2015 Aylesbury Vale District Council election

The 2015 Aylesbury Vale District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Aylesbury Vale District Council in Buckinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2011.^[1] The Conservative Party remained in overall control of the council.^[2]

Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 68%.^[3]

Aylesbury Vale local election result 2015^[2]^[3]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	43	+7	72.9	44.0	76,413	-5.0%
Liberal Democrats	9	-8	15.3	15.5	26,920	-9.8%
UKIP	4	+1	6.8	21.8	37,886	+7.1%
Labour	2	+1	3.4	7.2	12,454	-0.1%
Independent	1	-1	1.7	2.1	3,724	-1.0%
Green	0	0	0	9.4	16,282	+9.0%

Ward results

Aston Clinton and Stoke Mandeville (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Collins	2,701
	Conservative	William Chapple	2,664
	Conservative	Carole Paternoster	2,591
	UKIP	Philip Yerby	1,853
	UKIP	Geoffrey Baile	1,532
	UKIP	Lesley Baile	1,429
	Labour	Martin Abel	770
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Stuart	766
	Green	Huseyin Caglayan	710
	Green	Cameron Kaye	604
Turnout			15,620	76

Bedgrove (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tom Hunter-Watts	1,638
	Conservative	Mark Winn	1,568
	UKIP	Angelicka Bignell	746
	UKIP	Daneil Lewis	662
	Liberal Democrats	Glenda Reynolds	598
	Independent	Philip Gomm	579
	Labour	Lyn Griffiths	546
	Green	Matthew Edwards	288
	Green	Alexander Attridge	199
Turnout			6,824	77

Buckingham North (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon Cole	1,358
	Conservative	Timothy Mills	1,259
	Labour	Ruth Newell	803
	UKIP	Nicholas Shipp	595
	Labour	Christine Strain-Clark	590
	Green	Dinah Barton	413
Turnout			5,018	60

Buckingham South (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robin Stuchbury	1,478
	Conservative	Howard Mordue	1,307
	Conservative	Florence Hunter	962
	Labour	Jon Harvey	873
	UKIP	Nicola Adams	315
	UKIP	Louise Howitt	290
Turnout			5,225	65

Central and Walton (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barbara Russel	1,075
	Conservative	Edward Sims	944
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Baldwin	752
	Labour	Michael Padmore	625
	Liberal Democrats	Marcus Rogers	570
	UKIP	Gavin Richardson	567
	UKIP	Joshua Richardson	481
	Labour	Grzegorz Popek	427
	Green	Christian Kaye	280
	Green	Colin Bloxham	211
Turnout			5,932	66

Coldharbour (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Lambert	1,781
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Smith	1,280
	Conservative	Andrew Cole	1,260
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Jarvis	1,226
	Conservative	Zulifqar Ahmed	1,128
	Conservative	Paul Hughes	1,068
	UKIP	Deborah Huntley	958
	UKIP	Roger Huntley	860
	UKIP	Brian Wright	751
	Labour	Zard Khan	571
	Green	Jerdrzej Kulig	305
	Green	Stephen Brown	259
	Green	Alice Haylock	221
Turnout			11,668	66

Edlesborough^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Poll	unopposed

Elmhurst (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Raj Khan	729
	UKIP	Andrew Hetherington	666
	Liberal Democrats	Niknam Hussain	652
	Labour	David Caldwell	632
	Conservative	Ammer Raheel	604
	UKIP	Janet Reynolds	567
	Labour	Gary Paxton	516
	Conservative	Kevin Rogers	496
	Green	Suzannah McCarthy	220
	Green	Zachary-Rhys Nuttall	131
Turnout			5,213	59

Gatehouse (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Anders Christensen	1,047
	Liberal Democrats	Tuffail Hussain	993
	Conservative	Paul Moore	959
	UKIP	Philip Hayes	932
	Conservative	Elizabeth Lumley	882
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha Pullen	879
	UKIP	Dorren Merridan	792
	Conservative	Mark Roberts	784
	Labour	Lucio Tangi	774
	UKIP	Frederick Merridan	770
	Green	Deborah King	345
	Green	Matthias Fiest	273
Turnout			9,430	56

Great Brickhill and Newton Longville (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Neil Blake	2,099
	Conservative	Benjamin Everitt	1,986
	UKIP	Deborah Howard	727
	Green	Timothy Welch	683
Turnout			5,495	73

Great Horwood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Beville Stanier	1,323	71.4
	Green	Alexandra Stubbings	529	28.6
Majority			794	42.8
Turnout			1,852	73

Grendon Underwood and Brill^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Cartwright	1,068	54.7
	UKIP	James McBeth	427	21.9
	Green	Nicholas Jones	246	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Davies	213	10.9
Majority			641	32.8
Turnout			1,954	73

Haddenham and Stone (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Judith Brandis	2,677
	Conservative	Brian Foster	2,075
	Conservative	Michael Edmonds	1,681
	Green	David Lyons	1,063
	Independent	Mark Bale	1,037
	UKIP	Thomas Newton	1,031
	UKIP	Jonathan Evred	931
	Independent	Kenneth Brown	848
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Melling	771
	Green	Gregory Smith	673
	UKIP	Kevin Wise	600
	Green	Jonathan Green	575
Turnout			13,962	72

Long Crendon^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mike Hawkett	1,083	58.7
	Green	Michael Le Brun	265	14.4
	UKIP	Colin Evered	257	13.9
	Labour	Margaret Liggett	240	13.0
Majority			818	44.3
Turnout			1,845	72

Luffield Abbey^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Warren Whyte	952	63.9
	Green	Nicola Smith	330	22.1
	UKIP	Evangeline Wise	208	14.0
Majority			622	41.8
Turnout			1,490	68

Mandeville and Elm Farm (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susanne Chapple	1,955
	Conservative	Jennifer Bloom	1,784
	Conservative	Roger King	1,683
	UKIP	Heather Adams	1,047
	UKIP	Kim Birchinall	980
	UKIP	Amiee Gibson	895
	Labour	Philip Jacques	798
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Lloyd	644
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Sherwell	582
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Vernon	506
	Green	Coral Simpson	416
	Green	Gregory Smith	405
	Green	Haidee Harrison	376
Turnout			12,071	66

Marsh Gibbon^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Angela Macpherson	1,026	56.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Metherell	413	22.6
	UKIP	Andrew Good	389	21.3
Majority			613	33.5
Turnout			1,828	71

Oakfield and Bierton (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Ward	1,221
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Harrison	1,093
	Conservative	Mary Stamp	1,059
	Conservative	Peter Gwilliams	1,031
	Conservative	Denise Summers	1,019
	UKIP	Sheila Cotton	1,004
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Willis	929
	UKIP	Martin Norris	771
	UKIP	Ann Day	758
	Labour	Robert McNickle	676
	Green	Joanne Hodge	420
Turnout			9,981	69

Oakley^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Rand	1,280	78.4
	UKIP	William Bate	353	21.6
Majority			927	56.8
Turnout			1,633	75

Pitstone and Cheddington (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sandra Jenkins	2,035
	Conservative	Derek Town	1,810
	Green	Johanna Wheeler	839
	Liberal Democrats	David Evershed	715
	UKIP	Robyn Adams	679
	Green	Mary Hodgkiss	456
Turnout			6,534	72

Quainton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kevin Hewson	1,023	54.6
	Independent	Robert Hunter	432	23.1
	UKIP	James Styles	418	22.3
Majority			591	31.5
Turnout			1,873	76

Riverside (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Christopher Adams	1,142
	Conservative	Nicholas Lewis	988
	UKIP	Andrew Huxley	918
	Conservative	Samantha North	895
	UKIP	Graham Cadle	828
	Conservative	Nadeem Gulraiz	716
	Labour	Josephine Caldwell	566
	Liberal Democrats	Shoshana Willetts	495
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Farrow	486
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Azam	471
Turnout			7,505	57

Southcourt (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Agoro	772
	Labour	Mark Bateman	604
	Conservative	Akhmad Hussain	586
	UKIP	Roy Black	560
	Conservative	Sarah Sproat	547
	Liberal Democrats	Sally-Anne Jarvis	522
	UKIP	Brett Steptowe	432
	Labour	Tanya Warshaw	398
	Green	Clare Butler	152
	Green	Richard Eckersely	93
Turnout			4,666	57

Steeple Claydon^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Chilver	933	56.0
	UKIP	Frank Mahon	449	27.0
	Green	Emma Simpson	284	17.0
Majority			484	29.0
Turnout			1,666	69

Stewkley^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Janet Blake	1,221	63.4
	Green	Hannah Lett	422	21.9
	UKIP	Amethyst Sharman	284	14.7
Majority			799	41.5
Turnout			1,927	74

Tingewick^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patrick Fealey	1,154	65.0
	UKIP	Simon Strutt	340	19.1
	Green	Rory Hodgson	282	15.9
Majority			814	45.9
Turnout			1,776	69

Waddesdon^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Irwin	799	50.2
	UKIP	Gary Good	402	25.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Vick	392	24.6
Majority			397	25.0
Turnout			1,593	70

Walton Court and Hawkslade (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Brian Adams	805
	Conservative	Gary Powell	714
	Conservative	Sophie Vaughan-Evans	702
	Liberal Democrats	Ranula Takodra	659
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Kennell	648
	Labour	Luke Warshaw	567
	UKIP	Jason Wise	538
Turnout			4,633	60

Watermead^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ashley Bond	825	49.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Smith	494	29.5
	UKIP	Heather Elliott	354	21.2
Majority			331	19.8
Turnout			1,673	72

Wendover and Halton (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Bowles	2,374
	Conservative	Peter Strachan	2,168
	Conservative	Andrew Southam	1,820
	UKIP	Susan Hetherington	1,392
	UKIP	Desmond Anning	1,359
	UKIP	Marc Ruggles	1,124
	Green	Tom Hodge	1,057
	Green	Christopher Peeler	974
	Liberal Democrats	Lloyd Harris	828
	Green	William Spencer	504
Turnout			13,600	73

Wing^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dorothea Glover	1,210	75.5
	UKIP	Barry Walton	392	24.5
Majority			818	51.0
Turnout			1,602	70

Wingrave^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Peter Cooper	828	46.8
	Conservative	Richard Withey	540	30.5
	UKIP	Nicholas Griffin	208	11.8
	Green	Mark Wheeler	194	11.0
Majority			288	16.3
Turnout			1,770

Winslow (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Llewellyn Monger	1,545
	Conservative	Susan Renshell	1,351
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Cawte	1,248
	Conservative	Brian Speed	973
	UKIP	Amy Howitt	394
	UKIP	Margaret Price	324
	Green	Frazer Payne	309
	Green	Mary Hunt	276
Turnout			6,420

Changes between 2015 and 2019

By-elections

Grendon Underwood and Brill

A by-election was held in Grendon Underwood and Brill on 23 December 2015 after the death of Conservative councillor and former leader of the council John Cartwright.^[4] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Cameron Branston with a majority of 51 votes over Liberal Democrat Julian Newman.^[4]

Grendon Underwood and Brill by-election 23 December 2015^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Cameron Branston	326	43.5	−11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Newman	275	36.7	+25.8
	UKIP	Gary Good	148	19.8	−2.1
Majority			51	6.8	−26.0
Turnout			749	28.8	−44
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elmhurst

A by-election was held in Elmhurst on 6 April 2017 after the resignation of UK Independence Party councillor Andy Hetherington.^[6]^[7] The seat was won for the Liberal Democrats by Susan Morgan with a majority of 634 seats over Labour's Gary Andrew Paxton.^[8]

Elmhurst by-election 6 April 2017^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Morgan	785	63.5	+37.9
	Labour	Gary Andrew Paxton	151	12.2	−10.0
	Conservative	Ammer Raheel	147	11.9	−9.3
	UKIP	Philip Peter Gomm	111	9.0	−14.4
	Green	Nigel Antony Foster	43	3.5	−4.2
Majority			634	51.3
Turnout			1,244	27
	Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP		Swing

Wendover and Halton

A by-election was held in Wendover and Halton on 4 May 2017 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Andrew Southam.^[10] This was held alongside the Buckinghamshire County Council election on the same date. The seat was won for the Conservatives by Richard Allan Newcombe with a majority of 823 seats over Labour's Cath Collier.^[11]

Wendover and Halton by-election 4 May 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Allan Newcombe	1,240	51
	Labour	Cath Collier	417	17
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Richard Morgan	298	12
	UKIP	Des Anning	273	11
	Green	Tom Peter Hodge	227	9
Turnout			2,455
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central & Walton

A by-election was held in Central & Walton on 22 March 2018 following the resignation in February of Conservative councillor Edward Sims.^[12] The Liberal Democrats' Waheed Raja gained the seat.^[13]

Quainton

A by-election is expected in Quainton following the death of Kevin Hewson (Conservative) in February 2018.^[14]

Changes in affiliation

Tom Hunter-Watts left the Conservative Party and on 5 May 2017 joined the Lib Dems.^[15]

On 9 May 2017, all three of UKIP's remaining councillors left the party.^[15]

References

^ "The Aylesbury Vale (Electoral Changes) Order 2014". legislation.gov.uk. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Local election results: Hertfordshire". itv.com. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai "District Election - Thursday 7th May 2015". Aylesbury Vale District Council. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Shefferd, Neil (29 December 2015). "By-election result: Conservatives retain seat previously held by John Cartwright". Buckingham and Winslow Advertiser. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
^ "Election results for Grendon Underwood And Brill". Aylesbury Vale District Council. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
^ "District Councillor resignation". Aylesbury Vale District Council. 22 December 2016. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
^ "Elmhurst District Ward By-election". Aylesbury Vale District Council. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
^ "Election results for Elmhurst, 6 April 2017". Aylesbury Vale District Council. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
^ "Election results for Elmhurst, 6 April 2017". aylesburyvale.moderngov.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017.
^ "District councillor resignation". Aylesbury Vale District Council. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
^ "Election results for Wendover and Halton, 4 May 2017". Aylesbury Vale District Council. Retrieved 5 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Previews: 22 Mar 2018". Britain Elects. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^ "Britain Elects on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^ "Popular Councillor Kevin Hewson passes away, aged 62". Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Recent changes". Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

[order-1] "The Aylesbury Vale (Electoral Changes) Order 2014". legislation.gov.uk. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

[hertfordshire-2] "Local election results: Hertfordshire". itv.com. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

[results-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai "District Election - Thursday 7th May 2015". Aylesbury Vale District Council. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[cartwright-4] Shefferd, Neil (29 December 2015). "By-election result: Conservatives retain seat previously held by John Cartwright". Buckingham and Winslow Advertiser. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

[grendon-5] "Election results for Grendon Underwood And Brill". Aylesbury Vale District Council. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

[resignation-6] "District Councillor resignation". Aylesbury Vale District Council. 22 December 2016. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

[elmhurst-7] "Elmhurst District Ward By-election". Aylesbury Vale District Council. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

[Morgan_wins-8] "Election results for Elmhurst, 6 April 2017". Aylesbury Vale District Council. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.

[9] "Election results for Elmhurst, 6 April 2017". aylesburyvale.moderngov.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017.

[Southam_resigns-10] "District councillor resignation". Aylesbury Vale District Council. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

[Wen_&_Halt_2017_b-e-11] "Election results for Wendover and Halton, 4 May 2017". Aylesbury Vale District Council. Retrieved 5 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[12] "Previews: 22 Mar 2018". Britain Elects. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

[13] "Britain Elects on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

[14] "Popular Councillor Kevin Hewson passes away, aged 62". Retrieved 23 March 2018.

[:0-15] "Recent changes". Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

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