2015 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election

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

2015 local election results in St Edmundsbury

Results summary

St. Edmundsbury Borough Council election, 2015

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	37	3	3			52.2	36,089	+3.0
	UKIP	4	3	0	3		13.0	8,983	+12.2
	Labour	2	0	2	2		21.4	14,797	-2.6
	Independent	2	0	2	2		7.4	5,081	-3.9
	Green	1	1	0	1		3.7	2,548	-3.9
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	2.4	1,657	-4.7

Ward results

Abbeygate

Abbeygate^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joanna Rayner	1,169	28.2
	Conservative	Andrew Speed	893	21.5
	Green	Paul Rynsard	759	18.3
	Labour	Robin Bennett	691	16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Broadway	635	15.3
Total votes			4,147
Majority			134	3.2
Rejected ballots			46	1.9
Turnout			2,414	66.0
Registered electors			3,660
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bardwell

Bardwell^[2][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paula Wade	867	59.0
	Labour	Cyrille Bouche	309	21.0
	UKIP	James Lumley	293	19.9
Total votes			1,469
Majority			558	38.0
Rejected ballots			16	1.1
Turnout			1,485	73.3
Registered electors			2,025
	Conservative hold

Barningham

Barningham^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Bull	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Barrow

Barrow^[2][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Houlder	845	61.0
	Liberal Democrats	Zigurds Kronbergs	345	24.9
	Labour	Andrew Whiting	195	14.1
Total votes			1,385
Majority			500	36.1
Rejected ballots			22	1.6
Turnout			1,407	75.2
Registered electors			1,870
	Conservative hold

Cavendish

Cavendish^[2][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Stevens	779	65.7
	UKIP	Stuart Letten	406	34.3
Total votes			1,185
Majority			373	31.5
Rejected ballots			59	4.8
Turnout			1,240	72.9
Registered electors			1,702
	Conservative hold

Chedburgh

Chedburgh^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Rushen	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Clare

Clare^[2][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alaric Pugh	808	71.4
	UKIP	David Reynolds	323	28.6
Total votes			1,131
Majority			485	42.9
Rejected ballots			61	5.1
Turnout			1,192	69.7
Registered electors			1,709
	Conservative hold

Eastgate

Eastgate^[2][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Warby	612	54.2
	Labour	Nicola Ridgeway	518	45.8
Total votes			1130
Majority			94	8.3
Rejected ballots			29	2.5
Turnout			1,159	61.1
Registered electors			1,897
	Conservative hold

Fornham

Fornham^[2][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rebecca Hopfensperger	894	72.7
	Labour	Shirley Stephenson	336	27.3
Total votes			1,230
Majority			558	45.4
Rejected ballots			16	1.3
Turnout			1,247	73.0
Registered electors			1,708
	Conservative hold

Great Barton

Great Barton^[2][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Broughton	1,054	80.0
	Labour	Thomas Stebbing	264	20.0
Total votes			1,318
Majority			790	59.9
Rejected ballots			21	1.6
Turnout			1,339	76.1
Registered electors			1,759
	Conservative hold

Haverhill East

Haverhill East^[2][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Anthony Brown	1,135	16.7
	Conservative	Ivor McLatchy	978	14.4
	UKIP	John Burns	892	13.1
	Labour	Roger André	800	11.8
	Conservative	Hui Yang	764	11.2
	Labour	Patrick Hanlon	757	11.1
	Conservative	John Exton	754	11.1
	Labour	Emie Goody	724	10.6
Total votes			6,804
Majority			92	1.4
Rejected ballots			51	1.6
Turnout			3,144	57.1
Registered electors			5,503
	UKIP gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	UKIP gain from Conservative

Haverhill North

Haverhill North^[2][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Marks	1,257	16.9
	UKIP	Barry Robbins	1,155	15.5
	Conservative	Betty McLatchy	1,095	14.7
	Conservative	John McManus	980	13.1
	Labour	Thomas Chivers	806	10.8
	UKIP	Anthony Williams	776	10.4
	Labour	Elizabeth Smith	728	9.8
	Labour	Alan Pearson	657	8.8
Total votes			7,454
Majority			115	1.5
Rejected ballots			45	1.4
Turnout			3,308	58.9
Registered electors			5,616
	Conservative hold
	UKIP gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Haverhill South

Haverhill South^[2][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Jason Crooks	689	23.6
	Conservative	Paula Fox	661	22.7
	Labour	Maureen Byrne	631	21.7
	Labour	David Smith	412	14.1
	Conservative	Clive Turner	364	12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Rolph	157	5.4
Total votes			2,914
Majority			30	1.0
Rejected ballots			28	1.4
Turnout			2,013	51.2
Registered electors			3,932
	UKIP gain from Labour
	Conservative hold

Haverhill West

Haverhill West^[2][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Marks	1,150	31.1
	Conservative	David Roach	978	26.4
	UKIP	Mark Dorey	852	23.0
	Labour	Mary Dunning	720	19.5
Total votes			3,700
Majority			126	3.4
Rejected ballots			27
Turnout			2,495	62.2
Registered electors			4,011
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Horringer & Whelnetham

Horringer & Whelnetham^[2][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Clements	905	68.8
	Labour	Robin Davies	411	31.2
Total votes			1,316
Majority			494	37.5
Rejected ballots			25	1.9
Turnout			1,342	76.5
Registered electors			1,755
	Conservative hold

Hundon

Hundon^[2][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Farthing	752	63.4
	UKIP	Paul Stigwood	435	36.6
Total votes			1,187
Majority			317	26.7
Rejected ballots			64	5.1
Turnout			1,251	71.9
Registered electors			1,740
	Conservative hold

Ixworth

Ixworth^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Griffiths	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Kedington

Kedington^[2][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karen Richardson	595	53.0
	UKIP	Bryan Hawes	305	27.2
	Labour	Stephen Nutt	223	19.9
Total votes			1,123
Majority			290	25.8
Rejected ballots			10	0.9
Turnout			1,133	71.4
Registered electors			1,586
	Conservative hold

Minden

Minden^[2][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Everitt	1,069	28.0
	Conservative	Clive Springett	768	20.1
	Labour	Jonathan Hartley	583	15.2
	UKIP	Christopher Riley	543	14.2
	Green	Mark Ereira-Guyer	530	13.9
	Green	Martin Trnecka	331	8.7
Total votes			3,824
Majority			185	4.8
Rejected ballots			29	1.2
Turnout			2,372	68.1
Registered electors			3,482
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Moreton Hall

Moreton Hall^[2][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Warby	1,862	24.9
	Conservative	Terence Buckle	1,668	22.3
	Conservative	Peter Thompson	1,551	20.8
	Independent	Trevor Beckwith	1428	19.1
	Labour	Clifford Hind	961	12.9
Total votes			7,470
Majority			123	1.6
Rejected ballots			42	1.1
Turnout			3,890	68.7
Registered electors			5,665
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Northgate

Northgate^[2][20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diane Hind	521	50.9
	Conservative	Carl Poole	502	49.1
Total votes			1,023
Majority			19	1.9
Rejected ballots			26	2.5
Turnout			1,049	55.7
Registered electors			1,883
	Labour hold

Pakenham

Pakenham^[2][21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Brown	926	74.3
	Labour	Gillian Malik	321	25.7
Total votes			1,247
Majority			605	48.5
Rejected ballots			24	1.9
Turnout			1,271	61.1
Registered electors			2,079
	Conservative hold

Risby

Risby^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Glossop	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Risbygate

Risbygate^[2][22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Nettleton	1,067	30.7
	Green	Ida Rynsard	928	26.7
	Conservative	Rodney Barrett	926	26.6
	Labour	Marilyn Sayer	558	16.0
Total votes			3,479
Majority			2	0.1
Rejected ballots			26	1.1
Turnout			2,303	62.9
Registered electors			3,663
	Independent hold
	Green gain from Conservative

Rougham

Rougham^[2][23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sara Mildmay-White	967	73.4
	Labour	Gillian Malik	351	26.6
Total votes			1,318
Majority			616	46.7
Rejected ballots			21	1.6
Turnout			1,339	72.0
Registered electors			1,860
	Conservative hold

Southgate

Southgate^[2][24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hung Chow Chung	1,507	35.8
	Conservative	Sarah-Anne Stamp	1,179	28.0
	Labour	Janet Lavender	586	13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Lale	490	11.6
	UKIP	Colin Freeman	450	10.7
Total votes			4,212
Majority			593	14.1
Rejected ballots			12	0.5
Turnout			2,465	71.5
Registered electors			3,447
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

St Olaves

St Olaves^[2][25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Hopfensperger	835	31.2
	Labour	Robert Cockle	699	26.2
	Conservative	Thomas Murray	677	25.3
	Labour	Quentin Cornish	462	17.3
Total votes			2,673
Majority			22	0.8
Rejected ballots			21	1.2
Turnout			1,765	51.5
Registered electors			3,428
	Independent hold
	Labour hold

Stanton

Stanton^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Thorndyke	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Westgate

Westgate^[2][26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wayne Hailstone	1,129	28.5
	Conservative	Richard Rout	964	24.3
	Labour	Kevin Waterson	573	14.4
	UKIP	Clive Reason	529	13.3
	Independent	Stefan Oliver	414	10.4
	Independent	Martin Tilley	357	9.0
Total votes			3,966
Majority			391	9.9
Rejected ballots			12	0.5
Turnout			2,465	71.5
Registered electors			3,447
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Wickhambrook

Wickhambrook^[2][27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Pollington	623	50.2
	Independent	Derek Redhead	617	49.8
Total votes			1,240
Majority			6	0.5
Rejected ballots			14	1.1
Turnout			1,254	70.8
Registered electors			1,771
	Conservative gain from Independent

Withersfield

Withersfield^[2][28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Midwood	617	52.3
	Independent	Robert Clifton-Brown	363	30.8
	UKIP	Dudley Haylock	200	16.9
Total votes			1,180
Majority			254	21.5
Rejected ballots			21	1.7
Turnout			1,201	73.4
Registered electors			1,637
	Conservative hold