2015_West_Somerset_District_Council_election
The 2015 West Somerset District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of West Somerset District Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party remained in overall control of the council.
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 21 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 75.0 | 52.1 | 14,378 | +4.7% | |
Independent | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 10.7 | 15.2 | 4,198 | -17.2% | |
UKIP | 3 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 10.7 | 5.1 | 1,420 | +5.1% | |
Labour | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3.6 | 8.1 | 2,232 | +1.1% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.5 | 4,566 | +5.4% | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 818 | +0.8% | |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Roger Thomas | 576 | |||
UKIP | Adrian Behan | 487 | |||
Labour | Andy Lewis | 422 | |||
Independent | Ian Melhuish | 405 | |||
Green | Venetia Moore | 306 | |||
Turnout | 2,196 | 61.9 | +28.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
UKIP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Keith Turner | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brenda Maitland-Walker | 472 | 65.3 | -1.0 | |
Green | Klina Jordan | 251 | 34.7 | +34.7 | |
Majority | 221 | 30.6 | -2.0 | ||
Turnout | 723 | 75.1 | +24.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Trollope-Bellew | 581 | 74.9 | +20.1 | |
Green | Miriam Robertson | 195 | 25.1 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 386 | 49.7 | +21.1 | ||
Turnout | 776 | 77.8 | +24.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bruce Heywood | 1,060 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas Thwaites | 976 | |||
Green | Cherry Bird | 433 | |||
Turnout | 2,469 | 73.0 | +21.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bryan Leaker | 424 | 59.6 | +1.7 | |
Green | Dave Gurnett | 288 | 40.4 | +13.8 | |
Majority | 136 | 19.1 | -10.2 | ||
Turnout | 712 | 72.7 | +25.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Steven Pugsley | 670 | 88.4 | ||
Green | Caitlin Collins | 88 | 11.6 | ||
Majority | 582 | 76.8 | |||
Turnout | 758 | 74.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mandy Chilcott | 883 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Hadley | 848 | |||
UKIP | Ivor Jones | 583 | |||
Labour | Lesley Culverhouse | 469 | |||
Green | Carol Stone | 403 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jill Dillamore | 388 | |||
Turnout | 3,574 | 62.3 | +29.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
UKIP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Archer | unopposed | |||
UKIP | Terry Venner | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
UKIP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jean Parbrook | 766 | |||
Independent | Tom Hall | 590 | |||
Labour | Maureen Smith | 385 | |||
Green | David Taylor | 355 | |||
Turnout | 2,096 | 68.1 | +26.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Martin Dewdney | 756 | |||
Conservative | Richard Lillis | 625 | |||
Green | Mickie Ritchie | 524 | |||
Turnout | 1,905 | 73.7 | +27.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Karen Mills | 755 | |||
Conservative | Rollo Clifford | 639 | |||
UKIP | Susan Bamford | 350 | |||
Green | Mo Dewdney | 306 | |||
Green | Jon Freeman | 248 | |||
Turnout | 2,298 | 72.5 | +24.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Chris Morgan | 665 | |||
Conservative | Susan Goss | 570 | |||
Independent | Paul Tipney | 478 | |||
Green | Katherine Attwater | 299 | |||
Turnout | 2,012 | 72.8 | +27.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Westcott | 936 | |||
Conservative | Rosemary Woods | 630 | |||
Labour | Peter Murphy | 563 | |||
Independent | Loretta Whetlor | 550 | |||
Conservative | David Chadwick | 506 | |||
Green | Izzy Silvester | 462 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Tony Bowden | 430 | |||
Independent | Cosmo Johnson | 404 | |||
Labour | Robin Nuttall | 393 | |||
Turnout | 4,874 | 64.8 | +26.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Geoffrey Dowding | 573 | 75.3 | +4.7 | |
Green | Jamie Robertson | 188 | 24.7 | -4.7 | |
Majority | 385 | 50.6 | +9.5 | ||
Turnout | 761 | 82.1 | +27.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Hugh Davies | 915 | |||
Independent | Ian Aldridge | 546 | |||
Conservative | Robert McDonald | 467 | |||
Independent | Guy Denton | 310 | |||
Green | Sally Lowndes | 220 | |||
Turnout | 2,458 | 64.6 | +25.1 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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A by-election was held in Dunster and Timberscombe ward on 23 March 2017 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Bryan Leaker.[2] Leaker's vacated seat was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Peter Pilkington, with a 49.7% share of the vote.[3]
- "District Election Results 2015 - West Somerset Council". www.westsomersetonline.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- "By election called after West Somerset Councillor Bryan Leaker resigns". Somerset County Gazette. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- "Dunster and Timberscombe by-election". West Somerset Council. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.