# 2011 Cotswold District Council election

Elections for Cotswold District Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2011. The whole council was up for election. Cotswold District is divided into 28 wards, with a total of 44 seats up for election.

## Summary results

Despite winning the majority of votes in the election, the Conservatives lost 12 seats, 8 to the Liberal Democrats and 4 to Independents. However, they still retained majority control of the council.
Cotswold Local Election Results 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 27 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 61.4 | 51.8 | 18423 | 6.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 12 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 27.3 | 28.8 | 10240 | 4.8 |
| Independent | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11.4 | 13.2 | 4685 | 3.8 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2.6 | 922 | N/A |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2.2 | 776 | N.A |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1.5 | 541 | 0.5 |

## Wards

Ampney-Coln :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sir Edward Horsfall | 584 | 74.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frank Skinner | 202 | 25.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 382 | 48.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 797 | 50.83 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Avening :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jim Parsons | 534 | 68.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Burgess | 153 | 19.5 |
| | UKIP | David Bendall | 96 | 12.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 381 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 783 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Beacon-Stow (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Davin Penman | 857 | 56.3 |
| | Conservative | Merryl Phillips | 703 | --- |
| | Independent | Colin Smalley | 703 | 30.5 |
| | Independent | Christopher Turner | 258 | --- |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Ellis | 200 | 13.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Blockley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Barry Dare | 489 | 58.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Keay-Bright | 348 | 41.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Bourton-on-the-Water (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sheila Jeffery | 884 | 71.8 |
| | Conservative | Leonard Wilkins | 868 | --- |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Keay-Bright | 347 | 28.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Campden-Vale (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Lynden Stowe | 1,662 | 67.0 |
| | Conservative | Susan Jepson | 1,641 | --- |
| | Conservative | Mark Annett | 1,588 | --- |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive Thompson | 819 | 33.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Chedworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Broad | 453 | 53.5 |
| | Independent | John Robons | 393 | 46.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Churn Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Hodgkinson | 532 | 59.2 |
| | Conservative | Vanessa Powell | 397 | 40.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Cirencester Beeches (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Burgess | 629 | 51.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Hughes | 602 | 48.9 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Braidwood | 598 | --- | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Robbins | 574 | 46.5 | −−− |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Cirencester Chesterton (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Deryck Nash | 682 | 48.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Rickman | 561 | --- |
| | Conservative | Phillip Kerton | 407 | 29.0 |
| | Conservative | John Anderson | 399 | --- |
| | Labour | Jonathan Easterbrook | 169 | 12.0 |
| | UKIP | Peter Braidwood | 146 | 10.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Cirencester Park (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lee Searles | 769 | 57.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph Harris | 735 | --- |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Adams | 568 | 42.5 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Curry | 509 | --- |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Cirencester Stratton-Whiteway (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Lichnowski | 816 | 48.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Coleman | 757 | --- |
| | Conservative | Dennis Peters | 502 | 30.0 |
| | Conservative | Richard Buckley | 428 | --- |
| | Green | Robert Irving | 182 | 10.9 |
| | Labour | Reginald Eyre | 173 | 10.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Cirencester Watermoor (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gary Selwyn | 804 | 60.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jenny Hincks | 741 | --- |
| | Conservative | William Helm | 520 | 39.3 |
| | Conservative | Steven White | 433 | --- |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Ermin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Parsons | 490 | 56.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Edwards | 336 | 38.8 |
| | UKIP | Adrian Blake | 41 | 4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Fairford (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Raymond Theodoulou | 750 | 36.5 |
| | Independent | Mark Wardle | 711 | 34.6 |
| | Conservative | Christine Roberts | 670 | --- |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sean Davey | 387 | 18.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anna Lewis | 231 | --- |
| | Green | Xanthe Messenger | 205 | 10.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Fosseridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michele Jeffery | 638 | 78.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Derrington | 173 | 21.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Grumbolds Ash :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Anne Nicolle | 665 | 78.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Felicity Hornby | 188 | 22.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Hampton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Fowles | 525 | 58.5 |
| | Independent | James Steel | 288 | 25.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Harwood | 144 | 16.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Kempsford-Lechlade (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sandra Carter | 932 | 48.2 |
| | Independent | Susan Coakley | 781 | 40.4 |
| | Conservative | Alexander Palmer | 726 | --- |
| | Independent | Jeremy Stokes | 502 | --- |
| | Green | Neil Voller | 222 | 11.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Moreton-in-Marsh (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Dutton | 796 | 46.6 |
| | Independent | Rodney Hooper | 776 | 45.4 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Horne | 536 | --- |
| | Independent | Patrick Trice-Rolph | 220 | --- |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Bass | 136 | 8.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Northleach :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Christopher Hancock | 427 | 52.7 |
| | Conservative | Michael Pezet | 313 | 38.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Darren McLauchlan | 70 | 8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Rissingtons :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Venetia Crosbie-Dawson | 602 | 76.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Watson | 189 | 23.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Riversmeet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Carole Topple | 497 | 62.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Laura Watts | 240 | 29.9 |
| | Labour | Merilyn Hill | 65 | 8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Sandywell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robin Hughes | 577 | 73.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roberta Crawley | 212 | 26.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Tetbury (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Stephen Hirst | 905 | 30.0 |
| | Conservative | Barry Gibbs | 834 | 27.7 |
| | Conservative | Diana Hicks | 627 | --- |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Painter | 577 | 19.2 |
| | Conservative | Keith Leaver | 560 | --- |
| | Independent | Peter Martin | 467 | --- |
| | Labour | Shirley Mosdell | 371 | 12.3 |
| | Labour | Christopher Giles | 292 | --- |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leslie Brown | 277 | --- |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Radford-Hancock | 236 | --- |
| | Independent | Brian Edge | 169 | --- |
| | Green | Brecon Quaddy | 167 | 5.5 |
| | UKIP | Guy Parfitt | 158 | 5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Thames Head :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Birch | 591 | 66.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Willis | 204 | 22.8 |
| | UKIP | Jennifer Knight | 100 | 11.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Three Rivers :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Dominic Collier | 727 | 83.5 |
| | Labour | Alan Pollock | 144 | 16.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Water Parl (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Esmond Jenkins | 1,110 | 51.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Juliet Layton | 1,058 | --- |
| | Conservative | Clive Bennett | 1,030 | 48.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Evemy | 1018 | --- |
| | Conservative | Adrian Snow | 766 | --- |
| | Conservative | Peter Messenger | 684 | --- |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |