2015 New Forest District Council election
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The 2015 New Forest District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of New Forest District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
The whole Council is re-elected every 4 years[2]
After the election, the composition of the council was:[3]
- Conservative - 58
- Liberal Democrat - 2
Election Summary[]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 58 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
96.66 | 50.56 | 48,969 | ![]() | |
UKIP | 0 | ![]() |
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0.00 | 15.42 | 14,941 | ![]() | |
Labour | 0 | ![]() |
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0.00 | 14.24 | 13,797 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() |
3.33 | 11.19 | 10,847 | ![]() | |
Green | 0 | ![]() |
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0.00 | 6.51 | 6,314 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
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0.00 | 1.70 | 1,647 | ![]() | |
TUSC | 0 | ![]() |
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0.00 | 0.3 | 334 | ![]() |
Ward results[]
Ashurst, Copythrone South & Netley Marsh[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leslie Puttock | 1,922 | 58.14 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Derek Tipp | 1,689 | |||
UKIP | Peter Day | 840 | 24.51 | ![]() | |
Labour | Kenneth Kershaw | 594 | 17.33 | ![]() | |
Labour | Peter Sopowski | 506 | |||
Majority | 1,082 | 31.58 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,426 | 73.40 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Barton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Godfrey Beck | 1,959 | 55.92 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Alan O'Sullivan | 1,946 | |||
UKIP | Ann Vasilesco | 986 | 28.14 | ![]() | |
Labour | Peter Terry | 558 | 15.92 | ![]() | |
Majority | 973 | 27.77 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,503 | 71.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bashley[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Tungate | 1,070 | 67.16 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Gwen Bailey | 323 | 20.27 | ![]() | |
Labour | Martin Phillips | 200 | 12.55 | ![]() | |
Majority | 747 | 46.89 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,593 | 71.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Becton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christine Ward | 1,350 | 50.52 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Blunden | 1,290 | |||
UKIP | Paul Bailey | 761 | 28.48 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Wynford Davies | 561 | 20.99 | ![]() | |
Majority | 589 | 22.04 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,672 | 65.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Boldre & Sway[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barry Rickman | 2,352 | 70.73 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Colin Wise | 1,629 | |||
Green | Thomas Greenwood | 973 | 29.26 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,379 | 41.47 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,325 | 72.60 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bramshaw, Copythorne North and Minstead[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Diane Andrews | 1,222 | 77.29 | ![]() | |
Green | Anthony Gray | 359 | 22.70 | ![]() | |
Majority | 863 | 54.58 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1581 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bransgore & Burley[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Frampton | 2,386 | 66.46 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Mark Steele | 1,805 | |||
Green | Colin Thurston | 740 | 20.61 | ![]() | |
Labour | Brian Curwain | 464 | 12.92 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,646 | 45.84 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,590 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Brockenhurst & Forest South East[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Harris | 1,964 | 49.78 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Maureen Holding | 1,934 | |||
Green | Henry Mellor | 801 | 20.30 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Rachel John Beaumont | 682 | 17.28 | ![]() | |
Labour | Bramley Murton | 498 | 12.62 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,163 | 29.48 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,945 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Buckland[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Olliff-Cooper | 812 | 51.03 | ![]() | |
Independent | Edward Jearrad | 304 | 19.10 | ![]() | |
Labour | Bernard Tennant | 244 | 15.33 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Brenda Vincent | 231 | 14.51 | ![]() | |
Majority | 508 | 31.92 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,591 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Butts Ash & Dibden Purlieu[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Binns | 1,426 | 40.85 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Peter Armstrong | 1,398 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Malcom Wade | 1,175 | 33.66 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Lorraine Monaghan | 945 | |||
UKIP | Peter Rogers | 515 | 14.75 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Christopher Tribe | 412 | |||
Labour | David Dale | 374 | 10.71 | ![]() | |
Majority | 251 | 7.19 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,490 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Dibden & Hythe East[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daniel Poole | 1,274 | 38.01 | ![]() | |
Conservative | William Andrews | 1,151 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Harrison | 1,058 | 31.57 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Stanley Wade | 942 | |||
UKIP | Philip Wilson | 658 | 19.63 | ![]() | |
Green | Edward Caplen | 361 | 10.77 | ![]() | |
Majority | 216 | 6.44 | |||
Turnout | 3,351 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Downlands and Forest[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Heron | 1,436 | 78.46 | ![]() | |
Labour | Paul Toynton | 394 | 21.53 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,042 | 56.93 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,830 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fawley, Blackfield & Langley[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alexis McEvoy | 1,551 | 42.60 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Robert Wappet | 1,402 | |||
UKIP | Gillian Gulliver | 1,118 | 30.71 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Ronan West | 519 | 14.25 | ![]() | |
Labour | Paul Williams | 452 | 12.41 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Linda McDermott | 334 | |||
Majority | 433 | 11.89 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,640 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fernhill[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jill Cleary | 1,533 | 49.45 | ![]() | |
Conservative | John Ward | 1,384 | |||
UKIP | Marlene Wilkins | 933 | 30.09 | ![]() | |
Labour | Stephen Short | 634 | 20.45 | ![]() | |
Majority | 149 | 4.80 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,100 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fordingbridge[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Roxanne Bellows | 1,997 | 53.21 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Ann Sevier | 1,917 | |||
Labour | David Cakebread | 826 | 22.00 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Sidney Rasey | 636 | 16.94 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Wendy Rasey | 541 | |||
TUSC | Helen Ward | 294 | 7.83 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,171 | 31.20 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,753 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Forest North West[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Dow | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Furzedown & Hardley[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kathleen Crisell | 617 | 37.05 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Clark | 569 | 34.17 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Paul Thomas | 479 | 28.76 | ![]() | |
Majority | 48 | 2.88 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,665 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Holbury & North Blackfield[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Allan Glass | 1,204 | 37.88 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Alan Alvery | 1,152 | |||
UKIP | Philip Pearce-Smith | 856 | 26.93 | ![]() | |
Labour | Tina Williams | 577 | 18.15 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Sally-Jane Read | 541 | 17.02 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Brenda Smith | 315 | |||
Majority | 348 | 10.95 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,178 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hordle[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Penelope Lovelace | 1,810 | 52.43 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Frances Carpenter | 1,543 | |||
UKIP | Ian Linney | 1,080 | 31.28 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Szwaczka | 562 | 16.28 | ![]() | |
Majority | 587 | 21.14 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,452 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hythe West and Langdown[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Beverley Thorne | 1,459 | 44.07 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Wade | 1,348 | 40.72 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Clark | 1,225 | |||
Conservative | Thomas Webb | 1,184 | |||
Labour | Patricia Gillam | 503 | 15.19 | ![]() | |
Turnout | 3,310 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Lymington Town[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anna Rostand | 1,785 | 49.58 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Alan Penson | 1,439 | |||
Independent | Jacqueline England | 1,343 | 37.30 | ![]() | |
Independent | Michael Woodford | 934 | |||
Labour | Gary le Port | 472 | 13.11 | ![]() | |
Majority | 442 | 12.27 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,600 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lyndhurst[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Wyeth | 1,079 | 60.68 | ![]() | |
Green | Gerard Burden | 373 | 20.97 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Philip Fawkes | 326 | 18.33 | ![]() | |
Majority | 706 | 39.70 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,778 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Marchwood[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alison Hoare | 1,488 | 50.78 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Susan Bennison | 1,232 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Linda Bovey | 771 | 26.31 | ![]() | |
UKIP | William Evans | 673 | 22.96 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Bovey | 628 | |||
UKIP | John Swales | 491 | |||
Majority | 717 | 24.47 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,930 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Milford[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sophie Beton | 2,282 | 79.67 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Melville Kendal | 2,232 | |||
Labour | Amy Coakes | 582 | 20.32 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,700 | 59.35 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,864 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Milton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Clarke | 1,727 | 53.76 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Stephen Clarke | 1,635 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Judith Baker | 770 | 23.97 | ![]() | |
Labour | Caroline Hexter | 715 | 22.26 | ![]() | |
Majority | 957 | 29.79 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,102 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Pennington[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael White | 1,505 | 52.09 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Penelope Jackman | 1,413 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jack Davies | 832 | 28.79 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas McGeorge | 586 | |||
Labour | Margaret Humphreys | 552 | 19.10 | ![]() | |
Majority | 673 | 23.29 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,889 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Ringwood East & Sopley[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Emma Lane | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Ringwood North[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lorna Ford | 1,801 | 37.25 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Michael Thierry | 1,706 | |||
Labour | Peter Kelleher | 1,445 | 29.89 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Rosalind Mills | 868 | 17.95 | ![]() | |
Green | Timothy Rowe | 720 | 14.89 | ![]() | |
Majority | 356 | 7.36 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 4,834 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Ringwood South[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Rippon-Swaine | 1,680 | 48.56 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Jeremy Heron | 1,639 | |||
Green | Julian Konczak | 988 | 28.56 | ![]() | |
Labour | Desmond Williams | 791 | 22.86 | ![]() | |
Majority | 692 | 20.00 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,459 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Totton Central[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Louise Cerasoli | 1,461 | 46.46 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Brian Lucas | 1,126 | |||
Labour | Alan Goodfellow | 621 | 19.75 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Frances Orchard | 598 | 19.02 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Ronald Scrivens | 581 | |||
Green | Callum O'Driscoll | 464 | 14.75 | ![]() | |
Majority | 840 | 26.71 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,144 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Totton East[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Coombes | 1,155 | 35.88 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Arthur Davis | 1,018 | |||
UKIP | William Rogers | 720 | 22.36 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Robert Menhennet | 691 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Brunsdon | 632 | 19.63 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Shaw | 533 | |||
Labour | David Moran | 399 | 12.39 | ![]() | |
Green | Helen Field | 273 | 8.48 | ![]() | |
Green | Joanna Tidbury | 229 | |||
TUSC | Jean Walker | 40 | 1.24 | ![]() | |
Majority | 435 | 13.51 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,219 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Totton North[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Dean Britton | 1,291 | 44.65 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Neville Penman | 1,099 | |||
UKIP | Ian Molyneux | 638 | 22.06 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Melvyn Molyneux | 590 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Julie Martin | 492 | 17.01 | ![]() | |
Labour | Martin Grist | 470 | 16.25 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Diane Pratt | 440 | |||
Majority | 653 | 22.58 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,891 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Totton South[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Harrison | 1,348 | 39.31 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Leonard Harris | 979 | 28.55 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Michael Southgate | 829 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Rackham | 603 | |||
UKIP | Graham Barrett | 536 | 15.63 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Donna-Marie Legg | 485 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth Chell | 304 | 8.86 | ![]() | |
Green | Alan Weeks | 262 | 7.64 | ![]() | |
Green | Lorella Weeks | 178 | |||
Turnout | 3,429 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Totton West[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Diana Brooks | 1,322 | 50.78 | ![]() | |
Conservative | David Russell | 1,031 | |||
UKIP | Christopher Lagdon | 715 | 27.46 | ![]() | |
Labour | Peter Dance | 566 | ![]() |
21.74 | |
Majority | 607 | 23.31 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,603 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References[]
- ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "Electoral Services". New Forest District Council. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2015 - New Forest". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "2015 Quadrennial District Election Results". New Forest District Council. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
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