2015 South Hams District Council election

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2015 South Hams District Council election
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  2011 7 May 2015 2019  

All 31 seats in the South Hams District Council
16 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Conservative Green
Seats won253
Seat changeDecrease2.svg5Steady2.svg0
Popular vote37,50013,634
Percentage53.2%19.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg2.8%Increase2.svg8.7%

 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Labour
Seats won21
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Steady2.svg0
Popular vote7,0448,755
Percentage10.0%12.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg10.5%Increase2.svg8.3%

South Hams District Council wards, May 2015.svg
Map showing the results of the 2015 South Hams District Council elections.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

Elections to South Hams District Council took place on 7 May, the same day as other United Kingdom local elections and the General Election. 19 of the 20 wards were up for election, each with either 1, 2 or 3 councillors to be elected. The number of seats up for election in each ward is indicated by the number in the brackets following the ward name. This was the first election with new boundary changes taking effect after the number of wards was reduced by ten and councillors by 9. The ward of Salcombe & Thurlestone was uncontested, with Conservative Party candidates Judy Pearce and Simon Wright elected. The Conservative Party increased their share of seats in the council, despite a slight decrease in votes. Meanwhile, the Green Party overtook the Liberal Democrats to become the largest opposition party.

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Results summary

South Hams District Council election, 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2500-580.6%53.2%37,500-2.8
  Green 30009.7%19.3%13,634+8.7
  Liberal Democrats 200-36.5%10.0%7,044-10.5
  Labour 10003.2%12.4%8,755+8.3
  Independent 000-10.0%2.8%1,952-4.7
  UKIP 00000.0%1.9%1312+0.6
  TUSC 00000.0%0.5%349+0.5

Ward elections

Allington & Strete

South Hams District Council elections: Allington & Strete Ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard John Foss1,28071.2%
Green Suzanne Ellis51928.8%
Rejected ballots321.7%
Turnout 183175.4%
Conservative win (new seat)

Bickleigh & Cornwood

South Hams District Council elections: Bickleigh & Cornwood Ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Steer110668.1%
Green Paul Sampson32820.2%
Liberal Democrats Mary Talbot-Rosevear19011.7%
Rejected ballots201.2%
Turnout 164471.4%
Conservative win (new seat)

Blackawton & Stoke Fleming Ward

South Hams District Council elections: Blackawton & Stoke Fleming Ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hicks91063.6%
Green Patrick Hadow52136.4%
Rejected ballots201.4%
Turnout 145275.9%
Conservative win (new seat)

Charterlands

South Hams District Council elections: Charterlands Ward (Modbury), 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lindsay Ward109264.4%
Green Jan Chapman33019.5%
Independent William Rosevear27416.2%
Rejected ballots191.1%
Turnout 171573.4%
Conservative win (new seat)

Dartington & Staverton

South Hams District Council elections: Dartington & Staverton Ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Jacqi Hodgson91255.8%
Conservative Dave Roddy50030.6%
Labour Joanne Tisdall22113.5%
Rejected ballots161.0%
Turnout 164976.8%
Green win (new seat)

Dartmouth & East Dart (3)

South Hams District Council elections: Dartmouth & East Dart Ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Hawkins2,20450.3%
Conservative Hilary Bastone2,10848.1%
Conservative Rose Rowe1,79140.9%
Labour Benjamin Cooper1,02823.5%
Independent Paul Allen88920.3%
Labour Colin Chapman79918.2%
Labour David Jones67115.3%
Rejected ballots1072.4%
Turnout 4,48967.7%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Ermington & Ugborough

South Hams District Council elections: Ermington & Ugborough Ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tom Holway99860.3%
Green Julie Deacon38423.2%
Liberal Democrats Samuel Blake27416.5%
Rejected ballots211.3%
Turnout 1,67772.4%
Conservative win (new seat)

Ivybridge East (2)

South Hams District Council elections: Ivybridge East Ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kathy Cuthbert1,33745.0%
Conservative Ann Pringle1,24742.0%
Liberal Democrats Tony Barber99133.4%
Green Kate Smallwood68623.1%
UKIP Eric Robbins61920.8%
Rejected ballots240.8%
Turnout 2,99466.8%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Ivybridge West (2)

South Hams District Council elections: Ivybridge West Ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David May1,82757.9%
Conservative Michael Saltern1,58350.2%
Green Katie Reville1,29641.1%
Rejected ballots421.3%
Turnout 3,19765.6%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Kingsbridge

South Hams District Council elections: Kingsbridge Ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Wingate1,51450.2%
Conservative Rufus Gilbert1,51350.1%
Green Joss Webber76825.5%
Liberal Democrats Laurel Lawford71123.6%
Rejected ballots311.0%
Turnout 3,04864.1%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford

South Hams District Council elections: Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford Ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Bramble1,07266.9%
Green Christopher Noakes53133.1%
Rejected ballots231.4%
Turnout 1,62676.3%
Conservative win (new seat)

Marldon & Littlehempston

South Hams District Council elections: Marldon & Littlehempston Ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trevor Pennington1,09864.3%
Green Christine Adams35921.0%
Liberal Democrats David Robinson25114.7%
Rejected ballots241.4%
Turnout 1,73272.9%
Conservative win (new seat)

Newton & Yealmpton

South Hams District Council elections: Newton & Yealmpton Ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Baldry1,76247.8%
Conservative Ian Blackler1,53741.7%
Conservative Suzie Cooper1,41738.4%
Green John Green1,08329.4%
Rejected ballots270.7%
Turnout 3,71574.9%
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

South Brent

South Hams District Council elections: South Brent Ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Steer1,64451.4%
Conservative Peter Smerdon1,58449.5%
Green Tony Kuhl1,15936.2%
Labour Kim Gray62719.6%
Labour Rosie Adams59918.7%
Rejected ballots300.9%
Turnout 322875.7%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Stokenham

South Hams District Council elections: Stokenham Ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Julian Brazil90953.5%
Conservative Josh Gardner64337.9%
Green Tom Hoeksma1468.6%
Rejected ballots130.8%
Turnout 1,71176.0%
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Totnes (3)

South Hams District Council elections: Totnes Ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Robert Vint2,21545.6%
Green Barrie Wood1,83937.9%
Labour David Horsburgh1,26526.1%
Liberal Democrats John Birch1,15023.7%
Labour Eleanor Cohen1,13723.4%
Labour Tony Whitty1,11122.9%
Conservative Ralph Clark92819.1%
Conservative Angela Shropshall-Clark81516.8%
Conservative Michael Footitt75415.5%
UKIP Alan Langmaid69314.3%
TUSC Alex Moore3497.2%
Rejected ballots531.1%
Turnout 4,90670.8%
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Wembury and Brixton (2)

South Hams District Council elections: Wembury and Brixton Ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel Brown1,53055.7%-13.0
Conservative Basil Fernley Cane1,38050.2%-13.3
Liberal Democrats Richard Robinson57120.8%+20.8
Green Katy Ward-Edwards55820.3%+20.3
Labour Anna Malone52619.1%+19.1
Rejected ballots250.9%
Turnout 2,77473.8%+23.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

West Dart

South Hams District Council elections: West Dart Ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Tucker83152.4%
Green Ian Donaldson52032.8%
Liberal Democrats Richard Heseltine23514.8%
Rejected ballots181.1%-4.5
Turnout 1,60474.6%
Conservative win (new seat)

Woolwell

South Hams District Council elections: Woolwell Ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicky Hopwood1,06869.8%
Green Christopher Lindsay46030.1%
Rejected ballots332.1%
Turnout 1,56265.0%
Conservative win (new seat)

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