2015 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election

2015 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election
7 May 2015 (2015-05-07)
All 45 seats to West Suffolk District Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative UKIP Labour
Seats won 36 4 2
Seat change 2 4 1
Popular vote 36,089 8,983 14,797
Percentage 52.2% 13.0% 21.4%
Swing 2.4% 12.5% 4.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Independent Green
Seats won 2 1
Seat change 2 1
Popular vote 5,081 2,548
Percentage 7.4% 3.7%
Swing 0.6% 1.7%
Winner of each seat at the 2015 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election.
Control before election


Conservative

Control after election


Conservative

The 2015 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of St Edmundsbury Borough Council in Suffolk, England.[1] This was on the same day as the 2015 general election and other local elections.

This was the final election to St Edmundsbury Borough Council before it was abolished and merged with Forest Heath to form West Suffolk. The inaugural election to West Suffolk District Council was held in 2019.

Summary

Election result

2015 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election[2]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 43 36 2 4 2 80.0 52.2 36,089 –2.4
  UKIP 15 4 4 0 4 8.9 13.0 8,983 +12.5
  Labour 27 2 0 1 1 4.4 21.4 14,797 –4.5
  Independent 7 2 0 2 2 4.4 7.4 5,081 –0.6
  Green 4 1 1 0 1 2.2 3.7 2,548 –1.7
  Liberal Democrats 4 0 0 0 0.0 2.4 1,627 –3.1

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Abbeygate

Abbeygate (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joanna Rayner 1,169 48.4
Conservative Andrew Speed 893 37.0
Green Paul Rynsard 759 31.4
Labour Robin Bennett 691 28.6
Liberal Democrats Judith Broadway 635 26.3
Turnout 2,414 66.0
Registered electors 3,660
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bardwell

Bardwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paula Wade 867 59.0
Labour Cyrille Bouche 309 21.0
UKIP James Lumley 293 20.0
Majority 558 38.0
Turnout 1,469 73.3
Registered electors 2,025
Conservative hold

Barningham

Barningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carol Bull Unopposed
Registered electors N/A
Conservative hold

Barrow

Barrow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Houlder* 845 61.0
Liberal Democrats Zigurds Kronbergs 345 24.9
Labour Andrew Whiting 195 14.1
Majority 500 36.1
Turnout 1,385 75.2
Registered electors 1,870
Conservative hold

Cavendish

Cavendish
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Stevens* 779 65.7
UKIP Stuart Letten 406 34.3
Majority 373 31.4
Turnout 1,185 72.9
Registered electors 1,702
Conservative hold

Chedburgh

Chedburgh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Rushen* Unopposed
Registered electors N/A
Conservative hold

Clare

Clare
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alaric Pugh* 808 71.4
UKIP David Reynolds 323 28.6
Majority 485 42.8
Turnout 1,131 69.8
Registered electors 1,709
Conservative hold

Eastgate

Eastgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Warby* 612 54.2
Labour Nicola Ridgeway 518 45.8
Majority 94 8.4
Turnout 1,130 61.1
Registered electors 1,897
Conservative hold

Fornham

Fornham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rebecca Hopfensperger* 894 72.7
Labour Shirley Stephenson 336 27.3
Majority 558 45.4
Turnout 1,230 73.0
Registered electors 1,708
Conservative hold

Great Barton

Great Barton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sarah Broughton* 1,054 80.0
Labour Tom Stebbing 264 20.0
Majority 790 60.0
Turnout 1,318 76.1
Registered electors 1,759
Conservative hold

Haverhill East

Haverhill East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Anthony Brown 1,135 36.1
Conservative Ivor McLatchy 978 31.1
UKIP John Burns 892 28.4
Labour Roger André 800 25.4
Conservative Hui Yang 764 24.3
Labour Patrick Hanlon 757 24.1
Conservative John Exton 754 24.0
Labour Ernie Goody 724 23.0
Turnout 3,144 57.1
Registered electors 5,503
UKIP gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
UKIP gain from Conservative

Haverhill North

Haverhill North (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy Marks* 1,257 38.0
UKIP Barry Robbins 1,155 34.9
Conservative Betty McLatchy 1,095 33.1
Conservative John McManus* 980 29.6
Labour Thomas Chivers 806 24.4
UKIP Anthony Williams 776 23.5
Labour Elizabeth Smith 728 22.0
Labour Alan Pearson 657 19.9
Turnout 3,308 58.9
Registered electors 5,616
Conservative hold
UKIP gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Haverhill South

Haverhill South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Jason Crooks 689 34.2
Conservative Paula Fox 661 32.8
Labour Maureen Byrne* 631 31.3
Labour David Smith 412 20.5
Conservative Clive Turner 364 18.1
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Rolph 157 7.8
Turnout 2,013 51.2
Registered electors 3,932
UKIP gain from Labour
Conservative hold

Haverhill West

Haverhill West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Marks 1,150 46.1
Conservative David Roach 978 39.2
UKIP Mark Dorey 852 34.1
Labour Mary Dunning 720 28.9
Turnout 2,495 62.2
Registered electors 4,011
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Horringer and Whelnetham

Horringer and Whelnetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terence Clements* 905 68.8
Labour Robin Davies 411 31.2
Majority 494 37.6
Turnout 1,316 76.5
Registered electors 1,755
Conservative hold

Hundon

Hundon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeremy Farthing 752 63.4
UKIP Paul Stigwood 435 36.6
Majority 317 26.8
Turnout 1,187 71.9
Registered electors 1,740
Conservative hold

Ixworth

Ixworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Griffiths* Unopposed
Registered electors N/A
Conservative hold

Kedington

Kedington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Karen Richardson 595 52.9
UKIP Bryan Hawes 305 27.2
Labour Stephen Nutt 223 19.9
Majority 290 25.7
Turnout 1,123 71.4
Registered electors 1,586
Conservative hold

Minden

Minden (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Everitt* 1,069 45.1
Conservative Clive Springett* 768 32.4
Labour Jonathan Hartley 583 24.6
UKIP Christopher Riley 543 22.9
Green Mark Ereira-Guyer 530 22.3
Green Martin Trnecka 331 14.0
Turnout 2,372 68.1
Registered electors 3,482
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Moreton Hall

Moreton Hall (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis Warby* 1,862 47.9
Conservative Terence Buckle* 1,668 42.9
Conservative Peter Thompson 1,551 39.9
Independent Trevor Beckwith* 1,428 36.7
Labour Clifford Hind 961 24.7
Turnout 3,890 68.7
Registered electors 5,665
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Independent

Northgate

Northgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Diane Hind* 521 50.9
Conservative Carl Poole 502 49.1
Majority 19 1.8
Turnout 1,023 55.7
Registered electors 1,883
Labour hold

Pakenham

Pakenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Brown 926 74.3
Labour Gillian Malik 321 25.7
Majority 605 48.6
Turnout 1,247 61.1
Registered electors 2,079
Conservative hold

Risby

Risby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Glossop Unopposed
Registered electors N/A
Conservative hold

Risbygate

Risbygate (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Nettleton* 1,067 46.3
Green Ida Rynsard 928 40.3
Conservative Rodney Barrett 926 40.2
Labour Marilyn Sayer 558 24.2
Turnout 2,303 62.9
Registered electors 3,663
Independent hold
Green gain from Conservative

Rougham

Rougham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sara Mildmay-White* 967 73.4
Labour Kevin Hind 351 26.6
Majority 616 46.8
Turnout 1,318 72.0
Registered electors 1,860
Conservative hold

St Olaves

St Olaves (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Paul Hopfensperger* 835 47.3
Labour Robert Cockle* 699 39.6
Conservative Thomas Murray 677 38.4
Labour Quentin Cornish 462 26.2
Turnout 1,765 51.5
Registered electors 3,428
Independent hold
Labour hold

Southgate

Southgate (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hung Chow Chung* 1,507 61.1
Conservative Sarah-Anne Stamp* 1,179 47.8
Labour Janet Lavender 586 23.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher Lale 490 19.9
UKIP Colin Freeman 450 18.3
Turnout 2,465 71.5
Registered electors 3,447
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Stanton

Stanton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jim Thorndyke* Unopposed
Registered electors N/A
Conservative hold

Westgate

Westgate (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wayne Hailstone 1,129 45.6
Conservative Richard Rout 964 38.9
Labour Kevin Waterson 573 23.2
UKIP Clive Reason 529 21.4
Independent Stefan Oliver* 414 16.7
Independent Martin Tilley 357 14.4
Turnout 2,475 72.5
Registered electors 3,413
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Wickhambrook

Wickhambrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clive Pollington 623 50.2
Independent Derek Redhead* 617 49.8
Majority 6 0.4
Turnout 1,240 70.8
Registered electors 1,771
Conservative gain from Independent

Withersfield

Withersfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Midwood 617 52.3
Independent Robert Clifton-Brown* 363 30.8
UKIP Dudley Haylock 200 16.9
Majority 254 21.5
Turnout 1,180 73.4
Registered electors 1,637
Conservative hold

By-elections

Haverhill North

Haverhill North by-election: 5 May 2016[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Anthony Williams 563 37.3
Labour Maureen Byrne 460 30.5
Conservative Quillon Fox 409 27.1
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Rolph 78 5.2
Majority 103 6.8
Turnout 1,510 26.9
Registered electors 5,613
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

Bardwell

Bardwell by-election: 24 November 2016[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Smith Unopposed
Registered electors N/A
Conservative hold

Moreton Hall

Moreton Hall by-election: 15 December 2016[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Trevor Beckwith 550 56.0
Conservative Sue Bill 213 21.7
Liberal Democrats Chris Lale 102 10.4
Labour Alex Griffin 71 7.2
UKIP Julian Flood 47 4.8
Majority 337 34.3
Turnout 983 18.1
Registered electors 5,431
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Chedburgh

Chedburgh by-election: 28 September 2017[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Chester 372 65.8
Labour Gary Dillon 128 22.7
Liberal Democrats Ian Chapman 65 11.5
Majority 244 43.1
Turnout 565 31.9
Registered electors 1,771
Conservative hold Swing

Hundon

Hundon by-election: 28 September 2017[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mary Evans 357 80.6
Liberal Democrats Alex Rolph 86 19.4
Majority 271 61.2
Turnout 443 25.1
Registered electors 1,765
Conservative hold Swing

St. Olaves

St. Olaves by-election: 12 April 2018[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Max Clarke 365 58.6
Conservative Tom Murray 150 24.1
Independent Liam Byrne 77 12.4
Liberal Democrats Helen Korfanty 31 5.0
Majority 215 34.5
Turnout 623 18.6
Registered electors 3,349
Labour hold Swing

Haverhill East

Haverhill East by-election: 3 May 2018[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robin Pilley 577 47.3
Labour David Smith 490 40.2
Liberal Democrats Saoirse O'Suilleabhán 152 12.5
Majority 87 7.1
Turnout 1,219 23.0
Registered electors 4,865
Conservative hold

Haverhill North

Haverhill North by-election: 3 May 2018[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elaine McManus 752 56.0
Labour Martin Jerram 444 33.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Lord 148 11.0
Majority 308 23.0
Turnout 1,344 24.2
Registered electors 5,554
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "St Edmundsbury Borough election results 7 May 2015". westsuffolk.gov.uk. Bury St Edmunds: West Suffolk District Council. Archived from the original on 27 January 2026. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  2. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Compositions calculator". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth: The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "By-elections". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University: The Elections Centre. Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
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