Ward profile: Westbourne

Westbourne: Candidates, 2011 election results, and a profile of the ward.

Candidates (Two seats)

*Denise Cobb (Conservative) - @DeniseCobb13

Shaun Gunner (Conservative) - @ShaunGunner

Guy Davidson (Green, second choice)

Karen James (Green, first choice)

Tom Bewick (Labour) - @TomBewick

Sunny Choudhury (Labour) - @bdbangladeshis1

Geoff Date (Liberal Democrats)

Robert Harding (UKIP)

2011 election results

Candidate                                         Votes (%)

Brian William Oxley (Conservative) 1,228 (20%)

Denise Lorraine Cobb (Conservative) 1,152 (19%)

Simon Battle (Labour) 1,020 (16%)

Louisa Greenbaum (Green) 911 (15%)

Jacqueline Teeboon (Labour) 807 (13%)

Ray Cunningham (Green) 615 (10%)

June Marie Batchelor (Liberal Democrats) 264 (4%)

Coreen Sears (Liberal Democrats) 186 (3%)

Susan Patricia Collard The European Citizens Party 39 (1%)

Factfile (Source: Census 2011)

Households: 4,626

Density (people per hectare): 118

Women: 52% (5,282)

Men: 48% (4,784)

Average age: 40

Higher managerial occupations:) 15% (1,247)

Unemployed: 6.3% (348)

White: 88.9% (8,944)

Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: 1.5% (146)

Asian/Asian British: 3.8% (379)

Number who cannot speak English well: 93

Dependent children in household (% of all households): 25.5%

Christians: 44%

No religion: 39%

Number of same-sex civil partnerships: 64

Divorced: 10%

Living as co-habiting couple: 17.9%

Married: 32.8%

One family - all aged 65 and over: 3.6%

Lone parent - with dependent children: 7%

No adults in employment, with dependent children: 2.9%

Long-term unemployed: 1.7%

Activities limited a lot by poor health: 9.8%

No cars or vans in household: 36%

No qualifications: 16.2%

Full-time students aged 18 and over: 4.2%

One person in household with long-term health problem/disability - with dependent children: 3.2%

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