2015 Warrington Borough Council election

2015 Warrington Borough Council election
19 out of 57 seats for Warrington Borough Council; 29 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; ; Labour	Council control after election ; ; Labour

The 2015 Warrington Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Warrington Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
40	2	11	3	1
Labour	Labour Co-op	Lib Dem	Con	T

After the election the composition of the council was:

↓
39	3	9	5	1
Labour	Labour Co-op	Lib Dem	Con	T

Results

2015 Warrington Borough Council election^[2]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	12	1	63.16	27	39	68.42	36,697	38.49	0
	Liberal Democrats	2	2	10.53	7	9	15.79	16,456	17.26	0
	Conservative	3	2	15.79	2	5	8.77	27,349	28.68	0
	Labour Co-op	2	1	10.53	1	3	5.26	3,874	4.06	0
	TUSC	0		0.00	1	1	1.75	562	0.59	0
	UKIP	0		0.00	0	0	0.00	9,021	9.46	0
	Green	0		0.00	0	0	0.00	1,389	1.46	0

Ward Results

Appleton

Appleton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter John Walker*	3,605	55.40
	Conservative	Jonathan Levy	2,902	44.60
Turnout				77.25
	Liberal Democrats hold

Bewsey and Whitecross

Bewsey and Whitecross^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Parish*	2,837	60.89
	Conservative	Sonia Boggan	702	15.07
	UKIP	Michael Byrne	692	14.85
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Timmis	347	7.45
	TUSC	Daniel Warren	81	1.74
Turnout			4,659	50.28
	Labour hold

Birchwood

Birchwood^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Fitzsimmons*	2,404	45.06
	Conservative	Nigel Balding	1,549	29.03
	UKIP	Michael Robert Amos Johnson	827	15.50
	Green	Tracey Valentine	288	5.40
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Diane Oliver	267	5.00
Turnout				64.35
	Labour hold

Burtonwood and Winwick

Burtonwood and Winwick^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Joyce*	1,926	58.67
	Conservative	Frank Richard Allen	1,062	32.35
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Stephen Littler	295	8.99
Turnout				65.47
	Labour hold

Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft

Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sue Bland*	3,024	48.54
	Labour	Cathy Mitchell	2,674	42.92
	Liberal Democrats	Eddie Stone	532	8.54
Turnout				73.20
	Conservative hold

Fairfield and Howley

Fairfield and Howley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Higgins*	2,864	56.14
	UKIP	Phillip Henshaw	937	18.37
	Conservative	Helena Campbell	826	16.19
	Green	Lyndsay McAteer	407	7.98
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Oldbury	68	1.33
Turnout				51.23
	Labour hold

Grappenhall and Thellwall

Grappenhall and Thelwall^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Biggin*	2,583	43.24
	Conservative	Constantine Biller	1,879	31.45
	Labour	Thomas Jennings	1,216	20.36
	Green	Andrew Yelland	296	4.96
Turnout				76.26
	Liberal Democrats hold

Great Sankey North

Great Sankey North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Dan Price*	1,510	41.44
	Conservative	Mike Foxall	1,027	28.18
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Smith	524	14.38
	UKIP	Mal Lingley	423	11.61
	Green	Stephanie Davies	160	4.39
Turnout				72.36
	Labour Co-op gain from Labour

Great Sankey South

Great Sankey South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jean Carter*	3,017	54.26
	Conservative	Maxine Thomson	1,945	34.98
	Liberal Democrats	David Hockenhull	348	6.26
	TUSC	Andrew Ford	250	4.50
Turnout				68.38
	Labour hold

Latchford East

Latchford East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Hans Josef Mundry*	2,364	63.53
	Conservative	Harish Sharma	561	15.08
	UKIP	Sidney Simmons	558	15.00
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Price	238	6.40
Turnout				56.25
	Labour Co-op hold

Latchford West

Latchford West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Maureen McLaughlin*	1,808	47.34
	Conservative	Philip Marshall	1,004	26.29
	UKIP	Gerrard Hall	605	15.84
	Liberal Democrats	Ruper George Stephen Budgen	327	8.56
	TUSC	Shelley Jean Bennett	75	1.96
Turnout				64.00
	Labour hold

Lymm

Lymm^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kathryn Buckley	2,995	39.81
	Liberal Democrats	Ian George Marks*	2,483	33.00
	Labour	Christine Zastawny	1,418	18.85
	UKIP	Frederick Clark	628	8.34
Turnout				75.66
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Orford

Orford^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kate Hannon*	2,864	66.20
	UKIP	Ian Richards	1,138	26.31
	Liberal Democrats	Edgar John Davies	324	7.49
Turnout				55.13
	Labour hold

Penketh and Cuerdley

Penketh and Cuerdley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Linda Susan Dirir*	2,683	52.55
	Conservative	Samuel Baxter	2,167	42.44
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Farrington Gowland	256	5.01
Turnout				74.00
	Labour hold

Poplars and Hulme

Poplars and Hulme^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Roberts*	2,471	59.19
	UKIP	Trevor Nicholls	923	22.11
	Conservative	Francine Elizabeth Leslie	659	15.78
	Liberal Democrats	Shanise Oldbury	122	2.92
Turnout				53.79
	Labour hold

Poulton North

Poulton North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Graham Friend*	2,624	54.28
	UKIP	Barbara Ruth Johnson	1,376	28.47
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Joan Bradshaw	834	17.25
Turnout				62.00
	Labour hold

Rixton and Woolston

Rixton and Woolston^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Bretherton*	2,395	47.45
	Conservative	Robin Sloan	1,498	29.68
	UKIP	Geoff Siddall	914	18.11
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Grylls	241	4.77
Turnout				68.26
	Labour hold

Stockton Heath

Stockton Heath^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Taylor	1,526	40.42
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Raymond	1,157	30.65
	Labour	Karen Mundry	854	22.62
	Green	Kenneth Robin Wilson	238	6.31
Turnout				76.05
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Whittle Hall

Whittle Hall^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Faisal Rashid*	2,961	42.02
	Conservative	Julian Craddock	2,023	28.71
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Keith Bird	1,905	27.03
	TUSC	Adam Hemsley	158	2.24
Turnout				69.03
	Labour hold

References

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Local Election Results 2015 - Warrington Borough Council" (PDF). warrington.gov.uk.

[TEC-1] "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.

[2015results-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Local Election Results 2015 - Warrington Borough Council" (PDF). warrington.gov.uk.

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