2015 Canterbury City Council election

2015 UK local government election

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7 May 2015

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All 39 seats in the Canterbury City Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Conservative	Labour
Last election	Conservative
Seats won	31	3
Popular vote	29,670	16,954
Percentage	37.4%	21.4%

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Liberal Democrats	UKIP
Seats won	3	2
Popular vote	10,305	12,939
Percentage	13.0%	16.3%

Map of the results of the 2015 Canterbury council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Lib Dems in orange and UKIP in purple.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2015 Canterbury City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Canterbury City Council in Kent, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. It was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

Election result

Canterbury City Council election result 2015
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
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

Barton

Barton (3)
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

Beltinge (2)
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

Blean Forest (3)
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

Chartham and Stone Street (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	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

Chestfield (2)
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

Gorrell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	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

Greenhill (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	UKIP	David Hirst	750
	Conservative	Robert Bright	708
	Labour	Roger Dengate	568
Turnout
	UKIP hold		Swing

Herne & Broomfield

Herne & Broomfield (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	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

Heron (3)
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

Little Stour & Adisham (1)
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

Nailbourne (1)
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

Northgate (2)
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

Reculver (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Guy Foster	1,472
	Labour	Karen Douglas	601
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Seasalter

Seasalter (2)
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

St Stephen's (2)
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

Sturry (2)
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

Swalecliffe (1)
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

Tankerton (1)
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

West Bay (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	UKIP	Geoffrey Wimble	843
	Conservative	Peter Vickery-Jones	842
	Labour	Michael Harrison	438
Turnout
	UKIP hold		Swing

Westgate

Westgate (2)
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

Wincheap (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	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

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.
^ "Local election declaration of results 2015". Canterbury City Council. 2 May 2015.

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