# 2011 Luton Borough Council election

The 2011 Luton Borough Council election for the whole of Luton Borough Council (a unitary authority) was held on 5 May 2011. The Labour Party strengthened its control of the council, mainly at the expense of the Liberal Democrats, winning three-quarters of the seats (albeit with less than half of the votes cast). The Liberal Democrats were marginally outvoted by the Conservatives (see table, below) but won twice as many seats, probably due to not putting up candidates for all available seats (only Labour and the Conservatives had the maximum number of candidates).

## Results

Luton United Kingdom local elections, 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 36 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 75.0 | 48.66 | 61315 |
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 16.7 | 24.03 | 30283 |
| Conservative | 4 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 8.3 | 24.45 | 30808 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.87 | 1092 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.85 | 1068 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.78 | 984 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.20 | 250 |
| Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.17 | 209 |

### By ward

Barnfield (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Pantling | 904 | 19.10 |
| | Labour | Rachel Hopkins | 822 | 17.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Strange | 808 | 17.1 |
| | Conservative | Graham Costello | 691 | 14.6 |
| | Labour | Bryan Davey | 679 | 14.3 |
| | Conservative | Saeed Akhtar | 657 | 13.9 |
| | Green | Simon Hall | 171 | 3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14 | 0.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4732 | 46.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Biscot (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Tahir Khan | 2262 | 18.9 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Ayub | 2082 | 17.4 |
| | Labour | Naseem Ayub | 2042 | 17 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ashuk Ahmed | 1581 | 13.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Haji Abid | 1271 | 10.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Bashir | 1154 | 9.6 |
| | Conservative | Abu Ahmed | 587 | 4.9 |
| | Conservative | Arthur Flint | 348 | 2.9 |
| | Conservative | Jamshed Ali | 293 | 2.4 |
| | Respect | Faruk Ahmed Choudhury | 209 | 1.7 |
| | Independent | Mohammed-Forid Ahmed-Chowdhury | 164 | 1.40 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 461 | 3.84 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11993 | 50.16 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Bramingham (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Gilbert Campbell | 1325 | 30.20 |
| | Conservative | Katherine Foord | 1284 | 29.2 |
| | Labour | Gregory Burton | 898 | 20.4 |
| | Labour | Syedul Khan | 576 | 13.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joyce Felmingham | 204 | 4.60 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Giovanni Testagrossa | 103 | 2.30 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 386 | 8.79 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4390 | 42.43 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Challney (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Thomas Shaw | 1899 | 21.1 |
| | Labour | Khtija Malik | 1499 | 16.60 |
| | Labour | Tahir Malik | 1470 | 16.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sirfraz Ali-Choudhry | 1060 | 11.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julia Mead | 1057 | 11.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Yasin | 841 | 9.3 |
| | Conservative | Naeem Khan | 397 | 4.4 |
| | Conservative | Ismail Ali | 396 | 4.4 |
| | Conservative | Bashir Hafeez | 391 | 4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 410 | 4.55 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9010 | 43.78 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Crawley (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Melvin Cato | 837 | 21.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Franks | 797 | 20.20 |
| | Labour | Philomena Kean | 736 | 18.70 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive Mead | 575 | 14.60 |
| | Conservative | Alan Hamilton | 550 | 14.00 |
| | Conservative | Anwar Hussain | 442 | 11.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 61 | 1.55 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3937 | 42.26 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Dallow (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mohammed Ashraf | 1984 | 17.3 |
| | Labour | Tafheen Sharif | 1914 | 16.7 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Farooq | 1870 | 16.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Naseem Arif | 1319 | 11.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sadiq Subhani | 1181 | 10.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Asif Masood | 1105 | 9.6 |
| | Conservative | Md Abdul Basith Choudhury | 677 | 5.9 |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Islam | 378 | 3.3 |
| | Conservative | Shyamal Roy | 341 | 3 |
| | Independent | Mohammed Khan | 678 | 5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 551 | 4.81 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11447 | 48.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Farley (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Robin Harris | 1549 | 21.9 |
| | Labour | Sian Timoney | 1518 | 21.4 |
| | Labour | Mahmood Hussain | 1496 | 21.1 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Drew | 508 | 7.2 |
| | Conservative | John Sentinella | 420 | 5.9 |
| | Conservative | Samson Victor | 409 | 5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Choudary | 294 | 4.1 |
| | BNP | Stephen Bridgeman | 250 | 3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allah Ditta | 229 | 3.2 |
| | UKIP | Charles Lawman | 218 | 3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Soirab Taj | 187 | 2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 988 | 13.96 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7078 | 37.46 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
High Town (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Andrew Malcolm | 1008 | 30.24 |
| | Labour | Roxanna Whittaker | 899 | 27 |
| | Conservative | David Coulter | 491 | 14.7 |
| | Conservative | Meherban Khan | 437 | 13.10 |
| | Green | Denis Parker | 191 | 5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barry Neale | 176 | 5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lawrence Patterson | 126 | 3.80 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 408 | 12.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3328 | 34.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Icknield (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Garrett | 1325 | 27.9 |
| | Conservative | John Titmuss | 1226 | 25.8 |
| | Labour | Alan Roden | 930 | 19.6 |
| | Labour | Irak-Il Chowdhury | 856 | 18 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Edmunds | 245 | 5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Lincoln | 172 | 3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 296 | 6.23 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4754 | 44.73 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Leagrave (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Shelia Roden | 1399 | 21.4 |
| | Labour | Desline Stewart | 1364 | 20.90 |
| | Labour | Waheed Akbar | 1299 | 20.40 |
| | Conservative | Richard Joyce | 822 | 12.60 |
| | Conservative | Ifhekher Alom | 781 | 11.90 |
| | Conservative | Bunmi Adedeji | 674 | 10.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 477 | 7.52 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6339 | 36.46 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Lewsey (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joan Bailey | 1798 | 24.0 |
| | Labour | Hazel Simmons | 1708 | 23.0 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Khan | 1456 | 19.50 |
| | Conservative | Susan Garrett | 774 | 10.00 |
| | Conservative | Jeffrey Petts | 616 | 8.30 |
| | Conservative | Robert Theobald | 602 | 6.0 |
| | Green | Eileen Nash | 287 | 3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Salma Nasir | 206 | 2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 682 | 9.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7447 | 33.66 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Limbury (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Stephen Lewis | 1245 | 27.00 |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Burnett | 1226 | 26.70 |
| | Conservative | Robert Simons | 965 | 21.0 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Simons | 908 | 19.8 |
| | UKIP | Colin Brown | 246 | 5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 261 | 5.69 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4590 | 44.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Northwell (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Roy Davis | 1053 | 32.2 |
| | Labour | Don Worlding | 1027 | 31.8 |
| | Conservative | Deloris Campbell | 395 | 12.2 |
| | Conservative | Nuala Prior | 301 | 9.3 |
| | Independent | Victor Cowell | 250 | 7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Richardson | 123 | 3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aroosa Ulzaman | 76 | 2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 632 | 19.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3225 | 32.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Round Green (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mark Rivers | 1228 | 14.4 |
| | Labour | Yaqub Hanif | 1061 | 12.4 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Zia | 991 | 11.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Skepelhorn | 960 | 11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terry Keens | 933 | 10.9 |
| | Conservative | Richard Ellwood | 893 | 10.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sidney Rutstein | 877 | 10.3 |
| | Conservative | Jayne Stewart | 812 | 9.5 |
| | Conservative | Philip Turner | 790 | 9.20 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 31 | 0.36 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8545 | 40.23 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Saints (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mohammed Riaz | 2240 | 19.2 |
| | Labour | Raja Saleem | 2119 | 18.2 |
| | Labour | Asma Rathore | 2023 | 17.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Muhammad Yasin | 1318 | 11.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Masood Akhtar | 1230 | 10.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Imtiaz Nasreen | 832 | 7.1 |
| | Conservative | Abdul Rashid | 686 | 5.9 |
| | Conservative | Arif Mohammed | 604 | 5.2 |
| | Conservative | Morel Benard | 596 | 5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 705 | 6.05 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11648 | 47.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
South (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Amy O'Callaghan | 994 | 17.7 |
| | Labour | Keir Gale | 957 | 17.1 |
| | Labour | David Taylor | 930 | 16.6 |
| | Conservative | Peter Banks | 653 | 11.7 |
| | Conservative | John Young | 528 | 9.4 |
| | Conservative | Ali Aklakul | 518 | 9.2 |
| | UKIP | Martin Newman | 196 | 3.5 |
| | Green | Lyn Bliss | 161 | 2.9 |
| | Green | Marc Scheimann | 150 | 2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Howes | 149 | 2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Cole | 142 | 2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anjum Choudary | 114 | 2 |
| | Green | Eric Fisher | 108 | 1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 277 | 4.95 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5600 | 30.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Stopsley (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Davies | 1201 | 26.00 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Dolling Liberal | 991 | 21.0 |
| | Conservative | Richard Lovelock | 730 | 15.8 |
| | Conservative | Peter Bushnell | 639 | 13.80 |
| | Labour | James Carroll | 578 | 12.50 |
| | Labour | Pardeep Kumar | 476 | 10.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 261 | 5.66 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4615 | 46.24 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Sundon Park (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sydney Knight | 1099 | 22.80 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Doris Hinkley | 1097 | 22.80 |
| | Labour | Summara Shahid | 917 | 19.00 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anna Perdersen | 890 | 18.5 |
| | Conservative | Ian Beck | 460 | 9.6 |
| | Conservative | Saleha Parveen | 335 | 7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 180 | 3.75 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4798 | 46 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Wigmore (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Royston Davies | 1403 | 16.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Chapman | 1239 | 14.50 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Moles | 1113 | 13.00 |
| | Conservative | Mary Thomas | 807 | 9.40 |
| | Conservative | Nicodemus Mawerere | 787 | 9.20 |
| | Labour | Peter Blanking | 786 | 9.2 |
| | Labour | Richard Jack | 781 | 9.1 |
| | Labour | Norris Bullock | 734 | 8.60 |
| | Conservative | Afiz Ullah | 559 | 6.5 |
| | UKIP | Lance Richardson | 324 | 3.80 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 306 | 3.59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8533 | 39.34 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |