Torbay Council election, 2015

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The 2015 Torbay Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Torbay Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections, and the general election.

Torbay Council unitary local authority of Torbay, Devon, England

Torbay Council is the local authority of Torbay in Devon, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority. The council appoints members to Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority and the Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Panel. Torbay is divided into 15 wards, electing 36 councillors. The whole council is elected every four years with the last election taking place on 7 May 2015 and the next election scheduled for 2019. The council was created by the Local Government Act 1972 and replaced the Torbay Borough Council of the County Borough of Torbay. Since 1974 Torbay has held borough status which entitles the council to be known as Torbay Borough Council, although it has not used this name since becoming a unitary authority. The council is unusual in that its executive function is controlled by a directly elected mayor of Torbay, currently Gordon Oliver.

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Torbay Council Election, 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 25 3 0Increase2.svg3 69.445 36.19 47478 -5.61
  Liberal Democrat 7 0 2Decrease2.svg2 19.445 24.83 32572 -3.87
  Labour 0 0 1Decrease2.svg1 0 9.34 12254 -0.06
  Green 0 0 0Steady2.svg 0 9.20 12066 +1.9
  UKIP 1 0 0Steady2.svg 2.78 15.42 20225 +13.62
  Independent 3 0 0Steady2.svg 8.33 5.02 6595 -3.78

Ward results [2]

An asterisk * indicated an incumbent seeking re-election

Berry Head-with-Furzeham

Berry Head-with-Furzeham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Jackie Stockman* 1930
Independent Vic Ellery* 1690
Independent Mike Morey* 1679
Conservative Judith Mills 1483
Conservative Adam Billings 1134
Green Charlie Baker 682
Green Sassie Tickle 532
Liberal Democrat Michael Desmond 322
Liberal Democrat David Fordham 296
Liberal Democrat Eileen Fox 288
Majority
Turnout 62.54 +18.52
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Blatchcombe

Blatchcombe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Thomas* 1659
Conservative John Thomas* 1495
Conservative Chris Robson 1406
UKIP Steve Walsh 1300
Liberal Democrat Sabrina Bradshaw 799
Labour Jane Macey 795
Labour Eddie Harris 764
Labour Jackie Colby 754
Liberal Democrat Naomi Milward 615
Liberal Democrat Ian Somerville 605
Green Neil Rolfe 472
Green Stephen Peacock 426
Green Ashley Cunningham 411
Majority
Turnout 55.41 +21.67
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Churston Ferrers with Glampton

Churston Ferrers-with-Galmpton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Derek Mills* 1726
Conservative Di Stubley 1627
UKIP Elizabeth Rayner 965
Liberal Democrat Dave Browne 725
Labour Bill Ingham 288
Liberal Democrat Thomas Pentney 417
Green Richard Spreckley 396
Majority
Turnout 71.93 +17.91
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Clifton with Maidenway

Clifton-with-Maidenway
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Ian Doggett* 1162
Liberal Democrat Ruth Pentney* 1154
Conservative Richard Barnby 1108
UKIP Christine Dayment 766
Conservative Jackie Perrins 740
Labour Christina Vincent 480
Green Karen Cunningham 370
Green Matthew Rudland-Barfoot 232
Majority
Turnout 62.63 +20.9
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Cockington-with-Chelston

Cockington-with-Chelston
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Nicole Amil* 2048
Conservative Mark King 1752
Conservative Thomas Winfield 1664
Labour Jack Critchlow 1426
Liberal Democrat Jean Cope 1379
Liberal Democrat Joanne Ledger 1094
UKIP Mark Dent 1031
UKIP Len Harvey 998
Liberal Democrat Fiona Hess 918
UKIP Merrick Rayner 787
Green Joanne McQuillan 674
Green Jimi Neary 445
Majority
Turnout 65.90 +32.08
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Ellacombe

Ellacombe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
UKIP Julien Parrott* 929
Liberal Democrat Cindy Stocks* 774
Liberal Democrat Paul Raybould 594
Conservative Beryl McPhail 552
Labour Suzannah Jones 534
Conservative Matthew Phillips 533
UKIP Jen Walsh 513
Green Hazel Robertson 306
Majority
Turnout 52.88 +19.06
UKIP hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Goodrington with Roselands

Goodrington-with-Roselands
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jane Barnby* 1325
Conservative Alan Tyerman* 1035
Liberal Democrat Sue Biles 965
UKIP Gary Booth 908
Liberal Democrat Robert O'Brien 732
UKIP Peter Fryett 670
Labour Rosalind Royle 468
Green Jane Mary Hughes 265
Green Ellie Knight-Rolfe 203
Majority
Turnout 67.22 +33.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Preston

Preston
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Chris Lewis* 2155
Conservative Lynn Sykes 2023
Conservative Anna Tolchard 1722
UKIP Sue Powell 1419
Liberal Democrat John Turner 1324
Liberal Democrat Elliot Abercrombie 1296
Liberal Democrat Linda Turner 1281
Labour Stephen Turner 758
Green Ian Downer 606
Green Jules Kirkby 603
Green Andrew Robinson 543
Majority
Turnout 68.82 +23.36
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Roundham with Hyde

Roundham-with-Hyde
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Barbara Cunningham 820
Liberal Democrat Christine Carter 685
Conservative Simon Slade 586
UKIP Anthony Rayner 575
UKIP Eileen Harvey 560
Liberal Democrat Maggi Douglas-Dunbar 494
Green Paula Hermes 468
Green Sam Moss 448
Labour Irene Reade 337
Independent Bobbie Davies* 330
Independent Rick Heyse 132
Majority
Turnout 54.73 +16.58
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Bobbie Davies was elected for this ward as a Liberal Democrat in 2011, and Rick Heyse stood in the seat as an English Radical in the same election.

Shiphay with The Willows

Shiphay-with-The Willows
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Mark Kingscote* 1425
Conservative Dave Morris 1405
Liberal Democrat Colin Charlwood 1250
Liberal Democrat Adam Carter 969
UKIP Tamsin Davies 905
UKIP Mary Bennett 812
Labour Arjun Mehta 606
Green Ellie Taylor 366
Majority
Turnout 60.73 +21.68
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Marychurch

St Marychurch
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Neil Bent 1772
Conservative Anne Brooks 1757
Conservative Ray Hill* 1588
Liberal Democrat David Ward 1541
Liberal Democrat Steve Parr 1469
Liberal Democrat Hamish Renton 1391
UKIP Rie Greenwood 1075
UKIP Ian Walsh 971
Labour John Coombs 877
Green Jenny Giel 738
Majority
Turnout 62.91 +21.59
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Mary's-with-Summercombe

St. Mary's-with-Summercombe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Richard Haddock 1151
Conservative Terry Manning* 916
UKIP Sue Davies 736
UKIP Mike Cuggy 714
Labour Rosemary Clark 546
Labour Philip Gregory 450
Liberal Democrat Steve Bryant 400
Independent Ian Carr 345
Liberal Democrat Hannah Stevens 285
Green John Fallon 254
Green Julian Gunther 179
Majority
Turnout 58.17 +16.53
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing

Tormohun

Tormohun
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Mandy Darling 1304
Conservative Robert Excell* 1289
Conservative Andy Lang 1154
Conservative Jackie Wakeman 1125
Liberal Democrat Gill Hayman 1067
UKIP Raymond Crump 971
Labour Darren Cowell 944
Liberal Democrat Robert Long 933
UKIP Neil Mead 909
Labour Lesley Discombe 662
Green Virginia Allum 620
Labour Julia Neal 588
Green Virginia Keyes 511
Green Stephen Morley 416
Majority
Turnout 53.07 +19.76
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Watcombe

Watcombe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Steve Darling* 1383
Liberal Democrat Roger Stringer* 1146
Conservative Celia Brown 746
Labour Kevin Hughes 612
Conservative Dan Godfrey 595
Labour Jermaine Atiya-Alla 365
UKIP Rob Howard 277
Green Jenny Stoneman 194
Majority
Turnout 59.19 +17.83
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Wellswood

Wellswood
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Nick Bye 2157
Conservative James O'Dwyer 1805
Liberal Democrat Deborah Brewer 934
UKIP Chris Gibbings 718
UKIP Danny Harvey 716
Liberal Democrat Nick Pentney 581
Independent Fiona McPhail 489
Green Jessica Richards 380
Green Clive Richards 326
Majority
Turnout 66.27 +20.65
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections 2015 to 2018 [3]

Clifton with Maidenway

The by-election was held on 5 November 2015, following the death of Councillor Ruth Pentney. [4]

Clifton-with-Maidenway
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Adrian Sanders 1096 69.14
Conservative Richard Barnby 235 14.83
UKIP Anthony Rayner 158 9.97
Labour Eddie Harris 53 3.34
Green Stephen Pocock 43 2.71
Majority 861 54.31
Turnout 1585 28.5 -34.13
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Tormohun

The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Andy Lang, and held on 5 May 2016. [5]

Tormohun
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Nicholas Pentney 1126 46.70
Conservative Jackie Wakeham 533 22.11
Labour Darren Cowell 344 14.27
UKIP Steven Walsh 315 13.06
Green Stephen Morley 66 2.74
TUSC Michelle Goodman 27 1.12
Majority 593 24.59
Turnout 2411 29.76 -23.31
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing

Watcombe

The by-election was called following the death of Councillor Roger Stringer [6] . The by-election was held on 14 December 2017.

Watcombe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Swithin Long 655 57.06
Conservative Daniel Maddock 355 30.92
Labour Julia Neal 121 10.54
Green Eleanor Taylor 17 1.48
Majority 300 26.14
Turnout 1148 22.30 -36.89
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

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  2. ↑ "Torbay Council election results". www.torbay.gov.uk. Torbay Council. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "By-election results". www.torbay.gov.uk. Torbay Council. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Obituary". www.libdemvoice.org. LIbDemVoice. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Torbay Elections and Local Referendum 5 May 2016". www.torbay.gov.uk. Torbay Council. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
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