Cotswold Council election, 2011
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Elections for Cotswold District Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2011. The whole council was up for election. Cotswold District is split up into 28 wards, with a total of 44 seats up for election.
Summary results
May 2011 was a bad year for the Conservatives in the Cotswolds, they lost 12 seats, 7 to the Liberal Democrats and 5 to Independents.
| Cotswold Local Election Results 2011 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
| Conservative | 27 | 1 | 12 | -11 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrat | 12 | 7 | 0 | +7 | ||||||
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Wards
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sir Edward Horsefall | 584 | 74.3% | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Frank Skinner | 202 | 25.7% | ||
| Majority | 382 | 48.6 | |||
| Turnout | 797 | 50.83 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
