2015 Christchurch Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2015 Christchurch Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey and UK Independence Party in purple. Christchurch UK local election 2015 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2015 Christchurch Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey and UK Independence Party in purple.

The 2015 Christchurch Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Christchurch Borough Council in Dorset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

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Background

After the last election in 2011 the Conservatives had a majority on the council with 21 seats, while independents had two seats and there was one Liberal Democrat. [2] However the only Liberal Democrat councillor, Peter Hall of Town Centre ward, defected to the Conservatives in June 2011. [3]

69 candidates stood in 2015 for the 24 seats on the council, including a full slate of 24 from the Conservatives. [4] Labour had 20 candidates and the UK Independence Party 16, up from 11 and 6 respectively in 2011. [5] Other candidates were six from the Green Party and three independents, including the two sitting councillors in Jumpers ward, Colin Bungey and Fred Neale. [5] After the Liberal Democrats stood 11 candidates in 2011 they had no candidates in 2015, with the party's candidate for the Christchurch parliamentary constituency saying that the local party "wanted to concentrate on the general election campaign". [4]

Three Conservative councillors, Mike Duckworth, Gillian Geary and Myra Mawbey, stood down at the election. [5] Meanwhile, the election in North Highcliffe and Walkford ward was delayed until June 2015 after the death of one of the candidates. [6]

Election result

The Conservatives remained in control of the council after winning 19 of the 22 seats contested in May. [1] They lost one seat to the UK Independence Party, but retained all of the other seats they had been defending, including both seats in Town Centre ward where Peter Hall held his seat as a Conservative after his defection from the Liberal Democrats in 2011. [7] The UK Independence Party gain came in Grange ward where Janet Abbott was elected and the party got an increased vote share across the council. [7] Meanwhile, the only other seats not won by the Conservatives came in Jumpers where the two independent councillors, Colin Bungey and Fred Neale, held their seats. [7]

The Conservatives also won both seats at the June delayed election in North Highcliffe and Walkford ward. [8]

Christchurch local election result 2015 [1] [8] [9]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2101-187.557.728,859-5.6
  Independent 20008.34.72,331-2.4
  UKIP 110+14.220.510,242+14.0
  Labour 00000.013.86,899+4.6
  Green 00000.03.31,672+3.3

The above totals include the delayed election in North Highcliffe and Walkford.

Ward results

Burton and Wickton (2 seats) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Flagg1,190
Conservative Colin Jamieson1,164
UKIP Dan Mills564
UKIP Cindy McGrail562
Independent Brian Taylor335
Labour James Kennedy300
Labour Jacqueline Milton299
Turnout 4,41471.0+20.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Grange (2 seats) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Denise Jones645
UKIP Janet Abbott635
Conservative Paul Hilliard584
UKIP Carl Williams547
Labour Antoinette Pearce377
Labour David Munnik371
Green Graham Kendrick225
Turnout 3,38455.1+20.7
Conservative hold Swing
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Highcliffe (2 seats) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Vicki Hallam1,283
Conservative John Lofts1,221
UKIP Robin Ede618
UKIP Jean Bell541
Labour Carol Wilcox250
Labour Vera Hill242
Turnout 4,15574.8+17.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Jumpers (2 seats) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Colin Bungey1,014
Independent Fred Neale982
Conservative Norma Fox678
Conservative Will Edwards652
Labour Robin Thorpe270
Green Robert Staite214
Labour Howard Wortley211
Green Nigel Ware174
Turnout 4,19570.5+24.2
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Mudeford and Friars Cliff (3 seats) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Claire Bath1,900
Conservative Andy Barfield1,897
Conservative Trevor Watts1,437
UKIP Robert Clifford945
Labour Lindsay Turner558
Labour Robert Brannan515
Turnout 7,25274.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Portfield (2 seats) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tavis Fox1,081
Conservative Lisle Smith868
UKIP Jane Brown676
Labour Julie Keeble507
Labour Bob McNair416
Turnout 3,54866.8+27.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Purewell and Stanpit (2 seats) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernie Davis1,066
Conservative Ray Nottage966
UKIP Diane Rollinson657
UKIP Terry Spooner561
Labour Clare Martens432
Green Anthony Sanders421
Turnout 4,10370.4+22.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
St Catherine's and Hurn (2 seats) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sue Spittle1,603
Conservative Margaret Phipps1,494
UKIP Inez Baxter599
Labour Alan Matthews308
Labour Valerie Matthews298
Turnout 4,30276.5+20.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Town Centre (2 seats) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Hall1,045
Conservative Wendy Grace993
UKIP Liz Faherty585
UKIP Olga Turner476
Labour George Gregory365
Green Joanne Dyton349
Green Steven Thomas289
Turnout 4,10270.2+21.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
West Highcliffe (3 seats) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trish Jamieson1,945
Conservative Lesley Dedman1,834
Conservative David Jones1,745
UKIP Philip Glover922
UKIP Douglas Oakley751
Labour Robert Maskell534
Labour Abdul Qureshi371
Turnout 8,09174.3+21.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

North Highcliffe and Walkford delayed election

The election in North Highcliffe and Walkford ward took place on 18 June 2015, delayed from 7 May when the rest of the council voted, after the death of Labour candidate Richard Walls. [6] The two seats were won by Conservatives Sally Derham Wilkes and Nick Geary. [8]

North Highcliffe and Walkford (2 seats) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sally Derham Wilkes793
Conservative Nick Geary775
UKIP Robin Grey315
UKIP Janet Hatton288
Labour Donald Barr143
Labour Gareth Walls132
Turnout 2,44641.0−12.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Mudeford and Friars Cliff by-election

Mudeford and Friars Cliff by-election 2 March 2017 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Hilliard62946.8−9.0
Independent Sheila Gray46634.7+34.7
Labour Julian Spurr916.8−9.6
UKIP Lawrence Wilson856.3−21.5
Green Fiona Cownie725.4+5.4
Majority 16312.1
Turnout 1,343
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Local election results 2015 in full". The Guardian . 15 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Clark, Katie (22 June 2011). "Lib-Dem councillor quitting to join Tories". Bournemouth Daily Echo . Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Christchurch Borough Council elections: No Lib Dem candidates". BBC News Online. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 Clark, Katie (11 April 2015). "No Lib Dem candidates to stand in Christchurch". Bournemouth Daily Echo . NewsBank.
  6. 1 2 "Election delayed after candidate's death". Bournemouth Daily Echo . 7 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 Frampton, Will (9 May 2015). "Vote 2015: Tories maintain their dominance in Christchurch". Bournemouth Daily Echo . NewsBank.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Elections for the North Highcliffe & Walkford ward". dorsetforyou.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Results of the election to Christchurch Borough Council". dorsetforyou.com. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Mudeford and Friars Cliff Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
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