2015 St Albans City and District Council election
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The 2015 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Summary Results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 31 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 53.4% | 43.6% | 35,047 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27.6% | 23.0% | 18,468 | ||
Labour | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13.8% | 18.5% | 14,870 | ||
Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.4% | 2.7% | 2,183 | |||
Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.7% | 6.3% | 5,055 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 5.9% | 4,736 | |||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | > 0.1% | 28 |
Ward results
[edit]Ashley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Zia | 1,306 | 29.5 | −13.0 | |
Labour | Anne Lyons | 1,248 | 28.2 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Emre Kaya | 1,193 | 27.0 | +13.0 | |
Green | Robert Whitford | 360 | 8.1 | +1.5 | |
UKIP | Charles Mason | 313 | 7.0 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 58 | 1.3 | −13.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,420 | 74.8 | +28.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Batchwood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Timothy Smith | 1,368 | 33.8 | +11.5 | |
Labour | Martin Leach | 1,348 | 33.3 | −15.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Needham | 654 | 16.2 | +6.7 | |
UKIP | Matthew Dovey | 378 | 9.3 | −2.5 | |
Green | Lee Evans | 300 | 7.4 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 20 | 0.5 | −26.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,048 | 73.8 | +32.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Clarence
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Samuel Rowlands | 1,606 | 39.3 | +6.8 | |
Conservative | Barry Sumpter | 1,375 | 33.6 | +9.0 | |
Labour | Jane Cloke | 683 | 16.7 | −3.8 | |
Green | Charis Jennings | 399 | 9.8 | −5.8 | |
TUSC | Keith Hussey | 28 | 0.7 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 231 | 5.6 | −2.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,091 | 78.3 | +33.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Colney Heath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Brazier | 1,421 | 43.8 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Stella Nash | 994 | 30.6 | +11.2 | |
Labour | John Paton | 417 | 12.8 | −2.2 | |
UKIP | Christopher Thorpe | 255 | 7.9 | −10.7 | |
Green | Timothy Robinson | 159 | 4.9 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 427 | 13.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,246 | 73.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Cunningham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robert Donald | 1,233 | 35.2 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Roth | 936 | 26.7 | +6.9 | |
Labour Co-op | John Metcalf | 743 | 21.2 | −1.3 | |
UKIP | Alan Malin | 371 | 10.6 | −8.0 | |
Green | Rebecca Hurst | 217 | 6.2 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 297 | ||||
Turnout | 70.8 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Harpenden East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Wakely | 2,020 | 49.9 | +5.9 | |
Independent | Phillipa Martyn | 829 | 20.5 | −10.4 | |
Labour Co-op | Rosemary Ross | 632 | 15.6 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul De Kort | 571 | 14.1 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 1,191 | ||||
Turnout | 73.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Harpenden North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert Pawle | 2,179 | 53.7 | +7.8 | |
Independent | John Chambers | 565 | 13.9 | −1.5 | |
Labour | Linda Spiri | 524 | 12.9 | −1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Aileen King | 467 | 11.5 | +0.1 | |
Green | William Day | 324 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,614 | ||||
Turnout | 75.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Harpenden South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Ellis | 2,756 | 66.4 | −6.5 | |
Labour | George Fraser | 600 | 14.5 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gillian Tattersfield | 503 | 12.1 | −0.7 | |
Independent | John Hansen | 293 | 7.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,156 | ||||
Turnout | 77.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Harpenden West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daniel Chichester-Miles | 2,670 | 60.9 | −6.7 | |
Labour Co-op | David Lawlor | 633 | 14.4 | −2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Phillips | 582 | 13.3 | −2.1 | |
Independent | Paul Howe | 496 | 11.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,037 | ||||
Turnout | 75.5 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
London Colney
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Calder | 1,882 | 38.9 | +7.0 | |
Labour | Jacob Quagliozzi | 1,737 | 35.9 | −4.0 | |
UKIP | Colin Botterill | 587 | 12.1 | −6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Farrell | 434 | 9.0 | +4.3 | |
Green | Anna Kinnersley | 198 | 4.1 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 145 | ||||
Turnout | 67.4 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Marshalswick North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Carolyn Bolton | 1,443 | 37.5 | +9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Churchard | 1,326 | 34.5 | −1.9 | |
Labour | Richard Harris | 485 | 12.6 | +2.0 | |
UKIP | Michael Hollins | 337 | 8.8 | −8.4 | |
Green | James Lomas | 256 | 6.7 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 117 | ||||
Turnout | 75.8 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Marshalswick South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Salih Gaygusuz | 1,915 | 44.5 | +5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Pedroz | 1,055 | 24.5 | +5.2 | |
Labour | Vivienne Windle | 721 | 16.8 | −5.9 | |
Green | Miriam Gilbert | 391 | 9.1 | −1.1 | |
UKIP | David Dickson | 217 | 5.0 | −4.2 | |
Majority | 860 | ||||
Turnout | 80 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Park Street
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Wright | 1,519 | 37.2 | +10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jadwiga Baillie | 1,203 | 29.4 | −10.7 | |
UKIP | Paul Tilyard | 593 | 14.5 | −5.8 | |
Labour Co-op | Martin McGrath | 587 | 14.4 | +5.0 | |
Green | Lesley Baker | 185 | 4.5 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 316 | ||||
Turnout | 71.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Redbourn
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Wright | 2,075 | 58.2 | −4.2 | |
Labour | Nicholas Pullinger | 541 | 15.2 | −3.8 | |
UKIP | Daragh Cahalane | 400 | 11.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Morton | 337 | 9.5 | −0.4 | |
Green | Joseph French | 210 | 5.9 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 1,534 | ||||
Turnout | 72.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sandridge
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frances Leonard | 1,703 | 58.2 | +12.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stefania Estacchini | 501 | 17.1 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Michael Gary-Higgings | 415 | 14.2 | +2.3 | |
Green | Paul Quinn | 305 | 10.4 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 1,202 | ||||
Turnout | 76.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sopwell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eileen Harris | 1,347 | 34.7 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Poor | 1,055 | 27.2 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | Panagiotis Yfantoudas | 880 | 22.7 | +10.0 | |
UKIP | Valerie Hargrave | 315 | 8.1 | −4.5 | |
Green | Gail Jackson | 282 | 7.3 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 292 | ||||
Turnout | 72.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
St Peters
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Campbell | 1,634 | 35.6 | +10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Jones | 1,250 | 27.2 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Alexander Veitch | 778 | 16.9 | −3.8 | |
Green | Jill Mills | 741 | 16.1 | −7.5 | |
UKIP | Michael Douglas | 191 | 4.2 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 384 | ||||
Turnout | 73.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St Stephen
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Winstone | 2,078 | 50.3 | +13.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alison Ross | 920 | 22.3 | +2.4 | |
UKIP | Peter Whitehead | 527 | 12.8 | −12.1 | |
Labour | Janet Blackwell | 442 | 10.7 | +1.5 | |
Green | Lydia El-Khouri | 163 | 3.9 | −4.0 | |
Majority | 1,158 | ||||
Turnout | 76.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Verulam
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jessica Chivers | 2,183 | 48.0 | +14.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Trisha Windsor-Williams | 1,298 | 28.5 | −9.3 | |
Labour Co-op | Michael Bartlet | 533 | 11.7 | +3.0 | |
Green | Mark Ewington | 282 | 6.2 | −1.7 | |
UKIP | Colin Donald | 252 | 5.5 | −6.1 | |
Majority | 885 | ||||
Turnout | 82.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wheathampstead
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sandra Wood | 2,244 | 60.2 | +8.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Harriet Sherlock | 746 | 20.0 | −0.9 | |
Labour Co-op | Gavin Ross | 456 | 12.2 | +2.7 | |
Green | Ian Troughton | 283 | 7.6 | −7.9 | |
Majority | 1,498 | ||||
Turnout | 75.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "St Albans City & District Council - 07th May 2015 District Council Election Results". Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2021.