Elections to Poole Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011 in line with other local elections in the United Kingdom.
All 42 seats across 16 wards[1] of this unitary authority were up for election.
There were 118 candidates nominated, comprised as follows:- 42 Conservatives, 33 Liberal Democrats, 11 UK Independence Party, 9 Independents, 11 Labour, 8 Poole People,[2] 2 Green Party and 2 British National Party.
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