | 53 | Conservative | 48 |
| Torbay | 17 | 32 | Conservative | 19 |
| Torridge | 23 | 34 | Conservative | 18 |
| Trafford | 21 | 22 | Conservative | 14 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 2 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 15 | 15 | Conservative | 12 |
| Uttlesford | 27 | 42 | Conservative | 32 |
| Vale Of White Horse | 30 | 47 | Conservative | 27 |
| Wakefield | 21 | 21 | Labour | 17 |
| Walsall | 20 | 22 | Labour | 12 |
| Warrington | 20 | 20 | Labour | 15 |
| Warwick | 20 | 46 | Conservative | 25 |
| Watford | 6 | 6 | Liberal Democrats | 3 |
| Watford Borough Council | 6 | 4 | Liberal Democrats | 4 |
| Waveney | 23 | 48 | Conservative | 23 |
| Waverley | 29 | 54 | Conservative | 53 |
| Wealden | 35 | 55 | Conservative | 47 |
| Wellingborough | 16 | 35 | Conservative | 26 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 16 | 17 | Conservative | 12 |
| West Berkshire | 30 | 52 | Conservative | 39 |
| West Devon | 22 | 32 | Conservative | 19 |
| West Dorset | 33 | 48 | Conservative | 32 |
| West Lancashire | 19 | 19 | Conservative | 11 |
| West Lindsey | 25 | 37 | Conservative | 21 |
| West Oxfordshire | 16 | 16 | Conservative | 15 |
| West Somerset | 16 | 27 | Conservative | 18 |
| Weymouth and Portland | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 6 |
| Wigan | 25 | 25 | Labour | 21 |
| Winchester | 5 | 3 | Conservative | 1 |
| Winchester | 13 | 13 | Conservative | 8 |
| Winchester Borough Council | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Windsor & Maidenhead | 23 | 57 | Conservative | 51 |
| Wirral | 22 | 23 | Labour | 12 |
| Woking | 12 | 13 | Conservative | 9 |
| Wokingham | 19 | 18 | Conservative | 16 |
| Wolverhampton | 20 | 20 | Labour | 15 |
| Worcester | 11 | 11 | Conservative | 7 |
| Worthing | 11 | 11 | Conservative | 9 |
| Wychavon | 31 | 39 | Conservative | 33 |
| Wycombe | 29 | 59 | Conservative | 41 |
| Wyre | 26 | 55 | Conservative | 40 |
| Wyre Forest | 14 | 14 | Conservative | 7 |
| York | 22 | 47 | Labour | 26 |
