2015 Gravesham Borough Council election

2015 UK local government election

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7 May 2015

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All 44 seats in the Gravesham Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Conservative	Labour
Last election	19 seats, 50.4%	25 seats, 45.1%
Seats won	23	21
Seat change	4	4
Popular vote	20,763	16,901
Percentage	42.2%	34.3%
Swing	8.2%	10.8%

Map of the results of the 2015 Gravesham council election. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2015 Gravesham Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Gravesham Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party gained control of the council from the Labour Party.

Ward results

Central

Central (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Greta Goatley	1,454
	Labour	Gurdip Bungar	1,361
	Labour	Steve Thompson	1,340
	Conservative	Jay Turner	1,295
	Conservative	Gurdev Singh Talwar	1,252
	Labour	Aman Sandhu	1,222
	UKIP	Joshua Hughes	718
Turnout			3,458	71%
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Chalk

Chalk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Leslie Hills	744	56.0%
	UKIP	Mike Dixon	302	22.7%
	Labour	Alexander Wallace	283	21.3%
Majority			442	33.3%
Turnout			1,329	76%
	Conservative hold

Coldharbour

Coldharbour (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sue Howes	888
	Conservative	Bronwen McGarrity	785
	UKIP	Emmanuel Feyisetan	749
	Labour	Shane Mochrie-Cox	737
Turnout			3,159	61%
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Higham

Higham (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Leslie Pearton	1,510
	Conservative	Harold Craske	1,419
	Labour	Jean Christie	619
	Labour	Anne Gill	594
Turnout			2,387	75%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Istead Rise

Istead Rise (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Knight	1,205
	Conservative	David Turner	1,141
	UKIP	Ryan Waters	580
	Labour	Jenny Beardsall	382
	Labour	Derek Sales	243
Turnout			2,631	50
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Meopham North

Meopham North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Julia Burgoyne	1,594
	Conservative	John Cubitt	1,336
	UKIP	Sean Marriott	611
	Labour	Douglas Christie	576
	Labour	Pam Sales	371
Turnout			2,799	78%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Meopham South and Vigo

Meopham South and Vigo (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lesley Boycott	1,400
	Conservative	Derek Shelbrooke	1,307
	UKIP	Alan Nightingale	657
	Labour	Kevin Divall	405
	Labour	Mary Williams	250
Turnout			2,579	73%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Northfleet North

Northfleet North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Rayner	1,442
	Labour	Lauren Sullivan	1,390
	Labour	Peter Scollard	1,389
	Conservative	Conrad Broadley	1,031
	UKIP	Andy Desmond	981
	Green	Jessica Arveschoug	384
	Green	William Arveschoug	333
Turnout			3,133	60%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Northfleet South

Northfleet South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Burden	1,787
	Labour	John Loughlin	1,773
	Labour	Narinder-Jit Thandi	1,694
	Green	Erin Johnson	1,048
	Green	Ian Jones	905
Turnout			3,436	63%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Painters Ash

Painters Ash (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Ridgers	1,539
	Conservative	Sandra Garside	1,450
	Labour	Les Howes	1,254
	Labour	Sohan Singh Bhatti	1,231
	Labour	Jenny Wallace	1,074
	Green	Oliver Heyen	567	{{{percentage}}}
Turnout			3168	70%
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Pelham

Pelham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Catherine Cribbon	1,792
	Labour	Brian Sangha	1,708
	Labour	Makhan Singh	1,625
	Conservative	Jeremy Salisbury-Jones	1,246
	Conservative	Harbinder Singh Dhinsa	1,131
	Conservative	Sarbjit Kaur Sulh	1,038
	Green	Ruiha Smalley	525
Turnout			3,537	66%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Riverside

Riverside (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lyn Milner	1,895
	Labour	Lee Croxton	1,782
	Labour	Lenny Rolles	1,584
	Conservative	Thomas O'Keeffe	1,304
Turnout			3,334	60%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Riverview

Riverview (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Lambert	1,165
	Conservative	David Hurley	921
	UKIP	John Roots	648
	Labour	Rachel Wilcocks	515
	Labour	Phil Scrivener	441
	Independent	Martin Wilson	322
	Green	Den Nichols	157
Turnout			2,505	73%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Shorne, Cobham & Luddesdown

Shorne, Cobham & Luddesdown (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robin Theobald	1,699
	Conservative	Samir Jassal	1,329
	UKIP	Andrew Turner	707
	Labour	Ernie Brook	454
	Labour	Mary Pratley	425
Turnout			2,647	80%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Singlewell

Singlewell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Francis	1,313
	Conservative	Jordan Meade	1,265
	Labour	Rob Halpin	1,128
	Labour	Jean Averibou	1,109
	UKIP	Tina Brooker	1,106
	Conservative	Yetunde Adeola	1,021
	UKIP	David Johnson	990
	Conservative	Omotoyosi Oladeinde	892
Turnout			3,391	61%
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Westcourt

Westcourt (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Valerie Ashenden	*unopposed*
	Labour	Colin Caller	*unopposed*
	Labour	John Caller	*unopposed*
Turnout			5,195	39
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Whitehill

Whitehill (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Karen Hurdle	900
	Conservative	Gurjit Kaur Bains	810
	Labour	Natalie Allen	753
	UKIP	John Suan	593
	Labour	Veena Taak	571
Turnout			2,245	69%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Woodlands

Woodlands (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sara Langdale	1,922
	Conservative	Mick Wenban	1,695
	Conservative	Anthony Pritchard	1,596
	Labour	Shaminder Singh Bedi	1,182
	Labour	Andrea Webb	996
	Labour	Keith Wyncoll	981
	UKIP	David Beattie	893
Turnout			5,471	42
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

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 12 April 2015.
"Election results for Central". Gravesham Borough Council.
"Election results for Chalk". Gravesham Borough Council.
"Election results for Coldharbour". Gravesham Borough Council.
"Election results for Higham". Gravesham Borough Council.
"Election results for Istead Rise". Gravesham Borough Council.
"Election results for Meopham North". Gravesham Borough Council.
"Election results for Meopham South and Vigo". Gravesham Borough Council.
"Election results for Northfleet North". Gravesham Borough Council.
"Election results for Northfleet South". Gravesham Borough Council.
"Election results for Painters Ash". Gravesham Borough Council.
"Election results for Pelham". Gravesham Borough Council.
"Election results for Riverside". Gravesham Borough Council.
"Election results for Riverview". Gravesham Borough Council.
"Election results for Shorne, Cobham & Luddesdown". Gravesham Borough Council.
"Election results for Singlewell". Gravesham Borough Council.
"Election results for Westcourt". Gravesham Borough Council.
"Election results for Whitehill". Gravesham Borough Council.
"Election results for Woodlands". Gravesham Borough Council.

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