2015 Derbyshire Dales District Council election

2015 UK local government election

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7 May 2015 (2015-05-07)

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All 39 seats to Derbyshire Dales District Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats
Last election	29 seats	5 seats	4 seats
Seats won	29	5	3
Seat change			1
Popular vote	15,071	8,926	2,402
Percentage	45.3	26.9	7.2
Swing	3.4	0.9	10.9

	Fourth party

Party	Independent
Last election	1 seat
Seats won	2
Seat change	1
Popular vote	2,062
Percentage	6.2
Swing	3.3

Map showing the composition of Derbyshire Dales District Council following the election. Striped wards have mixed representation.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2015 Derbyshire Dales District Council election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect all 39 members of Derbyshire Dales District Council. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The Conservative Party retained control of the council for the fourth consecutive election, with a majority of 19.

Ward Results

Ashbourne North

Ashbourne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Bull	1,210	64.0	1.9
	Conservative	Tony Millward	1,035
	Labour	Che Page	681	36.0	−1.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashbourne South

Ashbourne South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Chell	1,308	53.8	−11.8
	Conservative	Tom Donnelly	1,187
	Labour	Simon Meredith	596	24.5	−11.4
	Green	Andy White	527	21.7	21.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bakewell

Bakewell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alyson Hill	1,463	44.3
	Conservative	Helen Froggatt	1,372
	Conservative	Philippa Tilbrook	1,298
	Green	Ian Wood	743	22.5
	Labour	Jacob Butler	583	17.7
	Labour	Paul Vaughan	525
	UKIP	Sarah Lamb	511	15.5
	UKIP	Andy Howard	430
	UKIP	Tilly Ward	333
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradwell

Bradwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Chris Furness	756	67.0
	Labour	Nicholas Whitehead	373	33.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brailsford

Brailsford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angus Jenkins	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Calver

Calver
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Tibenham	753	64.1
	Labour	Barry Nottage	421	35.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carsington Water

Carsington Water
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lewis Rose	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chatsworth

Chatsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Hobson	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clifton and Bradley

Clifton and Bradley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Shirley	727	60.4
	Independent	Ian Bates	298	24.8
	UKIP	Richard Stone	179	14.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Darley Dale

Darley Dale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jason Atkin	1,264	36.6
	Conservative	Andrew Statham	1,099
	Conservative	Mark Salt	1,089
	Independent	John Evans	830	24.0
	Labour	Julie Morrison	766	22.2
	Labour	Pam Butler	731
	Independent	Maresa Mellor	637
	Independent	David Smith	610
	UKIP	Michael Hancocks	595	17.2
	UKIP	Marco Taaffe	359
	UKIP	Martin Sneap	349
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Dovedale and Parwich

Dovedale and Parwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard FitzHerbert	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Doveridge and Sudbury

Doveridge and Sudbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Albert Catt	873	75.0
	UKIP	Joe Hogan	291	25.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hartington and Taddington

Hartington and Taddington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Chapman	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hathersage and Eyam

Hathersage and Eyam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jean Monks	1,232	55.3
	Conservative	Vicky Massey	1,228
	Labour	Elizabeth Coe	998	44.7
	Labour	Peter O'Brien	971
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hulland

Hulland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Bright	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lathkill and Bradford

Lathkill and Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Graham Elliott	582	62.3
	Independent	David Frederickson	352	37.7
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Litton and Longstone

Litton and Longstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Horton	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Masson

Masson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Garry Purdy	946	56.1
	Labour	Joyce Pawley	741	43.9
	Conservative	Richard Walsh	686
	Labour	Ian Page	653
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Matlock All Saints

Matlock All Saints
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Burfoot	1,341	42.2
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Burfoot	1,164
	Conservative	Ann Elliott	1,065	33.6
	Conservative	Geoff Stevens	1,044
	Conservative	Sam Gregory	948
	Liberal Democrats	David Jones	849
	Labour	Jane Littlechilds	768	24.2
	Labour	John Cowings	763
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Matlock St. Giles

Matlock St. Giles
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Flitter	1,061	31.3
	Labour	Deborah Botham	959	28.3
	Conservative	Jacquie Stevens	924	27.3
	Conservative	Dan Hopkinson	840
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Woodward	738
	Labour	Isobel Fisher	711
	Conservative	Jeff Sterland	711
	Labour	James Ilott	689
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Hopkinson	683
	UKIP	Fred Richardson	444	13.1
	UKIP	Adrian Ward	365
	UKIP	Rachel Roberts	311
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Norbury

Norbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tony Morley	799	76.8
	UKIP	Michael Cruddas	241	23.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanton

Stanton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jo Wild	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tideswell

Tideswell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jennifer Bower	655	62.1
	Labour	Angus McLardy	400	37.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winster and South Darley

Winster and South Darley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Colin Swindell	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Wirksworth

Wirksworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Irene Ratcliffe	1,642	41.2
	Labour	Mike Ratcliffe	1,353
	Labour	Pete Slack	1,237
	Conservative	Gladwyn Gratton	1,096	27.5
	Green	Josh Stockwell	668	16.8
	Green	Ivan Dixon	599
	UKIP	Michael Hawley	578	14.5
	Green	John Youatt	280
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections between 2015 and 2019

Ashbourne South by-election

Ashbourne South by-election: 26 October 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dermot Murphy	495	46.2	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Goodall	334	31.2	+31.2
	Labour	Andy White	242	22.6	−1.9
Majority			161	15.0
Turnout			1,071
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
"Local Elections Archive Project - 2015 - Derbyshire Dales". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Ashbourne South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

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