2015_Mendip_District_Council_election

2015 Mendip District Council election
All 47 seats to Mendip District Council; 24 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2015 Mendip District Council following the election.
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

2015 Mendip District Council election

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The 2015 Mendip District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Mendip District Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections and the general election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. As Mendip District councillors are elected on a 4-year term, the next election is due to take place in May 2019.^[1]

Quick Facts All 47 seats to Mendip District Council 24 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

Ward results

The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 2011 elections not taking into account any party defections or by-elections. Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

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"Election Timetable in England". www.local.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

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"Mendip District Council - Results for District Ward Elections 2015". www.mendip.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

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"Mendip District Council - Election Results 5 May 2011". www.mendip.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

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	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	32	+1	67.39	43.3	34,023
Liberal Democrats	11	−4	23.91	30.8	24,229
Green	3	+3	6.52	13.1	10,273
Independent	1	+/−0	2.17	1.7	1,308
Labour	0	+/−0	0.00	6.3	4,922
UKIP	0	+/−0	0.00	5.0	3,906

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Drewe *	639	45.6	–8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Josh Burr	481	34.3	–11.3
	Green	Alison Barkshire	282	20.1	N/A
Majority			158	11.3	+2.4
Turnout				73.32	+19.39
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rachel Carter	1,134	41.0	–18.9
	Conservative	John Carter *	1,114	–
	Liberal Democrats	Fern Thomas	1,034	38.1	N/A
	UKIP	Martin Longley	578	20.9	N/A
Turnout				71.04	+23.69
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Mockford	713	57.0	–5.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Wright	287	23.0	–14.2
	Green	Rebecca Yeo	250	20.0	N/A
Majority			426	34.1	+8.5
Turnout				73.09	+17.21
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Woollcombe-Adams *	831	60.9	–3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lynsey Stacey	539	39.1	+3.4
Majority			292	21.3	–7.3
Turnout				75.24	+16.94
	Conservative hold		Swing

2015_Mendip_District_Council_election

2015 Mendip District Council election

Election results

Ward results

Ammerdown

Ashwick, Chilcompton and Stratton

Beckington and Selwood

Butleigh and Baltonsborough

Chewton Mendip and Ston Easton

Coleford and Holcombe

Cranmore, Doulting and Nunney

Creech

Croscombe and Pilton

Frome Berkley Down

Frome College

Frome Keyford

Frome Market

Frome Oakfield

Frome Park

Glastonbury St Benedict's

Glastonbury St Edmund's

Glastonbury St John's

Glastonbury St Mary's

Moor

Postlebury

Rode and Norton St. Philip

Rodney and Westbury

Shepton East

Shepton West

St Cuthbert Out North

Street North

Street South

Street West

The Pennards and Ditcheat

Wells Central

Wells St Cuthbert's

Wells St Thomas'

Wookey and St Cuthbert Out West

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Killen *	unnopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Ham *	1,181	46.9	–7.7
	Conservative	Alan Townsend	1,129	–
	Green	Melanie Moulding	486	19.3	N/A
	Green	Tony Mayell	472	–
	UKIP	Aaron Foot	433	17.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Eyers	419	16.6	–28.8
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Potter	333	–
Turnout				68.76	+16.35
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Van Dyk	615	46.1	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Crowcombe	553	41.5	–11.0
	UKIP	Barry Harding	166	12.4	N/A
Majority			62	4.6	N/A
Turnout				72.61	+17.55
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bradshaw *	699	55.1	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Reed	377	29.7	–12.2
	Green	Jane Abrahall	193	15.2	N/A
Majority			322	25.4	+15.8
Turnout				66.77	+10.17
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Hewitt-Cooper *	854	57.9	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Cairncross	621	42.1	+13.6
Majority			233	15.8	–13.6
Turnout				70.45	+15.89
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eve Berry	845	39.2	–8.7
	Conservative	Joanna Beale	784	–
	Liberal Democrats	Tracey Rustell	603	28.0	–24.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Brown	451	–
	UKIP	Adrian Dobinson *	386	17.9	N/A
	Green	Emma Russell	322	14.9	N/A
	UKIP	Edwina Larner	317	–
	Green	Gordon Housley	279	–
Turnout				63.71	+20.30
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Rideout	962	38.3	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Boyden *	922	36.7	–4.4
	Conservative	Carole Bullen *	846	–
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Shingler	669	–
	Green	Tim Cutting	359	14.3	N/A
	Labour	Gerry Hampson	266	10.6	N/A
	Green	Daniel Hurring	239	–
Turnout				68.11	+20.61
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Shane Collins	919	29.1	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Alvin Horsfall *	795	25.2	–28.6
	Green	Marc Peel	657	–
	Conservative	Felix Fitzpatrick	596	18.9	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Pinnock *	562	–
	Labour	David Oakensen	456	14.5	–13.7
	UKIP	Terry Latchem	389	12.3	N/A
Turnout				61.33	+17.24
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Des Harris	875	34.9	+19.8
	Green	Stina Falle	799	–
	Conservative	John Oliver	665	26.5	+6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Glover	545	21.7	–8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Criss Glover	486	–
	Labour	Blanche Farley	425	16.9	+1.7
Turnout				62.44	+21.84
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Sprawson-White	488	38.2	–23.5
	Green	Corinne Sutterby	287	22.4	N/A
	Conservative	Hilary Thomas	246	19.2	+1.0
	UKIP	Samantha Latchem	141	11.0	N/A
	Labour	Theresa Clark	117	9.1	–11.0
Majority			201	15.7	–25.9
Turnout				64.93	+20.33
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Frome Park (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Hudson *	874	33.5	–12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Damon Hooton *	842	–
	Conservative	Charles Wood	783	30.0	+2.1
	Labour	Catherine Richardson	507	19.4	–7.2
	UKIP	Sharon Snook *	443	17.0	N/A
	UKIP	Derek Tanswell *	435	–	N/A
Turnout				61.71	+19.32
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Glastonbury St Benedict's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Henderson *	549	45.4	+1.8
	Green	Paul Sander-Jackson	483	40.0	+17.3
	Labour	Andy Merryfield	177	14.6	+5.5
Majority			66	5.5	–13.4
Turnout				59.94	+17.30
	Conservative hold		Swing

Glastonbury St Edmund's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Cottle *	447	36.3	–7.2
	Green	Jon Cousins	443	36.0	N/A
	Conservative	Jim Barron	340	27.6	+16.3
Majority			4	0.3	–16.2
Turnout				71.03	+22.69
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Glastonbury St Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Brunsdon *	509	41.4	–12.3
	Green	Lindsay Macdougall	342	27.8	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Laiqa Browne	271	22.1	+2.2
	UKIP	Glen Tucker	107	8.7	N/A
Majority			167	13.6	–13.7
Turnout				72.14	+18.09
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Coles *	642	55.8	+25.3
	Green	Sarah Sander-Jackson	509	44.2	+31.0
Majority			133	11.6	+3.4
Turnout				64.43	+15.86
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Noel *	916	62.9	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Maurice Holdstock	540	37.1	+17.2
Majority			376	25.8	–0.5
Turnout				71.61	+22.88
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dick Skidmore	700	52.2	+0.5
	Green	Michael Gay	344	25.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Roberts	297	22.1	–13.6
Majority			356	26.5	+10.5
Turnout				76.95	+16.60
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Oliver	1,026	70.0	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Cockroft	439	30.0	–8.3
Majority			587	40.1	+16.8
Turnout				78.90	+16.58
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ros Wyke	674	47.4	+1.3
	Conservative	Rachel Thompson	624	43.9	–4.4
	UKIP	Errol Chandler	123	8.7	+3.2
Majority			50	3.5	N/A
Turnout				79.45	+16.82
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bente Height *	922	45.0	+9.9
	Conservative	Jeannette Marsh *	866	–
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Lovell	735	35.9	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Losey	708	–
	Labour	John Gilham	393	19.2	+7.0
	Labour	Deborah Towner	351	–
Turnout				57.79	+16.05
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Parham *	907	36.8	+7.5
	Conservative	Simon Davies	882	–
	Labour	Chris Inchley	808	32.8	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Garfield Kennedy	749	30.4	+4.9
	Labour	Matt Drew	456	–
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Scott	443	–
Turnout				62.57	+15.01
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Pullin	715	48.8	–4.1
	Independent	Kevin Russell	383	26.1	N/A
	Green	Sarah Briton	202	13.8	–12.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Gamon	166	11.3	–9.6
Majority			332	22.6	–4.0
Turnout				74.38	+21.03
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Sen	957	50.3	+26.4
	Conservative	Tim Rice	946	49.7	+23.1
	Conservative	Sophie Baulch	816	–
Turnout				61.21	+24.43
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Beha *	974	30.4	+4.0
	Independent	Lloyd Hughes *	925	28.9	–8.0
	Conservative	Sally Frise	803	25.1	+2.5
	Conservative	George Steer	731	–
	Green	Kara Bryan	503	15.7	N/A
Turnout				65.25	+23.49
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Napper *	791	64.5	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rachael Clarke	435	35.5	–3.7
Majority			356	29.0	+7.4
Turnout				71.00	+25.70
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Greenhalgh	869	63.6	–1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Kessell	498	36.4	+1.8
Majority			371	27.1	–3.7
Turnout				68.59	+16.22
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John North *	494	41.5	–2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Robbins	424	35.7	+3.1
	Green	Chris Briton	271	22.8	+10.8
Majority			70	5.9	–5.5
Turnout				71.49	+15.76
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Osman *	941	35.3	–0.8
	Conservative	Harvey Siggs *	837	–
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Kennedy	763	28.6	+13.0
	Labour	Colin Price	576	21.6	+1.8
	Labour	Tatiana Storie	390	–
	UKIP	Les Bate	388	14.5	N/A
Turnout				68.26
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Danny Unwin *	1,172	44.1	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Mackenzie	1,123	–
	Conservative	Celia Wride	938	35.3	–0.9
	Conservative	David Baker	895	–
	Green	Maddy Milnes	546	20.6	+5.2
Turnout				73.78	+13.51
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Taylor *	728	50.0	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Harrison	518	35.6	–1.8
	Green	Rachael Wood	211	14.5	N/A
Majority			210	14.4	+6.7
Turnout				72.63	+17.14
	Conservative hold		Swing