2015 Breckland District Council election

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2015 Breckland District Council election
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All 49 council seats
26 seats needed for a majority
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Party Conservative UKIP Labour
Last election4704
Seats won4242
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Party Independent
Last election3
Seats won1
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Breckland UK results map 2015.svg
Map of the 2015 election results. For vote leaders in the split wards, see the full results section.
Party before election

Conservative

Elected Party

Conservative

The 2015 Breckland District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Breckland District Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

There had been major boundary changes since the previous district council election in 2011. The changes reduced the number of wards from 32 to 27, and the number of councillors from 54 to 49. The new boundaries did not change the Conservative party's dominance of Breckland's local politics, as they held onto around 85% of the council seats, essentially the same share of the seats as they had held in 2011. This election saw the presence of a formal UKIP group on the district council, as the party elected four councillors to become the largest opposition party.

Results

Breckland Council election result 2015 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 4211-585.746.825747-5.6
  UKIP 440+48.221.912054+16.3
  Labour 202-24.018.910374-2.9
  Independent 102-22.05.02732-0.5
  Green 000006.63633-1.2
  Liberal Democrats 000000.9471-2.5

Total votes cast: 55011.

Note that the net gains and losses do not add up as the Conservatives lost several additional seats due to boundary changes.

Breckland Politics 2011-2015

After the 2011 election, 47 councillors were Conservatives, 4 were Labour and 3 were independent. This had changed by 2015 in the following ways:

PartySeats (2011 election)Seats (April 2015)
Conservative 4746
Labour 43
Independent 33
CPA -1
UKIP -1
Total54

In the run-up to the 2015 election, the parties nominated a variable number of candidates. Only the Conservatives came close to standing a full slate of candidates across the district. Despite the reduced number of candidates needed, most parties fell back in their number of fielded candidates: only UKIP fielded more candidates (18, up from 7) than in 2011. Labour fielded ten fewer, the Greens five, the Liberal Democrats four, and six fewer independents stood in the election.

Conservative Party (48/49)





Labour Party (25/49)





UKIP (18/49)





Green Party (9/49)





Independent (3/49)





Liberal Democrats (2/49)





Full results by ward

Note that the holds and gains mentioned here are strictly nominal and should only be treated as a rough guideline, as the ward map changed significantly between 2011 and 2015.

The seats of Bedingfield, Harling and Heathland, Launditch, and Swaffham were uncontested. All elected a single unopposed Conservative with the exception of Swaffham, which elected three unopposed Conservatives.

All Saints & Wayland (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Philip Cowen193365.7
Conservative William Henry Charles Smith1709
UKIP Giselle Nind100834.3
Majority
Turnout 334970.00
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Ashill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis John Sharpe75550.8
UKIP Emma Parker49533.3
Green Anne Patricia Melba Rix23715.9
Majority
Turnout 69.33
Conservative hold Swing
Attleborough Burgh & Havercroft (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Martin142253.3
Conservative Adrian Charles Stasiak998
Labour Timothy Robert Mantripp62823.5
Independent Taila Joan Taylor61723.1
Majority
Turnout 62.29
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Karen Stephanie Pettitt157340.3
Conservative David RR Oliver1429
Conservative Tristan John Ashby1408
UKIP Anthony Crouch90023.1
Labour Julian Patrick Crutch72618.6
Independent Samantha Taylor70218.0
Majority
Turnout 62.19
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
The Buckenhams and Banham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adrian Peter Joel127274.6
Labour Victor Peters43225.4
Majority
Turnout 69.14
Conservative hold Swing
Dereham Neatherd (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Helen Monument158940.8
Conservative William Robert James Richmond1339
Conservative Alison Mary Webb1326
UKIP Christopher Harwood84421.7
Labour Marie Ines Jesus Almeida75519.4
Green Ann Patricia Robertson Bowyer70818.2
Labour John Herbert Williams530
Majority
Turnout 62.59
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Dereham Toftwood (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip James Duigan106036.5
Conservative Michael Steven Hirst1003
UKIP Peter Doolan78226.9
Labour Benedict Baldwin59720.5
Labour Graham George Hayden524
Green Timothy Edward Birt46516.0
Green Michael Steven Hirst209
Majority
Turnout 63.10
Conservative hold Swing
Dereham Withburga
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Frederick Crawford Monument113546.1
Labour Harry Edward Jonathan Clarke84934.5
Labour Linda Goreham805
Conservative Jeremy Robert Reynolds795
Green Philip Neil Morton47819.4
Majority
Turnout 56.71
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Forest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Hayden Chapman-Allen71254.6
Conservative John William Nunn708
Green Jeffrey Prosser32424.8
Green Sandra Elizabeth Walmesley278
Labour Dennis Wilbert Robert Sully26820.6
Labour Yvonne Sully217
Majority
Turnout 65.24
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Guiltcross
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marion Penelope Chapman-Allen124270.1
Labour James Waters53029.9
Majority
Turnout 72.62
Conservative hold Swing
Hermitage
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trevor Richard Carter101668.3
UKIP John Savory47231.7
Majority
Turnout 72.84
Conservative hold Swing
Lincoln (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard William Duffield174363.3
Conservative Robert Ramsay Richmond1374
Green Alison Jane Keidan-Cooper101036.7
Majority
Turnout 68.82
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Mattishall (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pablo Martin Marino Dimoglou155250.4
Conservative Paul Donald Claussen1518
Labour Elizabeth Hunton84827.5
UKIP Philip Tye68022.1
Labour Julia Ann Onassis640
Majority
Turnout 72.03
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Nar Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Samuel Wilkinson81660.5
UKIP David Rhys Williams53039.5
Majority
Turnout 68.15
Conservative hold Swing
Necton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Charles Wilkin88260.9
Labour Joseph Manuel Sisto56739.1
Majority
Turnout 70.40
Conservative hold Swing
Saham Toney (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Godfrey Carter119450.9
Conservative John David Rogers920
UKIP Janet Brown74331.6
UKIP Daniel Fishlock535
Green Peter Kevin Bate41117.5
Majority
Turnout 62.25
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Shipdham With Scarning (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Jonathan Hewett138745.7
Conservative Lynda Susan Turner1260
UKIP Susan Hebborn88529.1
Labour Kimberley Louise Wills76625.2
Majority
Turnout 63.85
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Thetford Boudica (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Jennifer Hollis75034.0
Conservative Mark Steven Robinson73833.4
Conservative Robert George Kybird717
Labour David Hodgkinson50022.7
Labour Francesca Robinson412
Liberal Democrats Margaret Ann Rutter2199.9
Majority
Turnout 57.00
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Thetford Burrell (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Jermy 90539.5
UKIP Denis Melvin Crawford82836.2
Labour Sadie Harvey680
Conservative Gloria-Jean Bamber55724.3
Conservative Louise Sharman447
Majority
Turnout 49.05
Labour hold Swing
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
Thetford Castle (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Frederick William Brame94937.6
UKIP John Newton81132.1
Conservative John Charles Moorman683
Labour Christopher Harvey51220.3
Labour Jake Shannon407
Liberal Democrats Daniel John Jeffrey25210.0
Majority
Turnout 53.08
Conservative hold Swing
UKIP gain from Independent Swing
Thetford Priory (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Mark Taylor98137.1
Conservative Elizabeth Jane Bishop87733.2
Labour Michael Brindle78629.7
Labour Brenda Canham671
Majority
Turnout 44.67
UKIP gain from Independent Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Upper Wensum (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Patrick Borett196562.4
Conservative Stanley Gordon Bambridge1812
UKIP Gillian Savory118537.6
Majority
Turnout 70.55
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Watton (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Keith Stephen Gilbert141330.7
Conservative Claire Rosemary Bowes131128.5
Conservative Michael Arthur Wassell1235
UKIP Jennifer Fishlock116825.4
UKIP Keith Hebborn1049
Conservative Kathryn Jane Hughes981
Labour Margaret Evelyn Holmes70515.3
Majority
Turnout 59.80
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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  2. ↑ "Election results by party". Andrew Teale.
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