Bolsover District Council election, 2015

Map of the results of the 2015 Bolsover District Council election. Labour in red and independents in light grey.

The 2015 Bolsover District Council election took place on 22 May 2015 to elect members of Bolsover District Council in Derbyshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

Election result

Labour remained in control of the council with 32 councillors, while five independents were also elected.^[2] The seats in Bolsover South, Pleasely and Shirebrook South West were taken by Labour candidates without opposition.^[2]

Bolsover local election result 2015^[3]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	32	2	2	0	86.5	65.9	28,971	+1.4%
	Independent	5	2	0	+2	13.5	21.2	9,342	+6.8%
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	1,791	-7.8%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	1,538	+3.5%
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1,341	+2.1%
	Whitwell Residents Association	0	0	2	-2	0	2.2	987	+0.1%

Ward results

Barlborough (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hilary Gilmour	919
	Labour	Brian Watson	840
	Conservative	Maxine Hunt	688
Turnout			2,447	64.4	+18.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackwell (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Moesby	1,277
	Independent	Dexter Bullock	1,011
	Labour	Clare Munks	951
Turnout			3,239	63.7	+19.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Bolsover North West (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Cooper	1,008
	Labour	Sue Statter	968
	TUSC	Elaine Evans	359
Turnout			2,335	55.0	+23.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bolsover South (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Toni Bennett	unopposed
	Labour	James Hall	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bolsover West (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rose Bowler	821
	Labour	Mark Dixey	756
	UKIP	John Bagshaw	653
	TUSC	Jon Dale	217
Turnout			2,447	59.4	+22.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Clowne North (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Connerton	1,037
	Labour	Gwyneth Buxton	973
	Conservative	David Jackson	551
Turnout			2,561	55.8	+22.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Clowne South (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karl Reid	841
	Labour	Jim Smith	829
	Independent	Allan Bailey	639
	Conservative	Radley Cunliffe	458
Turnout			2,767	62.9	+22.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Elmton-with-Creswell (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jim Clifton	1,337
	Labour	Duncan McGregor	1,328
	Labour	Rita Turner	1,253
	Labour	Paul Colbert	1,043
Turnout			4,961	55.8	+14.4
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Pinxton (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Dooley	960
	Labour	Tom Alexander	752
	Independent	John Meredith	601
	Independent	Cherry Drake-Brockman	587
Turnout			2,900	54.5	+20.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Pleasley (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Bowmer	unopposed
	Labour	Ann Syrett	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Scarcliffe (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jen Wilson	1,047
	Labour	Malc Crane	871
	Independent	Suzanne Barnicoat	837
Turnout			2,755	60.9	+18.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Shirebrook East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Murray-Carr	406	65.1	-6.9
	UKIP	John Charlesworth	218	34.9	+34.9
Majority			188	30.1	-25.6
Turnout			624	56.2	+15.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Shirebrook Langwith^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Walker	614	61.8	-18.8
	UKIP	Iris Scott	379	38.2	+38.2
Majority			235	23.7	-37.6
Turnout			993	61.7	+19.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Shirebrook North West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Frithcley	601	73.9	+19.7
	TUSC	Dean Eggleston	212	26.1	-2.1
Majority			389	47.8	+21.9
Turnout			813	50.6	+20.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Shirebrook South East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Anderson	503	56.8	-8.7
	UKIP	Valerie Waby	288	32.5	+32.5
	Conservative	Mark McKeown	94	10.6	-2.4
Majority			215	24.3	19.7
Turnout			885	54.8	+14.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Shirebrook South West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Peake	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

South Normanton East (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tracey Cannon	969
	Independent	Andrew Joesbury	873
	Labour	Graham Parkin	769
Turnout			2,611	54.3	+21.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

South Normanton West (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emma Stevenson	1,360
	Labour	Paul Barnes	1,288
	Labour	Phil Smith	1,108
	TUSC	Brian Loader	553
Turnout			4,309	55.4	+20.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Tibshelf (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Deborah Watson	1,166
	Independent	Ray Heffer	1,149
	Labour	Kathryn Salt	967
	Labour	Tony Trafford	696
Turnout			3,978	60.5	+19.8
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Whitwell (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Munro	672
	Labour	Malcolm Ritchie	544
	Whitwell Residents Association	George Webster	538
	Independent	Stuart Maiden	476
	Whitwell Residents Association	Viv Mills	449
	Independent	Malcolm Streets	422
	Independent	Pete Roberts	244
Turnout			3,345	60.1	+18.7
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing

References

↑ "Local election results 2015 in full". The Guardian. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
1 2 "Bolsover District Council elections: Find out who has been elected in your ward.". Derbyshire Times. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "District Council Election 2015". Bolsover District Council. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

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