2015 Mid Suffolk District Council election

2015 Mid Suffolk District Council election
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All 40 seats to Mid Suffolk District Council; 21 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2015 Mid Suffolk District Council election.
Control before election; ; Conservative	Control after election ; ; Conservative

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

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2015 Mid Suffolk District Council election^[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	33	29	8	1	7	72.5	48.7	33,679	+5.9
	Green	26	5	1	0	1	12.5	19.3	13,391	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	18	4	0	2	2	10.0	13.0	8,977	–8.6
	Independent	4	2	0	3	3	5.0	3.5	2,401	–2.1
	UKIP	11	0	0	0		0.0	8.0	5,568	+4.7
	Labour	8	0	0	0	1	0.0	6.0	4,123	–5.9
	Suffolk Together	2	0	0	2	2	0.0	1.6	1,079	–1.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Wilshaw	687	50.6	+8.3
	Independent	Jacob Stringer	670	49.4	N/A
Majority			17	1.2	N/A
Turnout			1,357	70.3	+20.5
Registered electors			1,952
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Barker*	1,071	67.4	–2.6
	Green	Andy Mellen	382	24.0	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Gath	137	8.6	+0.6
Majority			689	43.4	–10.1
Turnout			1,590	74.3	+22.3
Registered electors			2,156
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Card	542	41.7	+8.2
	Suffolk Together	Stephen Wright*	411	31.6	–21.8
	UKIP	Melanie Combstock	194	14.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Thomas	154	11.8	–1.3
Majority			131	10.1	N/A
Turnout			1,301	72.4	+20.9
Registered electors			1,810
	Conservative gain from Suffolk Together		Swing	15.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Field*	885	35.8	–1.9
	Conservative	Kevin Welsby	829	33.5	+4.3
	Conservative	Aprille Meakin	697	28.2	N/A
	Suffolk Together	Linda Scott	668	27.0	–20.2
	UKIP	Neil Harrison	561	22.7	N/A
Turnout			~2,471	71.6	+23.8
Registered electors			3,449
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative gain from Suffolk Together

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Whitehead*	1,330	52.8	+16.9
	Conservative	James Caston	1,213	48.1	+18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mo Touman	550	21.8	–9.7
	Labour	Terry Wilson	515	20.4	+4.7
	Green	David Penny	384	15.2	+6.5
	Independent	Jennifer Wilson	158	6.3	N/A
Turnout			~2,520	69.0	+25.2
Registered electors			3,653
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathie Guthrie*	679	50.4	–2.9
	Labour	Bec Jasper	293	21.7	+3.3
	UKIP	Roger Fouracre	157	11.6	N/A
	Green	Mark Finbow	151	11.2	–7.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Payne	68	5.0	–4.6
Majority			386	28.7	–6.2
Turnout			1,348	71.6	+20.3
Registered electors			1,893
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Levantis	1,619	53.7	+4.5
	Green	Sarah Mansel*	1,003	33.3	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Doug Reed	908	30.1	–0.4
	UKIP	Howard Jones	750	24.9	N/A
	Green	Sylvie Warry	421	14.0	N/A
Turnout			~3,015	71.1	+22.8
Registered electors			4,241
	Conservative hold
	Green hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Charles Flatman*	639	54.6	+5.2
	Green	Simon Hooton	531	45.4	+6.7
Majority			108	9.2	–1.5
Turnout			1,170	70.0	+17.8
Registered electors			1,704
	Independent hold		Swing	0.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lavinia Hadingham	885	60.7	+2.1
	Labour	Garry Deeks	304	20.9	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Aalders-Dunthorne	269	18.4	–5.0
Majority			581	39.8	+4.7
Turnout			1,458	75.5	+23.6
Registered electors			1,962
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Kearsley*	1,006	62.4	+0.5
	Green	Rowland Warboys	607	37.6	+21.2
Majority			399	24.8	–20.7
Turnout			1,613	74.7	+21.8
Registered electors			2,199
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.4

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Rachel Eburne*	Unopposed
Registered electors			N/A
	Green hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Passmore*	956	70.3	–1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Spurling	395	29.0	+1.0
Majority			561	41.3	–2.0
Turnout			1,351	75.6	–2.0
Registered electors			1,828
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Gibson-Harries*	839	63.5	+0.3
	Labour	Nicola Carr	400	30.3	+13.6
	Green	Tommy Gee	65	4.9	N/A
Majority			439	33.2	–11.9
Turnout			1,304	76.5	+22.1
Registered electors			1,728
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andrew Stringer*	871	62.4	–10.8
	Conservative	Paul Allen	508	36.4	+15.2
Majority			363	26.0	–26.4
Turnout			1,379	76.2	+19.4
Registered electors			1,831
	Green hold		Swing	13.0

Needham Market (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Marchant*	1,307	53.1	–15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Norris*	921	37.4	–18.3
	Conservative	Kay Oakes	913	37.1	N/A
	UKIP	Samantha Streatfield	470	19.1	–0.5
	Green	Terence Carter	409	16.6	N/A
Turnout			~2,461	66.3	+24.2
Registered electors			3,714
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Palgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Burn*	870	64.0	+6.4
	Green	Sarah Guthrie	241	17.7	–5.0
	Labour	Elaine Halton	226	16.6	–1.5
Majority			629	46.3	+10.6
Turnout			1,337	74.4	+25.4
Registered electors			1,829
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.7

Rickinghall & Walsham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Osborne*	1,425	53.7	–3.0
	Conservative	Jessica Fleming	1,278	48.2	–6.5
	Labour	Eddie Dougall	596	22.5	–5.5
	Green	Dominic Tooth	421	15.9	N/A
	Green	Harriet Bowes	408	15.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Truelove	317	11.9	N/A
Turnout			~2,654	71.0	+23.1
Registered electors			3,739
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Stowmarket Central (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Mayes*	966	38.9	–6.9
	Conservative	Paul Ekpenyong	865	34.9	–4.3
	UKIP	Stephen Searle	607	24.5	+9.0
	Labour	Suzanne Britton	505	20.4	–4.1
	Green	Linda Baxter	421	17.0	–5.4
	Green	Miles Row	322	13.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Curle	232	9.4	–1.4
Turnout			~2,481	67.7	+23.6
Registered electors			3,664
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	John Matthissen*	734	54.3	–0.1
	UKIP	Andrew Billinge	343	25.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Cunningham	230	17.0	+6.5
Majority			391	28.9	+5.2
Turnout			1,307	70.8	+16.7
Registered electors			1,911
	Green hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Otton*	728	57.6	–5.7
	Conservative	Gilly Morgan	515	40.8	+5.7
Majority			213	16.8	–11.8
Turnout			1,243	74.6	+17.3
Registered electors			1,694
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Whybrow	740	48.4	–0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nicky Willshere	338	22.1	–28.8
	UKIP	Mei Minns	257	16.8	N/A
	Green	Patricia Aspinall	186	12.2	N/A
Majority			402	26.3	N/A
Turnout			1,521	70.1	+22.3
Registered electors			2,187
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	14.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Green*	2,292	47.5	–2.0
	Conservative	Barry Humphreys	1,948	40.4	–2.1
	Conservative	Dave Muller	1,705	35.3	*N/A*
	Labour	Duncan Macpherson*	1,284	26.6	–8.6
	Green	Nigel Rozier	1,145	23.7	–6.6
	UKIP	Christopher Streatfield	1,132	23.5	+9.2
	Green	John Betts-Davies	1,081	22.4	N/A
Turnout			~4,826	62.7	+28.1
Registered electors			7,697
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gerard Brewster*	934	39.2	+7.2
	Conservative	Nick Gowrley	856	35.9	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Scarff	768	32.2	+5.4
	UKIP	Stewart Minns	574	24.1	+16.9
	Green	Jen Overett	352	14.8	–9.6
Turnout			~2,383	63.6	+23.4
Registered electors			3,749
	Independent hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Keith Welham	686	52.9	+39.6
	Conservative	Jemma Lynch	583	45.0	+5.3
Majority			103	7.9	N/A
Turnout			1,269	70.1	+21.7
Registered electors			1,849
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	17.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Flatman	1,083	67.6	*N/A*
	Green	James Hargrave	464	29.0	N/A
Majority			619	38.6	N/A
Turnout			1,547	74.7	+23.9
Registered electors			2,144
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Suzie Morley	834	58.0	+12.4
	Green	Nicholas Hardingham	425	29.6	+14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Field	164	11.4	–18.0
Majority			409	28.4	+11.7
Turnout			1,423	78.5	+23.9
Registered electors			1,832
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derrick Haley*	1,459	56.3	–4.7
	Conservative	Esther Jewson	918	35.4	–8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ellen Kirkby	606	23.4	–7.0
	Green	Jonathan Arnold	576	22.2	N/A
	UKIP	Ryan Fiske	523	20.2	+6.4
Turnout			2,593	73.9	+27.2
Registered electors			3,510
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glen Horn	825	55.4	+2.4
	Green	Peter Brooke	647	43.4	+15.8
Majority			178	12.0	–13.3
Turnout			1,472	74.4	+23.9
Registered electors			2,003
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.7

Election result

Bacton & Old Newton

Badwell Ash

Barking & Somersham

Bramford & Blakenham

Claydon & Barham

Debenham

Elmswell & Norton

Eye

Fressingfield

Gislingham

Haughley & Wetherden

Helmingham & Coddenham

Hoxne

Mendlesham*

Needham Market

Onehouse

Palgrave

Rattlesden

Rickinghall & Walsham

Ringshall

Stowmarket Central

Stowmarket North

Stowmarket South

Stowupland

Stradbroke & Laxfield

The Stonhams

Thurston & Hessett

Wetheringsett

Woolpit

Barking & Somersham

Eye

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Storey	743	61.2	*N/A*
	Green	Claire Scotford	458	37.7	+13.2
Majority			285	23.5	N/A
Turnout			1,201	73.8	+22.4
Registered electors			1,645
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Anne Marie Killett	212	34.5	+34.5
	Conservative	Jemma Lynch	210	34.2	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Valladares	154	25.1	+13.2
	Labour	Will Marsburg	38	6.2	+6.2
Majority			2	0.3
Turnout			617	34.1	−38.8
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	+21.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Burke	438	52.3	+52.3
	Green	Simon Hooton	220	26.3	−19.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Blake	112	13.4	+13.4
	Labour	Alex Wilson	68	8.1	+8.1
Majority			218	26.0
Turnout			838
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing