# 2011 Lichfield District Council election

The 2011 Lichfield District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Lichfield District Council in Staffordshire, England. The whole council - 56 members - was up for election and the Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

## Campaign

Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrats, Independent and Independent Labour candidates stood in the election. The wards elected from one to three members of the council depending on the electorate's size. candidates in wards were elected unopposed.

## Election result

The Conservatives maintained control of the council. They gained 2 seats and Labour gained 5. The Liberal Democrats and the two Independent councillors were eliminated from the council and no other party is represented.
Lichfield Local Election Result 1999 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 46 | +2 | 58.92 | 38512 |
| Labour | 10 | +5 | 25.50 | 16668 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | -5 | 11.88 | 7765 |
| UKIP | 0 | | 2.23 | 1459 |
| Independent | 0 | -2 | 1.47 | 964 |
| Green | | | 0.22 | 143 |

## Results by ward

Elected candidates in bold: defending candidates marked with "*".
All Saints (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brenda Lilian Constable* | 630 | 30.03 |
| | Conservative | Ken Humphreys | 555 | 26.45 |
| | Labour | James Patrick Morgan | 393 | 18.73 |
| | Labour | Peter Van Hagen | 366 | 17.45 |
| | UKIP | Martin Dewes | 154 | 7.34 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 162 | 7.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2098 | 40.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Alrewas and Fradley (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Paul Hogan* | 1319 | 23.21 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Stanhope* | 1225 | 21.56 |
| | Conservative | Michael John Wilcox* | 1161 | 20.43 |
| | Labour | Peter David Jones | 496 | 8.73 |
| | Labour | Paula Ann Knight | 481 | 8.46 |
| | Labour | David Peter Whatton | 479 | 8.43 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Joy Hille | 189 | 3.33 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison Anketell | 184 | 3.24 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephanie Kamm | 149 | 2.62 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 665 | 11.70 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5683 | 45.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Armitage with Handsacre (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Richard Ernest Cox* | 911 | 21.03 |
| | Conservative | Martyn Clive Tittley* | 897 | 20.71 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Marshall* | 875 | 20.20 |
| | Labour | Steve Hyden | 572 | 13.21 |
| | Labour | Jill Hyden | 558 | 12.88 |
| | Labour | Elaine Mary Moore | 518 | 11.96 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 303 | 7.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4331 | 37.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Boley Park (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Janet May Eagland* | 1319 | 24.53 |
| | Conservative | Jeanette Ann Allsopp* | 1255 | 23.34 |
| | Conservative | Mark Andrew Warfield | 1099 | 20.44 |
| | Labour | Brian Michael Pretty | 493 | 9.17 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jo Jackson | 368 | 6.85 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marguerite Stockdale | 325 | 6.05 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Leonard Stockdale | 264 | 4.91 |
| | UKIP | Jackie Littlewood | 253 | 4.71 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 606 | 11.27 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5376 | 57.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Boney Hay (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Diane Evans | 517 | 9.10 |
| | Labour | Russell Heath* | 493 | 8.67 |
| | Conservative | Pamela Helen Stokes | 377 | 6.63 |
| | Conservative | Sonia Elizabeth Wilcox | 284 | 5.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 116 | 2.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1671 | 37.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Bourne Vale (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian William Yeates | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
This poll was uncontested
Burntwood Central (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Heather Tranter | 508 | 29.66 |
| | Conservative | Richard Charles Mosson | 487 | 28.43 |
| | Labour | Jeremy Harold James | 372 | 21.72 |
| | Labour | Keith Cockroft | 346 | 20.20 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 115 | 6.71 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1713 | 37.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Chadsmead (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mike Fryers Senior | 416 | 21.73 |
| | Conservative | Terry Thomas | 385 | 20.11 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marion Patricia Bland* | 326 | 17.03 |
| | Labour | Neil Trevor Guest | 303 | 15.83 |
| | Labour | Roger Morgan | 278 | 14.52 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Harvey | 206 | 10.76 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 59 | 3.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1914 | 36.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Chase Terrace (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Eric Nathaniel Drinkwater | 775 | 19.77 |
| | Labour | Sue Woodward | 736 | 18.77 |
| | Labour | John Thomas Walker | 728 | 18.57 |
| | Conservative | Steve Tranter* | 588 | 15.00 |
| | Conservative | Richard Andrew James Bamborough* | 562 | 14.33 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Neil Loughbrough | 532 | 13.57 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 140 | 3.57 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3921 | 37.2 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Chasetown (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Stephen Daniel Taylor | 454 | 24.71 |
| | Labour | Keith Andrew Willis-Croft | 389 | 21.18 |
| | Conservative | Marilyn Patricia Bamborough | 362 | 19.71 |
| | Conservative | Barry Davis Diggle | 259 | 14.10 |
| | Independent | Colin Waldron | 187 | 10.18 |
| | Independent | Darren Michael Oliver Ennis | 186 | 10.13 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 27 | 1.47 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1837 | 33.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Colton and Mavesyn Ridware (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Shirley Ann Barnett | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
This poll was uncontested
Curborough (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Norma Bacon* | 668 | 36.36 |
| | Conservative | Brian Frederick Bacon* | 646 | 35.17 |
| | Conservative | David Leytham | 590 | 32.12 |
| | Labour | John Robert Brooks | 577 | 31.41 |
| | Labour | Tony Wilkins | 533 | 29.01 |
| | Labour | Colin John Ball | 497 | 27.05 |
| | Independent | John Christopher Walker* | 208 | 11.32 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Anthony Ellis | 159 | 8.66 |
| | UKIP | Eileen Cope | 153 | 8.33 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kieren Daisy Parkes | 132 | 7.19 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lorraine Dawn Parkes | 120 | 6.53 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13 | 0.71 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4283 | 42.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |
Fazeley (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ian Victor Lewin* | 758 | 32.60 | |
| | Conservative | Alan George Pearce | 595 | 25.59 | |
| | Labour | Glen Mynott | 512 | 22.02 | |
| | Conservative | Hayley Taroni | 460 | 19.78 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52 | 2.24 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.6 | 2325 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Hammerwich (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Val Richards* | 651 | 31.22 |
| | Conservative | Brett Wilson | 484 | 23.21 |
| | Independent | Vance Wasdell | 383 | 18.37 |
| | Labour | Roderick Erskine Campbell | 345 | 16.55 |
| | UKIP | Jeffrey Anthony Sheriff | 222 | 10.65 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 101 | 4.84 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2085 | 43.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Highfield (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Doug Constable* | 906 | 37.39 |
| | Conservative | Helen Elizabeth Fisher | 867 | 35.78 |
| | Labour | Eddie McCann | 354 | 14.61 |
| | Labour | Peter Frederick Tams | 296 | 12.22 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 513 | 21.17 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2423 | 42.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
King's Bromley (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ian Maxwell Pardoe Pritchard* | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
This poll was uncontested
Leomansley (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Bob Awty | 1015 | 16.55 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Smith | 981 | 15.99 |
| | Conservative | Iain Morris Eadie | 963 | 15.70 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Jackson* | 913 | 14.88 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Love* | 871 | 14.20 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Anthony Smith | 753 | 12.28 |
| | Labour | Mark Neil Taylor | 460 | 7.50 |
| | UKIP | Trevor Cook | 178 | 2.90 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 50 | 0.82 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6134 | 49.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Little Aston (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Louise Elizabeth Flowith* | 991 | 43.91 |
| | Conservative | Joseph John Rayner Powell* | 898 | 39.79 |
| | Labour | Roy Edward Boffy | 185 | 8.20 |
| | Labour | David John Morris | 183 | 8.11 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 713 | 31.59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2257 | 49.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Longdon (1 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Neil Roberts* | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
This poll was uncontested
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