2015 Exeter City Council election

2015 Exeter City Council election ^{[1] [2]}

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13 of the 40 seats to Exeter City Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats before 27 10 3 Seats won 9 4 0 Seats after 29 10 1 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 16,671 15,139 4,796 Percentage 36.4% 33.1% 10.5%
Map showing the results of the 2015 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows the Conservatives. Wards in grey had no election.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 2015 Exeter City Council election took place on 7 May 2015, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Exeter, Devon, England. ^[3] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

2015 Exeter City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	9	2	69.2	20	29	72.5	16,671	36.4	-1.4
	Conservative	4		30.8	6	10	25.0	15,139	33.1	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	0	2	0.0	1	1	2.5	4,941	10.8	+1.0
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	4,595	10.0	-4.7
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	4,252	9.3	-0.9
	Left Unity	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	76	0.2	+0.1
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	62	0.1	-0.8
	BNP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	47	0.1	±0.0

Results by ward

Alphington

Alphington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Harvey	1,645	35.2%
	Labour	Rachel Purtell	1,509	32.3%
	UKIP	Dutch Dudgeon	554	11.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Ruffle	530	11.3%
	Green	Andrew Bell	435	9.3%
Majority			136	2.9%
Turnout			4,700	70.79%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Cowick

Cowick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Bull	1,261	40.3%
	Conservative	Louis Ten-Holter	1,021	32.6%
	UKIP	Peter Boardman	456	14.6%
	Green	Emily Marsay	191	6.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandy Chenore	185	5.9%
	TUSC	Lily Cooper	16	0.5%
Majority			240	7.7%
Turnout			3,154	71.28%
	Labour hold

Duryard & St James

Duryard & St James

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Percy Prowse	1,267
	Labour	John Chilvers	560
	Green	David Barker-Hahlo	387
	Liberal Democrats	Aiden Graham	175
	UKIP	Anne Back	121
	TUSC	Luke Pilling	19
Majority			707	28.0%
Turnout			2,540	77.23
	Conservative hold

Exwick

Exwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Philip Bialyk	1,893	43.8%
	Conservative	Alex Gewanter	1,201	27.8%
	UKIP	Lawrence Harper	646	15.0%
	Green	Mark Shorto	339	7.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Aldo Visibelli	211	4.9%
	TUSC	Andrew Duncan	27	0.6%
Majority			692	16.0%
Turnout			4,348	66.44%
	Labour hold

Heavitree

Heavitree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Greg Sheldon	1,247	37.9%
	Conservative	Aric Gilinsky	903	27.8%
	UKIP	Steve Jones	485	14.8%
	Green	Ditch Townsend	357	10.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Holdstock	295	9.0%
Majority			344	10.5%
Turnout			3,305	74.88
	Labour hold

Mincinglake & Whipton

Mincinglake & Whipton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Emma Morse	1,260	46.1%
	Conservative	John Murphy	776	28.4%
	UKIP	Brian Jeffery	415	15.2%
	Green	Lizzie Woodman	162	5.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Sutton	121	4.4%
Majority			484	17.7%
Turnout			2,747	66.69%
	Labour hold

Priory

Priory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kate Hannan	1,991	46.3%
	Conservative	Paul Kenny	1,161	27.0%
	UKIP	Peter Cook	608	14.1%
	Green	Alex Taylor	319	7.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Chun	200	4.6%
	Left Unity	Matteo Mazzoleni	24	0.6%
Majority			830	19.3%
Turnout			4,345	63.41%
	Labour hold

St Davids

St Davids

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christine Buswell	834	26.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Mitchell	799	25.4%
	Conservative	Charles Beaty	766	24.3%
	Green	Isaac Price-Sosner	638	20.2%
	UKIP	Graham Stone	114	3.6%
Majority			35	1.1%
Turnout			3,169	56.64
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

St Leonards

St Leonards

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Natalie Vizard	1,178	37.4%
	Conservative	Stephanie Warner	1,156	36.7%
	Green	Alysa Freeman	219	7.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Morten Buus	426	13.5%
	UKIP	Adrian Rogers	168	5.3%
Majority			22	0.7%
Turnout			3,161	79.08%
	Labour gain from Conservative

St Loyes

St Loyes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Henson	1,486	44.2%
	Labour	Steve Frank	911	27.1%
	UKIP	Alison Sheridan	449	13.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Wilcox	282	8.4%
	Green	Neil Gratton	234	7.0%
Majority			575	17.1%
Turnout			3,389	70.40%
	Conservative hold

St Thomas

St Thomas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hannah Packham	1,253	36.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Fullam	1,106	32.5%
	Conservative	Georgia Drinkwater	622	18.3%
	Green	Kay Powell	348	10.2%
	BNP	Chris Stone	47	1.4%
	Left Unity	David Parks	24	0.7%
Majority			147	4.3%
Turnout			3,463	69.12%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Topsham

Topsham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rob Newby	2,105	53.7%
	Labour	Eliot Wright	1,023	26.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Hobden	451	11.5%
	Green	John Moreman	342	8.7%
Majority			1,082	27.6%
Turnout			3,961	74.82%
	Conservative hold

St Thomas

St Thomas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rosie Denham	1,751	45.7%
	Conservative	Ruth Smith	1,030	26.9%
	UKIP	Valerie Angus	579	15.1%
	Green	Mark Cox	281	7.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Matuszczyk	160	4.2%
	Left Unity	Ed Potts	28	0.7%
Majority			721	18.8%
Turnout			3,865	66.75%
	Labour hold

References

1. Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2015". Local Elections Archive Project.
2. Exeter City Council [@ExeterCouncil] (8 May 2015). "Exeter City Councils political make up is now 29 Lab, 10 Con and 1 LibDem" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 3 June 2021 – via Twitter.
3. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.