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 |  |  | 
    	
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