2015 Gedling Borough Council election

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2015 Gedling Borough Council election
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All 41 seats to Gedling Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before31153
Seats won25151
Seat change-60-2
Popular vote51,25648,0677,687
Percentage39.2%36.8%5.9%
Swing-7.5%-1.1%-5.4%
Gedling UK ward map 2015.svg
Map of the results

An election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect all members of Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England as part of the English local elections coinciding with the 2015 General Election. Each councillor serves a four-year term of office. [1]

Contents

Following Boundary Commission recommendations boundary change took place for this election to provide for 19 wards, many of which are two or three-member, thus electing 41 councillors. [2] [3]

Results

Summary of Results

Labour Party candidates won a majority, exceeding the 21 member threshold needed to reach majority party status, formerly having 64% of councillors. The Conservative group was formerly the opposition party on the council, holding 15 seats out of 50 on the larger council between 2011 and 2015. The remainder of councillors comprised Liberal Democrat members, formerly holding 3 seats on the council from 2011 to 2015, returned 1 of the council's 41 councillors.

Gedling Borough 2015
PartyCandidatesVotes
StoodElectedGainedUnseatedNet % of total %No.Net %
  Labour 4125---61.0%39.2%51,256-
  Conservative 4115---36.6%36.8%48,067-
  Liberal Democrats 221---2.4%5.9%7,687-
  UKIP 410---0.0%16.3%21,228-
  Green 80---0.0%1.3%1,645-
  Independent 30---0.0%0.5%636-
  TUSC 10---0.0%0.1%94-

Ward Results

Bestwood St Albans

Bestwood St Albans (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Denis Beeston 1,143 27.7
Conservative Tammy Bisset 884 19.1
Labour Ron McCrossen85918.5
Conservative Lucy Shipley75616.3
UKIP Dawn Rood52111.2
UKIP Simon Rood47310.2
Turnout

Calverton

Calverton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Boyd Elliott 1,610 15.6
Conservative Paul Stirland 1,432 13.9
Conservative Jane Walker 1,357 13.2
Labour Mike Hope1,24612.1
Labour Nick Quilty1,16211.3
Labour Pat Marks1,11210.8
UKIP Patrica Rutt7066.8
UKIP Robin Rutt6836.6
UKIP Grant Withers6626.4
Independent Pat Bosworth3483.4
Turnout

Carlton

Carlton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Nicki Brooks 1,362 26.1
Labour Paul Wilkinson 1,119 21.4
Conservative Robert Dawson79815.3
Conservative Bernard Leaper70613.5
UKIP Sally Cook5099.7
UKIP Steve Cook5019.6
Liberal Democrats Philip Whitaker1282.5
Liberal Democrats Michel Flor-Henry1052.0
Turnout

Carlton Hill

Carlton Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Jim Creamer 1,924 17.3
Labour Paul Feeney 1,865 16.7
Labour Alex Scroggie 1,705 15.3
Conservative Geoffrey Trout9828.8
Conservative April Jackson9498.5
Conservative Irene Trout9098.2
UKIP Frank Browett7917.1
UKIP Patricia Browett7336.6
UKIP Nina Peterson-Tait6385.7
Liberal Democrats Anne Talbot2512.3
Liberal Democrats Jenet Dudley2121.9
Liberal Democrats Roger Patterson1861.7
Turnout

Cavendish

Cavendish (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Gary Gregory 953 18.7
Labour Emily Bailey 943 18.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Dunkin63012.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Hughes61212.0
Conservative Tanya Hinds59911.7
UKIP Charles Jansan5039.9
Conservative Terry Pepper4909.6
UKIP Deva Kumarasiri3737.3
Turnout

Colwick

Colwick (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Meredith Lawrence 566 41.4
Conservative James Faulconbridge51537.7
UKIP Benjamin Scott-Nelson20414.9
Green Jean Katimertzis815.9
Turnout

Coppice

Coppice (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Marje Paling 1,250 21.1
Labour Henry Wheeler 1,191 20.1
Conservative Ged Clarke1,02417.3
Conservative Julie Catkin1,01717.1
UKIP David Voce5759.7
UKIP Anthony Hall5429.1
Green Jim Stuart1702.9
Green Margret Vince1642.8
Turnout

Daybrook

Daybrook (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Peter Barnes 1,392 28.5
Labour Sandra Barnes 1,344 27.6
Conservative David Ward58412.0
Conservative Gerald Kenwood53411.0
UKIP Andrew Brierley51410.5
UKIP James Gamble50910.4
Turnout

Dumbles

Dumbles (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Helen Greensmith 1,265 67.3
Labour John Bailey39020.7
UKIP Wes Stala22612.0
Turnout

Ernehale

Ernehale (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Roxanne Ellis 1,068 18.5
Labour David Ellis 1,060 18.4
Conservative Vanessa Faulconbridge91115.8
Conservative Natalie Sharpe89315.5
UKIP John Hart57510.0
UKIP Lee Waters5018.7
Green Jeannie Thompson1803.1
Liberal Democrats Jason Stansfield1642.8
Independent Paul Key1452.5
Independent Desmond Peet1432.5
Liberal Democrats Margaret Swift1372.4
Turnout

Gedling

Gedling (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Jenny Hollingworth 1,176 20.1
Conservative Alan Bexon 994 17.0
Labour Lynda Pearson92715.9
Conservative Tony Pitman69311.9
Liberal Democrats Maggie Dunkin65211.2
Liberal Democrats Martin White4487.7
UKIP Philip Pritchard3816.5
UKIP Piero Loi3756.4
Green Paul Sergent2033.5
Turnout

Netherfield

Netherfield (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour William Clarke 1,183 25.6
Labour Barbara Miller 1,128 24.4
Conservative Maureen Cook52411.4
Conservative Valerie Skerritt47310.3
UKIP Gary Bird46210.0
UKIP Sacha Loi3818.3
Green Nick Martin2766.0
Liberal Democrats Nora Crossland1002.2
Liberal Democrats Marguerite Wright881.9
Turnout

Newstead Abbey

Newstead Abbey (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Chris Barnfather 3,126 23.4
Conservative Bruce Andrews 2,944 22.1
Conservative Colin Powell 2,590 19.4
Labour Caro Wright1,2139.1
Labour David Ringwood9687.3
Labour Michael Towers9096.8
UKIP Raj Chandran6594.9
UKIP Christina Stala5083.8
UKIP Rhea Waters4313.2
Turnout

Phoenix

Phoenix (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Ellwood 885 17.4
Labour Kathryn Fox 876 17.2
Labour Cheryl Hewlett84416.6
Liberal Democrats Clive Towsey-Hinton74314.6
Conservative Geoffrey Richardson4739.3
UKIP Graham Roebuck4498.8
UKIP Fran Loi4328.5
Conservative Gwen White3987.8
Turnout

Plains

Plains (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Carol Pepper 1,982 14.7
Conservative John Parr 1,975 14.6
Conservative Sarah Hewson 1,924 14.2
Labour Desmond Gibbons1,52011.2
Labour Errol Henry1,39710.3
Labour John Butterworth1,39010.3
UKIP Gillian Barker7545.6
UKIP John Barlow7395.5
UKIP Peter Foulkes6334.7
Green Kathy Read2952.2
Green Jim Norris2732.0
Liberal Democrats Vera West2591.9
Liberal Democrats Max Beeken1971.5
Liberal Democrats Raymond Poynter1871.4
Turnout

Porchester

Porchester (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Bob Collis 2,323 18.0
Labour John Truscott 2,224 17.2
Labour Muriel Weisz 2,084 16.1
Conservative Eric Collin1,66512.9
Conservative Ashley Foster1,40510.9
Conservative Linda Foster1,39710.8
UKIP Mark Brinsley-Day6835.3
UKIP Allan Hare6274.9
UKIP Gloria Roberts5043.9
Turnout

Redhill

Redhill (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Michael Payne 1,449 23.5
Labour Pauline Allan 1,406 22.8
Conservative Sam Smith1,14118.5
Conservative Geoffrey Walker1,09217.7
UKIP George Rose5518.9
UKIP Philip Smith5238.5
Turnout

Trent Valley

Trent Valley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Kevin Doyle 1,206 20.0
Conservative Stephen Poole 1,170 19.4
Labour Jeanette Johnson90615.0
Labour Margaret Strong80913.4
Liberal Democrats Richard MacDuff Fife5849.7
Liberal Democrats John Flynn5348.9
UKIP Colin Blandamer4267.1
UKIP Pat Blandamer3986.6
Turnout

Woodthorpe

Woodthorpe (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Viv McCrossen 1,396 21.3
Conservative Michael Adams 1,379 21.0
Conservative Suzanne Prew-Smith1,30119.8
Labour Rob Pearson1,22918.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Swift3164.8
UKIP Paul Marshall2964.5
UKIP Sandra Marshall2774.2
Liberal Democrats Minna Patterson2694.1
TUSC Ian Mansell941.4
Turnout

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