2011 Exeter City Council election

2011 Exeter City Council election [1] [2] [3]
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13 of the 40 seats to Exeter City Council
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout42.95%
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 15 11
Seats won 7 4
Seats after 19 11
Seat change Increase4 Steady
Popular vote 10,685 8,969
Percentage 38.4% 32.3%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Liberal
Last election 11 3
Seats won 2 0
Seats after 9 1
Seat change Decrease2 Decrease2
Popular vote 4,257 501
Percentage 15.3% 1.8%
Map showing the results of the 2011 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives and yellow shows the Liberal Democrats. Wards in white had no election.
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

No overall control

The 2011 Exeter City Council election took place on 5 May 2011, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. One third of the council was up for election; the seats up for election were last contested in 2007. The council remained under no overall control with the Labour Party as the largest party.[4]

  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2015). Exeter City Council Election Results 1973-2012 (PDF). University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. pp. 11–12.
  2. ^ Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2011". Local Elections Archive Project.
  3. ^ "Election of City Councillors for the Wards of Exeter City Council Summary of Results" (PDF). Exeter City Council. 5 May 2011.
  4. ^ "England council elections". BBC News.