Colchester Borough Council election, 2015

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015

7 May 2015

20/60 seats 31 seats needed for a majority   Party Liberal Democrat Conservative Labour Current seats 25 23 8 Seats needed 6 8 23   Party Independent Green UKIP Current seats 4 0 0 Seats needed 27 31 31

Wards up for election (white) and other wards (grey)

Incumbent Party No overall control

The 2015 Colchester Borough Council election is scheduled to take place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in England.^[1] This is on the same day as other local elections.

Composition of council seats before election

After the 2014 election, 25 councillors were Liberal Democrats, 23 were Conservatives, 8 were Labour, 3 were independent, and there was one vacancy.

Party		Seats (2014 election)	Seats (April 2015)
	Liberal Democrat	25	24
	Conservative	23	23
	Labour	8	9
	Independent	3	4
Vacant		1	-

Candidates by party

The Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Labour Party and Green Party are all standing a full slate of 20 candidates. UKIP are standing 15 candidates, there are 2 independent candidates (Phil Oxford in Highwoods ward and Julian McCallum in West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green ward) and one candidate for the Patriotic Socialist Party (Dave Osborn in West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green ward).

Election results

Colchester Borough Council Election, 2015
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat
	Conservative
	Labour
	Independent
	UKIP
	Green

Candidates by ward

Colchester Borough Council is made up of 60 councillors. In 2015, 20 councillors are up for election.^[2]

Berechurch ward

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015: Berechurch ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Brown
	Labour	Dave Harris
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Elizabeth Hislop
	UKIP	Paul Mulvey
	Green	Clare Teresa Palmer

Birch & Winstree ward

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015: Birch & Winstree ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gill Collings
	Conservative	Andrew John Ellis
	UKIP	John Pitts
	Green	Jan Plummer
	Labour	John Spademan

Castle ward

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015: Castle ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andrew Lawrence Eric Canessa
	Liberal Democrat	Owen Christopher Howell
	Conservative	Darius Grant Laws
	Labour	Andrew Philip Murphy

Christ Church ward

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015: Christ Church ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Charles David Ham
	Conservative	Annesley Patricia Hardy
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Paul James
	UKIP	Ron Levy
	Labour	Elisa Vasquez-Walters

Copford & West Stanway ward

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015: Copford & West Stanway ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Alexander James
	Green	Emma-Jane Kemp
	Conservative	Jackie Maclean
	Labour	Barbara Rosemary Nichols
	UKIP	Chris Treloar

Fordham & Stour ward

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015: Fordham & Stour ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sue Bailey
	Conservative	Nigel Albert Chapman
	Labour	Kevin James Stannard
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Ronald Woodward

Great Tey ward

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015: Great Tey ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Robert Charles Brannan
	Conservative	Peter John Chillingworth
	Labour	Matt Creamer
	UKIP	David Rodney Holmes
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Mary Waite

Highwoods ward

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015: Highwoods ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Baker
	Labour	Gary David Braddy
	Conservative	Chris Hayter
	UKIP	Jamie Middleditch
	Independent	Phil Oxford
	Green	Robbie Spencer

Mile End ward

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015: Mile End ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Mary Hilda Bryan
	Labour	Martin Frederick Camroux
	Conservative	Ben Locker
	Liberal Democrat	Ciaran Patrick McGonagle
	UKIP	Tony Terry

New Town ward

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015: New Town ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Annie Feltham
	Green	Mark George Goacher
	UKIP	Alex Knupffer
	Conservative	Matt Neall
	Labour	Lee Paul Scordis

Prettygate ward

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015: Prettygate ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mike Dale
	UKIP	Steve Galvin
	Liberal Democrat	John Loxley
	Green	Luke Alexander O'Loughlin
	Conservative	Will Quince

Shrub End ward

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015: Shrub End ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Simon Collins
	Labour	Gary Griffiths
	Conservative	Pauline Sandra Hazell
	Liberal Democrat	Sharron Lawrence
	Green	Stuart Ronald Welham

St. Andrew's ward

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015: St. Andrew's ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Hill
	Green	Joshua Peter Murray
	Liberal Democrat	Verity Woolley
	Labour	Tim Young

St. Anne's ward

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015: St. Anne's ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Barrie Richard Cook
	UKIP	Bill Faram
	Green	Stephen George Ford
	Conservative	Peter Klejna-Wendt
	Labour	Amanda Kathleen Stannard

Stanway ward

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015: Stanway ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Timothy Richard Glover
	Conservative	Fiona Maclean
	Liberal Democrat	Lesley Anne Scott-Boutell
	Labour	Carole May Spademan

Tiptree ward

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015: Tiptree ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Miah Ahmed
	Green	Katherine Helen Bamforth
	Conservative	Margaret Crowe
	UKIP	Stuart Anthony Gulleford
	Labour	Robert Peter Spademan

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green ward

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015: West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Roger Edwin Bamforth
	UKIP	Ben Clark
	Liberal Democrat	Gemma Graham
	Conservative	Marcus Gail Harrington
	Independent	Julian McCallum
	Patriotic Socialist Party	Dave Osborn
	Labour	Ian John Yates

West Mersea ward

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015: West Mersea ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Lisa Britton
	UKIP	David Roger Broise
	Labour	Alison Jane Inman
	Conservative	Patricia Ann Moore
	Liberal Democrat	Jenny Stevens

Wivenhoe Cross ward

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015: Wivenhoe Cross ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Alan Cory
	Labour	Phil Finn
	Green	Christopher Michael Flossman
	Conservative	Natalie Jukes
	UKIP	Carole Anne Morse

Wivenhoe Quay ward

Colchester Borough Council election, 2015: Wivenhoe Quay ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Shaun Lee Boughton
	Conservative	Peter Martin Hill
	Green	Laura Marie Pountney
	Labour	Rosalind Scott

References

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