2015 UK local government election
Elections to elect all members of the North West Leicestershire District Council took place on 7 May 2015,[1] simultaneously with a general election, held as one of the English local elections of that year.
At the request of the previous administration, a boundary review took place during 2014 with a view to make every ward represented by one councillor. The total number of councillors remained at 38, meaning that the final proposals from the Local Government Boundary Commission for England replaced 20 single-, double- and triple-member wards with 38, single-member.
The local Conservative governing group increased their previous majority of two gained at the previous election. The Labour Party were the only other party fielding a full slate of 38 candidates, the first time since the election four council terms ago. Five independent candidates stood, two of whom were successfully returned. Local Liberal Democrats taking in 16 candidates had one councillor before the election, who was returned (re-elected) and made no gains.
In groups or individuals not seeing any councillors returned in this election UKIP fielded their first candidates since 2007, standing in 14 seats. The Green Party stood one candidate in the Kegworth ward. One candidate from the British Democratic Party presented himself for election.
Results
Note that the changes shown reflect an unchanged council size. They may be influenced by an unpredictable effect of the Boundary Commission for England aligning electorate size to the extent of wards (the body responsible for updating boundaries on demographic change to avoid the gradual natural onset of malapportionment). This change moved all areas of the district to single-councillor representation.
North West Leicestershire District Council election, 2015[2] Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 25 | N/A | N/A | +4 | 65.7 | | | |
| Labour | 10 | N/A | N/A | -6 | 26.3 | | | |
| Independent | 2 | N/A | N/A | +2 | 5.3 | | | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 2.6 | | | |
| UKIP | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | | | |
| Green | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | | | |
| British Democratic | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | | | |
Ward by ward
[3] Candidates marked by an asterisk (*) are incumbent councillors. Not all seats are new as some single-member wards have remained unchanged from the previous election.
Appleby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Richard Blunt * | 980 | | |
| Labour | Joe Wain | 403 | | |
Majority | 573 | | |
Turnout | | 78.43 | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Ashby Castle Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Coxon * | 1147 | | |
| Labour | Martin Walton | 439 | | |
Majority | 708 | | |
Turnout | | 79.07 | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Ashby Holywell Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Roger Bayliss * | 669 | | |
| Labour | Margaret Austin-Mills | 466 | | |
| UKIP | Steph Whiten | 232 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Vivienne Brooks | 86 | | |
Majority | 203 | | |
Turnout | | 72.45 | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Ashby Ivanhoe Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Jim Hoult * | 752 | | |
| Labour Co-op | Josh Mills | 615 | | |
Majority | 137 | | |
Turnout | | 72.56 | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Ashby Money Hill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Graham Allman * | 720 | | |
| Labour | Dave Whetton | 429 | | |
| UKIP | Gareth Bott | 202 | | |
Majority | 299 | | |
Turnout | | 78.39 | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Ashby Willesley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Geraint Jones * | | | |
| Labour | Dave Bigby | | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Ashby Woulds Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Bridges * | | | |
| Labour | Doug Cooper | | | |
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Turnout | | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Bardon Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Michael Specht * | 460 | 39.1 | New |
| Liberal Democrats | Lee Windram | 406 | 34.6 | New |
| Labour | Sue Morrell | 309 | 26.3 | New |
Majority | 54 | 4.5 | New |
Turnout | 1175 | 66.52 | New |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Blackfordby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour Co-op | Sue McKendrick | | | |
| Conservative | Annette Bridges * | | | |
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Turnout | | | |
| Labour win (new seat) |
Broom Leys Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Ronnie Adams * | | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley Bowler | | | |
| Conservative | Graham Stewart | | | |
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Turnout | | | |
| Labour win (new seat) |
Castle Donington Castle Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Tony Saffell * | | | |
| Conservative | Elliott Allman | | | |
| Labour | Derek Wintle | | | |
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Turnout | | | |
| Independent win (new seat) |
Castle Donington Central Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Rachel Canny | | | |
| Labour Co-op | Bob Haskins | | | |
| Conservative | Caroline Large * | | | |
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Turnout | | | |
| Independent win (new seat) |
Castle Donington Park Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Daniel Harrison | | | |
| Labour | Mark Burton | | | |
| Independent | Robert Else | | | |
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| Conservative win (new seat) |
Castle Rock Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Wyatt * | | | |
| Conservative | Richard Bebbington | | | |
| Labour | Liz Clarke | | | |
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| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Coalville East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Cotterill | | | |
| UKIP | Phil Holland | | | |
| Labour | Penny Wakefield | | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Barry Wyatt | | | |
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| Conservative win (new seat) |
Coalville West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour Co-op | John Legrys * | | | |
| Conservative | Paul Bridgen | | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ronald Brown | | | |
| UKIP | Dave Siddon | | | |
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Turnout | | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Daleacre Hill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Alison Smith * | | | |
| Independent | Toni Harrington | | | |
| Labour | Carol Sewell | | | |
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| Conservative win (new seat) |
Ellistown and Battleflat Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Keith Merrie | | | |
| Labour Co-op | Paul Hyde * | | | |
| UKIP | Matt Pollard | | | |
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Turnout | | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Greenhill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour Co-op | Nick Clarke * | | | |
| UKIP | Simon Perrins | | | |
| Conservative | Andrew Woodman | | | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Wyatt | | | |
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| Labour win (new seat) |
Hermitage Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Stuart Gillard | | | |
| Labour Co-op | Leon Spence * | | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Maureen Wyatt | | | |
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Turnout | | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Holly Hayes Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Tony Gillard * | | | |
| Labour | Norma Burford | | | |
| Independent | Adam Halford | | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Turner | | | |
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| Conservative win (new seat) |
Hugglescote St John's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Russell Johnson * | | | |
| British Democratic | Graham Partner | | | |
| Conservative | Rachael Ritchie | | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Angela Windram | | | |
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Turnout | | | |
| Labour win (new seat) |
Hugglescote St Mary's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Terri Eynon | | | |
| Conservative | Will Jennings | | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Darren Luckman | | | |
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| Labour win (new seat) |
Ibstock East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Felix Fenning | | | |
| Conservative | Mark Evans | | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Diane Reed-Barney | | | |
| UKIP | Simon Stone | | | |
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Turnout | | | |
| Labour win (new seat) |
Ibstock West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Clarke | | | |
| Labour | Janet Ruff * | | | |
| UKIP | Peter Depper | | | |
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Turnout | | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Kegworth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Trevor Pendleton * | | | |
| Labour | David Manley | | | |
| Green | Lindsay Richardson | | | |
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| Conservative win (new seat) |
Long Whatton and Diseworth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Nick Rushton * | | | |
| Labour Co-op | Chris Smith | | | |
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| Conservative win (new seat) |
Measham North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Jill Hoult | | | |
| Labour Co-op | Sean Sheahan * | | | |
| UKIP | Martin Green | | | |
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| Conservative win (new seat) |
Measham South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Tom Neilson * | | | |
| Conservative | Stephen Hodgson | | | |
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Turnout | | | |
| Labour win (new seat) |
Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Robert Ashman | | | |
| Labour | Laurie Andrade | | | |
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Turnout | | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Ravenstone and Packington Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Nigel Smith * | | | |
| Labour | Tom Legrys | | | |
| UKIP | Val Pulford | | | |
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| Labour win (new seat) |
Sence Valley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Virge Richichi * | | | |
| Labour | Heather Worman | | | |
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| Conservative win (new seat) |
Snibston North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Paula Purver | | | |
| Labour | Cheslyn Baker | | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Pollard | | | |
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Turnout | | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Snibston South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Geary * | 418 | | |
| Conservative | Ted Purver | 291 | | |
| UKIP | Jakob Whiten | 240 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel Bowler | 100 | | |
Majority | 127 | | |
Turnout | | 58.32 | |
| Labour win (new seat) |
Thornborough Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Louise Goacher | 608 | | |
| Labour | Dom McDevitt | 472 | | |
| UKIP | Tim Pulford | 368 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Moira Lynch | 78 | | |
Majority | 136 | | |
Turnout | | 74.75 | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Thringstone Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Dave Everitt * | 562 | | |
| Conservative | Antony Dandy | 456 | | |
| UKIP | George Norley | 280 | | |
Majority | 106 | | |
Turnout | | 67.45 | |
| Labour win (new seat) |
Valley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Russell Boam | 1045 | | |
| Labour Co-op | Gordon Tacey | 369 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Tyler | 181 | | |
Majority | 676 | | |
Turnout | | 74.64 | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Worthington and Breedon Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | David Stevenson * | 1082 | | |
| Labour | Yvonne Smith | 358 | | |
| UKIP | Peter Pulford | 314 | | |
Majority | 724 | | |
Turnout | | 77.56 | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
References
- ^ North West Leicestershire District Council election, 2015 information, North West Leicestershire District Council website
- ^ Councillors, as at 10 May 2015 NWLDC. Accessed 25 May 2015
- ^ "Election results 7 May 2015 - North West Leicestershire District Council". www.nwleics.gov.uk.