2015 Gedling Borough Council election

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2015 Gedling Borough Council election
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All 41 seats to Gedling Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before 31 15 3
Seats won 25 15 1
Seat change -6 0 -2
Popular vote 51,256 48,067 7,687
Percentage 39.2% 36.8% 5.9%
Swing -7.5% -1.1% -5.4%

The 2015 Gedling Borough Council election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect all members of Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England as part of the English local elections coinciding with the 2015 General Election. Each councillor serves a four-year term of office.[1]

Following Boundary Commission recommendations boundary change took place for this election to provide for 19 wards, many of which are two or three-member, thus electing 41 councillors.[2][3]

Results[edit]

Summary of Results[edit]

Labour Party candidates won a majority, exceeding the 21 member threshold needed to reach majority party status, formerly having 64% of councillors. The Conservative group was formerly the opposition party on the council, holding 15 seats out of 50 on the larger council between 2011 and 2015. The remainder of councillors comprised Liberal Democrat members, formerly holding 3 seats on the council from 2011 to 2015, returned 1 of the council's 41 councillors.

Gedling Borough 2015
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Labour 41 25 - - - 61.0% 39.2% 51,256 -
  Conservative 41 15 - - - 36.6% 36.8% 48,067 -
  Liberal Democrats 22 1 - - - 2.4% 5.9% 7,687 -
  UKIP 41 0 - - - 0.0% 16.3% 21,228 -
  Green 8 0 - - - 0.0% 1.3% 1,645 -
  Independent 3 0 - - - 0.0% 0.5% 636 -
  TUSC 1 0 - - - 0.0% 0.1% 94 -

Ward Results[edit]

Bestwood St Albans[edit]

Bestwood St Albans (2)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Denis Beeston 1,143 27.7
Conservative Tammy Bisset 884 19.1
Labour Ron McCrossen 859 18.5
Conservative Lucy Shipley 756 16.3
UKIP Dawn Rood 521 11.2
UKIP Simon Rood 473 10.2
Turnout

Calverton[edit]

Calverton (3)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Boyd Elliott 1,610 15.6
Conservative Paul Stirland 1,432 13.9
Conservative Jane Walker 1,357 13.2
Labour Mike Hope 1,246 12.1
Labour Nick Quilty 1,162 11.3
Labour Pat Marks 1,112 10.8
UKIP Patrica Rutt 706 6.8
UKIP Robin Rutt 683 6.6
UKIP Grant Withers 662 6.4
Independent Pat Bosworth 348 3.4
Turnout

Carlton[edit]

Carlton (2)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Nicki Brooks 1,362 26.1
Labour Paul Wilkinson 1,119 21.4
Conservative Robert Dawson 798 15.3
Conservative Bernard Leaper 706 13.5
UKIP Sally Cook 509 9.7
UKIP Steve Cook 501 9.6
Liberal Democrats Philip Whitaker 128 2.5
Liberal Democrats Michel Flor-Henry 105 2.0
Turnout

Carlton Hill[edit]

Carlton Hill (3)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Jim Creamer 1,924 17.3
Labour Paul Feeney 1,865 16.7
Labour Alex Scroggie 1,705 15.3
Conservative Geoffrey Trout 982 8.8
Conservative April Jackson 949 8.5
Conservative Irene Trout 909 8.2
UKIP Frank Browett 791 7.1
UKIP Patricia Browett 733 6.6
UKIP Nina Peterson-Tait 638 5.7
Liberal Democrats Anne Talbot 251 2.3
Liberal Democrats Jenet Dudley 212 1.9
Liberal Democrats Roger Patterson 186 1.7
Turnout

Cavendish[edit]

Cavendish (2)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Gary Gregory 953 18.7
Labour Emily Bailey 943 18.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Dunkin 630 12.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Hughes 612 12.0
Conservative Tanya Hinds 599 11.7
UKIP Charles Jansan 503 9.9
Conservative Terry Pepper 490 9.6
UKIP Deva Kumarasiri 373 7.3
Turnout

Colwick[edit]

Colwick (1)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Meredith Lawrence 566 41.4
Conservative James Faulconbridge 515 37.7
UKIP Benjamin Scott-Nelson 204 14.9
Green Jean Katimertzis 81 5.9
Turnout

Coppice[edit]

Coppice (2)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Marje Paling 1,250 21.1
Labour Henry Wheeler 1,191 20.1
Conservative Ged Clarke 1,024 17.3
Conservative Julie Catkin 1,017 17.1
UKIP David Voce 575 9.7
UKIP Anthony Hall 542 9.1
Green Jim Stuart 170 2.9
Green Margret Vince 164 2.8
Turnout

Daybrook[edit]

Daybrook (2)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Peter Barnes 1,392 28.5
Labour Sandra Barnes 1,344 27.6
Conservative David Ward 584 12.0
Conservative Gerald Kenwood 534 11.0
UKIP Andrew Brierley 514 10.5
UKIP James Gamble 509 10.4
Turnout

Dumbles[edit]

Dumbles (1)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Helen Greensmith 1,265 67.3
Labour John Bailey 390 20.7
UKIP Wes Stala 226 12.0
Turnout

Ernehale[edit]

Ernehale (2)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Roxanne Ellis 1,068 18.5
Labour David Ellis 1,060 18.4
Conservative Vanessa Faulconbridge 911 15.8
Conservative Natalie Sharpe 893 15.5
UKIP John Hart 575 10.0
UKIP Lee Waters 501 8.7
Green Jeannie Thompson 180 3.1
Liberal Democrats Jason Stansfield 164 2.8
Independent Paul Key 145 2.5
Independent Desmond Peet 143 2.5
Liberal Democrats Margaret Swift 137 2.4
Turnout

Gedling[edit]

Gedling (2)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Jenny Hollingworth 1,176 20.1
Conservative Alan Bexon 994 17.0
Labour Lynda Pearson 927 15.9
Conservative Tony Pitman 693 11.9
Liberal Democrats Maggie Dunkin 652 11.2
Liberal Democrats Martin White 448 7.7
UKIP Philip Pritchard 381 6.5
UKIP Piero Loi 375 6.4
Green Paul Sergent 203 3.5
Turnout

Netherfield[edit]

Netherfield (2)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour William Clarke 1,183 25.6
Labour Barbara Miller 1,128 24.4
Conservative Maureen Cook 524 11.4
Conservative Valerie Skerritt 473 10.3
UKIP Gary Bird 462 10.0
UKIP Sacha Loi 381 8.3
Green Nick Martin 276 6.0
Liberal Democrats Nora Crossland 100 2.2
Liberal Democrats Marguerite Wright 88 1.9
Turnout

Newstead Abbey[edit]

Newstead Abbey (3)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Chris Barnfather 3,126 23.4
Conservative Bruce Andrews 2,944 22.1
Conservative Colin Powell 2,590 19.4
Labour Caro Wright 1,213 9.1
Labour David Ringwood 968 7.3
Labour Michael Towers 909 6.8
UKIP Raj Chandran 659 4.9
UKIP Christina Stala 508 3.8
UKIP Rhea Waters 431 3.2
Turnout

Phoenix[edit]

Phoenix (2)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Andrew Ellwood 885 17.4
Labour Kathryn Fox 876 17.2
Labour Cheryl Hewlett 844 16.6
Liberal Democrats Clive Towsey-Hinton 743 14.6
Conservative Geoffrey Richardson 473 9.3
UKIP Graham Roebuck 449 8.8
UKIP Fran Loi 432 8.5
Conservative Gwen White 398 7.8
Turnout

Plains[edit]

Plains (3)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Carol Pepper 1,982 14.7
Conservative John Parr 1,975 14.6
Conservative Sarah Hewson 1,924 14.2
Labour Desmond Gibbons 1,520 11.2
Labour Errol Henry 1,397 10.3
Labour John Butterworth 1,390 10.3
UKIP Gillian Barker 754 5.6
UKIP John Barlow 739 5.5
UKIP Peter Foulkes 633 4.7
Green Kathy Read 295 2.2
Green Jim Norris 273 2.0
Liberal Democrats Vera West 259 1.9
Liberal Democrats Max Beeken 197 1.5
Liberal Democrats Raymond Poynter 187 1.4
Turnout

Porchester[edit]

Porchester (3)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Bob Collis 2,323 18.0
Labour John Truscott 2,224 17.2
Labour Muriel Weisz 2,084 16.1
Conservative Eric Collin 1,665 12.9
Conservative Ashley Foster 1,405 10.9
Conservative Linda Foster 1,397 10.8
UKIP Mark Brinsley-Day 683 5.3
UKIP Allan Hare 627 4.9
UKIP Gloria Roberts 504 3.9
Turnout

Redhill[edit]

Redhill (2)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Michael Payne 1,449 23.5
Labour Pauline Allan 1,406 22.8
Conservative Sam Smith 1,141 18.5
Conservative Geoffrey Walker 1,092 17.7
UKIP George Rose 551 8.9
UKIP Philip Smith 523 8.5
Turnout

Trent Valley[edit]

Trent Valley (2)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Kevin Doyle 1,206 20.0
Conservative Stephen Poole 1,170 19.4
Labour Jeanette Johnson 906 15.0
Labour Margaret Strong 809 13.4
Liberal Democrats Richard MacDuff Fife 584 9.7
Liberal Democrats John Flynn 534 8.9
UKIP Colin Blandamer 426 7.1
UKIP Pat Blandamer 398 6.6
Turnout

Woodthorpe[edit]

Woodthorpe (2)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Viv McCrossen 1,396 21.3
Conservative Michael Adams 1,379 21.0
Conservative Suzanne Prew-Smith 1,301 19.8
Labour Rob Pearson 1,229 18.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Swift 316 4.8
UKIP Paul Marshall 296 4.5
UKIP Sandra Marshall 277 4.2
Liberal Democrats Minna Patterson 269 4.1
TUSC Ian Mansell 94 1.4
Turnout

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Scheduled Elections". Scheduled Elections. Gedling Borough Council. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  2. ^ "LGBCE Gedling". Gedling (FER). LGBCE. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  3. ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
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