2011 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election

The 2011 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of East Riding of Yorkshire Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across the country. All 67 seats were contested. The Conservatives retained control of the council, surpassing the 34-seat majority threshold with 53 seats, up 6 from the last election.

2011 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election

5 May 2011
All 67 seats to East Riding of Yorkshire Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 47, 70.1% 3, 4.5% 12, 18.0% Seats won 53 6 3 Seat change 6 3 9 Popular vote 47,426 26,349 17,451 Percentage 40.2% 22.3% 14.8% Swing 0.7% 8.8% 13.1%   Party Independent East Yorkshire Independents SDP Last election 4, 6.0% 0, 0.0% 1, 1.5% Seats won 3 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 13,900 6,696 1,167 Percentage 11.8% 5.7% 1.0% Swing 0.8% 5.7% 0.9%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Election result

2011 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election result[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	53	7	1	+6	79.1	40.2	47,426	–0.7%
	Labour	6	4	1	+3	9.0	22.3	26,349	+8.8%
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	9	–9	4.5	14.8	17,451	–13.1%
	Independent	3	0	1	–1	4.5	11.8	13,900	+0.8%
	East Yorkshire Independents	1	1	0	+1	1.5	5.7	6,696	+5.7%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.8	3,301	+1.1%
	SDP	1	0	0	0	1.5	1.0	1,167	–0.9%
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	1,164	+0.4%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	539	+0.5%

Ward results

Beverley Rural

Beverley Rural (3 seats)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phyllis Pollard	2,767	39.2	–26.2
	Conservative	Bradley Birmingham	2,714
	Conservative	Stephen Parnaby	2,714
	Independent	Penelope Peacock	1,842	26.1	+26.1
	Labour	Angela Hancock	1,367	19.4	+5.1
	Labour	James Pybus	1,153
	Liberal Democrats	Judyth Jones	1,085	15.4	–4.9
Total votes			13,642
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridlington Central and Old Town

Bridlington Central and Old Town (2 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	Raymond Allerston	1,167	37.6	+0.5
	Conservative	Richard Burton	903	29.1	+3.2
	Labour	Liam Dealtry	864	27.8	+16.9
	Conservative	John Copsey	685
	Labour	Peter Astell	644
	SDP	Jackie Foster	497
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Chambers	173	5.6	–5.9
Total votes			4,933
	SDP hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridlington North

Bridlington North (3 seats)[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Harrap	2,713	67.4	+25.9
	Conservative	Chris Matthews	2,449
	Conservative	John Wilkinson	2,161
	Labour	Elliot Sparks	1,313	32.6	+18.5
	Labour	George McManus	1,085
	Labour	Cherry Walton	990
Total votes			10,711
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridlington South

Bridlington South (3 seats)[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Chadwick	1,235	31.6	+0.6
	Labour	Shelagh Finlay	1,216	31.1	+9.1
	Conservative	Chad Chadwick	1,175
	Labour	Dave Grange	1,083
	Labour	Danny Marten	886
	Conservative	Geoff Pickering	831
	Independent	Cyril Marsburg	573	14.7	+14.7
	UKIP	Malcolm Milns	539	13.8	+13.8
	UKIP	Thelma Milns	419
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Chambers	347	8.9	–2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Heslop-Mullens	275
Total votes			7,538
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cottingham North

Cottingham North (2 seats)[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ros Jump	1,665	54.7	+5.7
	Conservative	Geraldine Mathieson	1,462
	Labour	Mick Armitage	774	25.4	+15.7
	Labour	Richard Bridge	740
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Cooper	605	19.9	–12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Weighill	596
Total votes			5,842
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cottingham South

Cottingham South (2 seats)[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Green	1,237	38.8	–1.7
	Conservative	Lena Slater	1,127
	Liberal Democrats	Win Knight	1,117	35.0	–12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Katrin McClure	1,031
	Labour	Sam Kind	837	26.2	+13.7
	Labour	Julia Marten	786
Total votes			6,135
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Dale

Dale (3 seats)[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rita Hudson	3,315	44.4	–11.3
	Conservative	Tony Galbraith	2,925
	Conservative	Patricia Smith	2,603
	Independent	Coleen Gill	2,046	27.4	+27.4
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Kay	1,084	14.5	–24.9
	Labour	Anthony Bridge	1,013	13.6	+8.7
	Labour	Christopher Howarth	934
	Labour	Louise Turner	888
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Davison	646
	Liberal Democrats	David Luckraft	566
Total votes			6,135
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Driffield and Rural

Driffield and Rural (3 seats)[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Symon Fraser	1,993	42.1	–12.6
	Conservative	Barbara Hall	1,980
	Conservative	Felicity Temple	1,931
	East Yorkshire Independents	Stephen Poessl	1,155	24.4	+24.4
	Labour	Joyce Fletcher	1,048	22.2	+2.4
	Labour	Granville Credland	922
	Labour	Paul Rounding	870
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Gorski	535	11.3	–14.3
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Ormerod	466
Total votes			10,900
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Wolds and Coastal

East Wolds and Coastal (3 seats)[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Evison	2,769	54.6	+3.9
	Conservative	Jonathan Owen	2,595
	Conservative	Margaret Chapman	2,511
	Green	Michael Jackson	949	18.7	+4.4
	Labour	Elizabeth Whitfield	883	17.4	+7.5
	Labour	Gillian Boatman	778
	Labour	Daniel Young	609
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Ormerod	470	9.3	–2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Grace Gorski	431
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Boland	418
Total votes			12,413
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Goole North

Goole North (2 seats)[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Moore	1,090	30.9	+5.0
	East Yorkshire Independents	Josephine Head	1,072	30.4	+30.4
	Labour	William Frost	805
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Kitchen	745	21.1	–22.5
	Independent	Mavis Vines	620	17.6	+17.6
Total votes			4,332
	Labour hold		Swing
	East Yorkshire Independents gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Goole South

Goole South (2 seats)[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Boatman	907	37.2	+5.1
	Labour	Patricia O'Neil	871
	East Yorkshire Independents	Kevin Flynn	569	23.3	+23.3
	Conservative	Kenneth Hammond	528	21.6	+6.1
	Independent	Christoph Rick	435	17.8	–3.4
Total votes			3,310
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Hessle

Hessle (3 seats)[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Jefferies	1,471	34.3	–25.8
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Davison	1,459
	Labour	Paul Hogan	1,335	31.1	+15.9
	Labour	Robin Bettison	1,334
	Liberal Democrats	David Prattley	1,269
	Labour	Joseph Key	1,257
	Conservative	Howard Jennings	893	20.8	–3.9
	Conservative	John Wilding	793
	Conservative	Matthew Leonard	673
	English Democrat	Victoria Carter	367	8.6	+8.6
	English Democrat	Peter Mawer	333
	English Democrat	Michael Burton	291
	Independent	Simon Pickering	220	5.1	+5.1
Total votes			11,695
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Howden

Howden (1 seat)[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlie Bayram	750	43.4	–14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ingrid Haywood	689	39.9	+2.8
	Labour	Paul Ablett	288	16.7	+12.0
Total votes			1,727
	Conservative hold		Swing

Howdenshire

Howdenshire (3 seats)[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Robinson	2,640	45.4	–3.5
	Conservative	Doreen Engall	2,347
	Conservative	Nicholas Evans	2,212
	Independent	Bernard Darley	1,013	17.4	–3.2
	East Yorkshire Independents	Christopher Worrall	925	15.9	+15.9
	Labour	Matthew Gibson	815	14.0	+7.3
	Labour	Mike Whitley	811
	Labour	Rachael Bell	754
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Hunter	421	7.2	–16.6
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Braithwaite	386
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Wood	353
	Independent	Geofrey Harrison	326
Total votes			13,003
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mid Holderness

Mid Holderness (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Grove	2,331	49.0	–6.1
	Conservative	Peter Turner	2,255
	Conservative	Brian Skow	1,910
	Labour	Judy Dickinson	1,513	31.8	+19.1
	Labour	Jan Davis	1,471
	Labour	Trevor Whatmore	1,174
	Liberal Democrats	John Leeman	910	19.1	–16.9
Total votes			11,564
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Minster and Woodmansey

Minster and Woodmansey (3 seats)[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Elvidge	2,075	33.2	+0.2
	Conservative	Kerri Harold	2,064
	Conservative	Dominic Peacock	1,764
	Labour	James Whitfield	1,733	27.8	–3.6
	Labour	David Sweet	1,559
	Labour	Paul McGrath	1,552
	Green	Shan Oakes	889	14.2	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Bessie Foot	857	13.7	–8.9
	Independent	Beate Willar	689	11.0	+11.0
Total votes			13,182
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

North Holderness

North Holderness (2 seats)[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Barbara Jefferson	1,911	50.9	+7.4
	Independent	John Whittle	1,415
	Conservative	Carl Milson	1,248	33.3	+10.9
	Labour	John Youle	592	15.8	+7.3
	Labour	Ken Thorley	505
Total votes			5,671
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Pocklington Provincial

Pocklington Provincial (3 seats)[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kay West	2,228	39.6	–1.0
	Conservative	Stephen Lane	2,186
	Conservative	Claude Mole	1,933
	East Yorkshire Independents	Jeff Shepherd	1,698	30.2	+30.2
	East Yorkshire Independents	Richard Bryon	1,623
	East Yorkshire Independents	Tony Marron	1,356
	Labour	Cynthia Collier	940	16.7	+3.5
	Labour	Michael Harrison	766
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Taylor	754	13.4	–2.2
	Labour	Stephen Harrison	678
Total votes			14,162
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Snaith, Airmyn, Rawcliffe and Marshland

Snaith, Airmyn, Rawcliffe and Marshland (2 seats)[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Barrett	1,886	66.2	+21.6
	Conservative	Caroline Fox	1,825
	Labour	Ian Blackburn	962	33.8	–0.4
	Labour	Bryan Dicker	951
Total votes			5,624
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South East Holderness

South East Holderness (3 seats)[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Stead	1,791	39.0	–2.7
	Conservative	Arthur Hodgson	1,534
	Conservative	Jackie Cracknell	1,482
	Independent	John Windas	1,281	27.9	+1.6
	Labour	Dave Beech	951	20.7	+8.2
	Labour	Patricia Beech	920
	Labour	Jed Lee	892
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Cloke	569	12.4	–7.1
	Independent	Chuck Hunter	560
	Independent	Neil Whitelam	543
	Independent	Patrick Spicer	465
	Independent	Thomas Fisher	255
Total votes			11,243
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Hunsley

South Hunsley (2 seats)[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Abraham	2,688	71.0	–0.3
	Conservative	Helen Gilmour	2,441
	Labour	Alex MacFarlane	631	16.7	+9.4
	Labour	Gillian Sheard	576
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandra Eagle	468	12.4	–9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Jones	386
Total votes			7,190
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South West Holderness

South West Holderness (3 seats)[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Dennis	1,846	35.8	+13.9
	Conservative	Mike Bryan	1,723
	Independent	Ann Suggit	1,529	29.6	–1.6
	Labour	Brian Stockdale	1,130	21.9	+12.3
	Labour	Carol Williams	1,025
	Labour	Neil Watts	916
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Sloan	656	12.7	–24.6
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Selkirk	619
	Independent	Adam Lonsdale	568
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Wilson	507
Total votes			10,519
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

St Mary's

St Mary's (3 seats)[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Pearson	2,416	30.1	+3.92
	Conservative	Elaine Aird	2,362
	Conservative	Irene Charis	1,785
	Independent	Kathleen Gray	1,741	21.7	–3.3
	Labour	Stuart Pearce	1,486	18.5	+7.2
	Labour	Jack Falkingham	1,458
	Liberal Democrats	John Bird	1,436	17.9	–10.5
	Labour	Margaret Pinder	1,399
	Green	Bill Rigby	947	11.8	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Horsley	870
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Bant	808
Total votes			16,708
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Tranby

Tranby (2 seats)[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary-Rose Hardy	1,093	33.7	–19.1
	Labour	Josh Newlove	1,077	33.2	+26.5
	Labour	Daniel Palmer	1,058
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Kingston	1,046
	Conservative	Stephen Kersey	683	21.0	+0.7
	Conservative	Vanessa Walker	581
	English Democrat	Michael Cassidy	394	12.1	–8.1
	English Democrat	Peter Asquith-Cowen	367
Total votes			6,299
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Willerby and Kirk Ella

Willerby and Kirk Ella (3 seats)[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Ibson	2,300	46.2	–5.2
	Conservative	Shaun Horton	2,163
	Conservative	Michael Whitehead	2,039
	Liberal Democrats	Fred Smith	1,476	29.6	–14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Carden	1,443
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Lawson	1,324
	Labour	Roger Coates	801	16.1	+11.0
	Labour	Alan Sheard	705
	Labour	John Marten	682
	English Democrat	Graham Robinson	403	8.1	+8.1
	English Democrat	Joanne Robinson	387
	English Democrat	John Ottaway	318
Total votes			14,041
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wolds Weighton

Wolds Weighton (3 seats)[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Rudd	2,526	45.2	–7.5
	Conservative	Andy Burton	2,288
	Conservative	Dee Sharpe	2,093
	East Yorkshire Independents	Nigel Chicken	1,277	22.8	+22.8
	East Yorkshire Independents	Peter Hemmerman	1,146
	East Yorkshire Independents	Malcolm Lindley	897
	Labour	Martha Hanson	783	14.0	–0.3
	Labour	Kim Peake	740
	Labour	Douglas Hope	724
	Green	Mark Maloney	516	9.2	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Dale Needham	490	8.8	–4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Allsopp	489
Total votes			13,969
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

General

• For infobox election figures: "Local election results 2011: East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  "Local election results 2007: East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

Specific

1. "Local election results 2011: East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
   "Local election results 2007: East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
2. "Beverley Rural ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
3. "Bridlington Central and Old Town ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
4. "Bridlington North ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
5. "Bridlington South ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
6. "Cottingham North ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
7. "Cottingham South ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
8. "Dale ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
9. "Driffield and Rural ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
10. "East Wolds and Coastal ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
11. "Goole North ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
12. "Goole South ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
13. "Hessle ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
14. "Howden ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
15. "Howdenshire ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
16. "Mid Holderness ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
17. "Minster and Woodmansey ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
18. "North Holderness ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
19. "Pocklington Provincial ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
20. "Snaith, Airmyn, Rawcliffe and Marshland ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
21. "South East Holderness ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
22. "South Hunsley ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
23. "South West Holderness ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
24. "St Mary's ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
25. "Tranby ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
26. "Willerby and Kirk Ella ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
27. "Wolds Weighton ward – East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 4 May 2019.