2015 Aylesbury Vale District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2015 Aylesbury Vale council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, UK Independence Party in purple, Labour in red and Independents in grey. Aylesbury Vale UK local election 2015 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2015 Aylesbury Vale council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, UK Independence Party in purple, Labour in red and Independents in grey.

The 2015 Aylesbury Vale District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Aylesbury Vale District Council in Buckinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2011. [1] The Conservative Party remained in overall control of the council. [2]

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Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 68%. [3]

Aylesbury Vale local election result 2015 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 43+772.944.076,413-5.0%
  Liberal Democrats 9-815.315.526,920-9.8%
  UKIP 4+16.821.837,886+7.1%
  Labour 2+13.47.212,454-0.1%
  Independent 1-11.72.13,724-1.0%
  Green 0009.416,282+9.0%

Ward results

Aston Clinton and Stoke Mandeville (3 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Collins2,701
Conservative William Chapple2,664
Conservative Carole Paternoster2,591
UKIP Philip Yerby1,853
UKIP Geoffrey Baile1,532
UKIP Lesley Baile1,429
Labour Martin Abel770
Liberal Democrats Neil Stuart766
Green Huseyin Caglayan710
Green Cameron Kaye604
Turnout 15,62076
Bedgrove (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tom Hunter-Watts1,638
Conservative Mark Winn1,568
UKIP Angelicka Bignell746
UKIP Daneil Lewis662
Liberal Democrats Glenda Reynolds598
Independent Philip Gomm579
Labour Lyn Griffiths546
Green Matthew Edwards288
Green Alexander Attridge199
Turnout 6,82477
Buckingham North (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Cole1,358
Conservative Timothy Mills1,259
Labour Ruth Newell803
UKIP Nicholas Shipp595
Labour Christine Strain-Clark590
Green Dinah Barton413
Turnout 5,01860
Buckingham South (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robin Stuchbury1,478
Conservative Howard Mordue1,307
Conservative Florence Hunter962
Labour Jon Harvey873
UKIP Nicola Adams315
UKIP Louise Howitt290
Turnout 5,22565
Central and Walton (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barbara Russel1,075
Conservative Edward Sims944
Liberal Democrats Mary Baldwin752
Labour Michael Padmore625
Liberal Democrats Marcus Rogers570
UKIP Gavin Richardson567
UKIP Joshua Richardson481
Labour Grzegorz Popek427
Green Christian Kaye280
Green Colin Bloxham211
Turnout 5,93266
Coldharbour (3 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Steven Lambert1,781
Liberal Democrats Michael Smith1,280
Conservative Andrew Cole1,260
Liberal Democrats Stuart Jarvis1,226
Conservative Zulifqar Ahmed1,128
Conservative Paul Hughes1,068
UKIP Deborah Huntley958
UKIP Roger Huntley860
UKIP Brian Wright751
Labour Zard Khan571
Green Jerdrzej Kulig305
Green Stephen Brown259
Green Alice Haylock221
Turnout 11,66866
Edlesborough [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Pollunopposed
Elmhurst (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Raj Khan729
UKIP Andrew Hetherington666
Liberal Democrats Niknam Hussain652
Labour David Caldwell632
Conservative Ammer Raheel604
UKIP Janet Reynolds567
Labour Gary Paxton516
Conservative Kevin Rogers496
Green Suzannah McCarthy220
Green Zachary-Rhys Nuttall131
Turnout 5,21359
Gatehouse (3 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anders Christensen1,047
Liberal Democrats Tuffail Hussain993
Conservative Paul Moore959
UKIP Philip Hayes932
Conservative Elizabeth Lumley882
Liberal Democrats Samantha Pullen879
UKIP Dorren Merridan792
Conservative Mark Roberts784
Labour Lucio Tangi774
UKIP Frederick Merridan770
Green Deborah King345
Green Matthias Fiest273
Turnout 9,43056
Great Brickhill and Newton Longville (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Blake2,099
Conservative Benjamin Everitt 1,986
UKIP Deborah Howard727
Green Timothy Welch683
Turnout 5,49573
Great Horwood [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Beville Stanier 1,32371.4
Green Alexandra Stubbings52928.6
Majority79442.8
Turnout 1,85273
Grendon Underwood and Brill [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Cartwright1,06854.7
UKIP James McBeth42721.9
Green Nicholas Jones24612.6
Liberal Democrats Gareth Davies21310.9
Majority64132.8
Turnout 1,95473
Haddenham and Stone (3 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Judith Brandis2,677
Conservative Brian Foster2,075
Conservative Michael Edmonds1,681
Green David Lyons1,063
Independent Mark Bale1,037
UKIP Thomas Newton1,031
UKIP Jonathan Evred931
Independent Kenneth Brown848
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Melling771
Green Gregory Smith673
UKIP Kevin Wise600
Green Jonathan Green575
Turnout 13,96272
Long Crendon [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Hawkett1,08358.7
Green Michael Le Brun26514.4
UKIP Colin Evered25713.9
Labour Margaret Liggett24013.0
Majority81844.3
Turnout 1,84572
Luffield Abbey [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Warren Whyte95263.9
Green Nicola Smith33022.1
UKIP Evangeline Wise20814.0
Majority62241.8
Turnout 1,49068
Mandeville and Elm Farm (3 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susanne Chapple1,955
Conservative Jennifer Bloom1,784
Conservative Roger King1,683
UKIP Heather Adams1,047
UKIP Kim Birchinall980
UKIP Amiee Gibson895
Labour Philip Jacques798
Liberal Democrats Richard Lloyd644
Liberal Democrats Alan Sherwell582
Liberal Democrats Peter Vernon506
Green Coral Simpson416
Green Gregory Smith405
Green Haidee Harrison376
Turnout 12,07166
Marsh Gibbon [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela Macpherson1,02656.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Metherell41322.6
UKIP Andrew Good38921.3
Majority61333.5
Turnout 1,82871
Oakfield and Bierton (3 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Julie Ward1,221
Liberal Democrats Alison Harrison1,093
Conservative Mary Stamp1,059
Conservative Peter Gwilliams1,031
Conservative Denise Summers1,019
UKIP Sheila Cotton1,004
Liberal Democrats Mark Willis929
UKIP Martin Norris771
UKIP Ann Day758
Labour Robert McNickle676
Green Joanne Hodge420
Turnout 9,98169
Oakley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Rand1,28078.4
UKIP William Bate35321.6
Majority92756.8
Turnout 1,63375
Pitstone and Cheddington (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sandra Jenkins2,035
Conservative Derek Town1,810
Green Johanna Wheeler839
Liberal Democrats David Evershed715
UKIP Robyn Adams679
Green Mary Hodgkiss456
Turnout 6,53472
Quainton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kevin Hewson1,02354.6
Independent Robert Hunter43223.1
UKIP James Styles41822.3
Majority59131.5
Turnout 1,87376
Riverside (3 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Christopher Adams1,142
Conservative Nicholas Lewis988
UKIP Andrew Huxley918
Conservative Samantha North895
UKIP Graham Cadle828
Conservative Nadeem Gulraiz716
Labour Josephine Caldwell566
Liberal Democrats Shoshana Willetts495
Liberal Democrats Martin Farrow486
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Azam471
Turnout 7,50557
Southcourt (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Agoro772
Labour Mark Bateman604
Conservative Akhmad Hussain586
UKIP Roy Black560
Conservative Sarah Sproat547
Liberal Democrats Sally-Anne Jarvis522
UKIP Brett Steptowe432
Labour Tanya Warshaw398
Green Clare Butler152
Green Richard Eckersely93
Turnout 4,66657
Steeple Claydon [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Chilver93356.0
UKIP Frank Mahon44927.0
Green Emma Simpson28417.0
Majority48429.0
Turnout 1,66669
Stewkley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Janet Blake1,22163.4
Green Hannah Lett42221.9
UKIP Amethyst Sharman28414.7
Majority79941.5
Turnout 1,92774
Tingewick [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Fealey1,15465.0
UKIP Simon Strutt34019.1
Green Rory Hodgson28215.9
Majority81445.9
Turnout 1,77669
Waddesdon [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Irwin79950.2
UKIP Gary Good40225.2
Liberal Democrats David Vick39224.6
Majority39725.0
Turnout 1,59370
Walton Court and Hawkslade (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Brian Adams805
Conservative Gary Powell714
Conservative Sophie Vaughan-Evans702
Liberal Democrats Ranula Takodra659
Liberal Democrats Steven Kennell648
Labour Luke Warshaw567
UKIP Jason Wise538
Turnout 4,63360
Watermead [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ashley Bond82549.3
Liberal Democrats Lisa Smith49429.5
UKIP Heather Elliott35421.2
Majority33119.8
Turnout 1,67372
Wendover and Halton (3 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Bowles2,374
Conservative Peter Strachan2,168
Conservative Andrew Southam1,820
UKIP Susan Hetherington1,392
UKIP Desmond Anning1,359
UKIP Marc Ruggles1,124
Green Tom Hodge1,057
Green Christopher Peeler974
Liberal Democrats Lloyd Harris828
Green William Spencer504
Turnout 13,60073
Wing [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorothea Glover1,21075.5
UKIP Barry Walton39224.5
Majority81851.0
Turnout 1,60270
Wingrave [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Peter Cooper82846.8
Conservative Richard Withey54030.5
UKIP Nicholas Griffin20811.8
Green Mark Wheeler19411.0
Majority28816.3
Turnout 1,770
Winslow (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Llewellyn Monger1,545
Conservative Susan Renshell1,351
Liberal Democrats Patricia Cawte1,248
Conservative Brian Speed973
UKIP Amy Howitt394
UKIP Margaret Price324
Green Frazer Payne309
Green Mary Hunt276
Turnout 6,420

Changes between 2015 and 2019

By-elections

Grendon Underwood and Brill

A by-election was held in Grendon Underwood and Brill on 23 December 2015 after the death of Conservative councillor and former leader of the council John Cartwright. [4] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Cameron Branston with a majority of 51 votes over Liberal Democrat Julian Newman. [4]

Grendon Underwood and Brill by-election 23 December 2015 [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Cameron Branston32643.5-11.2
Liberal Democrats Julian Newman27536.7+25.8
UKIP Gary Good14819.8-2.1
Majority516.8-26.0
Turnout 74928.8-44
Conservative hold Swing

Elmhurst

A by-election was held in Elmhurst on 6 April 2017 after the resignation of UK Independence Party councillor Andy Hetherington. [6] [7] The seat was won for the Liberal Democrats by Susan Morgan with a majority of 634 seats over Labour's Gary Andrew Paxton. [8]

Elmhurst by-election 6 April 2017 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Morgan78563.5+37.9
Labour Gary Andrew Paxton15112.2-10.0
Conservative Ammer Raheel14711.9-9.3
UKIP Philip Peter Gomm1119.0-14.4
Green Nigel Antony Foster433.5-4.2
Majority63451.3
Turnout 1,24427
Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP Swing

Wendover and Halton

A by-election was held in Wendover and Halton on 4 May 2017 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Andrew Southam. [10] This was held alongside the Buckinghamshire County Council election on the same date. The seat was won for the Conservatives by Richard Allan Newcombe with a majority of 823 seats over Labour's Cath Collier. [11]

Wendover and Halton by-election 4 May 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Allan Newcombe1,24051
Labour Cath Collier41717
Liberal Democrats Ashley Richard Morgan29812
UKIP Des Anning27311
Green Tom Peter Hodge2279
Turnout 2,455
Conservative hold Swing

Central & Walton

A by-election was held in Central & Walton on 22 March 2018 following the resignation in February of Conservative councillor Edward Sims. [12] The Liberal Democrats' Waheed Raja gained the seat. [13]

Quainton

A by-election is expected in Quainton following the death of Kevin Hewson (Conservative) in February 2018. [14]

Changes in affiliation

Tom Hunter-Watts left the Conservative Party and on 5 May 2017 joined the Lib Dems. [15]

On 9 May 2017, all three of UKIP's remaining councillors left the party. [15]

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