2015 Poole Borough Council election

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

2015 Poole Borough Council election

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All 42 seats on the Poole Borough Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Con LD PPP Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Poole People Last election 21 seats, 45.10% 18 seats, 30.40% 3 seats, 8.80% Seats won 32 6 3 Seat change 11 12 Popular vote 74,060 33,559 13,269 Percentage 42.85% 19.42% 7.68% Swing 2.25pp 10.98pp 1.12pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   UKIP GPEW Lab Party UKIP Green Labour Last election 0 seats, 4.40% 0 seats, 0.70% 0 seats, 4.60% Seats won 1 0 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 22,255 17,975 10,855 Percentage 12.88% 10.40% 6.28% Swing 8.48pp 9.70pp 1.68pp
Map showing the results of the election in each ward. Colours denote the winning party as shown in the main table of results.
Council control before election NOC Council control after election Conservative

Election result summary

Poole Borough Election Result 2015

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	32	12	1	11	76.19	42.85	74,060	-2.25
	Liberal Democrats	6	0	12	12	14.86	19.42	33,559	-10.98
	Poole People	3	1	1		7.14	7.68	13,269	-1.12
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.45	775	-5.05
	Labour	0	0	0		0.00	6.28	10,855	+1.68
	UKIP	1	1	0	1	2.38	12.88	22,255	+8.48
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	10.40	17,975	+9.7
	Other parties	0	0	0		0.00	0.04	87	N/A

Election results by ward

An asterisk indicates an incumbent seeking re-election.

Alderney

Alderney (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Mike Fisher	1,456
	Conservative	Louise Russell	1,391
	Conservative	Russell Trent	1,349
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Trent[a]	1323
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Ross	1152
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Wilson	1036
	Labour	Daniel Brooks	806
	Labour	Sue Mallory	759
	Labour	Jason Sanderson	700
	Green	Hannah Chislett	475
	Green	Simon Riggs	434
	Green	Henry Stockdale	333
	Independent	Ian Northover	139
Turnout
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Branksome East

Branksome East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Drew Mellor	1,613
	Conservative	Karen Rampton*	1,535
	UKIP	Ken Chambers	565
	UKIP	Robert Pattemore	513
	Labour	Liz Dixon	471
	Liberal Democrats	Annette Kent	411
	Labour	Stephen Sampson	398
	Green	Laura Cousins	345
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Li	306
	Green	J R Ryan	262
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Branksome West

Branksome West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Eades*	1,316
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Le Poidevin*	991
	Conservative	Lucy Cooper	830
	Conservative	Stanley Peters	775
	UKIP	Mike Browning	755
	UKIP	Steve Sheppard	741
	Green	Julie Dinmore	484
	Green	Martin Price	404
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Broadstone

Broadstone (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Brooke*	3,534
	Conservative	David Newell	2,842
	Conservative	Joanne Tomlin	2,547
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Godfrey*	2262
	Liberal Democrats	Don Hudswell	2097
	Conservative	Marc Ujvari	2027
	UKIP	Alan Gerring	909
	UKIP	Barry Smith	808
	Green	Mark Chivers	519
	Green	Helen Highwater	417
	Green	Kellie Blake	371
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Canford Cliffs

Canford Cliffs (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	May Haines*	3,658
	Conservative	Peter Pawlowski*	3,546
	Conservative	Mohan Iyengar	3,134
	UKIP	Jacqueline Bigwood	880
	UKIP	Geoff Chidley	876
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Baker	827
	Green	Kate Rose	539
	Labour	Peter Kenyon	376
	Green	Martin Davies	348
	Labour	Kenneth May	334
	Green	Helen Thomas	306
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canford Heath East

Canford Heath East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Moore*	1,339
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Hodges*	1,331
	Conservative	Michael Bowman	1064
	Conservative	Andrew Tomlin	899
	UKIP	Zac Stanworth	795
	Green	Hannah Maxwell-Harrison	267
	Green	Dean Maxwell-Harrison	215
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Canford Heath West

Canford Heath West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sean Gabriel	1,321
	Conservative	Ray Tindle	1,200
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Matthews*	1122
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Parrish	927
	UKIP	John Hawkins	666
	UKIP	Dominic Turner	497
	Labour	Roger Wyatt	307
	Green	Alison Challis	271
	Green	Matthew Burgess	166
	Money Free Party	Nick Tapping	87
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Creekmoor

Creekmoor (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judy Butt*	2,286
	Conservative	Les Burden*	2,203
	Conservative	John Rampton*	1,742
	UKIP	Gareth Cook	1176
	UKIP	Heather Jones	1041
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Slade	836
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Blankley	750
	Liberal Democrats	Millie Earl	735
	Green	Arron Blake	518
	Green	Marian Bryant	487
	Green	Robin Bryant	418
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hamworthy East

Hamworthy East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike White*	971
	Conservative	Vishal Gupta	803
	UKIP	James Jones	698
	Poole People	Charmaine Parkinson*	697
	Poole People	Lou Knight	633
	Labour	Shirley Brooks	306
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Foster	249
	Labour	John Sullivan	235
	Green	Ian Hay	175
	Green	Michael Challis	150
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Poole People		Swing

Hamworthy West

Hamworthy West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Wilkins*	1,197
	Poole People	Julie Bagwell	1,085
	Conservative	Karen Bozeat	886
	Liberal Democrats	Maxine Dunnett	372
	Labour	Ben Feiner	368
	Labour	Jo Oldale	289
	Green	Colin Dilley	207
	Green	Claire Newton	205
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Poole People gain from Conservative		Swing

Merley and Bearwood

Merley and Bearwood (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Brown*	2,579
	Conservative	Jane Newell	2,389
	Conservative	Marion Pope	2,332
	Conservative	Roger Gregory	2284
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Swash	1910
	Liberal Democrats	May Newman	1661
	UKIP	John Butler	1102
	Green	Wayland Goodliffe	458
	Green	Gigi Sismaet	454
	Independent	Peter Kazmierczak	377
	Green	Emmajay Walsh	312
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Newtown

Newtown (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Wilson[b]	1,779
	Conservative	Lindsay Wilson[b]	1,605
	Conservative	Malcolm Farrell	1,575
	UKIP	Diana Butler	1396
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Clements	1162
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Clements	1082
	Liberal Democrats	David Yates	846
	Labour	Steve Brew	838
	Labour	Hazel Malcolm-Walker	733
	Green	Faye Cunningham	655
	Labour	Ian Malcolm-Walker	637
	Green	Adrian Oliver	490
	Green	David Genese	446
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Oakdale

Oakdale (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Adams*	2,080
	Conservative	Ian Potter*	2,051
	Conservative	Janet Walton*	1,725
	UKIP	Janice Long	1335
	UKIP	Larry Adams	1325
	Poole People	Hugh Todd	1124
	Liberal Democrats	Tansy Earl	851
	Labour	Brian Ellis	830
	Liberal Democrats	Ems Simpson	641
	Green	Ben Skipp	585
	Green	Richard Turner	506
	Green	Christopher Welch	452
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parkstone

Parkstone (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Stribley	2,297
	Conservative	Emma Williams	2,120
	Conservative	John Challinor	2,059
	Poole People	Steve Baron	1645
	Poole People	Gareth Jones	1359
	UKIP	Bob Lister	952
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Dredge	951
	Green	Rupert Barrington	848
	UKIP	Tony Woodcock	789
	Labour	Maureen Champness	785
	Green	Pamela Jefferies	687
	Green	James Rose	581
	Independent	Marty Caine	259
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penn Hill

Penn Hill (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Atkinson*	2,498
	Conservative	Ron Parker*	2,198
	Conservative	Xena Dion*	2,131
	Poole People	Sally Carpenter	1362
	Poole People	Nicola Jinks	1039
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Rennison	801
	Labour	Martin Holst	752
	Green	Simon Card	745
	UKIP	David Darling	717
	UKIP	Lyn Thomas	695
	Green	Julie Millar	651
	Green	Philip Mayer	437
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Poole Town

Poole Town (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Poole People	Mark Howell*	1,614
	Conservative	Andy Garner-Watts	1,418
	Poole People	Andy Hadley	1,395
	Poole People	Chris Wilson*	1316
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Ross	1159
	Conservative	Alvin Gunputh	1157
	Labour	Darren Brown	931
	UKIP	Colin Johnson	796
	UKIP	Chris Ramm	772
	Conservative	Andy Ross	543
	Green	Jon Knight	495
	Green	Carolyn Smith	468
	Green	Ben Pantling	389
Turnout
	Poole People hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Poole People hold		Swing

By-elections 2015-2019

Broadstone By-Election 2016

The by-election was called after Joanne Tomlin resigned as a Councillor due to personal issues.^[4] It was held on 13 October 2016.^[5]

Broadstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vikki Slade	2,184	69.56
	Conservative	Marc Ujvari	733	23.34
	UKIP	Alan Gerring	121	3.85
	Green	Mark Chivers	57	1.82
	Labour	Jason Sanderson	45	1.43
Turnout			3138	37.23
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Notes

1. Elected as a Conservative but subsequently resigned from the party and is now an Independent.^[2]
2. Graham Wilson represented Newtown for the Liberal Democrats before crossing the floor to join the Conservatives, whereas Lindsay Wilson had previously represented Alderney for the Liberal Democrats.^[3]