The 2015 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Stoke-on-Trent City Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections and the general election.
After the election, results were as follows: Labour 21, City Independents 14, Conservative 7, UKIP 2. The Labour Party lost 14 seats, with gains for the Conservatives, City Independents and UKIP.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 21 | 1 | 15 | -14 | 47.72 | 32.16 | 40,597 | +10,906 | |
City Independents | 14 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 31.81 | 22.15 | 22,793 | +22,793 | |
Conservative | 7 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 15.90 | 22.19 | 28,020 | +16,591 | |
UKIP | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4.54 | 14.64 | 18,490 | +16,608 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 0.00 | 3.45 | 3,547 | -9,602 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.30 | 2,911 | +2,911 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.05 | 1,332 | -5,157 | |
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.85 | 1,084 | +598 | |
The British Voice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 82 | +82 | |
Turnout | 126221 | +61364 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Richard Broughan | 1489 | 25.38 | ||
City Independents | Melanie Baddeley | 1449 | 24.70 | ||
Labour | Gwen Hassall | 1208 | 20.59 | ||
Labour | Adrian Knapper | 918 | 15.65 | ||
Green | Dave Muller | 410 | 6.99 | ||
Green | Luke Bellamy | 392 | 6.68 | ||
Majority | 241 | 0.68 | |||
Turnout | 47.0 | ||||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
City Independents gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jack Brereton | 3,102 | 16.66 | ||
Conservative | Dave Evans | 2,125 | 11.41 | ||
City Independents | Anthony Munday | 2,099 | 11.27 | ||
UKIP | Colin Rushton | 2049 | 11.00 | ||
Conservative | Judy Wagg | 1896 | 10.18 | ||
Labour | Paul William Humphreys | 1654 | 8.88 | ||
Labour | Tina Natalello | 1475 | 7.92 | ||
Independent | Gary Elsby | 1420 | 7.63 | ||
City Independents | Kelsey Stair | 1381 | 7.42 | ||
Labour | Javid Iqbal Najmi | 1073 | 5.76 | ||
TUSC | Nicey Keen | 347 | 1.86 | ||
Majority | 50 | 0.14 | |||
Turnout | 18621 | 85.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
City Independents gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sheila Pitt* | 1089 | 19.79 | ||
Labour | Stephen Funnell | 1059 | 19.25 | ||
UKIP | Brendan Kelly | 1052 | 19.12 | ||
UKIP | Scott Stevenson | 902 | 16.39 | ||
City Independents | Alan Joinson | 701 | 12.74 | ||
City Independents | Sharon Edwards | 617 | 11.21 | ||
The British Voice | David Leese | 82 | 1.49 | ||
Majority | 7 | 0.13 | |||
Turnout | 5502 | 39.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
City Independents | Jean Bowers | 1994 | 25.27 | ||
City Independents | Sabrina Bowers | 1464 | 18.55 | ||
Labour | Mark Meredith | 1298 | 16.45 | ||
Labour | Shirley Kliment-Temple | 1176 | 14.90 | ||
Conservative | Lorraine Whalley | 877 | 11.11 | ||
Conservative | Phil Whalley | 748 | 9.48 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kieran Clarke | 334 | 4.23 | ||
Majority | 166 | 2.10 | |||
Turnout | 7891 | 52.1 | |||
City Independents gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
City Independents gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joan Bell | 726 | 28.81 | ||
UKIP | Jacqueline Mountford | 657 | 26.07 | ||
Conservative | Christine Warren | 615 | 24.40 | ||
City Independents | Brian Ward | 493 | 14.90 | ||
TUSC | Neil Singh | 29 | 1.15 | ||
Majority | 69 | 2.74 | |||
Turnout | 2520 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lloyd Brown | 883 | 43.20 | ||
UKIP | Adam Mountford | 506 | 24.76 | ||
Conservative | James Vernon | 433 | 21.18 | ||
City Independents | Arthur Burton | 171 | 8.37 | ||
TUSC | Matt Wright | 51 | 2.50 | ||
Majority | 377 | 18.44 | |||
Turnout | 2044 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andy Platt | 746 | 30.92 | ||
UKIP | Mick Harold | 681 | 28.22 | ||
Independent | Alan Barrett | 402 | 16.66 | ||
Green | Martin Parker | 201 | 8.33 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tom Grocock | 193 | 8.00 | ||
City Independents | Grant Barnes | 190 | 7.87 | ||
Majority | 65 | 2.70 | |||
Turnout | 2413 | 52.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gurmeet Kallar | 896 | 44.58 | ||
UKIP | Mike Lucking | 788 | 39.20 | ||
City Independents | Duncan Walker | 326 | 16.22 | ||
Majority | 108 | 5.38 | |||
Turnout | 2010 | 51.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Robinson | 799 | 37.06 | ||
UKIP | Richard Bennett | 711 | 32.98 | ||
Conservative | Hayley Delanchy | 594 | 27.55 | ||
TUSC | Liat Norris | 52 | 2.41 | ||
Majority | 88 | 4.08 | |||
Turnout | 2156 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Dutton | 919 | 49.25 | ||
City Independents | Stirling Dunn | 477 | 25.56 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Roster | 470 | 25.19 | ||
Majority | 442 | 23.69 | |||
Turnout | 1866 | 44.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joy Garner | 795 | 37.17 | ||
UKIP | Martin Bayley-Spencer | 685 | 32.02 | ||
Conservative | Laura Hoult | 453 | 21.18 | ||
Green | Jacob Davies | 206 | 9.63 | ||
Majority | 80 | 5.15 | |||
Turnout | 2139 | 50.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
City Independents | Lilian Dodd | 877 | 36.51 | ||
Labour | Arif Hussain | 829 | 34.51 | ||
Conservative | Shakeel Mohammed | 607 | 25.27 | ||
TUSC | Jacob Davies | 89 | 3.71 | ||
Majority | 48 | 2.00 | |||
Turnout | 2402 | ||||
City Independents gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
City Independents | Rita Dale | 1227 | 60.71 | ||
Labour | Terry Crowe | 794 | 39.29 | ||
Majority | 433 | 21.42 | |||
Turnout | 2021 | 55.1 | |||
City Independents gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Majid Khan | 925 | 54.90 | ||
UKIP | Mohammad Iqbal | 437 | 25.93 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Morris | 177 | 10.50 | ||
Green | Kevin Burke | 146 | 8.66 | ||
Majority | 488 | 28.97 | |||
Turnout | 1685 | 53.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Shotton | 706 | 30.71 | ||
UKIP | Tony Williams | 652 | 28.36 | ||
Independent | Alan Gerrard | 587 | 25.53 | ||
Conservative | Nicholas Jellyman | 354 | 15.40 | ||
Majority | 54 | 2.35 | |||
Turnout | 2299 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Mick Bell | 770 | 32.57 | ||
Independent | Cheryl Gerrard | 719 | 30.41 | ||
Labour | Muhammad Aumir | 503 | 21.28 | ||
Conservative | Stephanie Booth | 321 | 13.58 | ||
TUSC | Chris Parton | 51 | 2.16 | ||
Majority | 51 | 2.16 | |||
Turnout | 2364 | ||||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Candi Chetwynd | 796 | 35.94 | ||
Conservative | Richard Brereton | 712 | 32.14 | ||
City Independents | Rob Reynolds | 707 | 31.92 | ||
Majority | 84 | 3.80 | |||
Turnout | 2215 | 47.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Garner | 965 | 45.20 | ||
Conservative | Jonathan Jellyman | 589 | 27.59 | ||
City Independents | Steve Taylor | 581 | 27.21 | ||
Majority | 376 | 17.61 | |||
Turnout | 2135 | 49.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
City Independents | Ann James | 2071 | 27.50 | ||
City Independents | Janine Bridges | 2003 | 26.60 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Beech | 1380 | 18.32 | ||
Labour | Lynn Watkins | 1243 | 16.51 | ||
Labour | Abul Azad | 834 | 11.07 | ||
Majority | 623 | 8.28 | |||
Turnout | 7531 | 55.0 | |||
City Independents gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
City Independents gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
City Independents | Terence Follows | 2301 | 19.68 | ||
Conservative | Daniel Jellyman | 2000 | 17.10 | ||
City Independents | Peter Hayward | 1900 | 16.25 | ||
Conservative | Megan Tilsley | 1563 | 13.37 | ||
Labour | Mark Glover-Jones | 1078 | 9.22 | ||
UKIP | Julia Evans | 1054 | 9.01 | ||
Labour | Paul Singh | 902 | 7.71 | ||
UKIP | Harold Gregory | 896 | 7.66 | ||
Majority | 1000 | 0.85 | |||
Turnout | 11694 | ||||
City Independents gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Amjid Wazir | 974 | 64.04 | ||
Green | Said Karimi | 211 | 13.87 | ||
City Independents | Janet Tinsley | 205 | 13.48 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Arthur Slight | 131 | 8.61 | ||
Majority | 763 | 50.17 | |||
Turnout | 1521 | 37.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shaun Pender | 1095 | 40.01 | ||
Conservative | Sam Richardson | 646 | 23.60 | ||
UKIP | Sharon Hemmings | 509 | 18.60 | ||
Green | Thomas Holland | 229 | 8.37 | ||
City Independents | Rob Ledgar | 153 | 5.59 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Maxine Morrow | 105 | 3.84 | ||
Majority | 449 | 16.41 | |||
Turnout | 2737 | 56.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kath Banks | 965 | 41.42 | ||
City Independents | Shaun Bennett | 729 | 31.29 | ||
Conservative | Lorraine Beardmore | 540 | 23.18 | ||
TUSC | Kris Caci | 96 | 4.12 | ||
Majority | 236 | 10.13 | |||
Turnout | 2330 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alastair Watson | 752 | 41.80 | ||
UKIP | Gulzar Ahmed | 417 | 23.18 | ||
City Independents | David Walley | 345 | 19.18 | ||
Green | Glyn Wade | 156 | 8.67 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Waqas-Ur Rashid | 129 | 7.17 | ||
Majority | 335 | 18.62 | |||
Turnout | 1799 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sadaqat Maqsoom | 1277 | 45.25 | ||
Labour | Bagh Ali | 1126 | 39.90 | ||
Independent | Alan Lear | 419 | 14.85 | ||
Majority | 151 | 5.35 | |||
Turnout | 2822 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
City Independents | David Conway | 1018 | 44.83 | ||
Labour | Sarah Watson | 843 | 37.12 | ||
UKIP | Mohammad Naeem | 410 | 18.05 | ||
Majority | 175 | 7.71 | |||
Turnout | 2271 | ||||
City Independents gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Craig Beardmore | 832 | 35.80 | ||
Labour | David Williams | 802 | 34.51 | ||
UKIP | Umar Ghalani | 592 | 25.47 | ||
TUSC | Lee Stockley | 98 | 4.22 | ||
Majority | 30 | 1.29 | |||
Turnout | 2324 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ruth Rosenau | 832 | 39.32 | ||
UKIP | Phil Smith | 687 | 32.47 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Brown | 498 | 23.53 | ||
TUSC | Andy Bentley | 99 | 4.68 | ||
Majority | 145 | 6.85 | |||
Turnout | 2116 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Abi Brown | 1997 | 75.33 | ||
Labour | Kamran Sabir | 654 | 24.67 | ||
Majority | 1343 | 50.66 | |||
Turnout | 2651 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Debbie Wheeldon | 746 | 39.20 | ||
UKIP | Eric Martin | 451 | 23.70 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Brown | 422 | 22.18 | ||
City Independents | John Ayres | 242 | 12.72 | ||
TUSC | John Morrey | 42 | 2.21 | ||
Majority | 295 | 15.50 | |||
Turnout | 1903 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammed Pervez | 1153 | 54.88 | ||
City Independents | Neil Day | 465 | 22.13 | ||
Conservative | John Francis | 343 | 16.33 | ||
Green | Sean Adam | 140 | 6.66 | ||
Majority | 688 | 32.75 | |||
Turnout | 2101 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
City Independents | Randolph Conteh | 1209 | 42.68 | ||
Labour | Daniel Cunningham | 745 | 26.30 | ||
Conservative | Hannah Lawrence | 521 | 18.39 | ||
Green | Elaine Holland | 279 | 9.85 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Liam Perez | 79 | 2.79 | ||
Majority | 464 | 16.38 | |||
Turnout | 2833 | ||||
City Independents gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Olwen Hamer | 911 | 38.96 | ||
UKIP | John Davis | 855 | 36.57 | ||
Conservative | Lisa Li | 463 | 19.80 | ||
TUSC | Lucy Williams | 109 | 4.66 | ||
Majority | 56 | 2.39 | |||
Turnout | 2338 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
City Independents | Joanne Powell-Beckett | 742 | 34.45 | ||
Labour | Debra Gratton | 724 | 33.61 | ||
Conservative | Beth Peake | 688 | 31.94 | ||
Majority | 18 | 0.84 | |||
Turnout | 2154 | ||||
City Independents gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
City Independents | Jackie Barnes | 790 | 32.05 | ||
UKIP | Mick Bednarski | 695 | 28.19 | ||
Labour | Mubsira Aumir | 614 | 24.91 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christine Grocock | 184 | 7.46 | ||
Green | Adam Colclough | 182 | 7.38 | ||
Majority | 95 | 3.86 | |||
Turnout | 2465 | ||||
City Independents gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
City Independents | Lee Wanger | 969 | 47.36 | ||
Labour | Mohammed Matloob | 797 | 38.95 | ||
Conservative | Ian Horton | 280 | 13.69 | ||
Majority | 172 | 8.41 | |||
Turnout | 2046 | ||||
City Independents gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ross Irving | 674 | 27.67 | ||
Labour | Nicola Howell | 575 | 23.60 | ||
UKIP | Bruce Reed | 545 | 22.37 | ||
Green | Jan Zablocki | 359 | 14.74 | ||
City Independents | Cheryl Barnett | 262 | 10.76 | ||
TUSC | Mandy Marfleet | 21 | 0.86 | ||
Majority | 99 | 4.07 | |||
Turnout | 2436 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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