South Somerset District Council election, 2015

The 2015 South Somerset District Council election is scheduled to take place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of South Somerset District Council in Somerset, England.^[1] This is on the same day as the general election, and other local elections.

The Liberal Democrats have had control of the council since 1987 and won the previous election in 2011 with a 2-seat majority.^[2]

Candidates

There are 60 seats contested in the election with 58 candidates for both the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats. Labour have 31 candidates, the UK Independence Party have 8 and there are 5 independents.^[3]

Blackdown Ward

Seats contested: 1

Blackdown Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Neil Arnold
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel John Petrie Mermagen
	Conservative	Martin John Wale

Blackmoor Vale Ward

Seats contested: 2

Blackmoor Vale Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jack Dyke-Bracher
	Conservative	Tim Inglefield
	Labour	Joanna Susan Penberthy
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Place
	Conservative	William Wallace

Bruton Ward

Seats contested: 1

Bruton Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Abi Baker
	Conservative	Anna Mary Groskop
	Labour	Matthew Hooberman
	Green	Ewan Jones

Brympton Ward

Seats contested: 2

Brympton Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Emma Louise Dunn
	Labour	Glen James Graham
	Conservative	Sarah Helena Lindsay
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Jeremy Seib
	Conservative	Josh Williams

Burrow Hill Ward

Seats contested: 1

Burrow Hill Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Foulder-Hughes
	Liberal Democrat	Pippa Mestraud
	Conservative	Derek Yeomans

Camelot Ward

Seats contested: 1

Camelot Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Penny Ashton
	UKIP	Christopher Hill
	Conservative	Mike Lewis
	Labour	Ann Margaret Reeder

Cary Ward

Seats contested: 2

Cary Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard John Arnold
	Liberal Democrat	Henry Hobhouse
	Conservative	Barry Moorhouse
	Labour	Megan Sarah Rose Summerville
	Green	Richard Tabor
	Conservative	Nick Weeks

Chard Avishayes Ward

Seats contested: 1

Chard Avishayes Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Amey
	Labour	Graham Forsyth
	Independent	Cath Morrison
	Liberal Democrat	Garry Frederick Shortland

Chard Combe Ward

Seats contested: 1

Chard Combe Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amanda Jane Broom
	Green	Jon Lewes
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Warwick

Chard Crimchard Ward

Seats contested: 1

Chard Crimchard Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bradly
	Liberal Democrat	Jenny Kenton

Chard Holyrood Ward

Seats contested: 1

Chard Holyrood Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jason Paul Baker
	Conservative	Brennie Halse

Chard Jocelyn Ward

Seats contested: 1

Chard Jocelyn Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dave Bulmer
	Conservative	Irene Glynn
	Liberal Democrat	Melanie Ann Cherry Hudson

Coker Ward

Seats contested: 1

Coker Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Cathy Bakewell
	Liberal Democrat	Mick Clark
	Conservative	Rod Jones
	Conservative	Gina Seaton

Crewkerne Ward

Seats contested: 3

Crewkerne Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin John Bailey
	Conservative	Marcus Morton Barrett
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Best
	Green	Nathan Harmer-Taylor
	Green	Ben Keiron Hartshorn
	Conservative	Adam Keen
	Green	Katy Limmer
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Christopher Pailthorpe
	Conservative	Andrew John Newman Simkins
	Liberal Democrat	Angie Singleton

Curry Rivel Ward

Seats contested: 1

Curry Rivel Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan John Martin
	Independent	Terry Mounter
	Conservative	Tiffany Ann Martha Osborne

Eggwood Ward

Seats contested: 1

Eggwood Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Edward Edgington
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Michael Maxwell

Hamdon Ward

Seats contested: 1

Hamdon Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Edward Price
	Liberal Democrat	Sylvia Seal

Ilminster Ward

Seats contested: 2

Ilminster Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sean Clarke
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Ann Goodall
	Liberal Democrat	Val Keitch
	UKIP	Don Kinder
	Green	Henry Peter Lansdown
	Labour	Paul John Sellers
	Conservative	Stuart Richard Shepherd

Islemoor Ward

Seats contested: 1

Islemoor Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Mchugh
	Liberal Democrat	Oliver Pearce
	Conservative	Sue Steele

Ivelchester Ward

Seats contested: 1

Ivelchester Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tony Capozzoli
	Conservative	Richard Foley Dale
	Liberal Democrat	Theo Whitaker

Langport and Huish Ward

Seats contested: 1

Langport and Huish Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clare Aparicio Paul
	Labour	Sean Adam Dromgoole
	Liberal Democrat	Julia Mary Frances Gadd
	Green	Cara Ann Naden

Martock Ward

Seats contested: 2

Martock Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Brian Bloomfield
	Labour	Chris Bragg
	Liberal Democrat	Ben Ingram
	Conservative	Graham Harold Middleton
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick John Palmer

Milborne Port Ward

Seats contested: 1

Milborne Port Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Joanne Dyke-Bracher
	Labour	David Harry Lowe
	Conservative	Lucy Wallace

Neroche Ward

Seats contested: 1

Neroche Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jo Dawson
	UKIP	Clive Mark Rust
	Conservative	Linda Patricia Vijeh

Northstone Ward

Seats contested: 1

Northstone Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Grahame Sydney Baker
	Conservative	David John Norris
	Labour	Keith Laurence O'Boyle

Parrett Ward

Seats contested: 1

Parrett Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Alexander Keating
	Liberal Democrat	Ric Pallister

South Petherton Ward

Seats contested: 2

South Petherton Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Adam James Dance
	Liberal Democrat	Crispin Kenneth Raikes
	Conservative	Barry Walker

St. Michael's Ward

Seats contested: 1

St. Michael's Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Priest
	Liberal Democrat	Jo Roundell-Greene

Tatworth and Forton Ward

Seats contested: 1

Tatworth and Forton Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Munday
	Independent	Andrew Turpin
	Conservative	Russ Wardell

Tower Ward

Seats contested: 1

Tower Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Beech
	Labour	Adrian Carter
	Green	Oliver Hugh Arnold Dowding
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Nye

Turn Hill Ward

Seats contested: 1

Turn Hill Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Pamela Diane Jukes
	Conservative	Shane Pledger
	Labour	Alan Peter Rose

Wessex Ward

Seats contested: 1

Wessex Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frankie Ashton
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Richard John Page
	Conservative	Dean Ruddle

Wincanton Ward

Seats contested: 2

Wincanton Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Carroll
	Conservative	Nick Colbert
	Labour	Tim Daniel
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Elizabeth Denton
	Green	John Frederick Holman
	UKIP	Mark Anthony Vallance
	Conservative	Colin Winder

Windwhistle Ward

Seats contested: 1

Whindwhistle Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Dyke
	UKIP	George Bernard Munro Elliott
	Conservative	Sue Osborne

Yeovil Central Ward

Seats contested: 3

Yeovil Central Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David John Byrne
	Conservative	Linda Jane Gage
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Arnold Gubbins
	Liberal Democrat	Kaysar Mahmud Hussain
	Liberal Democrat	Andy Kendall
	Labour	Mark Gordon Lambden
	Labour	Terry Lavin
	Conservative	Bridget Mary Philomena Spender

Yeovil East Ward

Seats contested: 3

Yeovil East Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Byrd
	UKIP	Godfrey Davey
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Lock
	Conservative	Ann Needle
	Liberal Democrat	David Charles Recardo
	Conservative	Nick Rousell
	Labour	Murray William Shepstone
	Labour	Sharon Anne Stafford
	Liberal Democrat	Rob Stickland
	Conservative	Morley Keith Waddleton

Yeovil South Ward

Seats contested: 3

Yeovil South Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Nagaraja Akkisetty
	Labour	Martin Ronald Bailey
	Liberal Democrat	Kris Castle
	Labour	Joe Conway
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Dugald Thomson Czapiewski
	Conservative	John Charles Marshall Field
	Conservative	Nigel James Gage
	Labour	Terry Ledlie
	Conservative	Sam McAllister

Yeovil West Ward

Seats contested: 3

Yeovil West Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mick Beales
	Liberal Democrat	John Ernle Clark
	Labour	Dan marks
	Liberal Democrat	Wes Read
	Labour	Colin John Rose
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Barry Smith
	Conservative	Ash Strelling
	Conservative	David Keith Tolley
	UKIP	Tony Turner

Yeovil Without Ward

Seats contested: 3

Yeovil Without Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Teresa Anne Bond
	Conservative	Gye Charles Bower Dibben
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Lock
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Annette Lock
	Liberal Democrat	Graham John Oakes
	Labour	Sue Pitman
	Conservative	Teresa Sienkiewicz
	Green	Gary Young

References

Council elections within the ceremonial county of Somerset Somerset County Council 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 Bath and North East Somerset Council 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Mendip District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 North Somerset Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Sedgemoor District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 South Somerset District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Taunton Deane Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 West Somerset District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Avon County Council 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished Bath City Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished Wansdyke District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

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