2015 Canterbury City Council election

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2015 Canterbury City Council election [1]
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  2011 7 May 2015 2019  

All 39 seats in the Canterbury City Council
20 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Conservative Labour
Last electionConservative
Seats won313
Popular vote29,67016,954
Percentage37.4%21.4%

 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats UKIP
Seats won32
Popular vote10,30512,939
Percentage13.0%16.3%

Canterbury UK local election 2015 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2015 Canterbury council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Lib Dems in orange and UKIP in purple.

Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

The 2015 Canterbury City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Canterbury City Council in Kent, England. [2] This was on the same day as other local elections. It was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries. [3] The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

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Election result

Canterbury City Council election result 2015 [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 3179.538.855,105
  Labour 37.723.433,253
  Liberal Democrats 37.713.719,512
  UKIP 25.113.018,427
  Green 0010.615,004
  TUSC 000.2325
  Independent 000.3412

Results by Ward

Barton

Location of Barton ward Barton ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of Barton ward
Barton (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Louise Jones 1,255
Conservative Steven Williams 1,224
Conservative Oliver Fawcett 1,220
Liberal Democrats Paula Vickers1,211
Labour Andrew Ashenhurst1,141
Labour David Kyffin1,119
Labour David McLellan1,012
Liberal Democrats Peter Atkin1,009
Liberal Democrats Graham Wood863
Green Keith Bothwell846
Green Stephen Peckham667
UKIP James Cooper628
UKIP Carol Riley549
UKIP Richard Riley487
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Beltinge

Location of Beltinge ward Beltinge ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of Beltinge ward
Beltinge (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Stockley 1,946
Conservative Jeanette Stockley 1,705
UKIP Steven Johnson1,429
Labour Christine Wheeldon969
Labour Gillian Gower866
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Blean Forest

Location of Blean Forest ward Blean Forest ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of Blean Forest ward
Blean Forest (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Amy Baker 1,471
Conservative Benjamin Fitter 1,253
Conservative George Metcalfe 1,116
Labour Oluwaranti Adeyemi834
Liberal Democrats Helen Clark812
Labour Gabrielle Holden777
Labour Christopher Cornell736
Liberal Democrats Sarah Woodbridge657
Green David Cocozza581
Liberal Democrats William Tilbrook581
Green Andrew Goatly577
Green Adam Parsons395
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Chartham and Stone Street

Location of Chartham and Stone Street ward Chartham and Stone Street ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of Chartham and Stone Street ward
Chartham and Stone Street (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rosemary Doyle 1,659
Conservative Robert Thomas 1,421
Liberal Democrats Donald Ashton697
UKIP David Perry691
Labour Shirley Sankey635
Green Lucia Moorhead574
Green Michael Coppin561
Labour John Whyte527
Liberal Democrats Helen Sole498
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Chestfield

Location of Chestfield ward Chestfield ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of Chestfield ward
Chestfield (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jennifer Samper 2,342
Conservative Patrick Todd 2,049
UKIP Brian MacDowall925
Labour Philippa Langton648
Labour Stephen Furber584
Liberal Democrats Ann Anderson395
Green Gregory Lawrence391
Liberal Democrats Judith Wehner289
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Gorrell

Location of Gorrell ward Gorrell ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of Gorrell ward
Gorrell (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Baker 1,977
Conservative Ashley Clark 1,848
Labour Bernadette Fisher 1,844
Labour Peter Halfpenny1,658
Labour Pamela O'Brien1,638
Conservative Ian Taylor1,427
UKIP Nicholas Bond1,102
Green Alexander Stevens903
Green Thomas Williams808
Green Michelle Freeman801
Liberal Democrats Guy Voizey531
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Dearth476
Liberal Democrats Colin Curtis451
Independent John Wratten412
TUSC Ian Page116
TUSC Mary Sullivan110
TUSC Delia Hazrati99
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Greenhill

Location of Greenhill ward Greenhill ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of Greenhill ward
Greenhill (1) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP David Hirst 750
Conservative Robert Bright708
Labour Roger Dengate568
Turnout
UKIP hold Swing

Herne & Broomfield

Location of Herne and Broomfield ward Herne and Broomfield ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of Herne and Broomfield ward
Herne & Broomfield (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Jones 2,017
Conservative Sharron Sonnex 1,739
UKIP John Moore1,283
UKIP Stanley Truelove998
Labour Barbara Ayling699
Labour Glynis Nerssessian557
Green Martin Baker420
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Heron

Location of Heron ward Heron ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of Heron ward
Heron (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Cook 2,547
Conservative Joseph Howes 2,065
Conservative David Thomas 1,982
UKIP Trevor Dockwray1,763
UKIP Michael O'Brien1,707
Labour Lynnda Faux-Bowyer1,235
Labour Thomas Mellish1,030
Labour Stanley Wilson899
Liberal Democrats Kenwyn Hando707
Green Jess Hampshire690
Liberal Democrats Nigel Oakes574
Liberal Democrats Sami Mahrouche396
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Little Stour & Adisham

Location of Little Stour & Adisham Little Stour and Adisham ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of Little Stour & Adisham
Little Stour & Adisham (1) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Walker 1,194
Liberal Democrats Graham Duplock595
Labour Helen Vass357
Green Philippa Nice294
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Nailbourne

Location of Nailbourne ward Nailbourne ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of Nailbourne ward
Nailbourne (1) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Cook 916
Liberal Democrats Michael Sole841
UKIP Keith Walsh287
Labour Joyce Wilson206
Green Emily Shirley164
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Northgate

Location of Northgate ward Northgate ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of Northgate ward
Northgate (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Baldock 1,025
Labour Jean Butcher 940
Conservative Matthew Butt787
Conservative Shabana Raman620
Green Laura Thomas-Jenkins578
Liberal Democrats Valerie Ainscough311
Liberal Democrats Richard Benzie233
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Reculver

Location of Reculver ward Reculver ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of Reculver ward
Reculver (1) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Guy Foster 1,472
Labour Karen Douglas601
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Seasalter

Location of Sealsalter ward Sealsalter ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of Sealsalter ward
Seasalter (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Bartley 1,859
Conservative Colin Spooner 1,564
UKIP Michael Bull1,203
UKIP Babychan Thomas959
Labour Elizabeth McLachlan847
Labour Wesley McLachlan723
Green Kathryn Nalson450
Liberal Democrats Clifford Arter357
Liberal Democrats Monica Eden-Green324
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Stephen's

Location of St Stephen's ward St Stephen's ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of St Stephen's ward
St Stephen's (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Westgate 1,215
Conservative Sally-Ann Waters 1,147
Labour Michael Bland1,095
Labour Rosemary Duffield 1,006
Green Rachel Downes742
Liberal Democrats Steven Coombs727
Green Natalie Sparkes621
Liberal Democrats Daniel Smith540
UKIP David Harrild464
UKIP Henry Simpson428
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Sturry

Location of Sturry ward Sturry ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of Sturry ward
Sturry (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Georgina Glover 1,665
Conservative Heather Taylor 1,462
Labour Alan Holden921
Labour Stephen Howard704
Green Russell Page537
Green Andrew Cronshaw465
Liberal Democrats Alison Brumfit463
Liberal Democrats Bernard Duggan398
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Swalecliffe

Location of Swalecliffe ward Swalecliffe ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of Swalecliffe ward
Swalecliffe (1) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Thomas 855
UKIP Terence Hudson599
Labour Charlotte Cornell566
Liberal Democrats Rachel Mummery174
Green James Kray-Hall122
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Tankerton

Location of Tankerton ward Tankerton ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of Tankerton ward
Tankerton (1) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Baker 1,069
Labour Rachel Goodwin528
Liberal Democrats David Mummery327
Green Tom Sharp314
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

West Bay

Location of West Bay ward West Bay ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of West Bay ward
West Bay (1) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Geoffrey Wimble 843
Conservative Peter Vickery-Jones842
Labour Michael Harrison438
Turnout
UKIP hold Swing

Westgate

Location of Westgate ward Westgate ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of Westgate ward
Westgate (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Brazier 1,065
Liberal Democrats Michael Dixey 934
Conservative Samuel Betz860
Liberal Democrats Ida Linfield849
Green Joanne Kidd774
Labour Howard Rowles772
Labour Rhoda Stankovich727
Green Anna Peckham629
UKIP David De Boick447
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wincheap

Location of Wincheap ward Wincheap ward in Canterbury 2015.svg
Location of Wincheap ward
Wincheap (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Eden-Green 1,223
Liberal Democrats Charlotte MacCaul 1,069
Labour Patricia Edwards1,025
Conservative Jacqueline Perkins809
Labour David Wilson796
Conservative Michael Perkins733
Green Patricia Marsh623
UKIP Mark Thatcher525
Green Catherine Peckham477
UKIP Richard West360
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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