2015 North Somerset Council election

2015 UK local government election April 2015 April 2015 2015 North Somerset Council election parliamentary no 2015 05 02 y 2011 North Somerset Council election 2011 2019 North Somerset Council election 2019 All 50 seats to North Somerset Council 26 Con Conservative Party (UK) 42 seats, 44.4% 36 6 68,171 44.0% 0.4% Ind Independent politician 7 seats, 13.7% 5 2 13,941 9.0% 4.7% LD Liberal Democrats (UK) 6 seats, 18.7% 4 2 24,319 15.7% 3.1% Lab Labour Party (UK) 5 seats, 20.3% 3 2 27,417 17.7% 2.6% Grn Green Party of England and Wales 1 seat, 1.6% 1 - 5,111 3.3% 0.6% File:New2015NSMap.svg Map of the results of the 2015 North Somerset council election. Conservatives in blue, independent in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Green Party in green. Council control Council control after election Conservative Conservative North Somerset unitary council is elected every four years, with fifty councillors to be elected. Since the first election to the unitary authority in 1995, the council has either been under Conservative party control, or no party has held a majority. The Conservatives gained a majority at the 2007 election and have retained control since then. At the 2015 election, the outcome was as follows:H. Pickstock, Conservatives retain control of North Somerset https://web.archive.org/web/20150718220956/http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/ELECTIONS-2015-Conservatives-retain-control-North/story-26466376-detail/story.html 18 July 2015 at bristolpost.co.uk dated 8 May 2015 Party Councillors Conservative Party (UK) Conservatives 36 Independent Independents 6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats 4 Labour Party (UK) Labour 3 Green Party of England and Wales Greens 1 Ward results 2015 Ward Election Results https://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-North-Somerset-Council-elections.pdf www.n-somerset.gov.uk North Somerset Council 27 May 2018 An asterisk * indicates an incumbent seeking re-election. Backwell Backwell Conservative Party (UK) Karen Barclay* 1,873 68.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alison Crawford 880 32.0 993 36.03 2753 75.67 +24.17 Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politician) In the 2011 election Karen Barclay won the seat as an independent but switched to Conservative Banwell & Winscombe Banwell & Winscombe (2) Conservative Party (UK) Ann Harley* 2,063 46.9 Conservative Party (UK) Jerry O'Brien 1,616 36.7 North Somerset First Independents Steven Bridges 773 17.6 Green Party of England and Wales Catherine Parmenter 772 17.5 North Somerset First Independents Paul Bateman 706 16.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Judith Hayes 651 14.8 Labour Party (UK) Timothy Powell 485 11.0 Labour Party (UK) Christy Cooney 434 9.9 72.14 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Blagdon & Churchill Blagdon & Churchill Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Wells* 1,439 60.5 Green Party of England and Wales Laurence Carruthers 585 24.6 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Watson-Follett 356 15.0 75.2 Conservative Party (UK) Clevedon East Clevedon East Independent (politician) David Shopland* 812 36.2 Conservative Party (UK) Jon Middleton 717 32.0 Labour Party (UK) Kevin O'Brien 378 16.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Caroline Cherry 337 15.0 65.9 Independent (politician) Clevedon South Clevedon South Conservative Party (UK) Robert Garner* 1,231 54.8 Labour Party (UK) Nicola Barton 623 27.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Angela Neale 391 17.4 64.95 +24.45 Conservative Party (UK) Clevedon Walton Clevedon Walton Conservative Party (UK) Colin Hall* 1,414 53.1 Independent (politician) Graham Watkins 840 31.5 Labour Party (UK) Ivy Cameron 409 15.4 75.24 +14.44 Conservative Party (UK) Clevedon West Clevedon West Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Blades* 1,078 47.9 Independent (politician) Jane Geldart 612 27.2 Labour Party (UK) Stuart Hale 559 24.9 68.66 +19.36 Conservative Party (UK) Clevedon Yeo Clevedon Yeo Conservative Party (UK) Erica Blades 1,338 58.0 Labour Party (UK) Michael Harriot 551 23.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bronno Van Der Holt 418 18.1 68.87 +28.67 Conservative Party (UK) Congresbury Congresbury Green Party of England and Wales Thomas Leimdorfer* 1,269 55.7 Conservative Party (UK) Samantha Pepperall 787 34.5 Labour Party (UK) Paul Doolan 222 9.7 71.92 +20.22 Green Party of England and Wales Gordano Valley Gordano Valley Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Ashton* 1,426 52.3 UKIP David Withers 350 12.8 Independent (politician) Carl Francis-Pester* 343 12.6 Labour Party (UK) Katherine Everitt 338 12.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Neale 270 9.9 77.08 +27.08 Conservative Party (UK) Hutton and Locking Hutton & Locking (2) Conservative Party (UK) Terence Porter* 2,127 52.9 Conservative Party (UK) Elfan Ap Rees* 1,583 39.4 North Somerset First Independents Michael Solomon 1,364 33.9 Labour Party (UK) Sarah Clayton 754 18.8 Labour Party (UK) Peter Williams 632 15.7 71.06 +24.76 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Long Ashton Long Ashton (2) Conservative Party (UK) Charles Cave 2,546 49.8 Conservative Party (UK) Catherine Stowey 2,351 46.0 Labour Party (UK) David Johnson 1,220 23.9 Green Party of England and Wales Stuart McQuillan 1,216 23.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Bramhall 1,148 22.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Huw James 246 4.8 76.86 +30.96 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Nailsea Golden Valley Nailsea Golden Valley Independent (politician) Andrew Cole* 1,890 69.3 Conservative Party (UK) Jeremy Blatchford* 838 30.7 80.06 +20.36 Independent (politician) Nailsea West End Nailsea West End Independent (politician) James Tonkin 1,251 56.8 Conservative Party (UK) Teresa Kemp* 951 43.2 73.18 Independent (politician) Nailsea Yeo Nailsea Yeo Conservative Party (UK) Mary Blatchford* 998 42.0 Independent (politician) Julie Day 993 41.8 Labour Party (UK) Peter Harris 385 16.2 70.3 +20.4 Conservative Party (UK) Nailsea Youngwood Nailsea Youngwood Conservative Party (UK) Angela Barber 1,169 55.1 Independent (politician) Sarah Hearne 953 44.9 74.34 Conservative Party (UK) Pill Pill Independent (politician) Donald Davies* 1,370 56.6 Conservative Party (UK) Martyn Stowey 526 21.7 Independent (politician) Nanette Kirsen 525 21.7 69.68 +26.28 Independent (politician) Portishead East Portishead East (2) Conservative Party (UK) David Oyns 1,665 48.1 Conservative Party (UK) David Pasley* 1,589 46.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Daisy Bickley 742 21.5 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Hill 699 20.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jean Lord 586 16.9 Independent (politician) Arthur Terry* 530 15.3 65.4 +22.8 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) At the previous election Arthur Terry won the old single member ward of Portishead East for the Conservatives but stood as an independent in 2015. David Pashley was the sitting councillor for the old Portishead Coastal ward. Portishead North Portishead North Conservative Party (UK) Reyna Knight* 1,399 49.0 North Somerset First Independents Roger Whitfield 499 17.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Temple 486 17.0 Labour Party (UK) John Farnham 472 16.5 72.67 +21.67 Conservative Party (UK) Portishead South Portishead South Conservative Party (UK) Peter Burden 1,349 55.9 Labour Party (UK) Terry Lester 536 22.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Christopherson 527 21.8 73.51 +27.51 Conservative Party (UK) Portishead West Portishead West Conservative Party (UK) Felicity Baker* 2,426 45.9 Conservative Party (UK) David Jolley* 2,212 41.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Susan Mason 1,204 22.8 Labour Party (UK) Paul Dunn 921 17.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Clive Hall 888 16.8 North Somerset First Independents Beverley Langdale 871 16.5 North Somerset First Independents Geoffrey Hardman 711 13.5 73.57 +24.47 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Weston-super-Mare Bournville Weston-super-Mare Bournville (2) Labour Party (UK) James Clayton 1,415 44.6 Labour Party (UK) Ian Parker* 1,392 43.9 Conservative Party (UK) Michal Kus 592 18.7 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Williams 585 18.4 North Somerset First Independents Roseana Warwick 478 15.1 North Somerset First Independents Gillian Ashworth 425 13.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) June How 348 11.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Elliot Stephen 347 10.9 51.51 +21.61 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Weston-Super-Mare Central Weston-super-Mare Central (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Mike Bell* 1,292 41.1 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Nightingale 1,133 36.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Payne* 977 31.1 Conservative Party (UK) Susan Creasey 947 30.1 Labour Party (UK) Richard Holcombe 651 20.7 Labour Party (UK) Neil Norton 642 20.4 52.15 +14.65 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Payne was elected as a councillor for the old Weston-Super-Mare West at the 2011 election. Weston-Super-Mare Hillside Weston-super-Mare Hillside (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Canniford* 1,875 47.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Crockford-Hawley* 1,841 46.8 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Horler 839 21.3 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Anderson 800 20.3 United Kingdom Independence Party Andrew Gray 654 16.6 Labour Party (UK) David Drinkwater 476 12.1 Labour Party (UK) Dorothy Agassiz 442 11.2 Green Party of England and Wales Peter Waldschmidt 340 8.6 59.95 +16.85 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Weston-Super-Mare Kewstoke Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke (2) Conservative Party (UK) Lisa Pilgrim* 2,304 48.0 Conservative Party (UK) Rosslyn Willis* 2,029 42.3 United Kingdom Independence Party Stuart Davies 1,149 23.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Hugh Eckett 796 16.6 Labour Party (UK) Stephanie Baber 790 16.5 Labour Party (UK) Annabelle Chard 776 16.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Harrison 669 13.9 47.5 +24.07 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Weston-Super-Mare Mid Worle Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle Conservative Party (UK) Robert Cleland* 627 31.7 Labour Party (UK) Simon Stokes 519 26.2 UKIP Anita Spencer-Johns 516 26.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Cordingley 184 9.3 North Somerset First Independents Michael Kellaway-Marriott 135 6.8 63.61 +25.51 Conservative Party (UK) Weston-Super-Mare Milton Weston-super-Mare Milton (2) Labour Party (UK) Richard Tucker* 1,419 31.5 Conservative Party (UK) Martin Williams 1,279 28.4 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Porter 1,262 28.0 Labour Party (UK) Michael Lyall 1,194 26.5 UKIP Stewart Ogborne 737 16.3 North Somerset First Independents John Christopher 529 11.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jennifer Gosden 441 9.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Joan Dunne 391 8.7 North Somerset First Independents James Willis-Boden 385 8.5 66.81 +31.51 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Weston-Super-Mare North Worle Weston-super-Mare North Worle (2) Conservative Party (UK) Marcia Pepperall 1,506 36.1 North Somerset First Independents Derek Mead 1,229 29.4 Conservative Party (UK) David Poole 1,165 27.9 Labour Party (UK) Denise Hunt 772 18.5 Labour Party (UK) John Carson 750 18.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ronald Moon 641 15.3 67.33 +29.13 Conservative Party (UK) North Somerset First Independents Conservative Party (UK) Weston-Super-Mare South Worle Weston-super-Mare South Worle (2) Conservative Party (UK) Peter Crew* 1,721 43.2 Conservative Party (UK) David Hitchins* 1,591 39.9 Labour Party (UK) Angela Bolitho 1,014 25.4 Labour Party (UK) Alan Peak 937 23.5 North Somerset First Independents Anita Smith 689 17.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Kingsbury 686 17.2 North Somerset First Independents Julian Norris 624 15.7 62.77 +24.67 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Weston-super-Mare Uphill Weston-super-Mare Uphill (2) Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Bryant* 1,308 29.7 Independent (politician) John Ley-Morgan 1,114 25.3 UKIP Keith Morris 984 22.3 Conservative Party (UK) Clive Webb* 797 18.1 North Somerset First Independents Kenneth Perrett 704 16.0 Labour Party (UK) Ann Kesteven 677 15.4 Labour Party (UK) Carole Bressington 654 14.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Tina Roberts 512 11.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jason Green 505 11.5 67.84 +22.14 Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politician) Conservative Party (UK) Weston-Super-Mare Winterstoke Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke (2) Conservative Party (UK) Sarah Codling 1,093 41.7 Conservative Party (UK) Dawn Payne* 880 33.6 UKIP Christopher Childs 690 26.3 Labour Party (UK) Catherine Gibbons-Antonopoulos 631 24.1 Labour Party (UK) Alan Baber 585 22.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Exon 310 11.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Glyn Hayes 230 8.8 North Somerset First Independents Cyril King 226 8.6 53.26 +17.96 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Wick St Lawrence and St Georges Wick St Lawrence and St Georges Conservative Party (UK) Ruth Jacobs 1,033 45.8 North Somerset First Independents Ian Rowland 529 23.5 Labour Party (UK) Jacqueline Scholes 433 19.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jeffrey Alen 260 11.5 64.42 Conservative Party (UK) Winford Winford Conservative Party (UK) Nicolas Wilton 1,303 52.9 Independent (politician) Hugh Gregor* 1,160 47.1 143 73.54 +28.24 Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politician) Wrington Wrington Liberal Democrats (UK) Deborah Yamanaka* 1,168 46.1 Conservative Party (UK) Annabel Tall* 1,119 44.2 Labour Party (UK) Patrick Cooney 246 9.7 49 77.93 +20.53 Liberal Democrats (UK) Annabel Tall had been elected as a Conservative councillor for the Yatton ward in the 2011 election. Yatton Yatton (2) Conservative Party (UK) Jill Iles* 1,789 36.5 Conservative Party (UK) Judith Hadley 1,578 32.2 Independent (politician) Neil Petersen 1,442 29.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Wendy Griggs 1,289 26.3 Green Party of England and Wales Massimo Morelli 917 18.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jonathan Edwards 764 15.6 Labour Party (UK) Richard Westwood 553 11.3 Labour Party (UK) Hedley Woods 352 7.2 74.97 +24.17 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politician) References North Somerset Category:May 2015 in the United Kingdom 2015 Category:2010s in Somerset