2015_Ribble_Valley_Borough_Council_election
2015 Ribble Valley Borough Council election
2015 UK local government election
The 2015 Ribble Valley Borough Council election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Ribble Valley Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Main article: Ribble Valley Borough Council elections
Quick Facts 40 of 40 seats to Ribble Valley Borough Council 21 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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The 2015 Ribble Valley Borough elections saw the Labour Party gain its first elected Councillor for 12 years. It also saw the Conservative Party make gains on the Council at the expense of the Liberal Democrats who lost two net Councillors. The Borough elections was first time all wards in the Ribble Valley went up for election since 2011.
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Political party | Leader | Councillors | Votes | ||||||||
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Candidates | Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Of total (%) | Total | Of total (%) | Change} (%) | |||
Conservative | David Cameron | 37 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 87.5 | 27,161 | 64.2 | 5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nick Clegg | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10.0 | 4,507 | 10.6 | 5.6 | |
Labour | Ed Miliband | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 10,655 | 25.2 | 10.9 |
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Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jan Alcock | 593 | 70.6 | 1.0 | |
Labour | Niall MacFarlane | 247 | 29.4 | 12.3 | |
Majority | 347 | 41.2 | 13.3 | ||
Turnout | 840 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.7 | |||
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Alston and Hothershall
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jim Rogerson | 806 | 42.0 | 0.7 | |
Conservative | David Smith | 750 | 39.1 | 8.9 | |
Labour | Nicholas Anthony Madden | 364 | 19.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 386 | 20.1 | 13.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,920 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Billington and Old Langho
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen Alexis Atkinson | 1026 | 45.9 | 9.7 | |
Conservative | Gerald Xavier Mirfin | 786 | 33.2 | 1.2 | |
Labour | Phil Gedling | 424 | 19.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 362 | 14.2 | 7.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,236 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rosie Elms | 708 | 85.7 | 1.9 | |
Labour | Gill Rose | 118 | 14.3 | 1.9 | |
Majority | 590 | 71.4 | 3.8 | ||
Turnout | 826 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.9 | |||
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Chatburn
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gary Kenneth Scott | 588 | 76.5 | 1.0 | |
Labour | Michael John Rose | 181 | 23.5 | 6.4 | |
Majority | 407 | 53.0 | 5.4 | ||
Turnout | 769 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.7 | |||
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Chipping
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Simon Hore | 654 | 79.3 | 3.4 | |
Labour | Alan William Matthews | 171 | 20.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 483 | 58.6 | 3.8 | ||
Turnout | 825 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 4.4 | |||
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Clayton-Le-Dale with Ramsgreave
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Ainsworth | 1047 | 47.9 | 0.9 | |
Conservative | Doreen Taylor | 748 | 34.2 | 3.6 | |
Labour | Charles Cathcart | 392 | 17.9 | 4.5 | |
Majority | 356 | 16.3 | 8.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,187 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Derby and Thornley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stuart Walter Carefoot | 786 | 34.7 | 3.4 | |
Conservative | Jim White | 687 | 30.4 | 2.7 | |
Labour | Greg Priest | 423 | 18.7 | 4.3 | |
Labour | Nick Stubbs | 366 | 16.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 264 | 11.7 | 1.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,262 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Dilworth
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kenneth Harvard Hinds | 823 | 34.1 | 3.9 | |
Conservative | Rupert Keysell Swarbrick | 786 | 32.5 | 3.7 | |
Labour | Mike Everett | 428 | 17.7 | 6.6 | |
Labour | Kerry Frances Swinburne | 380 | 15.7 | 7.2 | |
Majority | 358 | 14.8 | 2.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,417 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Edisford and Low Moor
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sue Hind | 583 | 27.8 | 14.9 | |
Labour | Maureen Anne Fenton | 439 | 20.9 | 7.7 | |
Labour | Tom Wilkinson | 396 | 18.9 | 8.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stewart Fletcher | 360 | 17.2 | 3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lynne Garvey | 318 | 15.2 | 1.8 | |
Majority | 43 | 2.0 | 3.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,096 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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Gisburn and Rimington
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Sherras | 568 | 70.6 | N/A | |
Labour | David Anthony Waters | 237 | 29.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 331 | 41.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 805 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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Langho
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paula Margaret Dobson | 815 | 35.6 | 8.3 | |
Conservative | Alison Mary Brown | 749 | 32.7 | 4.2 | |
Labour | Frank Joseph Harvard | 374 | 16.3 | 2.9 | |
Labour | Anne Taylor | 352 | 15.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 375 | 16.4 | 1.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,290 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Littlemoor
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sue Knox | 639 | 26.5 | 5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark French | 475 | 19.7 | 2.3 | |
Conservative | Jean Hayes | 465 | 19.3 | 0.3 | |
Labour | Sue Riley | 452 | 18.7 | 5.8 | |
Labour | Elizabeth Walters | 381 | 15.8 | 4.8 | |
Majority | 10 | 0.4 | 0.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,412 | N/A | N/A | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Mellor
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stella Maria Brunskill | 1095 | 42.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Noel Clifford Walsh | 1092 | 42.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Elizabeth Webbe | 385 | 15.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 707 | 27.5 | N/a | ||
Turnout | 2,572 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Primrose
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mary Robinson | 654 | 27.9 | 5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Allan Knox | 629 | 26.8 | 2.3 | |
Conservative | Naomi Fern Chapelhow | 393 | 16.8 | 0.3 | |
Labour | Andrew Jonathan Bedford | 363 | 15.5 | 5.8 | |
Labour | Ron Corbin | 304 | 13.0 | 4.8 | |
Majority | 236 | 10 | 0.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,343 | N/A | N/A | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Read and Simonstone
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Bennett | 1099 | 50.2 | 8.8 | |
Conservative | Lesley Jayne Graves | 679 | 31.0 | 10.0 | |
Labour | David Greenhough | 411 | 18.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 268 | 12.2 | 17.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,189 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Ribchester
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Sayers | 677 | 76.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Sarah-Jane Bryant | 213 | 23.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 464 | 52.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 890 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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Sabden
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ricky Newmark | 432 | 53.1 | 26.7 | |
Labour | Jo Barlow | 382 | 46.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 50 | 6.2 | 53.4 | ||
Turnout | 814 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 36.8% | |||
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Salthilll
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Frank Brown | 745 | 30.8 | 10.2 | |
Conservative | Pam Dowson | 491 | 20.3 | 6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon O'Rourke | 400 | 16.5 | 0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Donna O'Rourke | 332 | 13.7 | 3.7 | |
Labour | Michaela Campion | 257 | 10.6 | 3.6 | |
Labour | Freddie Redfern | 192 | 7.9 | 1.5 | |
Majority | 91 | 3.8 | 0.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,417 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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St Mary's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Graham Richard Geldard | 644 | 23.8 | 3.4 | |
Conservative | Ruth Hargreaves | 642 | 23.7 | 0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kerry Fletcher | 396 | 14.6 | 1.0 | |
Labour | Jordan Alexander Campion | 376 | 13.9 | 5.2 | |
Labour | Lily Perrin | 345 | 12.7 | 4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Robinson | 304 | 11.2 | 4.2 | |
Majority | 246 | 9.1 | 0.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,707 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Waddington and West Bradford
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Francis Elms | N/A | Uncontested | N/A | |
Conservative | Bridget Hilton | N/A | Uncontested | N/A | |
Majority | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Whalley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joyce Holgate | 1396 | 42.3 | 1.9 | |
Conservative | Terry Hill | 1308 | 39.6 | 3.8 | |
Labour | Nick Furber | 600 | 18.2 | 5.1 | |
Majority | 708 | 20.4 | 2.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,304 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Wilpshire
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stuart Alan Hirst | 982 | 43.8 | 1.1 | |
Conservative | Sue Bibby | 859 | 38.3 | 3.2 | |
Labour | Elizabeth Clare Kellaway | 400 | 17.8 | 4.1 | |
Majority | 459 | 21.5 | 6.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,241 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Wiswell and Pendleton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert James Thompson | 659 | 68.6 | 16.4 | |
Labour | Paul Anthony Atkinson | 302 | 31.4 | 16.4 | |
Majority | 357 | 37.2 | 32.8 | ||
Turnout | 961 | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 16.4 | |||
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- "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.