2015 Forest of Dean District Council election
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Elections for all seats on Forest of Dean District Council were held on 7 May 2015 as part of the 2015 United Kingdom local elections. No party gained overall control.
The Conservatives remained the largest party on the council, having increased their number of Councillors, but failing to gain an overall majority. This election saw the Green Party gain their first seats on the council, while the Liberal Democrats lost their only Councillor.[1]
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Ward results
[edit]Alvington, Aylburton & West Lydney
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frankie Evans | 747 | 44.02 | −5.70 | |
UKIP | Jim Simpson | 659 | 20.70 | +20.70 | |
Conservative | Marion Murdoch Winship | 654 | |||
Labour | Hazel Joan Brookshaw | 599 | 18.82 | −2.46 | |
Green | Alan David Olney | 405 | 12.72 | +12.72 | |
Independent | Claude Ronald Mickleson | 119 | 3.74 | +3.74 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
UKIP gain from Independent | Swing |
Awre
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gareth Rhys Hughes | 353 | 37.12 | −13.31 | |
Green | Andy Blake | 341 | 35.86 | −13.71 | |
UKIP | Roger Ashley Jean Wilkinson | 257 | 27.02 | +27.02 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Berry Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tim Gwilliam | 459 | 51.00 | −4.15 | |
Conservative | Nigel John Bluett | 319 | 35.44 | −9.40 | |
Green | Tony Clapp | 122 | 13.56 | +13.56 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Blaisdon and Longhope
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dave East | 551 | 47.91 | −14.24 | |
Conservative | Kate Elisabeth Robinson | 260 | 22.61 | −7.06 | |
Labour | Jan Royall | 142 | 12.35 | +4.17 | |
UKIP | Ian Mitchell Aitken | 137 | 11.91 | +11.91 | |
Green | Nicky Packer | 60 | 5.22 | +5.22 | |
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Bream
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul John Hiett | 597 | 36.23 | −12.38 | |
UKIP | Richard Nicholas Leppington | 528 | 30.45 | +30.45 | |
Labour | Bill Evans | 513 | |||
Conservative | Brian Joseph Edwards | 464 | 26.31 | −13.44 | |
UKIP | Averil Elizabeth Sumners | 405 | |||
Conservative | Julia Ann Lawton | 342 | |||
Green | Paul Tyrone Lounds | 215 | 7.02 | +7.02 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing |
Bromsberrow & Dymock
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Yeates | 686 | 57.89 | +4.64 | |
UKIP | Simon Roberts | 309 | 26.08 | +26.08 | |
Green | Sue Clarke | 190 | 16.03 | +16.3 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Christchurch and English Bicknor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marrilyn Jane Smart | 413 | 42.23 | −57.77 | |
Labour | Jamie Elsmore | 253 | 25.87 | +25.87 | |
UKIP | Ralph Lawrence Wintle | 150 | 15.34 | +15.34 | |
Independent | Eileen Marie Dyer | 87 | 8.90 | +8.90 | |
Green | Geraint Slingsby Williams | 75 | 7.67 | +7.67 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Note: During the 2011 elections, this ward was only contested by the Conservatives, who were elected unopposed.
Churcham and Huntley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Anthony Jones | 413 | 37.51 | −5.90 | |
Independent | Alan Stephen Wood | 272 | 24.70 | −17.28 | |
UKIP | Sandy Sparks | 232 | 21.07 | +21.07 | |
Labour | Shaun Brown | 115 | 10.45 | −4.16 | |
Green | Alan Rupert Clarke | 69 | 6.27 | +6.27 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Cinderford East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Max Coborn | 749 | 54.80 | −16.42 | |
Labour | Di Martin | 689 | |||
Conservative | Grace Bensted | 355 | 25.19 | −3.59 | |
UKIP | Aodha Daithi Conall O'Carroll | 336 | 12.80 | +12.80 | |
Conservative | Donald Leonard Ogilvie Horne | 306 | |||
Green | Kate De Selincourt | 189 | 7.20 | +7.20 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cinderford West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graham Leslie Morgan | 1,064 | 45.62 | −17.12 | |
Labour | Lynn Iris Sterry | 831 | |||
Labour | Roger Anthony Sterry | 712 | |||
UKIP | Roy Bardo | 672 | 21.44 | +21.44 | |
UKIP | Ann Guyton | 553 | |||
Conservative | Diana Katherine Bensted | 534 | 25.90 | +2.64 | |
Conservative | Charles William Wray Smart | 476 | |||
Conservative | Jonathan Burns | 470 | |||
Green | Jill Raymond | 402 | 7.04 | +7.04 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Coleford Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Carole Ann Allaway Martin | 583 | 33.22 | −7.98 | |
Independent | Clive Terence Elsmore | 487 | 17.84 | −3.63 | |
Labour | Gray Grindle | 439 | 31.21 | −6.11 | |
Labour | Kate Williams | 413 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas Gordan Wright | 324 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Heather Margaret Lusty | 272 | 9.96 | +9.96 | |
Green | Andrew Peter Clarke | 212 | 7.77 | +7.77 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Coleford East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roger John James | 951 | 41.41 | +4.39 | |
UKIP | Martin Robert Hill | 914 | 15.14 | +15.14 | |
Conservative | David William Easton | 866 | 27.04 | −11.76 | |
Labour | Yazmine Zora Alimi | 860 | |||
Conservative | Denis Riley | 766 | |||
Labour | Malcolm Thomas Sadley | 688 | |||
Independent | Maria Ann Edey | 447 | 7.41 | −7.40 | |
Green | Elliot Dean Clarke | 436 | 7.22 | +7.22 | |
Independent | Danny Faux | 107 | 1.77 | +1.77 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Hartpury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Philip Howard Joseph Burford | 601 | 55.75 | −0.94 | |
Conservative | Ben Stone | 378 | 35.6 | −8.24 | |
Green | Caroline Vieira | 99 | 9.18 | +9.18 | |
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Hewelsfield and Woolaston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Christopher John Molyneux | 605 | 53.54 | −9.69 | |
Green | Robin Charles Larkham | 192 | 16.99 | −19.78 | |
UKIP | Sandra Hazel Leppington | 167 | 14.78 | +14.78 | |
Labour | Jane Johnson | 166 | 14.69 | +14.69 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Littledean & Ruspidge
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David John Hawthorne | 736 | 31.06 | −6.41 | |
Labour | Bernie O'Neill | 566 | 25.96 | −9.33 | |
Conservative | Dawn Lucas | 513 | |||
Labour | Rowland David Pritchard | 478 | |||
Green | Sid Phelps | 469 | 21.39 | +21.39 | |
UKIP | David O'Carroll | 448 | 21.59 | +21.59 | |
UKIP | Anthony Reeve | 420 | |||
Green | Bob Rhodes | 391 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Lydbrook & Ruardean
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Andrew Edward Gardiner | 927 | 13.02 | −10.79 | |
Labour | Bruce Alan Hogan | 865 | 31.7 | −6.41 | |
UKIP | Colin Firth Guyton | 817 | 21.36 | +7.97 | |
Labour | Karen Leigh Brown | 813 | |||
UKIP | Jimmy Jewell | 704 | |||
Conservative | Joanna Carolyn Markham | 636 | 25.83 | +0.51 | |
Conservative | Sarah Cuthbert | 631 | |||
Green | Eddie Parsons | 621 | 8.72 | +8.72 | |
Conservative | Helen Mary Victoria McMillan | 572 | |||
Labour | David Stewart Thomson | 534 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing |
Lydney East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Arthur Bevan | 955 | 35.06 | −1.24 | |
UKIP | Carol Elizabeth Harris | 861 | 26.34 | +26.34 | |
Labour | Bill Osborne | 818 | 26.20 | −0.64 | |
Labour | Val Hobman | 787 | |||
UKIP | Claire Elizabeth Vaughan | 753 | |||
Conservative | David Cooksley | 665 | |||
Conservative | Steph Lord | 528 | |||
Green | Steve Stockham | 484 | 7.90 | −4.02 | |
Independent | Brian Pearman | 276 | 4.50 | +4.50 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Lydney North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Alan Preest | 414 | 36.64 | +36.61 | |
Conservative | Judy Davis | 348 | 30.80 | −4.50 | |
Labour | Dave Clarke | 261 | 23.10 | −7.27 | |
Green | Destiny Rose Blake | 107 | 9.47 | +9.47 | |
Turnout | |||||
UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing |
Mitcheldean & Drybrook
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jackie Fraser | 788 | 31.14 | −7.99 | |
Labour | Douglas Martin Scott | 689 | |||
Conservative | Brian Richard Robinson | 682 | 26.42 | +1.68 | |
Conservative | Zoe Clare Boyles | 622 | |||
UKIP | Malcolm Albert Berry | 592 | 18.27 | +18.27 | |
UKIP | Steve Beaumont | 540 | |||
Independent | Ian Richard Whitburn | 517 | 8.35 | −7.35 | |
Labour | Andrew James Knight | 542 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sue Henchley | 417 | 11.44 | −8.99 | |
Conservative | Syed Babar Abbas Zaidi | 333 | |||
Green | Nigel Duncan Salter | 271 | 4.37 | +4.37 | |
Liberal Democrats | Heather Dalziel | 165 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Gault | 127 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Newent Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Julia Denise Gooch | 815 | 24.65 | −7.75 | |
Conservative | Len Lawton | 768 | 40.50 | +1.92 | |
Conservative | Eli Heathfield | 571 | |||
Labour | Justin Kneen | 418 | 12.64 | −3.15 | |
Green | Ken Power | 302 | 9.13 | +9.13 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gill Moseley | 261 | 7.89 | +7.89 | |
Independent | Nick Winter | 171 | 5.17 | +5.17 | |
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Newland and St Briavels
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terry Hale | 791 | 38.47 | +0.18 | |
Green | Chris McFarling | 633 | 18.20 | +18.20 | |
Independent | Arthur James Thomas | 586 | 16.85 | −4.85 | |
Conservative | Alan Roy John Bensted | 547 | |||
Labour | Anna Victoria Parry-Hearn | 487 | 14.00 | −5.61 | |
Independent | David Andrew John Wheeler | 434 | 12.48 | +12.48 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Green gain from Independent | Swing |
Newnham & Westbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Henry Boyles | 679 | 36.22 | +1.90 | |
Independent | Simon Charles Phelps | 609 | 20.91 | +20.91 | |
Green | Tom Marshall-Andrews | 444 | 15.24 | +1.63 | |
Conservative | Michaela Dawn Lucas | 376 | |||
UKIP | John Hector Cumper | 293 | 10.06 | +10.06 | |
Labour | Glyn Ford | 277 | 17.58 | −0.69 | |
Labour | Alessandro Aled Ford | 235 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Oxenhall and Newent North East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Craig Lawton | 398 | 38.34 | −39.43 | |
Independent | Martyn Raymond Thomas Vick | 280 | 26.97 | +26.97 | |
Independent | Mary Duncan | 163 | 15.70 | +15.70 | |
Labour | Gillian Hickling | 119 | 11.46 | −10.76 | |
Green | Johnny Back | 78 | 7.51 | +7.51 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Pillowell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Diana Mary Edwards | 686 | 31.51 | −5.98 | |
UKIP | Alan Philip Grant | 659 | 29.73 | +29.73 | |
Conservative | John Alan Clissold | 573 | |||
Labour | Andy Hewlett | 569 | 27.70 | +0.43 | |
Labour | Chris Witham | 538 | |||
UKIP | John Duncan William McOwan | 529 | |||
Green | Andy Moore | 442 | 11.06 | −7.81 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing |
Redmarley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Clayton Dean Williams | 730 | 62.66 | −17.31 | |
UKIP | Alec Robert Tritton | 184 | 15.79 | 15.79 | |
Labour | Carolyn Hewlett | 127 | 10.90 | −9.13 | |
Green | Brian James Greenwood | 124 | 10.64 | +10.64 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Tibberton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Henson Horne | 748 | 66.31 | −10.68 | |
Green | David Richard Humphreys | 169 | 14.98 | +14.98 | |
Labour | Russell Hickling | 138 | 12.23 | −10.78 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Iredale King | 73 | 6.47 | +6.47 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Tidenham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gethyn Joffre Davies | 1,060 | 50.60 | −6.01 | |
Conservative | Maria Jane Edwards | 897 | |||
Conservative | Helen Mary Molyneux | 894 | |||
Labour | David John Pearce | 823 | 11.33 | +11.33 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roy William Birch | 776 | 10.69 | −11.22 | |
UKIP | Simon Paul Williams | 680 | 9.37 | 9.37 | |
Independent | Gabriella Kirkpatrick | 674 | 9.28 | −12.20 | |
Green | Fiona Bowie | 634 | 8.73 | 8.73 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Forest of Dean election results". Forest of Dean District Council. Retrieved 28 April 2019.