2015 Canterbury City Council election

2015 UK local government election

2015 Canterbury City Council election^[1]

← 2011 7 May 2015 2019 →

All 39 seats in the Canterbury City Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Conservative	Labour
Last election	Conservative
Seats won	31	3
Popular vote	29,670	16,954
Percentage	37.4%	21.4%

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Liberal Democrats	UKIP
Seats won	3	2
Popular vote	10,305	12,939
Percentage	13.0%	16.3%

Map of the results of the 2015 Canterbury council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Lib Dems in orange and UKIP in purple.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2015 Canterbury City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Canterbury City Council in Kent, England.^[2] This was on the same day as other local elections. It was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries.^[3] The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss
Conservative	31	79.5	38.8	55,105
Labour	3	7.7	23.4	33,253
Liberal Democrats	3	7.7	13.7	19,512
UKIP	2	5.1	13.0	18,427
Green	0	0	10.6	15,004
TUSC	0	0	0.2	325
Independent	0	0	0.3	412

Party		Candidate
Conservative	Louise Jones	1,255
Conservative	Steven Williams	1,224
Conservative	Oliver Fawcett	1,220
Liberal Democrats	Paula Vickers	1,211
Labour	Andrew Ashenhurst	1,141
Labour	David Kyffin	1,119
Labour	David McLellan	1,012
Liberal Democrats	Peter Atkin	1,009
Liberal Democrats	Graham Wood	863
Green	Keith Bothwell	846
Green	Stephen Peckham	667
UKIP	James Cooper	628
UKIP	Carol Riley	549
UKIP	Richard Riley	487
Turnout
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate
Conservative	Ian Stockley	1,946
Conservative	Jeanette Stockley	1,705
UKIP	Steven Johnson	1,429
Labour	Christine Wheeldon	969
Labour	Gillian Gower	866
Turnout
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate
Conservative	Amy Baker	1,471
Conservative	Benjamin Fitter	1,253
Conservative	George Metcalfe	1,116
Labour	Oluwaranti Adeyemi	834
Liberal Democrats	Helen Clark	812
Labour	Gabrielle Holden	777
Labour	Christopher Cornell	736
Liberal Democrats	Sarah Woodbridge	657
Green	David Cocozza	581
Liberal Democrats	William Tilbrook	581
Green	Andrew Goatly	577
Green	Adam Parsons	395
Turnout
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate
Conservative	Rosemary Doyle	1,659
Conservative	Robert Thomas	1,421
Liberal Democrats	Donald Ashton	697
UKIP	David Perry	691
Labour	Shirley Sankey	635
Green	Lucia Moorhead	574
Green	Michael Coppin	561
Labour	John Whyte	527
Liberal Democrats	Helen Sole	498
Turnout
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate
Conservative	Jennifer Samper	2,342
Conservative	Patrick Todd	2,049
UKIP	Brian MacDowall	925
Labour	Philippa Langton	648
Labour	Stephen Furber	584
Liberal Democrats	Ann Anderson	395
Green	Gregory Lawrence	391
Liberal Democrats	Judith Wehner	289
Turnout
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate
Conservative	Brian Baker	1,977
Conservative	Ashley Clark	1,848
Labour	Bernadette Fisher	1,844
Labour	Peter Halfpenny	1,658
Labour	Pamela O'Brien	1,638
Conservative	Ian Taylor	1,427
UKIP	Nicholas Bond	1,102
Green	Alexander Stevens	903
Green	Thomas Williams	808
Green	Michelle Freeman	801
Liberal Democrats	Guy Voizey	531
Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Dearth	476
Liberal Democrats	Colin Curtis	451
Independent	John Wratten	412
TUSC	Ian Page	116
TUSC	Mary Sullivan	110
TUSC	Delia Hazrati	99
Turnout
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate
UKIP	David Hirst	750
Conservative	Robert Bright	708
Labour	Roger Dengate	568
Turnout
UKIP hold		Swing

Party		Candidate
Conservative	Robert Jones	2,017
Conservative	Sharron Sonnex	1,739
UKIP	John Moore	1,283
UKIP	Stanley Truelove	998
Labour	Barbara Ayling	699
Labour	Glynis Nerssessian	557
Green	Martin Baker	420
Turnout
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate
Conservative	Andrew Cook	2,547
Conservative	Joseph Howes	2,065
Conservative	David Thomas	1,982
UKIP	Trevor Dockwray	1,763
UKIP	Michael O'Brien	1,707
Labour	Lynnda Faux-Bowyer	1,235
Labour	Thomas Mellish	1,030
Labour	Stanley Wilson	899
Liberal Democrats	Kenwyn Hando	707
Green	Jess Hampshire	690
Liberal Democrats	Nigel Oakes	574
Liberal Democrats	Sami Mahrouche	396
Turnout
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Seasalter (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate
Conservative	Stephen Bartley	1,859
Conservative	Colin Spooner	1,564
UKIP	Michael Bull	1,203
UKIP	Babychan Thomas	959
Labour	Elizabeth McLachlan	847
Labour	Wesley McLachlan	723
Green	Kathryn Nalson	450
Liberal Democrats	Clifford Arter	357
Liberal Democrats	Monica Eden-Green	324
Turnout
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

St Stephen's (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate
Conservative	Terence Westgate	1,215
Conservative	Sally-Ann Waters	1,147
Labour	Michael Bland	1,095
Labour	Rosemary Duffield	1,006
Green	Rachel Downes	742
Liberal Democrats	Steven Coombs	727
Green	Natalie Sparkes	621
Liberal Democrats	Daniel Smith	540
UKIP	David Harrild	464
UKIP	Henry Simpson	428
Turnout
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Westgate (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate
Conservative	John Brazier	1,065
Liberal Democrats	Michael Dixey	934
Conservative	Samuel Betz	860
Liberal Democrats	Ida Linfield	849
Green	Joanne Kidd	774
Labour	Howard Rowles	772
Labour	Rhoda Stankovich	727
Green	Anna Peckham	629
UKIP	David De Boick	447
Turnout
Conservative hold		Swing
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wincheap (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate
Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Eden-Green	1,223
Liberal Democrats	Charlotte MacCaul	1,069
Labour	Patricia Edwards	1,025
Conservative	Jacqueline Perkins	809
Labour	David Wilson	796
Conservative	Michael Perkins	733
Green	Patricia Marsh	623
UKIP	Mark Thatcher	525
Green	Catherine Peckham	477
UKIP	Richard West	360
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate
Conservative	Stuart Walker	1,194
Liberal Democrats	Graham Duplock	595
Labour	Helen Vass	357
Green	Philippa Nice	294
Turnout
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate
Conservative	Simon Cook	916
Liberal Democrats	Michael Sole	841
UKIP	Keith Walsh	287
Labour	Joyce Wilson	206
Green	Emily Shirley	164
Turnout
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate
Labour	Alan Baldock	1,025
Labour	Jean Butcher	940
Conservative	Matthew Butt	787
Conservative	Shabana Raman	620
Green	Laura Thomas-Jenkins	578
Liberal Democrats	Valerie Ainscough	311
Liberal Democrats	Richard Benzie	233
Turnout
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate
Conservative	Guy Foster	1,472
Labour	Karen Douglas	601
Turnout
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate
Conservative	Georgina Glover	1,665
Conservative	Heather Taylor	1,462
Labour	Alan Holden	921
Labour	Stephen Howard	704
Green	Russell Page	537
Green	Andrew Cronshaw	465
Liberal Democrats	Alison Brumfit	463
Liberal Democrats	Bernard Duggan	398
Turnout
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate
Conservative	John Thomas	855
UKIP	Terence Hudson	599
Labour	Charlotte Cornell	566
Liberal Democrats	Rachel Mummery	174
Green	James Kray-Hall	122
Turnout
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate
Conservative	Neil Baker	1,069
Labour	Rachel Goodwin	528
Liberal Democrats	David Mummery	327
Green	Tom Sharp	314
Turnout
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate
UKIP	Geoffrey Wimble	843
Conservative	Peter Vickery-Jones	842
Labour	Michael Harrison	438
Turnout
UKIP hold		Swing

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See also: 2015 United Kingdom general election

v t e Kent Council elections in Kent
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Dover District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Folkestone & Hythe District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Gravesham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
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Rochester-upon-Medway City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished
Gillingham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

Election result

Results by Ward

Barton

Beltinge

Blean Forest

Chartham and Stone Street

Chestfield

Gorrell

Greenhill

Herne & Broomfield

Heron

Little Stour & Adisham

Nailbourne

Northgate

Reculver

Seasalter

St Stephen's

Sturry

Swalecliffe

Tankerton

West Bay

Westgate

Wincheap

References