2015 North Somerset Council election

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2015 North Somerset Council election
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All 50 seats to North Somerset Council
26 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Con
Ind
LD
Party Conservative Independent Liberal Democrats
Last election42 seats, 44.4%7 seats, 13.7%6 seats, 18.7%
Seats won3654
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 6Decrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote68,17113,94124,319
Percentage44.0%9.0%15.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.4%Decrease2.svg 4.7%Decrease2.svg 3.1%
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Lab
Grn
Party Labour Green
Last election5 seats, 20.3%1 seat, 1.6%
Seats won31
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2-
Popular vote27,4175,111
Percentage17.7%3.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg 2.6%Increase2.svg 0.6%
New2015NSMap.svg
Map of the results of the 2015 North Somerset council election. Conservatives in blue, independent in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Green Party in green.
Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

North Somerset unitary council is elected every four years, with fifty councillors to be elected. Since the first election to the unitary authority in 1995, the council has either been under Conservative party control, or no party has held a majority. The Conservatives gained a majority at the 2007 election and have retained control since then. At the 2015 election, the outcome was as follows: [1]

Contents

PartyCouncillors
Conservatives 36
Independents 6
Liberal Democrats 4
Labour 3
Greens 1

Ward results

[2]

An asterisk * indicates an incumbent seeking re-election.

Backwell

Backwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Karen Barclay* 1,873 68.0
Liberal Democrats Alison Crawford88032.0
Majority99336.03
Turnout 275375.67+24.17
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

In the 2011 election Karen Barclay won the seat as an Independent but switched to Conservative

Banwell & Winscombe

Banwell & Winscombe (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Harley* 2,063 46.9
Conservative Jerry O'Brien 1,616 36.7
North Somerset First IndependentsSteven Bridges77317.6
Green Catherine Parmenter77217.5
North Somerset First IndependentsPaul Bateman70616.0
Liberal Democrats Judith Hayes65114.8
Labour Timothy Powell48511.0
Labour Christy Cooney4349.9
Majority
Turnout 72.14
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Blagdon & Churchill

Blagdon & Churchill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Wells* 1,439 60.5
Green Laurence Carruthers58524.6
Labour Thomas Watson-Follett35615.0
Majority
Turnout 75.2
Conservative hold Swing

Clevedon East

Clevedon East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Shopland* 812 36.2
Conservative Jon Middleton71732.0
Labour Kevin O'Brien37816.8
Liberal Democrats Caroline Cherry33715.0
Majority
Turnout 65.9
Independent hold Swing

Clevedon South

Clevedon South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Garner* 1,231 54.8
Labour Nicola Barton62327.8
Liberal Democrats Angela Neale39117.4
Majority
Turnout 64.95+24.45
Conservative hold Swing

Clevedon Walton

Clevedon Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Hall* 1,414 53.1
Independent Graham Watkins84031.5
Labour Ivy Cameron40915.4
Majority
Turnout 75.24+14.44
Conservative hold Swing

Clevedon West

Clevedon West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Blades* 1,078 47.9
Independent Jane Geldart61227.2
Labour Stuart Hale55924.9
Majority
Turnout 68.66+19.36
Conservative hold Swing

Clevedon Yeo

Clevedon Yeo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Erica Blades 1,338 58.0
Labour Michael Harriot55123.9
Liberal Democrats Bronno Van Der Holt41818.1
Majority
Turnout 68.87+28.67
Conservative hold Swing

Congresbury

Congresbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Thomas Leimdorfer* 1,269 55.7
Conservative Samantha Pepperall78734.5
Labour Paul Doolan2229.7
Majority
Turnout 71.92+20.22
Green hold Swing

Gordano Valley

Gordano Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Ashton* 1,426 52.3
UKIP David Withers35012.8
Independent Carl Francis-Pester*34312.6
Labour Katherine Everitt33812.4
Liberal Democrats David Neale2709.9
Majority
Turnout 77.08+27.08
Conservative hold Swing

Hutton and Locking

Hutton & Locking (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Porter* 2,127 52.9
Conservative Elfan Ap Rees* 1,583 39.4
North Somerset First IndependentsMichael Solomon1,36433.9
Labour Sarah Clayton75418.8
Labour Peter Williams63215.7
Turnout 71.06+24.76
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Long Ashton

Long Ashton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Cave 2,546 49.8
Conservative Catherine Stowey 2,351 46.0
Labour David Johnson1,22023.9
Green Stuart McQuillan1,21623.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Bramhall1,14822.5
Liberal Democrats Huw James2464.8
Majority
Turnout 76.86+30.96
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Nailsea Golden Valley

Nailsea Golden Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Andrew Cole* 1,890 69.3
Conservative Jeremy Blatchford*83830.7
Majority
Turnout 80.06+20.36
Independent hold Swing

Nailsea West End

Nailsea West End
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent James Tonkin 1,251 56.8
Conservative Teresa Kemp*95143.2
Majority
Turnout 73.18
Independent hold Swing

Nailsea Yeo

Nailsea Yeo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Blatchford* 998 42.0
Independent Julie Day99341.8
Labour Peter Harris38516.2
Majority
Turnout 70.3+20.4
Conservative hold Swing

Nailsea Youngwood

Nailsea Youngwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela Barber 1,169 55.1
Independent Sarah Hearne95344.9
Majority
Turnout 74.34
Conservative hold Swing

Pill

Pill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Donald Davies* 1,370 56.6
Conservative Martyn Stowey52621.7
Independent Nanette Kirsen52521.7
Majority
Turnout 69.68+26.28
Independent hold Swing

Portishead East

Portishead East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Oyns 1,665 48.1
Conservative David Pasley* 1,589 46.0
Liberal Democrats Daisy Bickley74221.5
Labour Anthony Hill69920.2
Liberal Democrats Jean Lord58616.9
Independent Arthur Terry*53015.3
Majority
Turnout 65.4+22.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

At the previous election Arthur Terry won the old single member ward of Portishead East for the Conservatives but stood as an Independent in 2015. David Pashley was the sitting councillor for the old Portishead Coastal ward.

Portishead North

Portishead North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reyna Knight* 1,399 49.0
North Somerset First IndependentsRoger Whitfield49917.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Temple48617.0
Labour John Farnham47216.5
Majority
Turnout 72.67+21.67
Conservative hold Swing

Portishead South

Portishead South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Burden 1,349 55.9
Labour Terry Lester53622.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Christopherson52721.8
Majority
Turnout 73.51+27.51
Conservative hold Swing

Portishead West

Portishead West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Felicity Baker* 2,426 45.9
Conservative David Jolley* 2,212 41.9
Liberal Democrats Susan Mason1,20422.8
Labour Paul Dunn92117.4
Liberal Democrats Clive Hall88816.8
North Somerset First IndependentsBeverley Langdale87116.5
North Somerset First IndependentsGeoffrey Hardman71113.5
Majority
Turnout 73.57+24.47
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Weston-super-Mare Bournville

Weston-super-Mare Bournville (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Clayton 1,415 44.6
Labour Ian Parker* 1,392 43.9
Conservative Michal Kus59218.7
Conservative Stephen Williams58518.4
North Somerset First IndependentsRoseana Warwick47815.1
North Somerset First IndependentsGillian Ashworth42513.4
Liberal Democrats June How34811.0
Liberal Democrats Elliot Stephen34710.9
Turnout 51.51+21.61
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Weston-Super-Mare Central

Weston-super-Mare Central (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Bell* 1,292 41.1
Conservative Richard Nightingale 1,133 36.0
Liberal Democrats Robert Payne*97731.1
Conservative Susan Creasey94730.1
Labour Richard Holcombe65120.7
Labour Neil Norton64220.4
Turnout 52.15+14.65
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Robert Payne was elected as a councillor for the old Weston-Super-Mare West at the 2011 election.

Weston-Super-Mare Hillside

Weston-super-Mare Hillside (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Canniford* 1,875 47.6
Liberal Democrats John Crockford-Hawley* 1,841 46.8
Conservative Andrew Horler83921.3
Conservative Stephen Anderson80020.3
UKIP Andrew Gray65416.6
Labour David Drinkwater47612.1
Labour Dorothy Agassiz44211.2
Green Peter Waldschmidt3408.6
Turnout 59.95+16.85
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Weston-Super-Mare Kewstoke

Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lisa Pilgrim* 2,304 48.0
Conservative Rosslyn Willis* 2,029 42.3
UKIP Stuart Davies1,14923.9
Liberal Democrats Hugh Eckett79616.6
Labour Stephanie Baber79016.5
Labour Annabelle Chard77616.2
Liberal Democrats John Harrison66913.9
Turnout 47.5+24.07
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Weston-Super-Mare Mid Worle

Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Cleland* 627 31.7
Labour Simon Stokes51926.2
UKIP Anita Spencer-Johns51626.0
Liberal Democrats David Cordingley1849.3
North Somerset First IndependentsMichael Kellaway-Marriott1356.8
Turnout 63.61+25.51
Conservative hold Swing

Weston-Super-Mare Milton

Weston-super-Mare Milton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Tucker* 1,419 31.5
Conservative Martin Williams 1,279 28.4
Conservative Ian Porter1,26228.0
Labour Michael Lyall1,19426.5
UKIP Stewart Ogborne73716.3
North Somerset First IndependentsJohn Christopher52911.7
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Gosden4419.8
Liberal Democrats Joan Dunne3918.7
North Somerset First IndependentsJames Willis-Boden3858.5
Turnout 66.81+31.51
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Weston-Super-Mare North Worle

Weston-super-Mare North Worle (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marcia Pepperall 1,506 36.1
North Somerset First IndependentsDerek Mead1,22929.4
Conservative David Poole1,16527.9
Labour Denise Hunt77218.5
Labour John Carson75018.0
Liberal Democrats Ronald Moon64115.3
Turnout 67.33+29.13
Conservative hold Swing
North Somerset First Independents gain from Conservative Swing

Weston-Super-Mare South Worle

Weston-super-Mare South Worle (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Crew* 1,721 43.2
Conservative David Hitchins* 1,591 39.9
Labour Angela Bolitho1,01425.4
Labour Alan Peak93723.5
North Somerset First IndependentsAnita Smith68917.3
Liberal Democrats Christopher Kingsbury68617.2
North Somerset First IndependentsJulian Norris62415.7
Turnout 62.77+24.67
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Weston-super-Mare Uphill

Weston-super-Mare Uphill (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Bryant* 1,308 29.7
Independent John Ley-Morgan 1,114 25.3
UKIP Keith Morris98422.3
Conservative Clive Webb*79718.1
North Somerset First IndependentsKenneth Perrett70416.0
Labour Ann Kesteven67715.4
Labour Carole Bressington65414.9
Liberal Democrats Tina Roberts51211.6
Liberal Democrats Jason Green50511.5
Turnout 67.84+22.14
Conservative hold Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Weston-Super-Mare Winterstoke

Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Codling 1,093 41.7
Conservative Dawn Payne* 880 33.6
UKIP Christopher Childs69026.3
Labour Catherine Gibbons-Antonopoulos63124.1
Labour Alan Baber58522.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Exon31011.8
Liberal Democrats Glyn Hayes2308.8
North Somerset First IndependentsCyril King2268.6
Turnout 53.26+17.96
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Wick St Lawrence and St Georges

Wick St Lawrence and St Georges
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ruth Jacobs 1,033 45.8
North Somerset First IndependentsIan Rowland52923.5
Labour Jacqueline Scholes43319.2
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Alen26011.5
Majority
Turnout 64.42
Conservative hold Swing

Winford

Winford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicolas Wilton 1,303 52.9
Independent Hugh Gregor*1,16047.1
Majority143
Turnout 73.54+28.24
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Wrington

Wrington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Deborah Yamanaka* 1,168 46.1
Conservative Annabel Tall*1,11944.2
Labour Patrick Cooney2469.7
Majority49
Turnout 77.93+20.53
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Annabel Tall had been elected as a Conservative councillor for the Yatton ward in the 2011 election.

Yatton

Yatton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jill Iles* 1,789 36.5
Conservative Judith Hadley 1,578 32.2
Independent Neil Petersen1,44229.4
Liberal Democrats Wendy Griggs1,28926.3
Green Massimo Morelli91718.7
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Edwards76415.6
Labour Richard Westwood55311.3
Labour Hedley Woods3527.2
Turnout 74.97+24.17
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

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  2. 1 2 "2015 Ward Election Results" (PDF). www.n-somerset.gov.uk. North Somerset Council. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
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