2015_Swindon_Borough_Council_election
2015 Swindon Borough Council election
2015 UK local government election
The 2015 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015, to elect members of Swindon Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party increased their majority after gaining two seats. Of the 19 seats up for election, four seats changed hands to leave the Conservatives (32) with a majority of seven seats over Labour (23) and the Lib Dems (2).
Sitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 2012, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 2014 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.
Blunsdon & Highworth
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan John Bishop * | 3,502 | 55.3 | +7.2 | |
Labour | Pam Adams | 1,523 | 24.1 | +0.4 | |
UKIP | Ross Shugar | 838 | 13.2 | –4.5 | |
Green | Andrew Donald Day | 466 | 7.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 1,979 | 31.4 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,329 | 71.32 | +31.13 | ||
Registered electors | 8,874 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Central
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Julie Wright * | 2,567 | 45.1 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | Dave Bell | 1,187 | 20.8 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Antonio Banjamino Lopes | 1,176 | 20.6 | –12.0 | |
UKIP | Bob Sheppard | 499 | 8.8 | –3.6 | |
Green | Adam Grizzly Wilkinson-Moore | 218 | 3.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Karsten Evans | 48 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,380 | 24.4 | +19.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,695 | 58.87 | +19.15 | ||
Registered electors | 9,674 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Chiseldon & Lawn
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Fionuala Foley * | 2,056 | 56.4 | +12.1 | |
Labour | Dave Cox | 648 | 17.8 | –0.3 | |
UKIP | Jennifer Mary Jefferies | 445 | 12.2 | –10.0 | |
Green | Paul Sunners | 301 | 8.3 | –1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Clive James Hooper | 194 | 5.3 | – | |
Majority | 1,408 | 38.9 | +16.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,644 | 77.09 | +33.01 | ||
Registered electors | 4,727 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Covingham & Dorcan
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Dale James Heenan * | 2,952 | 48.5 | +9.4 | |
Labour | Steve Wakefield | 1,634 | 26.9 | –5.1 | |
UKIP | Brian James Osbourn | 1,082 | 17.8 | –7.2 | |
Green | Lucy Rebecca Wilkinson-Moore | 214 | 3.5 | –0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gerry Taylor | 201 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,318 | 21.7 | +14.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,083 | 68.43 | +26.61 | ||
Registered electors | 8,890 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Eastcott
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Dixon | 1,692 | 34.8 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Toby Robson | 1,247 | 25.9 | –18.9 | |
Conservative | Niki Bartoszewka | 1,072 | 22.3 | +13.5 | |
UKIP | Graham Hyde | 420 | 8.7 | –0.6 | |
Green | Graham Peter Mattingley | 396 | 8.2 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 445 | 9.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,827 | 61.43 | +22.74 | ||
Registered electors | 7,858 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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Gorse Hill & Pinehurst
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Ballman * | 2,169 | 42.0 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Clive Duncan Austin | 1,643 | 31.8 | +7.3 | |
UKIP | Ian Robertson | 1,013 | 19.6 | –7.4 | |
Green | Andy Bentley | 335 | 6.5 | –2.6 | |
Majority | 526 | 10.2 | –2.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,160 | 56.39 | +23.90 | ||
Registered electors | 9,151 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Haydon Wick
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Charles Renard * | 3,274 | 53.6 | +15.7 | |
Labour | Manetta Martha Rodrigues | 1,551 | 25.4 | –6.6 | |
UKIP | Ed Gerrard | 975 | 16.0 | –9.6 | |
Green | Simon Johnathan Fairbourn | 308 | 5.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,723 | 28.4 | +22.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,108 | 66.60 | +31.86 | ||
Registered electors | 9,171 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Liden, Eldene & Park South
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chris Watts | 2,007 | 37.8 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Graham Charles Cherry | 1,968 | 37.1 | +8.3 | |
UKIP | John Short | 962 | 18.1 | –10.3 | |
Green | Rachel Edwards | 199 | 3.8 | –0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Raymond Martin James | 157 | 3.1 | –0.2 | |
Majority | 39 | 0.7 | –5.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,303 | 60.65 | +28.11 | ||
Registered electors | 8,743 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Lydiard and Freshbrook
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Caryl Ann Sydney-Smith | 2,439 | 43.7 | +6.8 | |
Labour | Cindy Matthews * | 1,640 | 29.4 | +0.7 | |
UKIP | John Lenton | 940 | 16.9 | –7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Shepherd | 331 | 5.9 | +0.4 | |
Green | Livio Pavone | 225 | 4.0 | –0.3 | |
Majority | 799 | 14.4 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,575 | 64.52 | +26.91 | ||
Registered electors | 8,760 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Mannington and Western
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Steph Exell | 1,820 | 41.4 | –1.3 | |
Conservative | David Richard Statham Gould | 1,522 | 34.6 | +10.1 | |
UKIP | Lincoln Williams | 691 | 15.7 | –10.4 | |
Green | Tracey Michelle Jeapes | 368 | 8.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 298 | 6.8 | –9.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,401 | 58.05 | +27.12 | ||
Registered electors | 7,581 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Old Town
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Claire Ann Ellis | 2,659 | 48.2 | +12.1 | |
Labour | Bob Cretchley | 1,626 | 29.5 | –16.3 | |
UKIP | Terry Richard Davis | 449 | 8.1 | –4.3 | |
Green | Rae McKellar | 439 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Joan Hooper | 341 | 6.2 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 1,033 | 18.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,514 | 69.53 | +31.77 | ||
Registered electors | 7,930 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Penhill & Upper Stratton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Teresa Jessica Page * | 2,154 | 39.5 | –1.3 | |
Conservative | Harriet Katherine Maltby | 1,906 | 34.9 | +10.6 | |
UKIP | David John Rowland | 1,138 | 20.9 | –8.8 | |
Green | Robert Oliver Heritage | 257 | 4.7 | –0.5 | |
Majority | 248 | 4.6 | –6.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,455 | 56.97 | +25.83 | ||
Registered electors | 9,575 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Priory Vale
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Toby Lewis Elliott * | 3,314 | 60.6 | +9.7 | |
Labour | Michelle Agostino | 1,213 | 22.2 | +1.0 | |
UKIP | Terry Reynolds | 658 | 12.0 | –9.4 | |
Green | Simon William Smith | 282 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,101 | 38.5 | +9.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,467 | 62.62 | +34.47 | ||
Registered electors | 8,730 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Rodbourne Cheney
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim Grant * | 2,394 | 42.7 | –0.6 | |
Conservative | Rahul Tarar | 1,751 | 31.2 | +9.0 | |
UKIP | Peter Thompson-Watt | 1,133 | 20.2 | –8.4 | |
Green | Rod Hebden | 330 | 5.9 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 643 | 11.5 | –3.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,608 | 60.09 | +24.33 | ||
Registered electors | 9,333 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Shaw
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nick Martin * | 2,857 | 50.0 | +13.5 | |
Labour | Mike Heal | 1,430 | 25.0 | –3.0 | |
UKIP | James Coates | 772 | 13.5 | –4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Ellrington Farr | 329 | 5.8 | +2.1 | |
Green | Ken Kimber | 323 | 5.7 | –0.9 | |
Majority | 1,427 | 25.1 | +16.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,711 | 67.75 | +31.31 | ||
Registered electors | 8,429 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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St Andrews
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mary Elizabeth Friend * | 2,962 | 58.2 | +6.7 | |
Labour | Jason John Mills | 1,044 | 20.5 | –1.7 | |
UKIP | Brian Stone | 618 | 12.1 | –6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoff King | 21.5 | 4.2 | –3.4 | |
Majority | 1,918 | 37.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,091 | 62.38 | +35.02 | ||
Registered electors | 8,161 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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St Margaret & South Marston
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Christopher Haines * | 3,157 | 51.4 | +12.2 | |
Labour | Tim Page | 1,511 | 24.6 | –5.6 | |
UKIP | James Faulkner | 1,175 | 19.1 | –6.8 | |
Green | Howard John March | 304 | 4.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,646 | 26.9 | +17.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,147 | 66.15 | +26.17 | ||
Registered electors | 9,292 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Walcot & Park North
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Emma Bushell | 2,506 | 47.5 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Ellen Heavens | 1,400 | 26.5 | +7.0 | |
UKIP | Jeff Jefferies | 839 | 15.9 | –12.9 | |
Green | Bill Hughes | 253 | 4.8 | –1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kathleen McCarthy | 226 | 4.3 | –1.8 | |
SDP | Pavlos Chatzinopoulos | 50 | 0.9 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 1,106 | 21.1 | +10.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,274 | 57.27 | +25.27 | ||
Registered electors | 9,209 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Wroughton & Wichelstowe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Cathy Martyn | 1,797 | 39.3 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Richards * | 1,184 | 25.9 | +7.1 | |
Labour | Cheryl Lewis | 733 | 16.0 | +2.2 | |
UKIP | Susan Short | 546 | 11.9 | –6.6 | |
Green | Chantelle Amy Smith | 194 | 4.2 | –6.6 | |
Independent | John Francis Newman | 116 | 2.5 | –2.3 | |
Majority | 613 | 13.5 | –1.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,570 | 72.15 | –31.07 | ||
Registered electors | 6,334 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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- "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- "Election Results". Swindon Borough Council. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.