2011 Maidstone Borough Council election
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Turnout | 43% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of Borough Election Results 2011, Colour legend by wards won: Conservative party Liberal Democrats
Independents Wards in grey were not contested in 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[1] [2] | ||||
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Party | Elected Seats |
Total Seats |
+/- | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Conservative Party | 12 | 30 | +2 |
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| | 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)[3] | ||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| | Cynthia Robertson | Liberal Democrats | 1,345 | 48.45% |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Barry Stephen Ginley | Conservative Party | 1,048 | 37.75% |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | 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)[4] | |||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % (Total) |
% (Valid) | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Val Springett | Conservative Party | 1,754 | 30.17% | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Mike Cuming | Conservative Party | 1,555 | 26.75% | |
Pat Marshall | Independent | 1,395 | 23.99% | ||
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | Jim Grogan | Labour Party | 432 | 7.43% | |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | Gill Annan | Labour Party | 281 | 4.83% | |
bgcolor=Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color| | Ciaran Dominic Oliver | Green Party | 215 | 3.70% | |
bgcolor=Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color| | 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)[5] | ||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Malcolm Frank Greer | Conservative Party | 1,350 | 50.89% |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | Michael John Beckwith | Labour Party | 862 | 32.49% |
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| | John Peter Watson | Liberal Democrats | 264 | 9.95% |
bgcolor=Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color| | 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)[6] | ||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Dennis Harold Collins | Conservative Party | 1,247 | 46.51% |
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| | David Michael Stamp | Liberal Democrats | 915 | 34.13% |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | Stella Marlyn Randall | Labour Party | 265 | 9.88% |
bgcolor=Template:UK Independence Party/meta/color| | Keith Clement Woollven | UK Independence Party | 140 | 5.22% |
bgcolor=Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color| | 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)[7] | ||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Nick de Wiggondene | Conservative Party | 628 | 59.13% |
Geoffrey Frank Licence | Independent | 291 | 27.40% | |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | 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)[8] | ||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
Gordon William Newton | Independent | 451 | 51.72% | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Gary Cooke | Conservative Party | 310 | 35.55% |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | Steve Gibson | Labour Party | 84 | 9.63% |
bgcolor=Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color| | 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)[9] | |||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % (Total) |
% (Valid) | |
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| | David Sandru Naghi | Liberal Democrats | 1,286 | 24.43% | |
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| | Martin Ashley Richard Cox | Liberal Democrats | 1,281 | 24.34% | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Tony Dennison | Conservative Party | 1,010 | 19.19% | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Scott Hahnefeld | Conservative Party | 858 | 16.30% | |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | Bruce Henry Heald | Labour Party | 316 | 6.00% | |
bgcolor=Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color| | Caroline Burns | Green Party | 270 | 5.13% | |
bgcolor=Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color| | 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)[10] | ||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Alistair James Black | Conservative Party | 727 | 29.60% |
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| | Fran Smith | Liberal Democrats | 661 | 26.91% |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | Paul Harper | Labour Party | 542 | 22.07% |
bgcolor=Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color| | 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)[11] | ||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
Tom Sams | Independent | 1,175 | 55.32% | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Marino (Maz) Michaelas | Conservative Party | 827 | 38.94% |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | 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)[12] | ||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| | Fran Wilson | Liberal Democrats | 853 | 41.45% |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Valerie Katharine Parker | Conservative Party | 533 | 25.90% |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | Marianna Romeojuliet Poliszczuk | Labour Party | 333 | 16.18% |
bgcolor=Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color| | Wendy Kathleen Lewis | Green Party | 176 | 8.55% |
bgcolor=Template:UK Independence Party/meta/color| | 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)[13] | ||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Peter James Dudley Parvin | Conservative Party | 623 | 66.35% |
Juliet Maria Maddocks | Independent | 187 | 19.91% | |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | 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)[14] | ||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| | Susan Jane Grigg | Liberal Democrats | 519 | 50.49% |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Steve Sheppard | Conservative Party | 413 | 40.18% |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | Joshua Amos | Labour Party | 49 | 4.77% |
bgcolor=Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color| | 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)[15] | ||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Annabelle Blackmore | Conservative Party | 1,612 | 63.41% |
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| | Carol Ann Jacques | Liberal Democrats | 425 | 16.72% |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | Edith Maud Davis | Labour Party | 317 | 12.47% |
bgcolor=Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color| | 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)[16] | ||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| | Mervyn Dyke Warner | Liberal Democrats | 871 | 38.29% |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Jeff Tree | Conservative Party | 782 | 34.37% |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | Keith Adkinson | Labour Party | 330 | 14.51% |
bgcolor=Template:UK Independence Party/meta/color| | Charles Richard Elliott | UK Independence Party | 152 | 6.68% |
bgcolor=Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color| | 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)[17] | ||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Marion Ann Ring | Conservative Party | 1,139 | 52.25% |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | Geoff Harvey | Labour Party | 589 | 27.02% |
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| | Geoffrey Richard Samme | Liberal Democrats | 193 | 8.85% |
bgcolor=Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color| | Stephen Fraser Muggeridge | Green Party | 157 | 7.20% |
bgcolor=Template:British National Party/meta/color| | 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)[18] | ||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Mike Hogg | Conservative Party | 1,242 | 45.15% |
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| | John Wilson | Liberal Democrats | 1,171 | 42.57% |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | Richard John Coates | Labour Party[19] | 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)[20] | ||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Richard Lusty | Conservative Party | 1,211 | 64.59% |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | John Edward Randall | Labour Party | 288 | 15.36% |
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| | Ralph Frederick Austin | Liberal Democrats | 228 | 12.16% |
bgcolor=Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color| | 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)[21] | ||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| | Paulina Annette Veronica Stockell | Conservative Party | 735 | 73.28% |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| | Jean Harvey | Labour Party | 156 | 15.55% |
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| | 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% |
References & notes
- ^ "Maidstone Borough Council Local Election 2011 - Thursday 5th May, 2011". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "England council elections". BBC News. 6 May 2011.
- ^ "Election results for Allington Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Bearsted Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Boxley Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Coxheath and Hunton Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Detling and Thurnham Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Downswood and Otham Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for East Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Fant Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Harrietsham and Lenham Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for High Street Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Leeds Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Loose Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Marden and Yalding Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for North Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Shepway North Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for South Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ Labour and Co-operative Party
- ^ "Election results for Staplehurst Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Sutton Valence and Langley Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.