# 2011 Middlesbrough Borough Council election

The 2011 Middlesbrough Borough Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect all 48 councillors, across 23 multi-member wards to Middlesbrough Borough Council. The Labour Party retained a majority on the council.

## Overall results

Middlesbrough Borough Council Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 30 | 62.50 | 51.14 | 32,443 |
| Independent | 10 | 20.83 | 23.74 | 15,058 |
| Conservative | 4 | 8.34 | 15.14 | 9,606 |
| Marton Independents | 2 | 4.17 | 3.14 | 1,989 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 2.08 | 4.91 | 3,117 |
| Green | 1 | 2.08 | 1.36 | 860 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 257 |
| BNP | 0 | 0.00 | 0.16 | 103 |
A total of 63,433 valid votes were cast and there were 328 rejected ballots. The turnout was 36.35%.

## Council Composition

After the election the composition of the council was:
| 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Independent | Con | MI | L | G |
Con - Conservative Party MI - Marton Independents L - Liberal Democrats G - Green Party

## Results by ward
### Acklam

Acklam (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Ronnie Lowes | 998 | 31.4 |
| | Labour | Shyalam Kumar Biswas | 888 | 27.95 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Foote-Wood | 676 | 21.27 |
| | Conservative | John Henzell Hemy | 616 | 19.38 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 212 | 6.68 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,178 | 46.97 |

### Ayresome

Ayresome :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Bernard Edward Taylor | 693 | 27.90 |
| | Independent | William Henry Hawthorne | 592 | 23.83 |
| | Labour | Scott Alexander Hurlston | 586 | 23.59 |
| | Independent | Pauline Hawthorne | 412 | 16.59 |
| | BNP | Michael Stewart Ferguson | 103 | 4.15 |
| | Conservative | Sheila Petrie | 98 | 3.94 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6 | 0.24 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,484 | 32.96 |

### Beckfield

Beckfield (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Brian Anthony Hubbard | 787 | 36.33 |
| | Independent | Peter Alexander Cox | 720 | 33.24 |
| | Labour | Dennis Burns | 324 | 14.96 |
| | Labour | Christopher Patrick McIntyre | 287 | 13.25 |
| | Conservative | Mark Owen Warman | 48 | 2.22 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 396 | 18.28 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,166 | 32.76 |

### Beechwood

Beechwood (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Garry Bartliff Clark | 567 | 31.66 |
| | Independent | Joan McTigue | 544 | 30.37 |
| | Labour | Teresa Higgins | 444 | 24.79 |
| | Independent | Maureen O'Donoghue | 154 | 8.60 |
| | Conservative | Eric Dawson Smith | 82 | 4.58 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 100 | 5.58 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,791 | 30.18 |

### Brookfield

Brookfield (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jean Sharrocks | 594 | 17.09 |
| | Labour | Peter Sharrocks | 563 | 16.20 |
| | Independent | Kenneth Hall | 523 | 15.05 |
| | Independent | George W Rogers | 426 | 12.26 |
| | Conservative | Valerie Jean St. John Beadnall | 422 | 12.14 |
| | Independent | Patricia Rogers | 281 | 8.09 |
| | UKIP | David Cottrell | 257 | 7.40 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard M Kilpatrick | 253 | 7.28 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Samuel Dunning | 156 | 4.49 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 40 | 1.15 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,475 | 43.46 |

### Clairville

Clairville (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | William J R Kerr | 743 | 38.54 |
| | Labour | Charles Rooney | 573 | 29.72 |
| | Independent | Jill Powles Coleman | 371 | 19.24 |
| | Conservative | George Beasley | 131 | 6.79 |
| | Independent | Daud Bashir | 110 | 5.71 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 202 | 10.48 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,928 | 31.73 |

### Coulby Newham

Coulby Newham (3 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John G Cole | 1,318 | 22.45 |
| | Labour | Janice Brunton | 1,035 | 17.63 |
| | Independent | Michael Hudson | 1,014 | 17.27 |
| | Labour | Robert M Campbell | 1,008 | 17.17 |
| | Independent | Steven Antony Maynard | 961 | 16.37 |
| | Conservative | David Philip Coupe | 535 | 9.11 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6 | 0.10 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,871 | 35.89 |

### Gresham

Gresham (3 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sajaad Khan | 939 | 25.56 |
| | Labour | Robert K Brady | 759 | 20.66 |
| | Labour | Tracy Harvey | 690 | 18.78 |
| | Independent | Kenneth Walker | 547 | 14.89 |
| | Independent | Janet Campbell | 425 | 11.57 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Donald G Theakston | 206 | 5.60 |
| | Conservative | Deborah Wardle | 108 | 2.94 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 143 | 3.89 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,674 | 29.53 |

### Hemlington

Hemlington (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jeanette A Walker | 1,212 | 46.40 |
| | Labour | Nicola J Walker | 1,165 | 44.60 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Dawson | 235 | 9.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 930 | 35.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,612 | 35.53 |

### Kader

Kader (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Hazel Pearson | 1,101 | 31.13 |
| | Conservative | Ronald Arundale | 921 | 26.04 |
| | Labour | Richard Speakman | 833 | 23.55 |
| | Labour | Lewis Young | 682 | 19.28 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 88 | 2.49 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,537 | 49.82 |

### Ladgate

Ladgate (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael Carr | 828 | 37.18 |
| | Labour | Christopher David Budd | 813 | 36.51 |
| | Independent | Michael Derek Guess | 586 | 26.31 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 227 | 10.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,227 | 36.84 |

### Linthorpe

Linthorpe (3 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Stephen E Bloundele | 1,577 | 21.42 |
| | Labour | Julia Rostron | 1,436 | 19.51 |
| | Labour | Naweed Hussain | 1,345 | 18.27 |
| | Independent | B Jacqueline Elder | 1,221 | 16.59 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Wilkinson | 665 | 9.03 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Godfrey Llewellyn Jones | 575 | 7.81 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gary McArthur | 297 | 4.03 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pramod Subbaraman | 246 | 3.34 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 124 | 1.68 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,362 | 46.33 |

### Marton

Marton (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Marton Independent | Thomas W Mawston | 1,032 | 35.22 |
| | Marton Independent | Dorothy Davison | 957 | 32.66 |
| | Labour | Michael Kilgallon | 568 | 19.39 |
| | Conservative | James Ruddock | 373 | 12.73 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 389 | 13.27 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,930 | 44.87 |

### Marton West

Marton West (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Christine Hobson | 1,370 | 41.65 |
| | Conservative | John Eric Hobson | 1,176 | 35.76 |
| | Labour | David John Branson | 743 | 22.59 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 194 | 5.89 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,289 | 50.12 |

### Middlehaven

Middlehaven (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Pervaz Khan | 496 | 42.98 |
| | Labour | John McPartland | 443 | 38.39 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Brown | 82 | 7.10 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Emma Inkles | 81 | 7.02 |
| | Conservative | Kerry Luan Thompson Latham | 52 | 4.51 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 361 | 31.29 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,154 | 27.14 |

### North Ormesby & Brambles Farm

North Ormesby & Brambles Farm (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Len Junier | 803 | 50.89 |
| | Labour | Eleanor Lancaster | 606 | 38.40 |
| | Conservative | Pamela Waterfield | 169 | 10.71 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 437 | 27.69 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,578 | 23.93 |

### Nunthorpe

Nunthorpe (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Brenda Alice Thompson | 1,381 | 40.37 |
| | Independent | Peter Sanderson | 1,061 | 31.01 |
| | Conservative | Martin Timothy Lyon | 560 | 16.37 |
| | Labour | David Andrew Drumm | 419 | 12.25 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 501 | 14.64 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,421 | 48.71 |

### Pallister

Pallister (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John B Coppinger | 614 | 35.80 |
| | Labour | Edward N Dryden | 572 | 33.35 |
| | Residents | John Thomas Conroy | 443 | 25.83 |
| | Conservative | Doris Lawrence | 86 | 5.02 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 129 | 7.52 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,715 | 25.35 |

### Park

Park (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Joseph Michna | 860 | 33.50 |
| | Labour | Frances McIntyre | 852 | 33.19 |
| | Labour | Najabat Ramzan | 586 | 22.83 |
| | Conservative | Samuel Hughes | 269 | 10.48 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 266 | 10.36 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,567 | 40.13 |

### Park End

Park End (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Michael Saunders | 611 | 31.24 |
| | Independent | Kevin John Morby | 392 | 20.04 |
| | Labour | Joe W Culley | 349 | 17.84 |
| | Labour | Derek G Loughborough | 337 | 17.23 |
| | Independent | Peter Elvyn Porley | 229 | 11.71 |
| | Conservative | Cecilia Maureen Whatley | 38 | 1.94 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 43 | 2.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,956 | 27.15 |

### Stainton and Thornton

Stainton and Thornton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maelor Brian Williams | 545 | 57.31 |
| | Labour | Stefan Walker | 234 | 24.60 |
| | Conservative | Richard Simon Madden | 172 | 18.09 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 311 | 32.71 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 951 | 40.94 |

### Thorntree

Thorntree (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Thurston P Purvis | 616 | 39.84 |
| | Labour | Geraldine Purvis | 576 | 37.26 |
| | Independent | George W Charlton | 269 | 17.40 |
| | Conservative | Ronald Darby | 85 | 5.50 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 307 | 19.86 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,546 | 21.99 |

### University

University (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mohammed Hanif | 870 | 43.05 |
| | Labour | Habib Rehman | 857 | 42.40 |
| | Conservative | Eric Lawrence | 294 | 14.55 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 563 | 27.85 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,021 | 33.82 |