Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 2015

2015 local election results in Bath and North East Somerset

St John the Evangelist church being used as a polling station for Kingsmead ward

The 2015 Bath and North East Somerset Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Bath and North East Somerset Council in England.^[1][2] This coincided with other local elections and the 2015 general election.

Results

The party standings following the election (counting unfinished):^[3]

Party		Gain/Loss	2015 Cllrs	Vote	Gain/Loss
	Conservative	+8	37	38%	+1%
	Liberal Democrat	-14	15	25%	-7%
	Labour	=	5	14%	-4%
	Independent	+1	3	5%	+1%
	Green	+2	2	13%	+6%
		Other	+2	2	1%	-1%
	Labour Co-op	+1	1	1%	+1%
	UKIP	=	0	3%	+3%
	Left Unity	=	0	<1%	-
Total		-	65	-	-

Abbey (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Abbey Ward 2015^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Joseph Michael Turner	1158	21
	Green	Jonathan Charles Carr	1071	19
	Conservative	Brian John Webber	985	18
	Liberal Democrat	Louise Bray	798	14
	Liberal Democrat	Manda Rigby	741	13
	Labour	Laurel Denise Casserley	639	12
	Independent	Jenny Knight	148	3

Bathavon North (3 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Bathavon North 2015^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Martin Veal	1971	17
	Conservative	Geoff Ward	1765	15
	Liberal Democrat	Alison Millar	1544	13
	Conservative	Ian Cooper	1501	13
	Liberal Democrat	Vito Pecchia	1305	11
	Liberal Democrat	Dorian Baker	1286	11
	Green	Justin Christopher Temblett-Wood	788	7
	Labour	Hendrik Bebber	673	6
	Labour	Andrew Robert Pottage	406	3
	Labour	Alex Jovcic-Sas	394	3
	UKIP	Dan Evans	288	2

Bathavon South

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Bathavon South 2015^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Butters	860	48
	Conservative	Johnny Kidney	644	36
	Green	Hugh Golden Prentice	177	10
	Labour	Jordan Ness	127	7

Bathavon West

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Bathavon West 2015^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Veale	712	46
	Liberal Democrat	William Hobhouse	388	25
	Green	George James Oram	328	21
	Independent	Marilyn Deacon	110	7

Bathwick (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Bathwick 2015^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Matt Cochrane	1121	23
	Conservative	Steve Jeffries	966	20
	Liberal Democrat	Claire Jackson	826	17
	Liberal Democrat	David Martin	797	16
	Green	Matt Benka	584	12
	Labour	Saiful Islam	357	7
	Labour	Samuel Marlow-Stevens	287	6

Chew Valley North

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Chew Valley North 2015^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Liz Richardson	969	62
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Harrison Fenn	305	20
	Green	Laurence Henry Guy	284	18

Chew Valley South

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Chew Valley South 2015^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Vic Pritchard	1071	67
	Green	Sally Clare Roff Calverley	321	20
	Liberal Democrat	Gitte Dawson	202	13

Clutton

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Clutton 2015^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Karen Ruth Warrington	736	46
	Liberal Democrat	Jeremy Sparks	540	34
	Labour	Neil Dowman	183	12
	Green	Michael Charles Edwards	131	8

Combe Down (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Combe Down 2015^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Cherry Beath	1247	23
	Conservative	Bob Goodman	1006	19
	Conservative	David Sebastian Beaugeard	964	18
	Liberal Democrat	Joel Hirst	743	14
	Green	Rosie Jones	729	14
	Labour	Sanjeev Chaddha	396	7
	UKIP	Michael Gerard Stanley	256	5

Farmborough

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Farmborough 2015^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sally Davis	1191	74
	Liberal Democrat	Nicole Sykes	409	26

High Littleton

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: High Littleton 2015^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Les Kew	1102	63
	Green	Sarah Georgina Huggins	358	21
	Liberal Democrat	Andy Stewart	284	16

Keynsham East (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Keynsham East 2015^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Marie Longstaff	1858	28
	Conservative	Bryan Organ	1802	27
	Liberal Democrat	Andy Wait	854	13
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Kirwan	583	9
	Labour	Keith Burchell	555	8
	Labour	Jonathan Samuel Wallcroft	543	8
	Green	Sam Willitts	477	7

Keynsham North (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Keynsham North 2015^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Charles Daniel Gerrish	1443	29
	Conservative	Brian Simmons	1203	24
	Labour	Christopher Jeffery Davis	609	12
	Labour	Elizabeth Jane King	570	11
	UKIP	Steve Grimes	437	9
	Green	Justin Nigel Edwards	423	9
	Liberal Democrat	Joshua Little	171	3
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Pirie	108	2

Keynsham South (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Keynsham South 2015^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alan Dudley Hale	1213	26
	Conservative	Lisa O'Brien	913	20
	Labour	Tony Crouch	827	18
	Labour	Fflyff McLaren	483	11
	UKIP	Philip Evans	444	19
	Liberal Democrat	Karen Godfrey	284	6
	Green	Matt Orton	244	5
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Denise Hawes	184	4

Kingsmead (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Kingsmead 2015^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Furse	967	19
	Conservative	Chris Pearce	872	17
	Green	Eric Lucas	696	14
	Conservative	Benedict Chaplin Spencer	680	14
	Green	Dick Daniel	625	12
	Liberal Democrat	Douglas Nicol	624	12
	Labour	Pam Richards	404	8
	UKIP	Andrew George Bosanquet	163	3

Lambridge (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Lambridge 2015^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Green	Lin Patterson	984	17
	Liberal Democrat	Rob Appleyard	900	15
	Conservative	Ian William Cowie	874	15
	Liberal Democrat	Y Kumar	619	10
	Independent	Dave Laming	597	10
	Conservative	Tor Soltvedt	541	9
	Independent	Bryan Chalker	539	9
	Labour	Vicky Linda Drew	531	9
	Labour	Ron Laden	351	6

Lansdown (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Lansdown 2015^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Patrick Michael Anketell-Jones	1366	28
	Conservative	Tony Clarke	1185	24
	Green	Sally Harris	594	12
	Green	Eleanor Rosemary Field	537	11
	Liberal Democrat	Felicity Gibson-Watt	504	10
	Liberal Democrat	Dylan Hughes	425	9
	Labour	Hilary Fraser	313	6

Lyncombe (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Lyncombe 2015^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mark Grosvenor McNeill Shelford	1165	18
	Conservative	Michael Raphael Luke Norton	1096	17
	Liberal Democrat	Katie Hall	1069	16
	Green	Tony Ambrose	930	14
	Liberal Democrat	Jay Risbridger	922	14
	Green	Don Grimes	766	12
	Labour	Nicky Stubbs	384	6
	UKIP	Hugo Jenks	246	4

Mendip

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Mendip 2015^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tim Warren	1034	64
	Green	Mike Jay	344	21
	Liberal Democrat	Benjamin Goldstrom	242	15

Midsomer Norton North (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Midsomer Norton North 2015^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Evans	1494	26
	Conservative	Barry Macrae	1385	24
	Labour	Martine Duggan	944	16
	Labour	Ryan Anthony Maher	769	13
	Green	Joshua James Palmer	425	7
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Christine Bodle	262	5
	Liberal Democrat	James Alan Clarke	200	3
	Independent	Mandy Clarke	153	3
	Independent	Tex Clarke	106	2

Midsomer Norton Redfield (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Midsomer Norton Redfield 2015^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paul Anthony Myers	1633	32
	Conservative	Chris Watt	1410	28
	Labour	Liz Derl-Davis	888	18
	Green	Vicki Gait	593	12
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Jakins	311	6
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Feest	229	5

Newbridge (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Newbridge 2015^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Donal Thomas Hassett	1099	19
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Roberts	1008	17
	Conservative	Guy Theodore Palmer	960	16
	Liberal Democrat	Michelle Anne O'Doherty	914	15
	Green	Antony Stuart Dobson	766	13
	Independent	Loraine Morgan-Brinkhurst	603	10
	Labour	Michelle Anne Young	564	10

Odd Down (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Odd Down 2015^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Hedges	1269	24
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Roberts	885	17
	Conservative	Joel William Harper	711	13
	Conservative	Lance Loxton Payton	589	11
	Green	Karen Jayne Robinson	532	10
	Labour	Liz Vincent	480	9
	Green	Christopher Peter Jensen	421	8
	UKIP	Joska Vincent	380	7

Oldfield (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Oldfield 2015^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Will Sandry	1091	20
	Liberal Democrat	Shaun McGall	930	17
	Green	Jamie Smith	810	15
	Conservative	Chris Goodenough	769	14
	Conservative	Thomas Peter Hobson	677	13
	Labour	Rachel Susanna Willis	568	11
	Labour	Peter John Marsh	491	9

Paulton (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Paulton 2015^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Liz Hardman	1170	23
	Labour	John Bull	861	17
	Conservative	Mike Colliver	844	16
	Independent	Paul Leslie Bailes	673	13
	UKIP	Jeff Humphries	589	11
	Conservative	Kate Simmons	530	10
	Green	Rory James Lee	235	5
	Liberal Democrat	Charlotte Lightowler	140	3
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Dawson	110	2

Peasedown (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Peasedown 2015^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	No politics, just Peasedown	Sarah Bevan	1095	17
	No politics, just Peasedown	Karen Walker	906	14
	Conservative	Jo Davis	880	13
	Labour	Jonathan Paul Rich	879	13
	Conservative	Stephen John Goodwin	668	10
	Labour	Lesley Mansell	634	10
	Liberal Democrat	Wera Hobhouse	463	7
	Independent	Kathy Thomas	453	7
	Liberal Democrat	Ray Love	304	5
	Green	Louis Peter Williams	283	4

Publow and Whitchurch

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Publow and Whitchurch 2015^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paul May	979	66
	Green	Christine Anne Brown	285	19
	Liberal Democrat	Dick Beath	210	14

Radstock (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Radstock 2015^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Chris Dando	865	17
	Conservative	Deirdre Mary Horstmann	643	13
	Conservative	Tony Heaford	637	13
	Labour Co-op	Anne Marie Jovcic-Sas	634	13
	Liberal Democrat	Nettie Williams	593	12
	Liberal Democrat	Bruce Andrew Shearne	558	11
	Green	Terry Pitt	402	8
	Independent	Gael Kathryn Susan Doswell	380	8
		Rob Langley	327	6

Saltford (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Saltford 2015^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Francine Haeberling	1262	26
	Conservative	Emma Clare Dixon	1222	25
	Liberal Democrat	Duncan Hounsell	850	17
	Liberal Democrat	Farida Wilson	514	11
	Green	Liz Barling	358	7
	UKIP	Tim House	355	7
	Labour	Nik Sas	332	7

Southdown (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Southdown 2015^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Crossley	1230	23
	Liberal Democrat	Dine Romero	1003	19
	Conservative	Peter Burford Goodhart	797	15
	Conservative	Scarlett Windmill-Last	477	9
	UKIP	Julian Richard Deverell	471	9
	Labour	Stephen John Bendle	428	8
	Green	Ross Ashley Baxter	407	8
	Green	Grant Brian Davis	376	7
	Independent	Bethany Louise Tavener	55	1
	Left Unity	Karen Ruth Weston	27	1
	Left Unity	Stewart Edward Weston	26	0

Timsbury

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Timsbury 2015^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Douglas Eric Deacon	736	46
	Conservative	Carole Diane Fitzpatrick	359	22
	Labour Co-op	Peter Sas	200	12
	Liberal Democrat	Daniel Mark Hilton	174	11
	Green	Sara Elizabeth Strawson	134	8

Twerton (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Twerton 2015^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Ball	881	26
	Labour	Joe Rayment	567	17
	Liberal Democrat	Gerry Curran	546	16
	Green	Lee Giles	484	14
	Conservative	James Frederick Jacobs Hopkins	350	10
	UKIP	Henry Darren Maltby Marshall	341	10
	Conservative	Matteo Weeks	239	7

Walcot (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Walcot 2015^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Lisa Brett	1323	21
	Conservative	Fiona Lorraine Darey	795	13
	Green	Michael Tichelar	772	12
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Williams	768	12
	Green	Vipul Arvind Patel	765	12
	Conservative	Christopher Trevor Slack	695	11
	Labour	Ben Draper	516	8
	Labour	Tom Carter	492	8
	Independent	Susan Frances Traill	132	2

Westfield (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Westfield 2015^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Eleanor Jackson	1100	20
	Labour	Robin Moss	997	18
	UKIP	Ernie Blaber	749	13
	Independent	Geoff Fuller	738	13
	Conservative	Margaret Rose Brewer	712	13
	Conservative	Peter Edwards	594	11
	Green	Darren John Rogers	284	5
	Liberal Democrat	Michelle Drew	281	5
	Liberal Democrat	Katie Mallia	133	2

Westmoreland (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Westmoreland 2015^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	June Player	1577	26
	Independent	Colin David Blackburn	947	15
	Green	Jon Lucas	935	15
	Liberal Democrat	Sharon Ball	718	12
	Labour	Rebecca Nadehzda Shields	590	10
	Conservative	Christopher Alan Laycock	508	8
	Conservative	Steve Thomas	471	8
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Moore	436	7

Weston (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Weston 2015^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Brian Colin Barrett	1289	22
	Conservative	Matthew Paul Davies	952	17
	Independent	Malcolm Lees	811	14
	Liberal Democrat	Ruth Malloy	737	13
	Green	Lisa Loveridge	627	11
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew White	548	10
	Labour	Steve Richards	433	8
	Independent	Josh Simon Hawker	351	6

Widcombe (2 seats)

Bath and North East Somerset Council Elections: Widcombe 2015^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Gilchrist	1067	19
	Conservative	Jasper Martin Becker	1030	18
	Conservative	Brook Lloyd Whelan	863	15
	Liberal Democrat	Ben Stevens	811	14
	Green	Sally May Driver	699	12
	Green	Thelma Vivian Grimes	524	9
	Labour	Bernard William Morgan	387	7
	Independent	Casey Bernard Bailey Nolan	137	2
	Independent	Joy Goldsmith	78	1

References

1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
2. "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Bath and North East Somerset Returning Officer. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
3. "Bath and North East Somerset Council (All Wards) - Thursday, 7th May, 2015". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
4. "Abbey Ward". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
5. "Bathavon North". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
6. "Bathavon South". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
7. "Bathavon West". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
8. "Bathwick". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
9. "Chew Valley North". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
10. "Chew Valley South". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
11. "Clutton". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
12. "Combe Down". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
13. "Farmborough". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
14. "High Littleton". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
15. "Keynsham East". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
16. "Keynsham North". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
17. "Keynsham South". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
18. "Kingsmead". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
19. "Lambridge". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
20. "Lansdown". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
21. "Lyncombe". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
22. "Mendip". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
23. "Midsomer Norton North". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
24. "Midsomer Norton Redfield". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
25. "Newbridge". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
26. "Odd Down". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
27. "Oldfield". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
28. "Paulton". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
29. "Peasedown". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
30. "Publow and Whitchurch". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
31. "Radstock". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
32. "Saltford". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
33. "Southdown". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
34. "Timsbury". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
35. "Twerton". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
36. "Walcot". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
37. "Westfield". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
38. "Westmoreland". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
39. "Weston". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
40. "Widcombe". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 May 2015.