Sedgemoor District Council election, 2015

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Map of the results of the 2015 Sedgemoor District Council election.

The 2015 Sedgemoor District Council election took place on Thursday 7 May 2015 as a four-yearly election to elect all members (councillors) of Sedgemoor District Council in the English county of Somerset. The principal town in the district is Bridgwater accounting for 15 of the 48 councillors elected.[1] The election was part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2015 which were held simultaneously with the 2015 General Election.

Composition of council seats before election

After the 2011 District Council election, 31 councillors were Conservatives, 13 were Labour, 2 were Liberal Democrats and there were 2 independents.[2]

Party Seats
Conservative 31
Labour 13
Liberal Democrat 2
Independent 2

Election results

Sedgemoor Local Election Result 2015
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 35 5 1 +4 72.9 53.6 57,884 +1.1%
  Labour 10 0 3 -3 20.8 16.0 17,289 -5.0%
  UKIP 2 2 0 +2 4.2 6.0 6,486 +16.4%
  Liberal Democrat 1 1 -2 -1 2.1 17.1 18,449 -14.8%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 5.7 6,121 +4.6%
  Independent 0 0 2 -2 0 1.7 1,835 -2.4%
Total 48 92,692

Candidates by ward

Sedgemoor District Council continued to be made up of 48 councillors elected in 23 different wards, each electing between one and three councillors.

32 incumbent councillors stood again in the wards they represented before this election (denoted by a *).

Axevale Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Axevale Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Jean Margaret Bevis 1021 22.7
Conservative John Henry Denbee* 1236 27.4
Green Jake Flood 562 12.5
Conservative Liz Scott* 1325 29.4
Labour Tom Scott 361 8.0
Turnout 4505
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Berrow Ward (1 seat)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Berrow Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Grimes* 799 64.3
Liberal Democrat Andrew William Nisbet 443 35.7
Turnout 1242
Conservative hold Swing

Bridgwater Dunwear Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Bridgwater Dunwear Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pele James Barnes 541 18.3
Liberal Democrat Lorna Ann Phillippa King 295 10.0
Conservative Christine Louise McGinty 377 12.8
Labour Leigh Paul Redman* 748 25.3
Labour Diogo Rodrigues 438 14.8
UKIP Richard Scammell 554 18.8
Turnout 2953
Labour hold Swing
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Bridgwater Eastover Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Bridgwater Eastover Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Bareham-Stanley 514 19.6
Labour Moira Brown 648 24.8
Conservative Michael David Hall 506 19.3
Liberal Democrat Camael King 240 9.2
Labour Dave Loveridge* 708 27.1
Turnout 2616
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bridgwater Fairfax Ward (3 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Bridgwater Fairfax Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Janice Joanna Somers Beasely 545 8.8
Conservative Mike Cresswell 986 15.9
Conservative Jim Donoghue 765 12.3
Labour Alex Glassford* 1081 17.4
Labour Graham John Granter* 1135 18.3
Conservative Wayne John Pearce 844 13.6
Labour Reginald Charles Winslow 844 13.6
Turnout 6200
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Bridgwater Hamp Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Bridgwater Hamp Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Cockram 719 21.6
Conservative Andrew Ivor Danniells 703 21.1
Labour Wesley John Hinckes 956 28.8
Labour Adrian John Moore* 946 28.5
Turnout 3324
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bridgwater Victoria Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Bridgwater Victoria Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barrie Clive Crow 654 18.8
Conservative Lance John Duddridge 812 23.3
Labour Mick Lerry* 763 21.9
UKIP Roderick Silvester Sidney Lukins 621 17.8
Labour Siobhan Wilson 636 18.2
Turnout 3486
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Bridgwater Westover Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Bridgwater Westover Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Barbara Fisher 373 10.3
Labour Kathy Pearce* 954 26.5
Conservative Jeffrey Searle 767 21.3
Labour Brian David Smedley* 878 24.3
Conservative John Douglas Watts 634 17.6
Turnout 3606
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bridgwater Wyndham Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Bridgwater Wyndham Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rachael Helen Caswell 1293 30.6
Liberal Democrat Peter Ian Johnstone 476 11.3
Labour Liz Leavy 620 14.7
Conservative Gill Slocombe* 1322 31.3
Labour Caroline Ann Wilkins 516 12.2
Turnout 4227
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Burnham Central Ward (3 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Burnham Central Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maria Clarke 1367 16.4
Conservative Michael Clarke* 1372 16.5
Green Eve Harriet Courtney 445 5.3
UKIP James Donnellan 883 10.6
Conservative Mike Facey 1239 14.9
Liberal Democrat Phil Harvey 1076 12.9
Liberal Democrat Katie Georgina Lawson 1029 12.4
Liberal Democrat Sarah Milner Simonds 909 10.9
Turnout 8320
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing

Burnham North Ward (3 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Burnham North Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cheryl Lesley Burnett 1620 18.6
Conservative Peter Laurence Burridge-Clayton* 1883 21.7
Conservative Paul Herbert 1256 14.5
UKIP Helen Hims 823 9.5
Green Alexander Begg Lawrie 422 4.9
Liberal Democrat Beverly Milner Simonds 1029 11.8
Liberal Democrat Tom Nichols 861 9.9
Liberal Democrat Victoria Weavell 798 9.2
Turnout 8692
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Cannington & Wembdon Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Cannington & Wembdon Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Alan James Beasley 809 18.4
Conservative Ann Bown* 1455 33.1
Conservative Ian Dyer* 1588 36.1
Green Allan Jeffrey 546 12.4
Turnout 4398
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Cheddar & Shipham Ward (3 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Cheddar & Shipham Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 9792
Conservative Peter John Shilton Downling* 1765 18.0
Liberal Democrat Suzanne Mary Green 1523 15.6
Conservative Dawn Hill* 1889 19.3
UKIP Will Hims 783 8.0
Liberal Democrat John Outhwait 1303 13.3
Conservative Jeff Savage* 1720 17.6
Labour Norma Scanlon 809 8.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

East Poldens Ward (1 seat)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: East Poldens Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Ian Richard Horsfield 408 33.4
Conservative Duncan McGinty* 814 66.6
Turnout 1222
Conservative hold Swing

Highbridge & Burnham Marine Ward (3 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Highbridge & Burnham Marine Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Beech 499 6.0
UKIP Lorna Corke 907 10.9
Labour Forrester Shiela Rachel 550 6.6
Independent Bill Hancock 436 5.2
Liberal Democrat Fiona Joan Hector 640 7.7
Conservative Janet Anita Keen 937 11.3
Conservative Roger Charles Keen 876 10.5
Liberal Democrat Graham Alan Kennedy 549 6.6
Independent Tony Lynham 370 4.4
Independent Mike Mansfield* 493 5.9
Liberal Democrat John David Parkes 599 7.2
Conservative James Roughton 564 6.8
Labour Lucy Emily Scanton 366 4.4
Independent Chris Williams* 536 6.4
Turnout 8322
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
UKIP gain from Independent Swing

Huntspill & Pawlett Ward (1 seat)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Huntspill & Pawlett Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Susanna Louise Peel Craig 286 22.1
Green Terry Peers 217 16.7
Conservative John Charles Woodman 793 61.2
Turnout 1296
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Kings Isle Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Kings Isle Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Stanley Alder* 1520 32.1
Conservative Liz Perry 1592 33.7
Liberal Democrat Mike Senior 827 17.5
Green Josephine Sally Smoldon 792 16.7
Turnout 4731
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Knoll Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Knoll Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bob Filmer* 1888 38.6
UKIP Isobel Fotheringham 647 13.2
Conservative Andrew Gilling* 1433 29.3
Liberal Democrat Tony Gore 922 18.9
Conservative Lucy Miranda Allen 1874 18.3
Turnout 4890
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

North Petherton (3 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: North Petherton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lucy Miranda Allen 1874 18.3
Green Jen Bayford 941 9.2
Conservative Alan Sydney Earnest Bradford* 2316 22.6
Labour Marion Denham 1155 11.3
Conservative Anne Elisabeth Fraser* 2078 20.3
Liberal Democrat Revans Bill 1891 18.4
Turnout 10255
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing

Puriton & Woolavington Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Puriton & Woolavington Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Valerie Bannister 477 11.5
Conservative Alison Jane Hamlin* 1052 25.3
Labour Richard Cecil Hampson 542 13.1
Conservative Mark Healey* 1204 29.0
UKIP Pete Hollings 877 21.1
Turnout 4152
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Quantocks Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Quantocks Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Lindy Booth 766 17.1
Conservative Michael Graham Caswell* 1458 32.5
Labour Philip S T Lawrence King 662 14.7
Conservative Julie Annette Pay* 1605 35.7
Turnout 4491
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Wedmore & Mark Ward (2 seats)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Wedmore & Mark Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Polly Costello 1686 34.7
Liberal Democrat Rosemary Joan Hasler 1034 21.3
Labour Gabrielle Kathleen Hector 474 9.7
Conservative Will Human 1280 26.3
UKIP Dave Wills 391 8.0
Turnout 4865
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

West Poldens Ward (1 seat)

Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: West Poldens Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Charles Graham 545 36.1
Conservative Stuart Arthur Kingham* 963 63.9
Turnout 1508
Conservative hold Swing

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