2015 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election

2015 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election
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All 45 seats to West Suffolk District Council; 23 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2015 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election.
Control before election; ; Conservative	Control after election ; ; Conservative

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

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This was the final election to St Edmundsbury Borough Council before it was abolished and merged with Forest Heath to form West Suffolk. The inaugural election to West Suffolk District Council was held in 2019.

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2015 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election^[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	43	36	2	4	2	80.0	52.2	36,089	–2.4
	UKIP	15	4	4	0	4	8.9	13.0	8,983	+12.5
	Labour	27	2	0	1	1	4.4	21.4	14,797	–4.5
	Independent	7	2	0	2	2	4.4	7.4	5,081	–0.6
	Green	4	1	1	0	1	2.2	3.7	2,548	–1.7
	Liberal Democrats	4	0	0	0		0.0	2.4	1,627	–3.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joanna Rayner	1,169	48.4
	Conservative	Andrew Speed	893	37.0
	Green	Paul Rynsard	759	31.4
	Labour	Robin Bennett	691	28.6
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Broadway	635	26.3
Turnout			2,414	66.0
Registered electors			3,660
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paula Wade	867	59.0
	Labour	Cyrille Bouche	309	21.0
	UKIP	James Lumley	293	20.0
Majority			558	38.0
Turnout			1,469	73.3
Registered electors			2,025
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Carol Bull	Unopposed
Registered electors			N/A
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Houlder*	845	61.0
	Liberal Democrats	Zigurds Kronbergs	345	24.9
	Labour	Andrew Whiting	195	14.1
Majority			500	36.1
Turnout			1,385	75.2
Registered electors			1,870
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Stevens*	779	65.7
	UKIP	Stuart Letten	406	34.3
Majority			373	31.4
Turnout			1,185	72.9
Registered electors			1,702
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Angela Rushen*	Unopposed
Registered electors			N/A
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alaric Pugh*	808	71.4
	UKIP	David Reynolds	323	28.6
Majority			485	42.8
Turnout			1,131	69.8
Registered electors			1,709
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patricia Warby*	612	54.2
	Labour	Nicola Ridgeway	518	45.8
Majority			94	8.4
Turnout			1,130	61.1
Registered electors			1,897
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rebecca Hopfensperger*	894	72.7
	Labour	Shirley Stephenson	336	27.3
Majority			558	45.4
Turnout			1,230	73.0
Registered electors			1,708
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sarah Broughton*	1,054	80.0
	Labour	Tom Stebbing	264	20.0
Majority			790	60.0
Turnout			1,318	76.1
Registered electors			1,759
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Anthony Brown	1,135	36.1
	Conservative	Ivor McLatchy	978	31.1
	UKIP	John Burns	892	28.4
	Labour	Roger André	800	25.4
	Conservative	Hui Yang	764	24.3
	Labour	Patrick Hanlon	757	24.1
	Conservative	John Exton	754	24.0
	Labour	Ernie Goody	724	23.0
Turnout			3,144	57.1
Registered electors			5,503
	UKIP gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	UKIP gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Timothy Marks*	1,257	38.0
	UKIP	Barry Robbins	1,155	34.9
	Conservative	Betty McLatchy	1,095	33.1
	Conservative	John McManus*	980	29.6
	Labour	Thomas Chivers	806	24.4
	UKIP	Anthony Williams	776	23.5
	Labour	Elizabeth Smith	728	22.0
	Labour	Alan Pearson	657	19.9
Turnout			3,308	58.9
Registered electors			5,616
	Conservative hold
	UKIP gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Jason Crooks	689	34.2
	Conservative	Paula Fox	661	32.8
	Labour	Maureen Byrne*	631	31.3
	Labour	David Smith	412	20.5
	Conservative	Clive Turner	364	18.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Rolph	157	7.8
Turnout			2,013	51.2
Registered electors			3,932
	UKIP gain from Labour
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Marks	1,150	46.1
	Conservative	David Roach	978	39.2
	UKIP	Mark Dorey	852	34.1
	Labour	Mary Dunning	720	28.9
Turnout			2,495	62.2
Registered electors			4,011
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Kedington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Karen Richardson	595	52.9
	UKIP	Bryan Hawes	305	27.2
	Labour	Stephen Nutt	223	19.9
Majority			290	25.7
Turnout			1,123	71.4
Registered electors			1,586
	Conservative hold

Minden (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Everitt*	1,069	45.1
	Conservative	Clive Springett*	768	32.4
	Labour	Jonathan Hartley	583	24.6
	UKIP	Christopher Riley	543	22.9
	Green	Mark Ereira-Guyer	530	22.3
	Green	Martin Trnecka	331	14.0
Turnout			2,372	68.1
Registered electors			3,482
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Moreton Hall (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Francis Warby*	1,862	47.9
	Conservative	Terence Buckle*	1,668	42.9
	Conservative	Peter Thompson	1,551	39.9
	Independent	Trevor Beckwith*	1,428	36.7
	Labour	Clifford Hind	961	24.7
Turnout			3,890	68.7
Registered electors			5,665
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Independent

Northgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Diane Hind*	521	50.9
	Conservative	Carl Poole	502	49.1
Majority			19	1.8
Turnout			1,023	55.7
Registered electors			1,883
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Terence Clements*	905	68.8
	Labour	Robin Davies	411	31.2
Majority			494	37.6
Turnout			1,316	76.5
Registered electors			1,755
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jeremy Farthing	752	63.4
	UKIP	Paul Stigwood	435	36.6
Majority			317	26.8
Turnout			1,187	71.9
Registered electors			1,740
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Griffiths*	Unopposed
Registered electors			N/A
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon Brown	926	74.3
	Labour	Gillian Malik	321	25.7
Majority			605	48.6
Turnout			1,247	61.1
Registered electors			2,079
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Susan Glossop	Unopposed
Registered electors			N/A
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Nettleton*	1,067	46.3
	Green	Ida Rynsard	928	40.3
	Conservative	Rodney Barrett	926	40.2
	Labour	Marilyn Sayer	558	24.2
Turnout			2,303	62.9
Registered electors			3,663
	Independent hold
	Green gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sara Mildmay-White*	967	73.4
	Labour	Kevin Hind	351	26.6
Majority			616	46.8
Turnout			1,318	72.0
Registered electors			1,860
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Paul Hopfensperger *	835	47.3
	Labour	Robert Cockle*	699	39.6
	Conservative	Thomas Murray	677	38.4
	Labour	Quentin Cornish	462	26.2
Turnout			1,765	51.5
Registered electors			3,428
	Independent hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hung Chow Chung*	1,507	61.1
	Conservative	Sarah-Anne Stamp*	1,179	47.8
	Labour	Janet Lavender	586	23.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Lale	490	19.9
	UKIP	Colin Freeman	450	18.3
Turnout			2,465	71.5
Registered electors			3,447
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jim Thorndyke*	Unopposed
Registered electors			N/A
	Conservative hold

Election result

Abbeygate

Bardwell

Barningham

Barrow

Cavendish

Chedburgh

Clare

Eastgate

Fornham

Great Barton

Haverhill East

Haverhill North

Haverhill South

Haverhill West

Horringer and Whelnetham

Hundon

Ixworth

Kedington

Minden

Moreton Hall

Northgate

Pakenham

Risby

Risbygate

Rougham

St Olaves

Southgate

Stanton

Westgate

Wickhambrook

Withersfield

Haverhill North

Bardwell

Moreton Hall

Chedburgh

Hundon

St. Olaves

Haverhill East

Haverhill North

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Wayne Hailstone	1,129	45.6
	Conservative	Richard Rout	964	38.9
	Labour	Kevin Waterson	573	23.2
	UKIP	Clive Reason	529	21.4
	Independent	Stefan Oliver*	414	16.7
	Independent	Martin Tilley	357	14.4
Turnout			2,475	72.5
Registered electors			3,413
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Clive Pollington	623	50.2
	Independent	Derek Redhead*	617	49.8
Majority			6	0.4
Turnout			1,240	70.8
Registered electors			1,771
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jane Midwood	617	52.3
	Independent	Robert Clifton-Brown*	363	30.8
	UKIP	Dudley Haylock	200	16.9
Majority			254	21.5
Turnout			1,180	73.4
Registered electors			1,637
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Anthony Williams	563	37.3
	Labour	Maureen Byrne	460	30.5
	Conservative	Quillon Fox	409	27.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Rolph	78	5.2
Majority			103	6.8
Turnout			1,510	26.9
Registered electors			5,613
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Andrew Smith	Unopposed
Registered electors			N/A
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Trevor Beckwith	550	56.0
	Conservative	Sue Bill	213	21.7
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Lale	102	10.4
	Labour	Alex Griffin	71	7.2
	UKIP	Julian Flood	47	4.8
Majority			337	34.3
Turnout			983	18.1
Registered electors			5,431
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mike Chester	372	65.8
	Labour	Gary Dillon	128	22.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Chapman	65	11.5
Majority			244	43.1
Turnout			565	31.9
Registered electors			1,771
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mary Evans	357	80.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Rolph	86	19.4
Majority			271	61.2
Turnout			443	25.1
Registered electors			1,765
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Max Clarke	365	58.6
	Conservative	Tom Murray	150	24.1
	Independent	Liam Byrne	77	12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Korfanty	31	5.0
Majority			215	34.5
Turnout			623	18.6
Registered electors			3,349
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robin Pilley	577	47.3
	Labour	David Smith	490	40.2
	Liberal Democrats	Saoirse O'Suilleabhán	152	12.5
Majority			87	7.1
Turnout			1,219	23.0
Registered electors			4,865
	Conservative hold