Braintree District Council election, 2015

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Braintree District Council election, 2015
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  2011 7 May 2015 (2015-05-07)2019 

45 seats
25 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Halstead Residents
Last election 47 9 1
Seats before 47 9 1
Seats won 40 2 2
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 7Decrease2.svg 7Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote 37,922 15,974 2,458
Percentage 47.2 19.9 3.1
SwingDecrease2.svg2.7Decrease2.svg7.5Increase2.svg0.5

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Green UKIP Liberal Democrat
Last election 2 0 0
Seats before 2 0 0
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Steady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote 9,082 12,470 2,125
Percentage 11.3 15.5 2.6
SwingIncrease2.svg0.2Increase2.svg12.6Decrease2.svg0.9

The 2015 Braintree District Council election was scheduled to take place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

Following a boundary change, the number of wards was reduced from 30 to 26 and the number of councillors from 60 to 45.

Results of election

Braintree District Council Election Result 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 40 0 7Decrease2.svg 7 88.9 47.2 37,922 -1.7
  Labour 2 0 7Decrease2.svg 7 4.4 19.9 15,974 -7.5
  Halstead Residents 2 1 0Increase2.svg 1 4.4 3.1 2,458 +0.5
  Green 1 0 1Decrease2.svg 1 2.2 11.3 9,082 +0.2
  UKIP 0 0 0Steady2.svg 0 15.5 12,470 +12.6
  Liberal Democrat 0 0 0Steady2.svg 0 2.6 2,125 -0.9
  Independent 0 0 1Decrease2.svg 1 0 0.4 289 -2.9

Ward results

Bocking Blackwater

Bocking Blackwater
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Stephen Canning 2,575 28.5
Conservative Jean Schmitt 1,702 18.8
Conservative Lyn Walters 1,560 17.2
Labour Richard Green 880 9.7
Labour Merle Morris 727 8.0
Labour Richard Parsons 658 7.3
Liberal Democrat Paul Lemon 502 5.5
Green John Malam 443 4.9
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bocking North

Bocking North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Stephanie Paul 1,093
Labour David Mann 927
Labour Tony Everard 842
UKIP Michael Ford 753
Conservative Alan Scattergood 663
Green Dawn Holmes 223
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bocking South

Bocking South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Baugh 947
Labour Moia Thorogood 737
Labour Lynn Watson 695
Conservative Lene Shepherd 670
UKIP Linda Campbell-Hunt 601
UKIP Michael Hunt 549
Green Simon Attwood 240
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Braintree Central & Beckers Green

Braintree Central & Beckers Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Cunningham 1,284
Conservative Andrew Hensman 1,197
Conservative Mary Cunningham 1,190
Labour Agnes Bishop 1,125
UKIP Norma Huxter 1,108
Labour Colin Riches 1,019
Labour Celia Shute 934
Green Dormer Andrews 626
Majority
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Braintree South

Braintree South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Alan Dunn 1,437
Conservative Vanessa Santomauro 1,126
Labour Martin Green 943
Labour Edith Aganoke 922
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Braintree West

Braintree West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John McKee 1,840
Conservative Ronald Ramage 1,179
UKIP Keith Johnson 948
Labour Bill Edwards 698
Labour JUliet Walton 623
Green Freddie Gerrard-Abbott 384
Majority
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bumpstead

Bumpstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Robert Bolton 1,082
UKIP Ian Gary 343
Labour Christina Desborough 325
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Coggeshall

Coggeshall (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Patricia Newton 1,796
Conservative Lynette Bowers-Flint 1,470
UKIP Tom Wood 734
Labour Gary Knights 681
Labour Tom Walsh 554
Green Howard Reed 467
Majority
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Gosfield & Greenstead Green

Gosfield & Greenstead Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John O'Reilly-Cicconi 1,167
Labour Deborah Warren 318
Green Anne Bishop 239
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Great Notley & Black Notley

Great Notley & Black Notley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Graham Butland 3,136
Conservative Tom Cunningham 2,712
Conservative Frankie Ricci 2,590
UKIP Rowland Pudney 1,191
Labour Jacqueline Thurgood 711
Labour David Rice 693
Labour Steven Goodfellow 672
Green Howard Bills 664
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Halstead St. Andrew's

Halstead St. Andrew's
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Halstead Residents David Hume 1,172
Conservative Stephen Kirby 991
Conservative Jennie Sutton 788
Halstead Residents Andy Munday 700
Labour Stephen Knight 452
Labour Donna Tuck 280
Green Nicholas Scales 226
Majority
Turnout
Halstead Residents gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Halstead Trinity

Halstead Trinity
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Halstead Residents Jackie Pell 1,286
Conservative Julian Allen 1,134
Labour Malcolm Fincken 788
UKIP David Huxter 788
Labour Garry Warren 504
Majority
Turnout
Halstead Residents hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Hatfield Peverel & Terling

Hatfield Peverel & Terling
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Bebb 1,801
Conservative Daryn Hufton-Rees 1,448
UKIP Garry Cockrill 859
UKIP David Hodges 528
Labour Maureen Bennett 440
Green Jonathan Barker 339
Labour Neil Coughlin 312
Independent Les Priestley 289
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hedingham

Hedingham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jo Beavis 1,351
Conservative Hylton Johnson 1,126
UKIP Bernie Chilten 757
UKIP Fred Swallow 524
Labour Neil Fawkes 459
Labour Stuart Scrivens 457
Majority
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Kelvedon & Feering

Kelverdon & Feering
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Elliott 2,003
Conservative Robert Mitchell 1,905
Labour Ian Marshall 756
Labour Tony Lewis 721
Green Daniel Shadbolt 688
Majority
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Rayne

Rayne
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Banthorpe 996
UKIP Sean Carter 331 N/A
Labour Nigel Gibson 177
Green Poppy Gerrard-Abbott 109 N/A
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Silver End and Cressing

Silver End and Cressing (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Green James Abbott 1,597 31.6 N/A
Conservative Kevin Bowers 1,038 20.8 N/A
Green Bob Wright 913 18.3 N/A
UKIP Brian Day 736 14.7 N/A
Labour Jane Hayward 407 8.1 N/A
Labour Greta Tew 312 6.2 N/A
Majority
Turnout 3,262 68.6
Green win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Stour Valley North

Stour Valley North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Iona Parker 1,084
UKIP Raymond Richards 379
Labour Peter Long 271
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Stour Valley South

Stour Valley South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Wendy Scattergood 1,119
Liberal Democrat Stephen Bolter 289
UKIP Phillip Palji 271
Labour Fred Hearn 234
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

The Colnes

The Colnes
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Christopher Siddall 2,033
Conservative Gabrielle Spray 1,606
Labour Flex Preston 624
Green Alan Sheppard 616
Labour Antony Gore 336
Majority
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Three Fields

Three Fields
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter Tattersley 1,862
Conservative Peter Schwier 1,613
UKIP Angie Jamison 945
Labour Margaret Lynch 532
Labour Andrew Bennett 403
Green Ursula Riedl 392
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Witham Central

Witham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Susan Wilson 1,181
Conservative Angela Kilmartin 1,140
Labour Brian Pereira 582
Labour Duncan Wood 495
Green Stephen Hicks 438
Liberal Democrat Barry Fleet 426
Liberal Democrat Helen Waring 294
Majority
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Witham North

Witham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Christopher Bailey 1,227
Conservative John Goodman 1,140
Labour Phil Barlow 992
Labour Eileen Davidson 756
Green Michelle Weeks 645
Liberal Democrat Pamela Hooper 295
Liberal Democrat Derek Ray 198
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Witham South

Witham South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Janet Money 1,395
Conservative Corinne Thompson 1,249
Labour Paul Heath 715
Labour Francis Macdonald 506
Green Nelson Brunton 287
Liberal Democrat Bernard Dearlove 245
Liberal Democrat Hayden Hooper 201
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Witham West

Witham West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Patrick Horner 1,478
Conservative William Rose 1,351
Labour Lucy Barlow 912
Labour Tony Bennett 865
Green Philip Hughest 459
Liberal Democrat James Fleet 368
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Yeldham

Yeldham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Richard Van Dulken 872
UKIP Sam Cowie 400
Labour Noel Owen 288
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.