May 2011 local election results

52 candidates contested 17 seats at the local Stratford-on-Avon District Council elections on Thursday 5 May.

The results are as follows:

Alcester – Turnout 48.1%
Andrew Foster (Lab) - 326
Katherine Long (Lib Dem) - 366
Eric Payne (Cons)   - 1612 Elected

Bidford & Salford – Turnout 43.8%
Barry Doherty (Lab) - 354
Bill Fleming (VOX POP Ind) - 881
Maurice Howse (Cons) – 1136 Elected

Fenny Compton – Turnout 55.4%
David Booth (Lib Dem) - 336
Chris Williams (Cons) – 695 Elected

Harbury (by-election) – Turnout 53.5%
Richard Hamburger (Cons) – 994 Elected
Sue Roderick (Lib Dem) - 950

Henley – Turnout 48.2%
James Handy (Lib Dem) - 169
John Hartigan (Lab) - 192
Bill Leech (Henley and Beaudesert Ind Cons) - 335
George Matheou (Cons) – 1027 Elected

Kineton – Turnout 50.3%
Robert Ballantyne (Green) - 261
John Insoll (Lib Dem) - 278
Chris Mills (Cons) – 1109 Elected

Long Itchington (uncontested by-election)
Chris Spencer (Cons) - Elected

Shipston – Turnout 49.6%
Christopher Aston (Lab) - 262
Jon Gullis (Cons) – 883 Elected
Philip Vial (Lib Dem) - 866

Southam – Turnout 44.1%
Peter Hedges (Lib Dem) - 254
Carol Pratt (Lab) - 772
David Wise (Cons) – 1162 Elected

Stockton & Napton - Turnout 52.6%
Steven Kittendorf (Lib Dem) – 673 Elected
Richard Lamb (Cons) - 316

Stratford Alveston – Turnout 51.6%
Tracy Doherty (Lab) - 359
Janette Dyson (Lib Dem) - 1044
Lynda Organ (Cons) – 1560 Elected

Stratford Avenue and New Town – Turnout 41.9%
Roy Dyer (Lib Dem) - 514
Ian Hurst (Cons) - 796
Keith Lloyd (Stratford First Ind) – 1009 Elected
Stephen Troup (Lab) - 254

Stratford Guild and Hathaway – Turnout 47.8%
Neville Beamer (Cons) – 1458 Elected
Louise Brandon (Lib Dem) - 739
Samuel Hargreaves (Lab) - 381
Jon Packard (Stratford First Ind) - 221

Stratford Mount Pleasant – Turnout 41.1%
Andrew Henderson (Lab) - 177
Bill Lowe (Stratford First Ind) - 222
Peter Moorse (Lib Dem) – 648 Elected
Karen Parnell (Con) - 353

Studley – Turnout 44.2%
Wayne Bates (Lab) - 462
Eric Holder (Lib Dem) – 788 Elected
Mike Weddell (Cons) – 774

Tredington – Turnout 57.5%
Jeffery Kenner (Lab) - 142
Chris Saint (Cons) – 733 Elected
Rachel Vial (Lib Dem) - 208

Welford – Turnout 68.5%
Peter Barnes (Lib Dem) – 675 Elected
Philip Heath (Lab) - 59
Robert Vaudry (Cons) - 416

Wellesbourne – Turnout 54.5%
David Close (Lib Dem) - 1186
Roger Fisher (Green) - 267
Danny Kendall (Cons) – 1544 Elected

Councillors who were fighting for their seat are in italics.

The current political standings of the Council's 53 seats are:

Conservatives - 34 seats
Liberal Democrats - 16 seats
Independents – 2 seats
Stratford First Independent – 1 seat