Warwick District Council election, 2015

Elections to Warwick District Council took place on Thursday 7 May 2015, with votes counted and declared on Saturday 9 May 2015.

A total of 46 seats were up for election, all councillors from all wards. The previous elections produced a majority for the Conservative Party. The boundaries of many of the wards across the District were changed from the previous election.

Election result

Warwick District Council Election, 2015
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	31	8	2	+6	67.4%	43.3%	32,645	+2.5%
	Labour	9	3	2	+1	19.6%	22.7%	17,114	-2.4%
	Green	1	1	0	+1	2.17%	13.4%	10,102	+2.2%
	Liberal Democrat	2	0	7	-7	4.35%	13.1%	9,876	-4.7%
	Whitnash Residents	3	0	0	±0	6.52%	3.7%	2,789	-0.5%
	UKIP	0	0	0	±0	0.0%	2.3%	1,734	+1.9%
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0.0%	1.4%%	1,055	+0.8%

Ward results

Abbey Ward (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Francis Coker	1,851	15.1%	-1.7%
	Conservative	George Reginald Illingworth	1,803	14.7%	-1.0%
	Conservative	Rowena Hill	1,693	13.8%	-0.4%
	Liberal Democrat	Kate Dickson	1,360	11.1%	-4.8%
	Liberal Democrat	Andy Tulloch	1,060	8.6%	-2.6%
	Liberal Democrat	Alison Rita Margaret Tyler	977	8.0%	-2.7%
	Labour	Josh Payne	943	7.7%	+2.5%
	Green	John Alfred Dearing	668	5.4%	+0.4%
	Green	Janice Eleanor Austin	665	5.4%	+2.7%
	UKIP	Susan Mabel Katherine Eva Chambers	614	5.0%	N/A
	Green	Ayla Claire Nickels	488	4.0%	+1.6%
	TUSC	Non Frenguelli	156	1.3%	N/A
Majority			333	7.2%	+6.3%
Turnout			12,278	72.7%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Arden Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Gallagher	2,777	46.0%	-33.5%
	Conservative	Peter Whiting	2,261	37.5%	-44.5%
	Green	Julia Sokota	503	8.3%	-2.2%
	Green	Avnash Jhita	503	8.1%	-9.9%
Majority			1,758	29.1%	-37.4%
Turnout			6,032	78.0%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aylesford Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Noel Stephen Butler	1,746	29.3%	+15.0%
	Conservative	Martyn Geoffrey Ashford	1,506	25.3%	+11.1%
	Labour	Roger William Smith	914	15.4%	+1.5%
	Labour	Raj Randev	870	14.6%	+1.4%
	Green	James Christopher Myles Alty	341	5.7%	+2.1%
	Liberal Democrat	Deborah Jane Pittarello	300	5.0%	+1.0%
	Green	Thomas Merlin Ingall	277	4.6%	+2.3%
Majority			592	17.6%	+17.4%
Turnout			5,954	69.1%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bishop's Tachbrook Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew John William Day	846	53.1%	+5.6%
	Labour	Jane Naylor	364	22.8%	+0.3%
	Independent	Lyn Rees Day-Jones	296	18.6%	N/A
	Green	Bruce Simon Knight	87	5.5%	-0.1%
Majority			482	30.0%	+5.0%
Turnout			1593	76.2%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ian William Davison	1,264	22.3%	+13.6%
	Labour	Kristie Naimo	1,181	20.8%	+5.2%
	Green	Jonathan Chilvers	1,146	20.2%	+11.7%
	Labour	Alan Wilkinson	854	15.0%	+0.2%
	Conservative	Charles Barclay	524	9.2%	+1.9%
	Conservative	Will Jackson	521	9.2%	+2.8%
	Liberal Democrat	Moh Ahson	189	3.3%	+1.7%
Majority			35	0.6%	+0.3%
Turnout
	Green gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Budbrooke Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Bertrand Rhead	2,332	34.0%	+1.7%
	Conservative	Peter Phillips	2,057	30.0%	-0.8%
	Labour	Emma Samantha Mort	802	11.7%	+0.0%
	UKIP	Scott Wilson	569	8.3%	N/A
	Labour	Christopher Glyn Wrench	492	7.2%	-1.5%
	Green	Nicholas James Standish Brierley	311	4.5%	+0.0%
	Green	Bernie McCullagh	305	4.4%	+2.2%
Majority			1,255	32.1%	+30.6%
Turnout			6,868	80.2%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clarendon Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Evetts	1,029	18.5%	+3.1%
	Labour	Jane Margaret Knight	937	16.8%	-2.1%
	Conservative	Alexander Shaw	835	15.0%	+1.2%
	Labour	Jerry Weber	722	13.0%	-4.5%
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Pittarello	713	12.8%	-0.1%
	Liberal Democrat	David Peter James Robertson	500	9.0%	-0.9%
	Green	Tony Ross	471	8.5%	+2.7%
	Green	Rob van Schie	360	6.5%	+2.5%
Majority			102	1.8%	+0.4%
Turnout			5,567	65.3%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Crown Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Boad	1,074	18.7%	-6.2%
	Labour	Stef Parkins	935	16.3%	-1.6%
	Labour	John Howell	905	15.8%	-1.1%
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Solman	781	13.6%	-6.3%
	Conservative	Georgina Stockley	608	10.6%	+1.3%
	Conservative	Andrew Ian Phillips	590	10.3%	+3.0%
	UKIP	Sam Turner	379	6.6%	N/A
	Green	Juliet Carter	236	4.1%	+1.4%
	Green	Angela Owen	235	4.1%	+2.9%
Majority			30	0.5%	-4.8%
Turnout			5,743	63.9%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing