2011 South Hams District Council election

Elections to South Hams District Council took place on 5 May, the same day as other United Kingdom local elections and the Alternative Vote referendum. 27 of the 30 wards were up for election, each with either 1,2 or 3 councillors to be elected. The number of seats up for election in each ward is indicated by the number in the brackets following the ward name. 37 of the 40 councillors elected in 2007 defend their seats in this year. The three wards of Ivybridge Central, Newton & Noss and Thurlestone were uncontested, only having one candidate each, so no election took place. The candidates were Michael Francis Saltern, Suzie Cooper and Ian Bramble respectively; all of whom were from the Conservative Party.

2011 South Hams District Council election
5 May 2011
All 40 seats in the South Hams District Council
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout51.8%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Green
Seats won 30 5 3
Seat change Increase3 Decrease4 Increase2
Popular vote 24,091 8,804 4,567
Percentage 53.2% 20.5% 10.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Independent Labour
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Decrease2 Increase1
Popular vote 3,216 1,757
Percentage 7.5% 4.1%
Map showing the results of the 2011 South Hams District Council elections.
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

Results summary
South Hams District Council election, 2011
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 30 4 1 +3 75.0% 56.0% 24,091
  Liberal Democrats 5 0 4 -4 12.5% 20.5% 8,804
  Green 3 2 0 +2 7.5% 10.6% 4,567
  Independent 1 0 2 -2 2.5% 7.5% 3,216
  Labour 1 1 0 +1 2.5% 4.1% 1,757
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0.0% 1.3% 574

Ward elections

Allington and Loddiswell
South Hams District Council elections: Allington and Loddiswell ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Hicks 630 68.9%
Green Sandy Matthews 152 16.6%
Liberal Democrats Sam English 132 14.4%
Rejected ballots 16 1.7%
Turnout 930 51.2%
Conservative hold Swing

Avon and Harbourne
South Hams District Council elections: Avon and Harbourne ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Steer 646 67.6%
Green Christopher Kingdon Noakes 310 32.4%
Rejected ballots 12 1.2%
Turnout 968 52.7%
Conservative hold Swing

Bickleigh & Shaugh (2)
South Hams District Council elections: Bickleigh & Shaugh ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Hitchins 774 28.7%
Conservative Carolyn Bruce-Spencer 686 25.4%
Independent Roger Brown Whittle 479 17.8%
Independent Elaine Kill Smerdon 366 13.6%
Liberal Democrats Amanda-Jayne Morton 212 7.9%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Neill Morton 178 6.6%
Rejected ballots 12 0.8%
Turnout 1568 41.8%
Conservative hold Swing

Charterlands
South Hams District Council elections: Charterlands ward (Kingston and Bigbury), 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bryan Edward Carson 673 64.4%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bridgwater 266 25.5%
UKIP Colin David Curtis 106 10.1%
Rejected ballots 14 1.3%
Turnout 1,059 61.7%
Conservative hold Swing

Cornwood and Sparkwell
South Hams District Council elections: Cornwood and Sparkwell ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Blackler 431 45.2%
Independent Sally Margaret Fairman 363 38.1%
Green Peter James Lanyon 99 10.4%
Liberal Democrats Sally Jenkins 61 6.4%
Rejected ballots 7 0.7%
Turnout 961 50.4%
Conservative hold Swing

Dartington
South Hams District Council elections: Dartington ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Jacqi Hodgson 404 51.2%
Conservative Ruksaana Schutt 247 31.3%
Liberal Democrats Guy Alexander Pannell 138 17.5%
Rejected ballots 10 1.3%
Turnout 800 54.0%
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Dartmouth (Townstal)
South Hams District Council elections: Dartmouth (Townstal) ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Benjamin Stuart Cooper 244 39.7%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Smith 210 34.2%
Independent Francis John Hawke 160 26.1%
Rejected ballots 6 0.9%
Turnout 675 37.9%
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Dartmouth and Kingswear (3)
South Hams District Council elections: Dartmouth and Kingswear ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Hawkins 1,446 33.1%
Conservative Hilary Bastone 1,195 29.4%
Conservative Melvyn Stone 1,029 25.3%
Liberal Democrats Denise O'Callaghan 499 12.3%
Rejected ballots 51 2.7%
Turnout 1,918 50.9%
Conservative hold Swing

East Dart
South Hams District Council elections: East Dart ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rosemary Rowe 526 56.9%
Liberal Democrats Keith Anthony Smith 398 43.1%
Rejected ballots 26 2.7%
Turnout 950 59.9%
Conservative hold Swing

Eastmoor
South Hams District Council elections: Eastmoor ward (rural Buckfastleigh), 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Smerdon 507 45.0%
Liberal Democrats Colin Watson Jones 314 27.9%
Green Lydia Helen Somerville 205 18.2%
Independent John Dance 93 8.3%
Rejected ballots 7 0.6%
Turnout 1,126 60.6%
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Erme Valley (2)
South Hams District Council elections: Erme Valley ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Holway 1,258 31.9%'
Conservative Lindsay Ward 1,070 29.4%
Liberal Democrats Sandi Marshall 512 14.1%
Liberal Democrats Mary Talbot-Rosevear 459 12.6%
Independent George Rosevear 436 12.0%
Rejected ballots 28 1.3%
Turnout 2,103 52.1%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Ivybridge Filham (2)
South Hams District Council elections: Ivybridge Filham ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kathy Cuthbert 841 30.6%
Liberal Democrats Tony Barber 576 21.0%
Conservative Richard Alistair Martyn Peachey 559 20.4%
Labour Chris Childs 357 13.0%
Green Daniel Forster 257 9.4%
Green Paula Black 156 5.7%
Rejected ballots 19 1.2%
Turnout 1,643 41.8%
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ivybridge Woodlands (2)
South Hams District Council elections: Ivybridge Woodlands ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David William May 818 33.0%
Conservative Louise Paula Jones 713 28.8%
Labour Co-op Helen Eassom 355 14.3%
Green Katie Anne Reville 282 11.4%
Liberal Democrats Jon May 219 8.8%
Green Stephen John Casemore 89 3.6%
Rejected ballots 9 0.6%
Turnout 1,453 42.4%
Conservative hold Swing

Kingsbridge East
South Hams District Council elections: Kingsbridge East ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Wingate 603 76.6%
Liberal Democrats Mo Hort 184 23.4%
Rejected ballots 38 4.6%
Turnout 828 48.6%
Conservative hold Swing

Kingsbridge North
South Hams District Council elections: Kingsbridge North ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rufus Gilbert 547 72.7%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hort 205 27.3%
Rejected ballots 11 1.4%
Turnout 763 41.8%
Conservative hold Swing

Marldon
South Hams District Council elections: Marldon ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Trevor Pennington 756 78.3%
Independent Ray Harrington 160 16.6%
Liberal Democrats Davis Allan Robinson 49 5.1%
Rejected ballots 5 0.5%
Turnout 970 53.5%
Conservative hold Swing

Salcombe and Malborough (2)
South Hams District Council elections: Salcombe and Malborough ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Coulson 964 42.8%
Conservative John Carter 945 41.9%
Liberal Democrats Lorna Brazil 344 15.3%
Rejected ballots 12 0.8%
Turnout 1,421 50.8%
Conservative hold Swing

Saltstone
South Hams District Council elections: Saltstone ward (east of Kingsbridge Estuary), 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Julian Brazil 580 71.9%
Conservative Sandy Gilbert 227 28.1%
Rejected ballots 7 0.9%
Turnout 814 61.8%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Skerries
South Hams District Council elections: Skerries ward (Slapton-Stoke Fleming), 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Foss 702 75.1%
Liberal Democrats Justine Chinn 233 24.9%
Rejected ballots 24 2.5%
Turnout 959 56.5%
Conservative hold Swing

South Brent
South Hams District Council elections: South Brent ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Catherine Madeleine Pannell 515 45.9%
Conservative Richard Hosking 391 34.8%
Green Shruti Gordon 217 19.3%
Rejected ballots 9 0.8%
Turnout 1,132 53.6%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Stokenham
South Hams District Council elections: Stokenham ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Baverstock 739 78.6%
Liberal Democrats Claire Beagley 201 21.4%
Rejected ballots 12 1.3%
Turnout 952 58.0%
Conservative hold Swing

Totnes Bridgetown (2)
South Hams District Council elections: Totnes Bridgetown ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Judy Westacott 895 37.6%
Liberal Democrats Mike Hannaford 603 25.3%
Green Susie Greenway 332 14.0%
Green Roselle Loweneth Angwin 241 10.1%
Labour Eleanor Cohen 173 7.3%
Labour Louise Jane Lewis 135 5.7%
Rejected ballots 17 1.2%
Turnout 1,451 50.2%
Independent hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Totnes Town (2)
South Hams District Council elections: Totnes Town ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Robert Vint 674 20.0%
Green Alan Gorman 639 19.0%
Liberal Democrats Anne Patricia Ward 636 18.9%
Labour Tony Whitty 493 14.7%
Conservative Richard O'Connell 473 14.1%
Independent John Thomas Dixon Macadie 264 7.9%
Liberal Democrats Robert James Stephenson 183 5.4%
Rejected ballots 31 1.6%
Turnout 1,936 51.8%
Green hold Swing
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Wembury and Brixton (2)
South Hams District Council elections: Wembury and Brixton ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John William Squire 1,241 43.5%
Conservative Basil Fernley Cane 1,146 40.1%
UKIP Terence John Clarke 468 16.4%
Rejected ballots 107 5.6%
Turnout 1,913 50.8%
Conservative hold Swing

West Dart
South Hams District Council elections: West Dart ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Tucker 613 61.9%
Green Mike North 226 22.8%
Liberal Democrats Richard Heseltine 151 15.3%
Rejected ballots 7 0.7%
Turnout 997 60.4%
Conservative hold Swing

Westville and Alvington
South Hams District Council elections: Westville and Alvington ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Wright 382 49.9%
Liberal Democrats Laurel Lawford 300 39.2%
Green Thalia Vitali 83 10.8%
Rejected ballots 9 1.2%
Turnout 774 46.2%
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Yealmpton
South Hams District Council elections: Yealmpton ward, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Keith John Baldry 647 67.4%
Conservative Douglas Elliot Webster 313 32.6%
Rejected ballots 19 1.9%
Turnout 979 56.9%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References
  • "Notice of Uncontested Election" (PDF). South Hams District Council. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  • "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). South Hams District Council. 7 April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  • "Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). South Hams District Council. 6 May 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
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