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 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 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.
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
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Trevor Bence* | 1619 | |||
Conservative | Gillian Brown* | 1536 | |||
UKIP | Michael Warden | 919 | |||
Independent | Malcolm Daniells | 705 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Wells | 688 | |||
Turnout | 73.57 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Phil Hitchens* | 1962 | |||
Conservative | Jacqui Maconachie* | 1397 | |||
UKIP | John Wedderburn | 1122 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Kenton Batley | 698 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Alan Gale | 635 | |||
Turnout | 69.05 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Bicknell* | 2963 | |||
Conservative | Dudley Wensley* | 2325 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Cooper* | 2212 | |||
UKIP | Mark Dyson | 1418 | |||
Liberal Democrat | David Bliss | 998 | |||
Labour | Alison Baker | 887 | |||
Green | Lionel Smith | 796 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Malcolm Taylor | 706 | |||
Turnout | 72.78 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Dendle* | 2691 | |||
Conservative | Norman Dingemans* | 2448 | |||
Conservative | Robert Wheal | 1994 | |||
Independent | Jeremy Johnstone | 1166 | |||
UKIP | Tricia Wales | 1151 | |||
Labour | Christopher Wood | 938 | |||
Turnout | 72.94 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Ballard | 1994 | |||
Conservative | Christopher Hughes | 1644 | |||
Conservative | John Charles* | 1491 | |||
UKIP | Tony Dixon | 1187 | |||
Independent | Ian Truin | 1115 | |||
UKIP | Graham Draper | 1041 | |||
Green | Isabel Thurston | 1033 | |||
Labour | Alwyn Dow | 710 | |||
Turnout | 68.70 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | James Walsh* | 1671 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Dan Purchese | 1434 | |||
Conservative | Jill Long | 786 | |||
Labour | Steve McConnell | 260 | |||
Labour | Ron Felpts | 245 | |||
Turnout | 67.73 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Susan Bence | 1625 | |||
UKIP | Ann Rapnik | 1497 | |||
Conservative | Jacqueline Pendleton | 1156 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Phil Woodall | 798 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Darren Dawes | 795 | |||
Liberal Democrat | James Young | 667 | |||
Green | Simon McDougall* | 647 | |||
Green | Susan Livett | 577 | |||
Green | Martin Lury | 525 | |||
Turnout | 58.36 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
UKIP gain from Green | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Gammon* | 1363 | |||
Conservative | Mick Warren | 1029 | |||
UKIP | Geoff Holloway | 825 | |||
Labour | Bill Mears | 521 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Anchorette Parvin-Blackstone | 509 | |||
Labour | Mary Mears | 444 | |||
Turnout | 62.69 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marian Ayers | 1415 | |||
UKIP | Victoria Rhodes | 991 | |||
Labour | Mike Northeast* | 876 | |||
Labour | Anthony Squires | 866 | |||
Labour | George O'Neill | 709 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Mark Foster | 694 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Paul Graydon | 469 | |||
Liberal Democrat | David Leggatt | 375 | |||
Independent | David Jones | 368 | |||
Turnout | 56.30 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
UKIP hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Bower* | 2921 | |||
Conservative | Terence Chapman* | 2909 | |||
Conservative | Mike Clayden | 2326 | |||
UKIP | Teresa Bullock | 1439 | |||
Labour | Tony Dines | 1081 | |||
Turnout | 72.90 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Edwards | 1586 | |||
Conservative | Paul English* | 1283 | |||
UKIP | Richard Eldred | 961 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Michelle Hibbert | 599 | |||
Liberal Democrat | William Blanchard-Cooper | 457 | |||
Turnout | 69.84 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gill Madeley* | 1505 | |||
Conservative | Elaine Stainton* | 1186 | |||
UKIP | Graham Jones | 960 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Michael Chapman | 498 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Adrian Thorpe | 429 | |||
Turnout | 69.67 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Elkins* | 1950 | |||
Conservative | Colin Oliver-Redgate* | 1699 | |||
UKIP | Helen O'Connor-Dixon | 762 | |||
Labour | Steve O'Donnell | 523 | |||
Labour | Michael Brown | 476 | |||
Turnout | 76.67 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steve Reynolds | 849 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Paul Wells | 770 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Janina Cooper | 593 | |||
Labour | Pauline Nash | 340 | |||
Labour | Simon Mouatt | 326 | |||
Green | David Meagher | 289 | |||
Green | Conrad Meagher | 262 | |||
Turnout | 51.79 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jim Brooks* | 994 | |||
Conservative | Dougal Maconachie | 857 | |||
UKIP | Martin Lineham | 774 | |||
Labour | Richard Dawson | 631 | |||
Turnout | 50.80 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barbara Oakley | 1651 | |||
Conservative | Paul Wotherspoon | 1354 | |||
UKIP | Joan Phillips | 1063 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Hearn | 524 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Sandra Toovey | 498 | |||
Turnout | 72.80 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Francis Oppler* | 963 | |||
Conservative | Leonard Brown* | 884 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Bill Toovey | 693 | |||
Labour | Jan Cosgrove | 596 | |||
Labour | Michelle White | 430 | |||
Pawel Kozuchowski | 93 | ||||
Turnout | 54.56 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anita Dawn Hall* | 1894 | |||
Conservative | Ashvinkumar Patel* | 1374 | |||
UKIP | Tony Sutcliffe | 1365 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Catherine Morrish | 749 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jeanette Warr | 505 | |||
Turnout | 70.70 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pat Dillon | 802 | |||
Independent | Sandra Daniells | 778 | |||
Independent | Adam Cunard | 691 | |||
Labour | Roger Nash* | 578 | |||
Labour | Gilbert Cockburn | 464 | |||
Turnout | 54.60 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Ian Buckland | 1239 | |||
Conservative | George Blampied | 1172 | |||
UKIP | Colin Cates | 1009 | |||
Independent | Malcolm Belchamber | 1002 | |||
Labour | Alan Butcher | 844 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Joan Rickeard | 751 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Emily Tester | 608 | |||
Labour | Bernie May | 600 | |||
Green | David Austin | 576 | |||
Labour | Maralyn May | 570 | |||
Turnout | 57.03 | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
UKIP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Emma Neno | 1509 | |||
Conservative | Graham Tyler* | 1394 | |||
UKIP | Stewart England | 802 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jamie Bennett | 421 | |||
Labour | Adrian Midgley | 413 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Trevor Richards | 378 | |||
Turnout | 68.13 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Phillipa Bower | 2362 | |||
Conservative | Pauline Harrison-Horn | 2284 | |||
Conservative | Stella Porter | 1847 | |||
UKIP | Paul Davis | 1267 | |||
Independent | Alison Cooper | 860 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Anne Purchese | 808 | |||
Labour | Nigel Stapley | 801 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Joanne Calvert | 675 | |||
Joby Akira | 203 | ||||
Turnout | 70.29 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Haymes* | 1962 | |||
UKIP | Derek Ambler | 1183 | |||
Conservative | Gary Markwell | 1125 | |||
Turnout | 65.50 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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