# 2011 Newark and Sherwood District Council election

The 2011 Newark and Sherwood District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Sherwood & Newark District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election. At the time of the 2011 Census the Local Authority had a population of, 114,817.

## Overall election results
### Sherwood and Newark District Council (summary of overall results)

Shewood and Newark District 2011 election results :
| Party | Seats |
| Conservative | 22 |
| Labour | 15 |
| Independent | 6 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 |

## Newark and Sherwood District Council - results by ward
### Balderton North

Balderton North (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Neil Richard Allsopp (E) | 727 | 26.8 |
| Conservative | Jason Louis Osbourne (E) | 621 | 22.9 |
| Labour | Andy Freeman | 450 | 16.6 |
| Independent | Walter Hurst | 430 | 15.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Allen | 206 | 7.6 |
| Independent | David Michael Nixon | 146 | 5.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Page | 131 | 4.8 |

### Balderton West

Balderton West (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Betty Margaret Brooks (E) | 736 | 36.2 |
| Conservative | Gordon Brooks (E) | 719 | 35.7 |
| Labour | Raymond Arthur Rouse | 581 | 28.5 |

### Beacon

Beacon (3 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | David James Lloyd (E) | 818 | 16.2 |
| Conservative | Peter Courtney Duncan (E) | 746 | 14.8 |
| Conservative | Marika Tribe (E) | 736 | 14.6 |
| Labour | Clive Ian Wetton | 617 | 12.3 |
| Labour | Peter Jones | 603 | 12.0 |
| Independent | Bryan Richardson | 536 | 10.6 |
| Independent | Kevin Thomas Clayton | 472 | 9.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Adams | 285 | 5.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert John Foulger | 225 | 4.5 |

### Blidworth

Blidworth (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Yvonne Woodhead (E) | 652 | 36.0 |
| Independent | Geoff Merry (E) | 595 | 32.9 |
| Labour | Hayley Warren | 562 | 31.1 |

### Boughton

Boughton (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Linda Ann Shilling (E) | 660 | 30.7 |
| Labour | David Staples (E) | 615 | 28.6 |
| Conservative | Tim Wildgust | 476 | 22.1 |
| Independent | Dean Guy Milo Nixon | 400 | 18.6 |

### Bridge

Bridge (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | Gill Dawn (E) | 573 | 29.6 |
| Independent | Irene Brown (E) | 519 | 26.9 |
| Conservative | Stuart Graham | 310 | 16.0 |
| Conservative | Dean John Hyde | 280 | 14.5 |
| Labour | Graeme Lake | 251 | 13.0 |

### Castle

Castle (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | Tom Bickley (E) | 862 | 42.7 |
| Conservative | David Richard Payne (E) | 591 | 29.3 |
| Conservative | Max Cope | 565 | 28.0 |

### Caunton

Caunton (1 seat) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Sylvia Mary Michael (E) | 713 | 70.4 |
| Labour | Dick Empson | 196 | 19.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Toy | 121 | 12.0 |

### Clipstone

Clipstone (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Sheila Soar (E) | 643 | 36.3 |
| Labour | Dave Thompson (E) | 591 | 33.3 |
| Independent | Steve Parkhouse | 539 | 30.4 |

### Collingham and Meering

Collingham and Meering (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Kevin Rontree (E) | 1,095 | 39.6 |
| Conservative | Mel Shaw (E) | 1,092 | 39.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Marylyn Rayner | 579 | 20.9 |

### Devon

Devon (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Dennis Jones (E) | 478 | 21.3 |
| Labour | Trish Gurney (E) | 459 | 20.4 |
| Conservative | Keith Frank Girling | 405 | 18.0 |
| Conservative | Stuart Robert Wallace | 385 | 17.1 |
| Independent | Laurence Goff | 270 | 12.0 |
| Independent | Jerry McGarrigle | 250 | 11.1 |

### Edwinstowe

Edwinstowe (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Celia Brooks (E) | 1,023 | 27.9 |
| | Labour | John Malcolm Peck (E) | 1,010 | 27.6 |
| | Conservative | Brian William Jarvis | 573 | 15.6 |
| | Independent | Keith Benison | 559 | 15.3 |
| | Independent | Les Ward | 499 | 13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Farndon

Farndon (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ivor Walker (E) | 1,023 | 32.4 |
| | Independent | Declan Patrick Logue (E) | 866 | 27.5 |
| | Conservative | Neill Bernard Mison | 769 | 24.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jim Gould | 497 | 17.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Farnsfield and Bilsthorpe

Farnsfield and Bilsthorpe (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nora Anne Armstrong (E) | 1,752 | 20.3 |
| | Conservative | Bruce Laughton (E) | 1,698 | 19.7 |
| | Conservative | Robert Bradbury (E) | 1,619 | 18.8 |
| | Labour | Kevin Cocker | 1,234 | 14.3 |
| | Labour | Glenn Bardill | 1,181 | 13.7 |
| | Labour | Arthur Fell | 1,142 | 13.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Lowdham

Lowdham (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Roger James Jackson (E) | Elected unopposed | n/a |
| | Conservative | Keith William Sheppard (E) | Elected unopposed | n/a |

### Magnus

Magnus (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Rita Crowe (E) | 513 | 22.0 |
| | Conservative | Tony Roberts (E) | 475 | 20.4 |
| | Labour | Jean Moore | 418 | 17.9 |
| | Labour | Douglas Michael Hough | 365 | 15.7 |
| | Independent | Paul Baggaley | 310 | 13.3 |
| | Independent | Sue Murphy | 154 | 6.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Holmes | 95 | 4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Muskham

Muskham (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sue Saddington (E) | Elected unopposed | n/a |

### Ollerton

Ollerton (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Abbie Ann Truswell (E) | 1,056 | 22.2 |
| | Labour | Stan Crawford (E) | 997 | 20.9 |
| | Labour | Benjamin Wells (E) | 906 | 19.0 |
| | Conservative | Mary Brown | 562 | 11.8 |
| | Independent | Brian Smith | 467 | 9.8 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Pettitt | 464 | 9.7 |
| | Independent | Moritz Leslie Dawkins | 312 | 6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Rainworth

Rainworth (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Linda Tift (E) | 1,080 | 23.7 |
| | Labour | John Bradbury (E) | 819 | 17.9 |
| | Labour | John Middleton (E) | 806 | 17.7 |
| | Independent | Mark Jefferies | 678 | 14.9 |
| | Independent | Mark Buttery | 648 | 14.2 |
| | Conservative | Robert Johnston | 536 | 11.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Southwell East

Southwell East (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julian Edward Hamilton (E) | 577 | 48.8 |
| | Conservative | Michael John Jeffrey | 423 | 35.8 |
| | Labour | Jason Ferguson | 182 | 15.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Southwell North

Southwell North (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Paul Handley (E) | 374 | 31.0 |
| | Independent | Andrew Phillip Gregory | 354 | 29.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Smith | 350 | 29.0 |
| | Labour | Paul Sweeney | 129 | 10.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Southwell West

Southwell West (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Harris (E) | 678 | 53.6 |
| | Conservative | Mary Pay | 481 | 38.0 |
| | Labour | Ray Shilling | 106 | 8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Sutton-on-Trent

Sutton-on-Trent (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Rose (E) | 637 | 57.4 |
| | Conservative | James Fountain | 377 | 34.0 |
| | Independent | Jean Clark | 96 | 8.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Trent

Trent (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Roger Vaughan Blaney (E) | 899 | 75.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lyn Harris | 297 | 24.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Winthorpe

Winthorpe (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Maureen Dobson (E) | 677 | 63.6 |
| | Conservative | Chris Gangel | 387 | 36.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

## By-elections between May 2011 - May 2015

By-elections are called when a representative councillor resigns or dies, so are unpredictable. A by-election is held to fill a political office that has become vacant between the scheduled elections.

### Lowdham - 12 April 2012

Lowdham by-election 2nd May 2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tim Wendels (E) | 787 | 51.5 | +51.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Davison | 534 | 34.9 | +34.9 |
| | Labour | Daniel Hibberd | 117 | 7.7 | +7.7 |
| | Independent | Tim Cutler | 91 | 6.0 | +6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Collingham and Meering - 2 May 2013

Collingham and Meering by-election 2nd May 2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Derek Evans (E) | 1112 | 74.7 | −4.4 |
| | Labour | Daniel Hibberd | 370 | 25.3 | +4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Farnsfield and Bilsthorpe - 27 June 2013

Farnsfield and Bilsthorpe 27th June 2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Frank Taylor (E) | 1174 | 63.3 | +4.5 |
| | Labour | Glenn Bardill | 682 | 36.7 | −4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Collingham and Meering - 11 September 2014

Collingham and Meering by-election 11th September 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Shillito | 568 | 41.2 | −33.5 |
| | Independent | David John Clarke | 476 | 34.5 | +34.5 |
| | UKIP | Sara Chadd | 218 | 15.8 | +15.8 |
| | Labour | Kieran Roberts Owen | 118 | 8.6 | −16.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Ollerton - 11 September 2014

Ollerton by-election 11th September 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Pringle (E) | 837 | 58.1 | −4.0 |
| | Conservative | Mary Brown | 323 | 22.4 | +0.9 |
| | UKIP | Moritz Dawkins | 280 | 19.4 | +19.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |