Vale of White Horse District Council election, 2015

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The 2015 Vale of White Horse District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Vale of White Horse District Council in England. [1] This was held on the same day as other local elections. In 2015, the council seats were contested against redrawn ward boundaries. The whole council was up for election and the Conservatives retained control, with an increased majority of seats.

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Election results [2]

Composition of the council following the 2015 election:

Vale of White Horse Local Election Result 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 29N/AN/A-76.345.648,057
  Liberal Democrat 9N/AN/A-23.732.133,829
  Labour 0N/AN/A-08.79,183
  UKIP 0N/AN/A-04.74,998
  Green 0N/AN/A-04.34,572
 Rural Oxfordshire Action Rally - ROAR0N/AN/A-02.12,181
  Labour Co-op 0N/AN/A-01.71,802
 Independent0N/AN/A-00.5520
  National Health Action 0N/AN/A-00.2240

Ward Results

Abingdon Abbey Northcourt (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Katie Finch1,30222.28
Liberal Democrat Helen Pighills1,12519.25
Liberal Democrat Tony De Vere1,08618.58
Conservative Dennis Garrett1,01217.31
Green Tobias Fett68511.72
Labour Mike Gould63510.86
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Abingdon Caldecott (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Alice Badcock1,28520.89
Conservative Mike Badcock1,20419.58
Liberal Democrat Samantha Bowring1,07317.45
Liberal Democrat Neil Fawcett92915.11
Labour George Ryall5569.04
UKIP Jake Smith5008.13
Green Halima Brewer4587.45
Independent Katherine Imogen Burton941.53
Independent James Alexander Sweeten510.83
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Note: both Katherine Imogen Burton and James Alexander Sweeten stood under the ROAR label.

Abingdon Dunmore (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Sandy Lovatt1,45522.96
Liberal Democrat Margaret Louise Crick1,29820.49
Conservative Andy Todd1,28520.28
Liberal Democrat Pat Lonergan1,09317.25
Green Richard Bullock5037.94
Labour Bobbie Nichols4737.47
Independent Jonathan Charles Bowden1462.30
Independent Anthony Bryant Patrick Mockler831.31
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Note: both Jonathan Charles Bowden and Anthony Bryant Patrick Mockler stood under the ROAR label.

Abingdon Fitzharris (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Monica Lovatt1,37222.53
Conservative Chris Palmer1,29721.30
Liberal Democrat Jeanette Anita Halliday1,16019.05
Liberal Democrat Jim Halliday1,05217.27
Labour David Thomas Bartlett68911.31
Independent Marilyn Diana Badcock5208.54
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Abingdon Peachcroft (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Robert Hall1,54520.64
Conservative Vicky Jenkins1,51420.22
Liberal Democrat Alison Rosemary Rooke1,40718.79
Liberal Democrat Andrew John Skinner1,12615.04
UKIP Jim Abram5617.49
Labour Denise Marie Watt4445.93
Green Michael Wallace Ellwood3584.78
Green Paul Timothy Norton2923.90
National Health Action Tim Oates2403.21
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Blewbury & Harwell (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Reg Waite1,49025.74
Conservative Janet Shelley1,45725.17
Liberal Democrat Piran Fletcher83314.39
Labour Sonny Leong73712.73
UKIP Jake Smith5729.88
Independent Tanya Louise Nunn3996.89
Independent Andrew Charles Toombs3015.20
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Note: both Tanya Louise Nunn and Andrew Charles Toombs stood under the ROAR label.

Botley & Sunningwell (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Debby Hallett1,52125.55
Liberal Democrat Emily Smith1,38723.30
Conservative Jackie Gibb1,10618.58
Conservative Adam Hardiman89315.00
Labour Peter Joseph McGunnigle64310.80
UKIP Colin Albert Weyer4036.77
Turnout
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Cumnor (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Judy Roberts1,77825.60
Liberal Democrat Dudley Hoddinott1,67924.17
Conservative Julian Wheatland1,27618.37
Conservative Adam Hardiman1,13416.33
Labour Bella Bond3835.51
UKIP Roy Allan Alderson3645.24
Labour James Stefan Hutton3324.78
Turnout
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Drayton (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Stuart Davenport65437.83
Liberal Democrat Richard John Webber61435.51
UKIP John Richard Ayres21012.15
Labour Chris Lynch1729.95
Independent Gerald Day794.57
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)

Note: Gerald Day stood under the ROAR label.

Faringdon (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Roger Cox1,61925.29
Conservative Mohinder Kainth1,42922.32
Liberal Democrat Alex Meredith1,10517.26
Labour Sonny Leong87013.59
Liberal Democrat Mark Foggitt Harrison79712.45
Green Steven James Curd5829.09
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Grove North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Chris McCarthy98221.54
Conservative Ben Mabbett96021.06
Liberal Democrat Sue Marchant89019.52
Liberal Democrat June Margaret Stock69615.27
UKIP Jason Kent54812.02
Labour Leon Mark Foster-Hill48310.59
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Hendreds (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Mike Murray83052.14
Labour Stephen Edwin Dominic Webb40125.19
Independent Susan Linda Jennings18311.49
Liberal Democrat Christopher Carrigan17811.18
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)

Note: Susan Linda Jennings stood under the ROAR label.

Kennington & Radley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Bob Johnston1,75125.98
Conservative Edward Blagrove1,50822.37
Conservative Gareth Jennings1,25418.60
Liberal Democrat Jerry Wayne Patterson1,06015.72
Green Christopher Roy Henderson4847.18
Labour Phil Bloomer3945.84
Labour Ruth Catherine Mayne2904.30
Turnout
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Kingston Bagpuize (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Eric Batts1,25165.60
Liberal Democrat Richard Farrell65634.40
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Marcham (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Catherine Margaret Webber72348.59
Conservative Shaun Ward59740.12
Independent Murray MacLean16811.29
Turnout
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Note: Murray MacLean stood under the ROAR label.

Ridgeway (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Yvonne Constance1,18265.41
Liberal Democrat Brian George Sadler35619.70
Labour Rowan Thomas Trevarthan Pearce26914.89
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Stanford (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Robert Sharp1,19059.09
Labour Peter Gill56828.20
Liberal Democrat Rosalind Margaret Moger Farrell25612.71
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Steventon & the Hanneys (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Matthew Barber89146.80
UKIP Glynn Allen Davies27514.44
Independent Gwendoline Mary Marsh27014.18
Liberal Democrat Eileen Barbara Young25213.24
Labour Mark George William Sandels26911.34
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)

Note: Gwendoline Mary Marsh stood under the ROAR label.

Sutton Courtenay (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Gervase Duffield74547.76
Labour Coral Ann Avril Florey28118.01
UKIP Chris Parkes22914.68
Liberal Democrat John Hudson20212.95
Independent Olive Helen Lovelady1036.60
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)

Note: Olive Helen Lovelady stood under the ROAR label.

Thames (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Anthony Hayward1,23260.16
Liberal Democrat John Stanley Woodford58628.61
UKIP John Frederick Curtis23011.23
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Wantage Charlton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Charlotte Dickson1,60225.86
Conservative St John Dickson1,27520.58
Liberal Democrat Patrick O'Leary95515.41
Labour Terry Jean Cornford6179.96
Green Kevin Harris6099.83
Liberal Democrat James Sibbald5769.30
UKIP Frances Baxter5629.07
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Wantage & Grove Brook (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Jenny Hannaby1,41122.05
Conservative Julia Reynolds1,38521.64
Conservative Bill Jones1,29220.19
Labour Jean Elizabeth Nunn-Price78012.19
Liberal Democrat Ian Weeden68410.69
UKIP Doug Tofte5448.50
Independent Trevor Cook1582.47
Independent Christine Margaret Woodward1462.28
Turnout
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Note: both Trevor Cook and Christine Margaret Woodward stood under the ROAR label.

Watchfield & Shrivenham (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Elaine Ware2,31935.93
Conservative Simon Howell2,21334.28
Green Mary Ellen Wiltshire6019.31
Labour Evelyne Godfrey5398.35
Liberal Democrat Paul William Mayhew Archer3936.09
Liberal Democrat Sophie Catherine Webber3906.04
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Wootton (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Henry Spencer1,02051.41
Liberal Democrat Mark Nicholas Fysh75137.85
Labour Joe Ottaway21310.74
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)

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References

  1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. http://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/java/support/Main.jsp?MODULE=ElectionResultsPGList