2011 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election

Elections to Stoke-on-Trent City Council took place on 5 May 2011. This election was the first following an Electoral Review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. The total number of councillors became 44 (down from 60) in a mixture of single and multi-member wards (31 single member wards, 5 two member wards and 1 three member ward). The former election by thirds (i.e., one third of councillors up for election in each of three years out of a four-year cycle) was replaced by whole council election every fourth year.

Election result

After the election, the parties were represented thus: Labour 34 seats; Conservative 2 seats; Others (independents and "unaffiliated") 8 seats. After several years as a minority party, Labour had acquired a dominant majority of seats. A notable feature of this result was the elimination of Liberal Democrat representation and that of various right-wing populist parties. The second largest political "grouping" is of Independent councillors.

Stoke-on-Trent Council Election Result 2011

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	34	-	-	+8		41.15	29691
	Independent	8			-9		20.62	14880
	Conservative	2			-6		15.84	11429
	Liberal Democrats	0			-4		8.99	6489
	Community Voice	0					5.00	3607
	BNP	0			-5		3.50	2528
	UKIP	0					2.61	1882
	England First	0					1.05	760
	TUSC	0					0.67	486
	English Democrat	0					0.56	402
Turnout

The net change column is a comparison with the preceding council, which was 16 members larger. It was, therefore, possible for every party or group to have lost seats. Shares of the votes are based upon accepted votes cast (in multi-member wards, an elector is not obliged to use all votes to which they are entitled).

Ward results

Elected candidates are in bold. Previously sitting councillors (on the old 60 member council) marked by "*".

Abbey Hulton and Townsend (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwenyth Hassall*	1092	31.27
	Labour	Adrian Knapper*	900	25.77
	BNP	Melanie Baddeley*	483	13.83
	Community Voice	Elaine Walker*	416	11.91
	Liberal Democrats	Margery Graham	258	7.39
	Liberal Democrats	Dugald Connell	216	6.19
	TUSC	Neil Singh	127	3.64
Majority			417	11.94
Turnout			3492	28.01
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Baddeley, Milton and Norton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Brereton	1305	11.33
	Labour	Andrew Lilley	1247	10.83
	Labour	Duncan Walker*	1174	10.19
	Community Voice	Michael Salih*	1124	9.76
	Conservative	Joanne Powell-Beckett*	1120	9.72
	Labour	Israel Amponsah	960	8.33
	Conservative	Hazel Lyth*	895	7.77
	Independent	Alan Rigby*	830	7.21
	Independent	Gary Elsby	800	6.95
	BNP	Michael White	439	3.81
	UKIP	Andrew Smith	410	3.56
	Independent	Alexandrina Knight	395	3.43
	English Democrat	Leslie Simpson	253	2.20
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Chadwick	235	2.04
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Ford	231	2.01
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Nadeem Ali	100	0.87
Majority			50	0.43
Turnout			11,518	33.82
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bentilee and Ubberley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Pitt	849	29.22
	Labour	Alison Wedgwood	596	20.51
	BNP	Steven Batkin*	429	14.76
	Independent	Rita Dale*	404	13.90
	Independent	John Davis*	330	11.36
	Community Voice	Margaret Lowe	231	7.95
	Liberal Democrats	Sajid Hussain	67	2.31
Majority			167	5.75
Turnout			2906	22.25
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Birches Head and Central Forest Park (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Meredith	1145	25.92
	Independent	Paul Breeze	915	20.72
	Labour	Javid Najmi*	754	17.07
	Liberal Democrats	Kieran Clarke*	479	10.84
	Conservative	Richard Brereton	339	7.67
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Cunningham	311	7.04
	Conservative	Stephen Bradbury	299	6.77
	TUSC	Claire Vodrey	175	3.96
Majority			161	3.65
Turnout			4417	29.76
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Blurton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Glenys Ward	496	33.56
	Conservative	Christine Warren	483	32.68
	Labour	Mubsira Aumir	454	30.72
	Liberal Democrats	Tasneem Kausar	45	3.04
Majority			13	0.88
Turnout			1478	35.32
	Independent hold		Swing

Blurton West and Newstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Day	499	45.82
	Independent	Brian Ward*	331	30.39
	Conservative	Harold Mouat	124	11.39
	Independent	Georgina Hulse	104	9.55
	Liberal Democrats	Tariq Mahmood	31	2.85
Majority			168	15.43
Turnout			1089	25.54
	Labour hold		Swing

Boothen and Oak Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Platt	525	42.58
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Grocock	349	28.30
	UKIP	Dean Emery	142	11.52
	Community Voice	Karen Eardley	124	10.06
	BNP	Stephen Issard	93	7.54
Majority			176	14.27
Turnout			1233	28.63
	Labour hold		Swing

Bradeley and Chell Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gurmett Singh Kallar	443	41.95
	Community Voice	Peter Kent-Baguley*	238	22.54
	Independent	Angela Miller	156	14.77
	England First	Lynne Pond	133	12.59
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Wilson	86	8.14
Majority			205	19.41
Turnout			1056	26.13
	Labour hold		Swing

Broadway and Longton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Reynolds*	660	51.64
	Independent	Anthony Simmonds	395	30.91
	English Democrat	Nicholas McVeigh	149	11.66
	Liberal Democrats	Mazhar Hussain	74	5.79
Majority			265	20.74
Turnout			1278	31.16
	Labour hold		Swing

Burslem Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Dutton	447	47.45
	Independent	Edward Owen	291	30.89
	Independent	Stephen Ball	119	12.63
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Thomas	54	5.73
	TUSC	Jane Mellalieu	31	3.29
Majority			156	16.56
Turnout			942	21.47
	Labour hold		Swing

Burslem Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joy Garner*	600	49.71
	Independent	Robert Conway	357	29.58
	Independent	David Chatton	171	14.17
	Liberal Democrats	Safina Noman	79	6.55
Majority			243	20.13
Turnout			1207	30.56
	Labour hold		Swing

Dresden and Florence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shazad Hussain	515	34.84
	Community Voice	Michael Barnes*	406	27.47
	Conservative	Mohammed Shafiq	344	23.27
	England First	Spencer Cartlidge	90	6.09
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Gore	89	6.02
	TUSC	Matthew Wright	34	2.30
Majority			109	7.37
Turnout			1478	38.50
	Labour hold		Swing

Eaton Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terrence Crowe	517	44.19
	Independent	Denise Maddison	309	26.41
	Conservative	David Jones	295	25.21
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Wilson	49	4.19
Majority			208	17.78
Turnout			1170	30.97
	Labour hold		Swing

Etruria and Hanley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Majid Khan*	464	30.27
	Independent	Mohammad Iqbal*	353	23.03
	UKIP	Lee Fallows	306	19.96
	Liberal Democrats	Gulzar Ahmed	265	17.29
	Community Voice	Amir Khan	145	9.46
Majority			111	7.24
Turnout			1533	34.77
	Labour hold		Swing

Fenton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Shotton*	628	51.18
	Independent	Ian Mitchell	528	43.03
	Liberal Democrats	Zahra Asim	71	5.79
Majority			100	8.15
Turnout			1227	27.25
	Labour hold		Swing

Fenton West and Mount Pleasant

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Clarke	577	39.31
	Independent	Michael Bell*	574	39.10
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Blakemore	98	6.68
	UKIP	Peter Atkinson	95	6.47
	BNP	Paula Roberts	94	6.40
	Independent	Joseph Hemmings	30	2.04
Majority			3	0.20
Turnout			1468	31.84
	Labour hold		Swing

Ford Green and Smallthorne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Wilcox*	600	50.38
	Community Voice	John Nicholls	209	17.55
	Independent	Sheila Matthews	134	11.25
	BNP	Andrew Jones	100	8.40
	Liberal Democrats	James Borg	86	7.22
	Independent	Ian Norris	62	5.21
Majority			391	32.83
Turnout			1191	26.79
	Labour hold		Swing

Goldenhill and Sandyford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Garner	436	41.25
	Independent	Laura Ryan*	337	31.88
	England First	Craig Pond	101	9.56
	Independent	Charles Sutton*	97	9.18
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Wyman	86	8.14
Majority			99	9.37
Turnout			1057	25.21
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Chell and Packmoor (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janine Bridges*	973	24.43
	Independent	Ann James	882	22.15
	Labour	Anthony Fradley*	804	20.19
	Independent	Lesley Adams	471	11.83
	Independent	Stephen Parry	415	10.42
	BNP	David Leese	274	6.88
	Liberal Democrats	John Redfern	98	2.46
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Porch	65	1.63
Majority			78	1.96
Turnout			3982	31.17
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Hanford and Trentham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Terence Follows*	1456	19.83
	Independent	Peter Hayward	1345	18.32
	Conservative	Mark Wright*	1284	17.49
	Conservative	Ross Irving*	891	12.14
	Labour	Benjamin Dyer	752	10.24
	Labour	Derrick Hesom	588	8.01
	UKIP	Michael Harold	300	4.09
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Alcock	228	3.11
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Grocock	178	2.42
	UKIP	Terence Lancashire	174	2.37
	BNP	Philip Sandland	146	1.99
Majority			61	0.83
Turnout			7342	40.30
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Hanley Park and Shelton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammad Wazir*	598	54.56
	Liberal Democrats	Asim Shaheen	300	27.37
	Conservative	Jonathon Taylor	145	13.23
	TUSC	Liat Norris	53	4.84
Majority			298	27.19
Turnout			1096	21.77
	Labour hold		Swing

Hartshill and Basford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shaun Pender	558	37.63
	Independent	Barbara Andrew	474	31.96
	Conservative	Pamela Jellyman	297	20.03
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Gill	154	10.38
Majority			84	5.66
Turnout			1483	32.03
	Labour hold		Swing

Hollybush and Longton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Banks	651	48.95
	Independent	Shaun Bennett	387	29.10
	Conservative	Laura Bloor	223	16.77
	Liberal Democrats	Conrad Lubinski	69	5.19
Majority			264	19.84
Turnout			1330	29.78
	Labour hold		Swing

Joiner's Square

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alastair Watson	663	61.73
	Community Voice	Marjorie Bate	243	22.63
	Liberal Democrats	Muhammad Yasir	168	15.64
Majority			420	39.11
Turnout			1074	29.45
	Labour hold		Swing

Lightwood North and Normacot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bagh Ali*	888	44.29
	Liberal Democrats	Sadaqat Maqsoom	795	39.65
	Conservative	Daniel Harley	322	16.06
Majority			93	4.64
Turnout			2005	49.10
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Chell and Stanfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Conway*	652	46.34
	Labour	Melanie Clark	637	45.27
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Nicholls	118	8.39
Majority			15	1.07
Turnout			1407	31.74
	Independent hold		Swing

Meir Hay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Muhammad Aumir	480	40.23
	Conservative	Ross Ward	423	35.46
	England First	John Barnett	197	16.51
	Liberal Democrats	David Elias	93	7.80
Majority			57	4.78
Turnout			1193	29.59
	Labour hold		Swing

Meir North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Rosenau*	556	45.17
	BNP	Michael Coleman*	299	24.29
	Conservative	Eleanor Bloor	277	22.50
	TUSC	Andrew Bentley	66	5.36
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Tyrer	33	2.68
Majority			257	20.88
Turnout			1231	29.04
	Labour hold		Swing

Meir Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Abigail Brown*	737	46.85
	Labour	Frederick Ball	509	32.36
	Community Voice	Neil Walker	144	9.15
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Whittaker	102	6.48
	UKIP	Colin Rushton	81	5.15
Majority			228	14.49
Turnout			1573	40.22
	Conservative hold		Swing

Meir South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Deborah Wheeldon	552	50.00
	Conservative	Stephen Brown	228	20.65
	BNP	John Burgess*	171	15.49
	Independent	Warren Lloyd	64	5.80
	Independent	Jacqueline Pearson	52	4.71
	Liberal Democrats	Sabrina Bowers	37	3.35
Majority			324	29.35
Turnout			1104	28.06
	Labour hold		Swing

Moorcroft

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Pervez*	1066	72.62
	Conservative	Donald Smith	200	13.62
	Independent	Roger Ibbs	149	10.15
	Liberal Democrats	Elliott Devaney	53	3.61
Majority			866	58.99
Turnout			1468	37.09
	Labour hold		Swing

Penkhull and Stoke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Randy Conteh*	727	41.59
	Labour	Jeremy Dillon*	567	32.44
	Conservative	Nicholas Jellyman	156	8.92
	Liberal Democrats	Karlton Rowley	128	7.32
	UKIP	Brendan Kelly	120	6.86
	Community Voice	Grant Barnes	50	2.86
Majority			160	9.15
Turnout			1748	34.90
	Independent hold		Swing

Sandford Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Olwen Hamer*	634	50.92
	England First	Mark Leat	239	19.20
	Conservative	John Pennington	193	15.50
	Independent	Christine Bloor	131	10.52
	Liberal Democrats	Kamran Akbar	48	3.86
Majority			395	31.73
Turnout			1245	27.53
	Labour hold		Swing

Sneyd Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Debra Gratton*	523	44.70
	Conservative	Austin Cooke	292	24.96
	Independent	Richard Ibbs	158	13.50
	Independent	Geoffrey Knight	145	12.39
	Liberal Democrats	Charley Hasted	52	4.44
Majority			231	19.74
Turnout			1170	29.70
	Labour hold		Swing

Springfields and Trent Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Hill*	537	40.04
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Billington	321	23.94
	Community Voice	Jacqueline Barnes	277	20.66
	UKIP	Michael Bednarski	206	15.36
Majority			216	16.11
Turnout			1341	27.68
	Labour hold		Swing

Tunstall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Charles Wanger	700	49.44
	Labour	Mohammed Matloob*	484	34.18
	Independent	Douglas Green	179	12.64
	Liberal Democrats	William Robinson	53	3.74
Majority			216	15.25
Turnout			1416	35.02
	Independent hold		Swing

Weston Coyney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Fry	589	42.84
	Conservative	John Daniels*	557	40.51
	UKIP	Steven Morris	190	13.82
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Khaliq	39	2.84
Majority			32	2.33
Turnout			1375	36.71
	Labour hold		Swing