2015 Tandridge District Council election

The 2015 Tandridge District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect one third of members to Tandridge District Council in England coinciding with other local elections held simultaneously with a General Election which resulted in increased turnout compared to the election four years before. Elections in each ward, depending on size are held in two or three years out of four.

Results

Conservatives gained two seats, adding to councillors within the group with overall control of the Council.

Tandridge District Council Election, 2015

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	35	2	0	+2	83	55	18408
	Liberal Democrats	6	0	1	-1	12	15	5118
	Independent	1	0	1	-1	2	2	776
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	11	3814
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	16	5300
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	117

Ward results

An asterisk * indicates an incumbent seeking re-election.

Bletchingley and Nutfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gill Black*	1,834
	UKIP	Ian Crabb	508
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Fowler	421
	Labour	Linda Baharier	350
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burstow, Horne and Outwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Guy Wates	1,734
	UKIP	Mark Fowler	647
	Labour	Stephen Case-Green	404
	Liberal Democrats	Judy Wilkinson	250
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chaldon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Cannon*	787
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Tomlin	168
	UKIP	Alan Lavender	150
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dormansland and Felcourt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Steeds*	1,396
	UKIP	Julia Searle	306
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Hardisty	226
	Labour	Alexander Marshall	126
	Green	Ann Seuret	117
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Felbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Harwood*	1,151
	Labour	Benjamin Marshall	145
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Godstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Childs*	1,578
	UKIP	Richard Grant	801
	Liberal Democrats	Colin White	376
	Labour	Sarah MacDonnell	314
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Limpsfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lindsey Dunbar*	1,560
	Liberal Democrats	Sheelagh Crampton	271
	UKIP	Joe Branco	238
	Labour	Terence Philpot	156
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lingfield and Crowhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Lockwood	1,233
	UKIP	David Milne	435
	Liberal Democrats	David Wilkes	403
	Labour	Anita Ainsworth	248
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Oxted North and Tandridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Fisher*	1,915
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Paterson	536
	UKIP	Chris Dean	444
	Labour	Cyrus Gilbert-Rolfe	372
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxted South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Ainsworth*	1,637
	Labour	Barbara Harling	877
	UKIP	Graham Bailey	446
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wingate	347
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Portley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Manley	1,142
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Botten*	645
	UKIP	Alexander Standen	318
	Labour	Peter McNeil	216
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Tatsfield and Titsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Martin Allen	776
	Conservative	Tony Roberts	339
	Labour	Christina Vogt	59
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Caudle*	725
	Conservative	Liz Goodwin	701
	UKIP	Jeffrey Bolter	358
	Labour	John Burgess	289
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Warlingham East, Chelsham and Farleigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cindy Steer	1,401
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Patel	750
	UKIP	Martin Haley	649
	Labour	John Watts	258
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing