# 2011 Poole Borough Council election

Elections to Poole Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011 in line with other local elections in the United Kingdom. All 42 seats across 16 wards of this unitary authority were up for election.
There were 118 candidates nominated, comprised as follows:- 42 Conservatives, 33 Liberal Democrats, 11 UK Independence Party, 9 Independents, 11 Labour, 8 Poole People, 2 Green Party and 2 British National Party.

## Election result summary

Poole Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 21 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 50.0 | 45.1 | 49,373 | -5.8% |
| Liberal Democrats | 18 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 42.9 | 30.4 | 33,286 | -7.8% |
| Poole People | 3 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7.1 | 8.8 | 9,603 | +8.8% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 5.5 | 6,049 | +3.8% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 5,074 | +1.0% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 4,812 | +0.5% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 785 | -0.1% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 468 | -0.4% |

## Election results by ward

Alderney (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Trent | 1,093 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lindsay Wilson | 1,001 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Meachin | 970 |
| | Conservative | Philip Broadhead | 815 |
| | Conservative | Meraz Choudhury | 715 |
| | Conservative | James Vassay | 638 |
| | Labour | Joan Jones | 550 |
| | Labour | Ian Malcolm-Walker | 477 |
| | Labour | Jason Sanderson | 448 |
| | UKIP | Joan Player | 394 |
| | Independent | Brian Camfield | 330 |
| | Green | Joshua Harvey | 285 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Branksome East (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Stephen Rollo-Smith | 1,008 |
| | Conservative | Karen Rampton | 1,001 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Matthews | 464 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Mason | 433 |
| | UKIP | Robert Baggs | 285 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Branksome West (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Eades | 1,531 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marion Le Poidevin | 1,160 |
| | Conservative | Joyce Lavender | 871 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Shakesby | 524 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Broadstone (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Brooke | 2,559 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Godfrey | 2,027 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vikki Slade | 2,016 |
| | Conservative | David Newell | 1,994 |
| | Conservative | Barry Smith | 1,718 |
| | Conservative | Paul Roebuck | 1,684 |
| | Green | Mark Chivers | 500 |
| | UKIP | Alan Gerring | 499 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Canford Cliffs (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | May Haines | 1,854 |
| | Conservative | Niel Sorton | 1,658 |
| | Conservative | Peter Pawlowski | 1,626 |
| | Independent | Carole Deas | 1,464 |
| | Independent | Susanna Carvell | 989 |
| | Independent | Ian Walker | 783 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Baker | 447 |
| | UKIP | Avril King | 321 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Canford Heath East (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Moore | 1,150 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennie Hodges | 1,075 |
| | Conservative | Zena Newman | 564 |
| | Conservative | Byron Quayle | 529 |
| | UKIP | Valerie Foice | 351 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Canford Heath West (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Matthews | 1,172 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phil Goodall | 1,164 |
| | Conservative | Will Burstow | 819 |
| | Conservative | Rob Way | 730 |
| | UKIP | Peter Wheat | 323 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Creekmoor (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Leslie Burden | 1,515 |
| | Conservative | Judy Butt | 1,487 |
| | Conservative | John Rampton | 1,284 |
| | Independent | Siobhan Coleman | 720 |
| | UKIP | John Butler | 635 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Perera | 591 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rory MacKay | 587 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Hamworthy East (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Poole People | Charmaine Parkinson | 728 |
| | Conservative | Mike White | 688 |
| | Conservative | Roger Gregory | 651 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter England | 289 |
| | Labour | Darren Brown | 283 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeff Allen | 278 |
| | Labour | Andrew Sweetmore | 168 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Poole People gain from Conservative | Poole People gain from Conservative | Swing |
Hamworthy West (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Graham Chandler | 778 |
| | Conservative | Michael Wilkins | 755 |
| | Poole People | Lou Knight | 654 |
| | Labour | Pat Hicks | 349 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Max Dunnett | 240 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jason Jones | 142 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Merley and Bearwood (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Brown | 2,054 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Cox | 2,026 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Maiden | 1,976 |
| | Conservative | Bernard Broderick | 1,936 |
| | Conservative | Jane Thomas | 1,639 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Chard | 1,593 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Newtown (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Clements | 1,137 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jo Clements | 1,131 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Wilson | 1,001 |
| | Conservative | Ashley Fraser | 886 |
| | Conservative | Chris Harrison | 857 |
| | Conservative | Sonia Pedrini | 820 |
| | Labour | Hazel Malcolm-Walker | 636 |
| | UKIP | Diana Butler | 527 |
| | BNP | Dawn Coleman | 264 |
| | Independent | David Kenyon | 246 |
| | BNP | William Kimmet | 204 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Oakdale (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Ian Potter | 1,264 |
| | Conservative | Peter Adams | 1,262 |
| | Conservative | Janet Walton | 1,129 |
| | Poole People | Andy Hadley | 978 |
| | Poole People | Hugh Todd | 770 |
| | Independent | David Gillard | 682 |
| | Labour | Brian Ellis | 556 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Larry Adams | 525 |
| | Independent | Linda Gillard | 464 |
| | Labour | Sue Mallory | 445 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Brooker | 436 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Chicken | 430 |
| | Labour | Andrei Dudau | 415 |
| | UKIP | Michael Fisher | 377 |
| | Independent | Karl Ingham | 371 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Parkstone (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Sally Carpenter | 2,008 |
| | Conservative | Anne Stribley | 1,764 |
| | Conservative | Tony Woodcock | 1,613 |
| | Poole People | Sam Howell | 1,500 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Nance | 795 |
| | Labour | Paul Reading | 747 |
| | UKIP | Lloyd Butt | 586 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Penn Hill (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Elaine Atkinson | 1,929 |
| | Conservative | Xena Dion | 1,929 |
| | Conservative | Ronald Parker | 1,771 |
| | Poole People | Peter Miles | 1,431 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Parker | 843 |
| | UKIP | Jack Edwards | 514 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Poole Town (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Poole People | Mark Howell | 1,911 |
| | Poole People | Chris Wilson | 1,631 |
| | Conservative | Carol Evans | 1,015 |
| | Conservative | Chris Bulteel | 1,006 |
| | Conservative | Tony Reeves | 898 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dee Knights | 543 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Poole People hold | Poole People hold | Swing |
| | Poole People gain from Conservative | Poole People gain from Conservative | Swing |