2015 Exeter City Council election

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2015 Exeter City Council election [1] [2]
  2014 7 May 2015 2016  

13 of the 40 seats to Exeter City Council
20 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before27103
Seats won940
Seats after29101
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg2
Popular vote16,67115,1394,796
Percentage36.4%33.1%10.5%

Exeter UK local election 2015 map.svg
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.

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Results summary

2015 Exeter City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 9Increase2.svg 269.2202972.516,67136.4-1.4
  Conservative 4Steady2.svg30.861025.015,13933.1+7.4
  Liberal Democrats 0Decrease2.svg 20.0112.54,94110.8+1.0
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.04,59510.0-4.7
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.04,2529.3-0.9
  Left Unity 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0760.2+0.1
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0620.1-0.8
  BNP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0470.1±0.0

Results by ward

Alphington

Alphington
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative John Harvey 1,645 35.2%
Labour Rachel Purtell1,50932.3%
UKIP Dutch Dudgeon55411.9%
Liberal Democrats Rod Ruffle53011.3%
Green Andrew Bell4359.3%
Majority1362.9%
Turnout 4,70070.79%
Conservative gain from Labour

Cowick

Cowick
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Paul Bull 1,261 40.3%
Conservative Louis Ten-Holter1,02132.6%
UKIP Peter Boardman45614.6%
Green Emily Marsay1916.1%
Liberal Democrats Sandy Chenore1855.9%
TUSC Lily Cooper160.5%
Majority2407.7%
Turnout 3,15471.28%
Labour hold

Duryard

Duryard & St.James
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Percy Prowse 1,267
Labour John Chilvers560
Green David Barker-Hahlo387
Liberal Democrats Aiden Graham175
UKIP Anne Back121
TUSC Luke Pilling19
Majority70728.0%
Turnout 2,54077.23
Conservative hold

Exwick

Exwick
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Philip Bialyk 1,893 43.8%
Conservative Alex Gewanter1,20127.8%
UKIP Lawrence Harper64615.0%
Green Mark Shorto3397.9%
Liberal Democrats Aldo Visibelli2114.9%
TUSC Andrew Duncan270.6%
Majority69216.0%
Turnout 4,34866.44%
Labour hold

Heavitree

Heavitree
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Greg Sheldon 1,247 37.9%
Conservative Aric Gilinsky90327.8%
UKIP Steve Jones48514.8%
Green Ditch Townsend35710.9%
Liberal Democrats Jackie Holdstock2959.0%
Majority34410.5%
Turnout 3,30574.88
Labour hold

Mincinglake

Mincinglake & Whipton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Emma Morse 1,260 46.1%
Conservative John Murphy77628.4%
UKIP Brian Jeffery41515.2%
Green Lizzie Woodman1625.9%
Liberal Democrats Nick Sutton1214.4%
Majority48417.7%
Turnout 2,74766.69%
Labour hold

Priory

Priory
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Kate Hannan 1,991 46.3%
Conservative Paul Kenny1,16127.0%
UKIP Peter Cook60814.1%
Green Alex Taylor3197.4%
Liberal Democrats Kevin Chun2004.6%
Left Unity Matteo Mazzoleni240.6%
Majority83019.3%
Turnout 4,34563.41%
Labour hold

St Davids

St Davids
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Christine Buswell 834 26.5%
Liberal Democrats Kevin Mitchell79925.4%
Conservative Charles Beaty76624.3%
Green Isaac Price-Sosner63820.2%
UKIP Graham Stone1143.6%
Majority351.1%
Turnout 3,16956.64
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

St Leonards

St Leonards
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Natalie Vizard 1,178 37.4%
Conservative Stephanie Warner1,15636.7%
Green Alysa Freeman2197.0%
Liberal Democrats Morten Buus42613.5%
UKIP Adrian Rogers1685.3%
Majority220.7%
Turnout 3,16179.08%
Labour gain from Conservative

St Loyes

St Loyes
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative David Henson 1,486 44.2%
Labour Steve Frank91127.1%
UKIP Alison Sheridan44913.4%
Liberal Democrats Sally Wilcox2828.4%
Green Neil Gratton2347.0%
Majority57517.1%
Turnout 3,38970.40%
Conservative hold

St Thomas

St Thomas
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Hannah Packham 1,253 36.9%
Liberal Democrats Adrian Fullam1,10632.5%
Conservative Georgia Drinkwater62218.3%
Green Kay Powell34810.2%
BNP Chris Stone471.4%
Left Unity David Parks240.7%
Majority1474.3%
Turnout 3,46369.12%
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Topsham

Topsham
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Rob Newby 2,105 53.7%
Labour Eliot Wright1,02326.1%
Liberal Democrats Sheila Hobden45111.5%
Green John Moreman3428.7%
Majority1,08227.6%
Turnout 3,96174.82%
Conservative hold

St Thomas

St Thomas
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Rosie Denham 1,751 45.7%
Conservative Ruth Smith1,03026.9%
UKIP Valerie Angus57915.1%
Green Mark Cox2817.3%
Liberal Democrats Mike Matuszczyk1604.2%
Left Unity Ed Potts280.7%
Majority72118.8%
Turnout 3,86566.75%
Labour hold

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References

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