2015 Waverley Borough Council election

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The 2015 Waverley Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Waverley Borough Council in England as one of the 2015 local elections, held simultaneously with the General Election. [1] [2]

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Results

In 2011 Conservatives won all seats except one won by an independent, but saw in the four years three defections of councillors opposed to the group's intra-borough priorities. [3]

Defections considered, the 2015 result saw the same number of Conservatives returned to the council, with areas of politically-standing residents associations winning three seats compensating, as the bulk of opposition, for the loss of three Independent seats across the borough to Conservatives. There was only one other party represented, UKIP, in the form of Diane James, MEP, who lost her majority in single-seat Elstead to a Conservative, her winning denomination in the last election. An independent picked up a seat to balance the majority, Conservative, grouping as the same as immediately before the election. [4] [5]

Waverley Borough Council Election, 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 53440935247004
  Residents 330+3554662
 Independent113-2276396
  Liberal Democrats 000001513591
  Labour 000001311341
  UKIP 001-1054142
  Green 0000032760
 Something Else000000.5485

Ward by ward

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Alfold, Cranleigh Rural and Ellens Green (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeKevin Deanus678
UKIPJohn Armstrong178
LabourConnor Carey113
IndependentPeter Hartley109
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Blackheath & Wonersh (1 seat) (uncontested)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMichael Goodridge0
Majority
Conservative hold Swing
Bramley, Busbridge and Hascombe (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMaurice Byham1893
ConservativeThomas Seaborne1707
LabourCarles Martinez555
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Chiddingfold and Dunsfold (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeSimon Inchbald1445
ConservativeJohn Gray1306
LabourTony Johnson460
UKIPIan Mitchell418
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Cranleigh East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMary Foryszewski1652
ConservativeJeanette Stennett1600
ConservativeStewart Stennett1570
Lib DemsKen Reed901
Lib DemsRichard Cole879
Lib DemsRuth Reed831
IndependentDavid Inman600
LabourMark West509
LabourMark Liversedge490
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Cranleigh West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePatricia Ellis1269
ConservativeBrian Ellis1155
Lib DemsLouise Jones685
Lib DemsChris Tew515
LabourLynda Macdermott321
LabourDaniel Nunn192
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Dockenfield & Tilford (2 seats) (uncontested)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeBrian Adams0
ConservativeGed Hall0
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Elstead and Thursley (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJennifer Else1593
ConservativeDavid Else1376
IndependentBryn Morgan846
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Ewhurst (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeVal Henry703
UKIP Diane James 406
Lib DemsGus Reed137
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing
Farnham Bourne (2 seats) (uncontested)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeCarole CockburnN/A
ConservativeMartin LearN/A
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Farnham Castle (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Farnham ResidentsJohn Williamson1043
ConservativePaddy Blagden797
Lib DemsStewart Edge736
ConservativeGeoffrey Swann641
LabourCelia Sandars458
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Residents gain from Conservative Swing
Farnham Firgrove (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJill Hargreaves1260
ConservativeSam Pritchard934
GreenJon Austen733
Lib DemsSylvia Jacobs716
LabourDavid Savage426
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Farnham Hale & Heath End (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMike Hodge1170
ConservativeDenise Le Gal917
IndependentDavid Beaman696
Lib DemsMary Hunt523
LabourRebecca Kaye501
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Farnham Moor Park (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeStephen Hill1086
IndependentAndy Macleod1006
ConservativeRachel Morris918
Lib DemsJudith Edge638
LabourDavid Watts437
Majority
Turnout
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Farnham Shortheath & Boundstone (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Munro 1064
Farnham Residents Kika Mirylees 958
ConservativeJohn Ward806
Farnham ResidentsJane Sinclair781
LabourJoan Anniballi337
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Residents gain from Conservative Swing
Farnham Upper Hale (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Farnham ResidentsJohn Fraser1061
ConservativeJulia Potts927
Farnham ResidentsJerry Hyman819
ConservativeDonal O'Neill724
LabourCarole Thomas328
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Residents gain from Conservative Swing
Farnham Weybourne and Badshot Lea (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeChristopher Storey985
ConservativeNabeel Nasir964
Lib DemsWilliam Marshall816
UKIPMike Bryan748
LabourAndrew Jones453
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Farnham Wrecclesham and Rowledge (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePat Frost1429
ConservativeRobert Ramsdale1281
IndependentMark Wescott688
LabourAnthony Watts555
UKIPJim Burroughs517
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Godalming Binscombe (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeDavid Hunter999
ConservativeLiz Wheatley898
Lib DemsPaul Rivers738
LabourStephen Williams677
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Godalming Central and Ockford (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeAndrew Bolton1180
ConservativeSimon Thornton1024
LabourGeorge Davies743
Something NewPaul Robinson485
UKIPBrian Egan437
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Godalming Charterhouse (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeTony Gordon-Smith1260
ConservativeStefan Reynolds1067
GreenJames Coope708
LabourEleanor Griffiths549
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Godalming Farncombe and Catteshall (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRoss Welland1152
ConservativeNick Williams1030
Lib DemsPenny Rivers712
GreenShirley Wardell518
LabourRobert Park465
LabourMichael Williams448
Lib DemsPatrick Haveron345
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Godalming Holloway (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePeter Martin1844
ConservativeTom Martin1688
LabourLuis Pullen770
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Haslemere Critchmere and Shottermill (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJim Edwards1658
ConservativeCarole King1508
ConservativeLibby Piper1417
Lib DemsJacqueline Keen1075
Lib DemsPeter Nicholson794
Lib DemsJohn Robini762
LabourShaf Hansraj563
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Haslemere East and Grayswood (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeStephen Mulliner2052
ConservativeRobert Knowles1966
ConservativeDavid Round1818
IndependentLesley Banfield1128
Lib DemsElizabeth Pamplin879
LabourPaul Croshaw605
UKIPGail Weingartner543
Majority
Conservative hold Swing
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Hindhead (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePeter Isherwood1416
ConservativeChristiaan Hesse1380
GreenSasha Brooks408
GreenSusan Ryland393
Lib DemsJerome Davidson373
Lib DemsGeoffrey Whitby325
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Milford (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeDenis Leigh1436
ConservativeBob Upton845
IndependentJack Lee808
UKIPGuy Jones521
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Shamley Green and Cranleigh North (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMike Band819
Lib DemsFabian Cole211
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing


Witley and Hambledon (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeNick Holder1440
ConservativeAnna James1204
IndependentDavid Hall515
LabourYvonne Manning386
UKIPRosaleen Egan374
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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