2015 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election

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2015 local election results in St Edmundsbury

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.

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Results summary

St. Edmundsbury Borough Council election, 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 3733Steady2.svg52.236,089+3.0
  UKIP 430Increase2.svg 313.08,983+12.2
  Labour 202Decrease2.svg 221.414,797-2.6
  Independent 202Decrease2.svg 27.45,081-3.9
  Green 110Increase2.svg 13.72,548-3.9
  Liberal Democrats 000Steady2.svg0.02.41,657-4.7

Ward results

Abbeygate

Abbeygate [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joanna Rayner 1,169 28.2
Conservative Andrew Speed 893 21.5
Green Paul Rynsard75918.3
Labour Robin Bennett69116.7
Liberal Democrats Judith Broadway63515.3
Total votes4,147
Majority1343.2
Rejected ballots461.9
Turnout 2,41466.0
Registered electors 3,660
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bardwell

Bardwell [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paula Wade 867 59.0
Labour Cyrille Bouche30921.0
UKIP James Lumley29319.9
Total votes1,469
Majority55838.0
Rejected ballots161.1
Turnout 1,48573.3
Registered electors 2,025
Conservative hold

Barningham

Barningham [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carol BullUnopposed
Conservative hold

Barrow

Barrow [2] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Houlder 845 61.0
Liberal Democrats Zigurds Kronbergs34524.9
Labour Andrew Whiting19514.1
Total votes1,385
Majority50036.1
Rejected ballots221.6
Turnout 1,40775.2
Registered electors 1,870
Conservative hold

Cavendish

Cavendish [2] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Stevens 779 65.7
UKIP Stuart Letten40634.3
Total votes1,185
Majority37331.5
Rejected ballots594.8
Turnout 1,24072.9
Registered electors 1,702
Conservative hold

Chedburgh

Chedburgh [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela RushenUnopposed
Conservative hold

Clare

Clare [2] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alaric Pugh 808 71.4
UKIP David Reynolds32328.6
Total votes1,131
Majority48542.9
Rejected ballots615.1
Turnout 1,19269.7
Registered electors 1,709
Conservative hold

Eastgate

Eastgate [2] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Warby 612 54.2
Labour Nicola Ridgeway51845.8
Total votes1130
Majority948.3
Rejected ballots292.5
Turnout 1,15961.1
Registered electors 1,897
Conservative hold

Fornham

Fornham [2] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rebecca Hopfensperger 894 72.7
Labour Shirley Stephenson33627.3
Total votes1,230
Majority55845.4
Rejected ballots161.3
Turnout 1,24773.0
Registered electors 1,708
Conservative hold

Great Barton

Great Barton [2] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Broughton 1,054 80.0
Labour Thomas Stebbing26420.0
Total votes1,318
Majority79059.9
Rejected ballots211.6
Turnout 1,33976.1
Registered electors 1,759
Conservative hold

Haverhill East

Haverhill East [2] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Anthony Brown 1,135 16.7
Conservative Ivor McLatchy 978 14.4
UKIP John Burns 892 13.1
Labour Roger André80011.8
Conservative Hui Yang76411.2
Labour Patrick Hanlon75711.1
Conservative John Exton75411.1
Labour Emie Goody72410.6
Total votes6,804
Majority921.4
Rejected ballots511.6
Turnout 3,14457.1
Registered electors 5,503
UKIP gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
UKIP gain from Conservative

Haverhill North

Haverhill North [2] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Timothy Marks 1,257 16.9
UKIP Barry Robbins 1,155 15.5
Conservative Betty McLatchy 1,095 14.7
Conservative John McManus98013.1
Labour Thomas Chivers80610.8
UKIP Anthony Williams77610.4
Labour Elizabeth Smith7289.8
Labour Alan Pearson6578.8
Total votes7,454
Majority1151.5
Rejected ballots451.4
Turnout 3,30858.9
Registered electors 5,616
Conservative hold
UKIP gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Haverhill South

Haverhill South [2] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Jason Crooks 689 23.6
Conservative Paula Fox 661 22.7
Labour Maureen Byrne63121.7
Labour David Smith41214.1
Conservative Clive Turner36412.5
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Rolph1575.4
Total votes2,914
Majority301.0
Rejected ballots281.4
Turnout 2,01351.2
Registered electors 3,932
UKIP gain from Labour
Conservative hold

Haverhill West

Haverhill West [2] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Marks 1,150 31.1
Conservative David Roach 978 26.4
UKIP Mark Dorey85223.0
Labour Mary Dunning72019.5
Total votes3,700
Majority1263.4
Rejected ballots27
Turnout 2,49562.2
Registered electors 4,011
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Horringer & Whelnetham

Horringer & Whelnetham [2] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Clements 905 68.8
Labour Robin Davies41131.2
Total votes1,316
Majority49437.5
Rejected ballots251.9
Turnout 1,34276.5
Registered electors 1,755
Conservative hold

Hundon

Hundon [2] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeremy Farthing 752 63.4
UKIP Paul Stigwood43536.6
Total votes1,187
Majority31726.7
Rejected ballots645.1
Turnout 1,25171.9
Registered electors 1,740
Conservative hold

Ixworth

Ixworth [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John GriffithsUnopposed
Conservative hold

Kedington

Kedington [2] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Karen Richardson 595 53.0
UKIP Bryan Hawes30527.2
Labour Stephen Nutt22319.9
Total votes1,123
Majority29025.8
Rejected ballots100.9
Turnout 1,13371.4
Registered electors 1,586
Conservative hold

Minden

Minden [2] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Everitt 1,069 28.0
Conservative Clive Springett 768 20.1
Labour Jonathan Hartley58315.2
UKIP Christopher Riley54314.2
Green Mark Ereira-Guyer 53013.9
Green Martin Trnecka3318.7
Total votes3,824
Majority1854.8
Rejected ballots291.2
Turnout 2,37268.1
Registered electors 3,482
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Moreton Hall

Moreton Hall [2] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Warby 1,862 24.9
Conservative Terence Buckle 1,668 22.3
Conservative Peter Thompson 1,551 20.8
Independent Trevor Beckwith142819.1
Labour Clifford Hind96112.9
Total votes7,470
Majority1231.6
Rejected ballots421.1
Turnout 3,89068.7
Registered electors 5,665
Conservative gain from Independent
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Northgate

Northgate [2] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Diane Hind 521 50.9
Conservative Carl Poole50249.1
Total votes1,023
Majority191.9
Rejected ballots262.5
Turnout 1,04955.7
Registered electors 1,883
Labour hold

Pakenham

Pakenham [2] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Brown 926 74.3
Labour Gillian Malik32125.7
Total votes1,247
Majority60548.5
Rejected ballots241.9
Turnout 1,27161.1
Registered electors 2,079
Conservative hold

Risby

Risby [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan GlossopUnopposed
Conservative hold

Risbygate

Risbygate [2] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Nettleton 1,067 30.7
Green Ida Rynsard 928 26.7
Conservative Rodney Barrett92626.6
Labour Marilyn Sayer55816.0
Total votes3,479
Majority20.1
Rejected ballots261.1
Turnout 2,30362.9
Registered electors 3,663
Independent hold
Green gain from Conservative

Rougham

Rougham [2] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sara Mildmay-White 967 73.4
Labour Gillian Malik35126.6
Total votes1,318
Majority61646.7
Rejected ballots211.6
Turnout 1,33972.0
Registered electors 1,860
Conservative hold

Southgate

Southgate [2] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hung Chow Chung 1,507 35.8
Conservative Sarah-Anne Stamp 1,179 28.0
Labour Janet Lavender58613.9
Liberal Democrats Christopher Lale49011.6
UKIP Colin Freeman45010.7
Total votes4,212
Majority59314.1
Rejected ballots120.5
Turnout 2,46571.5
Registered electors 3,447
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

St Olaves

St Olaves [2] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Paul Hopfensperger 835 31.2
Labour Robert Cockle 699 26.2
Conservative Thomas Murray67725.3
Labour Quentin Cornish46217.3
Total votes2,673
Majority220.8
Rejected ballots211.2
Turnout 1,76551.5
Registered electors 3,428
Independent hold
Labour hold

Stanton

Stanton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jim ThorndykeUnopposed
Conservative hold

Westgate

Westgate [2] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wayne Hailstone 1,129 28.5
Conservative Richard Rout 964 24.3
Labour Kevin Waterson57314.4
UKIP Clive Reason52913.3
Independent Stefan Oliver41410.4
Independent Martin Tilley3579.0
Total votes3,966
Majority3919.9
Rejected ballots120.5
Turnout 2,46571.5
Registered electors 3,447
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Wickhambrook

Wickhambrook [2] [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clive Pollington 623 50.2
Independent Derek Redhead61749.8
Total votes1,240
Majority60.5
Rejected ballots141.1
Turnout 1,25470.8
Registered electors 1,771
Conservative gain from Independent

Withersfield

Withersfield [2] [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Midwood 617 52.3
Independent Robert Clifton-Brown36330.8
UKIP Dudley Haylock20016.9
Total votes1,180
Majority25421.5
Rejected ballots211.7
Turnout 1,20173.4
Registered electors 1,637
Conservative hold

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