2015 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election

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The 2015 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect just under one third of members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in England as one of the English local elections coinciding with the 2015 General Election, four of the smaller wards of the 17 forming the borough (which had fewer than 3 members each) had no election in 2015. A second-tier local authority, an election is held in three years out of four (on the by-thirds basis) electing councillors for a four-year term - in the year without elections the all-out elections to the top-tier local authority, Norfolk County Council are held. [1]

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Election results

No gains from any party group to any other took place across the 13 seats up for election: 8 held by the Conservatives and 5 were held by Labour. The council remained in no overall control of any single party grouping and local Labour councillors continued to form the single largest group. [2]

Great Yarmouth Borough Council Election, 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 150003828.710,137
  Conservative 140003636.312,833
  UKIP 100002629.110,277
  Green 000005.11,793
  Independent 000000.9305

Ward results

Bradwell North

Bradwell North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carl Smith1,54944.0+5.2
UKIP Maurice Joel99528.2-7.5
Labour Christina Horne82923.5-2.1
Green Brian Callan1514.3+4.3
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Bradwell South and Hopton

Bradwell South and Hopton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Grant1,41440.4+12.3
UKIP Susan Hacon1,07330.7-18.4
Labour Colleen Walker88225.2+2.4
Green Kenneth Peterson1303.7+3.7
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Caister North

Caister North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Penelope Carpenter96440.0+6.5
UKIP Lynne Connell77732.3-5.7
Labour Gary Boyd54722.7-0.8
Green Sarah Bloomfield1225.10.0
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Caister South

Caister South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Demetris Mavroudis87234.8+8.4
UKIP Paul Hammond82432.8-7.4
Labour Gillian Himpleman66226.4+0.5
Green Harry Webb1506.0-1.5
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Central and Northgate

Central and Northgate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leanne Davis1,14138.4+6.7
UKIP Christopher Walch97832.9-13.4
Conservative Emma Flaxman-Taylor73124.6+8.2
Green Michael Jarvis1103.7-1.9
Patriotic Socialist PartyMatthew McDonnell110.4+0.4
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Claydon

Claydon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Williamson1,18237.5-1.1
UKIP Philip Grimmer93929.8-13.3
Conservative Margaret Greenacre87627.8+9.4
Green Amanda Webb1544.9+4.9
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Fleggburgh

Fleggburgh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Haydn Thirtle78152.5-28.6
UKIP Emma Swann27918.8+18.8
Green Charlotte Eve24516.5+16.5
Labour Brian Pilkington18212.2-6.7
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Lothingland

Lothingland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Lawn1,19942.8+4.4
UKIP Matthew Dinsdale93433.3-8.7
Labour Christine Williamson56120.0+0.4
Green Tracey White1103.9+3.9
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Magdalen

Magdalen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brain Walker1,30841.7-3.5
UKIP Michael Monk87127.8-7.9
Conservative Kevin Vaughan84026.8+7.8
Green Aidan Rump-Smith1163.7+3.7
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Nelson

Nelson
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kerry Robinson-Payne1,15544.9+5.3
UKIP Lorraine Lodge80131.2-11.0
Conservative George Rogers50919.8+7.5
Green Diana Freshwater1054.1-1.7
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Ormesby

Ormsby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Hanton99740.6-8.4
UKIP Clayton Greene62425.4-2.3
Labour Jonh Simmons42517.3-6.0
Independent James Shrimplin30512.4+12.4
Green John Mallett1024.2+4.2
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Wright76436.3-16.0
Conservative Bryan Watts66031.4-16.3
UKIP Hayden Turner55426.3+26.3
Green Patricia Bardwell1255.9+5.9
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

West Flegg

West Flegg
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Coleman1,44152.6-17.5
UKIP Alexander Monk62822.9+22.9
Labour Stacey Nash49918.2-11.7
Green Joe Ridley1736.3+6.3
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. Election Results GYBC. Accessed 23 May 2015