2011 Gedling Borough Council election explained

Election Name:2011 Gedling Borough Council election
Country:England
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:2007 Gedling Borough Council election
Previous Year:2007
Next Election:2015 Gedling Borough Council election
Next Year:2015
Seats For Election:All 50 seats to Gedling Borough Council
Majority Seats:26
Election Date:5 May 2011
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats Before1:9
Seats1:31
Seat Change1:+22
Party2:Conservative Party (UK)
Seats Before2:28
Seats2:15
Seat Change2:-13
Party3:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Seats Before3:9
Seats3:4
Seat Change3:-5

An election was held on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from the Conservative Party.[1]

Campaign

Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with 28 seats,[2] compared to 9 for Labour, 8 Liberal Democrats and 5 independents.[3]

A big issue in the election was the introduction of car parking charges by the Conservative council.[2] Labour said that local businesses were suffering because of the charges and proposed to end the charges and cut the number of councillors, while the Conservatives said the charges enabled them to preserve services and keep council tax down.[2] [3] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats expected that they and the Conservatives would suffer due to the cuts being made by the national coalition government.[2]

Election result

The results saw Labour gain control of the council from the Conservatives, after taking 13 seats from the Conservative party, 5 from the Liberal Democrats[4] and all 5 independent seats.[3] This left Labour with 32 seats, compared to 15 Conservatives and 3 Liberal Democrats.[3] Overall turnout in the election was 45.3%.[5]

Ward results

Woodthorpe

By-Elections between May 2011 - April 2015

By-elections are called when a representative Councillor resigns or dies, so are unpredictable. A by-election is held to fill a political office that has become vacant between the scheduled elections.

Gedling - 27 March 2014

Notes and References

  1. News: England council elections. BBC News Online. 24 August 2011.
  2. News: The election is about cuts, car parking and cappuccino. Hess. John. 4 May 2011. BBC News Online. 28 August 2011.
  3. News: 'Incredible' night as poll ends in surprise landslide. 7 May 2011. This is Nottingham. 28 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110829014904/http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Incredible-night-poll-ends-surprise-landslide/story-12180948-detail/story.html. 29 August 2011. dead.
  4. News: Nottingham Lib Dem calls for Clegg's resignation. 6 May 2011. BBC News Online. 28 August 2011.
  5. Web site: Election Results . Gedling Borough Council . 25 August 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110807013712/http://www.gedling.gov.uk/index/la-home/la-admin-elect/la-admin-elresults.htm#ward . 7 August 2011 . dmy .