Colchester Borough Council election, 2015

May 7, 2015 (2015-05-07)

20 seats (out of 60 seats) 31 seats seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Labour
Last election	23	25	9
Seats before	23	24	9
Seats won	27	20	9
Seat change	4	4	0
Popular vote	28,023	13,827	12,940
Percentage	40.1	19.8	18.5
Swing	7.5	3.2	2.3

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Independent	UKIP	Green
Last election	3	0	0
Seats before	4	0	0
Seats won	4	0	0
Seat change	0	0	0
Popular vote	1,643	7,775	5,767
Percentage	2.4	11.1	8.2
Swing	0.5	4.7	0.4

Ward results map. Wards coloured dark grey were not electing this year.

The 2015 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect one third of the members of Colchester Borough Council in England.^[1] This was the same day as other local elections and as the General Election. Colchester Borough Council is made up of 60 councillors: 20 councillors were up for election.^[2]

Prior to the elections, Liberal Democrat councillor for New Town ward, Theresa Higgins, was appointed Mayor of Colchester for a term of one-year.

Composition of council seats before election

After the 2014 election, 25 councillors were Liberal Democrats, 23 were Conservatives, 8 were Labour, 3 were independent, and there was one vacancy. Following the 2014 election, a Liberal Democrat councillor defected from their grouping and sat as an independent.

Party		Seats (2014 election)	Seats (April 2015)
	Liberal Democrat	25	24
	Conservative	23	23
	Labour	8	9
	Independent	3	4
Vacant		1	-

Candidates by party

20 / 20

Liberal Democrats

20 / 20

Conservative Party

20 / 20

Labour Party

20 / 20

Green Party of England and Wales

15 / 20

UK Independence Party

2 / 20

Independent

1 / 20

Patriotic Socialist Party

The Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Labour Party and Green Party all stood a full slate of 20 candidates. UKIP stood 15 candidates, 2 independents stood for election and a final candidate stood for the Patriotic Socialist Party.

Results Summary

With 30 seats required for a dead-heat majority (of 0), no single grouping of councillors remained in overall control of policy decision-making. Conservatives fell 3 short this time whereas at the last election a five-becoming-six seat deficit existed during the four-year term for the largest grouping which had been the Liberal Democrats.

Colchester Borough Council Election, 2015
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	27	4	0	+4	45	40.1	28,023	+7.5
	Liberal Democrat	20	0	4	-4	33	19.8	13,827	-3.2
	Labour	9	0	0	0	15	18.5	12,940	+2.3
	Independent	4	0	0	0	7	2.4	1,643	-0.5
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	11.1	7,775	-4.7
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	8.2	5,767	-0.4

Ward Results

Berechurch

Berechurch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Dave Harris	1,958	50.3	+10.3
	Conservative	Michael Brown	858	22.0	+8.7
	UKIP	Paul Mulvey	521	13.4	-9.1
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Hislop	406	10.4	-9.2
	Green	Clare Palmer	152	3.9	+0.3
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Birch & Winstree

Birch & Winstree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Andrew Ellis	1,913	59.7	+5.3
	UKIP	John Pitts	569	17.8	-10.7
	Liberal Democrat	Gill Collings	291	9.1	+4.2
	Labour	John Spademan	287	9.0	+1.3
	Green	Jan Plummer	145	4.5	-1.3
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Darius Laws	1,667	35.9	+11.8
	Liberal Democrat	Owen Howell	1,172	25.2	-0.5
	Green	Andrew Canessa	982	21.2	+4.0
	Labour	Andrew Murphy	821	17.7	-0.1
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Christ Church

Christ Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Annesley Hardy	964	38.0	+9.3
	Liberal Democrat	Robin James	670	26.4	-6.1
	Labour	Elisa Vasquez-Walters	433	17.1	+0.5
	Green	Charles David Ham	319	12.6	-2.2
	UKIP	Ron Levy	148	5.8	-1.6
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Copford & West Stanway

Copford & West Stanway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jackie Maclean	673	59.8	-6.9
	UKIP	Chris Treloar	177	15.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Robert James	115	10.2	-2.7
	Labour	Barbara Nichols	115	10.2	-3.4
	Green	Emma-Jane Kemp	46	4.1	-2.6
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fordham & Stour

Fordham & Stour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Nigel Chapman	2,023	65.4	-0.1
	Labour	Kevin Stannard	396	12.8	+0.2
	Green	Sue Bailey	337	10.9	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Woodward	337	10.9	+2.6
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Tey

Great Tey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Chillingworth	979	58.6	+10.3
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Waite	257	15.4	+6.4
	Labour	Matt Creamer	170	10.2	+0.4
	UKIP	David Holmes	162	9.7	-5.1
	Green	Robert Brannan	104	6.2	+0.4
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Highwoods

Highwoods
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Phil Oxford	1,592	36.9	-15.2
	Conservative	Chris Hayter	1,192	27.7	+15.3
	Labour	Gary Braddy	479	11.1	+1.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Baker	466	10.6	+2.6
	UKIP	Jamie Middleditch	395	9.2	-4.1
	Green	Robbie Spencer	187	4.3	+0.1
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Mile End

Mile End
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ben Locker	2,101	38.4	+7.4
	Liberal Democrat	Ciaran Patrick McGonagle	1,769	32.3	-8.4
	Labour	Martin Camroux	707	12.9	+5.2
	UKIP	Tony Terry	533	9.7	-5.1
	Green	Mary Bryan	368	6.7	+0.9
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

New Town

New Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Annie Feltham	1,289	32.1	-9.5
	Conservative	Matt Neall	834	20.8	+8.4
	Labour	Lee Scordis	772	19.2	+4.4
	Green	Mark Goacher	631	15.7	+2.3
	UKIP	Alex Knupffer	493	12.3	-5.8
Turnout			3,719	56.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Prettygate

Prettygate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Will Quince	2,269	51.1	-6.8
	Liberal Democrat	John Loxley	967	21.8	+0.6
	Labour	Mike Dale	522	11.8	0.0
	UKIP	Steve Galvin	489	11.0	N/A
	Green	Luke O'Loughlin	196	4.4	-4.7
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shrub End

Shrub End
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Pauline Hazell	1,517	35.2	+14.6
	Liberal Democrat	Sharron Lawrence	1,157	25.9	-7.9
	UKIP	Simon Collins	757	16.9	-5.0
	Labour	Gary Griffiths	736	16.5	-2.2
	Green	Stuart Welham	251	5.6	+1.6
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tim Young	1,462	48.8	-12.8
	Conservative	Chris Hill	715	23.9	+8.1
	Liberal Democrat	Verity Woolley	447	14.9	+3.0
	Green	Joshua Murray	370	12.4	+1.7
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Barrie Cook	1,173	31.2	-8.5
	Conservative	Peter Klejna-Wendt	976	26.0	+10.8
	UKIP	Bill Faram	770	20.5	-4.9
	Labour	Amanda Stannard	600	16.0	+2.6
	Green	Stephen Ford	241	6.4	-0.1
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Stanway

Stanway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Fiona Maclean	1,861	42.8	+12.6
	Liberal Democrat	Lesley Scott-Boutell	1,611	37.0	+3.3
	Labour	Carole Spademan	616	14.2	+4.0
	Green	Tim Glover	261	6.0	+0.9
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Tiptree

Tiptree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Margaret Crowe	1,873	42.8	+1.5
	UKIP	Stuart Gulleford	1,313	32.5	-5.0
	Labour	Robert Spademan	535	13.2	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Miah Ahmed	194	4.8	+1.3
	Green	Katherine Bamforth	129	3.2	-2.1
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Marcus Harrington	1,578	54.7	-7.1
	UKIP	Ben Clark	370	12.8	N/A
	Labour	Ian Yates	306	10.6	-2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Gemma Graham	265	9.2	+0.8
	Green	Roger Bamforth	204	7.1	-10.1
	Independent	Julian McCallum	151	5.2	N/A
	Patriotic Socialist	Dave Osbourne	12	0.4	N/A
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Mersea

West Mersea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Patricia Moore	2,154	51.9	+0.8
	UKIP	David Broise	988	23.8	-3.8
	Labour	Alison Inman	402	9.7	+1.0
	Green	Lisa Britton	330	8.0	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Jenny Stevens	278	6.7	+2.6
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe Cross

Wivenhoe Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Cory	668	44.9	-8.1
	Labour	Phil Finn	328	22.1	+2.7
	Conservative	Natalie Jukes	271	18.2	-3.1
	Green	Christopher Flossman	130	8.7	+2.2
	UKIP	Carole Morse	90	6.1	N/A
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Wivenhoe Quay

Wivenhoe Quay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Rosalind Scott	1,295	40.9	-11.8
	Conservative	Peter Hill	1,251	39.5	+7.6
	Green	Laura Poutney	325	10.3	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Shaun Boughton	295	9.3	+2.3
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

By-Elections between 2015 and 2016

In June 2015, in accordance with the Local Government Act 1972, former Conservative councillor Mark Cable "ceased to be a member of the council" after failing to attend a council meeting since December 2014 (6 months). A by-election was called and the ward was subsequently held by the Conservatives.

Dedham & Langham ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Anne Brown	545	77.9	+8.6
	UKIP	Bill Faram	60	8.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	George Penny	57	8.1	-1.6
	Labour	John Spademan	38	5.4	-4.3
Turnout			700	29.1	-5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated". Colchester Borough Council. Adrian Pritchard (Returning Officer). Retrieved 12 April 2015.

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