# 2011 Telford and Wrekin Council election

The 2011 elections for the whole of Telford and Wrekin Council took place on 10 May 2011. 54 councillors were elected in 33 wards and the Labour Party took control from the Conservatives. There were no boundary changes taking effect at this election.

## Election result

The Conservatives lost control to Labour, who gained 16 seats.
Telford and Wrekin Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 33 | 14 | - | +14 | 45.2 | 38,943 |
| Conservative | 17 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 39.7 | 34,229 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | - | - | 0 | 3.4 | 2,935 |
| Independent | 1 | - | 3 | -3 | 4.7 | 4,053 |
| Telford and Wrekin People's Association | 0 | - | 3 | -3 | 3.5 | 2,987 |
| UKIP | 0 | - | - | 0 | 2.2 | 1,882 |
| | 0 | - | - | 0 | 1.3 | 1,091 |
| BNP | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0.2 | 145 |
Seat gains/losses are in relation to the previous whole council election in 2007. During the intervening time, four seats changes hands in by-elections; the Conservatives gained four seats, 2 losses each from Labour and Independents.

## Ward results

Successful candidates are in bold; defending incumbents are indicated by "*". Percentages are of the total number of votes cast (In multiple member wards, each voter may vote once for each vacancy, i.e., in a three-member ward each voter has three votes).
Apley Castle (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karen Tracy BLUNDELL* | 616 | 52.25 |
| | Conservative | Barry David TILLOTSON | 358 | 30.36 |
| | Labour | Stuart James WILLIAMS | 205 | 17.39 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 258 | 21.88 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1179 | 51.41 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Arleston (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Angela Diane McCLEMENTS* | 699 | 68.33 |
| | Conservative | David Cecil DUCE | 324 | 31.67 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 375 | 36.66 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1023 | 41.26 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Brookside (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Arnold Richard Hugh ENGLAND | 756 | 26.10 |
| | Labour | Jacqueline LOVERIDGE | 746 | 25.76 |
| | Conservative | Nicola ANDERSON | 572 | 19.75 |
| | Conservative | John Alan DIXON | 524 | 18.09 |
| | UKIP | Stuart James PARR | 298 | 10.29 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 174 | 6.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2896 | 33.75 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Church Aston & Lilleshall (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Andrew John EADE | 1082 | 78.86 |
| | Labour | Sinah Anne WATKINS | 290 | 21.14 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 792 | 57.73 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1372 | 53.88 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
College (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour Co-op | Michael Gerard ION | 415 | 37.22 |
| | Independent | MCCARTHY, Patrick Michael John | 368 | 33.00 |
| | Conservative | David Reginald CHAPLIN | 332 | 29.78 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47 | 4.22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1115 | 49.32 |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Independent | Labour Co-op gain from Independent | Swing | |
Cuckoo Oak (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Derek Robert William WHITE | 801 | 29.20 |
| | Labour | Alan Arthur MACKENZIE* | 735 | 26.80 |
| | Conservative | Graham Phillip HOSSELL* | 615 | 22.42 |
| | Conservative | Pauline HOSSELL | 592 | 21.58 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 66 | 2.41 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2743 | 37.91 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Dawley Magna (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Frances Molly BOULD | 1315 | 19.92 |
| | Labour | Brian Hereward DUCE | 1243 | 18.82 |
| | Labour | Clive Bertil Ashley ELLIOTT | 961 | 14.55 |
| | Conservative | Alan Edward SCOTT | 917 | 13.89 |
| | Telford and Wrekin People's Association | Victor TONKS* | 877 | 13.28 |
| | Telford and Wrekin People's Association | John Henry JOHNSON | 785 | 11.89 |
| | Telford and Wrekin People's Association | Adrian Gilbert Peter WILLIAMS* | 505 | 7.65 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 44 | 0.67 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6603 | 40.31 |
| | Labour gain from Telford and Wrekin People's Association | Labour gain from Telford and Wrekin People's Association | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Telford and Wrekin People's Association | Labour gain from Telford and Wrekin People's Association | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Telford and Wrekin People's Association | Labour gain from Telford and Wrekin People's Association | Swing | |
Donnington (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Ann CLARE* | 979 | 33.32 |
| | Labour | Clive Neil MASON* | 941 | 32.03 |
| | Conservative | Timothy James NELSON | 448 | 15.25 |
| | Conservative | Rodney Stephen PITT | 405 | 13.78 |
| | Independent | Graham WILLIAMSON | 165 | 5.62 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 493 | 16.78 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2938 | 34.63 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Dothill (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karen Lesley TOMLINSON* | 404 | 41.44 |
| | Conservative | Lesley Barbara STREET | 311 | 31.90 |
| | Labour | Timothy John SKIDMORE | 260 | 26.67 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 93 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 975 | 50.05 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Edgmond (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Stephen Peter BURRELL* | 922 | 74.06 |
| | Labour | William Walter BARTON | 323 | 25.94 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 599 | 48.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1245 | 59.88 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Ercall (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Miles Bewick HOSKEN | 855 | 62.14 |
| | Labour | Mary LEWIS | 521 | 37.86 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 334 | 24.27 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1376 | 55.81 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Ercall Magna (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Stephen BENTLEY* | 648 | 52.38 |
| | UKIP | Gillian Elizabeth SEYMOUR | 322 | 26.03 |
| | Labour | Derek GORSE | 267 | 21.58 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 326 | 26.35 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1237 | 52.28 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Hadley & Leegomery (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ronald Keith AUSTIN* | 1277 | 17.33 |
| | Labour | Leon Albert MURRAY | 1245 | 16.90 |
| | Labour | Malcolm John SMITH* | 1227 | 16.65 |
| | Conservative | Reginald John SMART | 881 | 11.96 |
| | Conservative | Ronald Ritchie PLENDERLEITH | 764 | 10.37 |
| | Conservative | Roger AVELEY* | 677 | 9.19 |
| | Independent | George ASHCROFT | 449 | 6.09 |
| | Independent | Ann Marie HOUGHTON | 440 | 5.97 |
| | Independent | John James HOUGHTON | 408 | 5.54 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 346 | 4.70 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7368 | 36.22 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Haygate (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Robert James SLOAN | 584 | 56.21 |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Grace CHAPLIN* | 455 | 43.79 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 129 | 12.42 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1039 | 43.24 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Horsehay & Lightmoor (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Tracy Jean HOPE* | 517 | 23.50 |
| | Conservative | Clive Paul Richard MOLLETT | 494 | 22.45 |
| | Labour | Michael John Henry MACKENZIE | 485 | 22.05 |
| | Labour | Benjamin James WHITEHOUSE | 444 | 20.18 |
| | Telford and Wrekin People's Association | Graham William George WHITEHEAD | 172 | 7.82 |
| | Telford and Wrekin People's Association | Barry William OLLIVER | 88 | 4.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9 | 0.41 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2200 | 41.58 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |
Ironbridge Gorge (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Glyn DAVIES | 589 | 52.97 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Marte MOLLETT | 523 | 47.03 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 66 | 5.94 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1112 | 54.48 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Ketley & Oakengates (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Hilda RHODES* | 1504 | 20.67 |
| | Labour | Gillian Catherine Withers REYNOLDS | 1160 | 15.94 |
| | Labour | Amrik Singh JHAWAR | 1113 | 15.30 |
| | Conservative | Joy Annice FRANCIS* | 1043 | 14.33 |
| | Conservative | Sean KELLY* | 894 | 12.29 |
| | Conservative | Desmond Cecil PARKINSON | 823 | 11.31 |
| | | Steven Andrew George WOOD | 385 | 5.29 |
| | | Martin John YOUNG | 354 | 4.87 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 70 | 0.96 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7276 | 40.86 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Lawley & Overdale (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Jayne GREENAWAY* | 589 | 23.63 |
| | Labour | Frederick Roy PICKEN* | 525 | 21.06 |
| | Labour | Santokho SEKHON | 432 | 17.33 |
| | Conservative | Ronald James WOOD | 294 | 11.79 |
| | Independent | Alan John HUSSEY | 216 | 8.66 |
| | | Deborah Ann CRANE | 205 | 8.22 |
| | Telford and Wrekin People's Association | Janet Louise HULME | 131 | 5.25 |
| | Telford and Wrekin People's Association | John David Ralph HIGGINSON | 101 | 4.05 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 93 | 3.73 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2493 | 36.72 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Madeley (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Paul Robert WATLING | 904 | 31.75 |
| | Independent | Gillian Mary GREEN* | 879 | 30.87 |
| | Conservative | David George WRIGHT* | 694 | 24.38 |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Michael James HAIGH | 370 | 13.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 185 | 6.50 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2847 | 44.05 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Malinslee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kuldip Singh SAHOTA* | 946 | 34.64 |
| | Labour | Shaun DAVIES | 893 | 32.70 |
| | Conservative | Catherine Ann WORTHING | 305 | 11.17 |
| | Conservative | William Leonard WORTHING | 259 | 9.48 |
| | Telford and Wrekin People's Association | Christine Ann CHOUDHARY | 184 | 6.74 |
| | Telford and Wrekin People's Association | Mohammed Nasir CHOUDHARY | 144 | 5.27 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 588 | 21.53 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2731 | 35.22 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Muxton (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nigel Arthur DUGMORE | 1079 | 30.06 |
| | Conservative | Adrian LAWRENCE* | 993 | 27.67 |
| | Labour | Veronica Jill BROWN | 641 | 17.86 |
| | Labour | Dylan HARRISON | 546 | 15.21 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lee James DARGUE | 330 | 9.19 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 352 | 9.81 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3589 | 41.98 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Newport East (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Eric James CARTER* | 628 | 64.02 |
| | Labour | Nigel Humphrey FOSKETT | 353 | 35.98 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 275 | 28.03 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 981 | 49.72 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Newport North (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Roy Geoffrey SCAMMELL | 711 | 61.77 |
| | Labour Co-op | Philip David NORTON | 440 | 38.23 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 271 | 23.54 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1151 | 50.21 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Newport South (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Adrian Alma MEREDITH | 712 | 69.53 |
| | Labour | Jane CALLISTER | 312 | 30.47 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 400 | 39.06 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1024 | 50.91 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Newport West (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Adam John STANTON* | 606 | 63.99 |
| | Labour | Alexander Philip Charles KEEN | 341 | 36.01 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 265 | 27.98 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 947 | 45.80 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Park (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Benjamin John THOMPSON | 352 | 32.35 |
| | Conservative | Anthony BENTLEY | 335 | 30.79 |
| | UKIP | Denis Graham ALLEN | 224 | 20.59 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David John HOLLOWAY | 177 | 16.27 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17 | 1.56 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1088 | 54.08 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Priorslee (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ian Thomas Wells FLETCHER* | 1233 | 30.73 |
| | Conservative | Veronica Alma FLETCHER* | 1167 | 29.08 |
| | Labour | Robert Hywel SMITH | 614 | 15.30 |
| | Independent | Roy Ernest WILLIAMS | 590 | 14.70 |
| | Labour | Keith Raymond WATKINS | 409 | 10.19 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 553 | 13.78 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4013 | 48.24 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Shawbirch (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Leonard TOMLINSON* | 592 | 51.34 |
| | Conservative | Katrina Mary BAKER, | 286 | 24.80 |
| | Labour | Neil Andrew FURY | 275 | 23.85 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 306 | 26.54 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1153 | 48.17 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
St Georges (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Charles MINOR* | 1179 | 33.31 |
| | Labour | Richard Andrew OVERTON* | 1145 | 32.35 |
| | Conservative | Frank Ernest TOWNSEND | 695 | 19.64 |
| | Conservative | Shaukat ALI | 520 | 14.69 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 450 | 12.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3539 | 42.62 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
The Nedge (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Nathaniel Aleric Moses ENGLAND | 1223 | 18.04 |
| | Labour | Christopher Robin TURLEY | 1141 | 16.83 |
| | Labour | William Alexander Marsh MCCLEMENTS | 985 | 14.53 |
| | Conservative | Harvey James UNWIN | 836 | 12.33 |
| | Conservative | Richard Michael TYLER* | 808 | 11.92 |
| | Conservative | Sheenagh Mary UNWIN | 750 | 11.06 |
| | UKIP | Raymond John KNIGHT | 414 | 6.11 |
| | UKIP | Judy SMART | 345 | 5.09 |
| | UKIP | Ursula Mary DOBROWOLSKA | 279 | 4.11 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 149 | 2.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6781 | 39.00 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Woodside (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Raemonde Catherine EVANS | 635 | 30.32 |
| | Labour | Kevin Ronald GUY | 564 | 26.93 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Owen Ernest HIGGINS | 377 | 18.00 |
| | Conservative | Grant Nathen Lence FOXON | 373 | 17.81 |
| | BNP | Philip William SPENCER | 145 | 6.92 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 187 | 8.93 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2094 | 27.20 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Wrockwardine (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Richard Terence KIERNAN | 1424 | 36.56 |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline M SEYMOUR* | 1196 | 30.71 |
| | Labour | Joan Eva GORSE | 502 | 12.89 |
| | Labour | Christopher Lionel LEWIS | 490 | 12.58 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen DE LAUNEY | 283 | 7.27 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 694 | 17.82 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3895 | 50.12 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Wrockwardine Wood & Trench (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Shirley Ann Withers REYNOLDS | 1048 | 26.94 |
| | Labour | Charles Frederick SMITH* | 963 | 24.76 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Peter ROUND | 629 | 16.17 |
| | Independent | GROOM, Robert Edward* | 538 | 13.83 |
| | Conservative | Sunil VERMA | 384 | 9.87 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Ann BOYLE | 328 | 8.43 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 334 | 8.59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3890 | 44.93 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |