2015 Christchurch Borough Council election

2015 UK local government election May 2015 May 2026 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2015 Christchurch Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey and UK Independence Party in purple. The 2015 Christchurch Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Christchurch Borough Council in Dorset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2015/may/15/local-election-results-2015-in-full Local election results 2015 in full 15 May 2015 The Guardian 24 May 2015 Background After the last election in 2011 the Conservatives had a majority on the council with 21 seats, while independents had two seats and there was one Liberal Democrat.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/19uc.stm England council elections 10 May 2011 BBC News Online 24 May 2015 However the only Liberal Democrat councillor, Peter Hall of Town Centre ward, defected to the Conservatives in June 2011.http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/9097927.Lib_Dem_councillor_quitting_to_join_Tories/?ref=rl Lib-Dem councillor quitting to join Tories Clark Katie 22 June 2011 Bournemouth Daily Echo 24 May 2015 69 candidates stood in 2015 for the 24 seats on the council, including a full slate of 24 from the Conservatives.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-32256346 Christchurch Borough Council elections: No Lib Dem candidates 11 April 2015 BBC News Online 24 May 2015 Labour had 20 candidates and the UK Independence Party 16, up from 11 and 6 respectively in 2011.No Lib Dem candidates to stand in Christchurch Clark Katie 11 April 2015 Bournemouth Daily Echo NewsBank Other candidates were six from the Green Party and three independents, including the two sitting councillors in Jumpers ward, Colin Bungey and Fred Neale. After the Liberal Democrats stood 11 candidates in 2011 they had no candidates in 2015, with the party's candidate for the Christchurch parliamentary constituency saying that the local party "wanted to concentrate on the general election campaign". Three Conservative councillors, Mike Duckworth, Gillian Geary and Myra Mawbey, stood down at the election. Meanwhile, the election in North Highcliffe and Walkford ward was delayed until June 2015 after the death of one of the candidates.http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/vote2015/local_elections/12936122.Election_delayed_after_candidate_s_death/ Election delayed after candidate's death 7 May 2015 Bournemouth Daily Echo 24 May 2015 Election result The Conservatives remained in control of the council after winning 19 of the 22 seats contested in May. They lost one seat to the UK Independence Party, but retained all of the other seats they had been defending, including both seats in Town Centre ward where Peter Hall held his seat as a Conservative after his defection from the Liberal Democrats in 2011.Vote 2015: Tories maintain their dominance in Christchurch Frampton Will 9 May 2015 Bournemouth Daily Echo NewsBank The UK Independence Party gain came in Grange ward where Janet Abbott was elected and the party got an increased vote share across the council. Meanwhile, the only other seats not won by the Conservatives came in Jumpers where the two independent councillors, Colin Bungey and Fred Neale, held their seats. The Conservatives also won both seats at the June delayed election in North Highcliffe and Walkford ward.https://www.dorsetforyou.com/article/418564/Elections-for-the-North-Highcliffe--Walkford-ward?nomobile=true Elections for the North Highcliffe & Walkford ward dorsetforyou.com 23 June 2015 Christchurch local election result 2015https://www.dorsetforyou.com/article/418556/Results-of-the-election-to-Christchurch-Borough-Council Results of the election to Christchurch Borough Council dorsetforyou.com 24 May 2015 Conservative Party (UK) 21 0 1 -1 87.5 57.7 28,859 -5.6 Independent (politician) 2 0 0 0 8.3 4.7 2,331 -2.4 UK Independence Party 1 1 0 +1 4.2 20.5 10,242 +14.0 Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 13.8 6,899 +4.6 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.3 1,672 +3.3 The above totals include the delayed election in North Highcliffe and Walkford. Ward results Burton and Wickton (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) David Flagg 1,190 Conservative Party (UK) Colin Jamieson 1,164 UK Independence Party Dan Mills 564 UK Independence Party Cindy McGrail 562 Independent (politician) Brian Taylor 335 Labour Party (UK) James Kennedy 300 Labour Party (UK) Jacqueline Milton 299 4,414 71.0 +20.5 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Grange (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Denise Jones 645 UK Independence Party Janet Abbott 635 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Hilliard 584 UK Independence Party Carl Williams 547 Labour Party (UK) Antoinette Pearce 377 Labour Party (UK) David Munnik 371 Green Party of England and Wales Graham Kendrick 225 3,384 55.1 +20.7 Conservative Party (UK) UK Independence Party Conservative Party (UK) Highcliffe (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Vicki Hallam 1,283 Conservative Party (UK) John Lofts 1,221 UK Independence Party Robin Ede 618 UK Independence Party Jean Bell 541 Labour Party (UK) Carol Wilcox 250 Labour Party (UK) Vera Hill 242 4,155 74.8 +17.4 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Jumpers (2 seats) Independent (politician) Colin Bungey 1,014 Independent (politician) Fred Neale 982 Conservative Party (UK) Norma Fox 678 Conservative Party (UK) Will Edwards 652 Labour Party (UK) Robin Thorpe 270 Green Party of England and Wales Robert Staite 214 Labour Party (UK) Howard Wortley 211 Green Party of England and Wales Nigel Ware 174 4,195 70.5 +24.2 Independent (politician) Independent (politician) Mudeford and Friars Cliff (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Claire Bath 1,900 Conservative Party (UK) Andy Barfield 1,897 Conservative Party (UK) Trevor Watts 1,437 UK Independence Party Robert Clifford 945 Labour Party (UK) Lindsay Turner 558 Labour Party (UK) Robert Brannan 515 7,252 74.4 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Portfield (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Tavis Fox 1,081 Conservative Party (UK) Lisle Smith 868 UK Independence Party Jane Brown 676 Labour Party (UK) Julie Keeble 507 Labour Party (UK) Bob McNair 416 3,548 66.8 +27.4 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Purewell and Stanpit (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Bernie Davis 1,066 Conservative Party (UK) Ray Nottage 966 UK Independence Party Diane Rollinson 657 UK Independence Party Terry Spooner 561 Labour Party (UK) Clare Martens 432 Green Party of England and Wales Anthony Sanders 421 4,103 70.4 +22.2 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) St Catherine's and Hurn (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Sue Spittle 1,603 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Phipps 1,494 UK Independence Party Inez Baxter 599 Labour Party (UK) Alan Matthews 308 Labour Party (UK) Valerie Matthews 298 4,302 76.5 +20.5 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Town Centre (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Peter Hall 1,045 Conservative Party (UK) Wendy Grace 993 UK Independence Party Liz Faherty 585 UK Independence Party Olga Turner 476 Labour Party (UK) George Gregory 365 Green Party of England and Wales Joanne Dyton 349 Green Party of England and Wales Steven Thomas 289 4,102 70.2 +21.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) West Highcliffe (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Trish Jamieson 1,945 Conservative Party (UK) Lesley Dedman 1,834 Conservative Party (UK) David Jones 1,745 UK Independence Party Philip Glover 922 UK Independence Party Douglas Oakley 751 Labour Party (UK) Robert Maskell 534 Labour Party (UK) Abdul Qureshi 371 8,091 74.3 +21.3 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) North Highcliffe and Walkford delayed election The election in North Highcliffe and Walkford ward took place on 18 June 2015, delayed from 7 May when the rest of the council voted, after the death of Labour candidate Richard Walls. The two seats were won by Conservatives Sally Derham Wilkes and Nick Geary. North Highcliffe and Walkford (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Sally Derham Wilkes 793 Conservative Party (UK) Nick Geary 775 UK Independence Party Robin Grey 315 UK Independence Party Janet Hatton 288 Labour Party (UK) Donald Barr 143 Labour Party (UK) Gareth Walls 132 2,446 41.0 -12.1 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Mudeford and Friars Cliff by-election Mudeford and Friars Cliff by-election 2 March 2017Local Elections Archive Project — Mudeford and Friars Cliff Ward https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/8397/#2017-03-02 www.andrewteale.me.uk 13 December 2023 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Hilliard 629 46.8 -9.0 Independent politician Sheila Gray 466 34.7 +34.7 Labour Party (UK) Julian Spurr 91 6.8 -9.6 UK Independence Party Lawrence Wilson 85 6.3 -21.5 Green Party of England and Wales Fiona Cownie 72 5.4 +5.4 163 12.1 1,343 Conservative Party (UK) References 2015 Christchurch Category:May 2015 in the United Kingdom