2015 Havant Borough Council election

2015 Havant Borough Council election
10 of 38 seats to Havant Borough Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Results by Ward
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 2015 Havant Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Havant Borough Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.^[2]^[3]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Conservative: 31
Labour: 4
UKIP: 2
Liberal Democrats: 1

Election result

With 51% of the vote, the Conservatives won all seats up for election this year, which all had incumbent Conservative councillors. As such, the composition of the council did not change in the course of the election.

Havant local election result 2015
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	10	100	51.0	25,879
UKIP	0	0	20.1	10,194
Labour	0	0	12.5	6,323
Liberal Democrats	0	0	8.1	4,119
Green	0	0	7.3	3,723
Independent	0	0	0.9	472

Ward results

Bedhampton

Bedhampton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Rees	2,339	49.2
	UKIP	Philip Melhuish	935	19.7
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Brown	595	12.5
	Labour	Munazza Faiz	545	11.5
	Green	Terry Mitchell	340	7.2
Majority			1,404
Turnout			4,754
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cowplain

Cowplain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Narinder Kaur Bains	2,367	47.6
	UKIP	Andrew Boxall	1,029	20.5
	Labour	Kenneth Monks	545	11.0
	Independent	Marjorie Smallcorn	472	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Jacobs	332	6.7
	Green	Bruce Holman	240	4.8
Majority			1,348
Turnout			4,975
	Conservative hold		Swing

Emsworth

Emsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rivka Cresswell	3,071	50.5
	UKIP	Alexander Spurge	905	14.9
	Labour	John Wheaton	727	12.0
	Green	Victoria Gould	707	11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Maple	669	11.0
Majority			2,166
Turnout			6,079
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hart Plain

Hart Plain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gerald Shimbart	2,541	52.4
	UKIP	Tabitha Smith	1,092	22.5
	Labour	Paul Dreczko	649	13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bolt	334	6.9
	Green	Susan Dawes	230	4.7
Majority			1,449
Turnout			4,846
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hayling East

Hayling East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Clare Satchwell	2,488	50.4
	UKIP	Richard Coates	1,321	26.7
	Labour	Susan Underwood	598	12.1
	Green	Paul Valentine	262	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Martin	270	5.5
Majority			1,167
Turnout			4,939
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hayling West

Hayling West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Lenaghan	3,024	60.5
	UKIP	Wendy Coates	852	17.0
	Labour	Alfred Underwood	523	10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Gray	318	6.4
	Green	Susan Holt	282	5.6
Majority			2,172
Turnout			4,999
	Conservative hold		Swing

Purbrook

Purbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gary Hughes	2,661	53.1
	UKIP	Anthony Gundry	1,060	21.1
	Labour	Anthony Berry	668	13.3
	Green	Rosemarie Blackburn	319	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Bolt	308	6.1
Majority			1,601
Turnout			5,016
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Faith's

St. Faith's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Pike	2,401	45.6
	Green	Timothy Dawes	1,148	21.8
	UKIP	John Davis	775	14.7
	Labour	Philip Munday	569	10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Briggs	376	7.1
Majority			1,253
Turnout			5,269
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stakes

Stakes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Diana Patrick	1,955	44.0
	UKIP	Carole Newnham	1,101	24.8
	Labour	Philip Pearson	786	17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Bazley	406	9.1
	Green	Lewis Martin	195	4.4
Majority			854
Turnout			4,443
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waterloo

Waterloo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Buckley	3,032	56.3
	UKIP	Tom Davies	1,134	21.0
	Labour	Paul Fencott	713	13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Frederick Dunford	511	9.5
Majority			1,898
Turnout			5,390
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2015 and 2016

Bondfields

A by-election took place in Bondfields ward on 3 March 2016 after the death of Frida Edwards.^[4]

Bondfields by-election 3 March 2016^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lance Quantrill	207	30.2	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Billam	187	27.3	+27.3
	Labour	Tony Berry	148	21.6	−6.9
	UKIP	Geoff Whiffen	143	20.9	+20.9
Majority			20	2.9
Turnout			685
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2015 - Havant". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
^ "Election results | Havant Borough Council". www.havant.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ "Goodbye to '˜Daughter of the Seychelles' Havant councillor". The News. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bondfields Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

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

[2] "Local Elections Archive Project - 2015 - Havant". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2020.

[3] "Election results | Havant Borough Council". www.havant.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

[4] "Goodbye to '˜Daughter of the Seychelles' Havant councillor". The News. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

[5] "Local Elections Archive Project — Bondfields Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

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