2015 North East Lincolnshire Council election

2015 UK local government election April 2015 April 2015 thumb|Results by ward. The 2015 North East Lincolnshire Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of North East Lincolnshire Council in England.http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums Upcoming elections & referendums 1 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 and the general election for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Council make up After the 2015 local election, the political make up of the council was as follows:Local elections 7 May 2015 - North East Lincolnshire Council https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/councillors-and-democracy/elections-and-electoral-registration/election-results/local-elections-7-may-2015/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20180702011056/https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/councillors-and-democracy/elections-and-electoral-registration/election-results/local-elections-7-may-2015/ 2018-07-02 nelincs.gov.uk Party Number of councillors Labour 20 Conservative 10 Liberal Democrats 3 UKIP 9 Green 0 Independent 0 No seats changed hands between parties at these council elections, with the exception of a by-election for an additional seat in East Marsh which otherwise wouldn't have been contested again until 2016 that UKIP gained from Labour. The same seat would be vacated only months later by the winning candidate, and was left vacant until the next set of local elections in the authority because it occurred less than six months before the 2016 local elections. In four wards (Humberston and New Waltham, Scartho, South, and West Marsh) elected new councillors as the incumbents did not stand again. Shortly after these elections, a by-election was held in the Croft Baker ward in July 2015 due to the death of the winning candidate Michael Burnett shortly after these elections. Labour held the seat.https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-33636608 By-election starts in North East Lincolnshire 23 July 2015 www.bbc.co.ukLocal elections 23 July 2015 - North East Lincolnshire Council https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/councillors-and-democracy/elections-and-electoral-registration/election-results/local-elections-23rd-july-2015/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20180701031205/https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/councillors-and-democracy/elections-and-electoral-registration/election-results/local-elections-23rd-july-2015/ 2018-07-01 nelincs.gov.uk Ward results Croft Baker Croft Baker 2015 Labour Party (UK) Michael Burnett 2056 Conservative Party (UK) Hayden Dawkins 1370 UK Independence Party Graham John Critchley 1202 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sarah Elaine Hughes 220 Green Party of England and Wales James William Barker 202 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Dave Mitchell 95 686 Labour Party (UK) Note: Burnett died shortly after this election. Labour retained the seat in the resultant by-election. East Marsh East Marsh 2015 (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) Terry Walker 952 UK Independence Party Becci Bishell 883 Labour Party (UK) Neil Martin Trenchard 867 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lauren Bruce 834 Liberal Democrats (UK) Les Windsor 662 Conservative Party (UK) Jake Brown 386 Green Party of England and Wales Andy Dickson 211 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Phil Tuplin 135 16 Labour Party (UK) UK Independence Party Labour Party (UK) Note: A by-election was held for an additional seat in the ward, caused by the resignation of councillor Jon-Paul Howarth, whose seat was last contested in 2012. The results meant that Walker (who last contested his seat in 2011) held his seat and was elected for four years, as he would have done if there was no by-election and assuming he won. Bishell won the by-election seat and won a term of office for only one year. She resigned due to illness only several months later, and the seat was left vacant as it was less than six months until the 2016 local elections. Freshney Freshney 2015 Labour Party (UK) Ray Sutton 1791 UK Independence Party John William Chapman 1181 Conservative Party (UK) Max Logan Burnett 1133 Green Party of England and Wales Andy Lingwood 136 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Ian Michael Radford 37 610 Labour Party (UK) Haverstoe Haverstoe 2015 Conservative Party (UK) Keith Cyrus Brookes 2783 UK Independence Party Terry Robinson 1302 Labour Party (UK) Alexander Wallace 1270 Liberal Democrats (UK) Roy Horobin 369 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Julian Darren Best 37 1481 Conservative Party (UK) Note: Wallace previously represented Sidney Sussex from 1995 to 2003, before contesting Humberston and New Waltham that year and losing. He later went on to represent his original seat again from 2010 until he lost to UKIP in 2014. Heneage Heneage 2015 Labour Party (UK) Matthew David Patrick 1730 UK Independence Party Mark Smith 1335 Conservative Party (UK) Mike Rudkin 917 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stuart Shepherd 289 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Val O’Flynn 105 395 Labour Party (UK) Note: Rudkin previously represented Scartho from 1999 to 2006. Smith contested this ward in 2012 as an Independent candidate. Humberston & New Waltham Humberston & New Waltham 2015 Conservative Party (UK) Stan Shreeve 2902 UK Independence Party David Rimmer Walker 1627 Labour Party (UK) Kathryn Helen Wheatley 1360 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Samuel Chad Bankes-Archer 93 1275 Conservative Party (UK) Note: Wheatley previously represented East Marsh (then known as North-East) from 1999 to 2003. Immingham Immingham 2015 Labour Party (UK) Mike Burton 2121 Conservative Party (UK) Debbie Hill 1397 UK Independence Party Joy Banks 1344 Green Party of England and Wales Martin Leslie Reed 184 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Andrew Jonathan Simon Smith 78 724 Labour Party (UK) Notes: Hill previously contested this seat as a Liberal Democrat in 2010. Park Park 2015 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew De Freitas 1745 Labour Party (UK) Ian Keith Townsend 1223 Conservative Party (UK) Sarah Rudkin 1144 UK Independence Party Jane Whittingham 980 Green Party of England and Wales Jacqueline Vessey 272 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Andrew Paul Wood 63 522 Liberal Democrats (UK) Note: De Freitas received more votes at this local election held solely within his ward than his party's general election candidate got throughout the entire Great Grimsby constituency which took place on the same day, thus suggesting that a large proportion of the people who voted for him to be their councillor actually voted for other candidates than the Liberal Democrats on their general election ballot papers. Scartho Scartho 2015 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Robert Lindley 1962 Labour Party (UK) Irene Kelly 1554 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Michael De Freitas 439 342 Conservative Party (UK) Note: This was the first occasion since 2011 in which the Conservatives managed to successfully win (regardless of whether it was a hold or a gain) a ward within the Great Grimsby constituency. Lindley was previously a Labour councillor for West Marsh from 2010 to 2014, but quit the party over not being selected for the seat in which he lived in (Yarborough) and his disagreement with the all-women's shortlist imposed on the Great Grimsby constituency candidate selection for the 2015 general election. He had been nominated for his West Marsh seat, but pulled out on the night before Tim Mickleburgh was chosen as his replacement. South South 2015 Labour Party (UK) Chris Stanland 1681 UK Independence Party Paul David Batson 1278 Conservative Party (UK) Alastair Carl Grigg 742 Liberal Democrats (UK) Steve Hocknell 172 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Angela Heather Greenfield 83 403 Labour Party (UK) Notes: Stanland resigned little over a year after being elected. He previously contested Humberston and New Waltham as a Liberal Democrat in 2011. The resultant by-election saw Labour hold the seat with a small swing towards them. Hocknell previously represented Heneage ward from 2003 to 2011. Sidney Sussex Sidney Sussex 2015 Labour Party (UK) Hazel Florence Jane Chase 1666 UK Independence Party Tanya Brasted 1133 Conservative Party (UK) Debbie Landymore 985 Green Party of England and Wales Warren Peter Jolly 272 Liberal Democrats (UK) Steve Stead 129 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Malcolm Morland 82 533 Labour Party (UK) Notes: Morland was a former Labour councillor for this ward from 1995 to 1999, before changing seats in 1999 to Croft Baker until 2003. He returned to the council when he became a Liberal Democrat councillor for this ward from 2006 to 2010. Stead previously represented Yarborough for his party from 1999 to 2003. Waltham Waltham 2015 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Jackson 2156 Labour Party (UK) Ashley David Smith 840 UK Independence Party Guy Thomas Twisleton Haxby 760 Liberal Democrats (UK) Louise Julie Horobin 146 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Val Pow 39 1316 Conservative Party (UK) West Marsh West Marsh 2015 Labour Party (UK) Karl Wilson 939 UK Independence Party Stephen Whittingham 560 Independent (politician) Peter Michael Barker 301 Conservative Party (UK) Holly Joanne Amanda Hill 233 Independent (politician) Keith Watkin 201 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition David John Hardy 74 379 Labour Party (UK) Note: Wilson previously represented Heneage from 2010 to 2014. Watkin and Barker were elected to this ward as Independents in 1999, until losing their seats to Labour in 2010 and 2011 respectively. Wolds Wolds 2015 Conservative Party (UK) Hilda Melanie Dickerson 2105 Labour Party (UK) Marian Jervis 953 UK Independence Party Anthony Alan Blake 909 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Karen Michelle Manley 50 1152 Conservative Party (UK) Yarborough Yarborough 2015 Labour Party (UK) Peter Christopher Wheatley 1900 UK Independence Party Thomas James Furneaux 1391 Conservative Party (UK) Martin Peter Johnson 1096 Liberal Democrats (UK) Carol Beasant 252 Green Party of England and Wales Vicky Dunn 176 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Benjamin Leech 47 509 Labour Party (UK) Note: Furneaux previously contested Park for the Conservatives in 2014. References North East Lincolnshire Category:May 2015 in the United Kingdom 2015 Category:2010s in Lincolnshire