# 2011 Scarborough Borough Council election

Elections to Scarborough Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011. The whole council was up for election.

## Election result

Scarborough Local Election Result 2011 :
* Party
* Conservative
* Independent
* Liberal Democrats
* Labour
* Green
* Liberal
* National Front

## Ward results

Castle (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Janet Jefferson* | 778 | 69.9 | +3.9 |
| | Labour | Colin Challen | 433 | 38.9 | +13.0 |
| | Conservative | Ros Fox* | 306 | 27.5 | −2.3 |
| | Conservative | Mark Chamberlain | 167 | 15.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,113 | 33 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Cayton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Blackburn* | 862 | 53.0 | −15.4 |
| | Independent | Simon Green | 652 | 40.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Roberta Swiers | 620 | 38.2 | −17.1 |
| | Labour | James Brace | 359 | 22.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barry Pearson | 175 | 10.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,625 | 46 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Billing* | 350 | 39.0 | +7.5 |
| | Labour | Eric Broadbent* | 304 | 33.9 | +4.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Short | 267 | 29.7 | +2.9 |
| | Independent | Christine Mark | 161 | 17.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Alan Baud | 155 | 17.3 | −3.1 |
| | Independent | Garry Unsworth | 128 | 14.3 | N/A |
| | Green | Christopher Phillips | 111 | 12.4 | −4.6 |
| | National Front | Trisha Scott | 56 | 6.2 | −8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 898 | 26 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Danby (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Herbert Tindall* | 632 | 71.7 | +71.7 |
| | Labour | Janet Peake | 249 | 28.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 893 | 50 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Derwent Valley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Jeffels* | 1,072 | 58.4 | +6.1 |
| | Independent | Michael Jay-Hanmer* | 817 | 44.5 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative | Heather Phillips | 621 | 33.8 | −9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Lockwood | 411 | 22.4 | +5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,837 | 50 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Eastfield (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Simpson* | 468 | 48.6 | −13.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Evans* | 358 | 37.2 | −10.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Johan Zegstroo* | 356 | 37.0 | −34.5 |
| | Labour | John White | 272 | 28.2 | +7.0 |
| | Labour | Tracey White | 260 | 27.0 | +7.1 |
| | Labour | John Warburton | 240 | 24.9 | N/A |
| | Independent | Carole Gerada | 107 | 11.1 | N/A |
| | Independent | Gavin Barker | 97 | 10.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Michael Kelly | 91 | 9.4 | −5.3 |
| | Conservative | Deborah Fox | 81 | 8.4 | −3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 963 | 24 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Esk Valley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tim Lawn* | 1,183 | 67.3 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative | James Preston* | 928 | 52.8 | −1.2 |
| | Independent | Brian Crinion | 417 | 23.7 | +4.3 |
| | Labour | Dalton Peake | 379 | 21.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,757 | 50 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Falsgrave Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Patricia Marsburg* | 480 | 39.5 | −5.5 |
| | Labour | John Ritchie | 464 | 38.2 | −6.8 |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Kelly | 247 | 20.3 | −5.1 |
| | Green | David Malone | 212 | 17.4 | −3.4 |
| | Independent | Stuart Swan | 189 | 15.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Riley* | 147 | 12.1 | −17.0 |
| | Independent | Andy Ellis | 113 | 9.3 | −8.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,215 | 33 | |
| | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Filey (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Mike Cockerill* | 1,281 | 65.9 | +13.1 |
| | Independent | Sam Cross* | 1,078 | 55.5 | +13.0 |
| | Conservative | Colin Haddington* | 1,015 | 52.2 | +8.0 |
| | Independent | Keith Wood | 396 | 20.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,943 | 36 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Fylingdales (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jane Mortimer* | 561 | 71.6 | +5.7 |
| | Labour | Judith Dennett | 223 | 28.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 795 | 46 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hertford (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Nick Harvey* | 1,192 | 66.9 | +34.1 |
| | Conservative | Godfrey Allanson* | 902 | 50.6 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | Melissa MacDonald | 444 | 24.9 | −20.9 |
| | Labour | Andrew Sharp | 287 | 16.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,781 | 44 | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Lindhead (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Backhouse* | 699 | 77.3 | +13.1 |
| | Labour | Joanne Watson | 107 | 11.8 | N/A |
| | Independent | Debby McDonald | 98 | 10.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 914 | 49 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Mayfield (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jane Kenyon* | 735 | 50.7 | +50.7 |
| | Conservative | David Chance | 602 | 41.5 | +41.5 |
| | Labour | Ellie Whitehead | 569 | 39.2 | N/A |
| | Green | Tricia Griffin | 310 | 21.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,451 | 39 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Mulgrave (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Marie Harland* | 701 | 58.9 | +14.1 |
| | Independent | John Armsby* | 628 | 52.7 | −1.4 |
| | Labour | Diane Jeuda | 287 | 24.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,191 | 42 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Newby (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Mick Cooper | 842 | 36.8 | N/A |
| | Independent | Brian Watson* | 841 | 36.8 | −15.8 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Jenkinson | 720 | 31.5 | −2.3 |
| | Conservative | Hazel Lynskey* | 696 | 30.4 | −7.8 |
| | Independent | Cecil Ridley* | 676 | 29.6 | −13.3 |
| | Conservative | Susan Backhouse | 638 | 27.9 | N/A |
| | Labour | Paul McLean | 516 | 22.6 | −2.0 |
| | Green | Amanda Nunns | 328 | 14.3 | −3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Liz Black | 288 | 12.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,286 | 44 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
North Bay (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Subash Sharma | 375 | 32.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Martin Smith | 346 | 30.1 | −7.0 |
| | Independent | Bonnie Purchon* | 323 | 28.1 | −13.0 |
| | Independent | Guy Smith* | 291 | 25.3 | −13.6 |
| | Conservative | Teddy Sulman | 253 | 22.0 | −8.3 |
| | Green | Norman Oldham | 144 | 12.5 | −10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bill Black | 109 | 9.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,148 | 33 | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Northstead (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Peter Popple* | 590 | 46.9 | −14.5 |
| | Independent | Norman Murphy* | 445 | 35.3 | −7.9 |
| | Labour | Carl Maw | 429 | 34.1 | +13.9 |
| | Conservative | Angela Micklethwaite-Morris | 253 | 20.1 | −6.5 |
| | Conservative | Peter Toolan | 251 | 19.9 | N/A |
| | Green | Kate White | 138 | 11.0 | −9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alix Bartlett-Cook | 94 | 7.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,259 | 40 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Ramshill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Amanda Robinson | 368 | 32.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Nick Brown | 350 | 31.3 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative | Stuart Walker | 323 | 28.9 | −1.3 |
| | Labour | Thomas Creasey | 301 | 26.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Svetlana Rodgers* | 260 | 23.2 | −10.9 |
| | Green | Mark Vesey | 232 | 20.7 | −5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,119 | 34 | |
| | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Scalby, Hackness and Staintondale (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Derek Bastiman* | 1,097 | 59.9 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | John Flinton* | 931 | 50.8 | +3.5 |
| | Independent | Richard Thompson | 467 | 25.5 | N/A |
| | Green | Geoffrey Marsden-Jones | 343 | 18.7 | +3.4 |
| | Liberal | Magnus Johnson | 335 | 18.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,831 | 54 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Seamer (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Helen Mallory* | 662 | 42.7 | −2.1 |
| | Independent | Roxanne Murphy | 525 | 33.8 | −6.0 |
| | Conservative | Thomas McGrory | 478 | 30.8 | −11.1 |
| | Independent | David Raine | 387 | 25.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bob Jackman | 294 | 19.0 | −7.7 |
| | Green | Mick Cutler | 215 | 13.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,551 | 42 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Stepney (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Dilys Cluer* | 473 | 33.4 | −3.3 |
| | Conservative | Lynn Bastiman | 399 | 28.2 | +4.1 |
| | Independent | Kevin Allen | 375 | 26.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | Michelle Andrew | 298 | 21.0 | +5.2 |
| | Green | Robert Nicholls | 259 | 18.3 | −33.2 |
| | Independent | Tony Snow | 222 | 15.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | Edna Oxley | 207 | 14.6 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gareth Franks | 138 | 9.7 | −8.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,416 | 41 | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Green | Conservative gain from Green | Swing | | |
Streonshalh (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sandra Turner* | 394 | 38.3 | +8.2 |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Clegg* | 335 | 32.5 | −18.5 |
| | Labour | Noreen Wilson | 302 | 29.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | Simon Parkes | 277 | 26.9 | N/A |
| | Independent | Ian Havelock | 200 | 19.4 | N/A |
| | Independent | Kenneth Graham | 170 | 16.5 | N/A |
| | Independent | John Dickinson | 145 | 14.1 | N/A |
| | Independent | Richard Ineson | 53 | 5.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,030 | 29 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Weaponness (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Penny Marsden* | 774 | 52.5 | −3.5 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Fox* | 747 | 50.7 | +7.3 |
| | Independent | John Bradley | 335 | 22.7 | N/A |
| | Independent | Sean Hunter | 332 | 22.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | Colin Barnes | 260 | 17.7 | N/A |
| | Green | Judy Deans | 201 | 13.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,473 | 49 | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Whitby West Cliff (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Joseph Plant* | 648 | 50.2 | −14.4 |
| | Conservative | Alf Abbott | 512 | 39.7 | −3.4 |
| | Independent | Mike Ward* | 321 | 24.9 | −20.6 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Wilson | 289 | 22.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | Gerald Dennett | 265 | 20.5 | N/A |
| | Green | Wynne Jones | 172 | 13.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,290 | 40 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Woodlands (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | William Chatt* | 522 | 43.6 | −7.1 |
| | Labour | Steve Bairstow | 519 | 43.4 | +4.8 |
| | Independent | Phil McDonald* | 312 | 26.1 | −12.5 |
| | Conservative | Josephine O'Leary | 241 | 20.1 | −5.3 |
| | Conservative | Peter Southward | 209 | 17.5 | N/A |
| | Green | Sarah Priestley | 114 | 9.5 | −9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Leak | 97 | 8.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,197 | 36 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |