2011 Scarborough Borough Council election

Elections to Scarborough Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011. The whole council was up for election.

Election result

Scarborough Local Election Result 2011

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative
	Independent
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	Green
	Liberal
	National Front

Ward results

Castle (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Janet Jefferson*	778	69.9	+3.9
	Labour	Colin Challen	433	38.9	+13.0
	Conservative	Ros Fox*	306	27.5	−2.3
	Conservative	Mark Chamberlain	167	15.0	N/A
Turnout			1,113	33
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Cayton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Blackburn*	862	53.0	−15.4
	Independent	Simon Green	652	40.1	N/A
	Conservative	Roberta Swiers	620	38.2	−17.1
	Labour	James Brace	359	22.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Pearson	175	10.8	N/A
Turnout			1,625	46
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Central (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Billing*	350	39.0	+7.5
	Labour	Eric Broadbent*	304	33.9	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Short	267	29.7	+2.9
	Independent	Christine Mark	161	17.9	N/A
	Conservative	Alan Baud	155	17.3	−3.1
	Independent	Garry Unsworth	128	14.3	N/A
	Green	Christopher Phillips	111	12.4	−4.6
	National Front	Trisha Scott	56	6.2	−8.4
Turnout			898	26
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Danby (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Tindall*	632	71.7	+71.7
	Labour	Janet Peake	249	28.3	N/A
Turnout			893	50
	Conservative hold		Swing

Derwent Valley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Jeffels*	1,072	58.4	+6.1
	Independent	Michael Jay-Hanmer*	817	44.5	−0.7
	Conservative	Heather Phillips	621	33.8	−9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Lockwood	411	22.4	+5.0
Turnout			1,837	50
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Eastfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Simpson*	468	48.6	−13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Evans*	358	37.2	−10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Johan Zegstroo*	356	37.0	−34.5
	Labour	John White	272	28.2	+7.0
	Labour	Tracey White	260	27.0	+7.1
	Labour	John Warburton	240	24.9	N/A
	Independent	Carole Gerada	107	11.1	N/A
	Independent	Gavin Barker	97	10.1	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Kelly	91	9.4	−5.3
	Conservative	Deborah Fox	81	8.4	−3.8
Turnout			963	24
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Esk Valley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Lawn*	1,183	67.3	+2.0
	Conservative	James Preston*	928	52.8	−1.2
	Independent	Brian Crinion	417	23.7	+4.3
	Labour	Dalton Peake	379	21.6	N/A
Turnout			1,757	50
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Falsgrave Park (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Patricia Marsburg*	480	39.5	−5.5
	Labour	John Ritchie	464	38.2	−6.8
	Conservative	Jennifer Kelly	247	20.3	−5.1
	Green	David Malone	212	17.4	−3.4
	Independent	Stuart Swan	189	15.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Riley*	147	12.1	−17.0
	Independent	Andy Ellis	113	9.3	−8.7
Turnout			1,215	33
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Filey (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mike Cockerill*	1,281	65.9	+13.1
	Independent	Sam Cross*	1,078	55.5	+13.0
	Conservative	Colin Haddington*	1,015	52.2	+8.0
	Independent	Keith Wood	396	20.4	N/A
Turnout			1,943	36
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fylingdales (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Mortimer*	561	71.6	+5.7
	Labour	Judith Dennett	223	28.4	N/A
Turnout			795	46
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hertford (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Nick Harvey*	1,192	66.9	+34.1
	Conservative	Godfrey Allanson*	902	50.6	+3.3
	Conservative	Melissa MacDonald	444	24.9	−20.9
	Labour	Andrew Sharp	287	16.1	N/A
Turnout			1,781	44
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lindhead (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Backhouse*	699	77.3	+13.1
	Labour	Joanne Watson	107	11.8	N/A
	Independent	Debby McDonald	98	10.8	N/A
Turnout			914	49
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mayfield (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Kenyon*	735	50.7	+50.7
	Conservative	David Chance	602	41.5	+41.5
	Labour	Ellie Whitehead	569	39.2	N/A
	Green	Tricia Griffin	310	21.4	N/A
Turnout			1,451	39
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mulgrave (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marie Harland*	701	58.9	+14.1
	Independent	John Armsby*	628	52.7	−1.4
	Labour	Diane Jeuda	287	24.1	N/A
Turnout			1,191	42
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Newby (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mick Cooper	842	36.8	N/A
	Independent	Brian Watson*	841	36.8	−15.8
	Conservative	Andrew Jenkinson	720	31.5	−2.3
	Conservative	Hazel Lynskey*	696	30.4	−7.8
	Independent	Cecil Ridley*	676	29.6	−13.3
	Conservative	Susan Backhouse	638	27.9	N/A
	Labour	Paul McLean	516	22.6	−2.0
	Green	Amanda Nunns	328	14.3	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Black	288	12.6	N/A
Turnout			2,286	44
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Bay (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Subash Sharma	375	32.7	N/A
	Conservative	Martin Smith	346	30.1	−7.0
	Independent	Bonnie Purchon*	323	28.1	−13.0
	Independent	Guy Smith*	291	25.3	−13.6
	Conservative	Teddy Sulman	253	22.0	−8.3
	Green	Norman Oldham	144	12.5	−10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Black	109	9.5	N/A
Turnout			1,148	33
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Northstead (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Popple*	590	46.9	−14.5
	Independent	Norman Murphy*	445	35.3	−7.9
	Labour	Carl Maw	429	34.1	+13.9
	Conservative	Angela Micklethwaite-Morris	253	20.1	−6.5
	Conservative	Peter Toolan	251	19.9	N/A
	Green	Kate White	138	11.0	−9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alix Bartlett-Cook	94	7.5	N/A
Turnout			1,259	40
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Ramshill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Amanda Robinson	368	32.9	N/A
	Conservative	Nick Brown	350	31.3	+0.1
	Conservative	Stuart Walker	323	28.9	−1.3
	Labour	Thomas Creasey	301	26.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Svetlana Rodgers*	260	23.2	−10.9
	Green	Mark Vesey	232	20.7	−5.0
Turnout			1,119	34
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Scalby, Hackness and Staintondale (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Bastiman*	1,097	59.9	+0.8
	Conservative	John Flinton*	931	50.8	+3.5
	Independent	Richard Thompson	467	25.5	N/A
	Green	Geoffrey Marsden-Jones	343	18.7	+3.4
	Liberal	Magnus Johnson	335	18.3	N/A
Turnout			1,831	54
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Seamer (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Mallory*	662	42.7	−2.1
	Independent	Roxanne Murphy	525	33.8	−6.0
	Conservative	Thomas McGrory	478	30.8	−11.1
	Independent	David Raine	387	25.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Jackman	294	19.0	−7.7
	Green	Mick Cutler	215	13.9	N/A
Turnout			1,551	42
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Stepney (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Dilys Cluer*	473	33.4	−3.3
	Conservative	Lynn Bastiman	399	28.2	+4.1
	Independent	Kevin Allen	375	26.5	N/A
	Labour	Michelle Andrew	298	21.0	+5.2
	Green	Robert Nicholls	259	18.3	−33.2
	Independent	Tony Snow	222	15.7	N/A
	Labour	Edna Oxley	207	14.6	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Franks	138	9.7	−8.3
Turnout			1,416	41
	Green hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing

Streonshalh (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sandra Turner*	394	38.3	+8.2
	Conservative	Dorothy Clegg*	335	32.5	−18.5
	Labour	Noreen Wilson	302	29.3	N/A
	Labour	Simon Parkes	277	26.9	N/A
	Independent	Ian Havelock	200	19.4	N/A
	Independent	Kenneth Graham	170	16.5	N/A
	Independent	John Dickinson	145	14.1	N/A
	Independent	Richard Ineson	53	5.1	N/A
Turnout			1,030	29
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Weaponness (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Marsden*	774	52.5	−3.5
	Conservative	Thomas Fox*	747	50.7	+7.3
	Independent	John Bradley	335	22.7	N/A
	Independent	Sean Hunter	332	22.5	N/A
	Labour	Colin Barnes	260	17.7	N/A
	Green	Judy Deans	201	13.6	N/A
Turnout			1,473	49
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitby West Cliff (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Plant*	648	50.2	−14.4
	Conservative	Alf Abbott	512	39.7	−3.4
	Independent	Mike Ward*	321	24.9	−20.6
	Labour	Geoffrey Wilson	289	22.4	N/A
	Labour	Gerald Dennett	265	20.5	N/A
	Green	Wynne Jones	172	13.3	N/A
Turnout			1,290	40
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Woodlands (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Chatt*	522	43.6	−7.1
	Labour	Steve Bairstow	519	43.4	+4.8
	Independent	Phil McDonald*	312	26.1	−12.5
	Conservative	Josephine O'Leary	241	20.1	−5.3
	Conservative	Peter Southward	209	17.5	N/A
	Green	Sarah Priestley	114	9.5	−9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Leak	97	8.1	N/A
Turnout			1,197	36
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

External links

• Scarborough Council election candidates