The 2015 Derbyshire Dales District Council election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect all 39 members of Derbyshire Dales District Council.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
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All 39 seats to Derbyshire Dales District Council 20 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Map showing the composition of Derbyshire Dales District Council following the election. Striped wards have mixed representation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Conservative Party retained control of the council for the fourth consecutive election, with a majority of 19.
Ward Results
editAshbourne North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sue Bull | 1,210 | 64.0 | 1.9 | |
Conservative | Tony Millward | 1,035 | |||
Labour | Che Page | 681 | 36.0 | −1.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Ashbourne South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Phil Chell | 1,308 | 53.8 | −11.8 | |
Conservative | Tom Donnelly | 1,187 | |||
Labour | Simon Meredith | 596 | 24.5 | −11.4 | |
Green | Andy White | 527 | 21.7 | 21.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bakewell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alyson Hill | 1,463 | 44.3 | ||
Conservative | Helen Froggatt | 1,372 | |||
Conservative | Philippa Tilbrook | 1,298 | |||
Green | Ian Wood | 743 | 22.5 | ||
Labour | Jacob Butler | 583 | 17.7 | ||
Labour | Paul Vaughan | 525 | |||
UKIP | Sarah Lamb | 511 | 15.5 | ||
UKIP | Andy Howard | 430 | |||
UKIP | Tilly Ward | 333 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bradwell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Furness | 756 | 67.0 | ||
Labour | Nicholas Whitehead | 373 | 33.0 | ||
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Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Brailsford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Angus Jenkins | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
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Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Calver
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Tibenham | 753 | 64.1 | ||
Labour | Barry Nottage | 421 | 35.9 | ||
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Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Carsington Water
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lewis Rose | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chatsworth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Susan Hobson | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
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Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Clifton and Bradley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Shirley | 727 | 60.4 | ||
Independent | Ian Bates | 298 | 24.8 | ||
UKIP | Richard Stone | 179 | 14.9 | ||
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Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Darley Dale
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jason Atkin | 1,264 | 36.6 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Statham | 1,099 | |||
Conservative | Mark Salt | 1,089 | |||
Independent | John Evans | 830 | 24.0 | ||
Labour | Julie Morrison | 766 | 22.2 | ||
Labour | Pam Butler | 731 | |||
Independent | Maresa Mellor | 637 | |||
Independent | David Smith | 610 | |||
UKIP | Michael Hancocks | 595 | 17.2 | ||
UKIP | Marco Taaffe | 359 | |||
UKIP | Martin Sneap | 349 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Dovedale and Parwich
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard FitzHerbert | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
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Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Doveridge and Sudbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert Catt | 873 | 75.0 | ||
UKIP | Joe Hogan | 291 | 25.0 | ||
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Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hartington and Taddington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Chapman | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
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Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hathersage and Eyam
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jean Monks | 1,232 | 55.3 | ||
Conservative | Vicky Massey | 1,228 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth Coe | 998 | 44.7 | ||
Labour | Peter O'Brien | 971 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hulland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Bright | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
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Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lathkill and Bradford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Graham Elliott | 582 | 62.3 | ||
Independent | David Frederickson | 352 | 37.7 | ||
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Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Litton and Longstone
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neil Horton | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
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Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Masson
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Garry Purdy | 946 | 56.1 | ||
Labour | Joyce Pawley | 741 | 43.9 | ||
Conservative | Richard Walsh | 686 | |||
Labour | Ian Page | 653 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Matlock All Saints
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Susan Burfoot | 1,341 | 42.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Burfoot | 1,164 | |||
Conservative | Ann Elliott | 1,065 | 33.6 | ||
Conservative | Geoff Stevens | 1,044 | |||
Conservative | Sam Gregory | 948 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Jones | 849 | |||
Labour | Jane Littlechilds | 768 | 24.2 | ||
Labour | John Cowings | 763 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Matlock St. Giles
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Steve Flitter | 1,061 | 31.3 | ||
Labour | Deborah Botham | 959 | 28.3 | ||
Conservative | Jacquie Stevens | 924 | 27.3 | ||
Conservative | Dan Hopkinson | 840 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Derek Woodward | 738 | |||
Labour | Isobel Fisher | 711 | |||
Conservative | Jeff Sterland | 711 | |||
Labour | James Ilott | 689 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Barry Hopkinson | 683 | |||
UKIP | Fred Richardson | 444 | 13.1 | ||
UKIP | Adrian Ward | 365 | |||
UKIP | Rachel Roberts | 311 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Norbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tony Morley | 799 | 76.8 | ||
UKIP | Michael Cruddas | 241 | 23.2 | ||
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Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Stanton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jo Wild | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
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Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Tideswell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jennifer Bower | 655 | 62.1 | ||
Labour | Angus McLardy | 400 | 37.9 | ||
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Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Winster and South Darley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Colin Swindell | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
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Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Wirksworth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Irene Ratcliffe | 1,642 | 41.2 | ||
Labour | Mike Ratcliffe | 1,353 | |||
Labour | Pete Slack | 1,237 | |||
Conservative | Gladwyn Gratton | 1,096 | 27.5 | ||
Green | Josh Stockwell | 668 | 16.8 | ||
Green | Ivan Dixon | 599 | |||
UKIP | Michael Hawley | 578 | 14.5 | ||
Green | John Youatt | 280 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
By-elections between 2015 and 2019
editAshbourne South by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dermot Murphy | 495 | 46.2 | −7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Goodall | 334 | 31.2 | +31.2 | |
Labour | Andy White | 242 | 22.6 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 161 | 15.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,071 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2015 - Derbyshire Dales". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Ashbourne South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2022.