2015 Mansfield District Council election

2015 Mansfield District Council election
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All 36 seats to Mansfield District Council; 19 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the results (Labour in red, Mansfield Independent Forum in dark grey, UKIP in purple)
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; No overall control;

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

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	19	1	8	7	52.8	47.9	20,493	+0.1
Mansfield Independent	15	6	1	5	41.7	37.7	16,119	+2.0
UKIP	2	2	0	2	5.6	7.5	3,204	+6.2
Independent	0	0	0		0.0	4	1,362
Conservative	0	0	0		0.0		1,259
Green	0	0	0		0.0		207
TUSC	0	0	0		0.0		120

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Barry Answer	705	53
	Labour	Donna Thomas	626	47
Turnout			1331	62.2
Majority			79	6	N/A
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Andrew Tristram	876	54
	Conservative	Clair Brown	503	31
	Labour	Mike Abbs	245	15
Turnout			1624	73
Majority			373	23	N/A
	Mansfield Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Terry Clay	712	56
	Mansfield Independent	Michelle Witham	559	44
Turnout			1271	56.7
Majority			163	12	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Ian Sheppard	543	51.9
	Labour	Denis O'Neill	504	48.1
Turnout			1047	46.2
Majority			39	3.8	N/A
	Mansfield Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sonya Ward	550	41.3
	Independent	Mick Colley	422	31.7
	UKIP	Samuel Kulasingham	357	27
Turnout			1329	56.4
Majority			128	23	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Stuart Wallace	576	53.6
	Labour	John Coxhead	500	46.4
Turnout			1076	56.6
Majority			76	7.2	N/A
	Mansfield Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Stewart Rickersey	902	62
	Labour	Samantha Hartshorn	552	38
Turnout			1454	68.1
Majority			350	24	N/A
	Mansfield Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Ron Jelley	685	45.2
	Independent	June Stendall	461	30.4
	Labour	Stuart Moody	370	24.4
Turnout			1516	64.5
Majority			224	14.8	N/A
	Mansfield Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Martin Wright	979	66
	Labour	Mark Fretwell	505	34
Turnout			1484	61.6
Majority			474	32	N/A
	Mansfield Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joyce Bosnjak	660	51
	UKIP	David Hamilton	599	46
	TUSC	Paul Tooley-Onkonkwo	34	3
Turnout			1293	63
Majority			61	5	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Stephen Harvey	707	56.5
	Labour	James Gibson	544	43.5
Turnout			1251	57.8
Majority			163	13	N/A
	Mansfield Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nick Bennett	523	41.6
	Mansfield Independent	Adrian Nita	364	28.9
	Conservative	Giovanni Loperfido	346	27.5
	Independent	Zenko Bilas	26	2
Turnout			1259	59.6
Majority			159	12.7	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sally Higgins	624	58
	Mansfield Independent	Karen Garner	397	37
	TUSC	Nathan Glyn Millership Sharpe	56	5
Turnout			1077	46.2
Majority			227	21	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Roger Sutcliffe	914	62
	Labour	Alan Spencer	351	24
	Green	Jon Leighton	207	14
Turnout			1472	71.24
Majority			563	38	N/A
	Mansfield Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Bill Drewett	909	63
	Labour	Charles Hammersley	538	37
Turnout			1447	66.9
Majority			371	26	N/A
	Mansfield Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katrina Atherton	*uncontested*
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Kerr	785	63
	Mansfield Independent	Sam Roach	468	37
Turnout			1253	52.9
Majority			317	26	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Michael Barton	951	63
	Labour	Colin Clayton	561	37
Turnout			1512	60
Majority			390	26	N/A
	Mansfield Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andy Wetton	932	71
	Mansfield Independent	Darren Kirk	384	29
Turnout			1316	61.5
Majority			548	42	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sharon Adey	475	36
	Independent	Philip Shields	453	34
	UKIP	Andrea Hamilton	371	28
	TUSC	Karen Seymour	30	2
Turnout			1329	66.3
Majority			22	2	N/A
	Labour gain from Mansfield Independent		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Andy Sissons	523	55
	Labour	Paul Henshaw	431	45
Turnout			954	46.5
Majority			92	10	N/A
	Mansfield Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Sid Walker	679	53
	Labour	Anna Drozdz	615	48
Turnout			1294	54
Majority			64	5	N/A
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Kevin Brown	452	34.6
	Labour	Denise Moody	441	33.85
	Conservative	Stephanie Stewardson	410	31.45
Turnout			1303	69.6
Majority			11	0.75	N/A
	Mansfield Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Vaughan Hopewell	552	61
	Mansfield Independent	Darren Bacon	351	39
Turnout			903	45.7
Majority			199	22	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Mansfield District Council (summary of overall results)

Abbott

Berry Hill

Brick Kiln

Broomhill

Bull Farm & Pleasley Hill

Carr Bank

Eakring

Grange Farm

Holly

Hornby

Kings Walk

Kingsway

Ladybrook

Lindhurst

Ling Forest

Manor

Market Warsop

Maun Valley

Meden

Netherfield

Newgate

Newlands

Oakham

Oak Tree

Park Hall

Peafields

Penniment

Portland

Racecourse

Ransom Wood

Sandhurst

Sherwood

Warsop Carrs

Woodhouse

Woodlands

Yeoman Hill

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ann Norman	820	62
	UKIP	John Pawlik	493	38
Turnout			1313	55.9
Majority			327	24	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Wright	704	51	12.4
	Mansfield Independent	Lee Palmer	677	49	19.1
Turnout			1381	61
Majority			27	2	4
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stuart Richardson	716	61
	Mansfield Independent	Paul Watkins	454	39
Turnout			1170	54.8
Majority			262	22	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Lohan	429	62
	Mansfield Independent	Maria Gibson	261	38
Turnout			690	24
Majority			168	26	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Steve Garner	821	66
	Labour	Chris Winterton	416	34
Turnout			1237	58.3
Majority			396	32	N/A
	Mansfield Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Smart	638	57
	UKIP	Paul Hollingworth	484	43
Turnout			1122	53.6
Majority			154	14	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Dave Saunders	716	57
	Labour	Adrian Harpham	528	43
Turnout			1244	57.2
Majority			188	14	N/A
	Mansfield Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sean McCallum	595	52
	Mansfield Independent	Paul Piercy	532	48
Turnout			1127	58.9
Majority			63	4	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Crawford	1,069	73
	Mansfield Independent	Foysal Choudhury	391	27
Turnout			1460	58.3
Majority			678	46	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Amanda Fisher	840	66
	Mansfield Independent	Linda Davidson	421	34
Turnout			1261	52.8
Majority			419	32	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A