# 2011 Blackpool Borough Council election

The 2011 Blackpool Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of the unitary Blackpool Borough Council in England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council from the Conservative party.

## Election result

The results saw Blackpool Labour gain 15 seats to take control from the Conservatives. Conservative councillors who lost seats included the deputy leader of the party Ian Fowler and the cabinet member for education, Peter Collins. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats were reduced to just one councillor, Douglas Green. Overall turnout at the election was 37.41%.
The Conservative leader of the council Peter Callow said the Labour result was "well-earned" and that cuts made by the national government were to blame for the Conservative losses. Meanwhile, the Labour leader Simon Blackburn called the result "very pleasing, but not unexpected".
Blackpool Local Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 27 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 64.3 | 50.2 | 38,828 | +15.8% |
| Conservative | 14 | 1 | 14 | -13 | 33.3 | 41.4 | 32,024 | -5.9% |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 4,010 | -8.7% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1,511 | +1.5% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 861 | +0.8% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 112 | +0.1% |

## Ward results
### Anchorsholme

Anchorsholme (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tony Williams | 1,202 | 25.49% | +6.18% |
| | Conservative | Paul Galley | 1,107 | 23.47% | +4.95% |
| | Labour | Danny Bradford | 970 | 20.57% | +7.05% |
| | Labour | Rosemary Southern | 883 | 18.72% | +4.49% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jon Bamborough | 318 | 6.74% | −11.37% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gill Jackson | 236 | 5.00% | −11.30% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.7 | −2.0% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +8.8% | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +8.2% | |

### Bispham

Bispham (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Don Clapham | 1,187 | 30.53% | −1.40% |
| | Conservative | Henry Mitchell | 1,065 | 27.40% | −3.21% |
| | Labour | Kathryn Benson | 743 | 19.11% | +7.05% |
| | Labour | Bob Harrison | 681 | 17.52% | +7.45% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Heyworth | 211 | 5.43% | −1.11% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.7 | −3.0% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -4.2% | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -5.4% | |

### Bloomfield

Bloomfield (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Graham Cain | 849 | 32.79% | +16.85% |
| | Labour | Mary Smith | 777 | 30.01% | +12.84% |
| | Conservative | Irene James | 322 | 12.44% | +1.59% |
| | Conservative | Michael Ruane | 282 | 10.89% | +1.52% |
| | UKIP | Hamish Howitt | 159 | 6.14% | −0.46% |
| | UKIP | Len Booth | 146 | 5.64% | +5.64% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Hodkinson | 54 | 2.09% | −16.90% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 26.5 | −3.4% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.5% | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +16.9% | |

### Brunswick

Brunswick (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gary Coleman | 1,059 | 31.73% | +4.90% |
| | Labour | Simon Blackburn | 1,049 | 31.43% | +5.31% |
| | Conservative | Timothy Cox | 472 | 14.14% | −6.15% |
| | Conservative | Geoff Hodson | 435 | 13.03% | −5.88% |
| | UKIP | Robert McDowell | 176 | 5.27% | +5.27% |
| | UKIP | Colin Porter | 147 | 4.40% | −3.45% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.8 | +3.4% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.5% | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.6% | |

### Claremont

Claremont (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ivan Taylor | 1,031 | 34.18% | +7.9% |
| | Labour | Sylvia Taylor | 965 | 32.00% | +8.6% |
| | Conservative | Brian Bell | 450 | 14.92% | −2.7% |
| | Conservative | Ian Benson | 419 | 13.89% | −2.2% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Charles-Cully | 151 | 5.01% | −4.5% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28.3 | +0.5% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.3% | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.4% | |

### Clifton

Clifton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joan Greenhalgh | 1,090 | 33.39% | +8.69% |
| | Labour | Adrian Hutton | 911 | 27.91% | +6.23% |
| | Conservative | Joe Best | 567 | 17.37% | −5.73% |
| | Conservative | Marlene Ruane | 475 | 14.55% | −7.13% |
| | Independent | Michael Carr | 221 | 6.77% | −14.91% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.9 | +0.2% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.2% | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.7% | |

### Greenlands

Greenlands (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Christine Wright | 861 | 21.6% | +1.9% |
| | Labour | Chris Ryan | 851 | 21.4% | +4.2% |
| | Conservative | Steve Houghton | 816 | 20.5% | −3.3% |
| | Conservative | Angela Brown | 758 | 19.0% | −3.2% |
| | Independent | Julian Mineur | 295 | 7.4% | +7.4% |
| | UKIP | John Bebbington | 258 | 6.5% | +6.5% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carole Bate | 142 | 3.6% | −1.7% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,981 | 40.4 | −0.1% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.6% | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.2% | |

### Hawes Side

Hawes Side (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Norman Hardy | 1,244 | 34.6% | +12.8% |
| | Labour | Val Haynes | 1,177 | 32.7% | +11.8% |
| | Conservative | Pam Knight | 616 | 17.1% | −1.5% |
| | Conservative | Bev Warren | 563 | 14.4% | −0.9% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,600 | 35.4 | −0.1% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.2% | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.4% | |

### Highfield

Highfield (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lily Henderson | 868 | 23.9% | '−4.4% |
| | Labour | Chris Maughan | 849 | 23.3% | +9.2% |
| | Conservative | Susan Fowler | 777 | 21.4% | −6.7% |
| | Labour | James Sorah | 701 | 19.3% | +5.3% |
| | Independent | Robert Mottershead | 345 | 9.5% | +9.5% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Osinski | 99 | 2.7% | −4.0% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,639 | 38.6 | −5.8% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -4.9% | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.0% | |

### Ingthorpe

Ingthorpe (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kath Rowson | 1,135 | 27.6% | +3.9% |
| | Labour | Amy Cross | 1,013 | 24.7% | +2.9% |
| | Conservative | Sheila Haskett | 633 | 15.4% | −8.7% |
| | Conservative | Tony Normington | 633 | 15.4% | −7.3% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steven Bate | 477 | 11.6% | +3.9% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Newman | 215 | 5.2% | +5.2% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,106 | 42.4 | −1.5% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.6% | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.8% | |

### Layton

Layton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Boughton | 1,091 | 28.7% | +7.2% |
| | Labour | Martin Mitchell | 921 | 24.2% | +2.8% |
| | Conservative | Sue Ridyard | 837 | 22.0% | −3.6% |
| | Conservative | Roy Haskett | 817 | 21.5% | −2.1% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steven Farley | 141 | 3.7% | −4.3% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,807 | 39.0 | −2.5% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.4% | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.5% | |

### Marton

Marton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jim Houldsworth | 997 | 25.7% | −0.5% |
| | Labour | Debbie Coleman | 984 | 25.4% | +12.7% |
| | Labour | Jim Elmes | 932 | 24.0% | +12.9% |
| | Conservative | David Christy | 816 | 21.0% | −5.3% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Betty Newman | 151 | 3.9% | −0.6% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,880 | 38.7 | −9.3% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -6.6% | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.0% | |

### Norbreck

Norbreck (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Maxine Callow | 1,467 | 31.5% | −6.0% |
| | Conservative | Peter Callow | 1,465 | 31.5% | −5.2% |
| | Labour | Betty Bradford | 886 | 19.0% | +8.7% |
| | Labour | Roy Lewis | 840 | 18.0% | +8.6% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,658 | 48.0 | −0.2% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -7.4% | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -6.9% | |

### Park

Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gillian Campbell | 1,084 | 30.3% | +9.2% |
| | Labour | Brian Doherty | 1,083 | 30.3% | +10.2% |
| | Conservative | Peter Collins | 784 | 21.9% | +4.8% |
| | Conservative | Kevin Wilson | 632 | 17.6% | +1.1% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,583 | 37.3 | +4.8% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.0% | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.6% | |

### Squires Gate

Squires Gate (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christian Cox | 821 | 21.1% | +7.4% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Douglas Green | 698 | 17.9% | −10.1% |
| | Conservative | Richard Brodowski | 653 | 16.8% | +2.9% |
| | Labour | Pat Carson | 636 | 16.4% | +9.1% |
| | Labour | Robert Wood | 624 | 16.0% | +10.0% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Close | 457 | 11.8% | −18.4% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,889 | 40.3 | −5.0% |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +12.9% | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -6.5% | |

### Stanley

Stanley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Evans | 1,082 | 24.6% | −9.3% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Stansfield | 974 | 22.2% | −9.4% |
| | Labour | Pamela Jackson | 943 | 21.5% | +7.1% |
| | Labour | John Jones | 869 | 19.8% | +7.0% |
| | UKIP | Jacqueline Bleeker | 227 | 5.2% | +5.2% |
| | UKIP | Martin Bleeker | 213 | 4.8% | +4.8% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eric Close | 88 | 2.0% | −5.3% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,396 | 43.4 | +2.6% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -8.2% | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -8.2% | |

### Talbot

Talbot (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sarah Riding | 892 | 29.0% | '+8.2% |
| | Labour | Mark Smith | 854 | 27.8% | +8.1% |
| | Conservative | Charlie Docherty | 697 | 22.7% | −2.9% |
| | Conservative | Mike Warren | 629 | 20.5% | −4.4% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,072 | 29.9 | +0.3% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.6% | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.3% | |

### Tyldesley

Tyldesley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Allan Matthews | 1,137 | 31.6% | +9.4% |
| | Labour | Eddie Collett | 1,105 | 30.7% | +9.2% |
| | Conservative | Jim Price | 689 | 19.1% | −4.8% |
| | Conservative | Roger Stansfield | 667 | 18.5% | −4.5% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,598 | 35.6 | +1.1% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.1% | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | + 6.9% | |

### Victoria

Victoria (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Fred Jackson | 1,221 | 37.1% | +10.7% |
| | Labour | David Owen | 1,088 | 33.1% | +10.8% |
| | Conservative | Sharon Sanderson-Robert | 519 | 15.8% | −2.0% |
| | Conservative | Pat Francioni | 461 | 14.0% | −3.7% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,289 | 33.7 | +3.4% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.4% | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.3% | |

### Warbreck

Warbreck (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Joyce Delves | 938 | 25.6% | −1.3% |
| | Conservative | Tony Brown | 911 | 24.9% | −1.3% |
| | Labour | Steven Hemingway | 621 | 17.0% | +5.8% |
| | Labour | Doreen Peters | 582 | 15.9% | +5.6% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevan Benfold | 185 | 5.1% | −3.8% |
| | UKIP | Alex Ewan | 185 | 5.1% | +5.1% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joleen Rixon | 124 | 3.4% | −5.3% |
| | Green | Philip Mitchell | 112 | 3.1% | +3.1% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,658 | 37.4 | −3.8% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -3.6% | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -3.5% | |

### Waterloo

Waterloo (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David O'Hara | 937 | 27.7% | +7.1% |
| | Conservative | Tony Lee | 793 | 23.5% | −3.9% |
| | Conservative | Ian Fowler | 728 | 21.5% | −5.0% |
| | Labour | Tasurraf Shah | 659 | 19.5% | +2.4% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alma Rollinson | 263 | 7.8% | −0.6% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,380 | 34.6 | −1.7% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.5% | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -3.7% | |