Sedgemoor District Council election, 2015

Map of the results of the 2015 Sedgemoor District Council election.

The 2015 Sedgemoor District Council election took place on Thursday 7 May 2015 as a four-yearly election to elect all members (councillors) of Sedgemoor District Council in the English county of Somerset. The principal town in the district is Bridgwater accounting for 15 of the 48 councillors elected.^[1] The election was part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2015 which were held simultaneously with the 2015 General Election.

Composition of council seats before election

After the 2011 District Council election, 31 councillors were Conservatives, 13 were Labour, 2 were Liberal Democrats and there were 2 independents.^[2]

Party		Seats
	Conservative	31
	Labour	13
	Liberal Democrat	2
	Independent	2

Election results

Sedgemoor Local Election Result 2015
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	35	5	1	+4	72.9	53.6	57,884	+1.1%
	Labour	10	0	3	-3	20.8	16.0	17,289	-5.0%
	UKIP	2	2	0	+2	4.2	6.0	6,486	+16.4%
	Liberal Democrat	1	1	-2	-1	2.1	17.1	18,449	-14.8%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	5.7	6,121	+4.6%
	Independent	0	0	2	-2	0	1.7	1,835	-2.4%
Total		48						92,692

Candidates by ward

Sedgemoor District Council continued to be made up of 48 councillors elected in 23 different wards, each electing between one and three councillors.

32 incumbent councillors stood again in the wards they represented before this election (denoted by a *).

Axevale Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Axevale Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Margaret Bevis	1021	22.7
	Conservative	John Henry Denbee*	1236	27.4
	Green	Jake Flood	562	12.5
	Conservative	Liz Scott*	1325	29.4
	Labour	Tom Scott	361	8.0
Turnout			4505
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Berrow Ward (1 seat)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Berrow Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Grimes*	799	64.3
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew William Nisbet	443	35.7
Turnout			1242
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridgwater Dunwear Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Bridgwater Dunwear Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pele James Barnes	541	18.3
	Liberal Democrat	Lorna Ann Phillippa King	295	10.0
	Conservative	Christine Louise McGinty	377	12.8
	Labour	Leigh Paul Redman*	748	25.3
	Labour	Diogo Rodrigues	438	14.8
	UKIP	Richard Scammell	554	18.8
Turnout			2953
	Labour hold		Swing
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing

Bridgwater Eastover Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Bridgwater Eastover Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Bareham-Stanley	514	19.6
	Labour	Moira Brown	648	24.8
	Conservative	Michael David Hall	506	19.3
	Liberal Democrat	Camael King	240	9.2
	Labour	Dave Loveridge*	708	27.1
Turnout			2616
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bridgwater Fairfax Ward (3 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Bridgwater Fairfax Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Janice Joanna Somers Beasely	545	8.8
	Conservative	Mike Cresswell	986	15.9
	Conservative	Jim Donoghue	765	12.3
	Labour	Alex Glassford*	1081	17.4
	Labour	Graham John Granter*	1135	18.3
	Conservative	Wayne John Pearce	844	13.6
	Labour	Reginald Charles Winslow	844	13.6
Turnout			6200
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bridgwater Hamp Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Bridgwater Hamp Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Cockram	719	21.6
	Conservative	Andrew Ivor Danniells	703	21.1
	Labour	Wesley John Hinckes	956	28.8
	Labour	Adrian John Moore*	946	28.5
Turnout			3324
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bridgwater Victoria Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Bridgwater Victoria Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barrie Clive Crow	654	18.8
	Conservative	Lance John Duddridge	812	23.3
	Labour	Mick Lerry*	763	21.9
	UKIP	Roderick Silvester Sidney Lukins	621	17.8
	Labour	Siobhan Wilson	636	18.2
Turnout			3486
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bridgwater Westover Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Bridgwater Westover Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Fisher	373	10.3
	Labour	Kathy Pearce*	954	26.5
	Conservative	Jeffrey Searle	767	21.3
	Labour	Brian David Smedley*	878	24.3
	Conservative	John Douglas Watts	634	17.6
Turnout			3606
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bridgwater Wyndham Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Bridgwater Wyndham Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rachael Helen Caswell	1293	30.6
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Ian Johnstone	476	11.3
	Labour	Liz Leavy	620	14.7
	Conservative	Gill Slocombe*	1322	31.3
	Labour	Caroline Ann Wilkins	516	12.2
Turnout			4227
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burnham Central Ward (3 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Burnham Central Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maria Clarke	1367	16.4
	Conservative	Michael Clarke*	1372	16.5
	Green	Eve Harriet Courtney	445	5.3
	UKIP	James Donnellan	883	10.6
	Conservative	Mike Facey	1239	14.9
	Liberal Democrat	Phil Harvey	1076	12.9
	Liberal Democrat	Katie Georgina Lawson	1029	12.4
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Milner Simonds	909	10.9
Turnout			8320
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Burnham North Ward (3 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Burnham North Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cheryl Lesley Burnett	1620	18.6
	Conservative	Peter Laurence Burridge-Clayton*	1883	21.7
	Conservative	Paul Herbert	1256	14.5
	UKIP	Helen Hims	823	9.5
	Green	Alexander Begg Lawrie	422	4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Beverly Milner Simonds	1029	11.8
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Nichols	861	9.9
	Liberal Democrat	Victoria Weavell	798	9.2
Turnout			8692
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cannington & Wembdon Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Cannington & Wembdon Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alan James Beasley	809	18.4
	Conservative	Ann Bown*	1455	33.1
	Conservative	Ian Dyer*	1588	36.1
	Green	Allan Jeffrey	546	12.4
Turnout			4398
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheddar & Shipham Ward (3 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Cheddar & Shipham Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			9792
	Conservative	Peter John Shilton Downling*	1765	18.0
	Liberal Democrat	Suzanne Mary Green	1523	15.6
	Conservative	Dawn Hill*	1889	19.3
	UKIP	Will Hims	783	8.0
	Liberal Democrat	John Outhwait	1303	13.3
	Conservative	Jeff Savage*	1720	17.6
	Labour	Norma Scanlon	809	8.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Poldens Ward (1 seat)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: East Poldens Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ian Richard Horsfield	408	33.4
	Conservative	Duncan McGinty*	814	66.6
Turnout			1222
	Conservative hold		Swing

Highbridge & Burnham Marine Ward (3 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Highbridge & Burnham Marine Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Beech	499	6.0
	UKIP	Lorna Corke	907	10.9
	Labour	Forrester Shiela Rachel	550	6.6
	Independent	Bill Hancock	436	5.2
	Liberal Democrat	Fiona Joan Hector	640	7.7
	Conservative	Janet Anita Keen	937	11.3
	Conservative	Roger Charles Keen	876	10.5
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Alan Kennedy	549	6.6
	Independent	Tony Lynham	370	4.4
	Independent	Mike Mansfield*	493	5.9
	Liberal Democrat	John David Parkes	599	7.2
	Conservative	James Roughton	564	6.8
	Labour	Lucy Emily Scanton	366	4.4
	Independent	Chris Williams*	536	6.4
Turnout			8322
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	UKIP gain from Independent		Swing

Huntspill & Pawlett Ward (1 seat)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Huntspill & Pawlett Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Susanna Louise Peel Craig	286	22.1
	Green	Terry Peers	217	16.7
	Conservative	John Charles Woodman	793	61.2
Turnout			1296
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kings Isle Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Kings Isle Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Stanley Alder*	1520	32.1
	Conservative	Liz Perry	1592	33.7
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Senior	827	17.5
	Green	Josephine Sally Smoldon	792	16.7
Turnout			4731
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knoll Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Knoll Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Filmer*	1888	38.6
	UKIP	Isobel Fotheringham	647	13.2
	Conservative	Andrew Gilling*	1433	29.3
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Gore	922	18.9
	Conservative	Lucy Miranda Allen	1874	18.3
Turnout			4890
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Petherton (3 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: North Petherton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lucy Miranda Allen	1874	18.3
	Green	Jen Bayford	941	9.2
	Conservative	Alan Sydney Earnest Bradford*	2316	22.6
	Labour	Marion Denham	1155	11.3
	Conservative	Anne Elisabeth Fraser*	2078	20.3
	Liberal Democrat	Revans Bill	1891	18.4
Turnout			10255
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Puriton & Woolavington Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Puriton & Woolavington Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Valerie Bannister	477	11.5
	Conservative	Alison Jane Hamlin*	1052	25.3
	Labour	Richard Cecil Hampson	542	13.1
	Conservative	Mark Healey*	1204	29.0
	UKIP	Pete Hollings	877	21.1
Turnout			4152
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Quantocks Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Quantocks Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Lindy Booth	766	17.1
	Conservative	Michael Graham Caswell*	1458	32.5
	Labour	Philip S T Lawrence King	662	14.7
	Conservative	Julie Annette Pay*	1605	35.7
Turnout			4491
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wedmore & Mark Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Wedmore & Mark Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Polly Costello	1686	34.7
	Liberal Democrat	Rosemary Joan Hasler	1034	21.3
	Labour	Gabrielle Kathleen Hector	474	9.7
	Conservative	Will Human	1280	26.3
	UKIP	Dave Wills	391	8.0
Turnout			4865
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Poldens Ward (1 seat)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: West Poldens Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Charles Graham	545	36.1
	Conservative	Stuart Arthur Kingham*	963	63.9
Turnout			1508
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

Election results 2015: Full Sedgemoor District Council Results

References

↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
↑ "5th May Election results – Wards". Sedgemoor District Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.

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