2015 Thanet District Council election

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2015 Thanet District Council election
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All 56 seats on Thanet District Council
29 seats needed for a majority
Turnout71.93% (Increase2.svg29.32 pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
UKI
Con
Lab
Party UKIP Conservative Labour
Last election0 seats, 1.91%27 seats, 46.58%26 seats, 38.24%
Seats won33184
Seat changeIncrease2.svg33Decrease2.svg9Decrease2.svg22
Popular vote54,23046,38235,553
Percentage36.35%31.09%23.83%
SwingIncrease2.svg 34.44 pp Decrease2.svg 15.49 pp Decrease2.svg 14.41 pp
Thanet UK local election 2015 map.svg
Map showing the election results.
Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

UKIP

The 2015 Thanet District Council election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect all 56 seats on Thanet District Council, as part of the 2015 United Kingdom local elections taking place simultaneously with the 2015 General Election. [1] The UK Independence Party won control of the council, becoming the governing group, the first time UKIP had won control of any type of local government unit above the level of a civil parish council, whether London Borough, Metropolitan Borough, Unitary Authority, Non-Metropolitan Borough or a District Council. [2]

Contents

Overall Results

After the election the composition of the council was:

UKIP (33/56)





Conservative Party (18/56)





Labour Party (4/56)





Independent (1/56)





PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
UK Independence Party 54,23036.35Increase2.svg34.4433Increase2.svg33
Conservative Party 46,38231.09Decrease2.svg15.4918Decrease2.svg9
Labour Party 35,55323.83Decrease2.svg14.414Decrease2.svg22
Green Party 3,7082.49Increase2.svg2.170Steady2.svg
Liberal Democrats 1,7301.16Decrease2.svg1.470Steady2.svg
We are the Reality Party8570.57New0New
Thanet Independent Group5810.39New0New
Ramsgate First1990.13Decrease2.svg0.460Steady2.svg
Independent(s) 5,9583.99Decrease2.svg5.741Decrease2.svg2
Total149,19810056
Valid ballots cast67,33999.23
Invalid/blank ballots cast5220.77
Total ballots cast67,861100
Registered voters/turnout94,34371.93
Source: BBC
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33185
UKIPConservativeOther

Results by ward

Listed below are the results [3] in each of the 23 wards of Thanet District Council. Each ward elects 2 or 3 councilors, with the exception of Kingsgate ward, which only elects one member.

Beacon Road

Beacon Road (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP John Buckley75917.96
Labour Jenny Matterface74717.68
Conservative Rosalind Binks72917.25
Conservative Roger Binks71316.87
Labour Gordon Edwards61914.65
UKIP Sam Osmond56313.32
We Are The Reality PartyDebra Holden952.24
Majority 180.43
Turnout 422572.60
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

Birchington North

Birchington North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Coleman-Cooke109624.16
Conservative Simon Day107123.61
UKIP Roger Latchford84018.52
UKIP Ingrid Spencer61013.45
Labour Jacqueline Dunn3307.27
Labour Jonathon Mileman2545.60
Liberal Democrats Bill Furness1713.77
Independent Pat Duncan1633.59
Majority 2315.09
Turnout 453580.60
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Birchington South

Birchington South (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Suzanne Brimm134813.39
UKIP Glenn Coleman-Cooke127712.68
UKIP Alan Howes127312.64
Conservative Liz Hurst109110.84
Conservative Kerry Boyd105610.49
Conservative Guy Wilson9239.17
Independent Neville Hudson7677.62
Thanet Independent GroupJack Cohen5815.77
Labour Rebecca Holmes5205.16
Labour Hannah Scobie5185.14
Independent Michael Grantham3023.00
Liberal Democrats Robert Wright2212.19
Liberal Democrats Alison Higginson1871.85
Majority 1821.80
Turnout 1006474.32
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
UKIP gain from Independent Swing

Bradstowe

Bradstowe (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Hayton100222.74
Conservative David Parsons89320.27
UKIP Peter Hogman72716.50
Labour Jemima Brown60013.62
UKIP George Rusiecki57913.14
Labour Sheila Matthews50011.35
Independent Bayo Oyediran1042.36
Majority 1093.77
Turnout 440577.42
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Central Harbour

Central Harbour (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Trevor Shonk112311.22
Labour Peter Campbell105910.58
UKIP Beverly Martin101210.11
UKIP Christine Gull100310.02
Labour Raushan Rahman9159.14
Labour Corinna Huxley9059.04
Conservative David Spicer7277.26
Conservative James Thomas7017.00
Conservative Mark Mulvihill6346.33
Independent Ralph Hoult5135.12
Green Kevin Pressland4864.85
Green Michael White4274.26
We Are The Reality PartySuzanne French3043.03
Ramsgate FirstAngela Cousins1991.98
Majority 90.09
Turnout 1000870.32
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Cliffsend and Pegwell

Cliffsend and Pegwell (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brenda Marilyn Rogers110922.07
UKIP John Townend95118.93
UKIP Ted Bennett91918.29
Conservative Tony Trevor Mills89517.81
Labour Penny Newman4759.45
Labour James Edward Young3987.92
Green Tim Spencer1963.90
We Are The Reality PartyNigel Askew821.63
Majority 320.64
Turnout 502580.07
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Cliftonville East

Cliftonville East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Edward Jaye-Jones153115.04
UKIP Chris Wells135413.30
Conservative Lesley Ann Game134913.25
UKIP Duncan Smithson133613.12
Conservative Ann Friedlos132112.98
Conservative Marc Lee Rattigan126112.39
Labour Meg Harvey6146.03
Labour Tom Fell6116.00
Labour Colin James Harvey6035.92
IndependentTom Fell2011.97
One Love Rozanne Duncan20.05
Majority 130.13
Turnout 1018178.92
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Cliftonville West

Cliftonville West (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Julie Dellar111614.64
UKIP Emma Hillman98112.87
UKIP Linda Potts93212.22
Labour Alan Robert Currie88611.62
Labour Terry Askew80010.49
Labour Aram Ahmed Rawf7229.47
Conservative Wendy Chaplin6268.21
Conservative Cedric Leslie Towning5126.72
Conservative David Macdonald Lawson4986.53
Green Andrew Philip Jefferson3835.02
Peter Graham Cook1682.21
Majority 460.60
Turnout 762464.66
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Dane Valley

Dane Valley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Gary James Taylor128018.57
UKIP Rosamund Dixon109115.83
UKIP Gary William Hillman105115.25
Conservative Paul Mills92513.42
Labour John Martin Edwards80911.74
Labour Louise Mary Frances Drelaud73910.92
Labour Sheila Mandy Stone6849.92
Liberal Democrats Matt Brown3134.55
Majority 1261.83
Turnout 689259.95
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Eastcliffe

Eastcliffe (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Janet Falcon110513.27
UKIP Sarah Larkins105112.63
UKIP Hunter Stummer-Schmertzing93411.22
Labour Mary Dwyer-King91711.02
Labour Rick Everitt87410.50
Labour John Worrow7609.13
Conservative David Stephen Kingham6367.64
Conservative Janet Ann Kingham5736.88
Conservative Pauline Turner5895.87
Green Ian Driver4355.23
Green Aaron Oldale3524.23
We Are The Reality PartyIan Driver1982.38
Majority 170.20
Turnout 832465.12
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Garlinge

Garlinge (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Hugh Curran87821.15
UKIP John Dennis78919.00
UKIP Stewart George Evans77318.62
Conservative Shirley Ann Tomlinson69316.69
Labour Kay Ann Dark42910.33
Labour Ela Lodge-Pritchard3909.39
Independent Clive Edwin Morris2004.82
Majority 160.39
Turnout 415269.91
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Kingsgate

Kingsgate (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Bayford67553.07
UKIP Bowen Fuller37029.09
Labour Richard Leonard Symonds22717.84
Majority 30523.98
Turnout 127273.05
Conservative hold Swing

Margate Central

Margate Central (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Iris Johnston68018.39
UKIP Jeffrey Elenor63917.28
UKIP Mo Elenor59015.96
Labour John Watkins49713.44
Conservative Paul Messenger44111.93
Conservative Simon John Smith3489.41
Green Louise Elizabeth Oldfield2326.28
Green Edward John Targett1594.30
We Are The Reality PartyRoxy Tesla641.73
Mandy Kiddell471.28
Majority 491.33
Turnout 369765.43
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Nethercourt

Nethercourt (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Jeremy Fairbrass92820.55
UKIP Lin Fairbrass84518.72
Labour Steve Alexandrou74716.54
Conservative Sandy Spicer72215.99
Conservative Mike Taylor64214.22
Labour Patricia Moore63113.98
Majority 982.17
Turnout 451573.30
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Newington

Newington (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Mo Leys88418.56
UKIP Vince Munday84521.54
Labour Karen Mary Constantine72818.56
Labour David Green71318.17
Conservative Daphne Evelyn Sharp3909.94
Conservative Jill Louise Bayford3639.25
Majority 1172.98
Turnout 392367.70
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Northwood

Northwood (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Stuart Piper135116.25
UKIP Konnor Collins134416.16
UKIP Helen Smith121414.60
Labour Elizabeth Green8309.98
Labour David Cooper8009.62
Labour Susan Kennedy7849.43
Conservative Ben Thomas Harris7268.73
Conservative Neville Symes Petts6457.75
Conservative James Terrence Rattigan6227.48
Majority 3844.62
Turnout 831664.46
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Salmestone

Salmestone (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Peter Kenneth Evans87820.08
UKIP Robin Edwards79418.16
Conservative Nikki Curran72316.54
Labour Harry William Scobie61214.00
Labour Ann Curtis54212.40
Conservative Pauline Marie Hayfield52411.99
Green Robin Peter Vaughan-Lyons1764.03
Liberal Democrats John Finnegan1232.80
Majority 711.62
Turnout 437266.27
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Sir Moses Montefiore

Sir Moses Montefiore (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Terry Connor85319.13
Labour Michelle Fenner78717.65
Labour Alan Poole74916.80
UKIP Trevor Cooper74716.75
Conservative John Holmes53411.98
Conservative Paul Anthony Dunk52811.84
Green Tricia Hartley1523.41
Green Tony Uden1092.44
Majority 380.85
Turnout 445972.18
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

St Peters

St Peters (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Dexter144913.90
Conservative Ian Gregory141613.58
Conservative Jason Savage140713.50
UKIP Malcolm Gosman123211.82
UKIP Zita Wiltshire106610.22
UKIP Charlie Leys104810.35
Labour Margaret Elizabeth Symonds9348.96
Labour Barnabas Sadler9208.82
Labour Keith Robert Veness8408.06
We Are The Reality PartyTess King1141.09
Majority 751.68
Turnout 1042670.83
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Thanet Villages

Thanet Villages (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bob Grove132616.02
Conservative Ken Gregory127315.38
UKIP Derek Morris Crow-Brown119714.46
Conservative Linda Ann Wright108313.08
UKIP Angela Margaret Curtis103312.48
UKIP Trevor Michael Chapman91611.06
Green Natasha Anne Ransom6017.26
Labour Seamus Yener5156.22
Sonya Elizabeth Smyth3354.04
Majority 1141.38
Turnout 827978.65
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Viking

Viking (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David William Harry Saunders178116.18
Conservative Mave Saunders166215.10
Conservative Rosanna Theresa Daphne Taylor-Smith145013.17
UKIP Mike Pearce111410.12
UKIP Zara Osmond10309.36
Labour Thomas Oswald MacDonald10189.25
Labour Kate Louise Hamlyn9909.00
UKIP Mark Stubbings8838.02
Labour Khoshnaf Mohammed Ali Mohammed Al-Kaid8487.70
Ruth Angela Bailey2302.10
Majority 3363.05
Turnout 1100677.62
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Westbrook

Westbrook (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mick Tomlinson83820.71
UKIP Ash Ashbee78119.3
Conservative Marcus Kenny74218.33
UKIP Geoffrey Dixon64715.99
Labour Christopher Anthony Rose45111.14
Labour Anthony John Ovenden42810.58
Richard David Charlton1603.95
Majority 390.96
Turnout 404771.07
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Westgate-on-Sea

Westgate-on-Sea (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samantha Bambridge121013.12
UKIP Bertie James Braidwood105711.46
Conservative Carol Partington95610.37
Independent Thomas George King8389.09
Conservative Reece Glenn Patrick Pugh8319.01
UKIP Angela Valerie Brown8298.99
UKIP Carol Ann Chapman8078.75
Labour Lynda Diane Robinson5816.30
Labour Victoria Childs5546.01
Labour Jim Driver4695.09
Dave Morrish3764.08
Liberal Democrats James P Calcutt2943.18
Liberal Democrats Cheri Pennington2242.42
Liberal Democrats Martyn Pennington1972.13
Majority 1181.28
Turnout 922371.49
UKIP gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Election 2015: UKIP takes control of its first council, in Thanet BBC News, 9 May 2015
  3. ↑ "Election results by party, 7 May 2015". democracy.thanet.gov.uk. 7 May 2015. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015.
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