South Hams District Council election, 2015
Elections to South Hams District Council took place on 7 May, the same day as other United Kingdom local elections and the General Election. 19 of the 20 wards were up for election, each with either 1,2 or 3 councillors to be elected. The number of seats up for election in each ward is indicated by the number in the brackets following the ward name. This was the first election with new boundary changes taking effect after the number of wards was reduced by ten and councillors by 19. The ward of Salcombe & Thurlestone was uncontested, with Conservative Party candidates Judy Pearce and Simon Wright elected. The Conservative Party increased their share of seats in the council, despite a slight decrease in votes. Meanwhile, the Green Party overtook the Liberal Democrats to become the largest opposition party.
South Hams District Council election, 2015 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Conservative | 25 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 80.6% | 53.2% | 37,500 | -2.8 | ||
Green | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7% | 19.3% | 13,634 | +8.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 2 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 6.5% | 10.0% | 7,044 | -10.5 | ||
Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2% | 12.4% | 8,755 | +8.3 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0.0% | 2.8% | 1,952 | -4.7 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1.9% | 1312 | +0.6 | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.5% | 349 | +0.5 |
Contents
- 1 Ward elections
- 1.1 Allington & Strete
- 1.2 Bickleigh & Cornwood
- 1.3 Blackawton & Stoke Fleming Ward
- 1.4 Charterlands
- 1.5 Dartington & Staverton
- 1.6 Dartmouth & East Dart (3)
- 1.7 Ermington & Ugborough
- 1.8 Ivybridge East (2)
- 1.9 Ivybridge West (2)
- 1.10 Kingsbridge
- 1.11 Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford
- 1.12 Marldon & Littlehempston
- 1.13 Newton & Yealmpton
- 1.14 South Brent
- 1.15 Stokenham
- 1.16 Totnes (3)
- 1.17 Wembury and Brixton (2)
- 1.18 West Dart
- 1.19 Woolwell
- 2 References
Ward elections
Allington & Strete
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard John Foss | 1,280 | 71.2% | ||
Green | Suzanne Ellis | 519 | 28.8% | ||
Rejected ballots | 32 | 1.7% | |||
Turnout | 1831 | 75.4% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Bickleigh & Cornwood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Steer | 1106 | 68.1% | ||
Green | Paul Sampson | 328 | 20.2% | ||
Liberal Democrat | Mary Talbot-Rosevear | 190 | 11.7% | ||
Rejected ballots | 20 | 1.2% | |||
Turnout | 1644 | 71.4% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Blackawton & Stoke Fleming Ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Hicks | 910 | 63.6% | ||
Green | Patrick Hadow | 521 | 36.4% | ||
Rejected ballots | 20 | 1.4% | |||
Turnout | 1452 | 75.9% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Charterlands
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lindsay Ward | 1092 | 64.4% | ||
Green | Jan Chapman | 330 | 19.5% | ||
Independent | William Rosevear | 274 | 16.2% | ||
Rejected ballots | 19 | 1.1% | |||
Turnout | 1715 | 73.4% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Dartington & Staverton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Jacqi Hodgson | 912 | 55.8% | ||
Conservative | Dave Roddy | 500 | 30.6% | ||
Labour | Joanne Tisdall | 221 | 13.5% | ||
Rejected ballots | 16 | 1.0% | |||
Turnout | 1649 | 76.8% | |||
Green win (new seat) |
Dartmouth & East Dart (3)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jonathan Hawkins | 2,204 | 50.3% | ||
Conservative | Hilary Bastone | 2,108 | 48.1% | ||
Conservative | Rose Rowe | 1,791 | 40.9% | ||
Labour | Benjamin Cooper | 1,028 | 23.5% | ||
Labour | Colin Chapman | 799 | 18.2% | ||
Labour | David Jones | 671 | 15.3% | ||
Independent | Paul Allen | 889 | 20.3% | ||
Rejected ballots | 107 | 2.4% | |||
Turnout | 4,489 | 67.7% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Ermington & Ugborough
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tom Holway | 998 | 60.3% | ||
Liberal Democrat | Samuel Blake | 274 | 16.5% | ||
Green | Julie Deacon | 384 | 23.2% | ||
Rejected ballots | 21 | 1.3% | |||
Turnout | 1,677 | 72.4% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Ivybridge East (2)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kathy Cuthbert | 1,337 | 45.0% | ||
Liberal Democrat | Tony Barber | 991 | 33.4% | ||
Conservative | Ann Pringle | 1,247 | 42.0% | ||
UKIP | Eric Robbins | 619 | 20.8% | ||
Green | Kate Smallwood | 686 | 23.1% | ||
Rejected ballots | 24 | 0.8% | |||
Turnout | 2,994 | 66.8% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Ivybridge West (2)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David May | 1,827 | 57.9% | ||
Conservative | Michael Saltern | 1,583 | 50.2% | ||
Green | Katie Reville | 1,296 | 41.1% | ||
Rejected ballots | 42 | 1.3% | |||
Turnout | 3,197 | 65.6% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Kingsbridge
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Wingate | 1,514 | 50.2% | ||
Liberal Democrat | Laurel Lawford | 711 | 23.6% | ||
Conservative | Rufus Gilbert | 1,513 | 50.1% | ||
Green | Joss Webber | 768 | 25.5% | ||
Rejected ballots | 31 | 1.0% | |||
Turnout | 3,048 | 64.1% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Bramble | 1,072 | 66.9% | ||
Green | Christopher Noakes | 531 | 33.1% | ||
Rejected ballots | 23 | 1.4% | |||
Turnout | 1,626 | 76.3% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Marldon & Littlehempston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Trevor Pennington | 1,098 | 64.3% | ||
Green | Christine Adams | 359 | 21.0% | ||
Liberal Democrat | David Robinson | 251 | 14.7% | ||
Rejected ballots | 24 | 1.4% | |||
Turnout | 1,732 | 72.9% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Newton & Yealmpton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Keith Baldry | 1,762 | 47.8% | ||
Conservative | Ian Blackler | 1,537 | 41.7% | ||
Conservative | Suzie Cooper | 1,417 | 38.4% | ||
Green | John Green | 1,083 | 29.4% | ||
Rejected ballots | 27 | 0.7% | |||
Turnout | 3,715 | 74.9% | |||
Liberal Democrat win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
South Brent
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rosie Adams | 599 | 18.7% | ||
Labour | Kim Gray | 627 | 19.6% | ||
Green | Tony Kuhl | 1,159 | 36.2% | ||
Conservative | Peter Smerdon | 1,584 | 49.5% | ||
Conservative | Robert Steer | 1,644 | 51.4% | ||
Rejected ballots | 30 | 0.9% | |||
Turnout | 3228 | 75.7% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Stokenham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Julian Brazil | 909 | 53.5% | ||
Conservative | Josh Gardner | 643 | 37.9% | ||
Green | Tom Hoeksma | 146 | 8.6% | ||
Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.8% | |||
Turnout | 1,711 | 76.0% | |||
Liberal Democrat win (new seat) |
Totnes (3)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | John Birch | 1,150 | 23.7% | ||
Labour | Eleanor Cohen | 1,137 | 23.4% | ||
Conservative | Ralph Clark | 928 | 19.1% | ||
Conservative | Michael Footitt | 754 | 15.5% | ||
Labour | David Horsburgh | 1,265 | 26.1% | ||
UKIP | Anal Langmaid | 693 | 14.3% | ||
TUSC | Alex Moore | 349 | 7.2% | ||
Conservative | Angela Shropshall-Clark | 815 | 16.8% | ||
Green | Robert Vint | 2,215 | 45.6% | ||
Labour | Tony Whitty | 1,111 | 22.9% | ||
Green | Barrie Wood | 1,839 | 37.9% | ||
Rejected ballots | 53 | 1.1% | |||
Turnout | 4,906 | 70.8% | |||
Green win (new seat) | |||||
Green win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Wembury and Brixton (2)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daniel Brown | 1,530 | 55.7% | -13.0 | |
Conservative | Basil Fernley Cane | 1,380 | 50.2% | -13.3 | |
Labour | Anna Malone | 526 | 19.1% | +19.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Richard Robinson | 571 | 20.8% | +20.8 | |
Green | Katy Ward-Edwards | 558 | 20.3% | +20.3 | |
Rejected ballots | 25 | 0.9% | |||
Turnout | 2,774 | 73.8% | +23.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
West Dart
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Tucker | 831 | 52.4% | ||
Green | Ian Donaldson | 520 | 32.8% | ||
Liberal Democrat | Richard Heseltine | 235 | 14.8% | ||
Rejected ballots | 18 | 1.1% | -4.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,604 | 74.6% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Woolwell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicky Hopwood | 1,068 | 69.8% | ||
Green | Christopher Lindsay | 460 | 30.1% | ||
Rejected ballots | 33 | 2.1% | |||
Turnout | 1,562 | 65.0% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
References
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