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2015 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election
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All 55 seats to Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Seats won 41 8
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Mexborough First UKIP
Seats won 3 2
Map showing the results of the 2015 Doncaster Council elections.
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

Labour

The 2015 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect all members of Doncaster Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. Due to boundary changes all 55 seats were up for election.

The election resulted in the Labour Party retaining control of the council, with a majority of 27 seats.

Result

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This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

Party Previous council[2] New council
Labour 48 41
Conservative 8 8
Mexborough First 3 3
UKIP 1 2
Independent 3 1
Total 63 55
Working majority  33   27 

Ward results

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The electoral division results are listed below.[3]

Spoilt ballots are not included in the below results.

Adwick and Carcroft ward

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Adwick and Carcroft
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Mounsey 2,812 47.5
Labour Ted Kitchen 2,649 44.7
Labour Rachel Hodson 2,098 35.4
UKIP Ryan Morling 1,720 29.0
Green David Carroll 700 11.8
Conservative Keith Oades 690 11.7
Liberal Democrats John Victor Butterfield 622 10.5
TUSC Jason Fawley 466 7.9
Turnout 53.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Armthorpe ward

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Armthorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Corden 2,709 46.8
Labour Chris McGuinness 2,496 43.1
Labour Sue McGuinness 2,386 41.2
UKIP Nigel Berry 2,260 38.2
Conservative Alexandra Laura Allen 1,247 21.1
Liberal Democrats Patricia Cooney 638 10.8
Green Mark Gray 605 10.2
Independent John Raymond Lowndes 575 9.7
Turnout 54.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Balby South ward

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Balby South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Healy 1,867 48.2
Labour Nuala Mary Fennelly 1,419 36.7
UKIP James Cotterill 1,385 35.8
Conservative John Thomas Papworth 906 23.4
Green David Ingram 278 7.2
TUSC Robert James Green 192 5.0
Green Jordan James Ingram 162 4.2
Turnout 52.4
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bentley ward

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Bentley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Mordue 3,006 47.0
Labour Charlie Hogarth 2,831 44.3
Labour Jane Nightingale 2,760 43.2
UKIP Tony Ward 2,046 32.0
Conservative Brian Woodhouse 1,165 18.2
Green Christine Florence Platt 700 10.9
English Democrat Keith John Hewitt 634 9.9
Liberal Democrats Rene Paterson 508 7.9
TUSC Steven Flint 446 7.0
Turnout 51.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bessacarr and Cantley ward

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Bessacarr and Cantley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Gethin 1,982 28.4
Labour Majid Khan 1,864 26.7
Conservative Nick Allen 1,821 26.1
Labour Bob Johnson 1,744 25.0
UKIP Paul Coddington 1,729 24.8
UKIP Paul Alexander Pickering 1,504 21.6
Conservative Leon French 1,425 20.4
UKIP Bernie Aston 1,364 19.6
Independent Monty Cuthbert 1,316 18.9
Liberal Democrats Edwin Simpson 920 13.2
Liberal Democrats John Brown 867 12.4
Liberal Democrats Dianna Simpson 615 8.8
Green Doug Wright 611 8.8
English Democrat Barbara Hewitt 364 5.2
Turnout 62.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Conisbrough ward

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Conisbrough ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nigel Ball 3,642 55.2
Labour Sandra Mary Holland 2,983 45.2
Labour Craig Bernard Sahman 2,471 37.5
UKIP Deborah Cotterill 2,026 30.7
UKIP Jonathan Ellis 1,818 27.6
UKIP William Shaw 1,477 22.4
Conservative Margaret Beard 786 11.9
Green Andy Fisher 474 7.2
TUSC Steve Williams 424 6.4
English Democrat John Brennan 405 6.1
Turnout 56.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Edenthorpe and Kirk Sandall ward

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Edenthorpe and Kirk Sandall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Nevett 1,857 40.3
Labour Tony Revill 1,687 36.6
UKIP Paul Bissett 1,573 34.1
UKIP Fred Gee 1,344 29.1
Conservative Christine Yvonne Allen 926 20.1
Independent Karen Hampson 536 11.6
Independent Anton Josef Fix 245 5.3
TUSC Greg Beaumont 117 2.5
Turnout 61.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Edlington and Warmsworth ward

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Edlington and Warmsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phil Cole 2,337 51.8
Labour Elsie Butler 2,158 47.9
UKIP Richard Coulthard 1,295 28.7
UKIP Noel Middleton 862 19.1
Conservative Liz Jones 739 16.4
Green Bob Gilbert 320 7.1
Turnout 58.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Finningley ward

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Finningley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Cox 2,901 35.7
Conservative Allan Jones 2,711 33.4
Conservative Steve Cox 2,656 32.7
UKIP Ross Atkinson 2,261 27.8
Labour Roni Chapman 2,245 27.6
Labour Lynne Rothwell 2,193 27.0
UKIP Guy Aston 1,881 23.2
Labour Frank Jackson 1,674 20.6
UKIP Karl Goodman 1,476 18.2
Green Olivia Ruth Brabazon 857 10.6
Liberal Democrats David Pratt 668 8.2
TUSC Anthony Hadrian Blakesley 256 3.2
Turnout 66.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hatfield ward

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Hatfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Curran 2,691 40.9
Labour Pat Knight 2,382 36.2
UKIP Jessie Credland 2,375 36.1
UKIP Mick Glynn 2,371 36.0
Labour Ron Powell 1,916 29.1
UKIP Anne Rutherford 1,746 26.5
Conservative Ben Wagstaff 1,410 21.4
Green Ali Hurworth 529 8.0
Turnout 58.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
UKIP win (new seat)

Hexthorpe and Balby North ward

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Hexthorpe and Balby North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glyn Jones 1,902 53.6
Labour Sue Wilkinson 1,625 45.8
UKIP Mike Robertson 1,382 39.0
TUSC Theresa Joan Rollinson 405 11.4
Turnout 49.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Mexborough ward

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Mexborough[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Mexborough First Andy Pickering 2,811 47.4
Mexborough First Sean Gibbons 2,802 47.3
Mexborough First Bev Chapman 2,259 38.1
Labour Sue Phillips 1,709 28.8
Labour Tracey Leyland-Jepson 1,575 26.6
Labour David Holland 1,273 21.5
UKIP Chris Haret 980 16.5
UKIP Brian Whitmore 896 15.1
UKIP Mick Reilly 719 12.1
Green Ann Jackson Gilbert 272 4.6
Turnout 52.3
Mexborough First hold Swing
Mexborough First hold Swing
Mexborough First hold Swing

Norton and Askern ward

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Norton and Askern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Jones 2,749 40.8
Labour Iris Beech 2,649 39.3
Labour Austin William White 2,522 37.4
UKIP Charles Morris 2,242 33.2
Conservative Martin Drake 1,914 28.4
Conservative Carol Greenhalgh 1,572 23.3
Liberal Democrats Adrian Jonathan McLeay 787 11.7
TUSC Rhiannon Mary Bartlett 405 6.0
Turnout 62.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Roman Ridge ward

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Roman Ridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Rodgers 2,033 40.2
Labour Pat Haith 2,033 40.2
UKIP Jack Kelley 1,163 23.0
UKIP Darius Cooper 1,154 22.8
Conservative Doreen Woodhouse 915 18.1
Green Stephen Platt 503 9.9
Green Warren Peter Draper 295 5.8
TUSC Ann-Louise Bayley 120 2.4
Turnout 60.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Rossington and Bawtry ward

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Rossington and Bawtry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rachael Blake 2,653 36.0
Independent John Cooke 2,233 30.3
UKIP Clive Stone 1,885 25.6
Labour Graham Keith Guest 1,744 23.6
Conservative Martin Damian Greenhalgh 1,714 23.3
Labour Robert Reid 1,611 21.8
UKIP Mike Volante 1,593 21.6
Independent Richard Cooper-Holmes 1,242 16.8
Green Kelly Maria Connolly 1,047 14.2
Independent Ali Harper 828 11.2
Turnout 58.1
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
UKIP win (new seat)

Sprotbrough ward

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Sprotbrough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cynthia Anne Ransome 2,306 38.4
Conservative Jonathan Wood 2,165 36.0
Labour Tony Bryan 1,889 31.4
Labour Andrew Bosmans 1,631 27.2
UKIP Frank Calladine 1,077 17.9
UKIP Phyllis Calladine 968 16.1
Green Lynette Chipp 704 11.7
Turnout 66.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Stainforth and Barnby Dun ward

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Stainforth and Barnby Dun
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ken Keegan 1,747 43.6
Labour George Derx 1,295 32.3
UKIP John Waggitt 1,059 26.4
UKIP Keith Jaques 1,037 25.9
Conservative Terry Taylor 824 20.5
Green Veronica Jane Maxwell 273 6.8
TUSC Mary Jackson 143 3.6
Turnout 56.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Thorne and Moorends ward

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Thorne and Moorends
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Jane Durant 2,412 36.3
Labour Joe Blackham 2,292 34.5
Labour Mark Houlbrook 2,248 33.9
Community Group Martin Williams 1,963 29.6
UKIP Kevin Abell 1,643 27.2
UKIP Kim Parkinson 1,618 26.8
UKIP Shaun Hirst 1,331 22.0
Community Group Lyndsey Clark 1,029 17.0
Conservative John Brown 882 14.6
Community Group Stewart Rayner 805 13.3
TUSC Brenda Nixon 207 3.4
Turnout 54.3
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Tickhill and Wadworth ward

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Tickhill and Wadworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Smith 1,686 30.6
Conservative James Vincent Hart 1,644 29.9
Labour Shane McLeavey 1,493 27.1
Independent Nigel John Cannings 1,396 25.4
Labour Carrie Wilson 1,374 25.0
UKIP Rebecca Walters 1,223 22.2
UKIP Ian Stewart 1,069 19.4
Turnout 67.3
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Town ward

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Town ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John McHale 2,662 43.2
Labour Sue Knowles 2,633 42.8
Labour Dave Shaw 2,591 42.1
UKIP Roy Penketh 1,500 24.4
UKIP Dene Clark-Flannigan 1,452 23.6
Conservative Maurice Field 1,306 21.2
Green Anna Symington 972 15.8
TUSC Mev Akram 394 6.4
TUSC Joseph Henry 296 4.8
Turnout 51.8
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Wheatley Hills and Intake ward

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Wheatley Hills and Intake
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eva Hughes 2,898 43.1
Labour Jane Kidd 2,806 41.7
Labour Paul Wray 2,661 39.6
UKIP Mick Andrews 1,990 29.6
UKIP Alistair Gerald Brogan 1,677 24.9
UKIP Michelle Goodman 1,482 22.0
Conservative Neil Saran Srivastava 1,106 16.5
Green Jane Louise Masheter 562 8.4
TUSC Lee Jonathan Jepson 233 3.5
Independent Richie Vallance 193 2.9
Turnout 52.4
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Doncaster". BBC. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Local Elections 2015". Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  4. ^ Mason, Kate (8 May 2015). "RESULT: Local Election Doncaster". Sheffield Star. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
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