# 2011 South Staffordshire District Council election

The 2011 South Staffordshire District Council election to the South Staffordshire District Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011. A total of 49 seats were up for election, 42 of which went to the Conservative Party, mirroring the 2007 elections.

## Election result

South Staffordshire District Council Election, 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 42 | 4 | 3 | 85.72% | 61.23% | 35,647 |
| Labour | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.09% | 16.42% | 9,564 |
| Labour Co-op | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.70% | 409 |
| [[Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrats]] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 4.94% | 2,873 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 4.94% | 2,873 |
| Independent | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10.21% | 16.70% | 9,724 |

## Ward results

Billbrook Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Val Chapman | 848 | 33.16% | n/a |
| | Labour Co-op | Kevin David McElduff | 409 | 16% | n/a |
| | Conservative | Sonja Marie Oatley | 823 | 32.20% | −0.66% |
| | Labour | Anthony Peter Wynne-Jones | 478 | 18.70% | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,671 | 65% | −0.47% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,558 | 42.60% | +8.60% |
Brewood and Coven Ward (3 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Andy Ball | 941 | 15.31% | −9% |
| | Conservative | Ivor Clay | 1,369 | 22.27% | −0.89% |
| | Conservative | Michael Robert Hampson | 1,193 | 19.40% | −2.54% |
| | Conservative | Anne Holmes | 1,221 | 19.86% | −1.46% |
| | Labour | Lena Holmes | 661 | 10.75% | 0.33% |
| | Labour | Lorna Elizabeth Jones | 765 | 12.44% | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,783 | 61.52% | −3.10% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,150 | 44% | +6% |
Cheslyn Hay North and Saredon Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Mike Boyle | 431 | 19.78% | −5.32% |
| | Labour | Alex John Brindle | 325 | 14.91% | n/a |
| | Conservative | Alita Ann Caine | 388 | 17.80% | −8.02% |
| | Conservative | Nigel Peter Caine | 384 | 17.62% | −7.88% |
| | UKIP | Ken Gould | 242 | 11.11% | n/a |
| | Labour | Mac Harris | 410 | 18.81% | −4.84% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 772 | 35.42% | −15.89% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,180 | 37% | +7% |
Cheslyn Hay South Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joseph Colin Davison | 396 | 21.91% | +2.91% |
| | Conservative | David Heseltine | 443 | 24.51% | −0.98% |
| | UKIP | Steve Hollis | 245 | 13.56% | n/a |
| | Independent | Ann Pugh | 312 | 17.26% | n/a |
| | Conservative | Bernard Williams | 412 | 22.79% | −8.57% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 855 | 47.29% | −9.61% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,808 | 37% | +6% |
Codsall North Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Pat Campbell | 861 | 33.61% | −7.49% |
| | Independent | John Evans | 337 | 13.16% | −26.40% |
| | Conservative | Matt Ewart | 797 | 31.11% | n/a |
| | Labour | Judith Marion Williams | 308 | 12% | n/a |
| | Labour | Trefor John Williams | 259 | 10.11% | +1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,658 | 64.72% | −15.91% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,562 | 42% | +4% |
Codsall South Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UKIP | Mike Lynch | 377 | 13.65% | +0.65% |
| | Conservative | Robert James Marshall | 1,019 | 36.89% | −2.01% |
| | Conservative | John Kirkland Michell | 909 | 32.90% | −6.27% |
| | Labour | Gemma Elizabeth Smith | 254 | 9.20% | n/a |
| | Labour | Pamela Wall | 204 | 7.39% | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,928 | 69.78% | −8.32% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,763 | 46% | +8% |
Essington Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Barry Michael Bond | 383 | 14.11% | n/a |
| | Independent | David John Clifft | 1,135 | 41.79% | +41.79% |
| | Labour | Charlotte Jane Hale | 307 | 11.31% | n/a |
| | Independent | Wayne Anthony Thomas Whitehouse | 483 | 17.79% | n/a |
| | Conservative | Christine Margaret Young | 408 | 15% | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,618 | 59.58% | +59.58% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,716 | 41% | +41% |
Featherstone and Shareshill Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Frank William Beardsmore | 536 | 22.69% | +3.40% |
| | Labour | John Brindle | 482 | 20.40% | +8.21% |
| | Independent | Bob Cope | 639 | 27% | −1% |
| | Conservative | Mike Lawrence | 475 | 20.10% | +4.49% |
| | Labour | Philip David Light | 231 | 9.78% | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,175 | 49.73% | +2.39% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,363 | 39% | 11.20% |
Great Wyrley Landywood Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ken Bullock | 453 | 19.60% | |
| | Labour | John Christopher Jones | 423 | 18.30% | −0.30% |
| | UKIP | Glen Paul Keatley | 179 | 7.75% | |
| | Conservative | Ray Perry | 611 | 26.43% | −4.18% |
| | Conservative | Kath Williams | 646 | 27.95% | −3.96% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,257 | 54.37% | −8.15% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,312 | 33% | +5% |
Great Wyrley Town Ward (3 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian Paul Bates | 1,048 | 24.79% | 0.76% |
| | Conservative | Janet Ann Johnson | 1,101 | 26.04% | −0.42% |
| | Labour | Tom Lowe | 537 | 12.70% | +2.96% |
| | UKIP | Malcolm Keith McKenzie | 361 | 8.54% | n/a |
| | Conservative | Kath Perry | 1,182 | 27.95% | −0.14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,331 | 78.77% | −1.33% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,229 | 36% | +4% |
Himley and Swindon Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | UKIP | Gordon Edward Fanthom | 261 | 31.45% |
| | Conservative | Roger Lees | 417 | 50.25% |
| | Independent | Keith Ian Pincher | 152 | 18.32% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 417 | 50.25% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 830 | 48.30% |
Huntington and Hatherton Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jeff Ashley | 537 | 33.53% | +9.04% |
| | Labour | Ron Kenyon | 496 | 30.97% | n/a |
| | Conservative | David Williams | 569 | 35.52% | +6.18% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,033 | 64.49% | +15.80% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,602 | 30% | +6% |
Kinver Ward (3 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian Robert Edwards | 1,659 | 26.98% | +2.61% |
| | Conservative | Lin Hingley | 1,655 | 26.91% | n/a |
| | Independent | Ena Doreen Ray | 1,071 | 17.41% | −3.06% |
| | Labour | Christine Mary Ridgeway | 644 | 10.47% | n/a |
| | Conservative | Paul Arthur Wooddisse | 1,122 | 18.24% | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,436 | 72.12% | +11.29% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,151 | 45% | +7% |
Pattingham and Patshull Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Stephanie Brindle | 120 | 13.20% | n/a |
| | Conservative | Joan Millicent Burton | 789 | 86.80% | +86.80% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 789 | 86.80% | +86.80% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 909 | 50% | +50% |
Penkridge North East and Acton Trussell Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Leonard Arthur Bates | 811 | 33.39% | n/a |
| | Independent | Bevan Craddock | 416 | 17.13% | n/a |
| | Conservative | Isabel Ford | 835 | 34.38% | +34.38% |
| | Labour | Sandie Morris | 367 | 15.11% | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,646 | 67.77% | +67.77% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,429 | 48.40% | +48.40% |
Penkridge South East Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Vincent Thomas Brennan | 474 | 19.68% | n/a |
| | Independent | David John Oldfield | 499 | 20.72% | n/a |
| | Conservative | Christine Jane Raven | 798 | 33.13% | −10.31% |
| | Conservative | John Raven | 638 | 26.49% | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,436 | 59.61% | −22.71% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,409 | 42% | +7% |
Penkridge West Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Donald Edwin Cartwright | 370 | 53.95% | +53.95% |
| | Labour | Sam Murphy | 135 | 19.68% | |
| | Independent | Calvert Stonehouse | 181 | 26.39% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 370 | 53.95% | +53.95% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 686 | 41.5% | +41.5% |
Perton Dippons Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Charlene Mary Ann Duffell | 248 | 39.37% | n/a |
| | Conservative | Keith James | 382 | 60.64% | +39.37% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 382 | 60.64% | +60.64% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 630 | 40.5% | +40.5% |
Perton East Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David John Billson | 432 | 51.80% | −1.16% |
| | Independent | Anthony Adam Christopher Bourke | 402 | 48.20% | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 432 | 51.80% | −1.16% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 834 | 47.20% | +8.20% |
Perton Lakeside Ward (3 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Alan Keith Black | 513 | 11.37% | −0.54% |
| | Labour | John Fenby | 418 | 9.27% | n/a |
| | Conservative | David Michael Fereday | 886 | 19.64% | +3.46% |
| | Conservative | Rita Ann Helestine | 850 | 18.84% | +2.35% |
| | Independent | Angie James | 592 | 13.13% | −1.01% |
| | Conservative | Roy Edward Moreton | 800 | 17.73% | +2.19% |
| | Independent | Patricia Norah Pitt | 453 | 10.04% | −3.01% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,536 | 56.21% | −6.52% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,512 | 35.80% | +5.80% |
Trysull and Seisdon (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Neil David Compson | 263 | 33.08% | n/a |
| | Conservative | Robert James McCardle | 532 | 66.92% | +66.92% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 532 | 66.92% | +66.92% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 795 | 45.10% | +45.10% |
Wheaton Aston, Bishops Wood and Lapley Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brian Cox | unopposed | |
| | Conservative | Roy Wright | unopposed | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 100% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Wombourne North and Lower Penn Ward (3 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alan George Hinton | 1,345 | 29.53% | +29.53% |
| | UKIP | Lyndon Jones | 707 | 15.52% | n/a |
| | Conservative | Robert Frederick Reade | 1,267 | 27.82% | +27.82% |
| | Conservative | Joan Williams | 1,236 | 27.14% | +27.14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,848 | 84.48% | −15.52% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,555 | 41.40% | +41.40% |
Wombourne South East Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jackie Granger | 860 | 38.50% | n/a |
| | UKIP | Stuart Pace | 501 | 22.42% | n/a |
| | Conservative | Reginald Williams | 873 | 39.08% | +4.73% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,733 | 77.58% | +0.9% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,234 | 45.20% | +7.20% |
Wombourne South West Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mary Bond | unopposed | |
| | Conservative | Mike Davies | unopposed | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 100% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |