# 2011 Rushcliffe Borough Council election

The 2011 Rushcliffe Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Rushcliffe Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election.

## Overall election results
### Rushcliffe Borough Council (Summary of Overall Results)

Rushcliffe Borough 2011 Election Results :
| Party | Seats |
| Conservative | 36 |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 |
| Labour | 5 |
| Green | 2 |
| Independent | 1 |
| UKIP | 0 |

## Rushcliffe Borough Council - Results by Ward
### Abbey

Abbey (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | John Robert Bannister (E) | 790 | 21.9 |
| Conservative | Brian Rudolf Buschman (E) | 730 | 20.3 |
| Labour | Andrew William Clayworth | 674 | 18.7 |
| Conservative | Tracey Lindsay Kerry | 669 | 18.6 |
| Green | Fiona Boyd | 226 | 6.3 |
| Green | David Carl Griffin | 185 | 5.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Michael Jamieson | 178 | 4.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm James Todd | 148 | 4.1 |

### Bingham East

Bingham East (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | George Davidson (E) | 765 | 21.4 |
| Conservative | Maureen Stockwood (E) | 726 | 20.3 |
| Conservative | Malcolm Roger Barham | 699 | 19.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Patrick Stephen Drury Hanmer | 501 | 14.0 |
| Labour | Christopher Rupert Bear | 462 | 13.0 |
| Labour | Brian James Howes | 416 | 11.7 |

### Bingham West

Bingham West (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | John Anthony Stockwood (E) | 549 | 19.6 |
| Conservative | Francis Anthoney Purdue-Horan (E) | 506 | 18.0 |
| Labour | Allen Herbert Ashmore | 473 | 16.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Douglas Abbey | 429 | 15.3 |
| Labour | John Edwin Bannard | 428 | 15.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Jennifer Hull | 421 | 15.0 |

### Compton Acres

Compton Acres (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Douglas Gordon Wheeler (E) | 908 | 28.7 |
| Conservative | Harry Tipton (E) | 859 | 27.2 |
| Labour | Heather Clayworth | 479 | 15.1 |
| Labour | Colin Jamie Sawers | 441 | 13.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Diane Joan Rotherham | 245 | 7.8 |
| Green | Robert Wynford Breckles | 231 | 7.3 |

### Cotgrave

Cotgrave (3 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Hayley Ann Chewings (E) | 1,099 | 18.3 |
| Conservative | Richard Langton Butler (E) | 1,092 | 18.2 |
| Conservative | Bryan Tansley (E) | 1,035 | 17.2 |
| Labour | Kathleen Margaret Foale | 975 | 15.2 |
| Conservative | Norman Stuart Monday | 914 | 15.2 |
| Labour | Susan Kathryn Tiplady | 888 | 14.8 |

### Cranmer

Cranmer (1 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Marie Marshall (E) | 587 | 70.3 |
| | Labour | David Charles Holmes | 248 | 29.7 |

### Edwalton Village

Edwalton Village (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Peter Smith (E) | 938 | 32.9 |
| Conservative | Simon James Robinson (E) | 872 | 30.6 |
| Labour | Rebbecca Bailey | 401 | 14.1 |
| Labour | Laurence Turner | 389 | 13.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Lawrence Harry Porter | 252 | 8.8 |

### Gamston

Gamston (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Leslie Barrie Cooper (E) | 1,015 | 32.0 |
| Conservative | Michael Hemsley (E) | 837 | 26.4 |
| Labour | Gareth David Bryning | 466 | 14.7 |
| Labour | Alan Hardwick | 460 | 14.5 |
| Green | Anthony Harold Latham | 204 | 6.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Juliette Khan | 187 | 5.9 |

### Gotham

Gotham (1 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Trevor Vennett-Smith (E) | 848 | 88.2 |
| | Labour | Gillian Beryl Aldridge | 113 | 11.8 |

### Lady Bay

Lady Bay (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Green | Susan Elizabeth Mallender (E) | 984 | 23.8 |
| Green | George Richard Mallender (E) | 918 | 22.2 |
| Labour | Alan Richard Tiplady | 741 | 17.9 |
| Labour | Rosemary Elizabeth | 732 | 17.7 |
| Conservative | Michael Maurice Champion | 437 | 10.6 |
| Conservative | Janet Ann Milbourn | 332 | 8.0 |

### Leake

Leake (3 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Margaret Marie Males (E) | 1,469 | 22.1 |
| Conservative | Ronald Hetherington (E) | 1,422 | 21.4 |
| Conservative | Brian George Dale (E) | 1,330 | 20.0 |
| Labour | Darren Naylor | 866 | 13.0 |
| Labour | Peter Leonard Warren | 825 | 12.4 |
| Labour | Lewis Pierson | 749 | 11.3 |

### Lutterell

Lutterell (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Basil Arthur Nicholls (E) | 814 | 28.7 |
| Conservative | Irving Israel Korn (E) | 760 | 26.8 |
| Labour | Martin Robert Davis | 447 | 15.8 |
| Labour | Jennifier Mary Wilson | 412 | 14.5 |
| Green | Julie Ann McGeorge | 232 | 8.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Stewart Asquith Rotherham | 171 | 6.0 |

### Manvers

(Had been delayed until 16 June 2011)
Manvers (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | James Edward Fearon (E) | 730 | 35.9 |
| Conservative | David Victor Smith (E) | 692 | 34.0 |
| Labour | Yvonne Pamela | 323 | 15.9 |
| Labour | John robert Thorn | 290 | 14.3 |

### Melton

Melton (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | David Graham Bell (E) | 645 | 18.9 |
| Conservative | Angela Mary Dickinson (E) | 644 | 18.9 |
| Labour | Richard Theodore Parry Crawley | 559 | 16.4 |
| Labour | Peter Joseph Vallelly | 519 | 15.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Campbell Banks | 342 | 10.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Charles Turner | 327 | 9.6 |
| Green | Kate Amanda Breckles | 230 | 6.7 |
| Green | Paul James Bodenham | 150 | 4.4 |

### Musters

Musters (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Karrar Ahmad Khan (E) | 1,057 | 30.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Rodney Martin Jones (E) | 1,011 | 28.9 |
| Conservative | Scott Carlton | 376 | 10.7 |
| Conservative | Chander Mohan Khera | 365 | 10.4 |
| Labour | Paul Fallon | 356 | 10.2 |
| Labour | Christopher John Wrigley | 336 | 9.6 |

### Nevile

Nevile (1 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Christine Maria Combellack (E) | 500 | 54.1 |
| | Independent | David John Allen | 424 | 49.1 |

### North Keyworth

North Keyworth (1 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Samuel John Boote (E) | 481 | 48.8 |
| Conservative | Alistair Iain Grant | 380 | 38.4 |
| Labour | Robert David Crosby | 125 | 12.7 |

### Oak

Oak (1 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nigel Cort Lawrence (E) | 733 | 76.1 |
| | Labour | Avril Muriel Bear | 230 | 23.9 |

### Ruddington

Ruddington (3 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Jean Eileen Greenwood (E) | 1,071 | 14.0 |
| Labour | Nigel Keith Boughton-Smith (E) | 908 | 11.9 |
| Conservative | Ernest John Lungley (E) | 886 | 11.6 |
| Conservative | Sharon Isobel Buckle | 883 | 11.6 |
| Labour | Arun Chopra | 847 | 11.1 |
| Labour | Ian Wilson | 835 | 10.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Barabara Maureen Venes | 781 | 10.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Frederick McGowan | 654 | 8.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Stephen McGowan | 537 | 7.0 |
| UKIP | Peter John Wolfe | 243 | 3.2 |

### Soar Valley

Soar Valley (1 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Nigel Andrew Brown (E) | 545 | 59.7 |
| Labour | Christopher Pierson | 239 | 26.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony George Turner | 129 | 14.1 |

### South Keyworth

South Keyworth (3 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | John Elliott Cottee (E) | 1,222 | 22.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Deborah Marie Boote (E) | 884 | 16.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Jane Abbey (E) | 685 | 12.7 |
| Conservative | Julie Deacon | 661 | 12.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicholas John Riley | 579 | 10.7 |
| Conservative | Stanislaw Dziuba | 528 | 9.8 |
| Labour | Crosby Wanda Joan | 448 | 8.3 |
| Independent | William Donaldson | 398 | 7.4 |

### Stanford

Stanford (1 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Reginald Aaron Adair (E) | 777 | 64.8 |
| Labour | Paul David Morrissey | 214 | 17.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Joyce | 132 | 11.0 |
| UKIP | Patricia Ann Wolfe | 76 | 6.3 |

### Thoroton

Thoroton (1 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Arthur Cranswick (E) | Elected unopposed | n/a |

### Tollerton

Tollerton (1 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Deborah Jane Mason (E) | 655 | 83.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Beatrice Starkey | 132 | 16.8 |

### Trent

Trent (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Jean Audrey Smith (E) | 1,053 | 29.3 |
| Conservative | Jonathan Neil Clarke (E) | 1,036 | 28.9 |
| Labour | David Hugh Barton | 775 | 21.6 |
| Labour | Stephen Hugh Collins | 726 | 20.2 |

### Trent Bridge

Trent Bridge (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Elizabeth Ann Plant (E) | 674 | 30.5 |
| Labour | Alistair MacInnes (E) | 657 | 29.7 |
| Conservative | Hilary Jane Tinley | 333 | 15.0 |
| Conservative | Ian Hamilton Walker | 293 | 13.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Noel Travis | 182 | 8.2 |
| UKIP | Terry George Coleman | 74 | 3.3 |

### Wiverton

Wiverton (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Gordon Sidney Moore (E) | 900 | 39.2 |
| Conservative | Sarah Paulina Bailey (E) | 804 | 35.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley Hilary Vaughan-Thomas | 590 | 25.7 |

### Wolds

Wolds (1 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Fiona Jayne Mason (E) | 746 | 75.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sheila Ann Gauld | 176 | 17.7 |
| UKIP | Heather Ward | 70 | 7.1 |

## 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.

### Leake - 2 May 2013

Leake by election 2nd May 2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Thurman (E) | 793 | 41.1 | −22.1 |
| | Independent | Carys Thomas | 498 | 25.8 | +25.8 |
| | Labour | Steve Collins | 345 | 17.9 | −18.9 |
| | UKIP | Matthew Faithfull | 296 | 15.3 | +15.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 295 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Gamston - 20 March 2014

Gamston by election 20 March 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Gordon Alexander Wheeler (E) | 444 | 44.2 | −10.0 |
| | Labour | Alan Hardwick | 218 | 21.7 | −3.2 |
| | UKIP | Matthew Faithfull | 173 | 17.2 | +17.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Davinder Virdi | 170 | 16.9 | +6.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |