2011 South Oxfordshire District Council election

The 2011 South Oxfordshire District Council election was held on 5 May 2011 to elect members of South Oxfordshire District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.[1]

2011 South Oxfordshire District Council election
3 May 2011
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Popular vote 24,253 8,807 7,567
Percentage 46.1% 16.7% 14.6%
 
Party Independent Henley Residents
Popular vote 7,523 1,849
Percentage 13.8% 3.5%
Wards of South Oxfordshire District Council

Elections were held for all 48 seats on the council. The Conservative Party won 33 seats. The Liberal Democrats won seven seats and Henley Residents Group won two. The Labour Party won one seat and two independent candidates each won a seat. The Conservative Party kept overall control of the council, with its majority reduced to 27.

Summary of results
South Oxfordshire District Council elections result 2011[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 33 +3 -8 -5 68,75 46.1 24,253 -
  Liberal Democrats 4 +1 -3 -2 8.33 16.7 8,807 -
  Labour 4 3 0 +3 8.33 14.6 7,567 +
  Independent 5 3 0 +3 10.42 13.8 7,253 +
  Henley Residents 2 1 0 +1 4.17 3.5 1,849 +
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 4.8 2,522
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 242

The Conservative Party's share of votes fell from 50.9% in the 2007 South Oxfordshire District Council election[3] to 46.1% in 2011.[2] In 2011 Conservative candidates won three seats from Liberal Democrats. However, Conservative candidates also lost three seats to independent candidates, three to Labour, one to the Henley Residents Group and one to a Liberal Democrat. The Conservatives had won 38 seats in 2007[3] but were reduced to 33 in 2011. However, this was still almost 69% of the 48 seats on the council, and gave the Conservative group an overall majority of 15.

The Liberal Democrats' share of votes fell from 28.6%[3] in 2007 to 16.7% in 2011.[2] The net result of their gaining seats from and losing seats to the Conservatives reduced their number of members on the council to four. However, the Liberal Democrats retained the second largest share of total votes in the district.

The Labour Party increased its share of votes from 7.3% in 2007[3] to 14.6% in 2011.[2] Gaining three seats from the Conservatives increased its number of members on the council to four.

In 2007 two independent candidates were elected to the district council.[3] In 2011 both of these independent councillors were re-elected and three gained seats from Conservatives, increasing the number of independent councillors to five.[2]

In 2007 one Henley Residents Group councillor was elected.[3] In 2011 HRG held that seat and won a second, increasing its number of members on the council to two.[2] HRG won an average of 37.2% of votes in the two wards that it contested.

In 2007 there were Green Party candidates in eight of the district's 29 wards.[3] In 2011 there were only four Green Party candidates in four wards. They won an average of 16.64% of votes in the wards that they contested, and 3.43% of total votes cast in South Oxfordshire District, but no seats.[2]

There was one UK Independence Party candidate, who contested a ward in Didcot. He won 8.6% of the votes in that ward, and was not elected.[2]

Ward results

Aston Rowant
Aston Rowant 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dorothy Brown 793 78.2
Liberal Democrats David Stanley Mancey 221 21.8
Turnout
Majority 572
Conservative hold Swing

Benson
Benson 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Felix Bloomfield 1,053
Conservative Rachel Elizabeth Ruth Wallis 857
Liberal Democrats Sue Cooper 795
Liberal Democrats George Francis Daniel Levy 336
Green Andrea Jane Powell 275
Labour Adam Wood 266
Turnout
Majority 62

Berinsfield
Berinsfield 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Phil Cross 954
Independent Marc Geoffrey Hiles 790
Conservative Richard James Huntley 786
Green Mark Christopher Stevenson 729
Turnout
Majority 4

Brightwell
Brightwell 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Celia Jane Collett 681 64.1
Conservative Mark Hanson 300 28.2
Labour Liz Neighbour 81 7.6
Turnout
Majority 381
Independent hold Swing

Chalgrove
Chalgrove 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Graham Turner 729 61.6
Conservative Carol Fowler 375 31.7
Labour Paul David Collins 80 6.8
Turnout
Majority 354
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chiltern Woods
Chiltern Woods 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Judith Mary Nimmo-Smith 715 73.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Stephen Davies 141 14.6
Labour Veronica Treacher 112 11.6
Turnout
Majority 574
Conservative hold Swing

Chinnor
Chinnor 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Allen Hood 1,054
Conservative Geoff Andrews 1,026
Independent Pat Haywood 740
Independent Martin George Wright 737
Labour Simon Stone 327
Turnout
Majority 286
Conservative hold Swing

Cholsey and Wallingford South
Cholsey and Wallingford South 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mark Stuart Gray 1,229
Conservative Pat Dawe 883
Conservative Felicity Ann Aska 838
Labour Mandy Winters 459
Labour John Charles Moody 229
Turnout
Majority 391
Conservative hold Swing

Crowmarsh
Crowmarsh 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kristina Elizabeth Crabbe 510 55.4
Liberal Democrats John Howard Griffin 403 44.6
Turnout
Majority 98
Conservative hold Swing

Didcot All Saints
Didcot All Saints 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Joslin 647
Conservative Margaret Ann Turner 642
Conservative Jane Murphy 635
Labour Nick Hards 597
Liberal Democrats Andrew Peter Jones 226
Liberal Democrats James Robert Loder 185
Turnout
Majority 45

Didcot Ladygrove
Didcot Ladygrove 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Richard John Harbour 1,106
Conservative Bill Service 1,060
Independent Neville Frank Harris 948
Conservative Roger Mark Hawlor 903
Labour Bill Atkinson 529
Labour Nicola Jane Williams 506
Labour Robert Allen Bulman 408
UKIP Paul John Williams 242
Turnout
Majority 45

Didcot Northbourne
Didcot Northbourne 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bernard Douglas Cooper 504
Conservative Steve Connell 458
Labour Scott Robert Wilgrove 442
Liberal Democrats David Rouane 429
Conservative Phil Hayward 428
Independent Sue Such 348
Turnout
Majority 16

Didcot Park
Didcot Park 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Lesley Davies 769
Labour Eleanor Hards 730
Conservative Christopher Edwin Harrison 668
Conservative Alan Roy Thompson 640
Liberal Democrats Jen Parry 253
Liberal Democrats Tony Worgan 180
Turnout
Majority 62
Labour hold Swing

Forest Hill and Holton
Forest Hill and Holton 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Purse 621 61.5
Conservative Ginette Camps-Walsh 389 38.5
Turnout
Majority 232
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Garsington
Garsington 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Gillespie 639 65.9
Liberal Democrats Jane Jackson 331 34.1
Turnout
Majority 308
Conservative hold Swing

Goring
Goring 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ann Ducker 1,447
Conservative Pearl Slatter 1,199
Green Peter Hugh Dragonetti 866
Liberal Democrats Caroline Shirley Wardle 551
Labour Fran Barefield 394
Turnout
Majority 333
Conservative hold Swing

Great Milton
Great Milton 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Harrod 641 60.3
Liberal Democrats Wendy Court 422 39.7
Turnout
Majority 219
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Hagbourne
Hagbourne 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leo Docherty 831 73.7
Labour Alison Lane 296 26.3
Turnout
Majority 535
Conservative hold Swing

Henley North
Henley North 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Henley Residents Elizabeth Hodgkin 923
Conservative Joan Bland 801
Conservative Lorraine Hillier 789
Henley Residents Martin Sydney Akehurst 696
Liberal Democrats Julian Philip Allison 139
Liberal Democrats Neill James Robert Hendry 123
Labour Paul Holland 116
Turnout
Majority 93

Henley South
Henley South 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Henley Residents Jennifer Wood 926
Conservative William Arthur Henry Hall 723
Independent Ken Arlett 710
Conservative David Michael Silvester 670
Liberal Democrats Asbjorg Dunker 274
Liberal Democrats Barry George Wood 253
Labour Margaret Goodwin 208
Turnout
Majority 13

Sandford
Sandford 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Anthony Cotton 424 47.7
Independent John Ernest Stimson 248 27.9
Labour Will Atkinson 216 24.3
Turnout
Majority 176
Conservative hold Swing

Shiplake
Shiplake 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Leonard 1,371
Conservative Rob Simister 1,176
Liberal Democrats Peter Wardle 345
Labour Janet Matthews 321
Turnout
Majority 2,202
Conservative hold Swing

Sonning Common
Sonning Common 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Harrison 1,461
Conservative Alan Geoffrey Rooke 1,259
Green Aidan Lawrence Carlisle 652
Labour David Winchester 486
Turnout
Majority 607
Conservative hold Swing

Thame North
Thame North 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Welply 1,075
Liberal Democrats David William Bretherton 898
Liberal Democrats Jeanette Ann Matelot Green 800
Turnout
Majority 277

Thame South
Thame South 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David William Dodds 1,065
Independent Ann Midwinter 916
Labour Mary Honora Stiles 892
Liberal Democrats David Arthur Laver 422
Liberal Democrats Pete Barker 313
Turnout
Majority 24

Wallingford North
Wallingford North 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marcus David Harris 854
Conservative Imran Lokhon 810
Independent Charles Brinley Ledlie 643
Labour George William Kneeshaw 493
Labour Graham Ruecroft 406
Turnout
Majority 167
Conservative hold Swing

Watlington
Watlington 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anna Fairbairn Badcock 1,351
Conservative Angie Paterson 1,328
Liberal Democrats Nick Hancock 536
Labour James Herbert Merritt 366
Turnout
Majority 792
Conservative hold Swing

Wheatley
Wheatley 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Maureen Carr 976
Liberal Democrats Roger Thomas Bell 786
Conservative John Patrick Walsh 724
Liberal Democrats Helena Tess Harris 694
Turnout
Majority 42

Woodcote
Woodcote 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher John Quinton 703 63.8
Liberal Democrats Robin Heys Pierce 304 27.6
Labour Amanda Holland 95 8.6
Turnout
Majority 399
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

References
  1. "England council elections". BBC Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  2. Teale, Andrew. "South Oxfordshire". Local Election Results 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  3. Teale, Andrew. "South Oxfordshire". Local Election Results 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  4. "2011 District Council Election Results" (PDF). South Oxfordshire District Council. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
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