2015 Eastleigh Borough Council election

The 2015 Eastleigh Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect 14, approximately one third of the members of Eastleigh Borough Council in England as one of the English local elections coinciding with the 2015 General Election. The local authority holds its elections in three years out of four ('by thirds').^[1]

Results edit

Liberal Democrats maintained their majority group, slightly reduced by two councillors to hold 38 of the 44 councillors across its 14 wards. The gains were of two seats to Conservatives and no other seats changed hands.

Eastleigh Borough Council Election, 2015
	Seats	Gains	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Liberal Democrats	38	0	0	86	37	19381
Conservative	6	2	+2	14	30	15901
UKIP	0	0	0	0	18	9555
Labour	0	0	0	0	12	6178
Green	0	0	0	0	3	1440
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.2	127
TUSC	0	0	0	0	0.1	42

Ward by ward edit

Bishopstoke East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	ROLING, Angela	1215
	Conservative	YATES, Tom	760
	UKIP	EDWARDS, John Peter	747
	Labour	SHEPHARD, Mary	325
	Green	WATERMAN, Ania	118
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bishopstoke West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	PARKINSON-MACLACHLAN, Vickieye	1027
	UKIP	WELLER, Jan	629
	Conservative	JENKS, Georgina Alice	588
	Labour	TOHER, Sue	538
	Green	PEARSON, Sarah	223
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bursledon & Old Netley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	CRAIG, Tonia	1443
	Conservative	BURGESS, Frair Louise	1403
	UKIP	EVANS, Denise Janet	645
	Labour	ROGERS, Chris	370
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Eastleigh Central
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	TRENCHARD, Keith Stanley	1743
	UKIP	MOORE, Andrew Roy	1103
	Conservative	GOODE, Michael	1034
	Labour	BARTER, Louise	929
	Green	HARDIMAN, James	292
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Eastleigh North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	BAIN, Sarah Louise	1578
	Conservative	ARNOLD, Nick	1066
	UKIP	DAVIES-DEAR, Glynn William	901
	Labour	GOODALL, Stephen	513
	Green	HARRIS, Imogen Susan	222
	TUSC	BABEY, Jack James	26
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sarah Bain later left the Liberal Democrats to sit as an independent councillor in August 2017.^[2]

Eastleigh South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	BICKNELL, Paul	1378
	UKIP	SAUNDERS, Jim	1047
	Conservative	BRAIN, Dan	902
	Labour	PHILLIPS, Steve	787
	Green	COURTNEY, Susan	186
	TUSC	JUDD, Tanya Louise	16
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Fair Oak and Horton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	SMITH, Roger Michael	1728
	Conservative	ATTERBURY, Colin George	1671
	Green	BARTON, Kylie	237
	UKIP	McGUINNESS, Hugh	1014
	Labour	MCKEONE, Christine	447
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hamble-Le-Rice and Butlocks Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	LEAR, Elizabeth Kathleen	1306
	Liberal Democrats	CROSS, Malcom Robert	1275
	UKIP	NORTH, Richard Edward	394
	Labour	HUBERT, Gwyneth	247
Majority
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Hedge End Grange Park
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	PRETTY, Derek Roy	1649
	Conservative	GREENWOOD, Benjamin John	1512
	Labour	BUDD, Geoff	452
	UKIP	MARTIN, John Charles	408
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hedge End St Johns
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	HALL, Jerry	1932
	Liberal Democrats	WHEATLEY, Mick	1532
	UKIP	O'DONOGHUE, Michale	680
	Labour	ADDISON, Beryl	273
	Green	RUSHBY, Thomas William	162
Majority
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Hedge End Wildern
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	NORMAN, Emma Jayne	1183
	Conservative	REDDING, Paul Andrew	779
	UKIP	HOUSE, Pete	391
	Labour	HELPS, Andrew	336
	Independent	DAY, Keith Philip	127
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Netley Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	VAN NIEKERK, Lizette	1219
	Conservative	QUEEN, Maureen Beryl	786
	UKIP	MARTIN, Chris	668
	Labour	MARKS, Eileen	291
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

West End North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	NOYCE, Tony	1156
	Conservative	SYKES, Christine Edwina	1020
	UKIP	AGNEW, Tony	446
	Labour	WILLIAMSON, Kevin	280
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

West End South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	BOULTON, Carol Ann	1255
	Conservative	DAVIES, Dai	1142
	UKIP	WEBBER, Paul	482
	Labour	SMITH, Nancy	390
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References edit

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
^ Slominski, Stephen (4 August 2017). "Lib Dems quit over housing plan 'soundeness'". eastleighnews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017.

[TEC-1] "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

[2] Slominski, Stephen (4 August 2017). "Lib Dems quit over housing plan 'soundeness'". eastleighnews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017.

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