Winchester City Council election, 2015

The 2015 Winchester City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Winchester City Council in England.^[1] In total, 20 out of 57 council seats were up for election. The Conservatives gained majority control of Winchester City Council from No Overall Control, following the defection of two former conservative councillors to the Liberal Democrats in 2014.^[2]

After the election, the composition of Winchester City Council was:^[3]

Election Results

Winchester Local Election Result 2015^[4]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	16	6	0	+6	57.9	49.11	27,734
	Liberal Democrat	4	0	4	-4	38.6	29.27	16,534
	Labour	0	0	1	-1	3.5	9.04	5,109
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	5.89	3,331
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	4.08	2,307
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	1.54	871

Ward Results

Bishop's Waltham ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tom Ruffell	1,674	42.2
	Independent	Colin Chamberlain	799	20.1
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Bentote	710	17.9
	UKIP	Vivienne Young	414	10.4
	Labour	Stephen Haines	353	8.9
Majority			875	22.06
Turnout			3,965	72.53
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Cheriton and Bishops Sutton ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Amber Thacker	1,002	69.43
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Day	317	21.96
	Labour	Tessa Valentine	118	8.17
Majority			685	47.47
Turnout			1,443	77.30
	Conservative hold		Swing

Colden Common and Twyford ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susan Cook	1,410	42.44
	Liberal Democrat	Daryl Henry	1,243	37.41
	UKIP	Nigel Burwood	373	11.22
	Labour	Sarah Critcher	278	8.36
Majority			167	5.02
Turnout			3,322	75.20
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Compton and Otterbourne ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jan Warwick	1,618	59.88
	Liberal Democrat	Eleanor Bell	780	28.86
	UKIP	Chris Barton-Briddon	161	5.95
	Labour	Margaret Rees	135	4.99
Majority			838	31.01
Turnout			2,702	80.15
	Conservative hold		Swing

Denmead ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patricia Stallard	1,674	63.89
	UKIP	Leslie Mitchell	600	14.23
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Scriven	539	12.78
	Labour	David Picton-Jones	361	8.56
Majority			1,074	25.48
Turnout			4,215	71.84
	Conservative hold		Swing

Itchen Valley ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kim Gottlieb	1,023	79.42
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Rea	201	15.60
	Labour	Anthony De Peyer	55	4.27
Majority			822	63.81
Turnout			1,288	79.46
	Conservative hold		Swing

Littleton and Harestock ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Twelftree	1,144	50.98
	Liberal Democrat	Kelsie Learney	931	41.48
	Labour	Peter Rees	156	6.95
Majority			213	9.49
Turnout			3,965	72.53
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Owlesbury and Curdridge ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Humby	1,637	67.39
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Houghton	317	13.05
	UKIP	Mark Jones	285	11.73
	Labour	Steven Jakubowski	180	7.41
Majority			1,320	54.34
Turnout			2,429	75.60
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Barnabas ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Eileen Berry	1,752	47.51
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Maier	1,234	33.46
	Green	Malcolm Perrins	339	9.19
	Labour	Stephen Haines	335	9.08
Majority			518	14.04
Turnout			3,687	75.90
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Bartholomew ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rosemary Burns	1,474	40.55
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Williams	1,234	33.94
	Green	Michael Wilks	639	17.57
	Labour	Kathy East	335	9.08
Majority			331	9.10
Turnout			3,635	72.00
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

St John and All Saints ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jonathan Scowen	826	28.87
	Labour	Ben Farnes	722	25.23
	Liberal Democrat	Callum Kennard	585	20.44
	UKIP	Bob Barnes	347	12.12
	Green	James Peploe	292	10.20
	Independent	Adrian Hicks	72	2.51
Majority			104	3.63
Turnout			2,861	66.10
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St Luke ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Jamie Scott	1,199	49.05
	Conservative	Ross Playle	645	26.39
	Labour	Max Stafford	354	14.48
	Green	Kia Robert Pope	238	9.73
Majority			554	22.66
Turnout			2,861	61.73
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St Michael ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Fiona Mathers	1,814	49.49
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Thompson	867	23.65
	Green	Julia Hallmann	419	11.43
	Labour	Sharon Montgomery	394	10.75
	UKIP	John Henderson	151	4.12
Majority			947	25.83
Turnout			3,665	75.10
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Paul ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Liz Hutchinson	1,316	40.36
	Conservative	Stephen Russell	1,091	33.46
	Green	Joshua Curgenven	380	11.65
	Labour	Carol Orchard	324	9.93
	UKIP	Derek Smith	134	4.11
Majority			225	6.90
Turnout			3,260	77.36
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Swanmore and Newtown ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frank Pearson	1,618	59.52
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Campbell	550	20.23
	UKIP	Dan Paddock	329	12.10
	Labour	Laurence Clough	204	7.50
Majority			1,068	39.29
Turnout			2,718	77.70
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Alresfords ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ernest Jeffs	2,075	52.79
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Pinch	1,432	36.43
	Labour	Robin Atkins	393	10,00
Majority			643	16.36
Turnout			3,930	77.50
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upper Meon Valley ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Norma Bodtger	801	63.82
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Stoneham	215	16.97
	UKIP	Judith Clementson	138	10.99
	Labour	Gemma McKenna	97	7.72
Majority			588	46.85
Turnout			1,255	76.80
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whiteley ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Samantha Newman-McKie	748	45.16
	Conservative	Andrew Baker	659	39.79
	UKIP	David Walbridge	138	8.33
	Labour	Gary Gray	108	6.52
Majority			875	5.37
Turnout			1,656	68.61
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Wickham ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Angela Clear	1,215	52.94
	Conservative	Caroline Brook	645	28.10
	UKIP	Ian Norgate	261	11.37
	Labour	Paul Sony	164	7.14
Majority			570	24.83
Turnout			2,295	69.40
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Wonston and Micheldever ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Malcolm Wright	2,133	61.86
	Liberal Democrat	Kathryn Toms	994	28.82
	Labour	Peter Marsh	302	8.75
Majority			875	22.06
Turnout			3,448	77.43
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

References

↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
↑ . Winchester Liberal Democrats. 2014 http://www.winld.org.uk/2014/01/22/two-conservative-councillors-join-the-liberal-democrats/. Retrieved 2014-01-22. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "District Election Results May 2015". Winchester City Council. 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
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