2015 Braintree District Council election

Local election held in the United Kingdom April 2015 April 2015 2015 Braintree District Council election United Kingdom parliamentary 2011 Braintree District Council election 2011 2015 05 07 y Braintree District Council election, 2019 2019 All 49 seats to Braintree District Council 25 Conservative Party (UK) 47 47 44 3 37,922 47.2% 2.7% Labour Party (UK) 9 9 2 7 15,974 19.9% 7.5% Halstead Residents Association 1 1 2 1 2,458 3.1% 0.5% Green Party of England and Wales 2 2 1 1 9,082 11.3% 0.2% UK Independence Party 0 0 0 12,470 15.5% 12.6% Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 0 2,125 2.6% 0.9% Map showing the results of the 2015 Braintree District Council election Braintree UK ward map 2015 (results).svg 300px Leader Leader after election Graham Butland Conservative Party (UK) Graham Butland Conservative Party (UK) The 2015 Braintree District Council election was scheduled to take place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England.http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums Upcoming elections & referendums 6 April 2015 The Electoral Commission https://web.archive.org/web/20150315102043/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums 15 March 2015 live This was on the same day as other local elections. Following a boundary change, the number of wards was reduced from 30 to 26 and the number of councillors from 60 to 49. Summary Candidates by party Labour Party (49/49) 49 200 49 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (47/49) 49 200 47 Conservative Party (UK) Green Party (20/49) 49 200 20 Green Party of England and Wales UKIP (19/49) 49 200 19 UKIP Liberal Democrats (9/49) 49 200 9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Halstead Residents (3/49) 49 200 3 Halstead Residents Association Independent (1/49) 49 200 1 Independent politician Results Braintree District Council Election Result 2015 Conservative Party (UK) 44 0 3 3 89.8 47.2 37,922 -1.7 Labour Party (UK) 2 0 7 7 4.1 19.9 15,974 -7.5 Halstead Residents Association 2 1 0 1 4.1 3.1 2,458 +0.5 Green Party of England and Wales 1 0 1 1 2.0 11.3 9,082 +0.2 UK Independence Party 0 0 0 0.0 15.5 12,470 +12.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 0 0.0 2.6 2,125 -0.9 Independent (politician) 0 0 1 1 0.0 0.4 289 -2.9 |} Ward results Bocking Blackwater Bocking Blackwater Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Canning 2,575 52.2 +2.4 Conservative Party (UK) Jean Schmitt 1,702 34.5 -8.2 Conservative Party (UK) Lyn Walters 1,560 31.6 -8.6 Labour Party (UK) Richard Green 880 17.8 -14.3 Labour Party (UK) Merle Morris 727 14.7 -10.4 Labour Party (UK) Richard Parsons 658 13.3 -11.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Lemon 502 10.2 N/A Green Party of England and Wales John Malam 443 9.0 -4.5 4,936 65.9 +24.7 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Bocking North Bocking North Conservative Party (UK) Stephanie Paul 1,093 40.1 +5.8 Labour Party (UK) David Mann 927 34.0 -15.4 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Everard 842 30.9 -14.9 UK Independence Party Michael Ford 753 27.6 +12.6 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Scattergood 663 24.3 -1.9 Green Party of England and Wales Dawn Holmes 223 8.2 +0.1 2,728 66.1 +25.4 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bocking South Bocking South John Baugh Conservative Party (UK) 37.0 947 -9.9 Moia Thorogood Labour Party (UK) 28.8 737 -17.3 Labour Party (UK) Lynn Watson 695 27.2 -14.7 Conservative Party (UK) Marlene Shepherd 670 26.2 -7.8 UK Independence Party Linda Campbell Hunt 601 23.5 N/A UK Independence Party Michael Hunt 549 21.5 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Simon Attwood 240 9.4 -4.2 2,557 57.4 +21.2 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Braintree Central & Beckers Green Braintree Central & Beckers Green Conservative Party (UK) John Cunningham 1,284 35.0 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Hensman 1,197 32.6 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Cunningham 1,190 32.4 Labour Party (UK) Agnes Bishop 1,125 30.7 UK Independence Party Norma Huxter 1,108 30.2 Labour Party (UK) Colin Riches 1,019 27.8 Labour Party (UK) Celia Shute 934 25.4 Green Party of England and Wales Dormer Andrews 626 17.1 3,670 57.5 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Braintree South Braintree South Conservative Party (UK) Alan Dunn 1,437 53.7 +11.4 Conservative Party (UK) Vanessa Santomauro 1,126 42.1 +1.7 Labour Party (UK) Martin Green 943 35.3 -0.3 Labour Party (UK) Edith Aganoke 922 34.5 -4.6 2,674 59.7 +22.4 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour gained one of these seats at a 2012 by-election. Braintree West Braintree West Conservative Party (UK) John McKee 1,840 56.5 Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Ramage 1,179 36.2 UK Independence Party Keith Johnson 948 29.1 Labour Party (UK) Bill Edwards 698 21.5 Labour Party (UK) Juliet Walton 623 19.1 Green Party of England and Wales Freddie Gerrard-Abbott 384 11.8 3,254 68.4 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Bumpstead Bumpstead Conservative Party (UK) Robert Bolton 1,082 61.3 -8.7 UK Independence Party Ian Gary 343 19.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) Christina Desborough 325 18.4 -11.6 1,765 75.7 +24.4 Conservative Party (UK) N/A Coggeshall Coggeshall Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Newton 1,796 51.3 Conservative Party (UK) Lynette Bowers-Flint 1,470 42.0 UK Independence Party Tom Wood 734 21.0 Labour Party (UK) Gary Knights 681 19.5 Labour Party (UK) Tom Walsh 554 15.8 Green Party of England and Wales Howard Reed 467 13.4 3,498 76.5 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Gosfield & Greenstead Green Gosfield & Greenstead Green Conservative Party (UK) John O'Reilly-Cicconi 1,167 67.7 +3.2 Labour Party (UK) Deborah Warren 318 18.4 -5.4 Green Party of England and Wales Anne Bishop 239 13.9 +2.3 1,752 77.9 +24.7 Conservative Party (UK) 4.3 Great Notley & Black Notley Great Notley & Black Notley Conservative Party (UK) Graham Butland 3,136 60.9 Conservative Party (UK) Tom Cunningham 2,712 52.7 Conservative Party (UK) Frankie Ricci 2,590 50.3 UK Independence Party Rowland Pudney 1,191 23.1 Labour Party (UK) Jacqueline Thurgood 711 13.8 Labour Party (UK) David Rice 693 13.5 Labour Party (UK) Steven Goodfellow 672 13.0 Green Party of England and Wales Howard Bills 664 12.9 5,150 71.3 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Halstead St. Andrew's Halstead St. Andrew's Halstead Residents Association David Hume 1,172 41.4 +7.6 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Kirby 991 35.0 -0.7 Conservative Party (UK) Jennie Sutton 788 27.9 -14.1 Halstead Residents Association Andy Munday 700 24.8 -2.0 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Knight 452 16.0 -10.9 Labour Party (UK) Donna Tuck 280 9.9 -8.3 Green Party of England and Wales Nicholas Scales 226 8.0 N/A 2,828 65.2 +24.7 Halstead Residents Association Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Halstead Trinity Halstead Trinity Halstead Residents Association Jackie Pell 1,286 45.6 +3.7 Conservative Party (UK) Julia Allen 1,134 40.2 +13.5 Labour Party (UK) Malcolm Fincken 788 27.9 -6.7 UK Independence Party David Huxter 788 27.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) Garry Warren 504 17.9 -10.6 2,823 60.1 +22.7 Halstead Residents Association Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Hatfield Peverel & Terling Hatfield Peverel & Terling Conservative Party (UK) David Bebb 1,801 52.1 Conservative Party (UK) Daryn Hufton-Rees 1,448 41.9 UK Independence Party Garry Cockrill 859 24.9 UK Independence Party David Hodges 528 15.3 Labour Party (UK) Maureen Bennett 440 12.7 Green Party of England and Wales Jonathan Barker 339 9.8 Labour Party (UK) Neil Coughlin 312 9.0 Independent (politician) Les Priestley 289 8.4 3,456 73.3 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Hedingham Hedingham Conservative Party (UK) Jo Beavis 1,351 49.0 Conservative Party (UK) Hylton Johnson 1,126 40.9 UK Independence Party Bernie Chilten 757 27.5 UK Independence Party Fred Swallow 524 19.0 Labour Party (UK) Neil Fawkes 459 16.7 Labour Party (UK) Stuart Scrivens 457 16.6 2,755 66.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Kelvedon & Feering Kelvedon & Feering Conservative Party (UK) John Elliott 2,003 60.0 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Mitchell 1,905 57.1 Labour Party (UK) Ian Marshall 756 22.6 Labour Party (UK) Tony Lewis 721 21.6 Green Party of England and Wales Daniel Shadbolt 688 20.6 3,338 76.4 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Rayne Rayne Conservative Party (UK) Michael Banthorpe 996 61.7 +19.5 UK Independence Party Sean Carter 331 20.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) Nigel Gibson 177 11.0 -7.8 Green Party of England and Wales Poppy Gerrard-Abbott 109 6.8 N/A 1,621 72.7 +25.9 Conservative Party (UK) N/A Silver End and Cressing Silver End and Cressing (2 seats) Green Party of England and Wales James Abbott 1,597 49.0 Conservative Party (UK) Kevin Bowers 1,038 31.8 Green Party of England and Wales Bob Wright 913 28.0 UK Independence Party Brian Day 736 22.6 Labour Party (UK) Jane Hayward 407 12.5 Labour Party (UK) Greta Tew 312 9.6 3,262 68.6 Green Party of England and Wales Conservative Party (UK) Stour Valley North Stour Valley North Conservative Party (UK) Iona Parker 1,084 62.5 -13.5 UK Independence Party Raymond Richards 379 21.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) Peter Long 271 15.6 -8.4 1,753 76.6 +25.5 Conservative Party (UK) N/A Stour Valley South Stour Valley South Conservative Party (UK) Wendy Scattergood 1,119 58.5 -17.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Bolter 289 15.1 N/A UK Independence Party Philip Palij 271 14.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) Fred Hearn 234 12.2 -11.6 1,925 78.8 +25.1 Conservative Party (UK) N/A The Colnes The Colnes Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Siddall 2,033 61.9 Conservative Party (UK) Gabrielle Spray 1,606 48.9 Labour Party (UK) Felix Preston 624 19.0 Green Party of England and Wales Alan Sheppard 616 18.8 Labour Party (UK) Antony Gore 336 10.2 3,282 72.8 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Three Fields Three Fields Conservative Party (UK) Peter Tattersley 1,862 53.6 -17.5 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Schwier 1,613 46.4 -18.6 UK Independence Party Angie Jamison 945 27.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) Margaret Lynch 532 15.3 -6.4 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Bennett 403 11.6 -7.2 Green Party of England and Wales Ursula Riedl 392 11.3 N/A 3,476 75.3 +25.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Witham Central Witham Central Conservative Party (UK) Susan Wilson 1,181 45.3 Conservative Party (UK) Angela Kilmartin 1,140 43.7 Labour Party (UK) Brian Pereira 582 22.3 Labour Party (UK) Duncan Wood 495 19.0 Green Party of England and Wales Stephen Hicks 438 16.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Barry Fleet 426 16.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Helen Waring 294 11.3 2,607 60.8 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Witham North Witham North Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Bailey 1,227 40.3 +8.2 Conservative Party (UK) John Goodman 1,140 37.5 +9.9 Labour Party (UK) Phil Barlow 992 32.6 -13.3 Labour Party (UK) Eileen Davidson 756 24.9 -21.8 Green Party of England and Wales Michelle Weeks 645 21.2 +2.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Pamela Hooper 295 9.7 -2.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Derek Ray 198 6.5 N/A 3,042 61.3 +23.3 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Witham South Witham South Conservative Party (UK) Janet Money 1,395 50.7 +4.6 Conservative Party (UK) Corinne Thompson 1,249 45.4 +2.1 Labour Party (UK) Paul Heath 715 26.0 -7.2 Labour Party (UK) Francis Macdonald 506 18.4 -14.5 Green Party of England and Wales Nelson Brunton 287 10.4 -5.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bernard Dearlove 245 8.9 -2.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Hayden Hooper 201 7.3 N/A 2,754 62.0 +27.2 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Witham West Witham West Conservative Party (UK) Patrick Horner 1,478 46.9 +6.3 Conservative Party (UK) William Rose 1,351 42.9 +1.5 Labour Party (UK) Lucy Barlow 912 28.9 -5.4 Labour Party (UK) Tony Bennett 865 27.4 -4.6 Green Party of England and Wales Philip Hughes 459 14.6 -2.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Fleet 368 11.7 +0.3 3,152 62.5 +22.1 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Yeldham Yeldham Conservative Party (UK) Richard Van Dulken 872 55.9 -2.3 UK Independence Party Sam Cowie 400 25.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) Noel Owen 288 18.5 -2.1 1,576 73.1 +28.2 Conservative Party (UK) N/A By-elections Witham South Witham South: 5 May 2016https://www.braintree.gov.uk/downloads/file/6051/5th_may_2016_district_council_-_witham_south 5th May 2016 District Council - Witham South Braintree District Council Braintree District Council www.braintree.gov.uk en 2019-04-18Gavin Maclure Conservative Party (UK) 446 44.3 -13.2Labour Party (UK) Paul Heath 376 37.4 +10.8Green Party of England and Wales Stephen Hicks 184 18.3 +12.070 7.0 N/A1,014 23.0 -38.98 0.8 -1.1Conservative Party (UK) Witham North Witham North: 20 October 2016https://www.braintree.gov.uk/downloads/file/6054/20th_october_2016_district_council_-_witham_north 20th October 2016 District Council - Witham North Braintree District Council Braintree District Council www.braintree.gov.uk en 2019-04-18Philip Barlow +4.2 339 Labour Party (UK) 37.5Conservative Party (UK) Lorne Campbell 308 34.0 -11.0Green Party of England and Wales Michelle Weeks 227 25.1 +12.8Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Scott 31 3.4 -6.031 3.4 N/A906 18.3 -43.01 0.1 -1.7Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Bumpstead Bumpstead: 20 October 2016https://www.braintree.gov.uk/downloads/file/6053/20th_october_2016_district_council_-_bumpstead 20th October 2016 District Council - Bumpstead Braintree District Council Braintree District Council www.braintree.gov.uk en 2019-04-18Diana Garrod Conservative Party (UK) 350 64.6 +2.7UK Independence Party Debbie Shaw 84 15.5 -4.1Labour Party (UK) William Edwards 45 8.3 -10.3Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Bolter 40 7.4 N/AGreen Party of England and Wales Anne Bishop 23 4.2 N/A266 49.1 +6.8542 23.2 -52.50 0.0 -0.8Conservative Party (UK) Bocking North Bocking North: 3 May 2018https://www.braintree.gov.uk/downloads/file/7832/3rd_may_2018_-_bocking_north_-_may_2018 3rd May 2018 - Bocking North - May 2018 Braintree District Council Braintree District Council www.braintree.gov.uk en 2019-04-18Anthony Everard Labour Party (UK) 619 48.3 +9.0Conservative Party (UK) Dean Wallace 540 42.2 +3.1UK Independence Party Samuel Cowie 78 6.1 -10.6Green Party of England and Wales Dawn Holmes 44 3.4 -1.579 6.2 N/A1,281 30.7 -35.40 0.0 -0.4Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Hatfield Peverel and Terling Hatfield Peverel and Terling: 3 May 2018https://www.braintree.gov.uk/downloads/file/7831/3rd_may_2018_-_hatfield_peverel_and_terling 3rd May 2018 - Hatfield Peverel and Terling Braintree District Council Braintree District Council www.braintree.gov.uk en 2019-04-18James Coleridge Conservative Party (UK) 965 -3.0 64.7Green Party of England and Wales Jonathan Barker 293 19.6 +9.7Labour Party (UK) Lucy Barlow 234 15.7 -6.3672 45.0 N/A1,496 32.2 -41.24 0.3 -0.5Conservative Party (UK) References Braintree 2015 Category:2010s in Essex