2015 South Ribble Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2015 South Ribble Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. South Ribble 2015 Borough Council Election Ward Map.svg
Map of the results of the 2015 South Ribble Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Local elections were held for South Ribble Borough 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 South Ribble Borough Council in 2014. [1]

The number of councillors elected to South Ribble council was reduced to 50, from the wards outlined below. The changes were made official by The South Ribble (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. [2]

Electoral wards in South Ribble, 2015
WardNumber of councillors
Bamber Bridge East2
Bamber Bridge West2
Broad Oak2
Broadfield2
Buckshaw and Worden 2
Charnock2
Coupe Green and Gregson Lane 2
Earnshaw Bridge2
Farington East2
Farington West2
Hoole 2
Howick and Priory3
Leyland Central2
Longton and Hutton 3
Lostock Hall 3
Middleforth3
Moss Side 2
New Longton and Hutton East2
Samlesbury and Walton2
Seven Stars2
St. Ambrose2
Walton-le-Dale East2
Walton-le-Dale East2

Ward Results

Bamber Bridge East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Foster 1,051 30.7
Labour Caleb Tomlinson 947 27.7
Conservative Taylor James71020.7
Conservative Rita Hughes71420.9
Bamber Bridge East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mick Higgins 1,127 31.0
Labour Dave Watts 1,021 28.1
Conservative Josephine Nelson75220.7
Conservative Kathleen Yates73620.2
Broadfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mick Titherington 1,373 35.6
Labour Matthew Tomlinson 1,292 33.4
Conservative Paul Moon61416.0
Conservative Edward Hardy58215.1
Coupe Green & Gregson Lane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lee Bennet 1,382 33.4
Conservative Jim Marsh 1,371 33.1
Labour Mark Bradley79419.2
Green Graham Dixon59214.3
Lostock Hall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clifford Hughes 1,663 19.8
Conservative Jacqui Mort 1,473 17.5
Conservative Noreen Blow 1,403 16.7
Labour Lee Graham135916.2
Labour Stuart Cook133015.8
Labour Sue Prynn133014.1
Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Green 1,068 26.0
Conservative Mary Green 1,041 25.3
Labour James Harrison68916.8
Labour Peter Holker64515.7
UKIP Bernard Rodgers3538.6
UKIP Linda Rodgers3147.6
New Longton & Hutton East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rose Smith 1,739 32.7
Conservative Phil Smith 1,604 30.1
Labour Anne Brown63712.0
Labour Geoff Key60711.4
Green Charles Henshaw3246.1
Liberal Democrats Julie Hartley2244.2
Liberal Democrats Anthony Hartley1823.4
Samlesbury & Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barrie Yates 1,295 34.4
Conservative Peter Mullineux 1,187 31.5
Labour Graham Davies70118.6
Labour Andy Bennison58315.5


Charnock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Watkinson 824 25.5
Labour Elizabeth Mawson 788 24.4
Conservative Dorothy Garner75223.3
Conservative Melvyn Gardner68921.3
Liberal Democrats Mary Young1815.6


Earnshaw Bridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Evans 959 24.7
Conservative Susan Snape 816 21.0
Conservative Cathy Roper70118.1
Labour Dave Wynn68017.5
UKIP Patricia Taylor40910.5
UKIP Walter Taylor3148.1
Leyland Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Claire Hamilton 1,049 24.7
Labour Derek Forrest 1,011 23.8
Conservative Pete Aspinall81519.2
Conservative Ann Pearmain73817.4
Green Tom Bidwell3227.6
Liberal Democrats Gwendoline Schofield1874.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Valentine1192.8
Farington West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Walton 1,045 29.0
Conservative Karen Walton 919 25.5
Labour Emma Buchanan70919.7
Labour Barbara Davis54015.0
Liberal Democrats Judith Davidson2557.0
Liberal Democrats Matthew Howarth1343.7
Seven Stars
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Bell 1,321 35.6
Labour Fred Heyworth 919 22.7
Conservative Louise Gough67718.3
Conservative Tony Green59716.1
UKIP David Duxbury2737.4
Longton & Hutton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Clark 1,940 20.8
Conservative Colin Coulton 1,937 20.8
Conservative Jon Hesketh 1,743 18.7
UKIP Julie Buttery8178.8
Labour Neil Scanlan6737.2
Labour Carol Wooldridge5325.7
Labour Michael Kelly5205.6
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Barker4585.0
Liberal Democrats David Moore4154.4
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Crewe2963.2
St. Ambrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ken Jones 1,017 27.6
Labour Sue Jones 993 26.9
Conservative Christopher Hardman66418.0
Conservative Lee Gregson56015.2
Liberal Democrats Gareth Armstrong2998.1
Liberal Democrats Martin Cassell1554.2
Hoole
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Suthers 887 27.3
Conservative John Rainsbury 765 23.5
UKIP Ann Holmes39412.1
UKIP Shirley Parkinson34910.7
Labour James Minall34610.6
Labour Terri Yates33410.3
Liberal Democrats Helen Crewe1053.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Hubberstey732.2
Buckshaw & Worden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Caroline Moon 1,444 29.2
Conservative Alan Ogilvie 1,312 26.6
Labour John Gillooly96319.5
Labour Ruth Wynn85317.3
Liberal Democrats Alexander Howarth2024.1
Liberal Democrats Doris Pimblett3343.3
Howick & Priory
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Howarth 1,650 14.8
Conservative David Bird 1,585 14.2
Conservative Rebecca Noblet 1,547 13.8
Liberal Democrats Tony Pimblett147913.2
Conservative Alistair Woollard137212.3
Labour David Bennett117310.5
Liberal Democrats Angela Turner113010.1
UKIP John Carruthers6786.1
Green Henshaw Sandy5605.0
Broad Oak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Harry Hancock 1,650 26.5
Conservative Linda Woollard 973 20.3
Liberal Democrats Tim Young95719.9
Conservative Frances Walker90118.8
Labour Robert Taylor69814.5
Walton-le-Dale West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Nathan 1,148 29.5
Conservative Michael Nelson 1,085 27.8
Labour Linda Parry87922.6
Labour Alex Watson78520.1
Farington East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jonathon Woodcock 751 23.9
Conservative Paul Wharton 747 23.7
Labour Malcolm Donoghue71122.6
Conservative Alan Pearmain60919.4
Liberal Democrats Katherine Hesketh-Holt2066.5
Liberal Democrats Marion Hancock1223.9
Middleforth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Martin 1,754 18.0
Labour Jim Patten 1,635 16.8
Labour David Wooldridge 1,573 16.1
Conservative Jenny Hothersall128013.1
Conservative Joan Burrows123912.7
Conservative Clarke Steele111011.4
UKIP Neil Anyon7878.1
Liberal Democrats Maria McCann3643.7
Walton-le-Dale East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrea Ball 1,123 28.7
Conservative Barbara Nathan 950 24.3
Labour Steve Bennett93723.9
Labour Phil Entwistle90623.1

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References

  1. ↑ "South Ribble". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "The South Ribble Electoral Changes Orde". Legislation.gov. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
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