2015 Canterbury City Council election
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![]() Map of the results of the 2015 Canterbury council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Lib Dems in orange and UKIP in purple. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2015 Canterbury City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Canterbury City Council in Kent, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections. It was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries.[3] The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 31 | 79.5 | 38.8 | 55,105 | |||||
Labour | 3 | 7.7 | 23.4 | 33,253 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 7.7 | 13.7 | 19,512 | |||||
UKIP | 2 | 5.1 | 13.0 | 18,427 | |||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 15,004 | |||||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 325 | |||||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 412 |
Results by Ward
[edit]Barton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Louise Jones | 1,255 | |||
Conservative | Steven Williams | 1,224 | |||
Conservative | Oliver Fawcett | 1,220 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paula Vickers | 1,211 | |||
Labour | Andrew Ashenhurst | 1,141 | |||
Labour | David Kyffin | 1,119 | |||
Labour | David McLellan | 1,012 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Atkin | 1,009 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Graham Wood | 863 | |||
Green | Keith Bothwell | 846 | |||
Green | Stephen Peckham | 667 | |||
UKIP | James Cooper | 628 | |||
UKIP | Carol Riley | 549 | |||
UKIP | Richard Riley | 487 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Beltinge
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Stockley | 1,946 | |||
Conservative | Jeanette Stockley | 1,705 | |||
UKIP | Steven Johnson | 1,429 | |||
Labour | Christine Wheeldon | 969 | |||
Labour | Gillian Gower | 866 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Blean Forest
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Amy Baker | 1,471 | |||
Conservative | Benjamin Fitter | 1,253 | |||
Conservative | George Metcalfe | 1,116 | |||
Labour | Oluwaranti Adeyemi | 834 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Helen Clark | 812 | |||
Labour | Gabrielle Holden | 777 | |||
Labour | Christopher Cornell | 736 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Woodbridge | 657 | |||
Green | David Cocozza | 581 | |||
Liberal Democrats | William Tilbrook | 581 | |||
Green | Andrew Goatly | 577 | |||
Green | Adam Parsons | 395 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chartham and Stone Street
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rosemary Doyle | 1,659 | |||
Conservative | Robert Thomas | 1,421 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Donald Ashton | 697 | |||
UKIP | David Perry | 691 | |||
Labour | Shirley Sankey | 635 | |||
Green | Lucia Moorhead | 574 | |||
Green | Michael Coppin | 561 | |||
Labour | John Whyte | 527 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Helen Sole | 498 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chestfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jennifer Samper | 2,342 | |||
Conservative | Patrick Todd | 2,049 | |||
UKIP | Brian MacDowall | 925 | |||
Labour | Philippa Langton | 648 | |||
Labour | Stephen Furber | 584 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ann Anderson | 395 | |||
Green | Gregory Lawrence | 391 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Judith Wehner | 289 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Gorrell
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian Baker | 1,977 | |||
Conservative | Ashley Clark | 1,848 | |||
Labour | Bernadette Fisher | 1,844 | |||
Labour | Peter Halfpenny | 1,658 | |||
Labour | Pamela O'Brien | 1,638 | |||
Conservative | Ian Taylor | 1,427 | |||
UKIP | Nicholas Bond | 1,102 | |||
Green | Alexander Stevens | 903 | |||
Green | Thomas Williams | 808 | |||
Green | Michelle Freeman | 801 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Guy Voizey | 531 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Dearth | 476 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Colin Curtis | 451 | |||
Independent | John Wratten | 412 | |||
TUSC | Ian Page | 116 | |||
TUSC | Mary Sullivan | 110 | |||
TUSC | Delia Hazrati | 99 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Greenhill
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | David Hirst | 750 | |||
Conservative | Robert Bright | 708 | |||
Labour | Roger Dengate | 568 | |||
Turnout | |||||
UKIP hold | Swing |
Herne & Broomfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Jones | 2,017 | |||
Conservative | Sharron Sonnex | 1,739 | |||
UKIP | John Moore | 1,283 | |||
UKIP | Stanley Truelove | 998 | |||
Labour | Barbara Ayling | 699 | |||
Labour | Glynis Nerssessian | 557 | |||
Green | Martin Baker | 420 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Heron
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Cook | 2,547 | |||
Conservative | Joseph Howes | 2,065 | |||
Conservative | David Thomas | 1,982 | |||
UKIP | Trevor Dockwray | 1,763 | |||
UKIP | Michael O'Brien | 1,707 | |||
Labour | Lynnda Faux-Bowyer | 1,235 | |||
Labour | Thomas Mellish | 1,030 | |||
Labour | Stanley Wilson | 899 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kenwyn Hando | 707 | |||
Green | Jess Hampshire | 690 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Oakes | 574 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sami Mahrouche | 396 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Little Stour & Adisham
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stuart Walker | 1,194 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Graham Duplock | 595 | |||
Labour | Helen Vass | 357 | |||
Green | Philippa Nice | 294 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Nailbourne
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Cook | 916 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Sole | 841 | |||
UKIP | Keith Walsh | 287 | |||
Labour | Joyce Wilson | 206 | |||
Green | Emily Shirley | 164 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Northgate
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Baldock | 1,025 | |||
Labour | Jean Butcher | 940 | |||
Conservative | Matthew Butt | 787 | |||
Conservative | Shabana Raman | 620 | |||
Green | Laura Thomas-Jenkins | 578 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Valerie Ainscough | 311 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Benzie | 233 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Reculver
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Guy Foster | 1,472 | |||
Labour | Karen Douglas | 601 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Seasalter
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Bartley | 1,859 | |||
Conservative | Colin Spooner | 1,564 | |||
UKIP | Michael Bull | 1,203 | |||
UKIP | Babychan Thomas | 959 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth McLachlan | 847 | |||
Labour | Wesley McLachlan | 723 | |||
Green | Kathryn Nalson | 450 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Clifford Arter | 357 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Monica Eden-Green | 324 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St Stephen's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Westgate | 1,215 | |||
Conservative | Sally-Ann Waters | 1,147 | |||
Labour | Michael Bland | 1,095 | |||
Labour | Rosemary Duffield | 1,006 | |||
Green | Rachel Downes | 742 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Steven Coombs | 727 | |||
Green | Natalie Sparkes | 621 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Smith | 540 | |||
UKIP | David Harrild | 464 | |||
UKIP | Henry Simpson | 428 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sturry
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Georgina Glover | 1,665 | |||
Conservative | Heather Taylor | 1,462 | |||
Labour | Alan Holden | 921 | |||
Labour | Stephen Howard | 704 | |||
Green | Russell Page | 537 | |||
Green | Andrew Cronshaw | 465 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alison Brumfit | 463 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Duggan | 398 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Swalecliffe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Thomas | 855 | |||
UKIP | Terence Hudson | 599 | |||
Labour | Charlotte Cornell | 566 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Rachel Mummery | 174 | |||
Green | James Kray-Hall | 122 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Tankerton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neil Baker | 1,069 | |||
Labour | Rachel Goodwin | 528 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Mummery | 327 | |||
Green | Tom Sharp | 314 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
West Bay
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Geoffrey Wimble | 843 | |||
Conservative | Peter Vickery-Jones | 842 | |||
Labour | Michael Harrison | 438 | |||
Turnout | |||||
UKIP hold | Swing |
Westgate
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Brazier | 1,065 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Dixey | 934 | |||
Conservative | Samuel Betz | 860 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ida Linfield | 849 | |||
Green | Joanne Kidd | 774 | |||
Labour | Howard Rowles | 772 | |||
Labour | Rhoda Stankovich | 727 | |||
Green | Anna Peckham | 629 | |||
UKIP | David De Boick | 447 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Wincheap
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Eden-Green | 1,223 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Charlotte MacCaul | 1,069 | |||
Labour | Patricia Edwards | 1,025 | |||
Conservative | Jacqueline Perkins | 809 | |||
Labour | David Wilson | 796 | |||
Conservative | Michael Perkins | 733 | |||
Green | Patricia Marsh | 623 | |||
UKIP | Mark Thatcher | 525 | |||
Green | Catherine Peckham | 477 | |||
UKIP | Richard West | 360 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2015". Local Elections Archive Project.
- ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ "The Canterbury (Electoral Changes) Order 2014". legislation.gov.uk.
- ^ "Canterbury City Council". London Councils. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Local election declaration of results 2015". Canterbury City Council. 2 May 2015.