Arun District Council election, 2015

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The Arun District Council elections, 2015 were held on Thursday 7 May 2015, alongside a general election, to elect all 54 members to Arun District Council, a second-tier authority in West Sussex.

Arun District Non-metropolitan district in England

Arun is a local government district in West Sussex, England. It contains the towns of Arundel, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, and takes its name from the River Arun, which runs through the centre of the district.

West Sussex County of England

West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering East Sussex to the east, Hampshire to the west and Surrey to the north, and to the south the English Channel.

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The Council has undergone complete boundary changes since the last elections in 2011, reducing the number of councillors by 3.

The UKIP gain in Bersted ward, was from Cllr Simon McDougall, who stood in 2015 as a Green candidate but was elected in 2011 as a Liberal Democrat

Election result

Arun District Council Election Result 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative
  Liberal Democrat
  Labour
  Independent
  UKIP
  Green

Ward results

Aldwick East

Aldwick East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Trevor Bence* 1619
Conservative Gillian Brown* 1536
UKIP Michael Warden919
Independent Malcolm Daniells705
Liberal Democrat Peter Wells688
Turnout 73.57
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Aldwick West

Aldwick West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Phil Hitchens* 1962
Conservative Jacqui Maconachie* 1397
UKIP John Wedderburn1122
Liberal Democrat Kenton Batley698
Liberal Democrat Alan Gale635
Turnout 69.05
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Angmering & Findon

Angmering & Findon(3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Paul Bicknell* 2963
Conservative Dudley Wensley* 2325
Conservative Andrew Cooper* 2212
UKIP Mark Dyson1418
Liberal Democrat David Bliss998
Labour Alison Baker887
Green Lionel Smith796
Liberal Democrat Malcolm Taylor706
Turnout 72.78
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Arundel & Walberton

Arundel & Walberton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Paul Dendle* 2691
Conservative Norman Dingemans* 2448
Conservative Robert Wheal 1994
Independent Jeremy Johnstone1166
UKIP Tricia Wales1151
Labour Christopher Wood938
Turnout 72.94
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Barnham

Barnham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Keith Ballard 1994
Conservative Christopher Hughes 1644
Conservative John Charles* 1491
UKIP Tony Dixon1187
Independent Ian Truin1115
UKIP Graham Draper1041
Green Isabel Thurston1033
Labour Alwyn Dow710
Turnout 68.70
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Beach

Beach (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat James Walsh* 1671
Liberal Democrat Dan Purchese 1434
Conservative Jill Long786
Labour Steve McConnell260
Labour Ron Felpts245
Turnout 67.73
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing

Bersted

Bersted (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Susan Bence 1625
UKIP Ann Rapnik 1497
Conservative Jacqueline Pendleton 1156
Liberal Democrat Phil Woodall798
Liberal Democrat Darren Dawes795
Liberal Democrat James Young667
Green Simon McDougall*647
Green Susan Livett577
Green Martin Lury525
Turnout 58.36
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
UKIP gain from Green Swing

Brookfield

Brookfield (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Alan Gammon* 1363
Conservative Mick Warren 1029
UKIP Geoff Holloway825
Labour Bill Mears521
Liberal Democrat Anchorette Parvin-Blackstone509
Labour Mary Mears444
Turnout 62.69
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Courtwick with Toddington

Courtwick with Toddington (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Marian Ayers 1415
UKIP Victoria Rhodes 991
Labour Mike Northeast* 876
Labour Anthony Squires866
Labour George O'Neill709
Liberal Democrat Mark Foster694
Liberal Democrat Paul Graydon469
Liberal Democrat David Leggatt375
Independent David Jones368
Turnout 56.30
Conservative hold Swing
UKIP hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

East Preston

East Preston (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Richard Bower* 2921
Conservative Terence Chapman* 2909
Conservative Mike Clayden 2326
UKIP Teresa Bullock1439
Labour Tony Dines1081
Turnout 72.90
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Felpham East

Felpham East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Edwards 1586
Conservative Paul English* 1283
UKIP Richard Eldred961
Liberal Democrat Michelle Hibbert599
Liberal Democrat William Blanchard-Cooper457
Turnout 69.84
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Felpham West

Felpham West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Gill Madeley* 1505
Conservative Elaine Stainton* 1186
UKIP Graham Jones960
Liberal Democrat Michael Chapman498
Liberal Democrat Adrian Thorpe429
Turnout 69.67
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Ferring

Ferring (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Roger Elkins* 1950
Conservative Colin Oliver-Redgate* 1699
UKIP Helen O'Connor-Dixon762
Labour Steve O'Donnell523
Labour Michael Brown476
Turnout 76.67
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hotham

Hotham (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Steve Reynolds 849
Liberal Democrat Paul Wells 770
Liberal Democrat Janina Cooper593
Labour Pauline Nash340
Labour Simon Mouatt326
Green David Meagher289
Green Conrad Meagher262
Turnout 51.79
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Marine

Marine (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Jim Brooks* 994
Conservative Dougal Maconachie 857
UKIP Martin Lineham774
Labour Richard Dawson631
Turnout 50.80
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Middleton-on-Sea

Middleton-on-Sea (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Barbara Oakley 1651
Conservative Paul Wotherspoon 1354
UKIP Joan Phillips1063
Liberal Democrat Stephen Hearn524
Liberal Democrat Sandra Toovey498
Turnout 72.80
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Orchard

Orchard (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Francis Oppler* 963
Conservative Leonard Brown* 884
Liberal Democrat Bill Toovey693
Labour Jan Cosgrove596
Labour Michelle White430
Pawel Kozuchowski93
Turnout 54.56
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Pagham

Pagham (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Anita Dawn Hall* 1894
Conservative Ashvinkumar Patel* 1374
UKIP Tony Sutcliffe1365
Liberal Democrat Catherine Morrish749
Liberal Democrat Jeanette Warr505
Turnout 70.70
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Pevensey

Pevensey (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Pat Dillon 802
Independent Sandra Daniells 778
Independent Adam Cunard691
Labour Roger Nash*578
Labour Gilbert Cockburn464
Turnout 54.60
Conservative hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

River

River (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Ian Buckland 1239
Conservative George Blampied 1172
UKIP Colin Cates 1009
Independent Malcolm Belchamber1002
Labour Alan Butcher844
Liberal Democrat Joan Rickeard751
Liberal Democrat Emily Tester608
Labour Bernie May600
Green David Austin576
Labour Maralyn May570
Turnout 57.03
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
UKIP hold Swing

Rustington East

Rustington East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Emma Neno 1509
Conservative Graham Tyler* 1394
UKIP Stewart England802
Liberal Democrat Jamie Bennett421
Labour Adrian Midgley413
Liberal Democrat Trevor Richards378
Turnout 68.13
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rustington West

Rustington West (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Phillipa Bower 2362
Conservative Pauline Harrison-Horn 2284
Conservative Stella Porter 1847
UKIP Paul Davis1267
Independent Alison Cooper860
Liberal Democrat Anne Purchese808
Labour Nigel Stapley801
Liberal Democrat Joanne Calvert675
Joby Akira203
Turnout 70.29
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Yapton

Yapton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Stephen Haymes* 1962
UKIP Derek Ambler 1183
Conservative Gary Markwell1125
Turnout 65.50
Conservative hold Swing
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

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  1. "Elections 2015". Arun District Council. Retrieved 24 March 2015.