2015 Southampton City Council election

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2015 Southampton City Council election
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A third of seats to Southampton City Council
23 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Seats won1281
Seats after26202
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Increase2.svg2Increase2.svg1
Popular vote35,08534,9282,498
Percentage34.2%34.1%2.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg7.1%Decrease2.svg3.6%Increase2.svg1.6%
Southampton UK local election 2015 map.svg
Map showing the election results. Each ward represents 1 seat
Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour

Composition of the whole Southampton City Council after the 2015 elections. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, and Councillors Against Cuts in dark red. Southampton UK city council composition 2015.svg
Composition of the whole Southampton City Council after the 2015 elections. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, and Councillors Against Cuts in dark red.

The 2015 Southampton City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Southampton City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Just one week after the election, newly re-elected Labour councillor for Redbridge, Andrew Pope, who had represented the area since 2011, left Labour to sit as an independent, citing concerns he had with the leader of the council, Simon Letts, who he accused of "putting his own position ahead of the people of Southampton" and of lacking "vision and strong leadership". [1]

Election result

Southampton Council is elected in thirds, which means all comparisons are to the corresponding 2011 Southampton Council election.

Southampton local election result 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 820Increase2.svg250.034.134,928Decrease2.svg3.6
  Labour 703Decrease2.svg243.834.235,085Decrease2.svg7.1
  Independent 110Increase2.svg16.32.42,498Increase2.svg1.6
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.012.412,728New
  Green 000Steady2.svg0.08.68,786Increase2.svg6.2
  Liberal Democrats 000Steady2.svg0.07.27,414Decrease2.svg6.6
  TUSC 000Steady2.svg0.01.01,021Decrease2.svg1.9
Comparison to local election result 2014
PartyVotes %+/-
  Labour 34.2Decrease2.svg0.1
  Conservative 34.1Increase2.svg3.0
  UKIP 12.4Decrease2.svg2.7
  Green 8.6Increase2.svg3.2
  Liberal Democrats 7.2Decrease2.svg0.8
  Independent 2.4Decrease2.svg1.1
  TUSC 1.0Decrease2.svg1.8

Ward results

Bargate [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Noon 2,690 42.5
Conservative Spencer Bowman2,22335.1
Green Joe Cox92714.6
Liberal Democrats Vijay Tondepu3175.0
TUSC Andrew Howe1191.9
Majority4677.4
Turnout 6,33652.01
Labour hold
Bassett [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Les Harris 3,136 46.0
Labour Renata Bogus1,57523.1
Liberal Democrats David Whalley76611.2
UKIP Jean Romsey6499.5
Green Cara Sandys6078.9
TUSC Neil Kelly530.8
Majority1,56122.9
Turnout 6,81765.55
Conservative hold
Bevois [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Jacqui Rayment 3,338 54.5
Conservative Calvin Smith1,11218.2
Green Rosie Pearce82913.5
Liberal Democrats Adrian Ford4126.7
UKIP Richard Lyons3085.0
TUSC Glyn Oliver901.5
Majority2,22636.3
Turnout 6,12254.91
Labour hold
Bitterne [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Jordan 2,343 40.0
Conservative Marley Guthrie1,93533.0
UKIP Thomas Collier1,04317.8
Green Jodie Coperland2544.3
Liberal Democrats Robert Naish2404.1
TUSC Declan Clune410.7
Majority4087.0
Turnout 5,86355.91
Labour hold
Bitterne Park [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative David Fuller 2,805 39.5
Labour Andrew Godsell2,11629.8
UKIP Richard Jay90112.7
Green Lindsi Bluemel6258.8
Liberal Democrats James Read5678.0
TUSC Linda Boulton590.8
Majority6899.7
Turnout 7,10565.26
Conservative hold
Coxford [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Don Thomas 2,300 36.7
Labour Daniel Lucas1,33021.2
Conservative Trevor Glasspool1,19619.1
UKIP Joe Lockyer97815.6
Liberal Democrats Victoria Galton2153.4
Green Claire Huckle2093.3
Majority97015.5
Turnout 6,26858.71
Independent gain from Labour
Freemantle [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Brian Parnell 2,335 35.3
Labour Pat Usher2,24634.0
Green Jonathan Martin83112.6
UKIP Chris Green6389.7
Liberal Democrats Steven Hulbert4536.9
TUSC Mike Marx731.1
Majority891.3
Turnout 6,60860.69
Conservative hold
Harefield [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Daniel Fitzhenry 2,884 44.0
Labour Izaak Wilson1,95529.8
UKIP Vincent Avellino1,03015.7
Liberal Democrats John Dennis3224.9
Green Peter Pashen2884.4
TUSC Graham O'Reilly590.9
Majority92914.2
Turnout 6,56162.04
Conservative hold
Millbrook [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour David Furnell 2,345 35.4
Conservative Matt Turpin2,17032.7
UKIP Pearline Hingston1,09716.5
Green Daniel Payne4396.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Clarke4156.3
Stephen Plumridge951.4
TUSC David Rawlinson430.6
Majority1752.7
Turnout 6,63158.70
Labour hold
Peartree [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Alex Houghton 2,573 38.1
Labour Darren Paffey2,18832.4
UKIP David Nightingale1,02715.2
Liberal Democrats Eileen Bowers4717.0
Green Gemma Mathieson4256.3
TUSC Graham Henry380.6
Majority3855.7
Turnout 6,74762.87
Conservative gain from Labour
Portswood [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Matthew Claisse 2,200 31.8
Labour Lucas Szlek1,95128.2
Liberal Democrats Adrian Vinson1,39020.1
Green Chris Bluemel1,20517.4
TUSC Nick Chaffey1181.7
Majority2493.6
Turnout 6,90863.18
Conservative hold
Redbridge [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Co-op Andrew Pope 2,186 37.9
Conservative Richard Palmer1,53926.7
UKIP Colin Hingston1,43924.9
Green Chris James2634.6
Liberal Democrats Simon Stokes2504.3
TUSC Kieran Wilson691.2
Majority64711.2
Turnout 5,77352.83
Labour Co-op hold
Shirley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Satvir Kaur 2,501 35.9
Conservative Chris Grace2,42634.8
UKIP Nick Ray71110.2
Green John Spottiswoode6469.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Galton4716.8
Independent Ricky Lambert1031.5
TUSC Tara Bosworth580.8
Majority751.1
Turnout 6,96464.71
Labour hold
Sholing [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Graham Wilkinson 2,947 41.6
Labour Sue Blatchford2,29132.3
UKIP Dean Bartram1,17516.6
Green Martyn Webb3044.3
Liberal Democrats Graham Galton2884.1
TUSC Darren Galpin290.4
Majority6569.3
Turnout 7,08664.56
Conservative gain from Labour
Swaythling [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Spiros Vassiliou 1,633 31.4
Labour Frances Murphy1,59230.6
UKIP Alan Kebbell73814.2
Green Angela Cotton62712.1
Liberal Democrats Jules Poulain5139.9
TUSC Kevin Kayes801.5
Majority410.8
Turnout 5,20157.53
Conservative hold
Woolston [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Warwick Payne 2,438 40.7
Conservative Albert Leach1,81430.3
UKIP Derek Humber99416.6
Liberal Democrats Colin Bleach3245.4
Green Katherine Barbour3075.1
TUSC Sue Atkins921.5
Majority62410.4
Turnout 5,98857.79
Labour hold

References

  1. ↑ Franklin, James (14 May 2015). "Shock resignations plunge Labour group into chaos". dailyecho.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Declaration of Results" (PDF). Southampton City Council. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
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