2011 South Holland District Council election

The 2011 South Holland District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of the South Holland District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Results

South Holland District Council Election Result 2011
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	25	2	3	-1	67.57	56.50	25,950	+7.00%
Independent	11	4	4	N/C	29.73	37.23	17,102	-3.09%
Lincolnshire Independent	1	1	0	+1	2.70	1.80	827	+1.80%
Liberal Democrats	0	-	-	0	0.00	1.75	802	-2.11%
UKIP	0	-	-	0	0.00	1.08	496	+0.28%
Labour	0	-	-	0	0.00	0.87	402	+0.14%
BNP	0	-	-	0	0.00	0.48	220	-4.26%
Green	0	-	-	0	0.00	0.29	133	+0.29%

Council composition

Following the last election in 2007, the composition of the council was:

↓
26	11
Conservative	Independent

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
25	11	1
Conservative	Independent	LI

LI - Lincolnshire Independents

Ward results

Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*). References - ^[1]^[2]

Crowland & Deeping St. Nicholas

Crowland & Deeping St. Nicholas (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	B. Alcock*	841	43.7	−3.7
	Conservative	P. Przyszlak*	804	41.8	−7.3
	Conservative	A. Harrison	696
	Independent	J. Astill*	675
	Conservative	G. Scholes	557
	Independent	P. Barrett	556
	Liberal Democrats	G. Mayley	279	14.5
Turnout				38.6	+9.4
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Donington Quadring & Gosberton

Donington Quadring & Gosberton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Clark*	1,219	54.3
	Conservative	A. Puttick*	1,111
	Independent	J. King	1,027	45.7
	Conservative	P. Espin*	937
Turnout			4,294	40.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Fleet

Fleet (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Keeble*	430	58.9	+10.2
	Independent	D. Woolard	300	41.1	+10.9
Majority			130	17.8	−0.7
Turnout			730	41.8	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gedney

Gedney (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. Wilkinson	401	51.8
	Conservative	S. Marthews*	373	48.2
Majority			28	3.6
Turnout			774	40.8	+4.8
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Holbeach Hurn

Holbeach Hurn (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Worth	Uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holbeach Town

Holbeach Town (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Biggadike*	1,186	54.1
	Independent	M. Howard	1,008	45.9
	Conservative	R. Rudkin	870
	Conservative	V. Lawson	802
	Independent	H. Huett	735
Turnout			4,601	36.7	−1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Long Sutton

Long Sutton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. Tennant*	1,658	59.0
	Independent	D. Wilkinson	1,369
	Independent	S. Booth	1,220
	Conservative	J. Tyrell	1,152	41.0
	Conservative	N. Baker	569
Turnout			5,968	42.5	+4.5
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Moulton Weston & Cowbit

Moulton Weston & Cowbit (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Casson*	1,419	47.5
	Conservative	A. Woolf*	1,184
	Conservative	R. Grocock	970
	Independent	P. Winn	759	25.4
	UKIP	R. Fairman	496	16.6
	Liberal Democrats	N. Hancocks	315	10.5
	Liberal Democrats	A. Ramkaran	208
Turnout			5,351	44.7	+4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pinchbeck & Surfleet

Pinchbeck & Surfleet (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Sneath	1,273	63.5
	Conservative	J. Avery*	1,183
	Conservative	S. Slade	967
	Independent	D. Turp	731	36.5
	Independent	L. Tetherton	633
Turnout			4,787	41.0	+5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Spalding Castle

Spalding Castle (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Taylor	475	64.0	−4.2
	Independent	J. Johnson	134	18.1
	Green	M. Blake	133	17.9
Majority			341	45.9	−4.7
Turnout			742	40.7	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spalding Monks House

Spalding Monks House (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A Newton*	955	46.5	−1.1
	Conservative	G. Aley	697	33.9	+1.0
	Labour	R. Sadd	402	19.6	+0.1
Turnout			2,054	37.2	+3.3
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spalding St. Johns

Spalding St. Johns (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. Dark	837	63.8
	Independent	R. Perkins	619
	Conservative	H. Drury	475	36.2
	Conservative	J. Scarlett	452
Turnout			2,383	31.8	+3.8
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Spalding St. Marys

Spalding St. Marys (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Johnson*	789	61.0	−2.8
	Conservative	G. Porter*	674
	Independent	R. West	505	39.0	+2.8
Turnout			1,968	33.6	+6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spalding St. Pauls

Spalding St. Pauls (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Ashby	542	45.5
	Conservative	A. Miller	492
	Independent	G. Swallow	428	36.0
	BNP	C. Flaxman-Binns	220	18.5
Turnout			1,682	29.1	+7.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spalding Wygate

Spalding Wygate (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Gambba-Jones*	867	67.1
	Conservative	C. Lawton	767
	Independent	J. Godfry	425	32.9
Turnout			2,059	37.2	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sutton Bridge

Sutton Bridge (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lincolnshire Independent	C. Brewis*	827	40.4
	Independent	M. Booth*	779	38.0
	Conservative	T. Rowe	442	21.6
Turnout			2,048	36.4	−3.2
	Lincolnshire Independent gain from Independent		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Brewis was previously elected as an Independent councillor.

The Saints

The Saints (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Seymour*	Unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whaplode & Holbeach St. Johns

Whaplode & Holbeach St. Johns (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Creese*	849	62.6
	Conservative	M. Chandler*	727
	Independent	M. Pullen	507	37.4
Turnout			2,083	39.6	+1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Creese was previously elected as an Independent councillor.

References

^ Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2011". Local Elections Archive Project.
^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2011). Local Elections Handbook 2011 (PDF). University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. p. 10.