2015 South Derbyshire District Council election

The 2015 South Derbyshire District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of South Derbyshire District Council in England. ^[1] This was the same day as other local elections.

Election result

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 24
• Labour 12

South Derbyshire local election result 2015 ^[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	24	5	0	+5	66.7	44.7	22,724
	Labour	12	0	5	-5	33.3	31.2	15,875
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	21.1	10,731
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.1	1,084
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	428

Ward results

Aston-on-Trent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Atkin	2,009	43.4
	Conservative	Hilary Coyle	1,921
	Conservative	Peter Watson	1,742
	UKIP	Alan Graves	952	20.6
	Labour	Andrew Kempton	879	19.0
	Labour	Paul Bickerton	800
	Labour	Paul Sturges	703
	UKIP	Jill FitzPatrick	693
	UKIP	Ann Graves	673
	Green	Marianne Bamkin	428	9.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Hills	357	7.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Church Gresley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Southerd	1,459	38.0
	Conservative	Stuart Swann	1,357	35.3
	Labour	Gordon Rhind	1,305
	Labour	Benjamin Stuart	1269
	Conservative	Anthony Henry	1240
	Conservative	Oliver Clark	1188
	UKIP	Ted Peake	1023	26.6
	UKIP	Graham Prime	706
	UKIP	Craig Robinson	625
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Etwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lisa Brown	2,277	65.9
	Conservative	David Muller	1,774
	Labour	John McCallum	686	19.8
	Labour	Maureen Timmins	562
	UKIP	Elaine Mellor	493	14.3
	UKIP	Rachel Roberts	251
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hatton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Roberts	729	52.8
	Labour	Chris Lee	437	31.7
	UKIP	Michael Harbut	214	15.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hilton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amy Plenderleith	2,791	57.5
	Conservative	Julie Patten	2,570
	Conservative	Andrew Billings	2,539
	Labour	Stephen Cooper	1219	25.1
	Labour	David Peacock	1127
	Labour	Toni Rogers	885
	UKIP	Tim Day	848	17.5
	UKIP	Donna Horton	569
	UKIP	Alice Stott	455
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Linton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Wheeler	1,032	38.7
	Conservative	John Grant	1,028
	Labour	Kath Lauro	798	29.9
	UKIP	David Gunn	726	27.2
	Labour	Alan Jones	660
	UKIP	Louise Howells	519
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Johnson	111	4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Johnson	102
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Harrison	1,692	48.2
	Conservative	Jim Hewlett	1,564
	Labour	Jane Carroll	1040	29.6
	Labour	Eastre Leedham	712
	UKIP	Jon Bray	498	14.2
	UKIP	Martin FitzPatrick	486
	Liberal Democrats	John James	279	8.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Midway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Dunn	1,486	38.6
	Labour	John Wilkins	1,411
	Labour	Robert Pearson	1,399
	Conservative	Shirley Peacock	1390	36.1
	Conservative	Jason Duncan	1309
	Conservative	Andrew Churchill	1279
	UKIP	Barry Appleby	977	25.4
	UKIP	Peter Powell	858
	UKIP	David Smith	784
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Newhall and Stanton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean Bambrick	1,683	41.9
	Labour	Kev Richards	1,519
	Labour	Linda Stuart	1,471
	Conservative	Barry Woods	1366	34.0
	Conservative	Christopher Pratt	1027
	Conservative	Roland Salt	992
	UKIP	Brian Shuttlewood	972	24.2
	UKIP	Lorrae Gee	926
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Repton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Stanton	1,883	62.7
	Conservative	Peter Smith	1,797
	Labour	Brian Cox	685	22.8
	Labour	Fiona Wilks	647
	UKIP	James Ault	434	14.5
	UKIP	Karen Prime	338
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Seales

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Hall	1,371	45.3
	Conservative	Peter Smith	1,797
	Labour	Steve Frost	1005	33.2
	Labour	Graham Knight	925
	UKIP	Ian Mellor	650	21.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Stenson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Manjit Chahal	1,087	52.8
	Labour	David Shepherd	1,073
	Conservative	Jordan Kerry	600	29.1
	Conservative	James Coyle	545
	UKIP	Richard Gee	372	18.2
	UKIP	Ian Crompton	239
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Swadlincote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sandra Wyatt	1,347	38.2
	Conservative	Robert Coe	1,308
	Labour	Neil Tilley	1300	36.8
	Labour	Vonnie Heath	1280
	Labour	Mick Mulgrew	1202
	Conservative	Shane Roberts	1083
	UKIP	Aaron Keightly	881	25.0
	UKIP	Ray Tipping	848
	UKIP	Andrew Wakeling	736
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Willington and Findern

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martyn Ford	1,437	54.4
	Conservative	Andrew MacPherson	1,333
	Labour	Jonathan England	680	25.8
	UKIP	Margaret Benfield	523	19.8
	Labour	Peter Bonnell	499
	UKIP	Thomas Liscombe	409
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kim Coe	1,443	32.7
	Labour	Steve Taylor	1,431	32.7
	Conservative	Gilliam Farrington	1,317
	Labour	Sue Taylor	1239
	Conservative	Andrew Stevenson	1236
	UKIP	Mike Dawson	1168	26.7
	Labour	Malc Gee	1167
	UKIP	Lee Stockburn	839
	UKIP	Alan Watts	739
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Wilkinson	337	7.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
2. "Past election results - South Derbyshire". south-derbys.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018.