North West Leicestershire District Council election, 2015

Elections to elect all members of the North West Leicestershire District Council took place on 7 May 2015,^[1] simultaneously with a general election, held as one of the English local elections of that year.

At the request of the previous administration, a boundary review took place during 2014 with a view to make every ward represented by one councillor. The total number of councillors remained at 38, meaning that the final proposals from the Local Government Boundary Commission for England replaced 20 single-, double- and triple-member wards with 38, single-member.

The local Conservative governing group increased their previous majority of two gained at the previous election. The Labour Party were the only other party fielding a full slate of 38 candidates, the first time since the election four council terms ago. Five independent candidates stood, two of whom were successfully returned. Local Liberal Democrats taking in 16 candidates had one councillor before the election, who was returned (re-elected) and made no gains.

In groups or individuals not seeing any councillors returned in this election UKIP fielded their first candidates since 2007, standing in 14 seats. The Green Party stood one candidate in the Kegworth ward. One candidate from the British Democratic Party presented himself for election.

Results

Note that the changes shown reflect an unchanged council size. They may be influenced by an unpredictable effect of the Boundary Commission for England aligning electorate size to the extent of wards (the body responsible for updating boundaries on demographic change to avoid the gradual natural onset of malapportionment). This change moved all areas of the district to single-councillor representation.

North West Leicestershire District Council election, 2015^[2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	25	N/A (seats wholly redrawn)	N/A	+4
	Labour	10	N/A	N/A	-4
	Independent	2	N/A	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	1	N/A	N/A	0
	UKIP	0	0	0	0
	Green	0	0	0	0
	British Democratic	0	0	0	0

Ward by ward

Candidates marked by an asterisk (*) are incumbent councillors. Not all seats are new as some single-member wards have remained unchanged from the previous election.

Appleby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Blunt *
	Labour	Joe Wain
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ashby Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Coxon *
	Labour	Martin Walton
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ashby Holywell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Bayliss *
	Labour	Margaret Austin-Mills
	Liberal Democrat	Vivienne Brooks
	UKIP	Steph Whiten
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ashby Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Hoult *
	Labour Co-op	Josh Mills
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ashby Money Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Allman *
	UKIP	Gareth Bott
	Labour	Dave Whetton
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ashby Willesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geraint Jones *
	Labour	Dave Bigby
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ashby Woulds
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bridges *
	Labour	Doug Cooper
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bardon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Specht *
	Labour	Sue Morrell
	Liberal Democrat	Lee Windram
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Blackfordby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sue McKendrick
	Conservative	Annette Bridges *
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Broom Leys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronnie Adams *
	Liberal Democrat	Lesley Bowler
	Conservative	Graham Stewart
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Castle Donington Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tony Saffell *
	Conservative	Elliott Allman
	Labour	Derek Wintle
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Castle Donington Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rachel Canny
	Labour Co-op	Bob Haskins
	Conservative	Caroline Large *
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Castle Donington Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Harrison
	Labour	Mark Burton
	Independent	Robert Else
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Castle Rock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Wyatt *
	Conservative	Richard Bebbington
	Labour	Liz Clarke
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Coalville East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cotterill
	UKIP	Phil Holland
	Labour	Penny Wakefield
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Wyatt
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Coalville West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John Legrys *
	Conservative	Paul Bridgen
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Brown
	UKIP	Dave Siddon
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Daleacre Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Smith *
	Independent	Toni Harrington
	Labour	Carol Sewell
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ellistown and Battleflat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Merrie
	Labour Co-op	Paul Hyde *
	UKIP	Matt Pollard
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Greenhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Nick Clarke *
	UKIP	Simon Perrins
	Conservative	Andrew Woodman
	Liberal Democrat	David Wyatt
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Hermitage
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Gillard
	Labour Co-op	Leon Spence *
	Liberal Democrat	Maureen Wyatt
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Holly Hayes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Gillard *
	Labour	Norma Burford
	Independent	Adam Halford
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Turner
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hugglescote St John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Russell Johnson *
	British Democratic	Graham Partner
	Conservative	Rachael Ritchie
	Liberal Democrat	Angela Windram
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Hugglescote St Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terri Eynon
	Conservative	Will Jennings
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Luckman
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Ibstock East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Felix Fenning
	Conservative	Mark Evans
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Reed-Barney
	UKIP	Simon Stone
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Ibstock West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Clarke
	Labour	Janet Ruff *
	UKIP	Peter Depper
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Kegworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Pendleton *
	Labour	David Manley
	Green	Lindsay Richardson
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Long Whatton and Diseworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Rushton *
	Labour Co-op	Chris Smith
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Measham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Hoult
	Labour Co-op	Sean Sheahan *
	UKIP	Martin Green
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Measham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Neilson *
	Conservative	Stephen Hodgson
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Ashman
	Labour	Laurie Andrade
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ravenstone and Packington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Smith *
	Labour	Tom Legrys
	UKIP	Val Pulford
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Sence Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Virge Richichi *
	Labour	Heather Worman
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Snibston North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paula Purver
	Labour	Cheslyn Baker
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Pollard
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Snibston South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Geary *
	Liberal Democrat	Daniel Bowler
	Conservative	Ted Purver
	UKIP	Jakob Whiten
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Thornborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louise Goacher
	Liberal Democrat	Moira Lynch
	Labour	Dom McDevitt
	UKIP	Tim Pulford
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Thringstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Everitt *
	Conservative	Antony Dandy
	UKIP	George Norley
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Boam
	Labour Co-op	Gordon Tacey
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Tyler
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Worthington and Breedon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Stevenson *
	UKIP	Peter Pulford
	Labour	Yvonne Smith
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

↑ North West Leicestershire District Council election, 2015 information, North West Leicestershire District Council website
↑ Councillors, as at 10 May 2015 NWLDC. Accessed 25 May 2015

Council elections in Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Blaby District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Charnwood Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Harborough District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Leicester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Melton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North West Leicestershire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Oadby and Wigston Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(2014 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2015 (→ 2016)

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See also: United Kingdom general election, 2015

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