The2011 South Somerset District Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect all 60 members ofSouth Somerset District Council to a four-year term, the same day as otherlocal elections in the United Kingdom. It was preceded by the2007 election and followed by the2015 election. TheLiberal Democrats held control of the council.[1] The turnout across the council was 49.7%.[2]
| 2011 South Somerset District Council election[2][3][4] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 31 | 51.7 | |||||||
| Conservative | 25 | 41.7 | |||||||
| Independent | 4 | 6.7 | |||||||
| Green | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Labour | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| UKIP | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ros Rodergio* | 717 | 70.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Emily Weeks | 308 | 30.0 | ||
| Majority | 409 | 39.9 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,025 | 51.7 | |||
| Turnout | 53.6 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,984 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Wallace* | 1,421 | |||
| Conservative | Tim Inglefield* | 1,305 | |||
| Independent | David Nichols | 605 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Crabb | 531 | |||
| Labour | Jo Penberthy | 271 | |||
| Turnout | 53.4 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,580 | ||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anna Groskop* | 654 | 57.6 | ||
| Independent | Justin Robinson | 318 | 28.0 | New | |
| Labour | Matthew Hooberman | 163 | 14.4 | New | |
| Majority | 336 | 29.6 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,135 | 58.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,933 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Seib* | 1,123 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Richardson* | 925 | |||
| Conservative | Graham Pritchard | 792 | |||
| Conservative | Veronica Venables | 702 | |||
| Turnout | 37.6 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,468 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Derek Yeomans* | 686 | 66.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ray Warner | 342 | 33.3 | ||
| Majority | 344 | 33.5 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,028 | 55.3 | |||
| Turnout | 56.7 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,860 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mike Lewis* | 953 | 71.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Samuel Crabb | 383 | 28.7 | ||
| Majority | 570 | 42.7 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,336 | 62.5 | |||
| Turnout | 63.6 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,139 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Henry Hobhouse* | 1,448 | |||
| Conservative | Nick Weeks | 1,179 | |||
| Conservative | Janette Cronie | 1,068 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Marilyn Upton | 961 | |||
| Turnout | 57.1 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,535 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Mermagen* | 376 | 46.1 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Amey | 242 | 29.7 | ||
| UKIP | Audrey Spencer | 198 | 24.3 | ||
| Majority | 134 | 16.4 | |||
| Total valid votes | 816 | 39.1 | |||
| Turnout | 39.8 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,088 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Martin Wale* | 443 | 55.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sara Dowell | 363 | 45.0 | ||
| Majority | 80 | 9.9 | |||
| Total valid votes | 806 | 43.5 | |||
| Turnout | 45.0 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,855 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jenny Kenton | 367 | 41.1 | ||
| Independent | Tony Prior | 324 | 36.3 | New | |
| Conservative | Derek Bassett | 160 | 17.9 | ||
| UKIP | Clive Small | 41 | 4.6 | New | |
| Majority | 43 | 4.8 | |||
| Total valid votes | 892 | 44.6 | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 45.8 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,998 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Brennie Halse | 464 | 51.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Garry Shortland | 440 | 48.7 | ||
| Majority | 24 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
| Total valid votes | 904 | 37.1 | |||
| Turnout | 38.2 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,438 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Dave Bulmer* | 696 | 82.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Abdul Bostan | 147 | 17.4 | ||
| Majority | 549 | 65.1 | |||
| Total valid votes | 843 | 41.2 | |||
| Turnout | 41.8 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,047 | ||||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Gina Seaton | 1,153 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Cathy Bakewell | 1,047 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley Boucher* | 1,022 | |||
| Conservative | Fred Monson | 988 | |||
| Green | Peter Bysouth | 359 | |||
| Turnout | 56.2 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,465 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Best* | 1,653 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Dyke | 1,624 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Angie Singleton* | 1,446 | |||
| Conservative | Marcus Barrett | 1,097 | |||
| Conservative | Teresa Bond | 978 | |||
| Conservative | Peter Traves | 833 | |||
| Green | Ben Hartshorn | 543 | |||
| UKIP | Arthur Hamlin | 529 | |||
| UKIP | Nigel Pearson | 418 | |||
| Turnout | 53.4 | ||||
| Registered electors | 6,325 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Terry Mounter | 629 | 53.7 | New | |
| Conservative | Maurice Powell | 543 | 46.3 | ||
| Majority | 86 | 7.3 | N/A | ||
| Total valid votes | 1,172 | 54.9 | |||
| Turnout | 55.6 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,134 | ||||
| Independentgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Maxwell | 613 | 60.5 | ||
| Conservative | Nick Clarke | 401 | 39.5 | ||
| Majority | 212 | 20.9 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,014 | 50.0 | |||
| Turnout | 51.5 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,027 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Seal* | 645 | 56.3 | ||
| Conservative | Ashley Gray | 341 | 29.8 | ||
| Green | Alexander Lawrie | 160 | 14.0 | New | |
| Majority | 304 | 26.5 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,146 | 53.2 | |||
| Turnout | 53.8 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,154 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Carol Goodall | 1,055 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Kim Turner* | 992 | |||
| Conservative | Veronica Horman | 635 | |||
| Conservative | Adam Kennedy | 581 | |||
| Green | Neil Galbraith | 332 | |||
| Labour | Paul Sellers | 243 | |||
| UKIP | Gethyn Jenkins | 241 | |||
| Turnout | 47.5 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,720 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sue Steele* | 833 | 69.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Wescott | 375 | 31.0 | ||
| Majority | 458 | 37.9 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,208 | 53.4 | |||
| Turnout | 55.2 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,261 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Tony Capozzoli* | 780 | 75.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Leah Cross | 260 | 25.0 | New | |
| Majority | 520 | 50.0 | N/A | ||
| Total valid votes | 1,040 | 40.7 | |||
| Turnout | 41.2 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,557 | ||||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Roy Mills* | 444 | 41.3 | ||
| Conservative | Tony Packham | 343 | 31.9 | ||
| Green | Cara Naden | 289 | 26.9 | New | |
| Majority | 101 | 9.4 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,076 | 46.7 | |||
| Turnout | 47.4 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,304 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Middleton | 824 | |||
| Independent | Patrick Palmer* | 805 | |||
| Conservative | David Stoodley | 733 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Bailey | 703 | |||
| Labour | Chris Bragg | 381 | |||
| Independent | Jenny Hulme-Atthis | 251 | |||
| Turnout | 48.7 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,637 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | |||||
| Independenthold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lucinda Wallace* | 532 | 47.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Place | 383 | 34.5 | ||
| Labour | David Lowe | 196 | 17.6 | New | |
| Majority | 149 | 13.4 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,111 | 49.4 | |||
| Turnout | 49.7 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,251 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Linda Vijeh* | 594 | 49.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ray Buckler | 406 | 34.1 | ||
| UKIP | Clive Rust | 190 | 16.0 | New | |
| Majority | 188 | 15.8 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,190 | 58.5 | |||
| Turnout | 59.2 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,033 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rex Calvert* | 785 | 60.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Nye | 316 | 24.3 | ||
| Green | David Taylor | 199 | 15.3 | New | |
| Majority | 469 | 36.1 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,300 | 53.3 | |||
| Turnout | 53.8 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,439 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Pallister* | 623 | 53.8 | ||
| Conservative | Dale Egerton | 535 | 46.2 | ||
| Majority | 88 | 7.6 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,158 | 58.4 | |||
| Turnout | 59.9 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,983 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jo Roundell Greene* | 534 | 57.9 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher le Hardy | 389 | 42.1 | ||
| Majority | 145 | 15.71 | |||
| Total valid votes | 923 | 50.3 | |||
| Turnout | 51.8 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,836 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Thompson | 985 | |||
| Conservative | Barry Walker | 945 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jo Dawson | 827 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Bending | 783 | |||
| Green | Charlotte Revely | 393 | |||
| Turnout | 54.0 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,028 | ||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Turpin* | 508 | 47.1 | ||
| Conservative | Russ Wardell | 431 | 40.0 | ||
| Green | Peter Rosser | 139 | 12.9 | New | |
| Majority | 77 | 7.1 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,078 | 48.8 | |||
| Turnout | 49.3 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,210 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mike Beech | 755 | 65.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Czapiewski | 274 | 23.6 | ||
| Labour | Adrian Carter | 130 | 11.2 | New | |
| Majority | 481 | 41.5 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,159 | 58.1 | |||
| Turnout | 58.8 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,994 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Shane Pledger | 744 | 59.0 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Julia Gadd | 516 | 41.0 | New | |
| Majority | 228 | 18.1 | N/A | ||
| Total valid votes | 1,260 | 55.7 | |||
| Turnout | 57.2 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,262 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Clarke | 1,163 | |||
| Conservative | David Norris | 791 | |||
| Green | Margaret Chambers | 717 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Harrison | 627 | |||
| Turnout | 51.0 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,375 | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromIndependent | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Nick Colbert | 981 | |||
| Conservative | Colin Winder* | 963 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Lock | 566 | |||
| Green | David Carnegie | 283 | |||
| Labour | Tim Daniel | 262 | |||
| Turnout | 43.9 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,132 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sue Osborne | 599 | 53.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Munday* | 280 | 25.2 | ||
| Green | Peter Lansdown | 232 | 20.9 | New | |
| Majority | 319 | 28.7 | N/A | ||
| Total valid votes | 1,111 | 57.1 | |||
| Turnout | 57.8 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,947 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Chainey* | 854 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Gubbins* | 778 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Kendall* | 739 | |||
| Conservative | David Byrne | 485 | |||
| Conservative | Kim Vickers | 477 | |||
| Conservative | Bridget Spender | 458 | |||
| Labour | Terry Lavin | 363 | |||
| Labour | Fred Wood | 312 | |||
| UKIP | Evelyn Boxall | 227 | |||
| Independent | Tom Parsley[a] | 193 | |||
| Independent | Kim Bicknell | 127 | |||
| Independent | Nick Hester | 96 | |||
| Turnout | 35.8 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,613 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Lock* | 801 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Fife* | 690 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Recardo* | 620 | |||
| Labour | Colin Rose | 405 | |||
| Labour | Bill Byrd | 387 | |||
| UKIP | Godfrey Davey | 264 | |||
| Conservative | Paul Bradly | 257 | |||
| Conservative | Christine Bryant | 246 | |||
| UKIP | Jess Thompson-Hughes | 208 | |||
| UKIP | Margaret Thompson-Hughes | 190 | |||
| Independent | Kay Bryan | 98 | |||
| Conservative | Tom Phillips | 73 | |||
| Independent | Simon Hester | 59 | |||
| Turnout | 30.9 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,483 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Greene* | 1,167 | |||
| Conservative | Marcus Fysh | 1,064 | |||
| Conservative | Nigel Gage | 1,036 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Maggie Foot | 1,030 | |||
| Conservative | Bill McNaught | 1,000 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Smith* | 835 | |||
| Labour | Joe Conway | 550 | |||
| Green | Martin Bailey | 370 | |||
| Labour | Murray Shepstone | 363 | |||
| Independent | John Grana | 121 | |||
| Turnout | 43.3 | ||||
| Registered electors | 6,853 | ||||
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| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Martin* | 969 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Wes Read | 959 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Carroll[b] | 811 | |||
| Conservative | Maria MacDonald | 606 | |||
| Conservative | Sabrina Johnston | 590 | |||
| Conservative | Joshua Williams | 544 | |||
| Labour | Rich Rendell | 447 | |||
| Labour | Lee Skevington | 330 | |||
| Green | Katherine Limmer | 315 | |||
| Independent | Phil Holloway | 119 | |||
| Turnout | 38.3 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,623 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jon Gleeson | 1,214 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Lock | 1,135 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Oakes | 1,132 | |||
| Conservative | John Hanson | 852 | |||
| Conservative | Ashley Sterling | 846 | |||
| Conservative | Nick Rousell | 800 | |||
| UKIP | Tony Turner | 495 | |||
| Turnout | 44.7 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,720 | ||||
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