2015 Lancaster City Council election

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Map showing the results of the 2015 Lancaster City Council election

Local elections were held for Lancaster City Council on 7 May 2015, the same day as the 2015 United Kingdom general election and other 2015 United Kingdom local elections. Local elections are held every four years with all councillors up for election in multi-member electoral wards.

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Boundary review

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England reviewed the local boundaries of Lancaster council in 2014. [1]

The number of councillors elected to Lancaster will not change although some electoral wards have been redrawn and renamed. The changes are made official by the Lancaster (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. [2]

Election results

Lancaster City Council Election, 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 29+548.3337
  Conservative 19+331.6829
  Green 9+115.0018
  MB Independent 2-63.337
  Independent 1-31.661
  Liberal Democrats 0±00.003

Ward results

Bare Ward

Bare (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brett Martin Cooper*128813.58−9.77
Conservative Charles Edwards*117912.43−4.08
MB Independent June Irene Ashworth*109811.58−20.27
MB Independent Shirley Burns102110.76+10.76
MB Independent Tony Anderson9329.83−18.45
Labour Dilys Mabel Greenhalgh7948.37+8.37
Labour Richard William Martin7828.24+8.24
Labour Valerie Joyce Rogerson7437.83+7.83
UKIP Mark Robert Nelson6036.36+6.36
Green Richard Laurence Moriaty3844.05+4.05
Liberal Democrats Michael Gradwell3723.92+3.92
Green Julia Frances Norman2983.14+3.14
Turnout 948568
Conservative gain from New Seat Swing
Conservative gain from MB Independent Swing
MB Independent hold Swing

Bolton and Slyne Ward

Bolton and Slyne (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sylvia Anne Rogerson*201918.77−17.40
Conservative James Malcolm Thomas*180616.79
Conservative John Graeme Wild*179516.69
Independent Keith William Budden132812.35−36.25
Labour John Bouskill8207.62
Labour Sharron Gwendoline Hood6526.06
Labour Molly Christine Roberts5835.42
Green William Ian Birnie4734.40
Green Thomas Arnold Birnie4714.38
Liberal Democrats Harry Philip Armistead4194
Independent Sue Lomax3913.63
Turnout 1075771
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bulk Ward

Bulk (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Tim Hamilton-Cox142615.97−0.27
Green Caroline St Joan Jackson141915.89−
Green Andrew Martin Kay*127214.25−1.54
Labour Cathy Jamieson123613.84−0.66
Labour Miles Nelson Taylor107512.04−2.19
Labour Peter Leo Rivet99411.13−0.67
Conservative Howard Philip Dodgson4234.74+0.79
Conservative William Anthony Brooks3754.20+0.27
UKIP Matthew Jeremy Atkins3644.08+4.08
Conservative Nickey Jane Russell3443.85+0.19
Turnout 892861
Green hold Swing
Green hold Swing
Green hold Swing

Carnforth and Millhead Ward

Carnforth and Millhead (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Allan Yates*140519.38−3.65
Conservative Mel Guilding*123817.07+17.07
Conservative Christopher Wallace Harold Leadbetter*118416.33−2.67
Labour Paul Malcolm Gardner*102714.16−7.68
Labour Bob Roe98113.53−1.74
Labour Fran Hanna92112.70−5.03
Green Kevin Frea4956.83+6.83
Turnout 725165
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Castle Ward

Castle (2 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Dave Brookes*122926.04+2.73
Green Nick Wilkinson*95920.32+1.51
Labour Tom Sweeney68214.45+5.25
Labour Peter James Wilson63113.37+4.23
Conservative Chris Brown4038.54+2.82
Conservative Ryan Martin Cushley-Spendiff3367.12+3.26
Independent Anthony Mark Cutter2495.28+5.28
Liberal Democrats Michael Mumford1423.01+1.18
TUSC Eugene Henry Michael Doherty891.89+1.89
Turnout 472059
Green hold Swing
Green hold Swing

Ellel Ward

Ellel (2 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Helen Rebecca Helme*143331.06+2.52
Conservative Susie Charles*130528.28−2.24
Labour David John Hill57912.55−3.11
Labour Ben Whittingham56412.222.23
Green Nicholas Martin Beddoe4229+2.44
Green Andrew Lee3116.74+6.74
Turnout 461472
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Halton-with-Aughton ward

Halton with Aughton (1 councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Paul Woodruff*57738.36−47.31
Green Bob Bauld42328.13+13.8
Conservative Daniel Scott Gibbins36424.20+24.20
Labour Catarina Bridget Mary Finnerty1429.44+9.44
Majority15410.24−61.10
Turnout 150473
Independent hold Swing

Harbour ward

Harbour (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janice Hanson*126320.34+0.13
Labour Darren Keith Clifford*113018.20+1.20
Labour David Whittaker*106317.12−0.47
UKIP Steven Thomas Ogden84013.53+13.53
Conservative Pat Hibbins72211.63+2.97
MB Independent Jason Firth4397.07−5.68
MB Independent Terry Ingle3946.34−4.48
Green Joanne Lindsey Corless3595.78+2.93
Turnout 621054
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Heysham Central ward

Heysham Central (2 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Independent Geoff Knight*77921.13−8.85
Labour Carla Dianne Brayshaw76120.65−1.27
Labour David Ivan Brayshaw76020.62+20.62
Conservative Elliot Layfield72419.64+19.64
MB Independent Cary Jane Matthews66217.96+17.96
MB Independent hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Turnout 368660

Heysham North ward

Heysham North (2 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Elizabeth Pattison*79525.40−1.73
Labour Ronald Sands*70522.52−2.45
Conservative Adam Martin Towers49115.69+15.69
UKIP Dave Porter47015.02+15.02
MB Independent James Carlton Fletcher2628.37−10.58
MB Independent Geoffrey Wilson2457.83−6.49
Green Ulrike Andrea Hildegard Zeshan 1625.18+1.35
Turnout 313053
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Heysham South ward

Heysham South (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Bateson139022.39+5.65
Labour Alan Biddulph95215.33+3.34
Labour Colin Hartley87114.03+2.15
Conservative Richard William Rollins85413.75−0.41
MB Independent Mike Greenall74011.92−4.26
Labour Ian Withnell Clift72911.74+11.74
UKIP Mark Knight67310.84+10.84
Turnout 620962
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from MB Independent Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

John O'Gaunt ward

John O'Gaunt (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Eileen Blamire*160516.35−1.25
Labour Elizabeth Scott*146614.93−1.95
Labour Richard Newman-Thompson*130013.24−1.25
Conservative Ali Dodgson9609.78+2.51
Green Chris Watkins9509.68−1.7
Green Heather Hilton8428.58+0.46
Conservative Mick Jackson8008.15+1.82
Conservative Luke Joseph Worrall7928.07+3.35
Green Rebecca Kate Whittle7067.19+0.67
Liberal Democrats Phil Dunster3974.04+0.90
Turnout 981863
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Kellet ward

Kellet (1 councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Roger Mace*98273.45−3.34
Labour Jean Taylor21616.16+0.11
Green Mark Miles Westcombe13910.40+3.24
Majority76657.29−3.45
Turnout 133778
Conservative hold Swing -4.74

Lower Lune Valley ward

Lower Lune Valley (2 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joan Parkinson Jackson137527.29+2.30
Conservative Jane Parkinson127025.20+3.68
Liberal Democrats Joyce Pritchard71814.25−3.04
Labour Tamsin Stacey Hartley51710.24+3.16
Labour Ryan Anderson Bartle3917.76+1.49
Green Mike Wright3005.95+1.62
Green Jan Maskell2474.90+4.90
Liberal Democrats Marco Ciciriello2214.39−13.10
Turnout 503976
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Marsh Ward

Marsh (2 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Jon Barry*132329.36
Green Rebecca Joy Novell*94120.88
Labour Andrew James Gierke63013.98
Labour Valerie Jean Pearson59913.29
Conservative Gus Thomas Rankin3347.41
Conservative Holly Elspeth Port Sheppard3136.94
Independent Michael Alan Loat2545.64
Liberal Democrats Mark Warburton1122.49
Turnout 450665
Green hold Swing n/a
Green hold Swing n/a

Overton Ward

Overton (1 councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Paul Gardiner*48842.80+42.80
Independent Keith Snowden32928.86−38.31
Labour John Bouskill32923.24−9.11
Green Pamela Jill Virgoe White585.08+5.08
Majority15913.94−20.41
Turnout 114064
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Poulton ward

Poulton (2 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brendan Anthony Hughes65620.97+8.14
Labour Terrie Metcalfe59418.98+6.72
MB Independent Tricia Heath43113.77+3.13
UKIP Godfrey Samuel Danson42613.61+7.1
Conservative Graham Charles Agnew39813.61+6.26
MB Independent Vicky Boyd-Power2859.11−0.31
Green Clare Mary Long-Summers1896.04+6.04
Green Becky Stevens1504.79+4.79
Turnout 312952
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Scotforth East ward

Scotforth East (2 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Anne Whitehead93720.92+1.43
Labour James Joseph Leyshon83518.64+1.47
Conservative Daniel Charles Orrell Aldred82018.30+1.1
Conservative Helen Killoran Wilson67014.96−0.29
Liberal Democrats Robin Eamonn Long3557.92−4.19
Green Frank Ledwith3267.28+1.71
Green Gisela Christine Renolds2896.45+1.96
Liberal Democrats Kyran Darnton2485.54−3.17
Turnout 448070
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Scotforth West ward

Scotforth West (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sheila Elizabeth Denwood*1,63915.55−1.3
Green Abi Mills1,57914.98+3.42
Labour Ronnie Kershaw112710.69−0.79
Green Chris Norman109110.01−2.84
Green Paul Byron Stubbins10817.76−3.29
Labour John Raymond Whitehead9939.50−1.66
Conservative Val Outram9128.73+0.41
Conservative Janet Suzanne Walton7947.60−0.7
Conservative Kevan Stuart Walton7767.43+0.29
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Long2292.19−1.15
TUSC Steve Metcalfe1171.12+1.12
Turnout 1045070
Labour hold Swing
Green hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Silverdale ward

Silverdale (1 councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Goodrich40029.94−33.19
Independent Sarah Margaret Debonnaire Fishwick35826.8+26.8
Liberal Democrats June Greenwell32724.48+24.48
Green Rex Andrew Ambler14210.63−9.39
Labour Brenda Daphne Florence Rockall1098.16−8.69
Majority423.14−39.97
Turnout 133679
Conservative hold Swing

Skerton East ward

Skerton East (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Michael Redfern*123718.97−4.74
Labour Abbott Clifton Bryning*121418.56−5.03
Labour Janet Tracy Hall*120218.37−6.09
Conservative Jennifer George84813.00+1.52
Green David Charles Fleet5508.41+8.41
Green Jean Peggy O'Neill5147.86+7.86
Green Stephen Christopher Riley4557.0+7.0
Independent Steven Andrew Swarbrick2323.55
Turnout 625252
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Skerton West ward

Skerton West (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Karen Leytham*148121.34−6.7
Labour Rob Devey133119.18−7.88
Labour Roger James Sherlock*124117.88−1.18
Conservative Graham Charles Agnew103714.94+0.02
UKIP Niall Semple81611.76+11.76
Green Michael Jonathon Riley3805.46−5.46
Green Harris Kaloudis3605.19+5.19
Independent John Thomas Harrison2954.25+4.25
Turnout 694160
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Torrisholme ward

Torrisholme (2 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phillippa Williamson90121.51+9.25
Labour Andrew James Warriner66615.90+5.80
MB Independent Roger Thomas Dennison*61014.57+1.08
Labour John Robert Reynolds58514.49+4.39
MB Independent Geoff Marsland*55413.23+0.75
UKIP Robert Wilson Gillespie50412.03+12.03
Liberal Democrats Thomas Henry Barney1924.58−1.28
Green Daren Christian Chandisingh1764.20+0.37
Turnout 418868
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from MB Independent Swing

University and Scotforth Rural ward

University and Scotforth Rural (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lucy Elizabeth Beckett Atkinson60513.69−13.74
Green Sam Armstrong55512.56−0.08
Labour Matt Mann50011.31−12.04
Labour Clare Anne Robinson48010.84−12.51
Green Jo Gadsden4409.95−1.35
Green Jack Benjamin Filmore4179.43+9.43
Conservative Dan Astley4059.16+0.76
Conservative Lee Antony Dickson3918.85+1.27
Conservative Ice Bing Dong3397.67+7.67
Liberal Democrats Pippa Jane Hepworth1433.24−1.74
Liberal Democrats Jamie Edward Robert Lawson791.79−2.52
Liberal Democrats Oliver Hartland Mountjoy661.49+1.49
Turnout 442074
Labour hold Swing
Green hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Upper Lune Valley ward

Upper Lune Valley (1 councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Thomas Williamson*110373.00−1.95
Labour Jack Nelson Hoad22114.63+14.63
Green Catriona Stamp18712.38−12.67
Majority88258.37+8.46
Turnout 151177
Conservative hold Swing

Warton ward

Warton (1 councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Gail Sykes52943.33−7.21
Labour Janette Gardner26621.79−14.62
Independent Stuart Langhorn24820.31+20.31
Green Sue Tyldesley17814.58+1.54
Majority26321.54+7.41
Turnout 112173
Conservative hold Swing

Westgate ward

Westgate (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tracy Michelle Brown127920.28+4.42
Labour David Smith126120.00+4.17
Labour Claire Emily Cozler111517.68+1.85
Conservative Joseph Peter Wilson98515.62+7.16
UKIP Michelle Ogden97015.38+15.38
MB Independent Barry Vickers69611.04−5.2
Turnout 630656
Labour gain from MB Independent Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Wards

Electoral wards in Lancaster, 2015
WardNumber of
councillors
Bare 3
Bolton and Slyne 3
Bulk3
Carnforth and Millhead3
Castle 2
Ellel 2
Halton-with-Aughton1
Harbour3
Heysham Central2
Heysham North2
Heysham South3
John O'Gaunt 3
Kellet1
Lower Lune Valley2
Marsh2
Overton 1
Poulton2
Scotforth East2
Scotforth West3
Silverdale 1
Skerton East3
Skerton West3
Torrisholme 2
University and Scotforth Rural3
Upper Lune Valley1
Warton1
Westgate3

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  2. ↑ "The Lancaster Electoral Changes Order". Legislation.gov. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
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