2015 South Kesteven District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2015 South Kesteven District Council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey, Labour in red, UK Independence Party in purple and Lincolnshire Independents in black. South Kesteven UK local election 2015 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2015 South Kesteven District Council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey, Labour in red, UK Independence Party in purple and Lincolnshire Independents in black.

The 2015 South Kesteven District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of South Kesteven District Council in Lincolnshire, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by two. [1] The Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. [2]

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Background

After the previous election in 2011 the Conservatives remained in control of the council with 38 seats, compared to 12 independents, 6 for Labour and 1 each for the Liberal Democrats and Lincolnshire Independents. [3] [4] [5] By the time of the 2015 election there were two UK Independence Party councillors, after Mike and Jean Taylor defected from the Conservatives in January 2015, following their failure to be re-selected as Conservative candidates for the council election. [6] [7] Meanwhile, in Harrowby ward the Labour councillors Ian Selby and Bruce Wells stood as independents after they were deselected by Labour. [8]

The Conservative leader of the council Linda Neal stood down at the 2015 election, with Bob Adams being chosen to succeed her as Conservative group leader. [9] A seat in Bourne West was vacant by the election after the death of Conservative councillor John Smith, [10] while in Market and West Deeping ward the election was postponed until 25 June after the death of independent councillor Reg Howard. [11] [12]

Boundary changes since the 2011 election reduced the number of councillors from 58 to 56, [1] while the number of wards declined from 34 to 30. [13]

Election result

The Conservatives kept a large majority on the council after winning 44 of the 53 seats contested on 7 May. [14] The three seats in Market and West Deeping elected on 25 June had two independents and one Conservative councillors elected. [15]

South Kesteven local election result 2015 [15] [16]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 4583.051.453,130+2.5%
  Independent 67.512.412,828-12.2%
  Labour 35.715.215,696+2.6%
  UKIP 11.910.010,300+9.3%
  Lincolnshire Independent 11.92.93,013+1.6%
 Stamford Group of Independents004.74,865+4.7%
  Green 001.91,943-4.3%
  Liberal Democrats 001.61,667-4.1%

The above totals include the delayed election in Market and West Deeping ward.

Ward results

Aveland [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Moseley1,11477.3
Labour Muriel Sowden32722.7
Majority78754.6
Turnout 1,44172
Belmont (2 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Chivers1,350
Conservative Nicholas Craft1,192
Labour Richard Galvin680
Labour Victoria Smith641
Turnout 3,86362
Belvoir (2 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pamela Bosworth1,749
Conservative Thomas Webster1,570
Labour Jonathan Wacey763
Turnout 4,08272
Bourne Austerby (3 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Duncan Ashwell1,523
Conservative Jane Kingman1,459
Conservative Robert Reid1,190
Independent Paul Fellows746
Labour James Marsden647
Lincolnshire Independent John Ireland642
Turnout 6,20762
Bourne East (2 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Russell1,153
Conservative Judith Smith1,126
UKIP Roger Woodbridge715
Labour Lisa Holmes691
Turnout 3,68564
Bourne West (2 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Mapp1,518
Lincolnshire Independent Helen Powell940
UKIP William Learoyd837
Conservative Hannah Westropp821
Labour Roberta Britton654
Turnout 4,77069
Casewick (2 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kelham Cooke1,743
Conservative Rosemary Woolley1,646
Independent Elizabeth Channell722
Independent Thomas Butterfield699
Lincolnshire Independent Justin Mackenzie468
Turnout 5,27875
Castle [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Robins84258.2
Labour Jean Joyce31922.0
UKIP David Plowright28619.8
Majority52336.1
Turnout 1,44773
Deeping St James (3 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fair Deal Dilksunopposed
Conservative Leigh Johnsonunopposed
Independent Judy Stevensunopposed
Dole Wood [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Dobson89361.7
Lincolnshire Independent Anthony Smith55438.3
Majority33923.4
Turnout 1,44773
Glen [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Wilkins95169.3
UKIP Patrick Beese42230.7
Majority52938.5
Turnout 1,37374
Grantham Arnoldfield (2 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Helen Goral1,203
Conservative Dean Ward886
UKIP Michael Taylor516
UKIP Jean Taylor483
Labour Cash Carraway382
Labour Tanwir Chowdhury349
Independent Alfred Kent335
Turnout 4,15468
Grantham Barrowby Gate (2 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lynda Coutts1,095
Conservative Frank Turner842
UKIP John Allan576
UKIP Simon Finch523
Labour Elizabeth Ropson474
Labour David Simpson395
Independent Ian Mihill354
Green Samuel Hadlow249
Turnout 4,50864
Grantham Earlesfield (2 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Felicity Cunningham903
Labour Tracey Forman814
Labour Robert Shorrock676
Turnout 2,39343
Grantham Harrowby (2 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ian Selby770
Conservative Linda Wootten749
Labour Susan Orwin528
Labour Mark Ashberry522
Independent Bruce Wells514
Lincolnshire Independent Michael Williams409
Turnout 3,49256
Grantham Springfield (2 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicola Manterfield768
Conservative Adam Stokes744
Labour Mark Bartlett597
UKIP Maureen Simon591
Labour Carole Thomson433
Green Gerhard Lohmann-Bond254
Turnout 3,38756
Grantham St Vincents (3 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Cook1,110
Labour Charmaine Morgan938
Conservative Graham Jeal894
UKIP Donald Atkinson801
Conservative Stuart McBride774
Labour John Morgan699
Labour Alexander Morse639
Green Caroline Coram502
Independent Anita Selby341
Independent Patricia Ellis318
Turnout 7,01657
Grantham St Wulfram's (2 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Wootten1,409
Conservative Jacqueline Smith1,296
UKIP Paul Martin685
Labour Yvonne Gibbins639
Labour Stephen Diggines620
Turnout 4,64963
Isaac Newton (2 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Adams1,388
Conservative Andrea Webster891
UKIP Derek Creasey734
Labour Paul Jacklin486
Turnout 3,49963
Lincrest [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Stephens1,12675.2
Labour Lee Steptoe37224.8
Majority75450.3
Turnout 1,49875
Loveden Heath [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Robert Sampson92459.2
Conservative Alexander Maughan63840.8
Majority28618.3
Turnout 1,56273
Morton [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frances Cartwright68050.5
Independent Richard Wells66749.5
Majority131.0
Turnout 1,34769
Peascliffe and Ridgeway (2 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rosemary Brown1,390
Conservative Ian Stokes1,277
Independent Jeffrey Thompson1,167
Independent John Andrews776
Turnout 4,61070
Stamford All Saints (2 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Exton1,100
Conservative Breda-Rae Griffin826
Stamford Group of IndependentsSusan Sandall646
Stamford Group of IndependentsMaxwell Sawyer609
UKIP Gareth Vaughan603
Labour David Bimson529
Turnout 4,31365
Stamford St George's (2 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Katherine Brown926
Conservative Brenda Sumner588
UKIP David Taylor539
Stamford Group of IndependentsPercival Sandall525
Labour John Godber441
Labour Vivien Pointon441
Stamford Group of IndependentsGloria Johnson403
Green Michael Carr346
Turnout 4,20962
Stamford St John's (2 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terl Bryant1,385
Conservative Damian Evans1,273
Stamford Group of IndependentsClement Walden820
Stamford Group of IndependentsAnthony Story784
UKIP Allen Hewett620
Turnout 4,88271
Stamford St Mary's (2 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew Lee967
Conservative Brian Sumner890
Liberal Democrats Doarkanathsing Bisnauthsing641
Stamford Group of IndependentsJohn Dawson623
Stamford Group of IndependentsDavid Taylor455
Liberal Democrats Pamela Bisnauthsing349
Green Anushree Campbell310
Green David Dorson282
Turnout 4,51767
Toller [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael King94367.8
Liberal Democrats Brian Withnall44832.2
Majority49535.6
Turnout 1,39168
Viking (2 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Paul Wood1,617
Conservative Sarah Wilks1,332
Conservative Kathryn Wilks1,295
Independent Laura King1,231
Turnout 5,47574

Market and West Deeping countermanded election

The election in Market and West Deeping ward was countermanded (delayed) until 25 June 2015 after the death of independent councillor Reg Howard who had been standing for re-election. [11] [12] Two of the three seats were won by independents Robert Broughton and Ashley Baxter, while Conservative Nicholas Neilson won the third seat. [15]

Market and West Deeping (3 seats) [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Robert Broughton612
Independent Ashley Baxter609
Conservative Nicholas Neilson605
Independent David Shelton426
Liberal Democrats Adam Brookes229
UKIP Robert O'Farrell224
UKIP William Learoyd129
UKIP Roger Woodbridge113
Turnout 124323.1

By-elections between 2015 and 2019

Belvoir by-election

Belvoir by-election 3 December 2015 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hannah Westropp60352.5-17.1
Independent Laura King21218.5+18.5
Labour Louise Clack17515.2-15.2
UKIP Mike Taylor15913.8+13.8
Majority39134.0
Turnout 1,149
Conservative hold Swing

Deeping St James by-election

Deeping St James by-election 5 May 2016 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Benn78449.7N/A
Liberal Democrats Adam Brookes43627.7N/A
Labour Lisa Holmes28618.1N/A
Green Gerhard Lohmann-Bond704.4N/A
Majority34822.1
Turnout 1,576
Conservative hold Swing

Stamford St George's by-election

Stamford St George's by-election 15 March 2018 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rachael Cooke30945.6+12.3
Independent Gloria Johnson17425.7+6.8
Labour Christopher Dennett11416.8+0.9
Liberal Democrats Jack Stow6810.0+10.0
Green Gerhard Lohmann-Bond131.9-10.3
Majority13519.9
Turnout 678
Conservative hold Swing

Stamford St John's by-election

Stamford St John's by-election 15 March 2018 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Taylor32739.4-9.6
Independent Steve Carroll26732.1+32.1
Liberal Democrats Harrish Bisnauthsing15618.8+18.8
Labour Cameron Clack667.9+7.9
Green Simon Whitmore151.8+1.8
Majority607.2
Turnout 831
Conservative hold Swing

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