2011 Gedling Borough Council election

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Election in Nottinghamshire, England

The 2011 Gedling Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from the Conservative Party.[1]

Campaign[edit]

Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with 28 seats,[2] compared to 9 for Labour, 8 Liberal Democrats and 5 independents.[3]

A big issue in the election was the introduction of car parking charges by the Conservative council.[2] Labour said that local businesses were suffering because of the charges and proposed to end the charges and cut the number of councillors, while the Conservatives said the charges enabled them to preserve services and keep council tax down.[2][3] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats expected that they and the Conservatives would suffer due to the cuts being made by the national coalition government.[2]

Election result[edit]

The results saw Labour gain control of the council from the Conservatives, after taking 13 seats from the Conservative party, 5 from the Liberal Democrats[4] and all 5 independent seats.[3] This left Labour with 32 seats, compared to 15 Conservatives and 3 Liberal Democrats.[3] Overall turnout in the election was 45.3%.[5]

Gedling Local Election Result 2011[5][6]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 32 23 0 +23 64.0 46.7 44,416 +13.0%
  Conservative 15 0 13 -13 30.0 37.9 36,033 -7.0%
  Liberal Democrats 3 0 5 -5 6.0 11.3 10,762 -3.6%
  Calverton First Independents 0 0 3 -3 0 2.1 2,017 -1.9%
  Independent 0 0 2 -2 0 1.1 1,056 -0.2%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 550 +0.4%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 228 -0.7%

Ward results[edit]

Bestwood Village[edit]

Bonington[edit]

Burton Joyce and Stoke Bardolph[edit]

Calverton[edit]

Carlton[edit]

Carlton Hill[edit]

Daybrook[edit]

Gedling[edit]

Killisick[edit]

Kingswell[edit]

Lambley[edit]

Mapperley Plains[edit]

Netherfield and Colwick[edit]

Newstead[edit]

Phoenix[edit]

Porchester[edit]

Ravenshead[edit]

St James[edit]

St Mary’s[edit]

Valley[edit]

Woodborough[edit]

Woodthorpe[edit]

By-Elections between May 2011 – April 2015[edit]

By-elections are called when a representative Councillor resigns or dies, so are unpredictable. A by-election is held to fill a political office that has become vacant between the scheduled elections.

Phoenix – 15 September 2011[edit]

Phoenix By-Election 15 September 2011
Party Candidate Votes %

±%

Liberal Democrats Andrew Ellwood 566 49.2 +1.2
Labour Allan Leadbeater 445 38.7 -13.3
Conservative James Faulconbridge 98 8.5 New
UKIP Lee Waters 42 3.7 New
Majority 121 10.5 N/A
Turnout 1,151
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Kingswell – 2 May 2013[edit]

Gedling – 27 March 2014[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^

    “England council elections”. BBC News Online. Retrieved 24 August 2011.

  2. ^ a b c d Hess, John (4 May 2011). “The election is about cuts, car parking and cappuccino”. BBC News Online. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d “‘Incredible’ night as poll ends in surprise landslide”. This is Nottingham. 7 May 2011. Archived from the original on 29 August 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  4. ^ “Nottingham Lib Dem calls for Clegg’s resignation”. BBC News Online. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x “Election Results”. Gedling Borough Council. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  6. ^ “Election results 2011: English council summary results”. guardian.co.uk. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.


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