The 2015 Braintree District Council election was scheduled to take place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
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Following a boundary change, the number of wards was reduced from 30 to 26 and the number of councillors from 60 to 49.
Summary
editCandidates by party
editLabour Party (49/49)
Conservative Party (47/49)
Green Party (20/49)
UKIP (19/49)
Liberal Democrats (9/49)
Halstead Residents (3/49)
Independent (1/49)
Results
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 44 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 89.8 | 47.2 | 37,922 | -1.7 | |
Labour | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4.1 | 19.9 | 15,974 | -7.5 | |
Halstead Residents | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2,458 | +0.5 | |
Green | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 11.3 | 9,082 | +0.2 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 12,470 | +12.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 2,125 | -0.9 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 | 289 | -2.9 |
Ward results
editBocking Blackwater
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Canning | 2,575 | 52.2 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Jean Schmitt | 1,702 | 34.5 | −8.2 | |
Conservative | Lyn Walters | 1,560 | 31.6 | −8.6 | |
Labour | Richard Green | 880 | 17.8 | −14.3 | |
Labour | Merle Morris | 727 | 14.7 | −10.4 | |
Labour | Richard Parsons | 658 | 13.3 | −11.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Lemon | 502 | 10.2 | N/A | |
Green | John Malam | 443 | 9.0 | −4.5 | |
Turnout | 4,936 | 65.9 | +24.7 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Bocking North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephanie Paul | 1,093 | 40.1 | +5.8 | |
Labour | David Mann | 927 | 34.0 | −15.4 | |
Labour | Anthony Everard | 842 | 30.9 | −14.9 | |
UKIP | Michael Ford | 753 | 27.6 | +12.6 | |
Conservative | Alan Scattergood | 663 | 24.3 | −1.9 | |
Green | Dawn Holmes | 223 | 8.2 | +0.1 | |
Turnout | 2,728 | 66.1 | +25.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
Labour hold |
Bocking South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Baugh | 947 | 37.0 | −9.9 | |
Labour | Moia Thorogood | 737 | 28.8 | −17.3 | |
Labour | Lynn Watson | 695 | 27.2 | −14.7 | |
Conservative | Marlene Shepherd | 670 | 26.2 | −7.8 | |
UKIP | Linda Campbell Hunt | 601 | 23.5 | N/A | |
UKIP | Michael Hunt | 549 | 21.5 | N/A | |
Green | Simon Attwood | 240 | 9.4 | −4.2 | |
Turnout | 2,557 | 57.4 | +21.2 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Braintree Central & Beckers Green
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cunningham | 1,284 | 35.0 | |
Conservative | Andrew Hensman | 1,197 | 32.6 | |
Conservative | Mary Cunningham | 1,190 | 32.4 | |
Labour | Agnes Bishop | 1,125 | 30.7 | |
UKIP | Norma Huxter | 1,108 | 30.2 | |
Labour | Colin Riches | 1,019 | 27.8 | |
Labour | Celia Shute | 934 | 25.4 | |
Green | Dormer Andrews | 626 | 17.1 | |
Turnout | 3,670 | 57.5 | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Braintree South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Dunn | 1,437 | 53.7 | +11.4 | |
Conservative | Vanessa Santomauro | 1,126 | 42.1 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Martin Green | 943 | 35.3 | −0.3 | |
Labour | Edith Aganoke | 922 | 34.5 | −4.6 | |
Turnout | 2,674 | 59.7 | +22.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
Conservative hold |
Labour gained one of these seats at a 2012 by-election.
Braintree West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John McKee | 1,840 | 56.5 | |
Conservative | Ronald Ramage | 1,179 | 36.2 | |
UKIP | Keith Johnson | 948 | 29.1 | |
Labour | Bill Edwards | 698 | 21.5 | |
Labour | Juliet Walton | 623 | 19.1 | |
Green | Freddie Gerrard-Abbott | 384 | 11.8 | |
Turnout | 3,254 | 68.4 | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Bumpstead
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Bolton | 1,082 | 61.3 | −8.7 | |
UKIP | Ian Gary | 343 | 19.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Christina Desborough | 325 | 18.4 | −11.6 | |
Turnout | 1,765 | 75.7 | +24.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Coggeshall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Newton | 1,796 | 51.3 | |
Conservative | Lynette Bowers-Flint | 1,470 | 42.0 | |
UKIP | Tom Wood | 734 | 21.0 | |
Labour | Gary Knights | 681 | 19.5 | |
Labour | Tom Walsh | 554 | 15.8 | |
Green | Howard Reed | 467 | 13.4 | |
Turnout | 3,498 | 76.5 | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Gosfield & Greenstead Green
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John O'Reilly-Cicconi | 1,167 | 67.7 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Deborah Warren | 318 | 18.4 | −5.4 | |
Green | Anne Bishop | 239 | 13.9 | +2.3 | |
Turnout | 1,752 | 77.9 | +24.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 4.3 |
Great Notley & Black Notley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Butland | 3,136 | 60.9 | |
Conservative | Tom Cunningham | 2,712 | 52.7 | |
Conservative | Frankie Ricci | 2,590 | 50.3 | |
UKIP | Rowland Pudney | 1,191 | 23.1 | |
Labour | Jacqueline Thurgood | 711 | 13.8 | |
Labour | David Rice | 693 | 13.5 | |
Labour | Steven Goodfellow | 672 | 13.0 | |
Green | Howard Bills | 664 | 12.9 | |
Turnout | 5,150 | 71.3 | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Halstead St. Andrew's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Halstead Residents | David Hume | 1,172 | 41.4 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | Stephen Kirby | 991 | 35.0 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | Jennie Sutton | 788 | 27.9 | −14.1 | |
Halstead Residents | Andy Munday | 700 | 24.8 | −2.0 | |
Labour | Stephen Knight | 452 | 16.0 | −10.9 | |
Labour | Donna Tuck | 280 | 9.9 | −8.3 | |
Green | Nicholas Scales | 226 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,828 | 65.2 | +24.7 | ||
Halstead Residents gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Halstead Trinity
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Halstead Residents | Jackie Pell | 1,286 | 45.6 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Julia Allen | 1,134 | 40.2 | +13.5 | |
Labour | Malcolm Fincken | 788 | 27.9 | −6.7 | |
UKIP | David Huxter | 788 | 27.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Garry Warren | 504 | 17.9 | −10.6 | |
Turnout | 2,823 | 60.1 | +22.7 | ||
Halstead Residents hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Hatfield Peverel & Terling
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Bebb | 1,801 | 52.1 | |
Conservative | Daryn Hufton-Rees | 1,448 | 41.9 | |
UKIP | Garry Cockrill | 859 | 24.9 | |
UKIP | David Hodges | 528 | 15.3 | |
Labour | Maureen Bennett | 440 | 12.7 | |
Green | Jonathan Barker | 339 | 9.8 | |
Labour | Neil Coughlin | 312 | 9.0 | |
Independent | Les Priestley | 289 | 8.4 | |
Turnout | 3,456 | 73.3 | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Hedingham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jo Beavis | 1,351 | 49.0 | |
Conservative | Hylton Johnson | 1,126 | 40.9 | |
UKIP | Bernie Chilten | 757 | 27.5 | |
UKIP | Fred Swallow | 524 | 19.0 | |
Labour | Neil Fawkes | 459 | 16.7 | |
Labour | Stuart Scrivens | 457 | 16.6 | |
Turnout | 2,755 | 66.6 | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Kelvedon & Feering
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Elliott | 2,003 | 60.0 | |
Conservative | Robert Mitchell | 1,905 | 57.1 | |
Labour | Ian Marshall | 756 | 22.6 | |
Labour | Tony Lewis | 721 | 21.6 | |
Green | Daniel Shadbolt | 688 | 20.6 | |
Turnout | 3,338 | 76.4 | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Rayne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Banthorpe | 996 | 61.7 | +19.5 | |
UKIP | Sean Carter | 331 | 20.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Nigel Gibson | 177 | 11.0 | −7.8 | |
Green | Poppy Gerrard-Abbott | 109 | 6.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,621 | 72.7 | +25.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Silver End and Cressing
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Green | James Abbott | 1,597 | 49.0 | |
Conservative | Kevin Bowers | 1,038 | 31.8 | |
Green | Bob Wright | 913 | 28.0 | |
UKIP | Brian Day | 736 | 22.6 | |
Labour | Jane Hayward | 407 | 12.5 | |
Labour | Greta Tew | 312 | 9.6 | |
Turnout | 3,262 | 68.6 | ||
Green win (new seat) | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Stour Valley North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Iona Parker | 1,084 | 62.5 | −13.5 | |
UKIP | Raymond Richards | 379 | 21.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Peter Long | 271 | 15.6 | −8.4 | |
Turnout | 1,753 | 76.6 | +25.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Stour Valley South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wendy Scattergood | 1,119 | 58.5 | −17.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Bolter | 289 | 15.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Philip Palij | 271 | 14.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Fred Hearn | 234 | 12.2 | −11.6 | |
Turnout | 1,925 | 78.8 | +25.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
The Colnes
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Siddall | 2,033 | 61.9 | |
Conservative | Gabrielle Spray | 1,606 | 48.9 | |
Labour | Felix Preston | 624 | 19.0 | |
Green | Alan Sheppard | 616 | 18.8 | |
Labour | Antony Gore | 336 | 10.2 | |
Turnout | 3,282 | 72.8 | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Three Fields
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Tattersley | 1,862 | 53.6 | −17.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Schwier | 1,613 | 46.4 | −18.6 | |
UKIP | Angie Jamison | 945 | 27.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Margaret Lynch | 532 | 15.3 | −6.4 | |
Labour | Andrew Bennett | 403 | 11.6 | −7.2 | |
Green | Ursula Riedl | 392 | 11.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,476 | 75.3 | +25.0 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Witham Central
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Susan Wilson | 1,181 | 45.3 | |
Conservative | Angela Kilmartin | 1,140 | 43.7 | |
Labour | Brian Pereira | 582 | 22.3 | |
Labour | Duncan Wood | 495 | 19.0 | |
Green | Stephen Hicks | 438 | 16.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barry Fleet | 426 | 16.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Waring | 294 | 11.3 | |
Turnout | 2,607 | 60.8 | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Witham North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Bailey | 1,227 | 40.3 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | John Goodman | 1,140 | 37.5 | +9.9 | |
Labour | Phil Barlow | 992 | 32.6 | −13.3 | |
Labour | Eileen Davidson | 756 | 24.9 | −21.8 | |
Green | Michelle Weeks | 645 | 21.2 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pamela Hooper | 295 | 9.7 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek Ray | 198 | 6.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,042 | 61.3 | +23.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Witham South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Janet Money | 1,395 | 50.7 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Corinne Thompson | 1,249 | 45.4 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Paul Heath | 715 | 26.0 | −7.2 | |
Labour | Francis Macdonald | 506 | 18.4 | −14.5 | |
Green | Nelson Brunton | 287 | 10.4 | −5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Dearlove | 245 | 8.9 | −2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hayden Hooper | 201 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,754 | 62.0 | +27.2 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Witham West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Horner | 1,478 | 46.9 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | William Rose | 1,351 | 42.9 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Lucy Barlow | 912 | 28.9 | −5.4 | |
Labour | Tony Bennett | 865 | 27.4 | −4.6 | |
Green | Philip Hughes | 459 | 14.6 | −2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Fleet | 368 | 11.7 | +0.3 | |
Turnout | 3,152 | 62.5 | +22.1 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Yeldham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Van Dulken | 872 | 55.9 | −2.3 | |
UKIP | Sam Cowie | 400 | 25.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Noel Owen | 288 | 18.5 | −2.1 | |
Turnout | 1,576 | 73.1 | +28.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
By-elections
editWitham South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gavin Maclure | 446 | 44.3 | −13.2 | |
Labour | Paul Heath | 376 | 37.4 | +10.8 | |
Green | Stephen Hicks | 184 | 18.3 | +12.0 | |
Majority | 70 | 7.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,014 | 23.0 | −38.9 | ||
Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.8 | -1.1 | ||
Conservative hold |
Witham North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Barlow | 339 | 37.5 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Lorne Campbell | 308 | 34.0 | −11.0 | |
Green | Michelle Weeks | 227 | 25.1 | +12.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Scott | 31 | 3.4 | −6.0 | |
Majority | 31 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 906 | 18.3 | −43.0 | ||
Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.1 | -1.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Bumpstead
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Diana Garrod | 350 | 64.6 | +2.7 | |
UKIP | Debbie Shaw | 84 | 15.5 | −4.1 | |
Labour | William Edwards | 45 | 8.3 | −10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Bolter | 40 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Green | Anne Bishop | 23 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 266 | 49.1 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 542 | 23.2 | −52.5 | ||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0.0 | -0.8 | ||
Conservative hold |
Bocking North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Everard | 619 | 48.3 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Dean Wallace | 540 | 42.2 | +3.1 | |
UKIP | Samuel Cowie | 78 | 6.1 | −10.6 | |
Green | Dawn Holmes | 44 | 3.4 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 79 | 6.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,281 | 30.7 | −35.4 | ||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0.0 | -0.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Hatfield Peverel and Terling
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Coleridge | 965 | 64.7 | −3.0 | |
Green | Jonathan Barker | 293 | 19.6 | +9.7 | |
Labour | Lucy Barlow | 234 | 15.7 | −6.3 | |
Majority | 672 | 45.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,496 | 32.2 | −41.2 | ||
Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.3 | -0.5 | ||
Conservative hold |
References
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- ^ Braintree District Council. "20th October 2016 District Council - Witham North | Braintree District Council". www.braintree.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ Braintree District Council. "20th October 2016 District Council - Bumpstead | Braintree District Council". www.braintree.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ Braintree District Council. "3rd May 2018 - Bocking North - May 2018 | Braintree District Council". www.braintree.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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