The 2015 Sedgemoor District Council election took place on Thursday 7 May 2015 as a four-yearly election to elect all members (councillors) of Sedgemoor District Council in the English county of Somerset. The principal town in the district is Bridgwater accounting for 15 of the 48 councillors elected. [1] The election was part of the 2015 United Kingdom local elections which were held simultaneously with the 2015 General Election.
After the 2011 District Council election, 31 councillors were Conservatives, 13 were Labour, 2 were Liberal Democrats and there were 2 independents. [2]
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 31 | |
Labour | 13 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | |
Independent | 2 | |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 35 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 72.9 | 53.6 | 57,884 | +1.1% | |
Labour | 10 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 20.8 | 16.0 | 17,289 | -5.0% | |
UKIP | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 6,486 | +16.4% | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | -2 | -1 | 2.1 | 17.1 | 18,449 | -14.8% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 6,121 | +4.6% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 1.7 | 1,835 | -2.4% | |
Total | 48 | 92,692 |
Sedgemoor District Council continued to be made up of 48 councillors elected in 23 different wards, each electing between one and three councillors.
32 incumbent councillors stood again in the wards they represented before this election (denoted by a *).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Liz Scott* | 1,325 | 29.4 | ||
Conservative | John Henry Denbee* | 1,236 | 27.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jean Margaret Bevis | 1,021 | 22.7 | ||
Green | Jake Flood | 562 | 12.5 | ||
Labour | Tom Scott | 361 | 8.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,505 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Grimes* | 799 | 64.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew William Nisbet | 443 | 35.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,242 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leigh Paul Redman* | 748 | 25.3 | ||
UKIP | Richard Scammell | 554 | 18.8 | ||
Conservative | Pele James Barnes | 541 | 18.3 | ||
Labour | Diogo Rodrigues | 438 | 14.8 | ||
Conservative | Christine Louise McGinty | 377 | 12.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lorna Ann Phillippa King | 295 | 10.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,953 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dave Loveridge* | 708 | 27.1 | ||
Labour | Moira Brown | 648 | 24.8 | ||
Conservative | Linda Bareham-Stanley | 514 | 19.6 | ||
Conservative | Michael David Hall | 506 | 19.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Camael King | 240 | 9.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,616 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graham John Granter* | 1,135 | 18.3 | ||
Labour | Alex Glassford* | 1,081 | 17.4 | ||
Conservative | Mike Cresswell | 986 | 15.9 | ||
Conservative | Wayne John Pearce | 844 | 13.6 | ||
Labour | Reginald Charles Winslow | 844 | 13.6 | ||
Conservative | Jim Donoghue | 765 | 12.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Janice Joanna Somers Beasely | 545 | 8.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,200 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wesley John Hinckes | 956 | 28.8 | ||
Labour | Adrian John Moore* | 946 | 28.5 | ||
Conservative | James Cockram | 719 | 21.6 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Ivor Danniells | 703 | 21.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,324 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lance John Duddridge | 812 | 23.3 | ||
Labour | Mick Lerry* | 763 | 21.9 | ||
Conservative | Barrie Clive Crow | 654 | 18.8 | ||
Labour | Siobhan Wilson | 636 | 18.2 | ||
UKIP | Roderick Silvester Sidney Lukins | 621 | 17.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,486 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kathy Pearce* | 954 | 26.5 | ||
Labour | Brian David Smedley* | 878 | 24.3 | ||
Conservative | Jeffrey Searle | 767 | 21.3 | ||
Conservative | John Douglas Watts | 634 | 17.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Fisher | 373 | 10.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,606 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gill Slocombe* | 1,322 | 31.3 | ||
Conservative | Rachael Helen Caswell | 1,293 | 30.6 | ||
Labour | Liz Leavy | 620 | 14.7 | ||
Labour | Caroline Ann Wilkins | 516 | 12.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Ian Johnstone | 476 | 11.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,227 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Clarke* | 1,372 | 16.5 | ||
Conservative | Maria Clarke | 1,367 | 16.4 | ||
Conservative | Mike Facey | 1,239 | 14.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Phil Harvey | 1,076 | 12.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Katie Georgina Lawson | 1,029 | 12.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Milner Simonds | 909 | 10.9 | ||
UKIP | James Donnellan | 883 | 10.6 | ||
Green | Eve Harriet Courtney | 445 | 5.3 | ||
Turnout | 8,320 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Laurence Burridge-Clayton* | 1,883 | 21.7 | ||
Conservative | Cheryl Lesley Burnett | 1,620 | 18.6 | ||
Conservative | Paul Herbert | 1,256 | 14.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Beverly Milner Simonds | 1,029 | 11.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tom Nichols | 861 | 9.9 | ||
UKIP | Helen Hims | 823 | 9.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Victoria Weavell | 798 | 9.2 | ||
Green | Alexander Begg Lawrie | 422 | 4.9 | ||
Turnout | 8,692 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Dyer* | 1,588 | 36.1 | ||
Conservative | Ann Bown* | 1,455 | 33.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan James Beasley | 809 | 18.4 | ||
Green | Allan Jeffrey | 546 | 12.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,398 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dawn Hill* | 1,889 | 19.3 | ||
Conservative | Peter John Shilton Downling* | 1,765 | 18.0 | ||
Conservative | Jeff Savage* | 1,720 | 17.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Mary Green | 1,523 | 15.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Outhwait | 1,303 | 13.3 | ||
Labour | Norma Scanlon | 809 | 8.3 | ||
UKIP | Will Hims | 783 | 8.0 | ||
Turnout | 9,792 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Duncan McGinty* | 814 | 66.6 | ||
Green | Ian Richard Horsfield | 408 | 33.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,222 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Janet Anita Keen | 937 | 11.3 | ||
UKIP | Lorna Corke | 907 | 10.9 | ||
Conservative | Roger Charles Keen | 876 | 10.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Fiona Joan Hector | 640 | 7.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John David Parkes | 599 | 7.2 | ||
Conservative | James Roughton | 564 | 6.8 | ||
Labour | Forrester Shiela Rachel | 550 | 6.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Graham Alan Kennedy | 549 | 6.6 | ||
Independent | Chris Williams* | 536 | 6.4 | ||
Labour | Alan Beech | 499 | 6.0 | ||
Independent | Mike Mansfield* | 493 | 5.9 | ||
Independent | Bill Hancock | 436 | 5.2 | ||
Independent | Tony Lynham | 370 | 4.4 | ||
Labour | Lucy Emily Scanton | 366 | 4.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,322 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
UKIP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Charles Woodman | 793 | 61.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Susanna Louise Peel Craig | 286 | 22.1 | ||
Green | Terry Peers | 217 | 16.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,296 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Liz Perry | 1,592 | 33.7 | ||
Conservative | Derek Stanley Alder* | 1,520 | 32.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mike Senior | 827 | 17.5 | ||
Green | Josephine Sally Smoldon | 792 | 16.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,731 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bob Filmer* | 1,888 | 38.6 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Gilling* | 1,433 | 29.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tony Gore | 922 | 18.9 | ||
UKIP | Isobel Fotheringham | 647 | 13.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,890 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Sydney Earnest Bradford* | 2,316 | 22.6 | ||
Conservative | Anne Elisabeth Fraser* | 2,078 | 20.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Revans Bill | 1,891 | 18.4 | ||
Conservative | Lucy Miranda Allen | 1,874 | 18.3 | ||
Labour | Marion Denham | 1,155 | 11.3 | ||
Green | Jen Bayford | 941 | 9.2 | ||
Turnout | 10,255 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Healey* | 1,204 | 29.0 | ||
Conservative | Alison Jane Hamlin* | 1,052 | 25.3 | ||
UKIP | Pete Hollings | 877 | 21.1 | ||
Labour | Richard Cecil Hampson | 542 | 13.1 | ||
Green | Valerie Bannister | 477 | 11.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,152 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julie Annette Pay* | 1,605 | 35.7 | ||
Conservative | Michael Graham Caswell* | 1,458 | 32.5 | ||
Green | Lindy Booth | 766 | 17.1 | ||
Labour | Philip S T Lawrence King | 662 | 14.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,491 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Polly Costello | 1,686 | 34.7 | ||
Conservative | Will Human | 1,280 | 26.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Joan Hasler | 1,034 | 21.3 | ||
Labour | Gabrielle Kathleen Hector | 474 | 9.7 | ||
UKIP | Dave Wills | 391 | 8.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,865 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stuart Arthur Kingham* | 963 | 63.9 | ||
Green | Charles Graham | 545 | 36.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,508 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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