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The2011 Blackpool Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of theunitaryBlackpool Borough Council in England. The whole council was up for election and theLabour Party gained overall control of the council from theConservative Party.[1]
The results saw Blackpool Labour gain 15 seats to take control from the Conservatives.[2] Conservativecouncillors who lost seats included the deputy leader of the party Ian Fowler and thecabinet member for education, Peter Collins.[3] Meanwhile, theLiberal Democrats were reduced to just one councillor, Douglas Green.[3] Overallturnout at the election was 37.41%.[4]
The Conservative leader of the council Peter Callow said the Labour result was "well-earned" and that cuts made by the national government were to blame for the Conservative losses.[2] Meanwhile, the Labour leader Simon Blackburn called the result "very pleasing, but not unexpected".[2]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 27 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 64.3 | 50.2 | 38,828 | +15.8 | |
| Conservative | 14 | 1 | 14 | -13 | 33.3 | 41.4 | 32,024 | -5.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 4,010 | -8.7 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1,511 | +1.5 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 861 | +0.8 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 112 | +0.1 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Tony Williams | 1,202 | 25.49% | +6.18% | |
| Conservative | Paul Galley | 1,107 | 23.47% | +4.95% | |
| Labour | Danny Bradford | 970 | 20.57% | +7.05% | |
| Labour | Rosemary Southern | 883 | 18.72% | +4.49% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jon Bamborough | 318 | 6.74% | −11.37% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gill Jackson | 236 | 5.00% | −11.30% | |
| Turnout | 47.7 | −2.0% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +8.8% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +8.2% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Don Clapham | 1,187 | 30.53% | −1.40% | |
| Conservative | Henry Mitchell | 1,065 | 27.40% | −3.21% | |
| Labour | Kathryn Benson | 743 | 19.11% | +7.05% | |
| Labour | Bob Harrison | 681 | 17.52% | +7.45% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Heyworth | 211 | 5.43% | −1.11% | |
| Turnout | 41.7 | −3.0% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -4.2% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -5.4% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graham Cain | 849 | 32.79% | +16.85% | |
| Labour | Mary Smith | 777 | 30.01% | +12.84% | |
| Conservative | Irene James | 322 | 12.44% | +1.59% | |
| Conservative | Michael Ruane | 282 | 10.89% | +1.52% | |
| UKIP | Hamish Howitt | 159 | 6.14% | −0.46% | |
| UKIP | Len Booth | 146 | 5.64% | +5.64% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Hodkinson | 54 | 2.09% | −16.90% | |
| Turnout | 26.5 | −3.4% | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +7.5% | |||
| Labourgain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | +16.9% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gary Coleman | 1,059 | 31.73% | +4.90% | |
| Labour | Simon Blackburn | 1,049 | 31.43% | +5.31% | |
| Conservative | Timothy Cox | 472 | 14.14% | −6.15% | |
| Conservative | Geoff Hodson | 435 | 13.03% | −5.88% | |
| UKIP | Robert McDowell | 176 | 5.27% | +5.27% | |
| UKIP | Colin Porter | 147 | 4.40% | −3.45% | |
| Turnout | 33.8 | +3.4% | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +5.5% | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +5.6% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ivan Taylor | 1,031 | 34.18% | +7.9% | |
| Labour | Sylvia Taylor | 965 | 32.00% | +8.6% | |
| Conservative | Brian Bell | 450 | 14.92% | −2.7% | |
| Conservative | Ian Benson | 419 | 13.89% | −2.2% | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Charles-Cully | 151 | 5.01% | −4.5% | |
| Turnout | 28.3 | +0.5% | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +5.3% | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +5.4% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joan Greenhalgh | 1,090 | 33.39% | +8.69% | |
| Labour | Adrian Hutton | 911 | 27.91% | +6.23% | |
| Conservative | Joe Best | 567 | 17.37% | −5.73% | |
| Conservative | Marlene Ruane | 475 | 14.55% | −7.13% | |
| Independent | Michael Carr | 221 | 6.77% | −14.91% | |
| Turnout | 34.9 | +0.2% | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +7.2% | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +6.7% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Christine Wright | 861 | 21.6% | +1.9% | |
| Labour | Chris Ryan | 851 | 21.4% | +4.2% | |
| Conservative | Steve Houghton | 816 | 20.5% | −3.3% | |
| Conservative | Angela Brown | 758 | 19.0% | −3.2% | |
| Independent | Julian Mineur | 295 | 7.4% | +7.4% | |
| UKIP | John Bebbington | 258 | 6.5% | +6.5% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Carole Bate | 142 | 3.6% | −1.7% | |
| Turnout | 3,981 | 40.4 | −0.1% | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +2.6% | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +3.2% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Norman Hardy | 1,244 | 34.6% | +12.8% | |
| Labour | Val Haynes | 1,177 | 32.7% | +11.8% | |
| Conservative | Pam Knight | 616 | 17.1% | −1.5% | |
| Conservative | Bev Warren | 563 | 14.4% | −0.9% | |
| Turnout | 3,600 | 35.4 | −0.1% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +7.2% | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +6.4% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lily Henderson | 868 | 23.9% | −4.4% | |
| Labour | Chris Maughan | 849 | 23.3% | +9.2% | |
| Conservative | Susan Fowler | 777 | 21.4% | −6.7% | |
| Labour | James Sorah | 701 | 19.3% | +5.3% | |
| Independent | Robert Mottershead | 345 | 9.5% | +9.5% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Osinski | 99 | 2.7% | −4.0% | |
| Turnout | 3,639 | 38.6 | −5.8% | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -4.9% | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +8.0% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kath Rowson | 1,135 | 27.6% | +3.9% | |
| Labour | Amy Cross | 1,013 | 24.7% | +2.9% | |
| Conservative | Sheila Haskett | 633 | 15.4% | −8.7% | |
| Conservative | Tony Normington | 633 | 15.4% | −7.3% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Steven Bate | 477 | 11.6% | +3.9% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Newman | 215 | 5.2% | +5.2% | |
| Turnout | 4,106 | 42.4 | −1.5% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +5.6% | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +5.8% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Boughton | 1,091 | 28.7% | +7.2% | |
| Labour | Martin Mitchell | 921 | 24.2% | +2.8% | |
| Conservative | Sue Ridyard | 837 | 22.0% | −3.6% | |
| Conservative | Roy Haskett | 817 | 21.5% | −2.1% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Steven Farley | 141 | 3.7% | −4.3% | |
| Turnout | 3,807 | 39.0 | −2.5% | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +5.4% | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +2.5% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jim Houldsworth | 997 | 25.7% | −0.5% | |
| Labour | Debbie Coleman | 984 | 25.4% | +12.7% | |
| Labour | Jim Elmes | 932 | 24.0% | +12.9% | |
| Conservative | David Christy | 816 | 21.0% | −5.3% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Betty Newman | 151 | 3.9% | −0.6% | |
| Turnout | 3,880 | 38.7 | −9.3% | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -6.6% | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +9.0% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Maxine Callow | 1,467 | 31.5% | −6.0% | |
| Conservative | Peter Callow | 1,465 | 31.5% | −5.2% | |
| Labour | Betty Bradford | 886 | 19.0% | +8.7% | |
| Labour | Roy Lewis | 840 | 18.0% | +8.6% | |
| Turnout | 4,658 | 48.0 | −0.2% | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -7.4% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -6.9% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gillian Campbell | 1,084 | 30.3% | +9.2% | |
| Labour | Brian Doherty | 1,083 | 30.3% | +10.2% | |
| Conservative | Peter Collins | 784 | 21.9% | +4.8% | |
| Conservative | Kevin Wilson | 632 | 17.6% | +1.1% | |
| Turnout | 3,583 | 37.3 | +4.8% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +7.0% | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +5.6% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Christian Cox | 821 | 21.1% | +7.4% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Douglas Green | 698 | 17.9% | −10.1% | |
| Conservative | Richard Brodowski | 653 | 16.8% | +2.9% | |
| Labour | Pat Carson | 636 | 16.4% | +9.1% | |
| Labour | Robert Wood | 624 | 16.0% | +10.0% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Close | 457 | 11.8% | −18.4% | |
| Turnout | 3,889 | 40.3 | −5.0% | ||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | +12.9% | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | -6.5% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Evans | 1,082 | 24.6% | −9.3% | |
| Conservative | Andrew Stansfield | 974 | 22.2% | −9.4% | |
| Labour | Pamela Jackson | 943 | 21.5% | +7.1% | |
| Labour | John Jones | 869 | 19.8% | +7.0% | |
| UKIP | Jacqueline Bleeker | 227 | 5.2% | +5.2% | |
| UKIP | Martin Bleeker | 213 | 4.8% | +4.8% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Eric Close | 88 | 2.0% | −5.3% | |
| Turnout | 4,396 | 43.4 | +2.6% | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -8.2% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -8.2% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sarah Riding | 892 | 29.0% | +8.2% | |
| Labour | Mark Smith | 854 | 27.8% | +8.1% | |
| Conservative | Charlie Docherty | 697 | 22.7% | −2.9% | |
| Conservative | Mike Warren | 629 | 20.5% | −4.4% | |
| Turnout | 3,072 | 29.9 | +0.3% | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +5.6% | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +6.3% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Allan Matthews | 1,137 | 31.6% | +9.4% | |
| Labour | Eddie Collett | 1,105 | 30.7% | +9.2% | |
| Conservative | Jim Price | 689 | 19.1% | −4.8% | |
| Conservative | Roger Stansfield | 667 | 18.5% | −4.5% | |
| Turnout | 3,598 | 35.6 | +1.1% | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +7.1% | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | + 6.9% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Fred Jackson | 1,221 | 37.1% | +10.7% | |
| Labour | David Owen | 1,088 | 33.1% | +10.8% | |
| Conservative | Sharon Sanderson-Robert | 519 | 15.8% | −2.0% | |
| Conservative | Pat Francioni | 461 | 14.0% | −3.7% | |
| Turnout | 3,289 | 33.7 | +3.4% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +6.4% | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +7.3% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joyce Delves | 938 | 25.6% | −1.3% | |
| Conservative | Tony Brown | 911 | 24.9% | −1.3% | |
| Labour | Steven Hemingway | 621 | 17.0% | +5.8% | |
| Labour | Doreen Peters | 582 | 15.9% | +5.6% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kevan Benfold | 185 | 5.1% | −3.8% | |
| UKIP | Alex Ewan | 185 | 5.1% | +5.1% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Joleen Rixon | 124 | 3.4% | −5.3% | |
| Green | Philip Mitchell | 112 | 3.1% | +3.1% | |
| Turnout | 3,658 | 37.4 | −3.8% | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -3.6% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -3.5% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David O'Hara | 937 | 27.7% | +7.1% | |
| Conservative | Tony Lee | 793 | 23.5% | −3.9% | |
| Conservative | Ian Fowler | 728 | 21.5% | −5.0% | |
| Labour | Tasurraf Shah | 659 | 19.5% | +2.4% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alma Rollinson | 263 | 7.8% | −0.6% | |
| Turnout | 3,380 | 34.6 | −1.7% | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +5.5% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -3.7% | |||
