2015 South Kesteven District Council election

2015 UK local government election April 2015 April 2015 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2015 South Kesteven District Council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey, Labour in red, UK Independence Party in purple and Lincolnshire Independents in black. The 2015 South Kesteven District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of South Kesteven District Council in Lincolnshire, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by two.http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/local/new-south-kesteven-district-council-boundaries-come-under-fire-1-6683339 New South Kesteven District Council boundaries come under fire Hawkins Judith 11 April 2015 Grantham Journal 11 May 2015 The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-32612952 Election 2015: UKIP tie with Tories in Boston local elections 8 May 2015 BBC News Online 12 May 2015 Background After the previous election in 2011 the Conservatives remained in control of the council with 38 seats, compared to 12 independents, 6 for Labour and 1 each for the Liberal Democrats and Lincolnshire Independents.Local authority elections: England 7 May 2011 The Guardian NewsBankhttp://www.southkesteven.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=4830&p=0 Declaration of result of poll South Kesteven District Council 13 May 2015Tories lose by-elections in nail-biting night 24 June 2011 The Independent NewsBank By the time of the 2015 election there were two UK Independence Party councillors, after Mike and Jean Taylor defected from the Conservatives in January 2015, following their failure to be re-selected as Conservative candidates for the council election.http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/local/husband-and-wife-councillors-not-selected-by-conservatives-for-next-election-in-grantham-1-6310883 Husband and wife councillors not selected by Conservatives for next election in Grantham Newton Graham 19 September 2014 Grantham Journal 13 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023603/http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/local/husband-and-wife-councillors-not-selected-by-conservatives-for-next-election-in-grantham-1-6310883 24 September 2015 deadhttp://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/politics/politics-news/breaking-news-grantham-councillors-defect-to-ukip-from-the-conservative-party-1-6545842 Breaking news: Grantham councillors defect to UKIP from the Conservative Party 27 January 2015 Grantham Journal 13 May 2015 Meanwhile, in Harrowby ward the Labour councillors Ian Selby and Bruce Wells stood as independents after they were deselected by Labour.http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Grantham-s-Mayor-Ian-Selby-announces-general/story-26302466-detail/story.html Grantham's Mayor Ian Selby announces general election challenge as an independent candidate 8 April 2015 Lincolnshire Echo 13 May 2015 The Conservative leader of the council Linda Neal stood down at the 2015 election, with Bob Adams being chosen to succeed her as Conservative group leader.http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Bob-Adams-named-South-Kesteven-Tories-new-group/story-26331713-detail/story.html Bob Adams named by South Kesteven council Conservatives as new group leader 14 April 2015 Lincolnshire Echo 13 May 2015 A seat in Bourne West was vacant by the election after the death of Conservative councillor John Smith,http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Lincolnshire-councillor-John-Smith-dies/story-26302849-detail/story.html Lincolnshire councillor for SKDC, John Smith, dies 8 April 2015 Lincolnshire Echo 13 May 2015 while in Market and West Deeping ward the election was postponed until 25 June after the death of independent councillor Reg Howard.http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/local/tributes-paid-to-long-serving-market-deeping-councillor-reg-howard-1-6690808 Tributes paid to long-serving Market Deeping councillor Reg Howard Moore Alex 15 April 2015 Stamford Mercury 13 May 2015http://www.bournelocal.co.uk/news/local/call-to-leave-enough-time-to-vote-in-may-7-elections-1-6715289 Call to leave enough time to vote in May 7 elections Moore Alex 29 April 2015 The Local 13 May 2015 Boundary changes since the 2011 election reduced the number of councillors from 58 to 56, while the number of wards declined from 34 to 30.http://www.southkesteven.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=7298 Review of Polling Districts and Polling Places 22 August 2014 South Kesteven District Council 13 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150701024505/http://www.southkesteven.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=7298 1 July 2015 dead dmy-all Election result The Conservatives kept a large majority on the council after winning 44 of the 53 seats contested on 7 May.http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Conservatives-dominate-South-Kesteven-District/story-26466647-detail/story.html#comments Conservatives dominate South Kesteven District Council elections 8 May 2015 Lincolnshire Echo 12 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150512190426/http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Conservatives-dominate-South-Kesteven-District/story-26466647-detail/story.html#comments 12 May 2015 dead The three seats in Market and West Deeping elected on 25 June had two independents and one Conservative councillors elected.http://www.southkesteven.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=14790&p=0 Declaration of result of poll South Kesteven District Council 28 June 2015 South Kesteven local election result 2015http://www.southkesteven.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=8014 District Council Elections - 7 May 2015 South Kesteven District Council 11 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150509131208/http://www.southkesteven.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=8014 9 May 2015 dead dmy-all Conservative Party (UK) 45 83.0 51.4 53,130 +2.5 Independent (politician) 6 7.5 12.4 12,828 -12.2 Labour Party (UK) 3 5.7 15.2 15,696 +2.6 UK Independence Party 1 1.9 10.0 10,300 +9.3 Lincolnshire Independents 1 1.9 2.9 3,013 +1.6 Stamford Group of Independents 0 0.0 4.7 4,865 +4.7 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0.0 1.9 1,943 -4.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0.0 1.6 1,667 -4.1 The above totals include the delayed election in Market and West Deeping ward. Ward results Aveland Conservative Party (UK) Peter Moseley 1,114 77.3 Labour Party (UK) Muriel Sowden 327 22.7 787 54.6 1,441 72 Belmont (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) George Chivers 1,350 Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Craft 1,192 Labour Party (UK) Richard Galvin 680 Labour Party (UK) Victoria Smith 641 3,863 62 Belvoir (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Pamela Bosworth 1,749 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Webster 1,570 Labour Party (UK) Jonathan Wacey 763 4,082 72 Bourne Austerby (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Duncan Ashwell 1,523 Conservative Party (UK) Jane Kingman 1,459 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Reid 1,190 Independent (politician) Paul Fellows 746 Labour Party (UK) James Marsden 647 Lincolnshire Independents John Ireland 642 6,207 62 Bourne East (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Robert Russell 1,153 Conservative Party (UK) Judith Smith 1,126 UK Independence Party Roger Woodbridge 715 Labour Party (UK) Lisa Holmes 691 3,685 64 Bourne West (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) David Mapp 1,518 Lincolnshire Independents Helen Powell 940 UK Independence Party William Learoyd 837 Conservative Party (UK) Hannah Westropp 821 Labour Party (UK) Roberta Britton 654 4,770 69 Casewick (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Kelham Cooke 1,743 Conservative Party (UK) Rosemary Woolley 1,646 Independent (politician) Elizabeth Channell 722 Independent (politician) Thomas Butterfield 699 Lincolnshire Independents Justin Mackenzie 468 5,278 75 Castle Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Robins 842 58.2 Labour Party (UK) Jean Joyce 319 22.0 UK Independence Party David Plowright 286 19.8 523 36.1 1,447 73 Deeping St James (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Fair Deal Dilks unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Leigh Johnson unopposed Independent (politician) Judy Stevens unopposed Dole Wood Conservative Party (UK) Barry Dobson 893 61.7 Lincolnshire Independents Anthony Smith 554 38.3 339 23.4 1,447 73 Glen Conservative Party (UK) Martin Wilkins 951 69.3 UK Independence Party Patrick Beese 422 30.7 529 38.5 1,373 74 Grantham Arnoldfield (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Helen Goral 1,203 Conservative Party (UK) Dean Ward 886 UK Independence Party Michael Taylor 516 UK Independence Party Jean Taylor 483 Labour Party (UK) Cash Carraway 382 Labour Party (UK) Tanwir Chowdhury 349 Independent (politician) Alfred Kent 335 4,154 68 Grantham Barrowby Gate (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Lynda Coutts 1,095 Conservative Party (UK) Frank Turner 842 UK Independence Party John Allan 576 UK Independence Party Simon Finch 523 Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Ropson 474 Labour Party (UK) David Simpson 395 Independent (politician) Ian Mihill 354 Green Party of England and Wales Samuel Hadlow 249 4,508 64 Grantham Earlesfield (2 seats) UK Independence Party Felicity Cunningham 903 Labour Party (UK) Tracey Forman 814 Labour Party (UK) Robert Shorrock 676 2,393 43 Grantham Harrowby (2 seats) Independent (politician) Ian Selby 770 Conservative Party (UK) Linda Wootten 749 Labour Party (UK) Susan Orwin 528 Labour Party (UK) Mark Ashberry 522 Independent (politician) Bruce Wells 514 Lincolnshire Independents Michael Williams 409 3,492 56 Grantham Springfield (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Nicola Manterfield 768 Conservative Party (UK) Adam Stokes 744 Labour Party (UK) Mark Bartlett 597 UK Independence Party Maureen Simon 591 Labour Party (UK) Carole Thomson 433 Green Party of England and Wales Gerhard Lohmann-Bond 254 3,387 56 Grantham St Vincents (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Michael Cook 1,110 Labour Party (UK) Charmaine Morgan 938 Conservative Party (UK) Graham Jeal 894 UK Independence Party Donald Atkinson 801 Conservative Party (UK) Stuart McBride 774 Labour Party (UK) John Morgan 699 Labour Party (UK) Alexander Morse 639 Green Party of England and Wales Caroline Coram 502 Independent (politician) Anita Selby 341 Independent (politician) Patricia Ellis 318 7,016 57 Grantham St Wulfram's (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Wootten 1,409 Conservative Party (UK) Jacqueline Smith 1,296 UK Independence Party Paul Martin 685 Labour Party (UK) Yvonne Gibbins 639 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Diggines 620 4,649 63 Isaac Newton (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) William Adams 1,388 Conservative Party (UK) Andrea Webster 891 UK Independence Party Derek Creasey 734 Labour Party (UK) Paul Jacklin 486 3,499 63 Lincrest Conservative Party (UK) Peter Stephens 1,126 75.2 Labour Party (UK) Lee Steptoe 372 24.8 754 50.3 1,498 75 Loveden Heath Independent (politician) Robert Sampson 924 59.2 Conservative Party (UK) Alexander Maughan 638 40.8 286 18.3 1,562 73 Morton Conservative Party (UK) Frances Cartwright 680 50.5 Independent (politician) Richard Wells 667 49.5 13 1.0 1,347 69 Peascliffe and Ridgeway (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Rosemary Brown 1,390 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Stokes 1,277 Independent (politician) Jeffrey Thompson 1,167 Independent (politician) John Andrews 776 4,610 70 Stamford All Saints (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Michael Exton 1,100 Conservative Party (UK) Breda-Rae Griffin 826 Stamford Group of Independents Susan Sandall 646 Stamford Group of Independents Maxwell Sawyer 609 UK Independence Party Gareth Vaughan 603 Labour Party (UK) David Bimson 529 4,313 65 Stamford St George's (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Katherine Brown 926 Conservative Party (UK) Brenda Sumner 588 UK Independence Party David Taylor 539 Stamford Group of Independents Percival Sandall 525 Labour Party (UK) John Godber 441 Labour Party (UK) Vivien Pointon 441 Stamford Group of Independents Gloria Johnson 403 Green Party of England and Wales Michael Carr 346 4,209 62 Stamford St John's (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Terl Bryant 1,385 Conservative Party (UK) Damian Evans 1,273 Stamford Group of Independents Clement Walden 820 Stamford Group of Independents Anthony Story 784 UK Independence Party Allen Hewett 620 4,882 71 Stamford St Mary's (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Matthew Lee 967 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Sumner 890 Liberal Democrats (UK) Doarkanathsing Bisnauthsing 641 Stamford Group of Independents John Dawson 623 Stamford Group of Independents David Taylor 455 Liberal Democrats (UK) Pamela Bisnauthsing 349 Green Party of England and Wales Anushree Campbell 310 Green Party of England and Wales David Dorson 282 4,517 67 Toller Conservative Party (UK) Michael King 943 67.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Withnall 448 32.2 495 35.6 1,391 68 Viking (2 seats) Independent (politician) Paul Wood 1,617 Conservative Party (UK) Sarah Wilks 1,332 Conservative Party (UK) Kathryn Wilks 1,295 Independent (politician) Laura King 1,231 5,475 74 Market and West Deeping countermanded election The election in Market and West Deeping ward was countermanded (delayed) until 25 June 2015 after the death of independent councillor Reg Howard who had been standing for re-election. Two of the three seats were won by independents Robert Broughton and Ashley Baxter, while Conservative Nicholas Neilson won the third seat. Market and West Deeping (3 seats) Independent (politician) Robert Broughton 612 Independent (politician) Ashley Baxter 609 Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Neilson 605 Independent (politician) David Shelton 426 Liberal Democrats (UK) Adam Brookes 229 UK Independence Party Robert O'Farrell 224 UK Independence Party William Learoyd 129 UK Independence Party Roger Woodbridge 113 1243 23.1 By-elections between 2015 and 2019 Belvoir by-election Belvoir by-election 3 December 2015Local Elections Archive Project — Belvoir Ward https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/16676/#2015-12-03 www.andrewteale.me.uk 15 May 2022 Conservative Party (UK) Hannah Westropp 603 52.5 -17.1 Independent politician Laura King 212 18.5 +18.5 Labour Party (UK) Louise Clack 175 15.2 -15.2 UK Independence Party Mike Taylor 159 13.8 +13.8 391 34.0 1,149 Conservative Party (UK) Deeping St James by-election Deeping St James by-election 5 May 2016Local Elections Archive Project — Deeping St James Ward https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/16682/#2016-05-05 www.andrewteale.me.uk 15 May 2022 Conservative Party (UK) Steve Benn 784 49.7 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Adam Brookes 436 27.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) Lisa Holmes 286 18.1 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Gerhard Lohmann-Bond 70 4.4 N/A 348 22.1 1,576 Conservative Party (UK) Stamford St George's by-election Stamford St George's by-election 15 March 2018Local Elections Archive Project — Stamford St George's Ward https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/16699/#2018-03-15 www.andrewteale.me.uk 15 May 2022 Conservative Party (UK) Rachael Cooke 309 45.6 +12.3 Independent politician Gloria Johnson 174 25.7 +6.8 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Dennett 114 16.8 +0.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jack Stow 68 10.0 +10.0 Green Party of England and Wales Gerhard Lohmann-Bond 13 1.9 -10.3 135 19.9 678 Conservative Party (UK) Stamford St John's by-election Stamford St John's by-election 15 March 2018Local Elections Archive Project — Stamford St John's Ward https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/16700/#2018-03-15 www.andrewteale.me.uk 15 May 2022 Conservative Party (UK) David Taylor 327 39.4 -9.6 Independent politician Steve Carroll 267 32.1 +32.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Harrish Bisnauthsing 156 18.8 +18.8 Labour Party (UK) Cameron Clack 66 7.9 +7.9 Green Party of England and Wales Simon Whitmore 15 1.8 +1.8 60 7.2 831 Conservative Party (UK) References Category:South Kesteven District Council elections South Kesteven Category:May 2015 in the United Kingdom