2015 Tewkesbury Borough Council election

The 2015 Tewkesbury Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Tewkesbury Borough Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Election Result

2015 Tewkesbury Borough Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 33 9 0 9 86.8 48.3 20,261 +2.5
  Liberal Democrats 3 0 8 8 7.9 23.8 9,972 -6.0
  Labour 0 0 0 0.0 11.1 4,657 -1.0
  UKIP 0 0 0 0.0 8.1 3,417 N/A
  TTI 2 0 0 5.3 3.3 1,380 -1.0
  Independent 0 0 0 1 0.0 3.1 1,319 -4.9
  Green 0 0 0 0.0 2.2 923 N/A
  TUSC 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 36 N/A

Ward Results

Ashchurch with Walton Cardiff

Ashchurch with Walton Cardiff Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Hesketh* 1,035 45.6 −5.0
Conservative Heather McLain 880 38.8 −7.5
Liberal Democrats Guy Fancourt 438 19.3 −14.5
Labour Caroline Baikie 434 19.1 −7.8
UKIP John Dockree 346 15.3 N/A
UKIP Adam Tugwell 300 13.2 N/A
Labour Rosemary Phillips 238 10.5 N/A
Majority 442 19.5
Turnout 2,268 68.32
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Badgeworth

Badgeworth Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Vines* 938 60.5 −15.1
Liberal Democrats Clare Softley 612 39.5 +15.1
Majority 326 21.0
Turnout 1,550 70.77
Conservative hold Swing

Brockworth

Brockworth Ward (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Furolo 1,769 46.6 +9.3
Conservative Ruth Hatton 1,711 45.0 +9.6
Conservative Harry Turbyfield* 1,679 44.2 +14.9
Labour Ed Buxton 1,199 31.6 −3.8
Labour Keir Dhillon 819 21.6 N/A
Green Robert Rendell 730 19.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Deborah Midwinter 724 19.1 −37.1
Labour John Kettle 688 18.1 N/A
Majority 480 12.6
Turnout 3,800 64.56
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Churchdown Brookfield

Churchdown Brookfield Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Foyle 979 37.5 +12.6
Conservative Dick Bishop 846 32.4 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Smith 691 26.5 −5.4
Independent Brian Jones* 679 26.0 −11.9
Liberal Democrats Anthony Stokes 376 14.4 −18.0
Labour David Carter 328 12.6 −3.5
Labour Sarah Dhillon 322 12.3 +0.2
Independent Julie Evans 319 12.2 −12.7
Majority 155 5.9
Turnout 2,611 76.07
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Churchdown St John's

Churchdown St John's Ward (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kay Berry* 1,562 42.4 −7.5
Liberal Democrats Pearl Stokes* 1,483 40.3 −10.2
Conservative Alexander Evans 1,390 37.7 +9.4
Liberal Democrats Audrey Ricks* 1,385 37.6 −9.8
Conservative Roger Fox 1,073 29.1 +1.3
Conservative Jacob Double 1,038 28.2 +0.4
Labour Kelvin Tustin 697 18.9 +2.5
Majority 5 0.1
Turnout 3,684 68.80
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Cleeve Grange

Cleeve Grange Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Hillier-Richardson* 542 50.9 −6.8
Conservative Janet Lord 523 49.1 +17.0
Majority 19 1.8
Turnout 1,065 68.98
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cleeve Hill

Cleeve Hill Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Dean* Unopposed N/A ±0.0
Conservative Anna Hollaway Unopposed N/A ±0.0
Majority N/A N/A
Turnout N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Cleeve St Michael's

Cleeve St Michael's Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert East* 1,257 49.5 +4.7
Conservative Andrew Reece 1,127 44.4 +15.5
Liberal Democrats James Habgood 578 22.8 −21.9
Liberal Democrats Caitriona Clucas 462 18.2 −25.7
Labour Anthony Bolding 409 16.1 +3.8
Labour John Hurley 282 11.1 +2.7
Independent John Peake 236 9.3 N/A
Majority 549 21.6
Turnout 2,537 66.04
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Cleeve West

Cleeve West Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Bird* 1,240 49.2 +5.0
Conservative Robert Garnham 1,077 42.7 +2.9
Liberal Democrats Tony MacKinnon* 955 37.9 −5.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Richmond 880 34.9 −6.4
Majority 122 4.8
Turnout 2,521 66.04
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Coombe Hill

Coombe Hill Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Waters* 1,508 57.8 +57.8
Conservative Mark Williams* 1,458 55.8 +55.8
Liberal Democrats Patricia Austin 899 34.4 N/A
Majority 559 21.4
Turnout 2,611 69.84
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Highnam with Haw Bridge

Highnam with Haw Bridge Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Awford* 1,936 70.8 +5.2
Conservative Derek Davies* 1,631 59.6 −2.7
Labour Cherry Burrow 741 27.1 +2.4
Majority 890 32.5
Turnout 2,736 80.23
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hucclecote

Hucclecote Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gillian Blackwell** 726 60.8 +4.6
Liberal Democrats Charles Stewart 469 39.2 −4.6
Majority 257 21.6
Turnout 1,195 69.31
Conservative hold Swing

Gillian Blackwell was a sitting councillor for Churchdown Brookfield ward.

Innsworth with Down Hatherley

Innsworth with Down Hatherley Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Bocking 456 39.2 +5.8
Liberal Democrats William Whelan* 425 37.0 −10.6
UKIP Paul Ockelton 232 20.2 +1.2
TUSC Andrew Causon 36 3.1 N/A
Majority 31 2.2
Turnout 1,149 59.89
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Isbourne

Isbourne Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Evetts* Unopposed N/A −70.8
Majority N/A N/A
Turnout N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing

Northway

Northway Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elaine MacTiernan* 874 40.5 −0.7
Conservative Pauline Godwin 859 39.8 +0.4
UKIP Stephen Cooper 707 32.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Curd 504 23.4 N/A
UKIP Graham Dawson 484 22.4 N/A
Majority 152 7.0
Turnout 2,158 56.77
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Oxenton Hill

Oxenton Hill Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mel Gore Unopposed N/A ±0.0
Majority N/A N/A
Turnout N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing

Shurdington

Shurdington (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Surman* 744 68.6 −0.4
Liberal Democrats Jack Williams 341 31.4 N/A
Majority 403 37.2
Turnout 1,085 72.41
Conservative hold Swing

Tewkesbury Newtown

Tewkesbury Newtown Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Vernon Smith* 860 73.3 +73.3
UKIP Stuart Adair 313 26.7 N/A
Majority 547 46.6
Turnout 1,173 75.99
Conservative hold Swing

Tewkesbury Prior's Park

Tewkesbury Prior's Park Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kevin Cromwell 662 39.3 −22.9
Conservative Julie Greening 614 36.5 −21.2
No Description Helen Burns 404 24.0 N/A
UKIP Joanne Wilkinson 385 22.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Stephen Woodrow 360 21.4 +2.0
Independent Richard Mills 331 19.7 N/A
Independent Andrew Smith 259 15.4 N/A
Majority 210 12.5
Turnout 1,683 57.10
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Tewkesbury Town with Mitton

Tewkesbury Town with Mitton Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tewkesbury Independents Michael Sztymiak* 1,380 54.1 -5.5
Tewkesbury Independents Philip Workman* 1,239 48.6 +1.4
Conservative Karen Brennan 650 25.5 −8.7
Conservative Adele-Louise Carter 579 22.7 −4.6
UKIP Kenneth Powell 481 18.9 −6.1
Majority 589 23.1
Turnout 2,549 67.48
Tewkesbury Independents hold Swing
Tewkesbury Independents hold Swing

Twyning

Twyning Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terence Spencer 548 48.5 +48.5
UKIP Gordon Shurmer* 388 34.4 +34.4
Green Robert Brookes 193 17.1 N/A
Majority 160 14.1
Turnout 1,129 74.64
Conservative hold Swing

Winchcombe

Winchcombe Ward (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Mason* 2,166 55.3 −1.7
Conservative Ronald Allen* 1,975 50.4 −7.2
Conservative Janet Day* 1,944 49.6 −6.7
Liberal Democrats Timothy Hall 872 22.3 −4.3
Labour Susan Sturgeon 849 21.7 +5.3
Labour David Cook 618 15.8 N/A
Labour David Hilton 572 14.6 −2.6
UKIP Christine Dawson 565 14.4 N/A
Majority 1,072 27.3
Turnout 3,916 73.91
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.