# 2011 Coventry City Council election

Elections for Coventry City Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2011. As the council is elected by thirds, one seat in each of the wards was up for election. The vote took place alongside the 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum.
Labour took five seats (Bablake, Sherbourne, Westwood, Whoberley, and Woodlands) from the Conservatives, and retained control of the council with an increased majority, holding 35 out of 54 seats.
During the election count, a box of ballot papers for Cheylesmore ward was misplaced. Before they were discovered, Councillor Kevin Foster was about to concede that he had lost his seat, although after the additional votes were counted he had retained it.

## Election result

Coventry City Council Election, 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 15 | +5 | 0 | +5 | 83.33% | 54.60% | 45,537 | +12.31% |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | -5 | -5 | 16.67% | 26.50% | 22,104 | -2.01% |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.18% | 4,320 | -12.52% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.94% | 4,121 | +3.61% |
| Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.69% | 3,081 | +0.61% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.65% | 3,045 | -0.93% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.85% | 708 | +0.18% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.58% | 484 | -1.14% |

## Council composition

The composition of the council before and after the election can be found in the following table:
| Party | Party | Previous council | Staying councillors | Seats up for election | Election result | New council |
| | Labour | 30 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 35 |
| | Conservative | 22 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| | Socialist Alternative | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 54 | 36 | 18 | 18 | 54 |

## Ward results

Bablake Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Edwin Kershaw | 2687 | 48.85% | +16.6% |
| | Conservative | Laura Frances Dodd | 1873 | 34.05% | −0.6% |
| | Green | Walter William Milner | 233 | 4.24% | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Simpson | 231 | 4.20% | −13.1% |
| | BNP | Philip Mark Jones | 208 | 3.78% | −2.4% |
| | Socialist Alternative | Hannah Grace Seaman | 45 | 0.82% | −0.5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 814 | 14.8% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5500 | 42.65% | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Note: the Green Party candidate stood in this ward as an independent at the last election, so it could be argued that he had a swing of -4.2%
Binley and Willenhall Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ram Lakha | 2436 | 58.36% | +11.8% |
| | Conservative | Jonathan George Smith | 970 | 23.24% | −0.4% |
| | UKIP | Colin Aldous Stubbs | 329 | 7.88% | +1.5% |
| | BNP | Dave Clarke | 207 | 4.96% | −0.6% |
| | Green | Steven Adams | 123 | 2.95% | +1.2% |
| | Socialist Alternative | Lindsay Margaret Currie | 79 | 1.89% | +0.5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1466 | 35.12% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4174 | 33.16% | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Cheylesmore Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kevin John Foster | 2493 | 48.19 | +11.69 |
| | Labour | Alison Gingell | 2188 | 42.30 | +4.5 |
| | Green | John Verdult | 331 | 6.40 | +2.3 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Judy Griffiths | 161 | 3.11 | −0.09 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 305 | 5.90 | +4.59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5173 | 41.96 | −23.84 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Earlsdon Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth John Taylor | 2596 | 43.08 | +7.08 |
| | Labour | John Fletcher | 2482 | 41.19 | +7.39 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Greg Paul Judge | 469 | 7.78 | −15.92 |
| | Green | Scott Redding | 343 | 5.69 | +1.09 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Thomas Allan House | 136 | 2.26 | +0.36 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 114 | 1.89 | −0.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6026 | 48.76 | −23.84 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Foleshill Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Abdul Salam Khan | 3184 | 66.90% | +11.2 |
| | Conservative | Shabbir Ahmed | 1124 | 23.62% | −6.58 |
| | Green | Gavin Collins | 133 | 2.79% | N/A |
| | BNP | Berry Booton | 125 | 2.63% | −0.37 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Scott Martin Tallis | 116 | 2.44% | −4.66 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Jim Hensman | 77 | 1.62% | +0.02 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2060 | 43.29 | +36.45 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4759 | 39.35% | −0.49 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Henley Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lynette Catherine Kelly | 2409 | 57.36% | +15.76 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian David Patton | 1170 | 27.86% | +0.76 |
| | BNP | Leisel Dawn Wagstaff | 337 | 8.02% | −4.6 |
| | Green | George Robinson | 171 | 4.07% | N/A |
| | Socialist Alternative | Josie Kenny | 113 | 2.69% | +0.59 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1239 | 29.50% | +15.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4281 | 32.18% | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -23.82 | |
Note: The Conservative Party candidate for Henley, Steven Henry Charles Keough, withdrew his nomination.
Holbrook Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joe Clifford | 2793 | 65.43% | +13.43 |
| | Conservative | Charles Cox | 897 | 21.01% | +2.81 |
| | BNP | John Hurren | 252 | 5.90% | −0.8 |
| | Green | Danny Foulstone | 243 | 5.69% | +3.79 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Richard Marcus Charles Groves | 57 | 1.34% | −0.16 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1896 | 44.41% | +22.57 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4269 | 34.4% | −24.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Longford Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Linda Joyce Bigham | 3036 | 72.53% |
| | Conservative | Will Jones | 602 | 14.38% |
| | BNP | Keith Oxford | 253 | 6.04% |
| | Green | John Edward Griffiths | 165 | 3.94% |
| | Socialist Alternative | James Daryl Edgar | 101 | 2.41% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2434 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4186 | 31.4% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Lower Stoke Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Douglas McNicholas | 2608 | 57.19% |
| | Conservative | Nick Williams | 1018 | 22.32% |
| | Green | Laura Vesty | 353 | 7.74% |
| | Socialist Alternative | Robert McArdle | 291 | 6.38% |
| | BNP | Mary Jane Nicholls | 261 | 5.72% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1590 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4560 | 34.7% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Radford Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Tony Skipper | 2607 | 64.87% |
| | Conservative | Gareth Fowler | 699 | 17.39% |
| | Green | Stephen Gray | 226 | 5.62% |
| | BNP | Hunter Helmsley | 205 | 5.10% |
| | Independent | John Joseph Ryan | 159 | 3.96% |
| | Socialist Alternative | Glen Watson | 94 | 2.34% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1908 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4019 | 29.95% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Sherbourne Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Damian Gannon | 2606 | 55.17% |
| | Conservative | Jane Marie Williams | 1281 | 27.12% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jamie Simpson | 281 | 5.95% |
| | Green | Justin Timothy Wood | 220 | 4.66% |
| | BNP | Frank Thomas Bates | 195 | 4.13% |
| | Socialist Alternative | Jason Arnold Toynbee | 117 | 2.48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1325 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4724 | 37.65% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
St. Michael's Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jim O'Boyle | 2419 | 58.07% |
| | Socialist Alternative | Rob Windsor | 1263 | 30.32% |
| | Conservative | Dial Masih | 434 | 10.42% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1156 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4166 | 26.67% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Upper Stoke Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Colleen Margaret Fletcher | 2536 | 58.69% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Stephen Benefield | 799 | 18.49% |
| | Conservative | Denise Beech | 508 | 11.76% |
| | BNP | Darren Thomas | 193 | 4.47% |
| | Green | John Halpin | 159 | 3.68% |
| | Socialist Alternative | Paul Stephen Smith | 95 | 2.20% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1737 | 40.20% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4321 | 33% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Wainbody Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Tim Sawdon | 2452 | 43.58% |
| | Labour | Sundeep Singh | 1909 | 33.93% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Napier Penlington | 410 | 7.29% |
| | Green | Rachel Adshead | 393 | 6.99% |
| | UKIP | Mark Taylor | 379 | 6.74% |
| | Socialist Alternative | Daniel Crowter | 83 | 1.48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 543 | 9.65% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5626 | 45% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Westwood Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Richard Sandy | 2184 | 46.88% |
| | Conservative | Nigel Charles Lee | 1793 | 38.48% |
| | Green | Merle Gering | 291 | 6.25% |
| | BNP | Mark Badrick | 256 | 5.49% |
| | Socialist Alternative | James Richard Donnelly | 95 | 2.04% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 391 | 8.39% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4659 | 36.00% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Whoberley Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dan Howells | 2561 | 50.45 | +15.46% |
| | Conservative | Ken Charley | 1392 | 27.42 | −1.82% |
| | Green | Jo Rathbone | 330 | 6.50 | +4.70% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Rees Lewis | 295 | 5.81 | −15.82% |
| | BNP | Tom Gower | 270 | 5.32 | +0.44% |
| | Independent | Martyn Warwick Richards | 119 | 2.34 | n/a |
| | Socialist Alternative | Teresa Chalcroft | 109 | 2.15 | −0.49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1169 | 23.03 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5076 | 40.9 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Woodlands Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Patricia Hetherton | 2286 | 42.96 | +7.03% |
| | Conservative | Christian Michael Cliffe | 1972 | 37.06 | +0.89% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Bridget Basu | 549 | 10.32 | −7.27% |
| | BNP | David John White | 283 | 5.32 | −1.72% |
| | Green | Dan Gower | 187 | 3.51 | +1.40% |
| | Socialist Alternative | Lenny Shail | 44 | 0.83 | −0.32% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 318 | 5.90 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5321 | 40.9 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Wyken Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hazel Jean Sweet | 2606 | 53.40 | +7.03% |
| | Conservative | Jaswant Singh Birdi | 1727 | 35.39 | +3.58% |
| | Green | Cathy Wattebot | 220 | 4.51 | n/a |
| | Independent | Adrian Roll | 206 | 4.22 | n/a |
| | Socialist Alternative | Jodie Michelle Hannis | 121 | 2.48 | −0.90% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 879 | 18.01 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4880 | 38.6 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |