2015 South Lakeland District Council election
2015 UK local government election
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Map showing the results of the 2015 South Lakeland District Council elections by ward. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2015. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2015 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the South Lakeland District Council in England.[2] It was held on the same day as other local elections.
Election results summary
Party | Previous council | New council | +/- | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 33 | 32 | 1 | |
Conservatives | 15 | 16 | 1 | |
Labour | 3 | 3 | ||
Independent | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 51 | 51 | ||
Working majority | 15 | 13 |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 41.2 | 41.5 | 11,362 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 9 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 52.9 | 40.1 | 10,986 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 2,207 | ||
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 1,687 | ||
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5.9 | 2.1 | 569 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 564 |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Vivienne Rees* | 1,002 | 48.3 | −8.3 | |
Conservative | Hannah Lane | 635 | 30.6 | −5.0 | |
Green | Simon Dunning | 268 | 12.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Alison Gilchrist | 171 | 8.2 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 367 | 17.7 | −3.3 | ||
Turnout | 70.44 | +21.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ian Stewart* | 1,356 | 49.8 | −8.3 | |
Conservative | Peter Smillie | 1,005 | 36.9 | +1.2 | |
Green | Mark Arrowsmith | 195 | 7.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Lois Sparling | 168 | 6.2 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 351 | 12.9 | −9.5 | ||
Turnout | 77.22 | +14.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joss Curwen* | 569 | 40.7 | −35.1 | |
Conservative | John Longmire | 550 | 39.3 | −36.5 | |
Labour | John Lawrence | 155 | 11.1 | N/A | |
Green | Donna Munro | 125 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 19 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 75.48 | +21.4 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
- Joss Curwen was originally elected as a Conservative councillor.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Keith Hurst-Jones | 478 | 40.3 | −22.5 | |
Conservative | Nigel Byrom | 360 | 30.4 | +0.5 | |
Green | Christopher Granger | 159 | 13.4 | N/A | |
UKIP | Malcolm Nightingale | 103 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Tony Rothwell | 86 | 7.3 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 118 | 9.9 | −23.1 | ||
Turnout | 70.87 | +17.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Cooper* | 1,232 | 53.9 | +1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vic Brown | 765 | 33.4 | −14.3 | |
Labour | Nigel Warner | 186 | 8.1 | N/A | |
Green | Adam Sandell | 104 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 467 | 20.5 | +15.9 | ||
Turnout | 75.57 | +15.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mary Wilson* | 582 | 48.7 | −16.7 | |
Conservative | Ted Walsh | 462 | 38.7 | +4.1 | |
Green | Chris Gibbs | 150 | 12.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 120 | 10.0 | −20.9 | ||
Turnout | 75.11 | +15.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Eric Morrell | 623 | 44.8 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Steve Chambers | 511 | 36.7 | −21.4 | |
Green | Jenny Gibbs | 155 | 11.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Stephen Willmott | 102 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 112 | 8.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 75.82 | +19.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tom Harvey* | 701 | 61.4 | +7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Khan | 277 | 24.3 | −21.9 | |
Green | Ben Barker | 163 | 14.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 424 | 37.1 | +29.5 | ||
Turnout | 76.05 | +11.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gill Gardner | 687 | 62.6 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Grania Nicholson | 335 | 30.5 | −14.1 | |
Green | Jocelyn Gaskell | 75 | 6.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 352 | 32.1 | +21.3 | ||
Turnout | 68.07 | +10.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Airey* | 618 | 56.4 | −8.9 | |
UKIP | Janet Butler | 160 | 14.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Joan Casson | 132 | 12.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Loraine Birchall | 128 | 11.7 | −8.0 | |
Green | Christian Barnes | 58 | 5.3 | −9.6 | |
Majority | 458 | 41.8 | −3.8 | ||
Turnout | 74.78 | +27.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Butcher | 871 | 37.3 | −1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Willis* | 845 | 36.2 | −5.5 | |
Labour | David Webster | 330 | 14.1 | −1.6 | |
UKIP | Peter Richards | 199 | 8.5 | N/A | |
Green | Bill Shaw | 89 | 3.8 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 26 | 1.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 73.97 | +21.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mel Mackie | 1,622 | 43.7 | −4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Evelyn Westwood* | 1,619 | 43.6 | −8.2 | |
Green | Daphne Jackson | 269 | 7.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Martin Holborn | 205 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 3 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 76.44 | +18.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Thornton* | 592 | 47.6 | −15.5 | |
Conservative | Pat Bell | 560 | 45.0 | +8.1 | |
Green | Adam Rubinstein | 92 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 32 | 2.6 | −23.5 | ||
Turnout | 80.17 | +25.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ben Berry* | 686 | 57.7 | +7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Jarvis | 399 | 33.6 | −15.8 | |
Green | Kate Barkes | 104 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 287 | 24.1 | +22.9 | ||
Turnout | 72.61 | +14.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Colin Jones* | 582 | 49.0 | −16.0 | |
Conservative | Sandra Lilley | 463 | 39.0 | +9.1 | |
Labour | Alan Ellison | 72 | 6.1 | +1.1 | |
Green | Kate Threadgold | 71 | 6.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 119 | 10.0 | −25.1 | ||
Turnout | 73.80 | +16.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Williams* | 498 | 48.3 | −1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Rooke | 420 | 40.7 | −3.4 | |
Green | Tim Shearer | 63 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Rae Cross | 50 | 4.8 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 78 | 7.6 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 73.80 | +28.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Dyan Jones* | 631 | 58.3 | −11.6 | |
Conservative | Adrian Naik | 253 | 23.4 | +8.2 | |
Labour | Penny Henderson | 132 | 12.2 | −2.6 | |
Green | Luke Barley | 67 | 6.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 378 | 34.9 | −19.8 | ||
Turnout | 64.80 | +18.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
By-Elections
No by-elections were held between 2015 and 2016.
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