2015_Sevenoaks_District_Council_election

2015 Sevenoaks District Council election

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The 2015 Sevenoaks District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Sevenoaks District Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Map of the results

The Conservative Party retained their majority on the council, winning 49 of the 54 seats. The Liberal Democrats won two seats and the Labour Party and UKIP won one seat each. One seat was won by an Independent candidate.

Boundary changes triggered by the Sevenoaks (Electoral Changes) Order 2014 came into force at this election. The wards which were affected were: Hartley and Hodsoll Street; Ash and New Ash Green; Otford and Shoreham; Enysford; Swanley Christchurch and Swanley Village; Hextable; Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway; Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone; Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge; and Westerham and Crockham Hill.^[2]

Ward results

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Due to boundary changes since the last council election, seat change numbers may be skewed.

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Including one candidate without a party description

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Independent Voice - Community Focus was a political party formed in time for the 2015 local elections. Its leader was Janet Sargeant, who stood in the Swanley White Oak ward. The party was deregistered in November 2016.^[3]

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Party		Candidates	Seats	Change^{[n 1]}	Votes	%
	Conservative	54	49	2	70,261	63.8
	Liberal Democrats	20	2	0	10,775	9.8
	Labour	25	1	3	12,009	10.9
	UKIP	8	1	1	4,351	4.0
	Independent^{[n 2]}	3	1	0	1,790	1.6
	Green	25			10,039	9.1
	Independent Voice - Community Focus^{[n 3]}	2			809	0.7
	Libertarian	1			43	0.0
Total		138	54	0	110,077	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cameron Clark	1,775	25.5
	Conservative	Alan Pett	1,630	23.4
	Conservative	Claire Pearsall	1,586	22.8
	Labour	Mary Bainbridge	715	10.3
	Green	Mark Skelton	646	9.3
	Green	Norah Skelton	602	8.7
Total votes			6,954
Majority			871	12.5
Rejected ballots			37	1.1
Turnout			3,315	71.0
Registered electors			4,671
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James London	2,365	24.9
	Conservative	Anna Firth	2,337	24.6
	Conservative	Robert Piper	2,166	22.8
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Coupe	703	7.4
	Green	Sarah White	696	7.3
	Green	Marcus Fry	622	6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Coupe	611	6.4
Total votes			9,500
Majority			1463	15.4
Rejected ballots			69	1.8
Turnout			3,742	74.3
Registered electors			5,033
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Matthew Dickins	919	80.3
	UKIP	Lorraine Millgate	225	19.7
Total votes			1,144
Majority			694	60.7
Rejected ballots			49	4.1
Turnout			1,193	73.6
Registered electors			1,621
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Steve Lindsay	398	34.7
	Conservative	Shanker Gaire	327	28.5
	Labour	Rachel Waterton	271	23.6
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Hobson	87	7.6
	Green	Aliye Batmaz	63	5.5
Total votes			1,146
Majority			71	6.2
Rejected ballots			4	4.1
Turnout			1,150	73.6
Registered electors			1,563
	UKIP win (new seat)

2015_Sevenoaks_District_Council_election

2015 Sevenoaks District Council election

Summary results

Ward results

Ash and New Ash Green

Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge

Cowden and Hever

Crockenhill and Well Hill

Dunton Green and Riverhead

Edenbridge North and East

Edenbridge South and West

Eynsford

Farningham, Horton Kirby and South Darenth

Fawkham and West Kingsdown

Halstead, Knockholt and Badgers Mount

Hartley and Hodsoll Street

Hextable

Kemsing

Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway

Otford and Shoreham

Penhurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone

Seal and Weald

Sevenoaks Eastern

Sevenoaks Kippington

Sevenoaks Northern

Sevenoaks Town and St John's

Swanley Christchurch and Swanley Village

Swanley St Mary's

Swanley White Oak

Westerham and Crockham Hill

Notes

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kim Bailey	1,410	31.4
	Conservative	Cameron Brown	1,292	28.7
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Beard	383	8.5
	No description	Ian Bayley	376	8.4
	Labour	Nick Dineen	370	8.2
	Green	Maya Forth	346	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Sheridan	275	6.1
	Libertarian	Daniel Welstead	43	1.0
Total votes			4,495
Majority			909	20.2
Rejected ballots			20	0.8
Turnout			2,601	71.1
Registered electors			3,657
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stuart McGregor	1,553	36.5
	Conservative	John Scholey	1,473	34.6
	Labour	Kathryn Parish	621	14.6
	Green	Hill Harris	611	14.3
Total votes			4,258
Majority			852	20.0
Rejected ballots			44	1.7
Turnout			2,569	67.9
Registered electors			3,786
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margot McArthur	1,094	30.5
	Conservative	Alan Layland	1,053	29.4
	Labour	Bob Howes	426	11.9
	UKIP	Stephen Peddie	426	11.9
	Green	Sue Rule	298	8.3
	Labour	James Parish	286	8.0
Total votes			3,583
Majority			627	17.5
Rejected ballots			18	0.9
Turnout			2,107	65.7
Registered electors			3,205
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Horwood	780	70.6
	Labour	Madeleine Marshall	154	13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Clayton	100	9.0
	Green	Sarah Perkins	71	6.4
Total votes			1,105
Majority			626	56.7
Rejected ballots			13	1.2
Turnout			1,119	75.6
Registered electors			1,481
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip McGarvey	1,408	33.9
	Conservative	Ingrid Chetram	1,321	31.8
	Labour	Kevin Flack	568	13.7
	Green	Hilary Harding	478	11.5
	Labour	Amy McEnroe	375	9.0
Total votes			4,150
Majority			753	18.1
Rejected ballots			0	0.0
Turnout			2,672	69.4
Registered electors			3,848
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Faye Parkin	1,729	24.4
	Conservative	Ian Bosley	1,664	23.5
	Conservative	Pat Bosley	1,636	23.1
	Green	Christopher Russell	527	7.4
	Labour	James Weekes	514	7.3
	Labour	John Smifey	508	7.2
	Green	Mark Lindop	506	7.1
Total votes			7,084
Majority			1109	15.7
Rejected ballots			88	2.6
Turnout			3,368	69.1
Registered electors			4,875
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	John Grint	Unopposed
Conservative	Gary Williamson	Unopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Gaywood	2,380	30.4
	Conservative	Larry Abraham	2,272	29.0
	Conservative	John Kelly	1,921	24.6
	UKIP	Vince Sewell	1250	16.0
Total votes			7,823
Majority			671	8.6
Rejected ballots			121	3.3
Turnout			3,626	75.1
Registered electors			4,826
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dee Morris	1,237	32.1
	Independent	Darren Kitchener	1,089	28.2
	Conservative	John Pike	835	21.6
	Labour	Melvyn George	394	10.2
	Green	Phil Levy	303	7.9
Total votes			3,858
Majority			254	6.6
Rejected ballots			28	1.2
Turnout			2,433	72.5
Registered electors			3,354
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon Reay	1,155	30.1
	Conservative	Lorraine Stack	1,090	28.4
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Robarts	706	18.4
	UKIP	Roger Williams	596	15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Wassell	289	7.5
Total votes			3,836
Majority			384	10.0
Rejected ballots			24	1.0
Turnout			2,464	73.9
Registered electors			3,333
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Lake	Unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michelle Lowe	1,416	29.4
	Conservative	John Edwards-Winser	1,357	28.1
	UKIP	Chris Heath	500	10.4
	Green	Philip Otto	322	6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Macpherson	304	6.3
	Green	Philip Dodd	293	6.1
	Labour	Colin Baker	235	4.9
	Labour	Nevile Fourie	198	4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Lise Michaelides	198	4.1
Total votes			4,823
Majority			857	17.8
Rejected ballots			14	0.5
Turnout			2,755	77.0
Registered electors			3,580
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paddy Cooke	790	53.3
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Streatfield	501	33.8
	Green	Joy Rosendale	191	12.9
Total votes			1,482
Majority			289	19.5
Rejected ballots			23	1.5
Turnout			1,506	75.4
Registered electors			1,998
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Julia Thornton	1,363	34.8
	Conservative	Roddy Hogarth	1,351	34.5
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Michaelides	443	11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hudson	380	9.7
	Green	Linda Walker	376	9.6
Total votes			3,913
Majority			908	23.2
Rejected ballots			34	1.5
Turnout			2,297	72.1
Registered electors			3,187
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Purves	951	27.2
	Conservative	Edward Parson	792	22.6
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Walshe	711	20.3
	Conservative	Stephen Arnold	636	18.2
	Green	John Cornwell	408	11.7
Total votes			3,498
Majority			81	2.3
Rejected ballots			43	2.0
Turnout			2,117	69.5
Registered electors			3,044
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Avril Hunter	1,846	39.2
	Conservative	Andrew Eyre	1,845	39.1
	Green	Chelsea Hodkinson	322	6.8
	Green	Steve Plater	263	5.6
	Labour	Thomas Geldard	248	5.3
	Labour	Theodore Michael	191	4.1
Total votes			4,715
Majority			1,523	32.3
Rejected ballots			43	1.6
Turnout			2,730	74.5
Registered electors			3,664
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jonathan Krogdahl	954	25.9
	Liberal Democrats	Merilyn Canet	952	25.9
	Conservative	Paul Towell	927	25.2
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Porter	844	23.0
Total votes			3,677
Majority			25	0.7
Rejected ballots			72	3.3
Turnout			2,180	67.6
Registered electors			3,226
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Fleming	1,726	21.1
	Conservative	Simon Raikes	1,608	19.7
	Conservative	Graham Clack	1,537	18.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Camp	840	10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Fay Margo	808	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Doreen Kinsler	689	8.4
	Green	John Harris	585	7.2
	UKIP	Brian Shirreff	383	4.7
Total votes			8,176
Majority			697	8.5
Rejected ballots			37	1.1
Turnout			3,389	69.7
Registered electors			4,859
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Barnes	1,792	23.6
	Conservative	Simon Raikes	1,564	20.6
	Conservative	Graham Clack	1,557	20.5
	Labour	Gillian Fittock	862	11.4
	Labour	Ngozi Marsh	704	9.3
	Labour	Collins Fadare	699	9.2
	Green	Brian Thomas	400	5.3
Total votes			7,578
Majority			695	9.2
Rejected ballots			51	1.7
Turnout			3,074	69.0
Registered electors			4,457
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lesley Dyball	729	25.5
	Labour	Michael Hogg	618	21.6
	Conservative	Ray Morris	614	21.5
	Labour	Elizabeth Komolafe	595	20.8
	Independent Voice - Community Focus	John Underwood	300	10.5
Total votes			2,856
Majority			4	0.1
Rejected ballots			51	2.9
Turnout			1,757	55.3
Registered electors			3,176
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Laurence Ball	1,166	17.5
	Conservative	Nina Rosen	1,098	16.5
	Conservative	James Halford	1,080	16.2
	Labour	Mark Fittock	694	10.4
	Labour	Joanne Frawley	679	10.2
	Labour	Angela George	670	10.0
	Independent Voice - Community Focus	Janet Sargeant	509	7.6
	Green	Robert Woodbridge	282	4.2
	Green	John Jones	262	3.9
	Green	Shen Batmaz	229	3.4
Total votes			6,669
Majority			386	5.8
Rejected ballots			54	2.0
Turnout			2,725	57.4
Registered electors			4,746
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kevin Maskell	1,115	29.7
	Conservative	Diana Esler	990	26.4
	UKIP	Carol Mackay	573	15.3
	Labour	Neil Proudfoot	414	11.0
	Green	Amelie Boleyn	337	9.0
	Independent	Anthony Holman	325	8.7
Total votes			3,754
Majority			417	11.1
Rejected ballots			25	1.0
Turnout			2,481	72.1
Registered electors			3,443
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)