2015 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election

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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.

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Election result

After the election, results were as follows: Labour 21, City Independents 14, Conservative 7, UKIP 2. The Labour Party lost 14 seats, with gains for the Conservatives, City Independents and UKIP.

Stoke-on-Trent Local Election Result 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 21115-1447.7232.1640,597+10,906
  City Independents 14140+1431.8122.1522,793+22,793
  Conservative 760+615.9022.1928,020+16,591
  UKIP 220+24.5414.6418,490+16,608
  Independent 008-80.003.453,547-9,602
  Green 00000.002.302,911+2,911
  Liberal Democrats 00000.001.051,332-5,157
  TUSC 00000.000.851,084+598
 The British Voice00000.000.0682+82
Turnout 126221+61364

Ward results

Abbey Hulton and Townsend

Abbey Hulton and Townsend (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Richard Broughan148925.38
City Independents Melanie Baddeley144924.70
Labour Gwen Hassall120820.59
Labour Adrian Knapper91815.65
Green Dave Muller4106.99
Green Luke Bellamy3926.68
Majority2410.68
Turnout 47.0
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
City Independents gain from Labour Swing

Baddeley, Milton and Norton

Baddeley, Milton and Norton (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jack Brereton 3,102 16.66
Conservative Dave Evans 2,125 11.41
City Independents Anthony Munday 2,099 11.27
UKIP Colin Rushton204911.00
Conservative Judy Wagg189610.18
Labour Paul William Humphreys16548.88
Labour Tina Natalello14757.92
Independent Gary Elsby14207.63
City Independents Kelsey Stair13817.42
Labour Javid Iqbal Najmi10735.76
TUSC Nicey Keen3471.86
Majority500.14
Turnout 1862185.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
City Independents gain from Labour Swing

Bentilee and Ubberley

Bentilee and Ubberley (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sheila Pitt*108919.79
Labour Stephen Funnell105919.25
UKIP Brendan Kelly105219.12
UKIP Scott Stevenson90216.39
City Independents Alan Joinson70112.74
City Independents Sharon Edwards61711.21
The British VoiceDavid Leese821.49
Majority70.13
Turnout 550239.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Birches Head and Central Forest Park

Birches Head and Central Forest Park (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
City Independents Jean Bowers199425.27
City Independents Sabrina Bowers146418.55
Labour Mark Meredith129816.45
Labour Shirley Kliment-Temple117614.90
Conservative Lorraine Whalley87711.11
Conservative Phil Whalley7489.48
Liberal Democrats Kieran Clarke3344.23
Majority1662.10
Turnout 789152.1
City Independents gain from Independent Swing
City Independents gain from Labour Swing

Blurton East

Blurton East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan Bell72628.81
UKIP Jacqueline Mountford65726.07
Conservative Christine Warren61524.40
City Independents Brian Ward49314.90
TUSC Neil Singh291.15
Majority692.74
Turnout 2520
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Blurton West and Newstead

Blurton West and Newstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lloyd Brown88343.20
UKIP Adam Mountford50624.76
Conservative James Vernon43321.18
City Independents Arthur Burton1718.37
TUSC Matt Wright512.50
Majority37718.44
Turnout 2044
Labour hold Swing

Boothen and Oakhill

Boothen and Oakhill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andy Platt74630.92
UKIP Mick Harold68128.22
IndependentAlan Barrett40216.66
Green Martin Parker2018.33
Liberal Democrats Tom Grocock1938.00
City Independents Grant Barnes1907.87
Majority652.70
Turnout 241352.6
Labour hold Swing

Bradeley and Chell Heath

Bradeley and Chell Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gurmeet Kallar89644.58
UKIP Mike Lucking78839.20
City Independents Duncan Walker32616.22
Majority1085.38
Turnout 201051.1
Labour hold Swing

Broadway and Longton East

Broadway and Longton East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Robinson79937.06
UKIP Richard Bennett71132.98
Conservative Hayley Delanchy59427.55
TUSC Liat Norris522.41
Majority884.08
Turnout 2156
Labour hold Swing

Burslem Central

Burslem Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Dutton91949.25
City Independents Stirling Dunn47725.56
Conservative Thomas Roster47025.19
Majority44223.69
Turnout 186644.0
Labour hold Swing

Burslem Park

Burslem Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joy Garner79537.17
UKIP Martin Bayley-Spencer68532.02
Conservative Laura Hoult45321.18
Green Jacob Davies2069.63
Majority805.15
Turnout 213950.6
Labour hold Swing

Dresden and Florence

Dresden and Florence
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
City Independents Lilian Dodd87736.51
Labour Arif Hussain82934.51
Conservative Shakeel Mohammed60725.27
TUSC Jacob Davies893.71
Majority482.00
Turnout 2402
City Independents gain from Labour Swing

Eaton Park

Eaton Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
City Independents Rita Dale122760.71
Labour Terry Crowe79439.29
Majority43321.42
Turnout 202155.1
City Independents gain from Labour Swing

Etruria and Hanley

Etruria and Hanley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Majid Khan92554.90
UKIP Mohammad Iqbal43725.93
Liberal Democrats Stephen Morris17710.50
Green Kevin Burke1468.66
Majority48828.97
Turnout 168553.0
Labour hold Swing

Fenton East

Fenton East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Shotton70630.71
UKIP Tony Williams65228.36
Independent Alan Gerrard58725.53
Conservative Nicholas Jellyman35415.40
Majority542.35
Turnout 2299
Labour hold Swing

Fenton West and Mount Pleasant

Fenton West and Mount Pleasant
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Mick Bell77032.57
Independent Cheryl Gerrard71930.41
Labour Muhammad Aumir50321.28
Conservative Stephanie Booth32113.58
TUSC Chris Parton512.16
Majority512.16
Turnout 2364
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Ford Green and Smallthorne

Ford Green and Smallthorne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Candi Chetwynd79635.94
Conservative Richard Brereton71232.14
City Independents Rob Reynolds70731.92
Majority843.80
Turnout 221547.0
Labour hold Swing

Goldenhill and Sandyford

Goldenhill and Sandyford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Garner96545.20
Conservative Jonathan Jellyman58927.59
City Independents Steve Taylor58127.21
Majority37617.61
Turnout 213549.2
Labour hold Swing

Great Chell and Packmoor

Great Chell and Packmoor (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
City Independents Ann James207127.50
City Independents Janine Bridges200326.60
Conservative Andrew Beech138018.32
Labour Lynn Watkins124316.51
Labour Abul Azad83411.07
Majority6238.28
Turnout 753155.0
City Independents gain from Labour Swing
City Independents gain from Independent Swing

Hanford and Trentham

Hanford and Trentham (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
City Independents Terence Follows230119.68
Conservative Daniel Jellyman200017.10
City Independents Peter Hayward190016.25
Conservative Megan Tilsley156313.37
Labour Mark Glover-Jones10789.22
UKIP Julia Evans10549.01
Labour Paul Singh9027.71
UKIP Harold Gregory8967.66
Majority10000.85
Turnout 11694
City Independents gain from Independent Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Hanley Park and Shelton

Hanley Park and Shelton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Amjid Wazir97464.04
Green Said Karimi21113.87
City Independents Janet Tinsley20513.48
Liberal Democrats Arthur Slight1318.61
Majority76350.17
Turnout 152137.7
Labour hold Swing

Hartshill and Basford

Hartshill and Basford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shaun Pender109540.01
Conservative Sam Richardson64623.60
UKIP Sharon Hemmings50918.60
Green Thomas Holland2298.37
City Independents Rob Ledgar1535.59
Liberal Democrats Maxine Morrow1053.84
Majority44916.41
Turnout 273756.6
Labour hold Swing

Hollybush and Longton West

Hollybush and Longton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kath Banks96541.42
City Independents Shaun Bennett72931.29
Conservative Lorraine Beardmore54023.18
TUSC Kris Caci964.12
Majority23610.13
Turnout 2330
Labour hold Swing

Joiners Square

Joiners Square
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alastair Watson75241.80
UKIP Gulzar Ahmed41723.18
City Independents David Walley34519.18
Green Glyn Wade1568.67
Liberal Democrats Waqas-Ur Rashid1297.17
Majority33518.62
Turnout 1799
Labour hold Swing

Lightwood North and Normacot

Lightwood North and Normacot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sadaqat Maqsoom127745.25
Labour Bagh Ali112639.90
Independent Alan Lear41914.85
Majority1515.35
Turnout 2822
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Little Chell and Stanfield

Little Chell and Stanfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
City Independents David Conway101844.83
Labour Sarah Watson84337.12
UKIP Mohammad Naeem41018.05
Majority1757.71
Turnout 2271
City Independents gain from Independent Swing

Meir Hay

Meir Hay
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Craig Beardmore83235.80
Labour David Williams80234.51
UKIP Umar Ghalani59225.47
TUSC Lee Stockley984.22
Majority301.29
Turnout 2324
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Meir North

Meir North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ruth Rosenau83239.32
UKIP Phil Smith68732.47
Conservative Margaret Brown49823.53
TUSC Andy Bentley994.68
Majority1456.85
Turnout 2116
Labour hold Swing

Meir Park

Meir Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Abi Brown199775.33
Labour Kamran Sabir65424.67
Majority134350.66
Turnout 2651
Conservative hold Swing

Meir South

Meir South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Debbie Wheeldon74639.20
UKIP Eric Martin45123.70
Conservative Stephen Brown42222.18
City Independents John Ayres24212.72
TUSC John Morrey422.21
Majority29515.50
Turnout 1903
Labour hold Swing

Moorcroft

Moorcroft
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Pervez115354.88
City Independents Neil Day46522.13
Conservative John Francis34316.33
Green Sean Adam1406.66
Majority68832.75
Turnout 2101
Labour hold Swing

Penkhull and Stoke

Penkhull and Stoke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
City Independents Randolph Conteh120942.68
Labour Daniel Cunningham74526.30
Conservative Hannah Lawrence52118.39
Green Elaine Holland2799.85
Liberal Democrats Liam Perez792.79
Majority46416.38
Turnout 2833
City Independents gain from Independent Swing

Sandford Hill

Sandford Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Olwen Hamer91138.96
UKIP John Davis85536.57
Conservative Lisa Li46319.80
TUSC Lucy Williams1094.66
Majority562.39
Turnout 2338
Labour hold Swing

Sneyd Green

Sneyd Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
City Independents Joanne Powell-Beckett74234.45
Labour Debra Gratton72433.61
Conservative Beth Peake68831.94
Majority180.84
Turnout 2154
City Independents gain from Labour Swing

Springfields and Trent Vale

Springfields and Trent Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
City Independents Jackie Barnes79032.05
UKIP Mick Bednarski69528.19
Labour Mubsira Aumir61424.91
Liberal Democrats Christine Grocock1847.46
Green Adam Colclough1827.38
Majority953.86
Turnout 2465
City Independents gain from Labour Swing

Tunstall

Tunstall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
City Independents Lee Wanger96947.36
Labour Mohammed Matloob79738.95
Conservative Ian Horton28013.69
Majority1728.41
Turnout 2046
City Independents gain from Independent Swing

Weston Coyney

Weston Coyney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ross Irving67427.67
Labour Nicola Howell57523.60
UKIP Bruce Reed54522.37
Green Jan Zablocki35914.74
City Independents Cheryl Barnett26210.76
TUSC Mandy Marfleet210.86
Majority994.07
Turnout 2436
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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  1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.