# 2011 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2011 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England, as part of the 2011 United Kingdom local elections. 24 seats were up for election, and the results saw the Conservatives hold on to a slightly reduced majority of 15.

## Election results

Northampton Local Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 12 | 50.0 | 40.4 | 37,395 |
| Conservative | 12 | 50.0 | 40.1 | 37,173 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 7,879 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 5,481 |
| Green | 0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 3,837 |
| BNP | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 364 |
| National Front | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 308 |
| Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 205 |

## Results by ward

Amblecote :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Pat Martin | 1,681 | 45.0 |
| | Labour | John Martin | 1,364 | 36.5 |
| | UKIP | Pete Lee | 446 | 11.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vera Johnson | 227 | 6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 338 | 12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,734 | 35.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Belle Vale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Bob James | 1,931 | 47.7 |
| | Labour | Donella Russell | 1,688 | 41.7 |
| | Green | Dennis Neville | 403 | 9.96 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 243 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,048 | 39.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Brierley Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Rachel Harris | 1,503 | 50.0 |
| | Conservative | Dan Horrocks | 742 | 24.7 |
| | UKIP | Annmarie May | 273 | 9.1 |
| | BNP | Simon Foxall | 185 | 6.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Beasley | 160 | 5.3 |
| | Green | Gordon Elcock | 131 | 4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 338 | 12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,734 | 35.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Brockmoor & Pensnett :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Karen Jordan | 1,474 | 54.8 |
| | Conservative | Sue Ridley | 708 | 26.3 |
| | UKIP | Andy May | 312 | 11.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Lavender | 108 | 4.0 |
| | Green | Vicky Duckworth | 80 | 3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 766 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,690 | 27.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Castle & Priory :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ken Finch | 2,099 | 59.7 |
| | Conservative | Hasan Afzal | 731 | 20.8 |
| | UKIP | Sue Rowe | 661 | 18.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,368 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,514 | 32.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Coseley East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Melvyn Mottram | 1,705 | 52.0 |
| | Conservative | Martin Duffield | 742 | 29.1 |
| | UKIP | Peter Hillman | 592 | 18.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 751 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,277 | 34.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Cradley & Wollescote :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Richard Body | 2,106 | 57.5 |
| | Conservative | Louis Redding | 865 | 23.6 |
| | UKIP | Glen Wilson | 289 | 7.9 |
| | BNP | Robert Weale | 179 | 4.9 |
| | Green | John Payne | 109 | 3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Hanson | 106 | 2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,241 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,663 | 37.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Gornal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Stuart Turner | 1,620 | 37.9 |
| | Conservative | Anne Millward | 1,618 | 37.8 |
| | UKIP | Phil Rowe | 701 | 16.4 |
| | National Front | Ken Griffiths | 171 | 4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Jones | 100 | 2.34 |
| | Green | Daniel Archer | 53 | 1.24 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,280 | 40.8 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Halesowen North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Karen Shakespeare | 2,078 | 51.6 |
| | Labour | Hilary Bills | 1,906 | 47.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 172 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,216 | 42.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Halesowen South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alan Taylor | 2,538 | 55.3 |
| | Labour | Ian Copper | 1,372 | 29.9 |
| | UKIP | Ray Franklin | 394 | 8.6 |
| | Green | Tim Weller | 264 | 5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,166 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,590 | 46.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Hayley Green & Cradley South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ken Turner | 2,128 | 53.0 |
| | Labour | Mike Kelly | 1,258 | 31.3 |
| | UKIP | Bob Heeley | 414 | 10.3 |
| | Green | Christopher Lees | 204 | 5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 870 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,014 | 43.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Kingswinford North & Wall Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Cheryl Billingham | 1,895 | 40.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Tyler | 1,599 | 34.1 |
| | Labour | Christine Perks | 814 | 17.4 |
| | UKIP | Dave Timmins | 272 | 5.8 |
| | Green | Liz Jednorog | 93 | 2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 296 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,685 | 46.0 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Kingswinford South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Miller | 2,303 | 53.4 |
| | Labour | Stephen Haycock | 1,238 | 28.7 |
| | UKIP | Janet Wimlett | 446 | 10.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lois Bramall | 304 | 7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,065 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,317 | 41.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Lye & Stourbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Hanif Mohammed | 1,747 | 49.0 |
| | Conservative | Sharon Tinsley | 1,250 | 35.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Lucas | 317 | 8.9 |
| | Independent | Abdul Qadus | 205 | 5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 497 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,567 | 37.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Netherton, Woodside & St. Andrews's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Qadar Zada | 1,551 | 40.6 |
| | Green | Will Duckworth | 1,068 | 28.0 |
| | Conservative | Steve Ridley | 716 | 18.8 |
| | UKIP | Phil Wimlett | 387 | 10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John White | 76 | 2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 483 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,816 | 35.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Heather Rogers | 2,550 | 55.0 |
| | Labour | Su Lowe | 1,048 | 22.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Bramall | 688 | 14.8 |
| | Green | Benjamin Sweeney | 336 | 7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,502 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,640 | 48.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Pedmore & Stourbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ian Kettle | 2,833 | 58.2 |
| | Labour | Ada Tomkinson | 1,330 | 27.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Hanson | 367 | 7.6 |
| | Green | Lawrence Rowlett | 316 | 6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,503 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,864 | 48.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jackie Cowell | 1,621 | 48.7 |
| | Conservative | Mike Wood | 1,059 | 31.8 |
| | UKIP | Helen Wimlett | 412 | 12.4 |
| | Green | Pam Archer | 121 | 3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Sheppard | 101 | 3.04 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 562 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,327 | 32.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Sedgley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Caunt | 1,998 | 49.2 |
| | Labour Co-op | Barbara Sykes | 1,029 | 25.3 |
| | UKIP | Bill Etheridge | 711 | 17.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Serena Craigie | 171 | 4.2 |
| | National Front | Keven Inman | 1317 | 3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 969 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,062 | 41.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
St. James's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mary Roberts | 1,755 | 52.8 |
| | Conservative | Ian Jones | 794 | 23.9 |
| | UKIP | Tim Byrne | 554 | 16.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mandy Adams | 204 | 6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 961 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,326 | 33.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
St. Thomas's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Arshad Safeena | 2,360 | 63.3 |
| | UKIP | Mick Forsyth | 621 | 16.7 |
| | Conservative | Daryl Millward | 599 | 16.1 |
| | Green | Christian Green | 125 | 3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,739 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,727 | 36.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Upper Gornal & Woodsetton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Adam Aston | 1,811 | 51.1 |
| | Conservative | David Simms | 1,681 | 47.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 130 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,545 | 34.3 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Wollaston & Stourbridge Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Margaret Cowell | 1,772 | 38.5 |
| | Labour | Chris Hale | 1,500 | 32.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | June Collins | 656 | 14.3 |
| | UKIP | Barbara Deeley | 394 | 8.6 |
| | Green | Catherine Maguire | 264 | 5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 272 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,601 | 45.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Wordsley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Glenis Simms | 1,749 | 45.7 |
| | Labour | Lynda Coulter | 1,496 | 39.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynn Boleyn | 297 | 7.76 |
| | Green | Maurice Archer | 270 | 7.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 253 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,827 | 37.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |