2015 Wyre Forest District Council election

2015 UK local government election May 2015 April 2015 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2015 Wyre Forest District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, independents in light grey, Health Concern in pink, UK Independence Party in purple, Liberal in orange and vacant in white. The 2015 Wyre Forest District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Wyre Forest District Council in Worcestershire, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by nine.http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/local/12906454.Record_numbers_register_for_postal_vote/ Record numbers register for postal vote Bate Gema 22 April 2015 The Shuttle 8 May 2015 The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/12940580.Tories_take_total_control_of_Wyre_Forest_Council/ Tories take total control of Wyre Forest Council 8 May 2015 The Shuttle 9 May 2015 Background After the last election in 2014 no party had a majority on Wyre Forest District Council.Results Elections 2014 24 May 2014 The Times NewsBank 88–89 The Conservatives were the largest party with 15 councillors, while Labour had 9, Health Concern 7, the UK Independence Party 5, independents 4 and there were 2 Liberals. Following the election the Conservatives formed an alliance with the 4 independents and 2 Liberals to run the council with exactly half of the seats.Wyre Forest Tories form ruling political alliance with Liberal and Independent group Tomaney William 10 June 2014 The Shuttle NewsBank In June 2014 Mike Price defected from the Liberal Party to the Conservatives, meaning that Fran Oborski was left as the only Liberal councillor.http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/regional/worcestershire/11282130.Councillor_Mike_Price_in_shock_switch_from_Liberals_to_Conservative_party/?ref=rl Councillor Mike Price in shock switch from Liberals to Conservative party Tomaney William 17 June 2014 Worcester News 9 May 2015 By the time of the 2015 election the Conservative group had increased to 17 councillors, as independent Julian Phillips joined the party.http://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/the-council/councillors-committees-and-meetings/your-district-councillor.aspx Your District Councillor Wyre Forest District Council 9 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150509074511/http://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/the-council/councillors-committees-and-meetings/your-district-councillor.aspx 9 May 2015http://www.wyreforest.gov.uk/council/councillors/mem71.htm Councillor Information Wyre Forest District Council 9 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150415065541/http://www.wyreforest.gov.uk/council/councillors/mem71.htm 15 April 2015 The whole of Wyre Forest District Council was elected in 2015 after boundary changes reduced the number of wards from 17 to 12 and the number of councillors from 42 to 33. These changes meant ten wards elected three councillors each, while one ward elected two councillors and one ward elected a single councillor.http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/11534459.New_boundaries_and_less_councillors_for_Wyre_Forest_District_Council/?ref=rss New boundaries and less councillors for Wyre Forest District Council 14 October 2014 The Shuttle 9 May 2015 However the election in the Areley Kings and Riverside ward was delayed until June 2015 after the death of one of the candidates.http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/12926995.Areley_Kings___Riverside_election_date_announced/ Areley Kings & Riverside election date announced Farrington Dayna 1 May 2015 The Shuttle 9 May 2015 Four councillors stood down and did not seek re-election in 2015, Douglas Godwin, Pauline Hayward, Lynn Hyde and Mike Kelly.http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/12912027.Tributes_paid_to_retiring_Wyre_Forest_councillors/ Tributes paid to retiring councillors Bate Gema 24 April 2015 The Shuttle 9 May 2015 Election result The Conservatives gained a majority on the council after winning 21 of the 30 seats contested on 7 May. Both Labour and Health Concern were reduced to two seats on the council, while the UK Independence Party only won one seat. Among those to lose seats were the leader of the UK Independence Party on the council, Michael Wrench, and the Health Concern mayor of Stourport, Cliff Brewer. Independents won all three seats in Aggborough and Spennells, while Fran Oborski was re-elected as the only Liberal councillor. Opposition candidates were concerned that the reduction in the number of polling stations after the boundary changes had resulted in long queues to vote. After the delayed election in Areley Kings and Riverside resulted in two Conservatives and one Labour councillors being elected, the Conservatives had 23 seats and Labour had 3 seats.http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/regional/13323590.Wyre_Forest_Tories_tighten_grip_on_council/ Wyre Forest Tories tighten grip on council 10 June 2015 Evesham Journal 10 June 2015 Wyre Forest local election result 2015http://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/the-council/elections-and-voting/election-results/2015-results-breakdown/district-results-summary/district-results-full.aspx Election Results Wyre Forest District Council 8 May 2015 Conservative Party (UK) 23 +6 69.7 38.1 42,669 +11.9% Labour Party (UK) 3 -6 9.1 15.8 17,693 -2.2% Independent politician 3 0 9.1 3.9 4,421 +0.6% Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern 2 -5 6.1 13.6 15,261 -7.2% UK Independence Party 1 -4 3.0 20.7 23,180 -5.1% Liberal Party (UK, 1989) 1 0 3.0 2.4 2,651 -1.8% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 4.5 4,992 +3.1% Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 0 0.6 642 +0.6% Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 0 0 0.4 469 +0.1% Patriotic Socialist Party 0 0 0 0.0 34 +0.0% The above results include the delayed election in Areley Kings and Riverside. Ward results Aggborough and Spennells (3 seats) Independent politician Helen Dyke 1,706 Independent politician Peter Dyke 1,441 Independent politician John Aston 1,274 Conservative Party (UK) Tracey Onslow-Fage 1,239 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Siddall 1,046 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Tromans 993 Labour Party (UK) Brian Rushbrook 704 UK Independence Party Graham Gardner 653 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Keith Robertson 617 UK Independence Party Mark Humphries 591 UK Independence Party Philip Jeanes 505 Green Party of England and Wales Douglas Hine 410 11,179 65.1 Bewdley and Rock (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) John-Paul Campion 2,194 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Clee 1,953 Conservative Party (UK) Jennifer Greener 1,874 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Calne Edginton-White 1,080 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern John Beeson 959 Labour Party (UK) Mark Flello 904 UK Independence Party Maurice Alton 875 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Philip Edmundson 837 UK Independence Party Christopher Wood 757 Labour Party (UK) Rodney Stanczyszyn 730 UK Independence Party Gary Talbot 627 Green Party of England and Wales Phillip Oliver 566 13,356 73.7 Blakebrook and Habberley South (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) John Hart 1,232 Conservative Party (UK) Ruth Gregory 1,194 Conservative Party (UK) Juliet Smith 1,070 UK Independence Party David Hollyoak 871 UK Independence Party Philip Daniels 833 Labour Party (UK) Bernadette Connor 792 Labour Party (UK) Paul Connor 790 UK Independence Party Caroline Moran 699 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Julie Bennett 669 Labour Party (UK) Leroy Wright 612 Green Party of England and Wales Natalie McVey 481 Green Party of England and Wales Victoria Lea 289 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Troth 211 Green Party of England and Wales Martin Layton 206 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Kevin Young 68 10,017 55.8 Broadwaters (3 seats) Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Mary Rayner 931 Conservative Party (UK) John Desmond 923 UK Independence Party Steven Harrington 748 Labour Party (UK) Mumshad Ahmed 745 Labour Party (UK) Steven Walker 722 Labour Party (UK) Adrian Sewell 717 Conservative Party (UK) Gillian Onslow 689 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Peter Young 655 UK Independence Party William Hopkins 637 UK Independence Party Paul Wooldridge 602 Conservative Party (UK) Greta Smith 561 Green Party of England and Wales David Finch 358 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) Esther Smart 192 Patriotic Socialist Party Brian Ryder 34 8,514 53.0 Foley Park and Hoobrook (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Nathan Desmond 1,348 Conservative Party (UK) Sally Chambers 1,297 Labour Party (UK) Samuel Arnold 1,046 Conservative Party (UK) Nichola Gale 1,036 UK Independence Party Michael Wrench 901 UK Independence Party Sophie Edginton 891 UK Independence Party Charlotte Stokes 792 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Louise Hinett 770 Liberal Democrats (UK) Clare Cassidy 431 Green Party of England and Wales Ronald Lee 392 8,904 55.0 Frances and Habberley North (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Jeffrey Baker 2,006 Conservative Party (UK) Anne Hingley 1,930 Labour Party (UK) Nigel Knowles 1,443 Conservative Party (UK) Daniel McCann 1,347 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Caroline Shellie 1,137 Labour Party (UK) Barry McFarland 1,113 UK Independence Party Anthony Clent 1,039 UK Independence Party David White 809 UK Independence Party Peter Willoughby 742 Green Party of England and Wales Jonathan Mills 437 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Nigel Gilbert 155 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Ingra Kirkland 112 12,270 64.3 Lickhill Conservative Party (UK) David Little 581 38.2 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Brian Glass 336 22.1 UK Independence Party Adrian Dawes 285 18.7 Labour Party (UK) Carol Warren 259 17.0 Green Party of England and Wales Nicholas Atkinson 61 4.0 245 16.1 1,522 68.9 Mitton (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Sara Fearn 1,517 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Rogers 1,273 Conservative Party (UK) Tony Muir 1,170 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Clifford Brewer 1,122 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern James Parish 1,118 UK Independence Party John Holden 1,022 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Michael Salter 987 UK Independence Party Berenice Dawes 952 UK Independence Party Wayne Sheldon 840 Labour Party (UK) Jillian Hawes 823 Labour Party (UK) George Jones 675 Green Party of England and Wales Gilda Davis 350 11,849 61.6 Offmore and Comberton (3 seats) Liberal Party (UK, 1989) Frances Oborski 1,353 Conservative Party (UK) Rosemary Bishop 1,274 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Graham Ballinger 985 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Harrison 953 UK Independence Party Martin Stooke 949 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Price 903 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Bradley 881 UK Independence Party Kathleen Breese 842 UK Independence Party Anthony Whitmore 685 Labour Party (UK) John Rocks 661 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) Rachel Akathiotis 558 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) Shazu Miah 548 Green Party of England and Wales Brett Caulfield 405 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Lawrence Boyle 134 11,131 61.5 Wribbenhall and Arley (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Yarranton 1,195 Conservative Party (UK) Julian Phillips 1,078 Labour Party (UK) George Court 581 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Linda Candlin 545 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Elizabeth Davies 525 UK Independence Party David Field 525 Labour Party (UK) Conan Norton 422 UK Independence Party Melanie Mannion 394 Green Party of England and Wales Louise Ryan 215 5,480 69.7 Wyre Forest Rural (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Marcus Hart 2,517 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Hardiman 2,417 2517 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Williams 2,141 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Nicholls 1,347 UK Independence Party Dan Collins 898 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Derek Killingworth 880 UK Independence Party Sarah Hopkins 874 Green Party of England and Wales Katherine Spohrer 756 UK Independence Party Craig Leonard 724 12,554 74.4 Areley Kings and Riverside delayed election The election in Areley Kings and Riverside ward took place on 9 June 2015, delayed from 7 May when the rest of the council voted. This came after the death of a Health Concern candidate for the ward and former councillor for Areley Kings, Nigel Thomas, on 12 April. Conservatives Ken and Lin Henderson won two of the three seats, while the Labour group leader Jamie Shaw was also elected. There was a recount after Lin Henderson took the third seat, three votes ahead of Labour's Vi Higgs. Meanwhile, the failure of Health Concern to win seats in the ward meant that they had no councillors for Stourport for the first time in over a decade. Areley Kings and Riverside (3 seats)http://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/the-council/elections-and-voting/election-results/2015-results-breakdown/areley-kings-and-riverside.aspx Areley Kings & Riverside - Election held 9th June 2015 Wyre Forest District Council 10 June 2015 Conservative Party (UK) Ken Henderson 662 Labour Party (UK) Jamie Shaw 633 Conservative Party (UK) Lin Henderson 564 Labour Party (UK) Vi Higgs 561 Labour Party (UK) Rob Lloyd 532 Conservative Party (UK) Malcolm Gough 492 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern John Thomas 404 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Cliff Brewer 378 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Dixon Sheppard 326 UK Independence Party Martin Clapton 213 UK Independence Party Ian Jones 209 UK Independence Party Trevor Newman 196 Green Party of England and Wales John Davis 66 5,236 27.0 By-elections between 2015 and 2016 A by-election took place in Blakebrook and Habberley South on 24 September 2015 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Ruth Gregory due to ill health.http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/local/13585895.Illness_forces_Kidderminster_councillor_to_stand_down/ Illness forces Kidderminster councillor to stand down 10 August 2015 The Shuttle 22 August 2015http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/local/13597650.Blakebrook___Habberley_South_election_date_announced/?ref=rss Blakebrook & Habberley South election date announced Farrington Dayna 14 August 2015 The Shuttle 22 August 2015 Blakebrook and Habberley South by-election 24 September 2015Local Elections Archive Project — Blakebrook and Habberley South Ward https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/16482/#2015-09-24 www.andrewteale.me.uk 30 May 2022 Conservative Party (UK) Tracey Onslow 595 40.0 +11.5 UK Independence Party Michael Wrench 252 16.9 -3.2 Labour Party (UK) Bernadette Connor 247 16.6 -1.7 Green Party of England and Wales Natalie McVey 173 11.6 +0.5 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Jim Lawson 167 11.2 -4.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Adrian Beavis 54 3.6 -1.3 343 25.1 1,488 Conservative Party (UK) References 2015 Wyre Forest Category:May 2015 in the United Kingdom Category:2010s in Worcestershire