2015 North West Leicestershire District Council election

Elections to elect all members of the North West Leicestershire District Council took place on 7 May 2015,^[1] simultaneously with a general election, held as one of the English local elections of that year.

2015 North West Leicestershire District Council election

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38 seats 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats before 21 1 Seats after 25 1 Seat change 4   Third party Fourth party   Party Labour Independent Seats before 16 0 Seats after 10 2 Seat change 6 2
Results map of the election

At the request of the previous administration, a boundary review took place during 2014 with a view to make every ward represented by one councillor. The total number of councillors remained at 38, meaning that the final proposals from the Local Government Boundary Commission for England replaced 20 single-, double- and triple-member wards with 38, single-member.

The local Conservative governing group increased their previous majority of two gained at the previous election. The Labour Party were the only other party fielding a full slate of 38 candidates, the first time since the election four council terms ago. Five independent candidates stood, two of whom were successfully returned. Local Liberal Democrats taking in 16 candidates had one councillor before the election, who was returned (re-elected) and made no gains.

In groups or individuals not seeing any councillors returned in this election UKIP fielded their first candidates since 2007, standing in 14 seats. The Green Party stood one candidate in the Kegworth ward. One candidate from the British Democratic Party presented himself for election.

Results

Note that the changes shown reflect an unchanged council size. They may be influenced by an unpredictable effect of the Boundary Commission for England aligning electorate size to the extent of wards (the body responsible for updating boundaries on demographic change to avoid the gradual natural onset of malapportionment). This change moved all areas of the district to single-councillor representation.

North West Leicestershire District Council election, 2015^[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	25	N/A	N/A	+4	65.7
	Labour	10	N/A	N/A	-6	26.3
	Independent	2	N/A	N/A	+2	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	1	N/A	N/A	0	2.6
	UKIP	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0
	Green	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0
	British Democrats	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0

Ward by ward

^[3] Candidates marked by an asterisk (*) are incumbent councillors. Not all seats are new as some single-member wards have remained unchanged from the previous election.

Appleby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Blunt *	980
	Labour	Joe Wain	403
Majority			573
Turnout				78.43
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ashby Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Coxon *	1147
	Labour	Martin Walton	439
Majority			708
Turnout				79.07
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ashby Holywell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Bayliss *	669
	Labour	Margaret Austin-Mills	466
	UKIP	Steph Whiten	232
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Brooks	86
Majority			203
Turnout				72.45
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ashby Ivanhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Hoult *	752
	Labour Co-op	Josh Mills	615
Majority			137
Turnout				72.56
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ashby Money Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Allman *	720
	Labour	Dave Whetton	429
	UKIP	Gareth Bott	202
Majority			299
Turnout				78.39
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ashby Willesley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geraint Jones *
	Labour	Dave Bigby
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ashby Woulds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bridges *
	Labour	Doug Cooper
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bardon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Specht *	460	39.1	New
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Windram	406	34.6	New
	Labour	Sue Morrell	309	26.3	New
Majority			54	4.5	New
Turnout			1175	66.52	New
	Conservative win (new seat)

Blackfordby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sue McKendrick
	Conservative	Annette Bridges *
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Broom Leys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronnie Adams *
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Bowler
	Conservative	Graham Stewart
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Castle Donington Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tony Saffell *
	Conservative	Elliott Allman
	Labour	Derek Wintle
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Castle Donington Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rachel Canny
	Labour Co-op	Bob Haskins
	Conservative	Caroline Large *
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Castle Donington Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Harrison
	Labour	Mark Burton
	Independent	Robert Else
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Castle Rock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Wyatt *
	Conservative	Richard Bebbington
	Labour	Liz Clarke
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Coalville East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cotterill
	UKIP	Phil Holland
	Labour	Penny Wakefield
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Wyatt
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Coalville West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John Legrys *
	Conservative	Paul Bridgen
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Brown
	UKIP	Dave Siddon
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Daleacre Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Smith *
	Independent	Toni Harrington
	Labour	Carol Sewell
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ellistown and Battleflat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Merrie
	Labour Co-op	Paul Hyde *
	UKIP	Matt Pollard
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Greenhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Nick Clarke *
	UKIP	Simon Perrins
	Conservative	Andrew Woodman
	Liberal Democrats	David Wyatt
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Hermitage

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Gillard
	Labour Co-op	Leon Spence *
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Wyatt
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Holly Hayes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Gillard *
	Labour	Norma Burford
	Independent	Adam Halford
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Turner
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hugglescote St John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Russell Johnson *
	British Democrats	Graham Partner
	Conservative	Rachael Ritchie
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Windram
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Hugglescote St Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terri Eynon
	Conservative	Will Jennings
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Luckman
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Ibstock East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Felix Fenning
	Conservative	Mark Evans
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Reed-Barney
	UKIP	Simon Stone
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Ibstock West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Clarke
	Labour	Janet Ruff *
	UKIP	Peter Depper
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Kegworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Pendleton *
	Labour	David Manley
	Green	Lindsay Richardson
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Long Whatton and Diseworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Rushton *
	Labour Co-op	Chris Smith
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Measham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Hoult
	Labour Co-op	Sean Sheahan *
	UKIP	Martin Green
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Measham South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Neilson *
	Conservative	Stephen Hodgson
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Ashman
	Labour	Laurie Andrade
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ravenstone and Packington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Smith *
	Labour	Tom Legrys
	UKIP	Val Pulford
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Sence Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Virge Richichi *
	Labour	Heather Worman
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Snibston North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paula Purver
	Labour	Cheslyn Baker
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Pollard
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Snibston South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Geary *	418
	Conservative	Ted Purver	291
	UKIP	Jakob Whiten	240
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Bowler	100
Majority			127
Turnout				58.32
	Labour win (new seat)

Thornborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louise Goacher	608
	Labour	Dom McDevitt	472
	UKIP	Tim Pulford	368
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Lynch	78
Majority			136
Turnout				74.75
	Conservative win (new seat)

Thringstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Everitt *	562
	Conservative	Antony Dandy	456
	UKIP	George Norley	280
Majority			106
Turnout				67.45
	Labour win (new seat)

Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Boam	1045
	Labour Co-op	Gordon Tacey	369
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Tyler	181
Majority			676
Turnout				74.64
	Conservative win (new seat)

Worthington and Breedon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Stevenson *	1082
	Labour	Yvonne Smith	358
	UKIP	Peter Pulford	314
Majority			724
Turnout				77.56
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

1. North West Leicestershire District Council election, 2015 information, North West Leicestershire District Council website
2. Councillors, as at 10 May 2015 NWLDC. Accessed 25 May 2015
3. "Election results 7 May 2015 - North West Leicestershire District Council". www.nwleics.gov.uk.