Bournemouth Borough Council election 2011 map

Elections to

Bournemouth Borough Council Bournemouth Borough Council was the local authority of Bournemouth in Dorset, England and ceased to exist on 1 April 2019. It was a unitary authority, although between 1974 and 1997 it was an administrative district council with Dorset. Previou ...

were held on 5 May 2011, in line with other local elections in the United Kingdom. All 54 seats, across 18 wards of this

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, were up for election. There were 176 candidates nominated, comprised as follows: 54

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, 40 Labour, 39 Liberal Democrats, 24 Independents, 14

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, 4

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and 1

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. There were 3 more candidates standing than in the 2007 election.

Composition of council seats before election

Election result summary

Less than a week after the elections, Derek Borthwick, elected as an

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in the Throop and Muscliff ward joined the Conservative Party.

Election results by ward

References

{{United Kingdom local elections, 2011 2011 English local elections 2011 2010s in Dorset