2011 – 5th May – Kenilworth Town Council – Election

Abbey Ward (5 seats)

CandidatePartyVotes
*Michael Francis CokerConservative Party1526
*George Reginald IllingworthConservative Party1417
Katherine Sara DicksonLiberal Democrats1386
*Patrick Joseph RyanLiberal Democrats1339
John Anthony CookeConservative Party1335
Susan McGowanLiberal Democrats1241
Andrew John Guy GarsedConservative Party1234
Rowena Ann HillConservative Party1227

Registered Voters 5099

Ballot Papers Issued 2935 (134 spoilt papers)

Turnout 57.6%

Park Hill Wards (6 seats)

CandidatePartyVotes
*Dave John ShiltonConservative Party2036
*Felicity Gena BunkerConservative Party1898
*Andrew James MobbsConservative Party1808
Shirley Beatrice ShiltonConservative Party1711
Michael Charles HitchinsConservative Party1638
Mark Vivian LewisConservative Party1631
Alison Rita Margaret TylerLiberal Democrats1271
Mary Latham HarrisonLiberal Democrats1228
Andrew Christopher TullochLiberal Democrats1185

Registered Voters 6397

Ballot Papers Issued 3432 (164 spoilt papers)

Turnout 53.6%

St John’s Ward (6 seats)

CandidatePartyVotes
*Alan James Lancaster CockburnConservative Party1712
Erica DaviesConservative Party1677
*Pauline Winifred EdwardsConservative Party1629
*Richard Ivor Graham DaviesConservative Party1614
John Stephen DaggConservative Party1550
*Norman John VincentConservative Party1546
Gillian Ann PalmerLiberal Democrats1167
Richard Guy DicksonLiberal Democrats1146
Ian Malcolm FenwickLiberal Democrats990
*denotes retiring councillor

Registered Voters 5808

Ballot Papers Issued 3122 (151 spoilt papers)

Turnout 53.7%

TORIES CONSOLIDATE

The Conservatives kept the same majority of 13, just like the 2007 election. The only change being seven new councillors, including two married couples.

One new Tory is Shirley Shilton (pictured), wife of Dave Shilton, who were both elected in Park Hill. The other married couple are Erica and Richard Davies, elected in St. John’s.

Tory, John Cooke returns to the town council after 20 long years away, he had previously served from 1979 to 1991. New to the Tories is John Dagg, who was easily elected in St. John’s.

The Lib-Dems have a new face, Katherine Dickson who was elected in Abbey ward along with veteran Pat Ryan who retained his seat, which he has held for the past eight years.

Spoilt Papers Galore

A not so good statistic of the election was the amount of spoilt ballot papers. Each ward had over 100, totalling 449 in all. A record by a long way. The official reasons given for the spoilt papers were: ‘being un-marked’, ‘wholly void for uncertainty’ or for ‘voting for too many candidates’. However, it has to be noted that the Labour party did not put forward any candidates in this election, which may have resulted in some sort of ‘protest vote’, due to their non-participation.

John Whitehouse, Lib-Dem, WCC member for Abbey ward, said that he found it very interesting that the Lib-Dems called for a smaller town council, and then people voted for fewer councillors than the number they were allowed to vote for on their ballot paper.

Mayors

2011-12 Dave Shilton (pictured)

2012-13 George Illingworth

2013-14 Felicity Bunker

2014-15 John Cooke

Kenilworth Town Councillors

15 Conservatives (D. Shilton, S. Shilton, E. Davies, R. Davies, A. Cockburn, P. Edwards, J. Dagg, N. Vincent, M. Lewis, M. Hitchins, F. Bunker, A. Mobbs, M. Coker, J. Cooke, G. Illingworth)

2 Liberal Democrats (K. Dickson, P. Ryan)

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