2015 Uttlesford District Council election
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The 2015 Uttlesford District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Uttlesford District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Results summary[edit]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 23 | 0 | 9 |  9
|
42.7 | 32,514 | 15.6
| ||
| R4U | 9 | 9 | 0 |  9
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25.3 | 19,279 | New | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 2
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15.7 | 12,000 | 15.2
| ||||
| Independent | 1 | 1
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5.0 | 3,835 | 1.9
| ||||
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 5,440 | 0.7
| |||
| UKIP | 0 | 
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3.1 | 2,331 | New | ||||
| Green | 0 |
|
1.1 | 807 | New | ||||
| Total | 39 | 76,206 | |||||||
Ward Results[edit]
Ashdon[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Howard Rolfe | 575 | 46.6 | -24.6 | |
| R4U | Daniel Starr | 533 | 43.2 | New | |
| UKIP | Barry Tyler | 125 | 10.1 | New | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,233 | 77.7 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Broad Oak and the Hallingburys[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Keith Artus | 1,136 | 46.4 | |
| Conservative | Lesley Wells | 1,056 | ||
| UKIP | David Allum | 586 | 24.0 | |
| Labour | Bill McCarthey | 273 | 11.2 | |
| R4U | Amanda Brown | 228 | 9.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Dyer | 223 | 9.1 | |
| R4U | Susan Tait | 123 | ||
| Majority | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
Clavering[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edward Oliver | 871 | 61.6 | -18.5 | |
| R4U | Alan Storah | 417 | 29.5 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Samantha Dunn | 126 | 8.9 | -11.0 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Debden & Wimbish[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Tina Knight | 631 | 53.3 | |
| R4U | Stewart Luck | 338 | 28.6 | |
| Labour | Janet Grogan | 111 | 9.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Patrick O'Brien | 103 | 8.7 | |
| Majority | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
Elsenham & Henham[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Parr | 1,009 | 46.6 | -10.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rory Gleeson | 912 | |||
| Independent | Petrina Lees | 590 | 27.3 | New | |
| Conservative | Anthony Goodwin | 455 | 21.0 | -16.7 | |
| Conservative | Liam Hithersay | 444 | |||
| Labour | Hilary Todd | 110 | 5.1 | -2.5 | |
| Labour | Lillian Adams | 102 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Felsted & Stebbing[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Marie Felton | 1,061 | 38.3 | |
| Conservative | Alan Mills | 1,007 | ||
| Independent | Richard Silcock | 667 | 24.1 | |
| UKIP | Anna McNicoll | 415 | 15.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Thawley | 311 | 11.2 | |
| UKIP | Alan Stannard | 247 | ||
| Labour | Humphrey Barbier | 218 | 7.9 | |
| Labour | David Sowter | 191 | ||
| R4U | Grace Jackson | 95 | 3.4 | |
| R4U | Tom Jackson | 76 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
Flitch Green & Little Dunmow[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Stephanie Harris | 727 | 63.3 | |
| R4U | Winnie Mustafa | 243 | 21.2 | |
| Labour | Yad Zanganah | 112 | 9.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Fran Richards | 66 | 5.7 | |
| Majority | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
Great Dunmow North[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Davey | 876 | 41.7 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Davies | 856 | |||
| R4U | Alexander Armstrong | 795 | 37.8 | ||
| R4U | Sue Gilbert | 673 | |||
| Labour | Coral Glennie | 249 | 11.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Morgan | 182 | 8.7 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Great Dunmow South & Barnston[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Barker | 1,412 | 44.1 | |
| Conservative | Eric Hicks | 1,364 | ||
| Conservative | Victor Ranger | 1,273 | ||
| R4U | Ian Brown | 1,066 | 33.3 | |
| R4U | Keith Mackman | 1,019 | ||
| R4U | Milan Milovanociv | 842 | ||
| Labour | Gerard Darcy | 379 | 11.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Maureen Caton | 344 | 10.7 | |
| Labour | Duncan Sargant | 319 | ||
| Majority | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
Hatfield Heath[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Mark Lemon | 599 | 48.4 | -39.8 | |
| Conservative | Thomas Flack | 571 | 46.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Juliet Richards | 67 | 5.4 | -6.4 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
High Easter & The Rodings[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Susan Baker | 974 | 74.1 | |
| R4U | Sandra Lloyd | 205 | 15.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Iris Evans | 135 | 10.3 | |
| Majority | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
Littlebury, Chesterford & Wenden Lofts[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Julie Redfern | 1,020 | 37.9 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Chambers | 984 | |||
| Independent | Janet Menell | 850 | 31.6 | ||
| Independent | Joanna Francis | 564 | |||
| R4U | Belinda Irons | 524 | 19.5 | ||
| R4U | Patrick Hawke-Smith | 499 | |||
| Labour | Phillip Leighton | 295 | 11.0 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Newport[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R4U | Joanna Parry | 1,028 | 29.0 | New | |
| R4U | Neil Hargreaves | 1,004 | 28.4 | New | |
| Conservative | Jeremy Rose | 624 | 17.6 | -10.4 | |
| Conservative | John Moran | 601 | 17.0 | -7.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marion Dyer | 285 | 8.1 | -18.4 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| R4U gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| R4U gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Saffron Walden Audley[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R4U | Sharon Morris | 880 | 33.7 | ||
| R4U | Barbara Light | 815 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Hibbs | 692 | 26.5 | ||
| Conservative | Douglas Perry | 657 | 25.2 | ||
| Conservative | Alastair Walters | 651 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Hilary Shibata | 290 | |||
| Labour | John Evans | 204 | 7.8 | ||
| Green | Mary Sawtell | 179 | 6.9 | ||
| Labour | Dave O'Brian | 137 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| R4U gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| R4U gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Saffron Walden Castle[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R4U | Heather Asker | 914 | 40.5 | ||
| R4U | Richard Freeman | 735 | |||
| Conservative | Bob Eastham | 617 | 27.3 | ||
| Conservative | David Sadler | 559 | |||
| Labour | Arthur Coote | 305 | 13.5 | ||
| Labour | Simon Trimnell | 268 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Barbara Hughes | 233 | 10.3 | ||
| UKIP | Stephanie Law | 188 | 8.3 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| R4U gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| R4U gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Saffron Walden Shire[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R4U | John Lodge | 1,624 | 37.2 | ||
| R4U | Paul Fairhurst | 1,346 | |||
| R4U | Aisha Anjum | 1,329 | |||
| Conservative | Sandra Eden | 1,064 | 24.4 | ||
| Conservative | Benjamin Balliger | 1,010 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Nelson | 978 | |||
| Labour | Yvonne Morton | 505 | 11.6 | ||
| Green | Triliby Roberts | 474 | 10.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sonia Sault | 453 | 10.4 | ||
| Labour | Adrian Williamson | 353 | |||
| Independent | Patrick Boland | 240 | 5.5 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| R4U gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| R4U gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| R4U gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Stansted North[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Dean | 1,177 | 47.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Sell | 1,051 | |||
| Conservative | John Salmon | 998 | 40.2 | ||
| Conservative | Mike Clarke | 761 | |||
| Labour | Ian Davies | 310 | 12.5 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Stansted South & Birchanger[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Terry Farthing | 828 | 38.7 | ||
| Conservative | Thom Goddard | 756 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Melvin Caton | 697 | 32.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Lori Flawn | 500 | |||
| Labour | John Wadham | 265 | 12.4 | ||
| R4U | Anthony Gerard | 198 | 9.2 | ||
| R4U | David Parry | 168 | |||
| Green | Karmel Stannard | 154 | 7.2 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Stort Valley[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Janice Loughlin | 639 | 53.7 | -2.6 | |
| Conservative | Alexis Beeching | 551 | 46.3 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Takeley[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jim Gordon | 1,495 | 35.2 | ||
| Conservative | Derek Jones | 1,384 | |||
| Conservative | Howard Ryles | 867 | |||
| R4U | Natalie Sullivan | 857 | 20.2 | ||
| UKIP | Sharron Coker | 770 | 18.1 | ||
| R4U | Peter Emsden | 599 | |||
| Labour | Terry Brandon | 426 | 10.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Kimber | 380 | 8.9 | ||
| Independent | Geoff Bagnall | 325 | 7.6 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Thaxted & the Eastons[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Foley | 1,198 | 45.9 | ||
| Conservative | John Freeman | 1,182 | 45.3 | ||
| Conservative | Aaron Menuhin | 913 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Antoinette Wattebot | 827 | |||
| Labour | Judith Pretty | 231 | 8.8 | ||
| Labour | Jon Spencer | 157 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
The Sampfords[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Simon Howell | 814 | 62.0 | ||
| R4U | Sarfaz Anjum | 274 | 20.9 | ||
| Labour | Peter Donovan | 124 | 9.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Hudson | 100 | 7.6 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
