The 2015 Spelthorne Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect all members of Spelthorne Borough Council in England as one of the 2015 local elections, held simultaneously with the General Election.[1][2][3][4]
Results
Counting three intermittent by-elections (resulting in a Conservative gain and hold and a Liberal Democrat hold) and five defections from the governing party group in the 2011-2015 period (Cllrs Budd, D. Grant, Forsbrey, Rough and Sexton) the results saw these net changes:[3]
Spelthorne Borough Council Election, 2015 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 35 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 90 | 48 | 60048 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 8 | 10 | 12599 | |
| Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18 | 22392 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 15 | 19041 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3264 | |
| Spelthorne Independent Party | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 6 | 8125 | N/A |
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4% | 475 | N/A |
Ward by ward
Ashford Common (3 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Kavanagh | 1825 | | |
| Conservative | Howard Thomson | 1820 | | |
| Conservative | Howard Williams | 1444 | | |
| UKIP | Bob Bromley | 1437 | | |
| Labour | Marjorie Martin | 891 | | |
| Spelthorne Independent Party | Frank Ayres | 832 | | |
| Labour | Cidi Greenaway | 830 | | |
| Spelthorne Independent Party | Marion Bushnell | 738 | | |
| Spelthorne Independent Party | Denise Grant | 661 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ashford East (3 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Rose Chandler | 1765 | | |
| Conservative | Anthony Mitchell | 1644 | | |
| Conservative | Chris Frazer | 1481 | | |
| UKIP | Dean Botterill | 1296 | | |
| UKIP | Paul Humphreys | 1057 | | |
| Labour | Harold Trace | 764 | | |
| Labour | Sarah Wrightson | 737 | | |
| Spelthorne Independent Party | Ann Ayers | 517 | | |
| Spelthorne Independent Party | Juliet Griffin | 398 | | |
| Spelthorne Independent Party | Kim Philips | 394 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ashford North and Stanwell South (3 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Sinead Mooney | 1361 | | |
| Conservative | Anne-Marie Neale | 1266 | | |
| Conservative | Joanne Sexton | 1183 | | |
| UKIP | Peter Appleford | 1159 | | |
| Labour | John Doran | 1017 | | |
| UKIP | Marian Rough | 922 | | |
| Labour | Pamela Osborn | 915 | | |
| Labour | Iain Raymond | 792 | | |
| Green | Gordon Douglas | 394 | | |
| Spelthorne Independent Party | Simon Bhadye | 262 | | |
| Spelthorne Independent Party | Teresa Flurry | 244 | | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK) | Alan Mockford | 244 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative gain from independent (politician) | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from independent (politician) | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ashford Town (3 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Nick Gething | 1926 | | |
| Conservative | Olivia Rybinski | 1451 | | |
| Conservative | Naz Islam | 1329 | | |
| UKIP | Susan Mason | 1242 | | |
| Labour | John May | 952 | | |
| Spelthorne Independent Party | Gerry Forsbrey | 739 | | |
| Spelthorne Independent Party | Sam Budd | 716 | | |
| Labour | Yazdi Merchant | 710 | | |
| Green | Rupert Jackson | 683 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Halliford and Sunbury West (3 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Timothy Evans | 1376 | | |
| Conservative | Anthony Jones | 1274 | | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK) | Sandra Dunn | 1141 | | |
| Conservative | Denise Turner-Stewart | 1002 | | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK) | Christine Fisher | 956 | | |
| UKIP | Teresa Darby | 928 | | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK) | Tony Rawlison | 839 | | |
| Labour | Sean Beatty | 581 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Laleham and Shepperton Green (3 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Maureen Attewell | 1922 | | |
| Conservative | Richard Smith-Ainsley | 1586 | | |
| Conservative | Mary Madams | 1529 | | |
| UKIP | Brian Catt | 1321 | | |
| Spelthorne Independent Party | David Furst | 966 | | |
| Spelthorne Independent Party | Karen Howkins | 959 | | |
| Labour | Malcolm Aw | 675 | | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK) | Jon Edwards | 640 | | |
| Labour | Pierre Cooper | 581 | | |
| Labour | Arthur Gee | 249 | | |
| TUSC | Helen Couchman | 100 | | |
| TUSC | Andrew Pattinson | 95 | | |
| TUSC | Paul Couchman | 68 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Riverside and Laleham (3 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Tony Harman | 2203 | | |
| Conservative | Denise Saliagopoulos | 2184 | | |
| Conservative | Quentin Edgington | 1730 | | |
| UKIP | Linda Thatcher | 881 | | |
| Labour | John Burrel | 597 | | |
| Labour | Emma Yates | 570 | | |
| Labour | Imtiaz Khan | 403 | | |
| Green | Elizabeth Mansfield | 402 | | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK) | John Thesiger | 342 | | |
| Green | Steve Trafford | 331 | | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK) | Elizabeth Scholefield | 284 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Shepperton Town (3 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Robin Sider | 2502 | | |
| Conservative | Vivienne Leighton | 2121 | | |
| Conservative | Robert Watts | 2029 | | |
| UKIP | Jim Maxwell | 823 | | |
| UKIP | Gerry Ring | 656 | | |
| Labour | Stephen Bentley | 612 | | |
| Labour | Jonathan Button | 554 | | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK) | Tony Clench | 532 | | |
| Labour | Jolyon Green | 524 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Staines (3 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Colin Davis | 1642 | | |
| Conservative | Jean Pinkerton | 1610 | | |
| Conservative | Mark Francis | 1593 | | |
| Labour | David Arnold | 1144 | | |
| Green | Jenny Vinson | 1045 | | |
| UKIP | Rod Price | 905 | | |
| Spelthorne Independent Party | Alan Patterson | 699 | | |
| Labour | Leonard Evans | 673 | | |
| TUSC | Leanne Robertson | 212 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Staines South (3 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Steven Burkmar | 1283 | | |
| Conservative | Sabine Lohmann | 1263 | | |
| Conservative | Penny Forbes-Forsyth | 1225 | | |
| UKIP | Christopher Beresford | 989 | | |
| Labour | Amy Burrell | 865 | | |
| UKIP | Gerald Gravett | 854 | | |
| Labour | Mark Appleyard | 829 | | |
| Labour | John Johnston | 765 | | |
| UKIP | Dale Harris | 745 | | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK) | Susan Vincent | 336 | | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK) | Terry Lewis | 306 | | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK) | Robert Johnson | 249 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Stanwell North (3 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Kevin Flurry | 1183 | | |
| Conservative | Richard Barratt | 1177 | | |
| Labour | Susan Doran | 1149 | | |
| UKIP | Gillian Sanderson | 1040 | | |
| UKIP | Reg Thorne | 1031 | | |
| Conservative | Joshua Jogo | 1026 | | |
| Labour | Andrew McLuskey | 985 | | |
| Labour | John Went | 804 | | |
| Green | Paul Jacobs | 409 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Sunbury Common (3 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats (UK) | Ian Beardsmore | 1297 | | |
| Conservative | Alison Griffiths | 1025 | | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK) | Bernie Spoor | 1002 | | |
| Conservative | Colin Barnard | 992 | | |
| Conservative | Brian Stobbs | 969 | | |
| UKIP | Mark Jenkins | 966 | | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK) | Chris Bateson | 931 | | |
| Labour | Khalid Mustafa | 601 | | |
| Labour | John Norcross | 585 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Sunbury East (3 seats) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Alfred Friday | 1885 | | |
| Conservative | Ian Harvey | 1683 | | |
| Conservative | Daxa Patel | 1539 | | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK) | Kathy Grant | 1220 | | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK) | David Gardner | 1176 | | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK) | Richard Dunn | 1104 | | |
| UKIP | Mark Harrison | 789 | | |
| Labour | Doreen Went | 545 | | |
| Labour | Ian Jenkins | 493 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| 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.
- ^ 2011 results Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine SBC. Accessed 2015-05-21
- ^ a b Intervening (by-)election results Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine SBC. Accessed 2015-05-21
- ^ Spelthorne Local election results Get Surrey, website of the Surrey Advertiser/Guardian/Herald group. Accessed 2015-05-21