The 2015 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Stoke-on-Trent City Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections and the general election.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is the local authority of Stoke-on-Trent, a unitary authority in the West Midlands region. As a unitary authority it has the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. As such, it is administratively separate from the rest of Staffordshire.
After the election, results were as follows: Labour 21, Independent 14, Conservative 7, UKIP 2. The Labour Party lost 14 seats, with gains for the Conservatives, Independent candidates and UKIP.
The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights. Labour is a full member of the Party of European Socialists and Progressive Alliance, and holds observer status in the Socialist International. As of 2017, the party was considered the "largest party in Western Europe" in terms of party membership, with more than half a million members.
The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Presently led by Theresa May, it has been the governing party since 2010. It presently has 314 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 249 members of the House of Lords, and 18 members of the European Parliament. It also has 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors. One of the major parties of UK politics, it has formed the government on 45 occasions, more than any other party.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 21 | 1 | 15 | -14 | 47.72 | 32.16 | 40,597 | +10,906 | |
Independent | 14 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 31.81 | 26.70 | 33,705 | +18,825 | |
Conservative | 7 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 15.90 | 22.19 | 28,020 | +16,591 | |
UKIP | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4.54 | 14.64 | 18,490 | +16,608 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.30 | 2,911 | +2,911 | |
Liberal Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.05 | 1,332 | -5,157 | |
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.85 | 1,084 | +598 | |
The British Voice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 82 | +82 | |
Turnout | 126221 | +61364 | |||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Richard Broughan | 1489 | 25.38 | ||
Independent | Melanie Baddeley | 1449 | 24.70 | ||
Labour | Gwen Hassall | 1208 | 20.59 | ||
Labour | Adrian Knapper | 918 | 15.65 | ||
Green | Dave Muller | 410 | 6.99 | ||
Green | Luke Bellamy | 392 | 6.68 | ||
Majority | 241 | 0.68 | |||
Turnout | 47.0 | ||||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jack Brereton | 3102 | 16.66 | ||
Conservative | Dave Evans | 2125 | 11.41 | ||
Independent | Anthony Munday | 2099 | 11.27 | ||
UKIP | Colin Rushton | 2049 | 11.00 | ||
Conservative | Judy Wagg | 1896 | 10.18 | ||
Labour | Paul William Humphreys | 1654 | 8.88 | ||
Labour | Tina Natalello | 1475 | 7.92 | ||
Independent | Gary Elsby | 1420 | 7.63 | ||
Independent | Kelsey Stair | 1381 | 7.42 | ||
Labour | Javid Iqbal Najmi | 1073 | 5.76 | ||
TUSC | Nicey Keen | 347 | 1.86 | ||
Majority | 50 | 0.14 | |||
Turnout | 18621 | 85.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sheila Pitt* | 1089 | 19.79 | ||
Labour | Stephen Funnell | 1059 | 19.25 | ||
UKIP | Brendan Kelly | 1052 | 19.12 | ||
UKIP | Scott Stevenson | 902 | 16.39 | ||
Independent | Alan Joinson | 701 | 12.74 | ||
Independent | Sharon Edwards | 617 | 11.21 | ||
The British Voice | David Leese | 82 | 1.49 | ||
Majority | 7 | 0.13 | |||
Turnout | 5502 | 39.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jean Bowers | 1994 | 25.27 | ||
Independent | Sabrina Bowers | 1464 | 18.55 | ||
Labour | Mark Meredith | 1298 | 16.45 | ||
Labour | Shirley Kliment-Temple | 1176 | 14.90 | ||
Conservative | Lorraine Whalley | 877 | 11.11 | ||
Conservative | Phil Whalley | 748 | 9.48 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Kieran Clarke | 334 | 4.23 | ||
Majority | 166 | 2.10 | |||
Turnout | 7891 | 52.1 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joan Bell | 726 | 28.81 | ||
UKIP | Jacqueline Mountford | 657 | 26.07 | ||
Conservative | Christine Warren | 615 | 24.40 | ||
Independent | Brian Ward | 493 | 14.90 | ||
TUSC | Neil Singh | 29 | 1.15 | ||
Majority | 69 | 2.74 | |||
Turnout | 2520 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lloyd Brown | 883 | 43.20 | ||
UKIP | Adam Mountford | 506 | 24.76 | ||
Conservative | James Vernon | 433 | 21.18 | ||
Independent | Arthur Burton | 171 | 8.37 | ||
TUSC | Matt Wright | 51 | 2.50 | ||
Majority | 377 | 18.44 | |||
Turnout | 2044 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andy Platt | 746 | 30.92 | ||
UKIP | Mick Harold | 681 | 28.22 | ||
Independent | Alan Barrett | 402 | 16.66 | ||
Green | Martin Parker | 201 | 8.33 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Tom Grocock | 193 | 8.00 | ||
Independent | Grant Barnes | 190 | 7.87 | ||
Majority | 65 | 2.70 | |||
Turnout | 2413 | 52.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gurmeet Kallar | 896 | 44.58 | ||
UKIP | Mike Lucking | 788 | 39.20 | ||
Independent | Duncan Walker | 326 | 16.22 | ||
Majority | 108 | 5.38 | |||
Turnout | 2010 | 51.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Robinson | 799 | 37.06 | ||
UKIP | Richard Bennett | 711 | 32.98 | ||
Conservative | Hayley Delanchy | 594 | 27.55 | ||
TUSC | Liat Norris | 52 | 2.41 | ||
Majority | 88 | 4.08 | |||
Turnout | 2156 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Dutton | 919 | 49.25 | ||
Independent | Stirling Dunn | 477 | 25.56 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Roster | 470 | 25.19 | ||
Majority | 442 | 23.69 | |||
Turnout | 1866 | 44.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joy Garner | 795 | 37.17 | ||
UKIP | Martin Bayley-Spencer | 685 | 32.02 | ||
Conservative | Laura Hoult | 453 | 21.18 | ||
Green | Jacob Davies | 206 | 9.63 | ||
Majority | 80 | 5.15 | |||
Turnout | 2139 | 50.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Lilian Dodd | 877 | 36.51 | ||
Labour | Arif Hussain | 829 | 34.51 | ||
Conservative | Shakeel Mohammed | 607 | 25.27 | ||
TUSC | Jacob Davies | 89 | 3.71 | ||
Majority | 48 | 2.00 | |||
Turnout | 2402 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rita Dale | 1227 | 60.71 | ||
Labour | Terry Crowe | 794 | 39.29 | ||
Majority | 433 | 21.42 | |||
Turnout | 2021 | 55.1 | |||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Majid Khan | 925 | 54.90 | ||
UKIP | Mohammad Iqbal | 437 | 25.93 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Morris | 177 | 10.50 | ||
Green | Kevin Burke | 146 | 8.66 | ||
Majority | 488 | 28.97 | |||
Turnout | 1685 | 53.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Shotton | 706 | 30.71 | ||
UKIP | Tony Williams | 652 | 28.36 | ||
Independent | Alan Gerrard | 587 | 25.53 | ||
Conservative | Nicholas Jellyman | 354 | 15.40 | ||
Majority | 54 | 2.35 | |||
Turnout | 2299 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Mick Bell | 770 | 32.57 | ||
Independent | Cheryl Gerrard | 719 | 30.41 | ||
Labour | Muhammad Aumir | 503 | 21.28 | ||
Conservative | Stephanie Booth | 321 | 13.58 | ||
TUSC | Chris Parton | 51 | 2.16 | ||
Majority | 51 | 2.16 | |||
Turnout | 2364 | ||||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Candi Chetwynd | 796 | 35.94 | ||
Conservative | Richard Brereton | 712 | 32.14 | ||
Independent | Rob Reynolds | 707 | 31.92 | ||
Majority | 84 | 3.80 | |||
Turnout | 2215 | 47.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Garner | 965 | 45.20 | ||
Conservative | Jonathan Jellyman | 589 | 27.59 | ||
Independent | Steve Taylor | 581 | 27.21 | ||
Majority | 376 | 17.61 | |||
Turnout | 2135 | 49.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ann James | 2071 | 27.50 | ||
Independent | Janine Bridges | 2003 | 26.60 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Beech | 1380 | 18.32 | ||
Labour | Lynn Watkins | 1243 | 16.51 | ||
Labour | Abul Azad | 834 | 11.07 | ||
Majority | 623 | 8.28 | |||
Turnout | 7531 | 55.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Terence Follows | 2301 | 19.68 | ||
Conservative | Daniel Jellyman | 2000 | 17.10 | ||
Independent | Peter Hayward | 1900 | 16.25 | ||
Conservative | Megan Tilsley | 1563 | 13.37 | ||
Labour | Mark Glover-Jones | 1078 | 9.22 | ||
UKIP | Julia Evans | 1054 | 9.01 | ||
Labour | Paul Singh | 902 | 7.71 | ||
UKIP | Harold Gregory | 896 | 7.66 | ||
Majority | 1000 | 0.85 | |||
Turnout | 11694 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Amjid Wazir | 974 | 64.04 | ||
Green | Said Karimi | 211 | 13.87 | ||
Independent | Janet Tinsley | 205 | 13.48 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Arthur Slight | 131 | 8.61 | ||
Majority | 763 | 50.17 | |||
Turnout | 1521 | 37.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shaun Pender | 1095 | 40.01 | ||
Conservative | Sam Richardson | 646 | 23.60 | ||
UKIP | Sharon Hemmings | 509 | 18.60 | ||
Green | Thomas Holland | 229 | 8.37 | ||
Independent | Rob Ledgar | 153 | 5.59 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Maxine Morrow | 105 | 3.84 | ||
Majority | 449 | 16.41 | |||
Turnout | 2737 | 56.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kath Banks | 965 | 41.42 | ||
Independent | Shaun Bennett | 729 | 31.29 | ||
Conservative | Lorraine Beardmore | 540 | 23.18 | ||
TUSC | Kris Caci | 96 | 4.12 | ||
Majority | 236 | 10.13 | |||
Turnout | 2330 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alastair Watson | 752 | 41.80 | ||
UKIP | Gulzar Ahmed | 417 | 23.18 | ||
Independent | David Walley | 345 | 19.18 | ||
Green | Glyn Wade | 156 | 8.67 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Waqas-Ur Rashid | 129 | 7.17 | ||
Majority | 335 | 18.62 | |||
Turnout | 1799 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sadaqat Maqsoom | 1277 | 45.25 | ||
Labour | Bagh Ali | 1126 | 39.90 | ||
Independent | Alan Lear | 419 | 14.85 | ||
Majority | 151 | 5.35 | |||
Turnout | 2822 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Conway | 1018 | 44.83 | ||
Labour | Sarah Watson | 843 | 37.12 | ||
UKIP | Mohammad Naeem | 410 | 18.05 | ||
Majority | 175 | 7.71 | |||
Turnout | 2271 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Craig Beardmore | 832 | 35.80 | ||
Labour | David Williams | 802 | 34.51 | ||
UKIP | Umar Ghalani | 592 | 25.47 | ||
TUSC | Lee Stockley | 98 | 4.22 | ||
Majority | 30 | 1.29 | |||
Turnout | 2324 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ruth Rosenau | 832 | 39.32 | ||
UKIP | Phil Smith | 687 | 32.47 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Brown | 498 | 23.53 | ||
TUSC | Andy Bentley | 99 | 4.68 | ||
Majority | 145 | 6.85 | |||
Turnout | 2116 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Abi Brown | 1997 | 75.33 | ||
Labour | Kamran Sabir | 654 | 24.67 | ||
Majority | 1343 | 50.66 | |||
Turnout | 2651 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Debbie Wheeldon | 746 | 39.20 | ||
UKIP | Eric Martin | 451 | 23.70 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Brown | 422 | 22.18 | ||
Independent | John Ayres | 242 | 12.72 | ||
TUSC | John Morrey | 42 | 2.21 | ||
Majority | 295 | 15.50 | |||
Turnout | 1903 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammed Pervez | 1153 | 54.88 | ||
Independent | Neil Day | 465 | 22.13 | ||
Conservative | John Francis | 343 | 16.33 | ||
Green | Sean Adam | 140 | 6.66 | ||
Majority | 688 | 32.75 | |||
Turnout | 2101 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Randolph Conteh | 1209 | 42.68 | ||
Labour | Daniel Cunningham | 745 | 26.30 | ||
Conservative | Hannah Lawrence | 521 | 18.39 | ||
Green | Elaine Holland | 279 | 9.85 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Liam Perez | 79 | 2.79 | ||
Majority | 464 | 16.38 | |||
Turnout | 2833 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Olwen Hamer | 911 | 38.96 | ||
UKIP | John Davis | 855 | 36.57 | ||
Conservative | Lisa Li | 463 | 19.80 | ||
TUSC | Lucy Williams | 109 | 4.66 | ||
Majority | 56 | 2.39 | |||
Turnout | 2338 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joanne Powell-Beckett | 742 | 34.45 | ||
Labour | Debra Gratton | 724 | 33.61 | ||
Conservative | Beth Peake | 688 | 31.94 | ||
Majority | 18 | 0.84 | |||
Turnout | 2154 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jackie Barnes | 790 | 32.05 | ||
UKIP | Mick Bednarski | 695 | 28.19 | ||
Labour | Mubsira Aumir | 614 | 24.91 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Christine Grocock | 184 | 7.46 | ||
Green | Adam Colclough | 182 | 7.38 | ||
Majority | 95 | 3.86 | |||
Turnout | 2465 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Lee Wanger | 969 | 47.36 | ||
Labour | Mohammed Matloob | 797 | 38.95 | ||
Conservative | Ian Horton | 280 | 13.69 | ||
Majority | 172 | 8.41 | |||
Turnout | 2046 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ross Irving | 674 | 27.67 | ||
Labour | Nicola Howell | 575 | 23.60 | ||
UKIP | Bruce Reed | 545 | 22.37 | ||
Green | Jan Zablocki | 359 | 14.74 | ||
Independent | Cheryl Barnett | 262 | 10.76 | ||
TUSC | Mandy Marfleet | 21 | 0.86 | ||
Majority | 99 | 4.07 | |||
Turnout | 2436 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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