Election Name: | 2011 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election |
Country: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2007 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election |
Previous Year: | 2007 |
Next Election: | 2015 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election |
Next Year: | 2015 |
Seats For Election: | All 67 seats to East Riding of Yorkshire Council |
Majority Seats: | 34 |
Election Date: | 5 May 2011 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 47, 70.1% |
Seats1: | 53 |
Seat Change1: | 6 |
Popular Vote1: | 47,426 |
Percentage1: | 40.2% |
Swing1: | 0.7% |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 3, 4.5% |
Seats2: | 6 |
Seat Change2: | 3 |
Popular Vote2: | 26,349 |
Percentage2: | 22.3% |
Swing2: | 8.8% |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election3: | 12, 18.0% |
Seats3: | 3 |
Seat Change3: | 9 |
Popular Vote3: | 17,451 |
Percentage3: | 14.8% |
Swing3: | 13.1% |
Party4: | Independent politician |
Last Election4: | 4, 6.0% |
Seats4: | 3 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 13,900 |
Percentage4: | 11.8% |
Swing4: | 0.8% |
Party5: | East Yorkshire Independents |
Last Election5: | 0, 0.0% |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 6,696 |
Percentage5: | 5.7% |
Swing5: | 5.7% |
Party6: | Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present) |
Last Election6: | 1, 1.5% |
Seats6: | 1 |
Popular Vote6: | 1,167 |
Percentage6: | 1.0% |
Swing6: | 0.9% |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Conservative |
After Election: | Conservative |
The 2011 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of East Riding of Yorkshire Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across the country. All 67 seats were contested. The Conservatives retained control of the council, surpassing the 34-seat majority threshold with 53 seats, up 6 from the last election.
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