Election Name: | 2011 Luton Borough Council election |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2007 Luton Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2007 |
Election Date: | 5 May 2011 |
Next Election: | 2015 Luton Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2015 |
Seats For Election: | All 48 council seats up for election |
Majority Seats: | 25 |
Leader1: | Hazel Simmons |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 26 |
Seats After1: | 36 |
Seat Change1: | 10 |
Leader2: | David Franks |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election2: | 17 |
Seats After2: | 8 |
Seat Change2: | 9 |
Party3: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election3: | 5 |
Seats After3: | 4 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
The 2011 Luton Borough Council election for the whole of Luton Borough Council (a unitary authority) was held on 5 May 2011. The Labour Party strengthened its control of the council, mainly at the expense of the Liberal Democrats, winning three-quarters of the seats (albeit with less than half of the votes cast). The Liberal Democrats were marginally outvoted by the Conservatives (see table, below) but won twice as many seats, probably due to not putting up candidates for all available seats (only Labour and the Conservatives had the maximum number of candidates).