2015 Arun District Council election

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2015 Arun District Council election
  2011 7 May 2015 2019  

All 54 council seats
28 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats UKIP
Last election48 seats, 50.9%4 seats, 18.7%0 seats, 8.5%
Seats won4254
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4Increase2.svg1Increase2.svg4
Popular vote38,32212,62720,695
Percentage41.6%13.7%22.5%
SwingDecrease2.svg9.3%Decrease2.svg5.0%Increase2.svg14.0%

Arun UK ward map 2015.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2015 Arun District Council election

Previous Largest Party before election


Conservative

Subsequent Largest Party


Conservative

The Arun District Council elections, 2015 took place on Thursday 7 May 2015, electing all 54 members of the council, and taking place alongside a general election and other local elections in England.

Contents

From the previous election, the council had undergone boundary changes which had reduced their number by 2. One councillor in Bersted had defected from the Liberal Democrats to the Green Party, bringing in the first Green councillor on Arun since the authority was formed in 1973.

Following the elections, the Conservatives held control of the council for their 12th term of office, with Cllr Gill Brown continuing as leader.

Election result

Arun District Council Election Result 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 4215-477.8%41.6%38,322-9.3%
  Liberal Democrats 521+19.3%13.7%12,627-5.0%
  UKIP 440+47.4%22.5%20,695+14.0%
  Independent 210+13.7%7.7%7,081+3.4%
  Labour 102-21.9%10.9%9,999-4.9%
  Green 00000.0%3.6%3,341+3.6%

Ward results

Aldwick East

Aldwick East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trevor Bence* 1,619
Conservative Gillian Brown* 1,536
UKIP Michael Warden919
Independent Malcolm Daniells705
Liberal Democrats Peter Wells688
Turnout 73.57
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Aldwick West

Aldwick West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phil Hitchens* 1,962
Conservative Jacqui Maconachie* 1,397
UKIP John Wedderburn1122
Liberal Democrats Kenton Batley698
Liberal Democrats Alan Gale635
Turnout 69.05
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Angmering & Findon

Angmering & Findon (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Bicknell* 2,963
Conservative Dudley Wensley* 2,325
Conservative Andrew Cooper* 2,212
UKIP Mark Dyson1418
Liberal Democrats David Bliss998
Labour Alison Baker887
Green Lionel Smith796
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Taylor706
Turnout 72.78
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Arundel & Walberton

Arundel & Walberton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Dendle* 2,691
Conservative Norman Dingemans* 2,448
Conservative Robert Wheal 1,994
Independent Jeremy Johnstone1166
UKIP Tricia Wales1151
Labour Christopher Wood938
Turnout 72.94
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Barnham

Barnham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Ballard 1,994
Conservative Christopher Hughes 1,644
Conservative John Charles* 1,491
UKIP Tony Dixon1187
Independent Ian Truin1115
UKIP Graham Draper1041
Green Isabel Thurston1033
Labour Alwyn Dow710
Turnout 68.70
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Beach

Beach (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Walsh* 1,671
Liberal Democrats Dan Purchese 1,434
Conservative Jill Long786
Labour Steve McConnell260
Labour Ron Felpts245
Turnout 67.73
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Bersted

Bersted (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Bence 1,625
UKIP Ann Rapnik 1,497
Conservative Jacqueline Pendleton 1,156
Liberal Democrats Phil Woodall798
Liberal Democrats Darren Dawes795
Liberal Democrats James Young667
Green Simon McDougall*647
Green Susan Livett577
Green Martin Lury525
Turnout 58.36
Conservative hold Swing
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Brookfield

Brookfield (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Gammon* 1,363
Conservative Mick Warren 1,029
UKIP Geoff Holloway825
Labour Bill Mears521
Liberal Democrats Anchorette Parvin-Blackstone509
Labour Mary Mears444
Turnout 62.69
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Courtwick with Toddington

Courtwick with Toddington (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marian Ayers 1,415
UKIP Victoria Rhodes 991
Labour Mike Northeast* 876
Labour Anthony Squires866
Labour George O'Neill709
Liberal Democrats Mark Foster694
Liberal Democrats Paul Graydon469
Liberal Democrats David Leggatt375
Independent David Jones368
Turnout 56.30
Conservative hold Swing
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

East Preston

East Preston (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Bower* 2,921
Conservative Terence Chapman* 2,909
Conservative Mike Clayden 2,326
UKIP Teresa Bullock1439
Labour Tony Dines1081
Turnout 72.90
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Felpham East

Felpham East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Edwards 1,586
Conservative Paul English* 1,283
UKIP Richard Eldred961
Liberal Democrats Michelle Hibbert599
Liberal Democrats William Blanchard-Cooper457
Turnout 69.84
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Felpham West

Felpham West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gill Madeley* 1,505
Conservative Elaine Stainton* 1,186
UKIP Graham Jones960
Liberal Democrats Michael Chapman498
Liberal Democrats Adrian Thorpe429
Turnout 69.67
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Ferring

Ferring (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Elkins* 1,950
Conservative Colin Oliver-Redgate* 1,699
UKIP Helen O'Connor-Dixon762
Labour Steve O'Donnell523
Labour Michael Brown476
Turnout 76.67
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hotham

Hotham (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Reynolds 849
Liberal Democrats Paul Wells 770
Liberal Democrats Janina Cooper593
Labour Pauline Nash340
Labour Simon Mouatt326
Green David Meagher289
Green Conrad Meagher262
Turnout 51.79
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Marine

Marine (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jim Brooks* 994
Conservative Dougal Maconachie 857
UKIP Martin Lineham774
Labour Richard Dawson631
Turnout 50.80
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Middleton-on-Sea

Middleton-on-Sea (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barbara Oakley 1,651
Conservative Paul Wotherspoon 1,354
UKIP Joan Phillips1063
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hearn524
Liberal Democrats Sandra Toovey498
Turnout 72.80
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Orchard

Orchard (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Francis Oppler* 963
Conservative Leonard Brown* 884
Liberal Democrats Bill Toovey693
Labour Jan Cosgrove596
Labour Michelle White430
Pawel Kozuchowski93
Turnout 54.56
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Pagham

Pagham (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anita Dawn Hall* 1,894
Conservative Ashvinkumar Patel* 1,374
UKIP Tony Sutcliffe1365
Liberal Democrats Catherine Morrish749
Liberal Democrats Jeanette Warr505
Turnout 70.70
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Pevensey

Pevensey (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pat Dillon 802
Independent Sandra Daniells 778
Independent Adam Cunard691
Labour Roger Nash*578
Labour Gilbert Cockburn464
Turnout 54.60
Conservative hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

River

River (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Buckland 1,239
Conservative George Blampied 1,172
UKIP Colin Cates 1,009
Independent Malcolm Belchamber1002
Labour Alan Butcher844
Liberal Democrats Joan Rickeard751
Liberal Democrats Emily Tester608
Labour Bernie May600
Green David Austin576
Labour Maralyn May570
Turnout 57.03
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Rustington East

Rustington East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Emma Neno 1,509 30.7%
Conservative Graham Tyler* 1,394 28.4%
UKIP Stewart England80216.3%
Liberal Democrats Jamie Bennett4218.6%
Labour Adrian Midgley4138.4%
Liberal Democrats Trevor Richards3787.7%
Turnout 4,91768.13
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rustington West

Rustington West (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phillipa Bower 2,362
Conservative Pauline Harrison-Horn 2,284
Conservative Stella Porter 1,847
UKIP Paul Davis1267
Independent Alison Cooper860
Liberal Democrats Anne Purchese808
Labour Nigel Stapley801
Liberal Democrats Joanne Calvert675
Joby Akira203
Turnout 70.29
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Yapton

Yapton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Haymes* 1,962
UKIP Derek Ambler 1,183
Conservative Gary Markwell1125
Turnout 65.50
Conservative hold Swing
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

References

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  1. "Elections 2015". Arun District Council. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.