2015 UK local government election
2015 North Somerset Council election |
All 50 seats to North Somerset Council 26 seats needed for a majority |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | Con | Ind | LD | Party | Conservative | Independent | Liberal Democrats | Last election | 42 seats, 44.4% | 7 seats, 13.7% | 6 seats, 18.7% | Seats won | 36 | 5 | 4 | Seat change | 6 | 2 | 2 | Popular vote | 68,171 | 13,941 | 24,319 | Percentage | 44.0% | 9.0% | 15.7% | Swing | 0.4% | 4.7% | 3.1% | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | | Lab | Grn | Party | Labour | Green | Last election | 5 seats, 20.3% | 1 seat, 1.6% | Seats won | 3 | 1 | Seat change | 2 | - | Popular vote | 27,417 | 5,111 | Percentage | 17.7% | 3.3% | Swing | 2.6% | 0.6% | |
Map of the results of the 2015 North Somerset council election. Conservatives in blue, independent in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Green Party in green. |
Council control before election Conservative | Council control after election Conservative | |
North Somerset unitary council is elected every four years, with fifty councillors to be elected. Since the first election to the unitary authority in 1995, the council has either been under Conservative party control, or no party has held a majority. The Conservatives gained a majority at the 2007 election and have retained control since then. At the 2015 election, the outcome was as follows:[1]
Party | Councillors |
| Conservatives | 36 |
| Independents | 6 |
| Liberal Democrats | 4 |
| Labour | 3 |
| Greens | 1 |
Ward results
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An asterisk * indicates an incumbent seeking re-election.
Backwell
Backwell Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Karen Barclay* | 1,873 | 68.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alison Crawford | 880 | 32.0 | |
Majority | 993 | 36.03 | |
Turnout | 2753 | 75.67 | +24.17 |
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
In the 2011 election Karen Barclay won the seat as an Independent but switched to Conservative
Banwell & Winscombe
Banwell & Winscombe (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Ann Harley* | 2,063 | 46.9 | |
| Conservative | Jerry O'Brien | 1,616 | 36.7 | |
| North Somerset First Independents | Steven Bridges | 773 | 17.6 | |
| Green | Catherine Parmenter | 772 | 17.5 | |
| North Somerset First Independents | Paul Bateman | 706 | 16.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Judith Hayes | 651 | 14.8 | |
| Labour | Timothy Powell | 485 | 11.0 | |
| Labour | Christy Cooney | 434 | 9.9 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 72.14 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Blagdon & Churchill
Blagdon & Churchill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Wells* | 1,439 | 60.5 | |
| Green | Laurence Carruthers | 585 | 24.6 | |
| Labour | Thomas Watson-Follett | 356 | 15.0 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 75.2 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Clevedon East
Clevedon East[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | David Shopland* | 812 | 36.2 | |
| Conservative | Jon Middleton | 717 | 32.0 | |
| Labour | Kevin O'Brien | 378 | 16.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline Cherry | 337 | 15.0 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 65.9 | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Clevedon South
Clevedon South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Robert Garner* | 1,231 | 54.8 | |
| Labour | Nicola Barton | 623 | 27.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Angela Neale | 391 | 17.4 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 64.95 | +24.45 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Clevedon Walton
Clevedon Walton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Colin Hall* | 1,414 | 53.1 | |
| Independent | Graham Watkins | 840 | 31.5 | |
| Labour | Ivy Cameron | 409 | 15.4 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 75.24 | +14.44 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Clevedon West
Clevedon West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Christopher Blades* | 1,078 | 47.9 | |
| Independent | Jane Geldart | 612 | 27.2 | |
| Labour | Stuart Hale | 559 | 24.9 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 68.66 | +19.36 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Clevedon Yeo
Clevedon Yeo Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Erica Blades | 1,338 | 58.0 | |
| Labour | Michael Harriot | 551 | 23.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bronno Van Der Holt | 418 | 18.1 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 68.87 | +28.67 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Congresbury
Congresbury Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Green | Thomas Leimdorfer* | 1,269 | 55.7 | |
| Conservative | Samantha Pepperall | 787 | 34.5 | |
| Labour | Paul Doolan | 222 | 9.7 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 71.92 | +20.22 |
| Green hold | Swing | | |
Gordano Valley
Gordano Valley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Nigel Ashton* | 1,426 | 52.3 | |
| UKIP | David Withers | 350 | 12.8 | |
| Independent | Carl Francis-Pester* | 343 | 12.6 | |
| Labour | Katherine Everitt | 338 | 12.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Neale | 270 | 9.9 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 77.08 | +27.08 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hutton and Locking
Hutton & Locking (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Terence Porter* | 2,127 | 52.9 | |
| Conservative | Elfan Ap Rees* | 1,583 | 39.4 | |
| North Somerset First Independents | Michael Solomon | 1,364 | 33.9 | |
| Labour | Sarah Clayton | 754 | 18.8 | |
| Labour | Peter Williams | 632 | 15.7 | |
Turnout | | 71.06 | +24.76 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Long Ashton
Long Ashton (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Charles Cave | 2,546 | 49.8 | |
| Conservative | Catherine Stowey | 2,351 | 46.0 | |
| Labour | David Johnson | 1,220 | 23.9 | |
| Green | Stuart McQuillan | 1,216 | 23.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Bramhall | 1,148 | 22.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Huw James | 246 | 4.8 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 76.86 | +30.96 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Nailsea Golden Valley
Nailsea Golden Valley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Andrew Cole* | 1,890 | 69.3 | |
| Conservative | Jeremy Blatchford* | 838 | 30.7 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 80.06 | +20.36 |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Nailsea West End
Nailsea West End Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | James Tonkin | 1,251 | 56.8 | |
| Conservative | Teresa Kemp* | 951 | 43.2 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 73.18 | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Nailsea Yeo
Nailsea Yeo Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Mary Blatchford* | 998 | 42.0 | |
| Independent | Julie Day | 993 | 41.8 | |
| Labour | Peter Harris | 385 | 16.2 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 70.3 | +20.4 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Nailsea Youngwood
Nailsea Youngwood Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Angela Barber | 1,169 | 55.1 | |
| Independent | Sarah Hearne | 953 | 44.9 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 74.34 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pill
Pill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Donald Davies* | 1,370 | 56.6 | |
| Conservative | Martyn Stowey | 526 | 21.7 | |
| Independent | Nanette Kirsen | 525 | 21.7 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 69.68 | +26.28 |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Portishead East
Portishead East (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | David Oyns | 1,665 | 48.1 | |
| Conservative | David Pasley* | 1,589 | 46.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Daisy Bickley | 742 | 21.5 | |
| Labour | Anthony Hill | 699 | 20.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jean Lord | 586 | 16.9 | |
| Independent | Arthur Terry* | 530 | 15.3 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 65.4 | +22.8 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
At the previous election Arthur Terry won the old single member ward of Portishead East for the Conservatives but stood as an Independent in 2015. David Pashley was the sitting councillor for the old Portishead Coastal ward.
Portishead North
Portishead North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Reyna Knight* | 1,399 | 49.0 | |
| North Somerset First Independents | Roger Whitfield | 499 | 17.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Temple | 486 | 17.0 | |
| Labour | John Farnham | 472 | 16.5 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 72.67 | +21.67 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Portishead South
Portishead South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Peter Burden | 1,349 | 55.9 | |
| Labour | Terry Lester | 536 | 22.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Christopherson | 527 | 21.8 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 73.51 | +27.51 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Portishead West
Portishead West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Felicity Baker* | 2,426 | 45.9 | |
| Conservative | David Jolley* | 2,212 | 41.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Mason | 1,204 | 22.8 | |
| Labour | Paul Dunn | 921 | 17.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Clive Hall | 888 | 16.8 | |
| North Somerset First Independents | Beverley Langdale | 871 | 16.5 | |
| North Somerset First Independents | Geoffrey Hardman | 711 | 13.5 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 73.57 | +24.47 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Weston-super-Mare Bournville
Weston-super-Mare Bournville (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | James Clayton | 1,415 | 44.6 | |
| Labour | Ian Parker* | 1,392 | 43.9 | |
| Conservative | Michal Kus | 592 | 18.7 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Williams | 585 | 18.4 | |
| North Somerset First Independents | Roseana Warwick | 478 | 15.1 | |
| North Somerset First Independents | Gillian Ashworth | 425 | 13.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | June How | 348 | 11.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elliot Stephen | 347 | 10.9 | |
Turnout | | 51.51 | +21.61 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Weston-Super-Mare Central
Weston-super-Mare Central (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Bell* | 1,292 | 41.1 | |
| Conservative | Richard Nightingale | 1,133 | 36.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Payne* | 977 | 31.1 | |
| Conservative | Susan Creasey | 947 | 30.1 | |
| Labour | Richard Holcombe | 651 | 20.7 | |
| Labour | Neil Norton | 642 | 20.4 | |
Turnout | | 52.15 | +14.65 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Robert Payne was elected as a councillor for the old Weston-Super-Mare West at the 2011 election.
Weston-Super-Mare Hillside
Weston-super-Mare Hillside (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Canniford* | 1,875 | 47.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Crockford-Hawley* | 1,841 | 46.8 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Horler | 839 | 21.3 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Anderson | 800 | 20.3 | |
| UKIP | Andrew Gray | 654 | 16.6 | |
| Labour | David Drinkwater | 476 | 12.1 | |
| Labour | Dorothy Agassiz | 442 | 11.2 | |
| Green | Peter Waldschmidt | 340 | 8.6 | |
Turnout | | 59.95 | +16.85 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Weston-Super-Mare Kewstoke
Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Lisa Pilgrim* | 2,304 | 48.0 | |
| Conservative | Rosslyn Willis* | 2,029 | 42.3 | |
| UKIP | Stuart Davies | 1,149 | 23.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hugh Eckett | 796 | 16.6 | |
| Labour | Stephanie Baber | 790 | 16.5 | |
| Labour | Annabelle Chard | 776 | 16.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Harrison | 669 | 13.9 | |
Turnout | | 47.5 | +24.07 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Weston-Super-Mare Mid Worle
Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Robert Cleland* | 627 | 31.7 | |
| Labour | Simon Stokes | 519 | 26.2 | |
| UKIP | Anita Spencer-Johns | 516 | 26.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Cordingley | 184 | 9.3 | |
| North Somerset First Independents | Michael Kellaway-Marriott | 135 | 6.8 | |
Turnout | | 63.61 | +25.51 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Weston-Super-Mare Milton
Weston-super-Mare Milton (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Richard Tucker* | 1,419 | 31.5 | |
| Conservative | Martin Williams | 1,279 | 28.4 | |
| Conservative | Ian Porter | 1,262 | 28.0 | |
| Labour | Michael Lyall | 1,194 | 26.5 | |
| UKIP | Stewart Ogborne | 737 | 16.3 | |
| North Somerset First Independents | John Christopher | 529 | 11.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Gosden | 441 | 9.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Joan Dunne | 391 | 8.7 | |
| North Somerset First Independents | James Willis-Boden | 385 | 8.5 | |
Turnout | | 66.81 | +31.51 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Weston-Super-Mare North Worle
Weston-super-Mare North Worle (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Marcia Pepperall | 1,506 | 36.1 | |
| North Somerset First Independents | Derek Mead | 1,229 | 29.4 | |
| Conservative | David Poole | 1,165 | 27.9 | |
| Labour | Denise Hunt | 772 | 18.5 | |
| Labour | John Carson | 750 | 18.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ronald Moon | 641 | 15.3 | |
Turnout | | 67.33 | +29.13 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| North Somerset First Independents gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Weston-Super-Mare South Worle
Weston-super-Mare South Worle (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Peter Crew* | 1,721 | 43.2 | |
| Conservative | David Hitchins* | 1,591 | 39.9 | |
| Labour | Angela Bolitho | 1,014 | 25.4 | |
| Labour | Alan Peak | 937 | 23.5 | |
| North Somerset First Independents | Anita Smith | 689 | 17.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Kingsbury | 686 | 17.2 | |
| North Somerset First Independents | Julian Norris | 624 | 15.7 | |
Turnout | | 62.77 | +24.67 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Weston-super-Mare Uphill
Weston-super-Mare Uphill (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Anthony Bryant* | 1,308 | 29.7 | |
| Independent | John Ley-Morgan | 1,114 | 25.3 | |
| UKIP | Keith Morris | 984 | 22.3 | |
| Conservative | Clive Webb* | 797 | 18.1 | |
| North Somerset First Independents | Kenneth Perrett | 704 | 16.0 | |
| Labour | Ann Kesteven | 677 | 15.4 | |
| Labour | Carole Bressington | 654 | 14.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tina Roberts | 512 | 11.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jason Green | 505 | 11.5 | |
Turnout | | 67.84 | +22.14 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Weston-Super-Mare Winterstoke
Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Sarah Codling | 1,093 | 41.7 | |
| Conservative | Dawn Payne* | 880 | 33.6 | |
| UKIP | Christopher Childs | 690 | 26.3 | |
| Labour | Catherine Gibbons-Antonopoulos | 631 | 24.1 | |
| Labour | Alan Baber | 585 | 22.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Exon | 310 | 11.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Glyn Hayes | 230 | 8.8 | |
| North Somerset First Independents | Cyril King | 226 | 8.6 | |
Turnout | | 53.26 | +17.96 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Wick St Lawrence and St Georges
Wick St Lawrence and St Georges Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Ruth Jacobs | 1,033 | 45.8 | |
| North Somerset First Independents | Ian Rowland | 529 | 23.5 | |
| Labour | Jacqueline Scholes | 433 | 19.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Alen | 260 | 11.5 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 64.42 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Winford
Winford Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Nicolas Wilton | 1,303 | 52.9 | |
| Independent | Hugh Gregor* | 1,160 | 47.1 | |
Majority | 143 | | |
Turnout | | 73.54 | +28.24 |
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Wrington
Wrington Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Deborah Yamanaka* | 1,168 | 46.1 | |
| Conservative | Annabel Tall* | 1,119 | 44.2 | |
| Labour | Patrick Cooney | 246 | 9.7 | |
Majority | 49 | | |
Turnout | | 77.93 | +20.53 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Annabel Tall had been elected as a Conservative councillor for the Yatton ward in the 2011 election.
Yatton
Yatton (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Jill Iles* | 1,789 | 36.5 | |
| Conservative | Judith Hadley | 1,578 | 32.2 | |
| Independent | Neil Petersen | 1,442 | 29.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Wendy Griggs | 1,289 | 26.3 | |
| Green | Massimo Morelli | 917 | 18.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Edwards | 764 | 15.6 | |
| Labour | Richard Westwood | 553 | 11.3 | |
| Labour | Hedley Woods | 352 | 7.2 | |
Turnout | | 74.97 | +24.17 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
References
- ^ H. Pickstock, Conservatives retain control of North Somerset Archived 18 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine at bristolpost.co.uk dated 8 May 2015
- ^ a b "2015 Ward Election Results" (PDF). www.n-somerset.gov.uk. North Somerset Council. Retrieved 27 May 2018.