2015 South Holland District Council election

The 2015 South Holland District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the South Holland District Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Results
South Holland District Council Election Result 2015[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 28 4 1 +3 75.68 59.65 42,672 +4.15%
  Independent 7 1 5 -4 18.92 24.60 17,596 -12.63%
  UKIP 2 2 0 +2 5.40 13.47 9,632 +12.39%
  Green 0 - - 0 0.00 0.85 608 +0.56%
  Liberal Democrats 0 - - 0 0.00 0.75 538 -1.00%
  Labour 0 - - 0 0.00 0.68 486 -0.18%
  Lincolnshire Independent 0 - 1 -1 0.00 0.00 0 -1.80%

Council composition

Following the last election in 2011, the composition of the council was:

↓
25 11 1
Conservative Independent LI

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
28 7 2
Conservative Independent UKIP

LI - Lincolnshire Independents

Ward results

Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas
Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Astill 1,396 36.7
Conservative Angela Harrison 1,201
Independent Bryan Alcock* 1,017 26.8
Conservative Jennifer Head 968
UKIP Peter Bird 903 23.8
Independent Paul Barrett 635
Green Brian Sumner 483 12.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Donington, Quadring and Gosberton
Donington, Quadring and Gosberton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Clark* 2,268 57.5
Independent Jane King* 1,677 42.5
Conservative Colin Johnson 1,657
Conservative Roger Neal 1,043 1,043
Conservative hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Fleet
Fleet (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Coupland 720 62.0
Independent Paul Chapman 371 32.0
Liberal Democrats Anne Ramkaran 70 6.0
Majority 349 30.0 +12.2
Conservative hold Swing

Gedney
Gedney (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joanne Reynolds 588 47.5 -0.7
UKIP Andrew Parks 406 32.8
Independent Sarah Wilkinson* 245 19.8 -32.0
Majority 182 14.7
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Holbeach Hurn
Holbeach Hurn (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Worth 719 68.9
Independent Richard Crowley 324 31.1
Majority 395 37.8
Conservative hold Swing

Holbeach Town
Holbeach Town (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis Biggadike* 1,902 46.3
Conservative Tracey Carter 1,304
UKIP Paul Foyster 1,290 31.4
Conservative Rita Rudkin* 1,215
Independent Martin Howard 918 22.3
Conservative hold Swing
UKIP gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Long Sutton
Long Sutton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jack Tyrrell 2,076 56.2
Conservative Laura Eldridge 1,922
Independent Andy Tennant* 1,620 43.8
Independent David Wilkinson* 1,567
Independent Jeanne Sibley 1,039
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Independent hold Swing

Moulton, Weston and Cowbit
Moulton, Weston and Cowbit (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Casson* 1,953 39.4
Conservative Andrew Woolf* 1,650
Conservative Rodney Grocock* 1,326
UKIP Emily Bates 1,198 24.2
Independent James Scarsbrook 847 17.1
Labour Wojciech Kowalewski 486 9.8
Liberal Democrats Mary Lane 468 9.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Pinchbeck and Surfleet
Pinchbeck and Surfleet (3 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Sneath* 2,074 54.3
Conservative James Avery* 1,952
Conservative Sally-Ann Slade* 1,908
UKIP Geoffrey Garner 1,161 30.4
Independent David Turp 583 15.3
Independent Douglas Dickens 378
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Spalding Castle
Spalding Castle (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Taylor* 681 65.8 +1.8
Independent Mark le Sage 229 22.1
Green Martin Blake 125 12.1 -5.8
Majority 451 43.7 -2.2
Conservative hold Swing

Spalding Monks House
Spalding Monks House (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Angela Newton* 1,398 43.1 -3.4
Conservative George Aley 1,026 31.7 -2.2
UKIP Dave Maltby 817 25.2
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Spalding St. Johns
Spalding St. Johns (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jack McLean 1,017 39.6
Independent Graham Dark* 821 31.9
UKIP Robert Gibson 733 28.5
Independent Roger Perkins* 421
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Independent hold Swing

Spalding St. Marys
Spalding St. Marys (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harry Drury 1,178 47.0
Conservative Gary Porter* 1,084
UKIP Richard Fairman 805 32.1
Independent Robert West 523 20.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Spalding St. Pauls
Spalding St. Pauls (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Ashby* 889 50.7
UKIP Peter Williams 865 49.3
Conservative Glynis Scalese 767
Conservative hold Swing
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

 

Spalding Wygate
Spalding Wygate (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Gambba-Jones* 1,355 64.0
Conservative Christine Lawton* 1,267
Independent Anthony Cronin 763 36.0
Independent Geraldine Scholes 626
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Sutton Bridge
Sutton Bridge (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Christopher Brewis* 839 45.0
Independent Michael Booth* 755
Conservative Shirley Giles 539 28.9
Conservative Victoria Hills 525
UKIP John Scarlett 485 26.0
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Brewis was previously elected as a Lincolnshire Independent.

The Saints
The Saints (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Seymour* 839 67.0
Independent Valerie Gemmell 413 33.0
Conservative hold Swing

Whaplode and Holbeach St. Johns
Whaplode and Holbeach St. Johns (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Pullen 1,270 56.7
Conservative Malcolm Chandler* 1,232
UKIP Karl Richardson 969 43.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  2. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2015 - South Holland".
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