The 2015 St. Edmundsbury Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the St. Edmundsbury Borough Council in England. [1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 37 | 3 | 3 | 52.2 | 36,089 | +3.0 | |||
UKIP | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13.0 | 8,983 | +12.2 | ||
Labour | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21.4 | 14,797 | -2.6 | ||
Independent | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7.4 | 5,081 | -3.9 | ||
Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.7 | 2,548 | -3.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 1,657 | -4.7 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joanna Rayner | 1,169 | 28.2 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Speed | 893 | 21.5 | ||
Green | Paul Rynsard | 759 | 18.3 | ||
Labour | Robin Bennett | 691 | 16.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Judith Broadway | 635 | 15.3 | ||
Total votes | 4,147 | ||||
Majority | 134 | 3.2 | |||
Rejected ballots | 46 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,414 | 66.0 | |||
Registered electors | 3,660 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paula Wade | 867 | 59.0 | ||
Labour | Cyrille Bouche | 309 | 21.0 | ||
UKIP | James Lumley | 293 | 19.9 | ||
Total votes | 1,469 | ||||
Majority | 558 | 38.0 | |||
Rejected ballots | 16 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,485 | 73.3 | |||
Registered electors | 2,025 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Carol Bull | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Houlder | 845 | 61.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Zigurds Kronbergs | 345 | 24.9 | ||
Labour | Andrew Whiting | 195 | 14.1 | ||
Total votes | 1,385 | ||||
Majority | 500 | 36.1 | |||
Rejected ballots | 22 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,407 | 75.2 | |||
Registered electors | 1,870 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Stevens | 779 | 65.7 | ||
UKIP | Stuart Letten | 406 | 34.3 | ||
Total votes | 1,185 | ||||
Majority | 373 | 31.5 | |||
Rejected ballots | 59 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,240 | 72.9 | |||
Registered electors | 1,702 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Angela Rushen | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alaric Pugh | 808 | 71.4 | ||
UKIP | David Reynolds | 323 | 28.6 | ||
Total votes | 1,131 | ||||
Majority | 485 | 42.9 | |||
Rejected ballots | 61 | 5.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,192 | 69.7 | |||
Registered electors | 1,709 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Warby | 612 | 54.2 | ||
Labour | Nicola Ridgeway | 518 | 45.8 | ||
Total votes | 1130 | ||||
Majority | 94 | 8.3 | |||
Rejected ballots | 29 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,159 | 61.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,897 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rebecca Hopfensperger | 894 | 72.7 | ||
Labour | Shirley Stephenson | 336 | 27.3 | ||
Total votes | 1,230 | ||||
Majority | 558 | 45.4 | |||
Rejected ballots | 16 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,247 | 73.0 | |||
Registered electors | 1,708 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sarah Broughton | 1,054 | 80.0 | ||
Labour | Thomas Stebbing | 264 | 20.0 | ||
Total votes | 1,318 | ||||
Majority | 790 | 59.9 | |||
Rejected ballots | 21 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,339 | 76.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,759 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Anthony Brown | 1,135 | 16.7 | ||
Conservative | Ivor McLatchy | 978 | 14.4 | ||
UKIP | John Burns | 892 | 13.1 | ||
Labour | Roger André | 800 | 11.8 | ||
Conservative | Hui Yang | 764 | 11.2 | ||
Labour | Patrick Hanlon | 757 | 11.1 | ||
Conservative | John Exton | 754 | 11.1 | ||
Labour | Emie Goody | 724 | 10.6 | ||
Total votes | 6,804 | ||||
Majority | 92 | 1.4 | |||
Rejected ballots | 51 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,144 | 57.1 | |||
Registered electors | 5,503 | ||||
UKIP gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
UKIP gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Timothy Marks | 1,257 | 16.9 | ||
UKIP | Barry Robbins | 1,155 | 15.5 | ||
Conservative | Betty McLatchy | 1,095 | 14.7 | ||
Conservative | John McManus | 980 | 13.1 | ||
Labour | Thomas Chivers | 806 | 10.8 | ||
UKIP | Anthony Williams | 776 | 10.4 | ||
Labour | Elizabeth Smith | 728 | 9.8 | ||
Labour | Alan Pearson | 657 | 8.8 | ||
Total votes | 7,454 | ||||
Majority | 115 | 1.5 | |||
Rejected ballots | 45 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,308 | 58.9 | |||
Registered electors | 5,616 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
UKIP gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Jason Crooks | 689 | 23.6 | ||
Conservative | Paula Fox | 661 | 22.7 | ||
Labour | Maureen Byrne | 631 | 21.7 | ||
Labour | David Smith | 412 | 14.1 | ||
Conservative | Clive Turner | 364 | 12.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Rolph | 157 | 5.4 | ||
Total votes | 2,914 | ||||
Majority | 30 | 1.0 | |||
Rejected ballots | 28 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,013 | 51.2 | |||
Registered electors | 3,932 | ||||
UKIP gain from Labour | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Marks | 1,150 | 31.1 | ||
Conservative | David Roach | 978 | 26.4 | ||
UKIP | Mark Dorey | 852 | 23.0 | ||
Labour | Mary Dunning | 720 | 19.5 | ||
Total votes | 3,700 | ||||
Majority | 126 | 3.4 | |||
Rejected ballots | 27 | ||||
Turnout | 2,495 | 62.2 | |||
Registered electors | 4,011 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Clements | 905 | 68.8 | ||
Labour | Robin Davies | 411 | 31.2 | ||
Total votes | 1,316 | ||||
Majority | 494 | 37.5 | |||
Rejected ballots | 25 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,342 | 76.5 | |||
Registered electors | 1,755 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jeremy Farthing | 752 | 63.4 | ||
UKIP | Paul Stigwood | 435 | 36.6 | ||
Total votes | 1,187 | ||||
Majority | 317 | 26.7 | |||
Rejected ballots | 64 | 5.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,251 | 71.9 | |||
Registered electors | 1,740 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Griffiths | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Karen Richardson | 595 | 53.0 | ||
UKIP | Bryan Hawes | 305 | 27.2 | ||
Labour | Stephen Nutt | 223 | 19.9 | ||
Total votes | 1,123 | ||||
Majority | 290 | 25.8 | |||
Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,133 | 71.4 | |||
Registered electors | 1,586 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Everitt | 1,069 | 28.0 | ||
Conservative | Clive Springett | 768 | 20.1 | ||
Labour | Jonathan Hartley | 583 | 15.2 | ||
UKIP | Christopher Riley | 543 | 14.2 | ||
Green | Mark Ereira-Guyer | 530 | 13.9 | ||
Green | Martin Trnecka | 331 | 8.7 | ||
Total votes | 3,824 | ||||
Majority | 185 | 4.8 | |||
Rejected ballots | 29 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,372 | 68.1 | |||
Registered electors | 3,482 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Warby | 1,862 | 24.9 | ||
Conservative | Terence Buckle | 1,668 | 22.3 | ||
Conservative | Peter Thompson | 1,551 | 20.8 | ||
Independent | Trevor Beckwith | 1428 | 19.1 | ||
Labour | Clifford Hind | 961 | 12.9 | ||
Total votes | 7,470 | ||||
Majority | 123 | 1.6 | |||
Rejected ballots | 42 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,890 | 68.7 | |||
Registered electors | 5,665 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Diane Hind | 521 | 50.9 | ||
Conservative | Carl Poole | 502 | 49.1 | ||
Total votes | 1,023 | ||||
Majority | 19 | 1.9 | |||
Rejected ballots | 26 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,049 | 55.7 | |||
Registered electors | 1,883 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Brown | 926 | 74.3 | ||
Labour | Gillian Malik | 321 | 25.7 | ||
Total votes | 1,247 | ||||
Majority | 605 | 48.5 | |||
Rejected ballots | 24 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,271 | 61.1 | |||
Registered electors | 2,079 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Susan Glossop | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Nettleton | 1,067 | 30.7 | ||
Green | Ida Rynsard | 928 | 26.7 | ||
Conservative | Rodney Barrett | 926 | 26.6 | ||
Labour | Marilyn Sayer | 558 | 16.0 | ||
Total votes | 3,479 | ||||
Majority | 2 | 0.1 | |||
Rejected ballots | 26 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,303 | 62.9 | |||
Registered electors | 3,663 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sara Mildmay-White | 967 | 73.4 | ||
Labour | Gillian Malik | 351 | 26.6 | ||
Total votes | 1,318 | ||||
Majority | 616 | 46.7 | |||
Rejected ballots | 21 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,339 | 72.0 | |||
Registered electors | 1,860 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hung Chow Chung | 1,507 | 35.8 | ||
Conservative | Sarah-Anne Stamp | 1,179 | 28.0 | ||
Labour | Janet Lavender | 586 | 13.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Lale | 490 | 11.6 | ||
UKIP | Colin Freeman | 450 | 10.7 | ||
Total votes | 4,212 | ||||
Majority | 593 | 14.1 | |||
Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,465 | 71.5 | |||
Registered electors | 3,447 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Paul Hopfensperger | 835 | 31.2 | ||
Labour | Robert Cockle | 699 | 26.2 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Murray | 677 | 25.3 | ||
Labour | Quentin Cornish | 462 | 17.3 | ||
Total votes | 2,673 | ||||
Majority | 22 | 0.8 | |||
Rejected ballots | 21 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,765 | 51.5 | |||
Registered electors | 3,428 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Thorndyke | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wayne Hailstone | 1,129 | 28.5 | ||
Conservative | Richard Rout | 964 | 24.3 | ||
Labour | Kevin Waterson | 573 | 14.4 | ||
UKIP | Clive Reason | 529 | 13.3 | ||
Independent | Stefan Oliver | 414 | 10.4 | ||
Independent | Martin Tilley | 357 | 9.0 | ||
Total votes | 3,966 | ||||
Majority | 391 | 9.9 | |||
Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,465 | 71.5 | |||
Registered electors | 3,447 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Clive Pollington | 623 | 50.2 | ||
Independent | Derek Redhead | 617 | 49.8 | ||
Total votes | 1,240 | ||||
Majority | 6 | 0.5 | |||
Rejected ballots | 14 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,254 | 70.8 | |||
Registered electors | 1,771 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Midwood | 617 | 52.3 | ||
Independent | Robert Clifton-Brown | 363 | 30.8 | ||
UKIP | Dudley Haylock | 200 | 16.9 | ||
Total votes | 1,180 | ||||
Majority | 254 | 21.5 | |||
Rejected ballots | 21 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,201 | 73.4 | |||
Registered electors | 1,637 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
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