Spelthorne Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Spelthorne Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect all members of Spelthorne Borough Council in England as one of the 2015 local elections, held simultaneously with the General Election.[1][2][3][4]
Results
Counting three intermittent by-elections (resulting in a Conservative gain and hold and a Liberal Democrat hold) and five defections from the governing party group in the 2011-2015 period (Cllrs Budd, D. Grant, Forsbrey, Rough and Sexton) the results saw these net changes:[3]
Spelthorne Borough Council Election, 2015 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
35 |
6 |
1 |
+5 |
90 |
48 |
60048 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
3 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
8 |
10 |
12599 |
|
|
Labour |
1 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
2 |
18 |
22392 |
|
|
UKIP |
0 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
15 |
19041 |
|
|
Greens |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3264 |
|
|
Spelthorne Independent Party |
0 |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
0 |
6 |
8125 |
N/A |
|
TUSC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.4% |
475 |
N/A |
Ward by ward
Ashford Common (3 seats) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Kavanagh |
1825 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Howard Thomson |
1820 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Howard Williams |
1444 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Bob Bromley |
1437 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Marjorie Martin |
891 |
|
|
|
Spelthorne Independent Party |
Frank Ayres |
832 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Cidi Greenaway |
830 |
|
|
|
Spelthorne Independent Party |
Marion Bushnell |
738 |
|
|
|
Spelthorne Independent Party |
Denise Grant |
661 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Ashford East (3 seats) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Rose Chandler |
1765 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Anthony Mitchell |
1644 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Chris Frazer |
1481 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Dean Botterill |
1296 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Paul Humphreys |
1057 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Harold Trace |
764 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Sarah Wrightson |
737 |
|
|
|
Spelthorne Independent Party |
Ann Ayers |
517 |
|
|
|
Spelthorne Independent Party |
Juliet Griffin |
398 |
|
|
|
Spelthorne Independent Party |
Kim Philips |
394 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Ashford North and Stanwell South (3 seats) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Sinead Mooney |
1361 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Anne-Marie Neale |
1266 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Joanne Sexton |
1183 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Peter Appleford |
1159 |
|
|
|
Labour |
John Doran |
1017 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Marian Rough |
922 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Pamela Osborn |
915 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Iain Raymond |
792 |
|
|
|
Green |
Gordon Douglas |
394 |
|
|
|
Spelthorne Independent Party |
Simon Bhadye |
262 |
|
|
|
Spelthorne Independent Party |
Teresa Flurry |
244 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Alan Mockford |
244 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Ashford Town (3 seats) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Nick Gething |
1926 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Olivia Rybinski |
1451 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Naz Islam |
1329 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Susan Mason |
1242 |
|
|
|
Labour |
John May |
952 |
|
|
|
Spelthorne Independent Party |
Gerry Forsbrey |
739 |
|
|
|
Spelthorne Independent Party |
Sam Budd |
716 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Yazdi Merchant |
710 |
|
|
|
Green |
Rupert Jackson |
683 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative gain from UKIP |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Halliford and Sunbury West (3 seats) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Timothy Evans |
1376 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Anthony Jones |
1274 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Sandra Dunn |
1141 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Denise Turner-Stewart |
1002 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Christine Fisher |
956 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Teresa Darby |
928 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Tony Rawlison |
839 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Sean Beatty |
581 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Laleham and Shepperton Green (3 seats) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Maureen Attewell |
1922 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Richard Smith-Ainsley |
1586 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Mary Madams |
1529 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Brian Catt |
1321 |
|
|
|
Spelthorne Independent Party |
David Furst |
966 |
|
|
|
Spelthorne Independent Party |
Karen Howkins |
959 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Malcolm Aw |
675 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Jon Edwards |
640 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Pierre Cooper |
581 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Arthur Gee |
249 |
|
|
|
TUSC |
Helen Couchman |
100 |
|
|
|
TUSC |
Andrew Pattinson |
95 |
|
|
|
TUSC |
Paul Couchman |
68 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Riverside and Laleham (3 seats) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Tony Harman |
2203 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Denise Saliagopoulos |
2184 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Quentin Edgington |
1730 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Linda Thatcher |
881 |
|
|
|
Labour |
John Burrel |
597 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Emma Yates |
570 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Imtiaz Khan |
403 |
|
|
|
Green |
Elizabeth Mansfield |
402 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
John Thesiger |
342 |
|
|
|
Green |
Steve Trafford |
331 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Elizabeth Scholefield |
284 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Shepperton Town (3 seats) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Robin Sider |
2502 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Vivienne Leighton |
2121 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Robert Watts |
2029 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Jim Maxwell |
823 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Gerry Ring |
656 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Stephen Bentley |
612 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Jonathan Button |
554 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Tony Clench |
532 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Jolyon Green |
524 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Staines (3 seats) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Colin Davis |
1642 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Jean Pinkerton |
1610 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Mark Francis |
1593 |
|
|
|
Labour |
David Arnold |
1144 |
|
|
|
Green |
Jenny Vinson |
1045 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Rod Price |
905 |
|
|
|
Spelthorne Independent Party |
Alan Patterson |
699 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Leonard Evans |
673 |
|
|
|
TUSC |
Leanne Robertson |
212 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Staines South (3 seats) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Steven Burkmar |
1283 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Sabine Lohmann |
1263 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Penny Forbes-Forsyth |
1225 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Christopher Beresford |
989 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Amy Burrell |
865 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Gerald Gravett |
854 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Mark Appleyard |
829 |
|
|
|
Labour |
John Johnston |
765 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Dale Harris |
745 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Susan Vincent |
336 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Terry Lewis |
306 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Robert Johnson |
249 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Stanwell North (3 seats) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Kevin Flurry |
1183 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Richard Barratt |
1177 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Susan Doran |
1149 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Gillian Sanderson |
1040 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Reg Thorne |
1031 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Joshua Jogo |
1026 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Andrew McLuskey |
985 |
|
|
|
Labour |
John Went |
804 |
|
|
|
Green |
Paul Jacobs |
409 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Sunbury Common (3 seats) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Ian Beardsmore |
1297 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Alison Griffiths |
1025 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Bernie Spoor |
1002 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Colin Barnard |
992 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Brian Stobbs |
969 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Mark Jenkins |
966 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Chris Bateson |
931 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Khalid Mustafa |
601 |
|
|
|
Labour |
John Norcross |
585 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Sunbury East (3 seats) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Alfred Friday |
1885 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Ian Harvey |
1683 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Daxa Patel |
1539 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Kathy Grant |
1220 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
David Gardner |
1176 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Richard Dunn |
1104 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Mark Harrison |
789 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Doreen Went |
545 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Ian Jenkins |
493 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
References