2015 Warrington Borough Council election

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2015 Warrington Borough Council election
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19 out of 57 seats for Warrington Borough Council
29 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats before40113
Seats won1223
Seats after3995
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg2Increase2.svg2
Popular vote36,69716,45627,349
Percentage38.4917.2628.68
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Labour Co-op TUSC
Seats before21
Seats won20
Seats after31
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svg
Popular vote3,874562
Percentage4.060.59
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

The 2015 Warrington Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Warrington Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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4021131
LabourLabour Co-opLib DemConT

After the election the composition of the council was:

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LabourLabour Co-opLib DemConT


Results

2015 Warrington Borough Council election [2]
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 12Decrease2.svg163.16273968.4236,69738.490
  Liberal Democrats 2Decrease2.svg210.537915.7916,45617.260
  Conservative 3Increase2.svg215.79258.7727,34928.680
  Labour Co-op 2Increase2.svg110.53135.263,8744.060
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.00111.755620.590
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg0.00000.009,0219.460
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.00000.001,3891.460

Ward Results

Appleton

Appleton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Peter John Walker* 3,605 55.40
Conservative Jonathan Levy2,90244.60
Turnout  77.25
Liberal Democrats hold

Bewsey and Whitecross

Bewsey and Whitecross [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Stephen Parish* 2,837 60.89
Conservative Sonia Boggan70215.07
UKIP Michael Byrne69214.85
Liberal Democrats Robert Timmis3477.45
TUSC Daniel Warren811.74
Turnout 4,65950.28
Labour hold

Birchwood

Birchwood [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Chris Fitzsimmons* 2,404 45.06
Conservative Nigel Balding1,54929.03
UKIP Michael Robert Amos Johnson82715.50
Green Tracey Valentine2885.40
Liberal Democrats Christine Diane Oliver2675.00
Turnout  64.35
Labour hold

Burtonwood and Winwick

Burtonwood and Winwick [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Joyce* 1,926 58.67
Conservative Frank Richard Allen1,06232.35
Liberal Democrats Robert Stephen Littler2958.99
Turnout  65.47
Labour hold

Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft

Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Sue Bland* 3,024 48.54
Labour Cathy Mitchell2,67442.92
Liberal Democrats Eddie Stone5328.54
Turnout  73.20
Conservative hold

Fairfield and Howley

Fairfield and Howley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Anthony Higgins* 2,864 56.14
UKIP Phillip Henshaw93718.37
Conservative Helena Campbell82616.19
Green Lyndsay McAteer4077.98
Liberal Democrats Margaret Oldbury681.33
Turnout  51.23
Labour hold

Grappenhall and Thellwall

Grappenhall and Thelwall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Michael Biggin* 2,583 43.24
Conservative Constantine Biller1,87931.45
Labour Thomas Jennings1,21620.36
Green Andrew Yelland2964.96
Turnout  76.26
Liberal Democrats hold

Great Sankey North

Great Sankey North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Co-op Dan Price* 1,510 41.44
Conservative Mike Foxall1,02728.18
Liberal Democrats Roy Smith52414.38
UKIP Mal Lingley42311.61
Green Stephanie Davies1604.39
Turnout  72.36
Labour Co-op gain from Labour

Great Sankey South

Great Sankey South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Jean Carter* 3,017 54.26
Conservative Maxine Thomson1,94534.98
Liberal Democrats David Hockenhull3486.26
TUSC Andrew Ford2504.50
Turnout  68.38
Labour hold

Latchford East

Latchford East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Co-op Hans Josef Mundry* 2,364 63.53
Conservative Harish Sharma56115.08
UKIP Sidney Simmons55815.00
Liberal Democrats Timothy Price2386.40
Turnout  56.25
Labour Co-op hold

Latchford West

Latchford West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Maureen McLaughlin* 1,808 47.34
Conservative Philip Marshall1,00426.29
UKIP Gerrard Hall60515.84
Liberal Democrats Ruper George Stephen Budgen3278.56
TUSC Shelley Jean Bennett751.96
Turnout  64.00
Labour hold

Lymm

Lymm [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Kathryn Buckley 2,995 39.81
Liberal Democrats Ian George Marks*2,48333.00
Labour Christine Zastawny1,41818.85
UKIP Frederick Clark6288.34
Turnout  75.66
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Orford

Orford [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Kate Hannon* 2,864 66.20
UKIP Ian Richards1,13826.31
Liberal Democrats Edgar John Davies3247.49
Turnout  55.13
Labour hold

Penketh and Cuerdley

Penketh and Cuerdley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Linda Susan Dirir* 2,683 52.55
Conservative Samuel Baxter2,16742.44
Liberal Democrats Graham Farrington Gowland2565.01
Turnout  74.00
Labour hold

Poplars and Hulme

Poplars and Hulme [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Stephen Roberts* 2,471 59.19
UKIP Trevor Nicholls92322.11
Conservative Francine Elizabeth Leslie65915.78
Liberal Democrats Shanise Oldbury1222.92
Turnout  53.79
Labour hold

Poulton North

Poulton North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Graham Friend* 2,624 54.28
UKIP Barbara Ruth Johnson1,37628.47
Liberal Democrats Sandra Joan Bradshaw83417.25
Turnout  62.00
Labour hold

Rixton and Woolston

Rixton and Woolston [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Paul Bretherton* 2,395 47.45
Conservative Robin Sloan1,49829.68
UKIP Geoff Siddall91418.11
Liberal Democrats Diana Grylls2414.77
Turnout  68.26
Labour hold

Stockton Heath

Stockton Heath [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Stephen Taylor 1,526 40.42
Liberal Democrats Christine Raymond1,15730.65
Labour Karen Mundry85422.62
Green Kenneth Robin Wilson2386.31
Turnout  76.05
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Whittle Hall

Whittle Hall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Faisal Rashid* 2,961 42.02
Conservative Julian Craddock2,02328.71
Liberal Democrats Allan Keith Bird1,90527.03
TUSC Adam Hemsley1582.24
Turnout  69.03
Labour hold

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References

  1. ↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Local Election Results 2015 - Warrington Borough Council" (PDF). warrington.gov.uk.
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