# 2011 Wyre Borough Council election

Elections to Wyre Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011, along with the 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum. All 55 councillors were elected from 26 wards in elections held every four years. The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England reviewed the electoral wards of Wyre Borough Council in 2014 with the new electoral map to be elected for the first time at the 2015 Wyre Borough Council election.
Following the election, the composition of the council is now as follows:
| Party | Seats | ± |
| Conservative | 40 | –5 |
| Labour | 15 | +7 |
| Liberal Democrat | 0 | –1 |
| Independent | 0 | –1 |

## Election result

Wyre Borough Council Election, 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 40 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 72.73 | 60.23 | 45,140 | -3.62% |
| Labour | 15 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 27.27 | 35.13 | 26,331 | +6.78% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.53 | 1,894 | +0.28% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 0 | 1.46 | 1,095 | +1.46% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.65 | 485 | +0.65% |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4.85% |

## Ward results
### Bourne

Bourne (3 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Terry Lees | 1,013 | 18.29 | +4.022 |
| | Conservative | Don Macnaughton | 942 | 17.01 | −2.57 |
| | Conservative | Julie Vanessa Newsham | 912 | 16.47 | –3.08 |
| | Labour | Sean Hazlewood | 901 | 16.27 | +2.14 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Robert McConnachie | 894 | 16.14 | −2.42 |
| | Labour | Kevin Ronald Hogginson | 876 | 15.82 | +1.90 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,538 | 40.2 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.59 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -4.57 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -4.77 | |

### Breck

Breck (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Gibson | 761 | 40.39 | +3.64 |
| | Conservative | David John Henderson | 758 | 40.23 | +1.88 |
| | Labour | Richard Hobson | 365 | 19.37 | +6.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,884 | 42.9 | –11.13 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -4.17 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -4.14 | |

### Brock

Brock (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Pete Murphy | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Cabus

Cabus (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert William Brooks | 444 | 70.48 | –5.24 |
| | Labour | Faron Stuart Young | 186 | 29.52 | +5.24 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 258 | 40.95 | –10.66 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 630 | 48.3 | +1.29 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -10.48 | |

### Calder

Calder (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Williams | 535 | 75.35 | +9.04 |
| | UKIP | Simon Noble | 175 | 24.65 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 360 | 50.70 | +18.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 710 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Carleton

Carleton (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Hargeaves | 914 | 31.94 | –3.50 |
| | Conservative | May Gandhi | 905 | 31.62 | –2.67 |
| | Labour | Andy Walker | 556 | 19.43 | +4.80 |
| | Labour | Frank William Turner | 487 | 17.02 | +1.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,862 | 46.6 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -7.29 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -5.06 | |

### Catterall

Catterall (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dave Swift | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Cleveleys Park

Cleveleys Park (3 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrea Kay | 1,210 | 19.01 | −0.20 |
| | Conservative | Rita Amos | 1,102 | 17.31 | +0.33 |
| | Labour | Penny Martin | 1,077 | 16.92 | +1.05 |
| | Conservative | Tony Morley | 1,068 | 16.78 | +0.35 |
| | Labour | David Oxley | 978 | 15.36 | +0.57 |
| | Labour | John Damien Traynor | 931 | 14.63 | +0.56 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,366 | 48.7 | +13.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +0.31 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 0.49 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.70 | |

### Garstang

Garstang (3 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dulcie Mary Atkins | 1,272 | 30.29 | +3.06 |
| | Conservative | Alice Collinson | 1,223 | 29.12 | +4.56 |
| | Conservative | Tom Balmain | 1,073 | 25.56 | +3.96 |
| | Labour | Marilyn Levey | 632 | 15.05 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,200 | 48.6 | –14.02 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.52 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1.61 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1.01 | |

### Great Eccleston

Great Eccleston (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Susan Catteral | 1,089 | 49.93 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Susan Pimbley | 824 | 37.78 | N/A |
| | Labour | Al Davies | 268 | 12.29 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,181 | 48.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Hambleton & Stalmine-with-Staynall

Hambleton & Stalmine-with-Staynall (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Julie Robinson | 1,055 | 42.29 | +1.85 |
| | Conservative | Lynn Bowen | 966 | 38.72 | +2.74 |
| | Labour | Andy Meredith | 474 | 19.00 | +6.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,495 | 46.7 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -4.26 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -5.67 | |

### Hardhorn

Hardhorn (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Simon Bridge | 1,049 | 43.01 | +5.44 |
| | Conservative | Graeme Cocker | 1,003 | 41.12 | +1.73 |
| | Labour | Richard Thomas Anyon | 387 | 15.87 | +4.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +0.83 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -2.36 | |

### Highcross

Highcross (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Barry Birch | 880 | 38.33 | +1.08 |
| | Conservative | Roger Berry | 876 | 38.15 | +1.81 |
| | Labour | Chris Frost | 540 | 23.52 | +8.88 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,296 | 49.8 | –19.78 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -7.80 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -9.94 | |

### Jubilee

Jubilee (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Hodgkinson | 602 | 21.90 | +4.40 |
| | Conservative | David John Walmsley | 563 | 20.48 | +2.29 |
| | Labour | Bill Glasgow | 486 | 17.68 | +4.32 |
| | Labour | Alan Morgan | 462 | 16.81 | +6.28 |
| | UKIP | Roy Graham Hopwood | 384 | 13.97 | –2.91 |
| | UKIP | Alan Southern | 252 | 9.17 | −5.64 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,749 | 46.4 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +3.60 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.36 | |

### Mount

Mount (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ruth Duffy | 617 | 31.27 | +2.59 |
| | Labour | Ian Duffy | 603 | 30.56 | +2.87 |
| | Conservative | David Jones | 317 | 16.07 | −6.04 |
| | Conservative | Kerry Jones | 259 | 13.13 | −8.39 |
| | Independent | Bob Jones | 177 | 8.97 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,973 | 31.6 | –2.62 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +9.03 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.92 | |

### Norcross

Norcross (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ron Greenhough | 664 | 27.56 | –5.85 |
| | Conservative | Ann Margaret Turner | 641 | 26.61 | –4.27 |
| | Labour | June Jackson | 568 | 23.58 | +5.31 |
| | Labour | Peter Geoffrey Smith | 536 | 22.25 | +4.81 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,409 | 41 | +10.86 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -11.16 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -9.08 | |

### Park

Park (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Julie Elizabeth Grunshaw | 694 | 30.29 | +5.07 |
| | Labour | Christine Smith | 674 | 29.42 | +6.85 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Bond | 503 | 21.96 | −5.96 |
| | Conservative | James Robert McConnachie | 420 | 18.33 | −5.96 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,291 | 40.5 | +12.41 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.40 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.81 | |

### Pharos

Pharos (3 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Clive Grunshaw | 919 | 25.42 | +5.20 |
| | Labour | Lorraine Beavers | 893 | 24.70 | +4.51 |
| | Labour | Ronald Shewan | 825 | 22.82 | +4.28 |
| | Conservative | David Charles Shaw | 366 | 10.13 | −2.86 |
| | Conservative | Ian McAllister Nicholson | 343 | 9.49 | −3.11 |
| | Conservative | Alexander Tomlinson | 269 | 7.44 | −2.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,615 | 34.6 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.06 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.62 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.53 | |

### Pilling

Pilling (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Donald William Lawrenson | 523 | 63.39 | +5.12 |
| | Green | Sue White | 173 | 20.97 | N/A |
| | Labour | Darrell Stratford Jackson | 129 | 15.64 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 350 | 42.42 | +25.89 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 825 | 47 | +11.79 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +25.88 | |

### Preesall

Preesall (3 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gordon McCain | 1,299 | 26.34 | –0.68 |
| | Conservative | Vivien Taylor | 1,226 | 24.86 | –2.27 |
| | Conservative | Paul Moon | 1,220 | 24.74 | –3.02 |
| | Labour | Nic Fogg | 656 | 13.30 | +4.92 |
| | UKIP | Christopher Steven Lamb | 530 | 10.75 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,931 | 47.8 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -5.60 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -3.31 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -4.06 | |

### Rossall

Rossall (3 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Terry Rogers | 841 | 16.23 | −1.93 |
| | Labour | Ted Taylor | 801 | 15.45 | −0.75 |
| | Labour | Rita Hewitt | 758 | 14.62 | −2.75 |
| | Conservative | Marlene Colby | 698 | 13.47 | −3.90 |
| | Conservative | Michelle Riley | 684 | 13.29 | −0.58 |
| | Conservative | Keith Riley | 655 | 12.64 | −5.52 |
| | UKIP | David Gerrard | 320 | 6.17 | −2.49 |
| | UKIP | Jimmy Orange | 233 | 4.50 | N/A |
| | Independent | Jack Harrison | 193 | 3.72 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,183 | 40.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.51 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.17 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.52 | |

### Staina

Staina (3 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Julia Anderson | 1,445 | 26.58 | −2.09 |
| | Conservative | Ian Perkin | 1,336 | 24.58 | −2.54 |
| | Conservative | Ramesh Gandhi | 1,311 | 24.12 | −2.81 |
| | Labour | Eddie Rawlings | 679 | 12.49 | +3.60 |
| | Labour | Jonjo O'Connell | 665 | 12.23 | +3.85 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,436 | 45.5 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -5.69 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -6.39 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -6.66 | |

### Tithebarn

Tithebarn (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Bannister | 928 | 35.29 | −8.03 |
| | Conservative | Lesley McKay | 902 | 34.30 | −6.16 |
| | Labour | Liam Bromley | 488 | 18.56 | +2.34 |
| | Green | Jake Welsh | 312 | 11.86 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,630 | 46.8 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -10.37 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -1.80 | |

### Victoria

Victoria (3 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Patsy Anne Ormrod | 1,379 | 26.42 | −0.79 |
| | Conservative | Michael John Vincent | 1,239 | 23.74 | +0.28 |
| | Conservative | Alan Thomas Vincent | 1,223 | 23.43 | +0.27 |
| | Labour | Brian Michael Stephenson | 713 | 13.66 | +4.11 |
| | Labour | Evelyn Stephenson | 665 | 12.74 | +3.23 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,219 | 44.7 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -4.90 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -2.95 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -5.36 | |

### Warren

Warren (3 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Marge Anderton | 920 | 17.56 | +0.64 |
| | Labour | Paul Treece-Birch | 911 | 17.39 | +2.73 |
| | Labour | Emma Victoria Anderton | 896 | 17.10 | +3.78 |
| | Conservative | Stan Leadbetter | 714 | 13.63 | −4.60 |
| | Conservative | Mike Sanderson | 607 | 11.59 | −8.17 |
| | Conservative | Bob Long | 466 | 8.90 | −8.20 |
| | Independent | Mark Hamer | 389 | 7.43 | N/A |
| | Independent | Trisha Hogg | 175 | 3.34 | N/A |
| | Independent | Belinda Ann Armstrong | 161 | 3.07 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,239 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.81 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.33 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +11.98 | |

### Wyresdale

Wyresdale (1 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Val Wilson | 592 | 69.40 | −3.56 |
| | Labour | Ben Whittingham | 261 | 30.60 | +3.56 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 331 | 38.80 | −7.12 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 853 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -7.12 | |