2015 Elmbridge Borough Council election

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

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Wards

The electoral wards drawn under a typical 12-year national review have two or three councillors. The Weybridge North and South, Hinchley Wood, Cobham Fairmile, Walton Ambleside and Weston Green wards form a two-member, lower population minority of six, four of which hold elections in two years in a row followed by two hiatus years, two of which hold elections in alternate years. In 2015 of the 22 wards, 20 had one of their councillors up for election, Weybridge South and Fairmile holding elections in even-numbered years.

Results

Elmbridge Borough Council Election, 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 3321155
  Residents 170-2-228
  Liberal Democrats 710112
  UKIP 00000
  Labour 00000
  Green 00000

Local Conservatives unseated two of the residents association representatives: for St Georges Hill and Molesey East wards of the United Kingdom. The Liberal Democrats took a Conservative seat in Claygate ward. The three winners join other fellow incumbents of their party in these wards reflecting in each case a lower percentage swing to their parties in these wards than seen in the election round of the year before. The other seats were won by incumbents or replacement councillors of the same party where the incumbent retired. [2] The political breakdown gave a majority of 9 councillors for the Conservative party, a net rise of one, having gained two, lost one.

The nominal percentage change shown in the results below compares the performance of most of the same candidates as against a new round of incumbent councillors (the performance on party basis in the election of the previous year) as most of the unsuccessful candidates in 2014 stood again here (as in other councils) however this time against the new third of the councillors up for re-election so personal popularity of councillors may provide an additional factor for swings seen. Similarly, the Borough Council compared the turnout to the previous year without a high turnout general election being the 2014 local government and European Parliament elections.

Claygate [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kim Cross199048-3
Conservative Geoff Herbert183744+6
UKIP Bernard Collignon3268-2
Majority1534-9
Turnout 76+30
Liberal Democrats gain from ConservativeSwing-4.5
Cobham and Downside [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Bennison223777+17
Liberal Democrats David Bellchamber52218-10
UKIP Elaine Kingston40121-7
Labour Irene Threlkeld284100
Majority171550+11
Turnout 70+34
Conservative hold Swing +13.5
Esher [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Archer183852+1
Esher Residents' AssociationPeter Heaney136338-11
Green Laura Harmour1805N/A
Labour Pam Day1615N/A
Majority47313+11
Turnout 70+33
Conservative hold Swing +1
Hersham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Donaldson159752+2
Labour Irene Hamilton54018-7
UKIP Samantha Fry41714-8
Liberal Democrats Simon Lumb2749N/A
Green Dan Fleming2458N/A
Majority105734+9
Turnout 65+31
Conservative hold Swing +2
Hersham South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Sheldon230564-4
Labour Mark Gower38611-8
UKIP Simon Gordon38611N/A
Green Olivia Palmer2557N/A
Liberal Democrats Andrew Sturgis2597-6
Majority191953+3
Turnout 72+24
Conservative hold Swing -4
Hinchley Wood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Hinchley Wood Residents' AssociationJanet Turner220888+16
Conservative Xingang Wang63212-7
Majority191076+12
Turnout 73+32
Residents hold Swing +12.5
Long Ditton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Barry Fairbank163546-6
Conservative Hugh Evans158645+17
UKIP Susannah Cunningham3139-3
Majority491-23
Turnout 75+29
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -11.5
Molesey East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Szanto164444-1
Molesey Residents' Association(defeated Cllr.) Elizabeth Cooper139638-2
Labour Mark Doran2757+1
Liberal Democrats Ann Beauchamp2447+4
UKIP Trevor Marshall1534-2
Majority2487+1
Turnout 74+31
Conservative gain from Molesey Residents' AssociationSwing-1 (to others)
Molesey North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Molesey Residents' AssociationIvan Regan1105580
Conservative Paul Liptrot613190
UKIP Paul Wheatley32910-3
Labour Ray Kelly2929+3
Liberal Democrats Alastair Sturgis13840
Majority131240+1
Turnout 68+27
Residents hold Swing 0
Molesey South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Molesey Residents' AssociationMike Axton172453-13
Conservative Graham West61819-1
Labour Jamal Ajjane39612-3
UKIP Anita Wooldridge38812N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul Nagle1485N/A
Majority80846
Turnout 62+27
Residents hold Swing -13
Oatlands Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Cheyne216561-13
IndependentNeil Hitchins36710N/A
Liberal Democrats John Smith3259-3
Labour Martin Lister2938-5
UKIP Simon Kadwill2667N/A
Green Nicholas Davis1484N/A
Majority179850-11
Turnout 72+35
Conservative hold Swing -13
Oxshott & Stoke D'Abernon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elise Dunweber258875+7
Liberal Democrats Michael Smith32910-3
UKIP Philip Birch3219N/A
Labour Elsie Juma2086-13
Majority225966+16
Turnout 73+36
Conservative hold Swing +5
St George's Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Manwinder Toor141847-0.4
St George's Hill IndependentsPeter Harman139246+0.6
Labour Thomas Wicks2237-0.2
Majority261-1
Turnout 66+29
Conservative gain from St George's Hill IndependentsSwing-0.5
Thames Ditton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Thames Ditton and Weston Green Residents' AssociationJoanna Randolph198556-13
Conservative Innes Jones77522+7
Labour Francis Eldergill3028-1
Green Finula Farruggia1715N/A
UKIP Redvers Cunningham1705-2
Liberal Democrats Jaska Alanko1554N/A
Majority121034-19
Turnout 75+33
Residents hold Swing -13
Walton Ambleside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Kopitko1142560
Labour Peter Hawkes42721-1
UKIP Nicholas Wood29815-7
Liberal Democrats Roy Moffett1638N/A
Majority71535+1
Turnout 63+29
Conservative hold Swing 0
Walton Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
The Walton SocietyChris Sadler174949+3
Conservative Malcolm Howard156343+7
UKIP Gary Carp2918-3
Majority1865-5
Turnout 68+29
The Walton Society hold Swing +3
Walton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Cross145248-2
UKIP David Irons73024+2
Labour Peter Jepsom55418-7
Liberal Democrats Diane Alanko2799N/A
Majority33722
Turnout 31
Conservative hold Swing -2
Walton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Elmer191654N/K
The Walton SocietyMike Collins105429N/K
Liberal Democrats David Weatherley3299N/K
UKIP Robert Mikhelson2768N/K
Majority86224+2
Turnout 70%38%
Conservative hold Swing
Weston Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Thames Ditton and Weston Green Residents' AssociationTannia Shipley147866-3
Conservative Martin Fox64329+14
UKIP Richard Atkins10752
Majority83537-18
Turnout 77.5+35.6
Residents hold Swing
Weybridge North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ramon Gray119055N/K
Liberal Democrats Vicki MacLeod62829N/K
Labour Elinor Jones36217N/K
Majority56226N/K
Turnout 66+34
Conservative hold Swing -3

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References

  1. ↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Elmbridge upsets Get Surrey, website of the Surrey Advertiser/Herald/Guardian Group. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
  3. 1 2 3 "Elmbridge Borough Elections 2015". Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
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