2015 Mid Suffolk District Council election

The 2015 Mid Suffolk District Council election took place on the 7 May 2015 to elect members of Mid Suffolk District Council in England.^[1] It was held on same day as many UK local elections and the general election.

Election result

28 Conservative councillors became the governing group of the council (compared to 20-member minority administration with an opposition of 20 before the election) leaving 12 councillors in opposing groups. Conservatives and Greens made gains. Independents and Lib Dems sustained a net loss of five seats combined. Labour and Suffolk Together councillors lost their total of three seats. Two councillors (a Green and a Conservative) were re-elected by default as the only candidates nominated in the rural Haughley & Wetherden and Worlingworth wards respectively.

Mid Suffolk District Council Election, 2015
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	34	29	+8	-1	+7	70.0	51.2	33,387	+12.3
	Green	28	5	+1	0	+1	12.5	15.2	9,912	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	16	4	0	-2	-2	10	13.4	8,708	-7.2
	Independent	4	2	0	-3	-3	5	4.0	2,401	-3.1
	Labour	8	0	0	-1	-1	0	6.4	4,123	-5.8
	UKIP	11	0	0	0	0	0	8.5	5,568	+4.9
	Suffolk Together	2	0	0	-2	-2	0	1.7	1,079	-2.1

Ward results

Bacton & Old Newton

Bacton & Old Newton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Wilshaw	687	50.6	+7.7
	Independent	Jacob Stringer	670	49.4	+0.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Badwell Ash

Badwell Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Barker	779	67.4	−2.6
	Green	Andy Mellen	382	24.0	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Gath	137	8.6	+0.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barking & Somersham

Barking & Somersham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Card	542	41.7	+8.1
	Suffolk Together	Stephen Wright	411	31.6	−21.8
	UKIP	Melanie Combstock	194	14.9	+14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Thomas	154	11.8	−1.3
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Suffolk Together		Swing

Bramford & Blakenham

Bramford and Blakenham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Field	885	24.3	+0.1
	Conservative	Kevin Welsby	829	22.8	+4.1
	Conservative	Aprille Meakin	697	19.2	+19.2
	Suffolk Together	Linda Scott	668	18.4	−11.9
	UKIP	Neil Harrison	561	15.4	+15.4
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Suffolk Together		Swing

Claydon & Barham

Claydon and Barham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Whitehead	1,330	32.1	+11.0
	Conservative	James Caston	1,213	29.3	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mo Touman	550	13.3	+4.8
	Labour	Terry Wilson	515	12.4	+3.1
	Green	David Penny	384	9.3	+4.2
	Independent	Jennifer Wilson	158	3.8	+3.8
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Debenham

Debenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathie Guthrie	679	50.4	−2.9
	Labour	Bec Jasper	293	21.7	+3.3
	UKIP	Roger Fouracre	157	11.7	+11.7
	Green	Mark Finbow	151	11.2	−7.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Payne	68	5.0	−4.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elmswell & Norton

Elmswell and Norton (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Levantis	1,619	34.4	+1.9
	Green	Sarah Mansel	1,003	21.3	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Doug Reed	908	19.3	−0.9
	UKIP	Howard Jones	750	16.0	+16.0
	Green	Sylvie Warry	421	9.0	+9.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing

Eye

Eye
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Charles Flatman	639	54.6	+5.2
	Green	Simon Hooton	531	45.4	+6.6
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Fressingfield

Fressingfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lavnia Hadingham	885	60.7	+2.1
	Labour	Garry Deeks	304	20.9	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Aalders-Dunthorne	269	18.5	+18.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gislingham

Gislingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Kearsley	1,006	62.4	+0.5
	Green	Rowland Warboys	607	37.6	+20.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haughley & Wetherden

Haughley and Wetherden
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Rachel Eburne	unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Green hold		Swing

Helmingham & Coddenham

Helmingham and Coddenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Passmore	956	70.8	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Spurling	395	29.2	+1.4
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hoxne

Hoxne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Gibson-Harries	839	64.3	+0.3
	Labour	Nicola Carr	400	30.7	+13.6
	Green	Tommy Gee	65	5.0	+5.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mendlesham

Mendlesham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andrew Stringer	871	63.2	−10.8
	Conservative	Paul Allen	508	36.8	+15.4
Majority
Turnout
	Green hold		Swing

Needham Market

Needham Market (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Marchant	1,307	32.5	−9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Norris	921	22.9	−11.5
	Conservative	Kay Oakes	913	22.7	+22.7
	UKIP	Samantha Streatfield	470	11.7	−0.4
	Green	Terence Carter	409	10.2	+10.2
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Onehouse

Onehouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	John Matthissen	734	56.2	−0.1
	UKIP	Andrew Billinge	343	26.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Cunningham	230	17.6	+6.5
Majority
Turnout
	Green hold		Swing

Palgrave

Palgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Burn	870	65.1	+6.4
	Green	Sarah Guthrie	241	18.0	−5.0
	Labour	Elaine Halton	226	16.9	−1.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rattlesden

Rattlesden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Otton	728	58.6	−5.7
	Conservative	Gilly Morgan	515	41.4	+5.7
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Rickinghall & Walsham

Rickinghall and Walsham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darek Osbourne	1,425	32.1	−0.2
	Conservative	Jessica Fleming	1,278	28.8	−2.3
	Labour	Eddie Dougall	596	13.4	−2.5
	Green	Dominic Tooth	421	9.5	+9.5
	Green	Harriet Bowes	408	9.2	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Truelove	317	7.1	+0.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ringshall

Ringshall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Whybrow	740	48.7	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Willshere	338	22.2	−37.8
	UKIP	Mei Minns	257	16.9	+16.9
	Green	Patricia Aspinall	186	12.2	+12.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Stowmarket Central

Stowmarket Central (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Mayes	966	24.7	−2.5
	Conservative	Paul Ekpenyong	865	22.1	−1.2
	UKIP	Stephen Searle	607	15.5	+6.3
	Labour	Suzanne Britton	505	12.9	+1.7
	Green	Linda Baxter	421	10.8	−2.5
	Green	Miles Row	322	8.2	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Curle	232	5.9	−0.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stowmarket North

Stowmarket North (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Green	2,292	21.7	−0.5
	Conservative	Barry Humphreys	1,948	18.4	−0.7
	Conservative	David Muller	1,705	16.1	+1.1
	Labour	Duncan Macpherson	1,284	12.1	−3.7
	Green	Nigel Rozier	1,145	10.8	−2.8
	UKIP	Christopher Streatfield	1,132	10.7	+4.0
	Green	John Betts-Davies	1,081	10.2	+10.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Stowmarket South

Stowmarket South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gerard Brewster	934	26.8	+8.2
	Conservative	Nick Gowrley	856	24.6	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Scarff	768	22.0	+4.3
	UKIP	Stewart Minns	574	16.5	+14.2
	Green	Jen Overett	352	10.1	−3.1
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Stowupland

Stowupland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Keith Welham	686	54.1	+39.6
	Conservative	Jemma Lynch	583	45.9	+5.3
Majority
Turnout
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Stradbroke & Laxfield

Stradbroke and Laxfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Flatman	1,083	70.0	+70.0
	Green	James Hargrave	464	30.0	+30.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

The Stonhams

The Stonhams
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Morley	834	58.6	+12.4
	Green	Nicolas Hardingham	425	29.9	+14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Field	164	11.5	−18.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thurston & Hesset

Thurston and Hessett (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derrick Haley	1,459	35.7	−2.5
	Conservative	Esther Jewson	918	22.5	−5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ellen Kirkby	606	14.9	−4.2
	Green	Jonathan Arnold	576	14.1	+14.1
	UKIP	Ryan Fiske	523	12.8	+4.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wetheringsett

Wetheringsett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glen Horn	825	56.1	+2.5
	Green	Peter Brooke	647	44.0	+15.8
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woolpit

Woolpit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Storey	743	61.9	+61.9
	Green	Claire Scotford	458	38.1	+13.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Worlingworth

Worlingworth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Matthew Hicks	unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wards

Wards of the United Kingdom have been relatively settled in this area and have articles or summarised under others as below:^[2]

References

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^ "Results Map for Mid Suffolk District Council Elections 2011". Mid Suffolk District Council. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

[TEC-1] "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

[2] "Results Map for Mid Suffolk District Council Elections 2011". Mid Suffolk District Council. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

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