2011 Rugby Borough Council election

Elections to Rugby Borough Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011.

There were 16 seats up for election, one third of the council. The election produced a majority for the Conservative Party.

Election result

Rugby Borough Council Election, 2011

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	1	0	+1	56.2%	46.0%	12,889
	Labour	4	0	0	±0	25.0%	29.6%	8,296
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	1	-1	18.8%	16.1%	4,522
	Green	0	0	0	±0	0.0%	5.6%	1,556
	TUSC	0	0	0	±0	0.0%	2.7%	758

Ward results

Admirals Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Williams	1,068
	Labour	Steve Birkett	811
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Hardgrave	166
	Green	Steve Laffy	139
Majority			257
Turnout			2184	41.4%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Benn Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Whistance	858
	Conservative	Chris Pacey-Day	503
	Green	Paul David Sandison	248
Majority			355
Turnout			1,599	35.5%
	Labour hold		Swing

Bilton Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Alan Wright	1,230
	Labour	Marie Angela McNally	521
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Mary George	330
	TUSC	Stephen James Robertson	122
Majority			709
Turnout			2,203	53.7%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brownsover North Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carolyn Ann Robbins	998
	Labour	John Francis Wells	471
	Liberal Democrats	Dianna Hardgrave	168
	Green	Peter Stephen Reynolds	144
Majority			527
Turnout			1,781	37.7%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brownsover South Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Edwards	490
	Conservative	Belinda Garcia	397
	TUSC	Clive Dunkley	122
Majority			93
Turnout			1,009	31.8%
	Labour hold		Swing

Caldecott Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Roodhouse	971
	Conservative	Deepah Brojomohun	576
	Labour	Maria Arungwa	341
	TUSC	Julie Dawn Weekes	85
Majority			395
Turnout			1,973	47.8%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dunchurch & Knightlow Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Lawrence Francis	1,614
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Holman	560
	Labour	Steve Weston	404
	TUSC	Pete McLaren	88
Majority			1,054
Turnout			2,666	54.8%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Earl Craven & Wolston Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Poole	1,448
	Labour	John Anthony Slinger	513
	Green	Ellie Roderick	171
Majority			935
Turnout			2,132	45.7%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastlands Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Sandison	1,057
	Labour	Owen Keir Richards	506
	Conservative	Paul Michael Samuel Newsome	495
	TUSC	Bert Harris	67
Majority			551
Turnout			2,125	46.9%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hillmorton Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel David Allen	940
	Labour	Nigel Edward Stanley	614
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Elson	329
	TUSC	David John Goodwin	117
Majority			326
Turnout			2,000	47.4%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leam Valley Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Hazelton	812
	TUSC	Geoffrey Dewhurst	157
Majority			655
Turnout			969	56.2%
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Bilton Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Don Williams	970
	Conservative	Edward Herbert Joce Palusinski	587
	Green	Roy Leonard Sandison	171
	Liberal Democrats	Jess Upstone	170
Majority			383
Turnout			1,898	35.4%
	Labour hold		Swing

Newbold Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ram Srivastava	876
	Conservative	Teri Watts	546
	Green	Lorna Beryl Joyce Dunleavy	272
Majority			330
Turnout			1,694	36.3%
	Labour hold		Swing

Overslade Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kam Kaur	884
	Labour	Howard Mark Avis	677
	Green	Laurence Stephen Goodchild	178
	Liberal Democrats	Beatrice Josephine O'Dwyer	159
Majority			207
Turnout			1,898	43.9%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Paddox Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Noreen New	612
	Conservative	Stephen Anthony Tompsett	348
	Labour	Rob McNally	244
	Green	Phil Godden	83
Majority			264
Turnout			1,287	46.0%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ryton-on-Dunsmore Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Spiers	443
	Green	Sarah Catherine Bennett	150
Majority			293
Turnout			593	42.9%
	Conservative hold		Swing