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2011 Wyre Forest District Council election

2011 Wyre Forest District Council election

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The 2011 Wyre Forest District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Wyre Forest District Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

Map of the results of the 2011 Wyre Forest District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Health Concern in pink, Liberals in orange and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2011.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

After the last election in 2010 the Conservatives had a majority on the council with 23 seats, compared to 8 for Health Concern, 5 Liberals, 3 Labour, 2 Liberal Democrats and 1 independent.[3] However, in late May 2010 the leader of Health Concern on the council, Howard Martin, left the party to sit as an independent and went on to join Labour in September 2010.[4] Another change came in March 2011 when both of the Liberal Democrat councillors, husband and wife Peter and Helen Dyke, left the party to become independents due to disillusionment with the national Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition.[5]

Election result

The Conservatives retained a majority on the council with 24 councillors and gained a seat from Health Concern in Mitton.[2][6][7] Labour were the other party to make gains, taking an extra 2 seats, including gaining Areley Kings from Health Concern by 39 votes.[2][8] This made Labour the second largest party on the council with six seats, while Health Concern dropped three to have four seats.[9] Meanwhile, Peter Dyke held Aggborough and Spennells as an independent, after having left the Liberal Democrats earlier in the year.[10]

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References

  1. "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. "Local authority elections: England". The Guardian. NewsBank. 7 May 2011.
  3. "Wyre Forest". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  4. Crabtree, Charlie (29 September 2010). "Wyre Forest ex-ICHC Leader joins Labour Party". The Shuttle. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  5. "Lib Dem councillors quit". The Shuttle. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  6. Elkes, Neil (12 May 2011). "A night of high drama at local polling stations". Birmingham Post. NewsBank.
  7. "Tories take Mitton seat from ICHC". The Shuttle. NewsBank. 6 May 2011.
  8. "Labour takes Areley Kings seat from ICHC". The Shuttle. NewsBank. 6 May 2011.
  9. "Wyre Forest ex-Lib Dem wins seat as Independent". The Shuttle. NewsBank. 6 May 2011.
  10. "2011 Results Breakdown - Full Breakdown by division". Wyre Forest District Council. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  11. "Sutton Park Election Result 2011". Wyre Forest District Council. Archived from the original on 9 September 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

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