2015 Lancaster City Council election
Appearance
Local elections were held for Lancaster City Council on 7 May 2015, the same day as the 2015 United Kingdom general election and other 2015 United Kingdom local elections. Local elections are held every four years with all councillors up for election in multi-member electoral wards.
Boundary review
[edit]The Local Government Boundary Commission for England reviewed the local boundaries of Lancaster council in 2014.[1]
The number of councillors elected to Lancaster will not change although some electoral wards have been redrawn and renamed. The changes are made official by the Lancaster (Electoral Changes) Order 2014.[2]
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 29 | +5 | 48.33 | 37 | |||||
Conservative | 19 | +3 | 31.68 | 29 | |||||
Green | 9 | +1 | 15.00 | 18 | |||||
MB Independent | 2 | -6 | 3.33 | 7 | |||||
Independent | 1 | -3 | 1.66 | 1 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | ±0 | 0.00 | 3 |
Ward results
[edit]Bare Ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brett Martin Cooper* | 1288 | 13.58 | −9.77 | |
Conservative | Charles Edwards* | 1179 | 12.43 | −4.08 | |
MB Independent | June Irene Ashworth* | 1098 | 11.58 | −20.27 | |
MB Independent | Shirley Burns | 1021 | 10.76 | +10.76 | |
MB Independent | Tony Anderson | 932 | 9.83 | −18.45 | |
Labour | Dilys Mabel Greenhalgh | 794 | 8.37 | +8.37 | |
Labour | Richard William Martin | 782 | 8.24 | +8.24 | |
Labour | Valerie Joyce Rogerson | 743 | 7.83 | +7.83 | |
UKIP | Mark Robert Nelson | 603 | 6.36 | +6.36 | |
Green | Richard Laurence Moriaty | 384 | 4.05 | +4.05 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Gradwell | 372 | 3.92 | +3.92 | |
Green | Julia Frances Norman | 298 | 3.14 | +3.14 | |
Turnout | 9485 | 68 | |||
Conservative gain from New Seat | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from MB Independent | Swing | ||||
MB Independent hold | Swing |
Bolton and Slyne Ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sylvia Anne Rogerson* | 2019 | 18.77 | −17.40 | |
Conservative | James Malcolm Thomas* | 1806 | 16.79 | ||
Conservative | John Graeme Wild* | 1795 | 16.69 | ||
Independent | Keith William Budden | 1328 | 12.35 | −36.25 | |
Labour | John Bouskill | 820 | 7.62 | ||
Labour | Sharron Gwendoline Hood | 652 | 6.06 | ||
Labour | Molly Christine Roberts | 583 | 5.42 | ||
Green | William Ian Birnie | 473 | 4.40 | ||
Green | Thomas Arnold Birnie | 471 | 4.38 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Harry Philip Armistead | 419 | 4 | ||
Independent | Sue Lomax | 391 | 3.63 | ||
Turnout | 10757 | 71 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bulk Ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Tim Hamilton-Cox | 1426 | 15.97 | −0.27 | |
Green | Caroline St Joan Jackson | 1419 | 15.89 | − | |
Green | Andrew Martin Kay* | 1272 | 14.25 | −1.54 | |
Labour | Cathy Jamieson | 1236 | 13.84 | −0.66 | |
Labour | Miles Nelson Taylor | 1075 | 12.04 | −2.19 | |
Labour | Peter Leo Rivet | 994 | 11.13 | −0.67 | |
Conservative | Howard Philip Dodgson | 423 | 4.74 | +0.79 | |
Conservative | William Anthony Brooks | 375 | 4.20 | +0.27 | |
UKIP | Matthew Jeremy Atkins | 364 | 4.08 | +4.08 | |
Conservative | Nickey Jane Russell | 344 | 3.85 | +0.19 | |
Turnout | 8928 | 61 | |||
Green hold | Swing | ||||
Green hold | Swing | ||||
Green hold | Swing |
Carnforth and Millhead Ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Allan Yates* | 1405 | 19.38 | −3.65 | |
Conservative | Mel Guilding* | 1238 | 17.07 | +17.07 | |
Conservative | Christopher Wallace Harold Leadbetter* | 1184 | 16.33 | −2.67 | |
Labour | Paul Malcolm Gardner* | 1027 | 14.16 | −7.68 | |
Labour | Bob Roe | 981 | 13.53 | −1.74 | |
Labour | Fran Hanna | 921 | 12.70 | −5.03 | |
Green | Kevin Frea | 495 | 6.83 | +6.83 | |
Turnout | 7251 | 65 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Castle Ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Dave Brookes* | 1229 | 26.04 | +2.73 | |
Green | Nick Wilkinson* | 959 | 20.32 | +1.51 | |
Labour | Tom Sweeney | 682 | 14.45 | +5.25 | |
Labour | Peter James Wilson | 631 | 13.37 | +4.23 | |
Conservative | Chris Brown | 403 | 8.54 | +2.82 | |
Conservative | Ryan Martin Cushley-Spendiff | 336 | 7.12 | +3.26 | |
Independent | Anthony Mark Cutter | 249 | 5.28 | +5.28 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Mumford | 142 | 3.01 | +1.18 | |
TUSC | Eugene Henry Michael Doherty | 89 | 1.89 | +1.89 | |
Turnout | 4720 | 59 | |||
Green hold | Swing | ||||
Green hold | Swing |
Ellel Ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Helen Rebecca Helme* | 1433 | 31.06 | +2.52 | |
Conservative | Susie Charles* | 1305 | 28.28 | −2.24 | |
Labour | David John Hill | 579 | 12.55 | −3.11 | |
Labour | Ben Whittingham | 564 | 12.22 | 2.23 | |
Green | Nicholas Martin Beddoe | 422 | 9 | +2.44 | |
Green | Andrew Lee | 311 | 6.74 | +6.74 | |
Turnout | 4614 | 72 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Halton-with-Aughton ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Paul Woodruff* | 577 | 38.36 | −47.31 | |
Green | Bob Bauld | 423 | 28.13 | +13.8 | |
Conservative | Daniel Scott Gibbins | 364 | 24.20 | +24.20 | |
Labour | Catarina Bridget Mary Finnerty | 142 | 9.44 | +9.44 | |
Majority | 154 | 10.24 | −61.10 | ||
Turnout | 1504 | 73 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Harbour ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Janice Hanson* | 1263 | 20.34 | +0.13 | |
Labour | Darren Keith Clifford* | 1130 | 18.20 | +1.20 | |
Labour | David Whittaker* | 1063 | 17.12 | −0.47 | |
UKIP | Steven Thomas Ogden | 840 | 13.53 | +13.53 | |
Conservative | Pat Hibbins | 722 | 11.63 | +2.97 | |
MB Independent | Jason Firth | 439 | 7.07 | −5.68 | |
MB Independent | Terry Ingle | 394 | 6.34 | −4.48 | |
Green | Joanne Lindsey Corless | 359 | 5.78 | +2.93 | |
Turnout | 6210 | 54 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Heysham Central ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MB Independent | Geoff Knight* | 779 | 21.13 | −8.85 | |
Labour | Carla Dianne Brayshaw | 761 | 20.65 | −1.27 | |
Labour | David Ivan Brayshaw | 760 | 20.62 | +20.62 | |
Conservative | Elliot Layfield | 724 | 19.64 | +19.64 | |
MB Independent | Cary Jane Matthews | 662 | 17.96 | +17.96 | |
MB Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 3686 | 60 |
Heysham North ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Elizabeth Pattison* | 795 | 25.40 | −1.73 | |
Labour | Ronald Sands* | 705 | 22.52 | −2.45 | |
Conservative | Adam Martin Towers | 491 | 15.69 | +15.69 | |
UKIP | Dave Porter | 470 | 15.02 | +15.02 | |
MB Independent | James Carlton Fletcher | 262 | 8.37 | −10.58 | |
MB Independent | Geoffrey Wilson | 245 | 7.83 | −6.49 | |
Green | Ulrike Andrea Hildegard Zeshan | 162 | 5.18 | +1.35 | |
Turnout | 3130 | 53 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Heysham South ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stuart Bateson | 1390 | 22.39 | +5.65 | |
Labour | Alan Biddulph | 952 | 15.33 | +3.34 | |
Labour | Colin Hartley | 871 | 14.03 | +2.15 | |
Conservative | Richard William Rollins | 854 | 13.75 | −0.41 | |
MB Independent | Mike Greenall | 740 | 11.92 | −4.26 | |
Labour | Ian Withnell Clift | 729 | 11.74 | +11.74 | |
UKIP | Mark Knight | 673 | 10.84 | +10.84 | |
Turnout | 6209 | 62 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from MB Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
John O'Gaunt ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Eileen Blamire* | 1605 | 16.35 | −1.25 | |
Labour | Elizabeth Scott* | 1466 | 14.93 | −1.95 | |
Labour | Richard Newman-Thompson* | 1300 | 13.24 | −1.25 | |
Conservative | Ali Dodgson | 960 | 9.78 | +2.51 | |
Green | Chris Watkins | 950 | 9.68 | −1.7 | |
Green | Heather Hilton | 842 | 8.58 | +0.46 | |
Conservative | Mick Jackson | 800 | 8.15 | +1.82 | |
Conservative | Luke Joseph Worrall | 792 | 8.07 | +3.35 | |
Green | Rebecca Kate Whittle | 706 | 7.19 | +0.67 | |
Liberal Democrats | Phil Dunster | 397 | 4.04 | +0.90 | |
Turnout | 9818 | 63 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kellet ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Roger Mace* | 982 | 73.45 | −3.34 | |
Labour | Jean Taylor | 216 | 16.16 | +0.11 | |
Green | Mark Miles Westcombe | 139 | 10.40 | +3.24 | |
Majority | 766 | 57.29 | −3.45 | ||
Turnout | 1337 | 78 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.74 |
Lower Lune Valley ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joan Parkinson Jackson | 1375 | 27.29 | +2.30 | |
Conservative | Jane Parkinson | 1270 | 25.20 | +3.68 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joyce Pritchard | 718 | 14.25 | −3.04 | |
Labour | Tamsin Stacey Hartley | 517 | 10.24 | +3.16 | |
Labour | Ryan Anderson Bartle | 391 | 7.76 | +1.49 | |
Green | Mike Wright | 300 | 5.95 | +1.62 | |
Green | Jan Maskell | 247 | 4.90 | +4.90 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marco Ciciriello | 221 | 4.39 | −13.10 | |
Turnout | 5039 | 76 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Marsh Ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Jon Barry* | 1323 | 29.36 | ||
Green | Rebecca Joy Novell* | 941 | 20.88 | ||
Labour | Andrew James Gierke | 630 | 13.98 | ||
Labour | Valerie Jean Pearson | 599 | 13.29 | ||
Conservative | Gus Thomas Rankin | 334 | 7.41 | ||
Conservative | Holly Elspeth Port Sheppard | 313 | 6.94 | ||
Independent | Michael Alan Loat | 254 | 5.64 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Warburton | 112 | 2.49 | ||
Turnout | 4506 | 65 | |||
Green hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Green hold | Swing | n/a |
Overton Ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Paul Gardiner* | 488 | 42.80 | +42.80 | |
Independent | Keith Snowden | 329 | 28.86 | −38.31 | |
Labour | John Bouskill | 329 | 23.24 | −9.11 | |
Green | Pamela Jill Virgoe White | 58 | 5.08 | +5.08 | |
Majority | 159 | 13.94 | −20.41 | ||
Turnout | 1140 | 64 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Poulton ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brendan Anthony Hughes | 656 | 20.97 | +8.14 | |
Labour | Terrie Metcalfe | 594 | 18.98 | +6.72 | |
MB Independent | Tricia Heath | 431 | 13.77 | +3.13 | |
UKIP | Godfrey Samuel Danson | 426 | 13.61 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | Graham Charles Agnew | 398 | 13.61 | +6.26 | |
MB Independent | Vicky Boyd-Power | 285 | 9.11 | −0.31 | |
Green | Clare Mary Long-Summers | 189 | 6.04 | +6.04 | |
Green | Becky Stevens | 150 | 4.79 | +4.79 | |
Turnout | 3129 | 52 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Scotforth East ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patricia Anne Whitehead | 937 | 20.92 | +1.43 | |
Labour | James Joseph Leyshon | 835 | 18.64 | +1.47 | |
Conservative | Daniel Charles Orrell Aldred | 820 | 18.30 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Helen Killoran Wilson | 670 | 14.96 | −0.29 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robin Eamonn Long | 355 | 7.92 | −4.19 | |
Green | Frank Ledwith | 326 | 7.28 | +1.71 | |
Green | Gisela Christine Renolds | 289 | 6.45 | +1.96 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kyran Darnton | 248 | 5.54 | −3.17 | |
Turnout | 4480 | 70 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Scotforth West ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sheila Elizabeth Denwood* | 1,639 | 15.55 | −1.3 | |
Green | Abi Mills | 1,579 | 14.98 | +3.42 | |
Labour | Ronnie Kershaw | 1127 | 10.69 | −0.79 | |
Green | Chris Norman | 1091 | 10.01 | −2.84 | |
Green | Paul Byron Stubbins | 1081 | 7.76 | −3.29 | |
Labour | John Raymond Whitehead | 993 | 9.50 | −1.66 | |
Conservative | Val Outram | 912 | 8.73 | +0.41 | |
Conservative | Janet Suzanne Walton | 794 | 7.60 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | Kevan Stuart Walton | 776 | 7.43 | +0.29 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Long | 229 | 2.19 | −1.15 | |
TUSC | Steve Metcalfe | 117 | 1.12 | +1.12 | |
Turnout | 10450 | 70 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Green hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Silverdale ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Goodrich | 400 | 29.94 | −33.19 | |
Independent | Sarah Margaret Debonnaire Fishwick | 358 | 26.8 | +26.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | June Greenwell | 327 | 24.48 | +24.48 | |
Green | Rex Andrew Ambler | 142 | 10.63 | −9.39 | |
Labour | Brenda Daphne Florence Rockall | 109 | 8.16 | −8.69 | |
Majority | 42 | 3.14 | −39.97 | ||
Turnout | 1336 | 79 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Skerton East ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Michael Redfern* | 1237 | 18.97 | −4.74 | |
Labour | Abbott Clifton Bryning* | 1214 | 18.56 | −5.03 | |
Labour | Janet Tracy Hall* | 1202 | 18.37 | −6.09 | |
Conservative | Jennifer George | 848 | 13.00 | +1.52 | |
Green | David Charles Fleet | 550 | 8.41 | +8.41 | |
Green | Jean Peggy O'Neill | 514 | 7.86 | +7.86 | |
Green | Stephen Christopher Riley | 455 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
Independent | Steven Andrew Swarbrick | 232 | 3.55 | ||
Turnout | 6252 | 52 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Skerton West ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Karen Leytham* | 1481 | 21.34 | −6.7 | |
Labour | Rob Devey | 1331 | 19.18 | −7.88 | |
Labour | Roger James Sherlock* | 1241 | 17.88 | −1.18 | |
Conservative | Graham Charles Agnew | 1037 | 14.94 | +0.02 | |
UKIP | Niall Semple | 816 | 11.76 | +11.76 | |
Green | Michael Jonathon Riley | 380 | 5.46 | −5.46 | |
Green | Harris Kaloudis | 360 | 5.19 | +5.19 | |
Independent | John Thomas Harrison | 295 | 4.25 | +4.25 | |
Turnout | 6941 | 60 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Torrisholme ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Phillippa Williamson | 901 | 21.51 | +9.25 | |
Labour | Andrew James Warriner | 666 | 15.90 | +5.80 | |
MB Independent | Roger Thomas Dennison* | 610 | 14.57 | +1.08 | |
Labour | John Robert Reynolds | 585 | 14.49 | +4.39 | |
MB Independent | Geoff Marsland* | 554 | 13.23 | +0.75 | |
UKIP | Robert Wilson Gillespie | 504 | 12.03 | +12.03 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Henry Barney | 192 | 4.58 | −1.28 | |
Green | Daren Christian Chandisingh | 176 | 4.20 | +0.37 | |
Turnout | 4188 | 68 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from MB Independent | Swing |
University and Scotforth Rural ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lucy Elizabeth Beckett Atkinson | 605 | 13.69 | −13.74 | |
Green | Sam Armstrong | 555 | 12.56 | −0.08 | |
Labour | Matt Mann | 500 | 11.31 | −12.04 | |
Labour | Clare Anne Robinson | 480 | 10.84 | −12.51 | |
Green | Jo Gadsden | 440 | 9.95 | −1.35 | |
Green | Jack Benjamin Filmore | 417 | 9.43 | +9.43 | |
Conservative | Dan Astley | 405 | 9.16 | +0.76 | |
Conservative | Lee Antony Dickson | 391 | 8.85 | +1.27 | |
Conservative | Ice Bing Dong | 339 | 7.67 | +7.67 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pippa Jane Hepworth | 143 | 3.24 | −1.74 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jamie Edward Robert Lawson | 79 | 1.79 | −2.52 | |
Liberal Democrats | Oliver Hartland Mountjoy | 66 | 1.49 | +1.49 | |
Turnout | 4420 | 74 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Green hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Upper Lune Valley ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Thomas Williamson* | 1103 | 73.00 | −1.95 | |
Labour | Jack Nelson Hoad | 221 | 14.63 | +14.63 | |
Green | Catriona Stamp | 187 | 12.38 | −12.67 | |
Majority | 882 | 58.37 | +8.46 | ||
Turnout | 1511 | 77 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Warton ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Susan Gail Sykes | 529 | 43.33 | −7.21 | |
Labour | Janette Gardner | 266 | 21.79 | −14.62 | |
Independent | Stuart Langhorn | 248 | 20.31 | +20.31 | |
Green | Sue Tyldesley | 178 | 14.58 | +1.54 | |
Majority | 263 | 21.54 | +7.41 | ||
Turnout | 1121 | 73 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Westgate ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tracy Michelle Brown | 1279 | 20.28 | +4.42 | |
Labour | David Smith | 1261 | 20.00 | +4.17 | |
Labour | Claire Emily Cozler | 1115 | 17.68 | +1.85 | |
Conservative | Joseph Peter Wilson | 985 | 15.62 | +7.16 | |
UKIP | Michelle Ogden | 970 | 15.38 | +15.38 | |
MB Independent | Barry Vickers | 696 | 11.04 | −5.2 | |
Turnout | 6306 | 56 | |||
Labour gain from MB Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wards
[edit]Ward | Number of councillors |
---|---|
Bare | 3 |
Bolton and Slyne | 3 |
Bulk | 3 |
Carnforth and Millhead | 3 |
Castle | 2 |
Ellel | 2 |
Halton-with-Aughton | 1 |
Harbour | 3 |
Heysham Central | 2 |
Heysham North | 2 |
Heysham South | 3 |
John O'Gaunt | 3 |
Kellet | 1 |
Lower Lune Valley | 2 |
Marsh | 2 |
Overton | 1 |
Poulton | 2 |
Scotforth East | 2 |
Scotforth West | 3 |
Silverdale | 1 |
Skerton East | 3 |
Skerton West | 3 |
Torrisholme | 2 |
University and Scotforth Rural | 3 |
Upper Lune Valley | 1 |
Warton | 1 |
Westgate | 3 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lancaster". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "The Lancaster Electoral Changes Order". Legislation.gov. Retrieved 16 November 2014.