2015 North Somerset Council election

Map of the results of the 2015 North Somerset council election. Conservatives in blue, independent in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Green Party in green.

The 2015 North Somerset Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of North Somerset Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections around the country.

North Somerset unitary council is elected every four years, with fifty councillors to be elected. Since the first election to the unitary authority in 1995, the council has either been under Conservative party control, or no party has held a majority. The Conservatives gained a majority at the 2007 election and have retained control since then. At the 2015 election, the outcome was as follows:^[2]

Party		Councillors
	Conservatives	36
	Independents	6
	Liberal Democrats	4
	Labour	3
	Greens	1

Ward results[]

^[3]

An asterisk * indicates an incumbent seeking re-election.

Backwell[]

Backwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karen Barclay*	1,873	68.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Crawford	880	32.0
Majority			993	36.03
Turnout			2753	75.67	+24.17
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

In the 2011 election Karen Barclay won the seat as an Independent but switched to Conservative

Banwell & Winscombe[]

Banwell & Winscombe (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ann Harley*	2,063	46.9
	Conservative	Jerry O'Brien	1,616	36.7
	North Somerset First Independents	Steven Bridges	773	17.6
	Green	Catherine Parmenter	772	17.5
	North Somerset First Independents	Paul Bateman	706	16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Hayes	651	14.8
	Labour	Timothy Powell	485	11.0
	Labour	Christy Cooney	434	9.9
Majority
Turnout				72.14
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blagdon & Churchill[]

Blagdon & Churchill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Wells*	1,439	60.5
	Green	Laurence Carruthers	585	24.6
	Labour	Thomas Watson-Follett	356	15.0
Majority
Turnout				75.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clevedon East[]

Clevedon East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Shopland*	812	36.2
	Conservative	Jon Middleton	717	32.0
	Labour	Kevin O'Brien	378	16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Cherry	337	15.0
Majority
Turnout				65.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Clevedon South[]

Clevedon South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Garner*	1,231	54.8
	Labour	Nicola Barton	623	27.8
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Neale	391	17.4
Majority
Turnout				64.95	+24.45
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clevedon Walton[]

Clevedon Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Hall*	1,414	53.1
	Independent	Graham Watkins	840	31.5
	Labour	Ivy Cameron	409	15.4
Majority
Turnout				75.24	+14.44
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clevedon West[]

Clevedon West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Blades*	1,078	47.9
	Independent	Jane Geldart	612	27.2
	Labour	Stuart Hale	559	24.9
Majority
Turnout				68.66	+19.36
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clevedon Yeo[]

Clevedon Yeo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Erica Blades	1,338	58.0
	Labour	Michael Harriot	551	23.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bronno Van Der Holt	418	18.1
Majority
Turnout				68.87	+28.67
	Conservative hold		Swing

Congresbury[]

Congresbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Thomas Leimdorfer*	1,269	55.7
	Conservative	Samantha Pepperall	787	34.5
	Labour	Paul Doolan	222	9.7
Majority
Turnout				71.92	+20.22
	Green hold		Swing

Gordano Valley[]

Gordano Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Ashton*	1,426	52.3
	UKIP	David Withers	350	12.8
	Independent	Carl Francis-Pester*	343	12.6
	Labour	Katherine Everitt	338	12.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Neale	270	9.9
Majority
Turnout				77.08	+27.08
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hutton and Locking[]

Hutton & Locking (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Porter*	2,127	52.9
	Conservative	Elfan Ap Rees*	1,583	39.4
	North Somerset First Independents	Michael Solomon	1,364	33.9
	Labour	Sarah Clayton	754	18.8
	Labour	Peter Williams	632	15.7
Turnout				71.06	+24.76
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Long Ashton[]

Long Ashton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Cave	2,546	49.8
	Conservative	Catherine Stowey	2,351	46.0
	Labour	David Johnson	1,220	23.9
	Green	Stuart McQuillan	1,216	23.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Bramhall	1,148	22.5
	Liberal Democrats	Huw James	246	4.8
Majority
Turnout				76.86	+30.96
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nailsea Golden Valley[]

Nailsea Golden Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andrew Cole*	1,890	69.3
	Conservative	Jeremy Blatchford*	838	30.7
Majority
Turnout				80.06	+20.36
	Independent hold		Swing

Nailsea West End[]

Nailsea West End
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Tonkin	1,251	56.8
	Conservative	Teresa Kemp*	951	43.2
Majority
Turnout				73.18
	Independent hold		Swing

Nailsea Yeo[]

Nailsea Yeo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Blatchford*	998	42.0
	Independent	Julie Day	993	41.8
	Labour	Peter Harris	385	16.2
Majority
Turnout				70.3	+20.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nailsea Youngwood[]

Nailsea Youngwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Angela Barber	1,169	55.1
	Independent	Sarah Hearne	953	44.9
Majority
Turnout				74.34
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pill[]

Pill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Donald Davies*	1,370	56.6
	Conservative	Martyn Stowey	526	21.7
	Independent	Nanette Kirsen	525	21.7
Majority
Turnout				69.68	+26.28
	Independent hold		Swing

Portishead East[]

Portishead East (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Oyns	1,665	48.1
	Conservative	David Pasley*	1,589	46.0
	Liberal Democrats	Daisy Bickley	742	21.5
	Labour	Anthony Hill	699	20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Lord	586	16.9
	Independent	Arthur Terry*	530	15.3
Majority
Turnout				65.4	+22.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

At the previous election Arthur Terry won the old single member ward of Portishead East for the Conservatives but stood as an Independent in 2015. David Pashley was the sitting councillor for the old Portishead Coastal ward.

Portishead North[]

Portishead North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reyna Knight*	1,399	49.0
	North Somerset First Independents	Roger Whitfield	499	17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Temple	486	17.0
	Labour	John Farnham	472	16.5
Majority
Turnout				72.67	+21.67
	Conservative hold		Swing

Portishead South[]

Portishead South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Burden	1,349	55.9
	Labour	Terry Lester	536	22.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Christopherson	527	21.8
Majority
Turnout				73.51	+27.51
	Conservative hold		Swing

Portishead West[]

Portishead West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Felicity Baker*	2,426	45.9
	Conservative	David Jolley*	2,212	41.9
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Mason	1,204	22.8
	Labour	Paul Dunn	921	17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Hall	888	16.8
	North Somerset First Independents	Beverley Langdale	871	16.5
	North Somerset First Independents	Geoffrey Hardman	711	13.5
Majority
Turnout				73.57	+24.47
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weston-super-Mare Bournville[]

Weston-super-Mare Bournville (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Clayton	1,415	44.6
	Labour	Ian Parker*	1,392	43.9
	Conservative	Michal Kus	592	18.7
	Conservative	Stephen Williams	585	18.4
	North Somerset First Independents	Roseana Warwick	478	15.1
	North Somerset First Independents	Gillian Ashworth	425	13.4
	Liberal Democrats	June How	348	11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Elliot Stephen	347	10.9
Turnout				51.51	+21.61
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Weston-Super-Mare Central[]

Weston-super-Mare Central (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Bell*	1,292	41.1
	Conservative	Richard Nightingale	1,133	36.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Payne*	977	31.1
	Conservative	Susan Creasey	947	30.1
	Labour	Richard Holcombe	651	20.7
	Labour	Neil Norton	642	20.4
Turnout				52.15	+14.65
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Robert Payne was elected as a councillor for the old Weston-Super-Mare West at the 2011 election.

Weston-Super-Mare Hillside[]

Weston-super-Mare Hillside (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Canniford*	1,875	47.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Crockford-Hawley*	1,841	46.8
	Conservative	Andrew Horler	839	21.3
	Conservative	Stephen Anderson	800	20.3
	UKIP	Andrew Gray	654	16.6
	Labour	David Drinkwater	476	12.1
	Labour	Dorothy Agassiz	442	11.2
	Green	Peter Waldschmidt	340	8.6
Turnout				59.95	+16.85
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Weston-Super-Mare Kewstoke[]

Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lisa Pilgrim*	2,304	48.0
	Conservative	Rosslyn Willis*	2,029	42.3
	UKIP	Stuart Davies	1,149	23.9
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Eckett	796	16.6
	Labour	Stephanie Baber	790	16.5
	Labour	Annabelle Chard	776	16.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Harrison	669	13.9
Turnout				47.5	+24.07
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weston-Super-Mare Mid Worle[]

Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Cleland*	627	31.7
	Labour	Simon Stokes	519	26.2
	UKIP	Anita Spencer-Johns	516	26.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Cordingley	184	9.3
	North Somerset First Independents	Michael Kellaway-Marriott	135	6.8
Turnout				63.61	+25.51
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weston-Super-Mare Milton[]

Weston-super-Mare Milton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Tucker*	1,419	31.5
	Conservative	Martin Williams	1,279	28.4
	Conservative	Ian Porter	1,262	28.0
	Labour	Michael Lyall	1,194	26.5
	UKIP	Stewart Ogborne	737	16.3
	North Somerset First Independents	John Christopher	529	11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Gosden	441	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Dunne	391	8.7
	North Somerset First Independents	James Willis-Boden	385	8.5
Turnout				66.81	+31.51
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weston-Super-Mare North Worle[]

Weston-super-Mare North Worle (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marcia Pepperall	1,506	36.1
	North Somerset First Independents	Derek Mead	1,229	29.4
	Conservative	David Poole	1,165	27.9
	Labour	Denise Hunt	772	18.5
	Labour	John Carson	750	18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Moon	641	15.3
Turnout				67.33	+29.13
	Conservative hold		Swing
	North Somerset First Independents gain from Conservative		Swing

Weston-Super-Mare South Worle[]

Weston-super-Mare South Worle (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Crew*	1,721	43.2
	Conservative	David Hitchins*	1,591	39.9
	Labour	Angela Bolitho	1,014	25.4
	Labour	Alan Peak	937	23.5
	North Somerset First Independents	Anita Smith	689	17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Kingsbury	686	17.2
	North Somerset First Independents	Julian Norris	624	15.7
Turnout				62.77	+24.67
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weston-super-Mare Uphill[]

Weston-super-Mare Uphill (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Bryant*	1,308	29.7
	Independent	John Ley-Morgan	1,114	25.3
	UKIP	Keith Morris	984	22.3
	Conservative	Clive Webb*	797	18.1
	North Somerset First Independents	Kenneth Perrett	704	16.0
	Labour	Ann Kesteven	677	15.4
	Labour	Carole Bressington	654	14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tina Roberts	512	11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Green	505	11.5
Turnout				67.84	+22.14
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Weston-Super-Mare Winterstoke[]

Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Codling	1,093	41.7
	Conservative	Dawn Payne*	880	33.6
	UKIP	Christopher Childs	690	26.3
	Labour	Catherine Gibbons-Antonopoulos	631	24.1
	Labour	Alan Baber	585	22.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Exon	310	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Glyn Hayes	230	8.8
	North Somerset First Independents	Cyril King	226	8.6
Turnout				53.26	+17.96
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wick St Lawrence and St Georges[]

Wick St Lawrence and St Georges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ruth Jacobs	1,033	45.8
	North Somerset First Independents	Ian Rowland	529	23.5
	Labour	Jacqueline Scholes	433	19.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Alen	260	11.5
Majority
Turnout				64.42
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winford[]

Winford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicolas Wilton	1,303	52.9
	Independent	Hugh Gregor*	1,160	47.1
Majority			143
Turnout				73.54	+28.24
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Wrington[]

Wrington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Yamanaka*	1,168	46.1
	Conservative	Annabel Tall*	1,119	44.2
	Labour	Patrick Cooney	246	9.7
Majority			49
Turnout				77.93	+20.53
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Annabel Tall had been elected as a Conservative councillor for the Yatton ward in the 2011 election.

Yatton[]

Yatton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Iles*	1,789	36.5
	Conservative	Judith Hadley	1,578	32.2
	Independent	Neil Petersen	1,442	29.4
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Griggs	1,289	26.3
	Green	Massimo Morelli	917	18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Edwards	764	15.6
	Labour	Richard Westwood	553	11.3
	Labour	Hedley Woods	352	7.2
Turnout				74.97	+24.17
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

References[]

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
^ H. Pickstock, Conservatives retain control of North Somerset Archived 18 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine at bristolpost.co.uk dated 8 May 2015
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "2015 Ward Election Results" (PDF). www.n-somerset.gov.uk. North Somerset Council. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

[TEC-1] "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.

[2] H. Pickstock, Conservatives retain control of North Somerset Archived 18 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine at bristolpost.co.uk dated 8 May 2015

[results-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "2015 Ward Election Results" (PDF). www.n-somerset.gov.uk. North Somerset Council. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

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