Chesterfield Borough Council election, 2015

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Elections to Chesterfield Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 7 May 2015, at the same time as the 2015 UK General Election. All of the council falls up for election every four years and the Labour group increased their majority on the council.

Chesterfield Town & Borough in England

Chesterfield is a large market town and borough in Derbyshire, England. It lies 24 miles (39 km) north of Derby and 11 miles (18 km) south of Sheffield at the confluence of the rivers Rother and Hipper. Including Whittington, Brimington and Staveley it had a population of about 103,800 in 2011, making it the second largest town in the ceremonial county after Derby. Archaeologists trace it back to a Roman fort built in the 1st century AD, but soon abandoned. Later an Anglo-Saxon village developed. The name derives from the Old English ceaster and feld. It has a street market of some 250 stalls three days a week. The town sits on a coalfield, which was economically important until the 1980s. Little visual evidence of mining remains. The best-known landmark is the Church of St Mary and All Saints with its crooked spire, originally built in the 14th century.

Derbyshire ceremonial county in East Midlands, England

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire, containing the southern extremity of the Pennine range of hills which extend into the north of the county. The county contains part of the National Forest, and borders on Greater Manchester to the northwest, West Yorkshire to the north, South Yorkshire to the northeast, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the southeast, Staffordshire to the west and southwest and Cheshire also to the west. Kinder Scout, at 636 metres (2,087 ft), is the highest point in the county, whilst Trent Meadows, where the River Trent leaves Derbyshire, is its lowest point at 27 metres (89 ft). The River Derwent is the county's longest river at 66 miles (106 km), and runs roughly north to south through the county. In 2003 the Ordnance Survey placed Church Flatts Farm at Coton in the Elms as the furthest point from the sea in Great Britain.

England Country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom

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Election result

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Ward by ward

Chesterfield Local Election Result 2015 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 3830+379.244.320472
  Liberal Democrat 904-418.823.612826
  Conservative 0000018.19817
  UKIP 110+12.18.84809
  Independent 000003.92103
  TUSC 000001.1576
  Peace 000000.3140

Ward results

Template:Election gain hold with party link

Barrow Hill and New Whittington
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Barry Bingham97532.7
Labour Lisa-Marie Derbyshire85328.6
UKIP Richard Bexton79526.7
Labour Joanne Barnett708
Labour Marion Thorpe700
UKIP Paul Stone660
UKIP Christopher Heels634
Liberal Democrat Jane Collins517
Liberal Democrat Andy Jakins499
Conservative Lewis Preston2668.9
Conservative Linda Rowley245
Conservative Susan Gibbons243
Independent Phillip Bailey481.6
TUSC Matt Whale431.4
Independent Shelton Mann15
Independent Sissy McMahon11
Majority697.42-6.65
Turnout
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Brimington North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Burrows116669.6
Labour Terry Gilby1045
Conservative 27516.4
Liberal Democrat Harry Holloway23414.0
Liberal Democrat Jolyon Favreau208
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Brimington South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ian Callan176352.6
Labour Tricia Gilby1699
Labour Andy Bellamy1697
Conservative Paul Gibbons84925.3
Liberal Democrat Joanne Favreau74022.1
Liberal Democrat Keith Shutler649
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Brockwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Maureen Davenport138234.6
Labour Steve Brunt138034.6
Labour John Dickinson1317
Liberal Democrat Ray Russell1291
Labour Jill Mannion-Brunt1273
Liberal Democrat Chris Slack1047
UKIP Stuart Yeowart66416.6
Conservative Simon Temperton56614.2
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Dunston
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Gordon Simmons141246.4
Labour Sarah Hollingworth1404
Labour Mark Rayner1401
UKIP Lee Cooper65321.5
UKIP Alexander Millward633
Conservative Irene Wilkinson49916.4
Liberal Democrat Sue Christopher47615.7
Liberal Democrat Patrick Proctor475
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hasland
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mick Brady164947.7
Labour Amanda Serjeant1568
Labour Andy Slack1502
Liberal Democrat Andrew Hallyer111432.2
Liberal Democrat Lorna Hall859
Liberal Democrat Steve Cadywould839
Conservative Anne Sterland693
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hollingwood and Inkersall
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Helen Elliott180346.6
Labour Barry Dyke1685
Labour Anthony Hill1507
Independent Mick Bagshaw97125.1
Independent Paul Mann875
Independent Ruth Perry792
Conservative Andrew Jervis66117.1
Liberal Democrat Claire Gratton43711.3
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Holmebrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Steohen Hitchin99751.1
Labour Suzie Perkins973
Liberal Democrat Keith Falconer55528.5
Liberal Democrat Glenys Falconer515
Conservative Annetta Woodhead25813.2
Peace Tommy Holgate1407.2
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Linacre
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Jeannie Barr77333.8
Liberal Democrat Peter Barr765
Labour Andrew Oakley71931.4
Labour Diane Oakley670
UKIP Ian Jerram44119.3
UKIP Sharon Buxton390
Conservative Gordon Partington35415.5
Turnout 209565.2+26.65
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Loundsley Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Avis Murphy98451.1
Labour Mick Wall902
Liberal Democrat Christopher Bierne36519.0
Liberal Democrat Kevin Maher337
Independent Terry McMahon30715.9
Conservative Richard Woodhead27014.0
Independent Luigi Postiglione227
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Lowgates and Woodthorpe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Dean Collins114367.0
Labour Lisa Collins1078
Conservative Christopher Austin37822.1
Conservative Malcolm Rowley357
Independent Joe Mann18610.9
Independent Michelle Mann146
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Middlecroft and Poolsbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Chris Ludlow130264.9
Labour Donald Parsons1289
Conservative Margaret Moss35917.9
Liberal Democrat Alice Blyth34417.2
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Katie Caulfield94349.3
Labour Keith Brown927
Liberal Democrat Tony Rogers66935.0
Liberal Democrat Sonia Allen551
Conservative Lisa Gingell30115.7
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Old Whittington
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jean Innes88042.2
Labour Peter Innes833
UKIP Joan Bentley49823.9
UKIP Laura Bentley550
Conservative Norman Andrews32415.5
Liberal Democrat John Rimington31715.2
TUSC Sean Vickers653.1
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Rother
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jenny Flood149641.9
Labour Stuart Brittain1433
Labour Keith Miles1374
UKIP Carl Walters73520.6
Conservative Stella Hunt52814.8
Liberal Democrat Clive Archer49713.9
TUSC Lisa Pritchard3138.8
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St Helen’s
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Helen Bagley120657.2
Labour Tom Murphy1148
UKIP Keith Lomas46422.0
UKIP Fran Lomas398
Liberal Democrat Daniel Marshall22310.6
Liberal Democrat Michelle Stevenson-Briggs221
Conservative Jonathan Wilkinson21510.2
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St Leonard’s
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sharon Blank207144.6
Labour Ken Huckle1832
Labour Kate Sarvent1715
Conservative Shelley Dale102021.9
Liberal Democrat Maggie Cannon96620.8
Liberal Democrat Yvette Marsden665
Independent Adrian Mather59112.7
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Alexis Diouf146740.9
Liberal Democrat Vickey Diouf1318
Liberal Democrat Nick Redihough1165
Labour Helen Blair113131.5
Labour Graham Barnett1025
Labour Gordon McLaren1013
Conservative Paul Dale99027.6
Conservative James Hunt762
Conservative Bentley Strafford-Stephenson739
Turnout
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Howard Borrell129230.8
Labour Ray Catt117428.0
Liberal Democrat Shirley Niblock1115
Liberal Democrat Paul Niblock1051
Conservative John Boult101124.11
Labour Sharon Wall1008
Labour Rachel Rush985
Conservative Marcus Linsey865
Conservative Nigel Sterland836
UKIP Rod Harrison55913.3
UKIP Robert Warwick469
TUSC Paul Packham1553.7
Turnout
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing


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