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2011 Braintree District Council election
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60 seats
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Green
Last election 42 9 2
Seats before 42 9 2
Seats won 47 9 2
Seat change Increase 5 Steady Steady
Popular vote 24,115 13,479 5,465
Percentage 48.9 27.4 11.1
Swing Increase2.1 Increase2.8 Increase3.9
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Independent Halstead Residents Liberal Democrats
Last election 1 5 1
Seats before 1 5 1
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change Steady Decrease 4 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,636 1,272 1,734
Percentage 3.3 2.6 3.5
Swing Decrease0.2 Decrease0.9 Decrease7.9

The 2011 Braintree District Council Elections took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. All 60 councillors in 30 wards were up for election.

Summary[edit]

Candidates by party[edit]

Labour Party (58/58)





Conservative Party (57/58)





Green Party (22/58)





Liberal Democrats (8/58)





Independent (6/58)





Halstead Residents (5/58)





UKIP (5/58)





BNP (1/58)





Results[edit]

Braintree District Council election result 2011[1][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 44 5 0 Increase 5 73.3 52.2 47,063
  Labour 10 1 1 Steady 16.7 31.3 28,186
  Green 2 0 0 Steady 3.3 7.5 6,788
  Halstead Residents 1 0 4 Decrease 4 1.7 2.9 2,582
  Independent 1 0 0 Steady 1.7 2.1 1,927
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 1 Decrease 1 0 2.3 2,082
  UKIP 0 0 0 Steady 0 1.6 1,440
  BNP 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.2 132

Ward results[edit]

Black Notley[edit]

Black Notley ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Galione 789 55.8
Conservative Tom Cunningham 767 54.2
Labour Juliet Walton 231 16.3
Labour Andrew Bennett 217 15.3
UKIP David Hodges 200 14.1
Independent John Clark 163 11.5
Liberal Democrats David Toombs 149 10.5
Green Freddie Gerrard-Abbott 115 8.1
Turnout 1,414 46.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bocking Blackwater[edit]

Bocking Blackwater ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Canning 1,243 50.1
Conservative Jean Schmitt 1,059 42.7
Conservative Vanessa Santomauro 999 40.2
Labour Agnes Bishop 796 32.1
Labour Allan Millam 623 25.1
Labour Richard Parsons 622 25.1
UKIP Gordan Helm 418 16.8
Green Simon Attwood 334 13.5
Turnout 2,483 41.2
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bocking North[edit]

Bocking North ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Mann 709 49.4
Labour Anthony Everard 657 45.8
Conservative Timothy Wilkinson 493 34.3
Conservative Nigel McCrea 376 26.2
UKIP Michael Ford 215 15.0
Green Dawn Holmes 116 8.1
Turnout 1,436 40.7
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bocking South[edit]

Bocking South ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Davis Baugh 701 46.9
Labour Moia Thorogood 689 46.1
Labour Lynn Watson 626 41.9
Conservative Abiodun Olumbori 508 34.0
Green John Malam 204 13.6
Turnout 1,495 36.2
Conservative hold
Labour hold

Bradwell, Silver End and Rivenhall[edit]

Bradwell, Silver End and Rivenhall ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green James Abbott 969 53.0
Green Bob Wright 689 37.7
Labour Jeremy White 422 23.1
Labour Daniel Wright 358 19.6
Conservative Stephen Nimmons 323 17.7
UKIP Brain Wood 284 15.5
Conservative Paul Ryland 266 14.6
Turnout 1,828 49.8
Green hold
Green hold

Braintree Central[edit]

Braintree Central ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John McKee 1,123 47.7
Conservative Marlene Shepherd 957 40.6
Conservative Ronald Ramage 888 37.7
Labour Nigel Gibson 805 34.2
Labour Celia Burne 789 33.5
Labour William Edwards 734 31.2
Green Daniel Shadbolt 327 13.9
UKIP Roger Lord 323 13.7
BNP Paul Hooks 132 5.6
Turnout 2,355 38.8
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Braintree East[edit]

Braintree East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elwyn Bishop 762 42.3
Conservative David Messer 759 42.2
Labour Colette Gibson 756 42.0
Labour Eric Lynch 710 39.4
Conservative Luke Harrington 691 38.4
Conservative Rikki Williams 668 37.1
Green Wendy Partridge 297 16.5
Turnout 1,800 36.0
Labour hold
Conservative hold
Labour hold

Braintree South[edit]

Braintree South ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Sandbrook 844 42.3
Conservative Lyn Walters 806 40.4
Labour Douglas Rice 780 39.1
Labour Gordon Currie 711 35.7
Labour Martin Green 709 35.6
Conservative Syedun Noor 605 30.3
Independent Andrew Beatty 408 20.5
Green Timothy Reeve 291 14.6
Turnout 1,994 37.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative hold
Labour hold

Bumpstead[edit]

Bumpstead ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Cadman 713 70.0
Labour Stephen Trumm 306 30.0
Majority 407 40.0
Turnout 1,035 51.3
Conservative hold Swing

Coggeshall and North Feering[edit]

Coggeshall and North Feering ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Newton 1,254 63.1
Conservative Susan Wilson 1,114 56.1
Labour Catherine Joyce 493 24.8
Labour Cherry Cornish 478 24.1
Green Stephanie Bills 289 14.6
Turnout 1,986 50.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Cressing and Stisted[edit]

Cressing and Stisted ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Lynette Flint 600 76.9
Labour Greta Tew 180 23.1
Majority 420 53.8
Turnout 804 45.0
Independent hold Swing

Gosfield and Greenstead Green[edit]

Gosfield and Greenstead Green ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John O'Reilly-Cicconi 688 64.5
Labour Adrian Gibson 254 23.8
Green Howard Reed 124 11.6
Majority 434 40.7
Turnout 1,078 53.2
Conservative hold Swing

Great Notley and Braintree West[edit]

Great Notley and Braintree West ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Butland 1,435 67.0
Conservative Claire Sandbrook 1,418 66.2
Conservative Roger Walters 1,211 56.5
Labour David Green 407 19.0
Labour Christina Bennett 362 16.9
Labour Stephen Goodfellow 306 14.3
Green Howard Bills 274 12.8
Turnout 2,142 41.3
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Halstead St. Andrew's[edit]

Halstead St. Andrews ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jennifer Sutton 895 42.0
Conservative Julia Allen 827 38.8
Conservative Stephen Kirby 762 35.7
Halstead Residents David Hume 720 33.8
Labour Grahame McCoyd 573 26.9
Halstead Residents Kenneth Paisley 571 26.8
Halstead Residents Howard Messenger 405 19.0
Labour Stuart Gilbert 388 18.2
Independent Michael Gage 310 14.5
Labour Stuart Scrivens 297 13.9
Independent Beryl Gage 291 13.6
Turnout 2,132 40.5
Conservative gain from Halstead Residents
Conservative gain from Halstead Residents
Conservative gain from Halstead Residents

Halstead Trinity[edit]

Halstead Trinity ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Halstead Residents Jacqueline Pell 552 41.9
Labour Malcolm Fincken 456 34.6
Labour Stephen Knight 376 28.5
Conservative David Sharp 352 26.7
Halstead Residents Linda Hilton 334 25.4
Conservative Yvonne Warren 325 24.7
Turnout 1,317 37.4
Halstead Residents hold
Labour gain from Halstead Residents

Hatfield Peverel[edit]

Hatfield Peverel ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Beeb 1,062 65.3
Conservative Derrick Louis 981 60.3
Labour Lauren Whitnell 357 21,9
Labour Katherine Watts 288 17.7
Green Cheryl Gerrard 220 13.5
Turnout 1,627 47.2
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hedingham and Maplestead[edit]

Hedingham and Mapstead ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joanne Beavis 1,345 58.9
Conservative Hylton Johnson 1,197 52.4
Conservative Wendy Scattergood 1,044 45.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Bolter 661 28.9
Green Susan Ransome 387 16.9
Labour Noel Owen 386 16.9
Labour John Kotz 350 15.3
Labour Betty Kotz 339 14.8
Turnout 2,285 44.3
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Kelvedon[edit]

Kelvedon ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Foster 1,202 60.4
Conservative Robert Mitchell 1,084 54.4
Labour Ian Marshall 537 27.0
Labour Anthony Lewis 508 25.5
Green Robert McCracken 280 14.1
Turnout 1,991 50.4
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Panfield[edit]

Panfield ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Tattersley 522 64.8
Labour David Rice 183 22.7
Green Lynne Maynard 101 12.5
Majority 339 42.1
Turnout 816 47.8
Conservative hold Swing

Rayne[edit]

Rayne ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Banthorpe 652 81.2
Labour Cornelius Coughlan 151 18.8
Majority 501 62.4
Turnout 817 46.8
Conservative hold Swing

Stour Valley North[edit]

Stour Valley North ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julian Swift 686 76.0
Labour Robert Green 217 24.0
Majority 469 52.0
Turnout 915 51.1
Conservative hold Swing

Stour Valley South[edit]

Stour Valley South ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Shelton 711 78.6
Labour Frederick Hearn 194 21.4
Majority 517 57.2
Turnout 936 53.7
Conservative hold Swing

Three Fields[edit]

Three Fields ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Finbow 1,125 71.1
Conservative David Reid 1,029 65.0
Labour Maureen Bennett 343 21.7
Labour Cynthia Woodhouse 298 18.8
Turnout 1,582 50.3
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Upper Colne[edit]

Upper Colne ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Bolton 599 73.3
Labour Peter Long 218 26.7
Majority 381 46.6
Turnout 834 48.6
Conservative hold Swing

Witham Chipping Hill and Central[edit]

Witham Chipping Hill and Central ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sandra Howell 662 44.2
Conservative Michael Lager 652 43.5
Labour Francis MacDonald 396 26.4
Labour Eileen Davidson 382 25.5
Liberal Democrats Barry Fleet 296 19.7
Liberal Democrats Helen Waring 181 12.1
Green Nelson Brunton 176 11.7
Turnout 1,499 41.7
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Witham North[edit]

Witham North ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Evans 613 46.7
Labour Philip Barlow 603 45.9
Conservative Christopher Thompson 422 32.1
Conservative John Cunningham 363 27.6
Green Robert Nicholls 246 18.7
Liberal Democrats Clifford Livermore 158 12.0
Turnout 1,314 38.0
Labour hold
Labour hold

Witham South[edit]

Witham South ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Money 997 46.1
Conservative Corrine Thompson 937 43.3
Conservative John Elliott 930 43.0
Labour Paul Heath 719 33.2
Labour Olatunde Biyi 713 32.9
Labour Alan O'Shea 672 31.0
Green Agnes Wells 352 16.3
Green Stephen Hicks 290 13.4
Liberal Democrats Bernard Dearlove 239 11.0
Turnout 2,165 34.3
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Witham West[edit]

Witham West ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Rose 841 41.4
Conservative Patrick Horner 824 40.6
Conservative Cheryl Louis 736 36.2
Labour Lucy Barlow 697 34.3
Labour Anthony Bennett 649 32.0
Labour Kathleen Tearle 640 31.5
Green Andrew Bunn 362 17.8
Green Philip Hughes 345 17.0
Liberal Democrats James Fleet 231 11.4
Liberal Democrats Pamela Hooper 167 8.2
Turnout 2,031 40.4
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Yeldham[edit]

Yeldham ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iona Parker 426 58.2
Independent Trevor Revell 155 21.2
Labour Richard Green 151 20.6
Majority 271 37.0
Turnout 735 44.9
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections[edit]

Braintree East (March 2012)[edit]

A by-election was called due to the resignation of Cllr David Messer (Conservative).

Braintree East: 15 March 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eric Lynch 554 49.0 +7.1
Conservative Stephen Nimmons 338 29.9 -11.8
UKIP Phil Palij 131 11.6 N/A
Green Wendy Partridge 76 6.7 -9.6
Independent Paul Lemon 32 2.8 N/A
Majority 216 19.1 N/A
Turnout 1,131
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase9.5

Braintree South[edit]

A by-election was called due to the resignation of Cllr Stephen Sandbrook (Conservative).

Braintree South: 15 March 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Green 596 50.2 +16.6
Conservative Abi Olumbori 476 40.1 +3.8
Green Timothy Reeve 116 9.8 -2.7
Majority 120 10.1 N/A
Turnout 1,188
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase6.4

Great Notley and Braintree West[edit]

A by-election was called due to the resignation of Cllr Claire Sandbrook (Conservative).

Great Notley and Braintree West: 15 March 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frankie Ricci 532 54.3 -13.5
Labour Juliet Walton 232 23.7 +4.5
UKIP Gordon Helm 155 15.8 N/A
Green Lynne Maynard 61 6.2 -6.7
Majority 300 30.6 N/A
Turnout 980
Conservative hold Swing Decrease9.0

Braintree East (July 2013)[edit]

A by-election was called due to the death of Cllr Eric Lynch (Labour). Percentage changes compared to the 2012 by-election.

Braintree East: 25 July 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Celia Burne 461 46.6 -2.4
Conservative Jennifer Smith 267 27.0 -2.9
UKIP Philip Palij 194 19.6 +8.0
Green John Malam 67 6.8 +0.1
Majority 194 19.6 +0.5
Turnout 989
Labour hold Swing Increase0.3

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Braintree District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Local Election Results 2011 - Braintree". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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