2015 Warrington Borough Council election

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

2015 Warrington Borough Council election

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19 out of 57 seats for Warrington Borough Council
29 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats before 40 11 3
Seats won 12 2 3
Seats after 39 9 5
Seat change Increase1 Decrease2 Increase2
Popular vote 36,697 16,456 27,349
Percentage 38.49 17.26 28.68

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Labour Co-op TUSC
Seats before 2 1
Seats won 2 0
Seats after 3 1
Seat change Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 3,874 562
Percentage 4.06 0.59

Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

Council Composition edit

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

40 2 11 3 1
Labour Labour Co-op Lib Dem Con T

After the election the composition of the council was:

39 3 9 5 1
Labour Labour Co-op Lib Dem Con T


Results edit

2015 Warrington Borough Council election[2]
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 12  1 63.16 27 39 68.42 36,697 38.49 0
  Liberal Democrats 2  2 10.53 7 9 15.79 16,456 17.26 0
  Conservative 3  2 15.79 2 5 8.77 27,349 28.68 0
  Labour Co-op 2  1 10.53 1 3 5.26 3,874 4.06 0
  TUSC 0   0.00 1 1 1.75 562 0.59 0
  UKIP 0   0.00 0 0 0.00 9,021 9.46 0
  Green 0   0.00 0 0 0.00 1,389 1.46 0

Ward Results edit

Appleton edit

Appleton[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Peter John Walker* 3,605 55.40
Conservative Jonathan Levy 2,902 44.60
Turnout {{{votes}}} 77.25
Liberal Democrats hold

Bewsey and Whitecross edit

Bewsey and Whitecross[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Stephen Parish* 2,837 60.89
Conservative Sonia Boggan 702 15.07
UKIP Michael Byrne 692 14.85
Liberal Democrats Robert Timmis 347 7.45
TUSC Daniel Warren 81 1.74
Turnout 4,659 50.28
Labour hold

Birchwood edit

Birchwood[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Chris Fitzsimmons* 2,404 45.06
Conservative Nigel Balding 1,549 29.03
UKIP Michael Robert Amos Johnson 827 15.50
Green Tracey Valentine 288 5.40
Liberal Democrats Christine Diane Oliver 267 5.00
Turnout {{{votes}}} 64.35
Labour hold

Burtonwood and Winwick edit

Burtonwood and Winwick[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John Joyce* 1,926 58.67
Conservative Frank Richard Allen 1,062 32.35
Liberal Democrats Robert Stephen Littler 295 8.99
Turnout {{{votes}}} 65.47
Labour hold

Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft edit

Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Sue Bland* 3,024 48.54
Labour Cathy Mitchell 2,674 42.92
Liberal Democrats Eddie Stone 532 8.54
Turnout {{{votes}}} 73.20
Conservative hold

Fairfield and Howley edit

Fairfield and Howley[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Anthony Higgins* 2,864 56.14
UKIP Phillip Henshaw 937 18.37
Conservative Helena Campbell 826 16.19
Green Lyndsay McAteer 407 7.98
Liberal Democrats Margaret Oldbury 68 1.33
Turnout {{{votes}}} 51.23
Labour hold

Grappenhall and Thellwall edit

Grappenhall and Thelwall[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Michael Biggin* 2,583 43.24
Conservative Constantine Biller 1,879 31.45
Labour Thomas Jennings 1,216 20.36
Green Andrew Yelland 296 4.96
Turnout {{{votes}}} 76.26
Liberal Democrats hold

Great Sankey North edit

Great Sankey North[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Co-op Dan Price* 1,510 41.44
Conservative Mike Foxall 1,027 28.18
Liberal Democrats Roy Smith 524 14.38
UKIP Mal Lingley 423 11.61
Green Stephanie Davies 160 4.39
Turnout {{{votes}}} 72.36
Labour Co-op gain from Labour

Great Sankey South edit

Great Sankey South[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Jean Carter* 3,017 54.26
Conservative Maxine Thomson 1,945 34.98
Liberal Democrats David Hockenhull 348 6.26
TUSC Andrew Ford 250 4.50
Turnout {{{votes}}} 68.38
Labour hold

Latchford East edit

Latchford East[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Co-op Hans Josef Mundry* 2,364 63.53
Conservative Harish Sharma 561 15.08
UKIP Sidney Simmons 558 15.00
Liberal Democrats Timothy Price 238 6.40
Turnout {{{votes}}} 56.25
Labour Co-op hold

Latchford West edit

Latchford West[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Maureen McLaughlin* 1,808 47.34
Conservative Philip Marshall 1,004 26.29
UKIP Gerrard Hall 605 15.84
Liberal Democrats Ruper George Stephen Budgen 327 8.56
TUSC Shelley Jean Bennett 75 1.96
Turnout {{{votes}}} 64.00
Labour hold

Lymm edit

Lymm[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Kathryn Buckley 2,995 39.81
Liberal Democrats Ian George Marks* 2,483 33.00
Labour Christine Zastawny 1,418 18.85
UKIP Frederick Clark 628 8.34
Turnout {{{votes}}} 75.66
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Orford edit

Orford[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Kate Hannon* 2,864 66.20
UKIP Ian Richards 1,138 26.31
Liberal Democrats Edgar John Davies 324 7.49
Turnout {{{votes}}} 55.13
Labour hold

Penketh and Cuerdley edit

Penketh and Cuerdley[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Linda Susan Dirir* 2,683 52.55
Conservative Samuel Baxter 2,167 42.44
Liberal Democrats Graham Farrington Gowland 256 5.01
Turnout {{{votes}}} 74.00
Labour hold

Poplars and Hulme edit

Poplars and Hulme[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Stephen Roberts* 2,471 59.19
UKIP Trevor Nicholls 923 22.11
Conservative Francine Elizabeth Leslie 659 15.78
Liberal Democrats Shanise Oldbury 122 2.92
Turnout {{{votes}}} 53.79
Labour hold

Poulton North edit

Poulton North[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Graham Friend* 2,624 54.28
UKIP Barbara Ruth Johnson 1,376 28.47
Liberal Democrats Sandra Joan Bradshaw 834 17.25
Turnout {{{votes}}} 62.00
Labour hold

Rixton and Woolston edit

Rixton and Woolston[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Paul Bretherton* 2,395 47.45
Conservative Robin Sloan 1,498 29.68
UKIP Geoff Siddall 914 18.11
Liberal Democrats Diana Grylls 241 4.77
Turnout {{{votes}}} 68.26
Labour hold

Stockton Heath edit

Stockton Heath[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Stephen Taylor 1,526 40.42
Liberal Democrats Christine Raymond 1,157 30.65
Labour Karen Mundry 854 22.62
Green Kenneth Robin Wilson 238 6.31
Turnout {{{votes}}} 76.05
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Whittle Hall edit

Whittle Hall[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Faisal Rashid* 2,961 42.02
Conservative Julian Craddock 2,023 28.71
Liberal Democrats Allan Keith Bird 1,905 27.03
TUSC Adam Hemsley 158 2.24
Turnout {{{votes}}} 69.03
Labour hold

References edit

  1. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Local Election Results 2015 - Warrington Borough Council" (PDF). warrington.gov.uk.