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2011 Maidstone Borough Council election
2011 UK local government election
2011 UK local government election
Field Value election_name 2011 Maidstone Borough Council election country United Kingdom type parliamentary ongoing no previous_election 2010 Maidstone Borough Council election previous_year 2010 election_date 5 May 2011 next_election 2012 Maidstone Borough Council election next_year 2012 seats_for_election 20 members turnout 43% leader1 Christopher Garland party1 Conservative Party (UK) leaders_seat1 n/a seats_before1 28 seats1 12 seats_after1 30 seat_change1 2 leader2 Fran Wilson party2 Liberal Democrats (UK) leaders_seat2 High Street seats_before2 23 seats2 6 seats_after2 21 seat_change2 2 map_image File:Maidstone UK local election 2011.svg map_size 250px map File:Maidstone UK local election 2011.svg map_caption Results of the 2011 Maidstone District Council election title Leader before_election Christopher Garland before_party Conservative Party (UK) posttitle Leader-elect after_election Christopher Garland after_party Conservative Party (UK)
Main article: Maidstone Borough Council elections, United Kingdom local elections, 2011
Elections to Maidstone Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011. One-third of the borough council (20 members) were up for election. Parish council elections and the national Alternative Vote referendum were held on the same day.
Overall results
The Conservatives stayed in overall control of the council by gaining two seats. The Liberal Democrats lost two seats.
Maidstone Borough Council Party Elected Seats Total Seats +/- Conservative Party (UK)}} Conservative Party 12 30 +2 Liberal Democrats (UK)}} Liberal Democrats 6 21 -2 Independent 2 4 0 Total 20 55 Valid Ballot Papers Rejected Ballot Papers 226 Ballot Papers Issued Registered Electors 87,445 Turnout 43%
Ward results
Allington Ward (1) Candidate Party Votes % Liberal Democrats (UK)}} Cynthia Robertson Liberal Democrats 1,345 48.45% Conservative Party (UK)}} Barry Stephen Ginley Conservative Party 1,048 37.75% Labour Party (UK)}} Wendy Florence Hollands Labour Party 383 13.80% Total 2,776 100.00% Rejected Ballot Papers 9 Ballot Papers Issued 2,785 Registered Electors 5,518 Turnout 50.47%
Bearsted Ward (2) Candidate Party Votes % (Total) % (Valid) Conservative Party (UK)}} Val Springett Conservative Party 1,754 30.17% Conservative Party (UK)}} Mike Cuming Conservative Party 1,555 26.75% Pat Marshall Independent 1,395 23.99% Labour Party (UK)}} Jim Grogan Labour Party 432 7.43% Labour Party (UK)}} Gill Annan Labour Party 281 4.83% Green Party of England and Wales}} Ciaran Dominic Oliver Green Party 215 3.70% Green Party of England and Wales}} Sarah Ann Goodwin Green Party 182 3.13% Total 5,814 100.00% Valid Ballot Papers Rejected Ballot Papers 36 Ballot Papers Issued Registered Electors 6,616 Turnout
Boxley Ward (1) Candidate Party Votes % Conservative Party (UK)}} Malcolm Frank Greer Conservative Party 1,350 50.89% Labour Party (UK)}} Michael John Beckwith Labour Party 862 32.49% Liberal Democrats (UK)}} John Peter Watson Liberal Democrats 264 9.95% Green Party of England and Wales}} Penny Kemp Green Party 177 6.67% Total 2,653 100.00% Rejected Ballot Papers 12 Ballot Papers Issued 2,665 Registered Electors 6,446 Turnout 41.34%
Coxheath & Hunton Ward (1) Candidate Party Votes % Conservative Party (UK)}} Dennis Harold Collins Conservative Party 1,247 46.51% Liberal Democrats (UK)}} David Michael Stamp Liberal Democrats 915 34.13% Labour Party (UK)}} Stella Marlyn Randall Labour Party 265 9.88% UK Independence Party}} Keith Clement Woollven UK Independence Party 140 5.22% Green Party of England and Wales}} Robin James Kinrade Green Party 114 4.25% Total 2,681 100.00% Rejected Ballot Papers 12 Ballot Papers Issued 2,693 Registered Electors 5,754 Turnout 46.80%
Detling & Thurnham Ward (1) Candidate Party Votes % Conservative Party (UK)}} Nick de Wiggondene Conservative Party 628 59.13% Geoffrey Frank Licence Independent 291 27.40% Labour Party (UK)}} Paul Michael Blackmore Labour Party 143 13.47% Total 1,062 100.00% Rejected Ballot Papers 13 Ballot Papers Issued 1,075 Registered Electors 2,344 Turnout 45.86%
Downswood & Otham Ward (1) Candidate Party Votes % Gordon William Newton Independent 451 51.72% Conservative Party (UK)}} Gary Cooke Conservative Party 310 35.55% Labour Party (UK)}} Steve Gibson Labour Party 84 9.63% Green Party of England and Wales}} Andrew Crawford Waldie Green Party 27 3.10% Total 872 100.00% Rejected Ballot Papers 4 Ballot Papers Issued 876 Registered Electors 2,107 Turnout 41.58%
East Ward (2) Candidate Party Votes % (Total) % (Valid) Liberal Democrats (UK)}} David Sandru Naghi Liberal Democrats 1,286 24.43% Liberal Democrats (UK)}} Martin Ashley Richard Cox Liberal Democrats 1,281 24.34% Conservative Party (UK)}} Tony Dennison Conservative Party 1,010 19.19% Conservative Party (UK)}} Scott Hahnefeld Conservative Party 858 16.30% Labour Party (UK)}} Bruce Henry Heald Labour Party 316 6.00% Green Party of England and Wales}} Caroline Burns Green Party 270 5.13% Green Party of England and Wales}} Hannah Margaret Patton Green Party 242 4.60% Total 5,263 100.00% Valid Ballot Papers Rejected Ballot Papers 19 Ballot Papers Issued Registered Electors 6,500 Turnout
Fant Ward (1) Candidate Party Votes % Conservative Party (UK)}} Alistair James Black Conservative Party 727 29.60% Liberal Democrats (UK)}} Fran Smith Liberal Democrats 661 26.91% Labour Party (UK)}} Paul Harper Labour Party 542 22.07% Green Party of England and Wales}} Stuart Robert Jeffery Green Party 526 21.42% Total 2,456 100.00% Rejected Ballot Papers 14 Ballot Papers Issued 2,470 Registered Electors 6,519 Turnout 37.89%
Harrietsham & Lenham Ward (1) Candidate Party Votes % Tom Sams Independent 1,175 55.32% Conservative Party (UK)}} Marino (Maz) Michaelas Conservative Party 827 38.94% Labour Party (UK)}} Jeanne Mary Gibson Labour Party 122 5.74% Total 2,124 100.00% Rejected Ballot Papers 9 Ballot Papers Issued 2,133 Registered Electors 4,396 Turnout 48.52%
High Street Ward (1) Candidate Party Votes % Liberal Democrats (UK)}} Fran Wilson Liberal Democrats 853 41.45% Conservative Party (UK)}} Valerie Katharine Parker Conservative Party 533 25.90% Labour Party (UK)}} Marianna Romeojuliet Poliszczuk Labour Party 333 16.18% Green Party of England and Wales}} Wendy Kathleen Lewis Green Party 176 8.55% UK Independence Party}} UK Independence Party UK Independence Party 163 7.92% Total 2,058 100.00% Rejected Ballot Papers 11 Ballot Papers Issued 2,069 Registered Electors 6,367 Turnout 32.50%
Leeds Ward (1) Candidate Party Votes % Conservative Party (UK)}} Peter James Dudley Parvin Conservative Party 623 66.35% Juliet Maria Maddocks Independent 187 19.91% Labour Party (UK)}} Maggie Lack Labour Party 129 13.74% Total 939 100.00% Rejected Ballot Papers 3 Ballot Papers Issued 942 Registered Electors 1,869 Turnout 50.40%
Loose Ward (1) Candidate Party Votes % Liberal Democrats (UK)}} Susan Jane Grigg Liberal Democrats 519 50.49% Conservative Party (UK)}} Steve Sheppard Conservative Party 413 40.18% Labour Party (UK)}} Joshua Amos Labour Party 49 4.77% Green Party of England and Wales}} Denise Joy Hay Green Party 47 4.57% Total 1,028 100.00% Rejected Ballot Papers 5 Ballot Papers Issued 1,033 Registered Electors 1,960 Turnout 52.70%
Marden & Yalding Ward (1) Candidate Party Votes % Conservative Party (UK)}} Annabelle Blackmore Conservative Party 1,612 63.41% Liberal Democrats (UK)}} Carol Ann Jacques Liberal Democrats 425 16.72% Labour Party (UK)}} Edith Maud Davis Labour Party 317 12.47% Green Party of England and Wales}} James Edward Shalice Green Party 188 7.40% Total 2,542 100.00% Rejected Ballot Papers 20 Ballot Papers Issued 2,562 Registered Electors 5,813 Turnout 44.07%
North Ward (1) Candidate Party Votes % Liberal Democrats (UK)}} Mervyn Dyke Warner Liberal Democrats 871 38.29% Conservative Party (UK)}} Jeff Tree Conservative Party 782 34.37% Labour Party (UK)}} Keith Adkinson Labour Party 330 14.51% UK Independence Party}} Charles Richard Elliott UK Independence Party 152 6.68% Green Party of England and Wales}} Derek Roy Eagle Green Party 140 6.15% Total 2,275 100.00% Rejected Ballot Papers 10 Ballot Papers Issued 2,285 Registered Electors 6,066 Turnout 37.67%
Shepway North Ward (1) Candidate Party Votes % Conservative Party (UK)}} Marion Ann Ring Conservative Party 1,139 52.25% Labour Party (UK)}} Geoff Harvey Labour Party 589 27.02% Liberal Democrats (UK)}} Geoffrey Richard Samme Liberal Democrats 193 8.85% Green Party of England and Wales}} Stephen Fraser Muggeridge Green Party 157 7.20% British National Party}} Gary Butler British National Party 102 4.68% Total 2,180 100.00% Rejected Ballot Papers 8 Ballot Papers Issued 2,188 Registered Electors 6,504 Turnout 33.64%
South Ward (1) Candidate Party Votes % Conservative Party (UK)}} Mike Hogg Conservative Party 1,242 45.15% Liberal Democrats (UK)}} John Wilson Liberal Democrats 1,171 42.57% Labour Party (UK)}} Richard John Coates Labour Party 338 12.29% Total 2,751 100.00% Rejected Ballot Papers 20 Ballot Papers Issued 2,771 Registered Electors 6,258 Turnout 44.28%
Staplehurst Ward (1) Candidate Party Votes % Conservative Party (UK)}} Richard Lusty Conservative Party 1,211 64.59% Labour Party (UK)}} John Edward Randall Labour Party 288 15.36% Liberal Democrats (UK)}} Ralph Frederick Austin Liberal Democrats 228 12.16% Green Party of England and Wales}} Ian Francis Stewart McDonald Green Party 148 7.89% Total 1,875 100.00% Rejected Ballot Papers 15 Ballot Papers Issued 1,890 Registered Electors 4,349 Turnout 43.46%
Sutton Valence & Langley Ward (1) Candidate Party Votes % Conservative Party (UK)}} Paulina Annette Veronica Stockell Conservative Party 735 73.28% Labour Party (UK)}} Jean Harvey Labour Party 156 15.55% Liberal Democrats (UK)}} Susan Austin Liberal Democrats 112 11.17% Total 1,003 100.00% Rejected Ballot Papers 6 Ballot Papers Issued 1,009 Registered Electors 2,059 Turnout 49.00%
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