Local and European Election Results June 2009 Andrew Teale April 25, 2011 2 LOCAL AND EUROPEAN ELECTION RESULTS 2009 Typeset by LATEX Compilation and design © Andrew Teale, 2011. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled “GNU Free Documentation License”. This file is available for download from http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/ Please advise the author of any corrections which need to be made by email: [email protected] Contents Introduction and Abbreviations5 I European Parliament Elections — UK Results7 1 European Parliament Elections — UK Results8 1.1 East Midlands.............................8 1.2 Eastern................................. 10 1.3 London.................................. 11 1.4 North East............................... 13 1.5 North West............................... 14 1.6 South East............................... 16 1.7 South West............................... 18 1.8 West Midlands............................. 20 1.9 Yorkshire and the Humber....................... 21 1.10 Wales.................................. 23 1.11 Scotland................................ 24 1.12 Northern Ireland........................... 25 II County Councils 27 2 East Midlands Counties 28 2.1 Derbyshire............................... 28 2.2 Leicestershire............................. 32 2.3 Lincolnshire.............................. 35 2.4 Northamptonshire.......................... 40 2.5 Nottinghamshire........................... 44 3 Eastern Counties 49 3.1 Cambridgeshire............................ 49 3.2 Essex.................................. 53 3.3 Hertfordshire............................. 58 3.4 Norfolk................................. 63 3.5 Suffolk................................. 68 4 North Western Counties 73 4.1 Cumbria................................ 73 4.2 Lancashire............................... 78 3 4 LOCAL AND EUROPEAN ELECTION RESULTS 2009 5 South Eastern Counties 84 5.1 Buckinghamshire........................... 84 5.2 East Sussex............................... 87 5.3 Hampshire............................... 90 5.4 Kent................................... 95 5.5 Oxfordshire.............................. 100 5.6 Surrey.................................. 105 5.7 West Sussex.............................. 110 6 South Western Counties 116 6.1 Devon.................................. 116 6.2 Dorset.................................. 120 6.3 Gloucestershire............................ 123 6.4 Somerset................................ 127 7 West Midlands Counties 131 7.1 Staffordshire............................... 131 7.2 Warwickshire............................. 135 7.3 Worcestershire............................. 139 8 Yorkshire Counties 144 8.1 North Yorkshire............................ 144 III Unitary Councils 149 9 Eastern Unitaries 150 9.1 Bedford................................. 150 9.2 Central Bedfordshire......................... 152 10 South East Unitaries 156 10.1 Isle of Wight.............................. 156 11 South West Unitaries 159 11.1 Bristol.................................. 159 11.2 Cornwall................................. 161 11.3 Isles of Scilly.............................. 168 11.4 Wiltshire................................ 169 12 West Midlands Unitaries 175 12.1 Shropshire............................... 175 Index of Wards 179 GNU Free Documentation License 199 Introduction and Abbreviations Elections were held on 4th June 2009 to the European Parliament, all county councils in England and eight unitary authorities in England. The day of polling was moved from the usual date in the first week of May so that the local elections coincided with the European elections. The 72 British members of the European Parliament were elected in twelve regions. The number of British MEPs had been reduced from 78 due to the expansion of the European Union, which admitted two new members (Bulgaria and Romania) in 2007. England was divided into nine regions, with Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland forming the other three regions. The MEPs in England, Wales and Scotland were elected using the list system of propor- tional representation, while the three MEPs representing Northern Ireland were elected using the Single Transferable Vote system of proportional representation. The South West region includes the overseas territory of Gibraltar. The results of the European elections are contained in Part I. The voting system used for all elections covered here was first-past-the-post, with multi-member FPTP being used where more than one seat was up for election. Most county council divisions are single-member, with a small number of two-member divisions and two divisions electing three members (Hucknall in Nottinghamshire and Bicester in Oxfordshire). Elections to the county councils are covered in Part II. As a result of local government reorganisation, the county and district coun- cils in Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Durham, Northumberland, Shropshire and Wiltshire were abolished on 1st April 2009 and replaced by unitary councils (two each in Bedfordshire and Cheshire and one for each remaining county). Five of the new unitary councils (Cornwall, Shropshire, Wiltshire and the two Bedfordshire councils) held their first election this year. Elections to these bodies are covered in Part III. The three other unitary authorities which held elections were Bristol, the Isle of Wight, and the Isles of Scilly. The Isle of Wight Council has the status of a county council and similar electoral arrangements (new division boundaries were introduced at this election). The Council of the Isles of Scilly has a long- standing unitary status, with each inhabited island forming a separate electoral area. One-third of Bristol City Council was up for election, with one councillor up for election in two-thirds of the wards, the remaining wards not holding an election this year. Elections to these bodies are also covered in Part III. 5 6 LOCAL AND EUROPEAN ELECTION RESULTS 2009 Finally, at the back you will find an Index of Wards. Where a candidate in an election dies, the election in that ward or division is cancelled and rearranged for a later date. This happened in one division at this election, Kirk Hallam in Derbyshire. Here is a list of abbreviations used in this book for major parties and selected other parties which fought several councils. This list is not exhaustive; parties which put up only a few candidates will generally have their abbreviation listed at the head of the entry for the relevant council. Please note that the “Lab” label includes candidates who were jointly sponsored by the Labour and Co-operative Parties. BNP - British National Party Lib - Liberal Party C - Conservative Party Loony - Monster Raving Loony Party Grn - Green Party Respect - Respect, the Unity Coalition Ind - Independent Soc All - Socialist Alliance Lab - Labour Party Soc Lab - Socialist Labour Party LD - Liberal Democrat UKIP - UK Independence Party I would like to close this section by thanking all those who have supplied me with results, and particularly those dozens of council webpages without which this work would not have been possible. Part I European Parliament Elections — UK Results 7 Chapter 1 European Parliament Elections — UK Results 1.1 East Midlands (5) Votes Conservative . 370275 30.2% 2 MEPs Labour . 206945 16.9% 1 MEP UK Independence Party . 201984 16.4% 1 MEP Liberal Democrat . 151428 12.3% 1 MEP British National Party . 106319 8.7% Green Party . 83939 6.8% English Democrats Party . 28498 2.3% UK First . 20561 1.7% Christian Party . 17907 1.5% Socialist Labour Party . 13590 1.1% No2EU . 11375 0.9% Pro Democracy: Libertas.eu . 7882 0.6% Jury Team . 7362 0.6% 8 CHAPTER 1. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS — UK RESULTS 9 East Midlands seats won Roger Helmer C 370275 Glenis Willmott Lab 206945 Derek Clark UKIP 201984 Emma McClarkin C 185137 William Newton Dunn LD 151428 Rupert Matthews C 123425 Robert West BNP 106319 Roy Kennedy Lab 103472 Christopher Pain UKIP 100992 Sue Mallender Grn 83939 Derek Hilling EDP 28498 Ian Gillman UKFirst 20561 Suzanne Nti Chr 17907 David Roberts SocLab 13590 John McEwan No2EU 11375 Richard Elvin Libertas 7882 James Lowey Jury 7362 East Midlands lists Conservative English Democrats Party Roger Helmer; Emma McClarkin; Rupert Derek Hilling; Tony Ellis; Diane Bilgrami; David Matthews; Fiona Bulmer; George Lee Ball; Anthony Edwards UK First Labour Ian Gillman; Christopher Elliot; Nadine Platt; Glenis Willmott; Roy Kennedy; Kathryn Salt; David Noakes; Mariann French John Morgan; Catherine Taylor Christian Party UK Independence Party Suzanne Nti; Tom Rogers; Tim Webb; Colin Bricher; Doreen Scrimshaw Derek Clark; Christopher Pain; Stephen Allison; Deva Kumarasiri; Irenea Marriott Socialist Labour Party David Roberts; Paul Liversuch; Shaun Kirk- Liberal Democrats patrick; Michael Clifford; Thea Roberts William Newton Dunn; Edward Maxfield; Denise Hawksworth; Deborah Newton-Cook; No2EU David Perkins John McEwan; Avtar Singh Sadiq; Jean Thorpe; Shang Gahonia; Laurence Platt British National Party Pro Democracy: Libertas.eu Robert West; Catherine Duffy; Peter Jarvis; Lewis Allsebrook; Kevan Stafford Richard Elvin; Margaret Parker; Peter Chaplin; James Daniels; William Winter Green Party Jury Team Sue Mallender; Richard Mallender;