Ribble Valley Borough Council election, 2015

Ribble Valley Borough Council Elections, 2015

7 May 2015

40 OF 40 seats to Ribble Valley Borough Council 21 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Labour
Seats won	35	4	1
Seat change	2	2	1
Popular vote	27,161	4,507	10,655
Percentage	64.2%	10.6%	25.2%
Swing	5.2%	5.6%	10.9%

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

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 is on the same day as other local elections.

Map of the results of the 2015 Ribble Valley Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.^[2]

Ward Results

Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	-2.9

Alston and Hothershall (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Billington and Old Langho (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	-1.0

Chatburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Chipping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Clayton-Le-Dale With Ramsgreave (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Derby and Thornley (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Dilworth (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Edisford and Low Moor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 Democrat	Stuart Fletcher	360	17.2	-3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Lynne Garvey	318	15.2	-1.8
Majority			43	2.0	-3.8
Turnout			2,096	N/A	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Gisburn and Rimington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Langho (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Mellor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Littlemoor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Robinson	654	27.9	+5.9
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Read and Simonstone (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Ribchester
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Sabden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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%

Salthill (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Frank Brown	745	30.8	+10.2
	Conservative	Pam Dowson	491	20.3	+6.8
	Liberal Democrat	Simon O'Rourke	400	16.5	-0.5
	Liberal Democrat	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 hold		Swing

St Mary's (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Richard Geldard	644	23.8	-3.4
	Conservative	Ruth Hargreaves	642	23.7	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	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

References

↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
↑ "Map: Local Elections 2011 - Ribble Valley". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-02.

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See also: United Kingdom general election, 2015

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