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The 2011 Fylde Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Fylde Borough Council in Lancashire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives keep a majority of 1 seat on the council with 26 of the 51 councillors,^[2] after suffering a net loss of 4 seats.^[3] Independents gained seats from the Conservatives in Clifton, Kirkham North and Medlar-with-Wesham wards, while also gaining seats in Freckleton East and Freckleton West after 2 sitting Conservative councillors stood as independents in the election.^[2] Overall turnout in the election was 44.6%.^[4]

Fylde Local Election Result 2011^[4]^[5]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	26	1	5	-4	51.0	50.6	27,609	+2.3%
Independent	20	5	1	+4	39.2	31.2	17,045	+5.7%
Liberal Democrats	3	0	0	0	5.9	9.6	5,268	-3.6%
Fylde Ratepayers	2	0	0	0	3.9	3.4	1,848	-4.8%
Labour	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	1,748	-1.4%
Integrity UK	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	937	1.7%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	147	+0.3%

Ward results

Ansdell

Ansdell (3)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Benjamin Aitken	1,033
	Conservative	David Eaves	1,002
	Conservative	Richard Redcliffe	981
	Fylde Ratepayers	Paula Tupling-Prest	386
	Labour	Marjorie Sherwood	319
	Labour	Ben Singleton	267
	Labour	Peter Stephenson	219
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Strutte	181
Turnout			4,388	46.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashton

Ashton (3)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Fylde Ratepayers	John Davies	721
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Ford	687
	Conservative	Gail Goodman	538
	Conservative	Barbara Nash	497
	Independent	Peter Savic	487
	Liberal Democrats	John Graddon	447
	Conservative	Ellie Riley	404
Turnout			3,781	42.7
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Central

Central (3)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susan Fazackerley	612
	Conservative	Edward Nash	566
	Conservative	Fabian Craig-Wilson	538
	Independent	John Ramsbottom	440
	Integrity UK - Where People Matter	Bill Whitehead	412
Turnout			2,568	32.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clifton

Clifton (3)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Len Davies	828
	Independent	Charlie Duffy	813
	Independent	Ken Hopwood	804
	Conservative	Richard Fulford-Brown	699
Turnout			3,144
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Elswick and Little Eccleston

Elswick and Little Eccleston^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Paul Hayhurst	589	83.9
	Conservative	Christine Carrick	113	16.1
Majority			476	67.8
Turnout			702	55.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Fairhaven

Fairhaven (3)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cheryl Little	941
	Fylde Ratepayers	Richard Eastham	741
	Conservative	David Donaldson	702
	Conservative	Amanda Dalmasso	692
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Fielding	438
Turnout			3,514	44.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Freckleton East

Freckleton East (2)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Tommy Threlfall	707
	Independent	James Mulholland	473
	Conservative	Cathryn Lancaster	342
	Conservative	Faye Lamb	159
Turnout			1,681	41.9
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Freckleton West

Freckleton West (2)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Dr Fiddler	758
	Independent	Louis Rigby	714
	Conservative	Sophie King	137
	Conservative	Nicholas Gleave	120
Turnout			1,729	45.3
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Heyhouses

Heyhouses (3)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Viv Willder	839
	Conservative	Peter Wood	723
	Conservative	Nigel Goodrich	681
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Fielding	557
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Harrison	488
Turnout			3,288	40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kilnhouse

Kilnhouse (3)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Henshaw	623
	Conservative	Christine Akeroyd	614
	Conservative	Timothy Armit	531
	Independent	Richard Ellis	479
	Conservative	Neil Harvey	475
	Integrity UK – Where People Matter	Rick Whitehead	252
Turnout			2,499
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkham North

Kirkham North (3)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Elaine Silverwood	1,007
	Independent	Keith Beckett	880
	Independent	Paul Hodgson	668
	Conservative	Ted Rhodes	469
	Conservative	William Oldfield	396
	Conservative	Michael Hill	204
Turnout			3,624	47.7
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Kirkham South

Kirkham South (2)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Liz Oades	698
	Independent	Peter Hardy	400
	Conservative	Barry Mitchell	152
	Conservative	Sarah Carrick	151
	Labour	Dennis Davenport	148
Turnout			1,549	41.7
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Medlar-with-Wesham

Medlar-with-Wesham (2)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Linda Nulty	651
	Independent	Alan Clayton	591
	Conservative	Martin Howarth	311
	Conservative	Stuart Jones	209
	Integriy UK	Peter Ball	97
Turnout			1,859	37.8
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Newton and Treales

Newton and Treales (2)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Heather Speak	837
	Independent	Peter Collins	675
	Conservative	Colin Mackintosh	326
	Conservative	Stephen Butler	324
	Liberal Democrats	Pam Winlow	140
Turnout			2,302	50.1
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Park

Park (3)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon Cox	1,085
	Independent	David Chedd	1,052
	Conservative	Dawn Prestwich	977
	Conservative	Matthew Lardner	962
Turnout			4,076	48.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ribby-with-Wrea

Ribby-with-Wrea^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frank Andrews	374	53.6
	Independent	Janet Wardell	324	46.4
Majority			50	7.2
Turnout			698	59.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sinleton and Greenhalgh

Singleton and Greenhalgh^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Maxine Chew	369	70.2
	Conservative	Elizabeth Clarkson	106	20.2
	Green	Ian Roberts	51	9.7
Majority			263	50.0
Turnout			526	46.5
	Independent hold		Swing

St John's

St John's (3)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brenda Ackers	771
	Conservative	Tim Ashton	717
	Independent	Kath Harper	704
	Conservative	Michael Cornah	672
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Gilligan	424
Turnout			3,288	43.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

St Leonard's

St Leonard's (3)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Henshaw	815
	Conservative	Karen Buckley	547
	Conservative	Angela Jacques	477
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Lanyon	468
	Conservative	Martin Chatfield	402
	Independent	Des Downey	318
	Labour	Fred Bostock	293
	Labour	Bill Taylor	260
	Integrity UK	Carolyn Astin	176
Turnout			3,756
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Staining and Weeton

Staining and Weeton (2)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Singleton	582
	Conservative	Albert Pounder	475
	Independent	Stephen Hall	355
	Labour	Nick Ansell	242
	Green	Stacey Houldsworth	96
Turnout			1,750	43.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warton and Westby

Warton and Westby (3)^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susan Ashton	775
	Independent	Julie Brickles	725
	Conservative	Susanne Cunningham	700
	Conservative	Barbara Douglas	678
	Independent	Michael Gilbert	527
Turnout			3,405	42.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing