2015 Fenland District Council election

The 2015 Fenland District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Fenland District Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections. It used the new boundaries from The Fenland (Electoral Changes) Order 2014.

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All 39 seats to Fenland District Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Labour
Last election	? seats, ?%	? seats, ?%	? seats, ?%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Independent	UKIP	Green
Last election		seats, %	0 seats, %
Seats before			0
Seats won			0
Percentage		%	%

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

Results summary[edit]

Fenland District Council election, 2015
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	34	0	59.9	35,069	+2.9
Independent	3	-1	11.0	7,059	-1.6
Liberal Democrats	2	0	5.6	3,599	-9.0
UKIP	0	0	13.0	8,312	+11.7
Labour	0	0	10.8	6,923	-6.9
Green	0	0	4.7	3,021	+2.8

Wards[edit]

Bassenhally (Whittlesey)

Bassenhally (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Christopher Paul Bowden	1,355
	Conservative	Kay Frances Mayor	1,150
	Liberal Democrats	David Chapman	510
	Labour	Colin Gale	367
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Benwick, Coated and Eastrea (2 seats)

Benwick, Coates and Eastrea[edit]

Benwick, Coates and Eastrea (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Ralph Butcher	1,423
	Conservative	Alexander William Miscandlon	993
	Green	Shane Alexander	730
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Birch (Chatteris)

Birch (Chatteris)[edit]

Birch (1 seat)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Robert Green	780
	UKIP	Sandra Muriel Rylance	405
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Ratcliffe	203
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clarkson (Wisbech)

Clarkson (Wisbech)[edit]

Clarkson (1 seat)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Carol Cox	351
	UKIP	Norman Adrian Booth	261
	Labour	Ann Rosemary Purt	185
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Doddington and Wimblington (2 seats)

Doddington and Wimblington[edit]

Doddington and Wimblington (2 seats) ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Connor, David William	Unopposed	N/A	±0.0
	Conservative	Davis, Maureen Thérése	Unopposed	N/A	±0.0
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elm and Christchurch (2 seats)

Elm and Christchurch[edit]

Elm and Christchurch (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Will Sutton	1,034
	Conservative	Michelle Tanfield	1,047
	UKIP	Martin John Bower	749
	UKIP	Philip John Webb	739
	Green	Jane Margaret Feaviour-Clarke	356
	Green	Anthony David Feaviour	278
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirgate (Wisbech)

Kirkgate (Wisbech)[edit]

Kirkgate (1 seat) ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Conservative	Garry Tibbs*	495	-
	Independent	David Patrick	424
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lattersey (Whittlesey)

Lattersey (1 seat)
Party		Votes
	Conservative
Turnout
	Conservative hold	Swing

Manea

Manea[edit]

Manea (1 seat)^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Ian Michael Woodward	368
	Conservative	Mark Alan Buckton	763
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

March East (3 seats)

March North (3 seats)

March West (3 seats)

Medworth (Wisbech)

Octavia Hill (Wisbech)

Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary (2 seats)

Peckover (Wisbech)

Roman Bank (3 seats)

Slade Lode (Chatteris)

Slade Lode (Chatteris)[edit]

Slade Lode (1 seat)
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout		N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold	Swing

St Andrews (Whittlesey)

Staithe (Wisbech)

Stonald (Whittlesey)

The Mills (Chatteris)

The Mills (Chatteris)[edit]

The Mills (1 seat)
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout		N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold	Swing

Waterlees Village (Wisbech)

Wenneye (Chatteris)

References[edit]

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^ Medd, Paul (2 May 2019). "Election of District Councillor for the Bassenhally District Ward" (PDF). fenland.gov.uk.
^ "Benwick" (PDF). www.fenland.gov.uk.
^ "Birch" (PDF). www.fenland.gov.uk.
^ "Clarkson" (PDF). www.fenland.gov.uk.
^ "Doddington" (PDF). www.fenland.gov.uk.
^ "Elm" (PDF). www.fenland.gov.uk.
^ "Kirkgate" (PDF). www.fenland.gov.uk.
^ "Manea" (PDF). www.fenland.gov.uk.

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