2015 Suffolk Coastal District Council election

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2015 Suffolk Coastal District Council election
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All 42 seats to Suffolk Coastal District Council
22 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won372
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 7Decrease2.svg 3
Popular vote60,66110,503
Percentage55.2%9.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.5%Decrease2.svg 4.4%
 Third partyFourth party
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Party Independent Labour
Seats won21
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 3
Popular vote3,67224,174
Percentage3.3%22.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg 2.0%Decrease2.svg 0.7%
Suffolk Coastal UK ward map with seats 2015.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2015 Suffolk Coastal District Council election.
Control before election


Conservative

Control after election


Conservative

The 2015 Suffolk Coastal District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Suffolk Coastal District Council in Suffolk, England. [1] This was on the same day as the 2015 general election and other local elections.

Contents

The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries, decreasing the number of seats by 13 to 42.

This was the final election to Suffolk Coastal District Council before it was abolished and merged with Waveney to form East Suffolk District Council. [2] The inaugural election to the new authority was held on 2 May 2019.

Summary

Election result

2015 Suffolk Coastal District Council election [3]
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 4237N/AN/ADecrease2.svg 788.155.260,661+0.5
  Liberal Democrats 212N/AN/ADecrease2.svg 34.89.610,503–4.4
  Independent 42N/AN/ASteady2.svg4.83.33,672–2.0
  Labour 381N/AN/ADecrease2.svg 32.422.024,174–0.7
  Green 160N/AN/ASteady2.svg0.06.06,648+2.7
  UKIP 80N/AN/ASteady2.svg0.03.94,309N/A

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Aldeburgh

Aldeburgh (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T-J Haworth-Culf 1,450 58.3
Conservative Maureen Jones 1,230 49.5
Independent Marianne Fellowes1,03541.6
Labour Ian Ilett51820.8
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Bridson38915.6
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Gulliford35214.2
Turnout ~2,487
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Deben

Deben
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Christine Block 567 34.8
Conservative Terry Eastman51231.4
UKIP Angela Lawrence28617.6
Labour Alison Springford1358.3
Green Gary Lowe1297.9
Majority553.4
Turnout 1,629
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Felixstowe East

Felixstowe East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Gallant 1,795 63.2
Conservative Doreen Savage 1,716 60.4
Labour Hattie Bennett85630.1
UKIP Keith Phair68724.2
Labour Richard Reaville63222.2
Turnout ~2,843
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Felixstowe North

Felixstowe North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Bloomfield 1,583 58.4
Labour Mike Deacon 1,325 48.9
Conservative Mike Titchener1,05939.1
Labour Kimberley Williams94735.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Ninnmey50218.5
Turnout ~2,708
Conservative gain from Labour
Labour hold

Felixstowe South

Felixstowe South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Coleman 1,623 59.9
Conservative Andy Smith 1,310 48.4
Labour Corrine Franklin78529.0
Labour David Rowe71226.3
Green Cherrie MacGregor53619.8
Liberal Democrats Gez Hughes45216.7
Turnout ~2,709
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Felixstowe West

Felixstowe West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Bird 1,256 52.3
Conservative Tracey Green 1,144 47.6
Labour Michael Sharman99541.4
Labour Margaret Morris95339.7
Liberal Democrats Jon Woods45819.1
Turnout ~2,403
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Framlingham

Framlingham (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Hudson 1,560 55.2
Conservative Paul Rous 1,555 55.0
Green Jackie Barrow57520.3
Green Rachel Fulcher46716.5
UKIP David Bosworth45116.0
Labour Edna Salmon37713.3
UKIP David Owen35612.6
Labour Shasha Toptani31211.0
Turnout ~2,826
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Fynn Valley

Fynn Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Robert Whiting 1,379 72.8
Labour Valerie Pizzey27014.3
Green Barbara Richardson-Todd24412.9
Majority1,10958.5
Turnout 1,893
Conservative win (new seat)

Grundisburgh

Grundisburgh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Fryatt 1,299 64.3
Labour Graham Hedger38118.9
Liberal Democrats Vic Harrup33916.8
Majority 91845.4
Turnout 2,019
Conservative hold Swing

Hacheston

Hacheston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carol Poulter 1,125 57.1
Green Rhodri Griffiths36118.3
Labour Lesley Bensley30915.7
Liberal Democrats Janet Tait1748.8
Majority 76438.8
Turnout 1,969
Conservative hold Swing

Kesgrave East

Kesgrave East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sue Mower 2,038 67.1
Conservative Geoff Lynch 1,874 61.7
Labour David Isaacs85828.2
Labour Julie Cuninghame71523.5
Liberal Democrats Jon Neal59319.5
Turnout ~3,039
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Kesgrave West

Kesgrave West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Debbie McCallum 2,265 68.4
Conservative Stuart Lawson 1,838 55.5
Labour Kevin Archer1,02731.0
UKIP David Hayes81924.7
Labour Anne Hubert-Chibnall67720.4
Turnout ~3,313
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Kirton

Kirton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Susan Harvey 1,252 67.0
Green Betsy Reid34018.2
Labour Keith Barnett27814.9
Majority91248.8
Turnout 1,870
Conservative win (new seat)

Leiston

Leiston (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Tony Cooper 918 33.3
Conservative Ian Pratt 887 32.1
Conservative Richard Smith84530.6
Labour Terry Hodgson69125.0
Labour Phil Harle61922.4
Independent Mike Taylor50518.3
Green Ron Bailey32011.6
Green Marie Clark30911.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Jackman-Graham2649.6
Liberal Democrats Courtney Mower1625.9
Turnout ~2,760
Independent hold
Conservative hold

Martlesham

Martlesham (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Blundell 1,763 67.0
Liberal Democrats John Kelso 1,380 52.4
Conservative Stephen Attwell1,19045.2
Labour Liz Thompson52820.1
Labour Julie Lummis40515.4
Turnout ~2,633
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Melton

Melton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Jim Bidwell 1,759 59.9
Conservative Jane Day 1,225 41.8
Liberal Democrats Nigel Brown76626.1
UKIP Garry Debenham64221.9
Labour Jeremy Bale62421.3
Green Rachel Smith-Lyte45315.4
Green Richard Bull40013.6
Turnout ~2,934
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Nacton & Purdis Farm

Nacton & Purdis Farm
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Nicky Yeo 1,333 75.7
Labour Peter Waller42724.3
Majority90651.4
Turnout 1,760
Conservative win (new seat)

Orford & Eyke

Orford & Eyke
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Ray Herring 1,010 57.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew McDonald27315.7
Labour John White24414.0
Green Stephen Smedley21812.5
Majority73742.2
Turnout 1,745
Conservative win (new seat)

Peasenhall & Yoxford

Peasenhall & Yoxford
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Stephen Burroughes 1,066 58.2
Green Tom Haslam37820.6
Labour Susan Rowberry25013.7
Liberal Democrats Julia McLean1377.5
Majority68837.6
Turnout 1,831
Conservative win (new seat)

Rendlesham

Rendlesham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Bond 1,030 68.3
Labour Sue Bale47831.7
Majority 55236.6
Turnout 1,508
Conservative hold Swing

Saxmundham

Saxmundham (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Fisher 1,214 51.6
Conservative Phillip Dunnett 1,186 50.4
Conservative Julia Ewart1,04344.4
Liberal Democrats James Sandbach67728.8
Liberal Democrats Keith Dickerson58124.7
Turnout ~2,351
Independent hold
Conservative hold

Tower

Tower (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Mark Newton 1,997 71.9
Conservative Deborah Dean 1,866 67.2
Labour Amy Trenter86831.2
Labour Stan Robinson82629.7
Turnout ~2,779
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

The Trimleys

The Trimleys (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Graham Harding 1,564 66.0
Conservative Richard Kerry 1,420 59.9
Labour Johnny Goodhand73030.8
Labour Neville Mayes71130.0
Liberal Democrats Edward Thompson31313.2
Turnout ~2,369
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Wenhaston & Westleton

Wenhaston & Westleton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Raymond Catchpole 907 53.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Turner40223.6
Labour Robert MacGibbon39323.1
Majority50529.7
Turnout 1,702
Conservative win (new seat)

Wickham Market

Wickham Market
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Amoss 746 44.6
UKIP Michael Coney31318.7
Liberal Democrats Jon James31318.7
Labour John Ridd30218.0
Majority 43325.9
Turnout 1,674
Conservative hold Swing

Woodbridge

Woodbridge (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Geoff Holdcroft 2,499 53.3
Conservative Patti Mulcahy 2,297 49.0
Conservative Colin Hedgley 2,165 46.2
Liberal Democrats Kay Yule1,40930.1
Labour Roy Burgon1,09723.4
Labour Phyllis Palmer1,04922.4
Labour Craig Robinson87018.6
UKIP Ray Tunstall75516.1
Green Aidan Semmens68614.6
Green Martin Wilks64313.7
Green Regan Scott58912.6
Turnout ~4,688
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

By-elections

Leiston By-Election 17 May 2018 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Geater61242.1+13.3
Labour Freda Casagrande33623.1+0.7
Independent Sammy Betson29320.2+20.2
Liberal Democrats Jules Ewart21314.6+6.0
Majority 27619.0
Turnout 1,454
Conservative hold Swing
Wenhaston and Westleton By-Election 20 September 2018 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Gower43150.6−2.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Turner34040.0+16.4
Green Carl Bennett809.4+9.4
Majority 9110.7
Turnout 851
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Declaration of district council election results - Suffolk Coastal District Council election 7 May 2015" (PDF). eastsuffolk.gov.uk. Woodbridge: Suffolk Coastal District Council. 8 May 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "The East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, 24 May 2018, SI 2018/640, retrieved 24 January 2026, [The order] comes into force on the day after that on which it is made.
  3. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Compositions calculator". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University: The Elections Centre. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Leiston Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Wenhaston and Westleton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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