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2015 South Ribble Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2015 South Ribble Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Local elections were held for South Ribble Borough Council on 7 May 2015, the same day as the 2015 United Kingdom general election and other 2015 United Kingdom local elections. Local elections are held every four years with all councillors up for election in multi-member electoral wards.

Boundary review

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The Local Government Boundary Commission for England reviewed the local boundaries of South Ribble Borough Council in 2014.[1]

The number of councillors elected to South Ribble council was reduced to 50, from the wards outlined below. The changes were made official by The South Ribble (Electoral Changes) Order 2014.[2]

Electoral wards in South Ribble, 2015
Ward Number of councillors
Bamber Bridge East 2
Bamber Bridge West 2
Broad Oak 2
Broadfield 2
Buckshaw and Worden 2
Charnock 2
Coupe Green and Gregson Lane 2
Earnshaw Bridge 2
Farington East 2
Farington West 2
Hoole 2
Howick and Priory 3
Leyland Central 2
Longton and Hutton 3
Lostock Hall 3
Middleforth 3
Moss Side 2
New Longton and Hutton East 2
Samlesbury and Walton 2
Seven Stars 2
St. Ambrose 2
Walton-le-Dale East 2
Walton-le-Dale East 2

Ward Results

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Bamber Bridge East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Foster 1,051 30.7
Labour Caleb Tomlinson 947 27.7
Conservative Taylor James 710 20.7
Conservative Rita Hughes 714 20.9
Bamber Bridge East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mick Higgins 1,127 31.0
Labour Dave Watts 1,021 28.1
Conservative Josephine Nelson 752 20.7
Conservative Kathleen Yates 736 20.2
Broadfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mick Titherington 1,373 35.6
Labour Matthew Tomlinson 1,292 33.4
Conservative Paul Moon 614 16.0
Conservative Edward Hardy 582 15.1
Coupe Green & Gregson Lane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lee Bennet 1,382 33.4
Conservative Jim Marsh 1,371 33.1
Labour Mark Bradley 794 19.2
Green Graham Dixon 592 14.3
Lostock Hall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clifford Hughes 1,663 19.8
Conservative Jacqui Mort 1,473 17.5
Conservative Noreen Blow 1,403 16.7
Labour Lee Graham 1359 16.2
Labour Stuart Cook 1330 15.8
Labour Sue Prynn 1330 14.1
Moss Side
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Green 1,068 26.0
Conservative Mary Green 1,041 25.3
Labour James Harrison 689 16.8
Labour Peter Holker 645 15.7
UKIP Bernard Rodgers 353 8.6
UKIP Linda Rodgers 314 7.6
New Longton & Hutton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rose Smith 1,739 32.7
Conservative Phil Smith 1,604 30.1
Labour Anne Brown 637 12.0
Labour Geoff Key 607 11.4
Green Charles Henshaw 324 6.1
Liberal Democrats Julie Hartley 224 4.2
Liberal Democrats Anthony Hartley 182 3.4
Samlesbury & Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barrie Yates 1,295 34.4
Conservative Peter Mullineux 1,187 31.5
Labour Graham Davies 701 18.6
Labour Andy Bennison 583 15.5


Charnock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Watkinson 824 25.5
Labour Elizabeth Mawson 788 24.4
Conservative Dorothy Garner 752 23.3
Conservative Melvyn Gardner 689 21.3
Liberal Democrats Mary Young 181 5.6


Earnshaw Bridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Evans 959 24.7
Conservative Susan Snape 816 21.0
Conservative Cathy Roper 701 18.1
Labour Dave Wynn 680 17.5
UKIP Patricia Taylor 409 10.5
UKIP Walter Taylor 314 8.1
Leyland Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Claire Hamilton 1,049 24.7
Labour Derek Forrest 1,011 23.8
Conservative Pete Aspinall 815 19.2
Conservative Ann Pearmain 738 17.4
Green Tom Bidwell 322 7.6
Liberal Democrats Gwendoline Schofield 187 4.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Valentine 119 2.8
Farington West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Walton 1,045 29.0
Conservative Karen Walton 919 25.5
Labour Emma Buchanan 709 19.7
Labour Barbara Davis 540 15.0
Liberal Democrats Judith Davidson 255 7.0
Liberal Democrats Matthew Howarth 134 3.7
Seven Stars
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Bell 1,321 35.6
Labour Fred Heyworth 919 22.7
Conservative Louise Gough 677 18.3
Conservative Tony Green 597 16.1
UKIP David Duxbury 273 7.4
Longton & Hutton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Clark 1,940 20.8
Conservative Colin Coulton 1,937 20.8
Conservative Jon Hesketh 1,743 18.7
UKIP Julie Buttery 817 8.8
Labour Neil Scanlan 673 7.2
Labour Carol Wooldridge 532 5.7
Labour Michael Kelly 520 5.6
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Barker 458 5.0
Liberal Democrats David Moore 415 4.4
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Crewe 296 3.2
St. Ambrose
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ken Jones 1,017 27.6
Labour Sue Jones 993 26.9
Conservative Christopher Hardman 664 18.0
Conservative Lee Gregson 560 15.2
Liberal Democrats Gareth Armstrong 299 8.1
Liberal Democrats Martin Cassell 155 4.2
Hoole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Suthers 887 27.3
Conservative John Rainsbury 765 23.5
UKIP Ann Holmes 394 12.1
UKIP Shirley Parkinson 349 10.7
Labour James Minall 346 10.6
Labour Terri Yates 334 10.3
Liberal Democrats Helen Crewe 105 3.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Hubberstey 73 2.2
Buckshaw & Worden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Moon 1,444 29.2
Conservative Alan Ogilvie 1,312 26.6
Labour John Gillooly 963 19.5
Labour Ruth Wynn 853 17.3
Liberal Democrats Alexander Howarth 202 4.1
Liberal Democrats Doris Pimblett 334 3.3
Howick & Priory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Howarth 1,650 14.8
Conservative David Bird 1,585 14.2
Conservative Rebecca Noblet 1,547 13.8
Liberal Democrats Tony Pimblett 1479 13.2
Conservative Alistair Woollard 1372 12.3
Labour David Bennett 1173 10.5
Liberal Democrats Angela Turner 1130 10.1
UKIP John Carruthers 678 6.1
Green Henshaw Sandy 560 5.0
Broad Oak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Harry Hancock 1,650 26.5
Conservative Linda Woollard 973 20.3
Liberal Democrats Tim Young 957 19.9
Conservative Frances Walker 901 18.8
Labour Robert Taylor 698 14.5
Walton-le-Dale West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Nathan 1,148 29.5
Conservative Michael Nelson 1,085 27.8
Labour Linda Parry 879 22.6
Labour Alex Watson 785 20.1
Farington East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jonathon Woodcock 751 23.9
Conservative Paul Wharton 747 23.7
Labour Malcolm Donoghue 711 22.6
Conservative Alan Pearmain 609 19.4
Liberal Democrats Katherine Hesketh-Holt 206 6.5
Liberal Democrats Marion Hancock 122 3.9
Middleforth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Martin 1,754 18.0
Labour Jim Patten 1,635 16.8
Labour David Wooldridge 1,573 16.1
Conservative Jenny Hothersall 1280 13.1
Conservative Joan Burrows 1239 12.7
Conservative Clarke Steele 1110 11.4
UKIP Neil Anyon 787 8.1
Liberal Democrats Maria McCann 364 3.7
Walton-le-Dale East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrea Ball 1,123 28.7
Conservative Barbara Nathan 950 24.3
Labour Steve Bennett 937 23.9
Labour Phil Entwistle 906 23.1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "South Ribble". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  2. ^ "The South Ribble Electoral Changes Orde". Legislation.gov. Retrieved 16 November 2014.