2015 New Forest District Council election

2015 New Forest District Council election
All 60 seats to New Forest District Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
	Results by Ward
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 2015 New Forest District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of New Forest District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

The whole Council is re-elected every 4 years^[2]

After the election, the composition of the council was:^[3]

Conservative - 58
Liberal Democrat - 2

Election Summary

New Forest local election result 2015
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	58	4	0	4	96.66	50.56	48,969	5.53
UKIP	0				0.00	15.42	14,941	12.15
Labour	0				0.00	14.24	13,797	5.54
Liberal Democrats	2		4	4	3.33	11.19	10,847	14.56
Green	0				0.00	6.51	6,314	2.64
Independent	0				0.00	1.70	1,647	1.70
TUSC	0				0.00	0.3	334	0.3

Ward results

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Ashurst, Copythrone South & Netley Marsh

Ashurst, Copythorne South and Netley Marsh (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Puttock	1,922	58.14	5.37
	Conservative	Derek Tipp	1,689
	UKIP	Peter Day	840	24.51	24.51
	Labour	Kenneth Kershaw	594	17.33	1.53
	Labour	Peter Sopowski	506
Majority			1,082	31.58	11.25
Turnout			3,426	73.40
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barton

Barton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Godfrey Beck	1,959	55.92	8.09
	Conservative	Alan O'Sullivan	1,946
	UKIP	Ann Vasilesco	986	28.14	28.14
	Labour	Peter Terry	558	15.92	0.84
Majority			973	27.77	15.34
Turnout			3,503	71.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bashley

Bashley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Tungate	1,070	67.16	4.48
	UKIP	Gwen Bailey	323	20.27	20.27
	Labour	Martin Phillips	200	12.55	1.45
Majority			747	46.89	10.4
Turnout			1,593	71.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Becton

Becton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Ward	1,350	50.52	4.6
	Conservative	Geoffrey Blunden	1,290
	UKIP	Paul Bailey	761	28.48	11.95
	Liberal Democrats	Wynford Davies	561	20.99	3.10
Majority			589	22.04	15.19
Turnout			2,672	65.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boldre & Sway

Boldre and Sway (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Rickman	2,352	70.73	0.91
	Conservative	Colin Wise	1,629
	Green	Thomas Greenwood	973	29.26	29.26
Majority			1,379	41.47	1.81
Turnout			3,325	72.60
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bramshaw, Copythorne North and Minstead

Bramshaw, Copythorne North and Minstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Andrews	1,222	77.29	0.49
	Green	Anthony Gray	359	22.70	22.70
Majority			863	54.58	0.99
Turnout			1581
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bransgore & Burley

Bransgore and Burley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Frampton	2,386	66.46	0.47
	Conservative	Mark Steele	1,805
	Green	Colin Thurston	740	20.61	20.61
	Labour	Brian Curwain	464	12.92	1.31
Majority			1,646	45.84	0.37
Turnout			3,590
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brockenhurst & Forest South East

Brockenhurst and Forest South East (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Harris	1,964	49.78	22.35
	Conservative	Maureen Holding	1,934
	Green	Henry Mellor	801	20.30	20.30
	UKIP	Rachel John Beaumont	682	17.28	17.28
	Labour	Bramley Murton	498	12.62	12.62
Majority			1,163	29.48	14.78
Turnout			3,945
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Buckland

Buckland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Olliff-Cooper	812	51.03	9.25
	Independent	Edward Jearrad	304	19.10	19.10
	Labour	Bernard Tennant	244	15.33	2.97
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Vincent	231	14.51	18.34
Majority			508	31.92	1.02
Turnout			1,591
	Conservative hold		Swing

Butts Ash & Dibden Purlieu

Butts Ash and Dibden Purlieu (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Binns	1,426	40.85	3.03
	Conservative	Peter Armstrong	1,398
	Liberal Democrats	Malcom Wade	1,175	33.66	10.22
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Monaghan	945
	UKIP	Peter Rogers	515	14.75	14.75
	UKIP	Christopher Tribe	412
	Labour	David Dale	374	10.71	2.97
Majority			251	7.19
Turnout			3,490
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Dibden & Hythe East

Dibden and Hythe East (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Poole	1,274	38.01	6.44
	Conservative	William Andrews	1,151
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Harrison	1,058	31.57	23.97
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley Wade	942
	UKIP	Philip Wilson	658	19.63	19.63
	Green	Edward Caplen	361	10.77	10.77
Majority			216	6.44
Turnout			3,351
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Downlands and Forest

Downlands and Forest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Heron	1,436	78.46	11.33
	Labour	Paul Toynton	394	21.53	21.53
Majority			1,042	56.93	10.2
Turnout			1,830
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fawley, Blackfield & Langley

Fawley, Blackfield and Langley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexis McEvoy	1,551	42.60	25.27
	Conservative	Robert Wappet	1,402
	UKIP	Gillian Gulliver	1,118	30.71	30.71
	Liberal Democrats	Ronan West	519	14.25	17.87
	Labour	Paul Williams	452	12.41	12.41
	Liberal Democrats	Linda McDermott	334
Majority			433	11.89	2.18
Turnout			3,640
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fernhill

Fernhill (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Cleary	1,533	49.45	9.76
	Conservative	John Ward	1,384
	UKIP	Marlene Wilkins	933	30.09	30.09
	Labour	Stephen Short	634	20.45	2.48
Majority			149	4.80	31.59
Turnout			3,100
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fordingbridge

Fordingbridge (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roxanne Bellows	1,997	53.21	11.27
	Conservative	Ann Sevier	1,917
	Labour	David Cakebread	826	22.00	11.00
	Liberal Democrats	Sidney Rasey	636	16.94	16.94
	UKIP	Wendy Rasey	541
	TUSC	Helen Ward	294	7.83	7.83
Majority			1,171	31.20	22.7
Turnout			3,753
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Forest North West

Forest North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Dow	Unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Furzedown & Hardley

Furzedown and Hardley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathleen Crisell	617	37.05	8.67
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Clark	569	34.17	2.35
	UKIP	Paul Thomas	479	28.76	28.76
Majority			48	2.88	11.02
Turnout			1,665
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holbury & North Blackfield

Holbury and North Blackfield (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allan Glass	1,204	37.88	13.41
	Conservative	Alan Alvery	1,152
	UKIP	Philip Pearce-Smith	856	26.93	26.93
	Labour	Tina Williams	577	18.15	7.00
	Liberal Democrats	Sally-Jane Read	541	17.02	6.52
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Smith	315
Majority			348	10.95	6.57
Turnout			3,178
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hordle

Hordle (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penelope Lovelace	1,810	52.43	4.65
	Conservative	Frances Carpenter	1,543
	UKIP	Ian Linney	1,080	31.28	6.14
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Szwaczka	562	16.28	0.63
Majority			587	21.14	1.49
Turnout			3,452
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hythe West and Langdown

Hythe West and Langdown (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beverley Thorne	1,459	44.07	12.77
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Wade	1,348	40.72	15.75
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Clark	1,225
	Conservative	Thomas Webb	1,184
	Labour	Patricia Gillam	503	15.19	12.21
Turnout			3,310
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lymington Town

Lymington Town (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anna Rostand	1,785	49.58	6.89
	Conservative	Alan Penson	1,439
	Independent	Jacqueline England	1,343	37.30	37.30
	Independent	Michael Woodford	934
	Labour	Gary le Port	472	13.11	2.58
Majority			442	12.27	25.83
Turnout			3,600
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Wyeth	1,079	60.68	14.71
	Green	Gerard Burden	373	20.97	20.97
	UKIP	Philip Fawkes	326	18.33	18.33
Majority			706	39.70	22.25
Turnout			1,778
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marchwood

Marchwood (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Hoare	1,488	50.78	0.97
	Conservative	Susan Bennison	1,232
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Bovey	771	26.31	3.23
	UKIP	William Evans	673	22.96	22.96
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Bovey	628
	UKIP	John Swales	491
Majority			717	24.47	4.19
Turnout			2,930
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milford

Milford (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sophie Beton	2,282	79.67	1.12
	Conservative	Melville Kendal	2,232
	Labour	Amy Coakes	582	20.32	1.12
Majority			1,700	59.35	2.25
Turnout			2,864
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milton

Milton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Clarke	1,727	53.76	2.56
	Conservative	Stephen Clarke	1,635
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Baker	770	23.97	8.58
	Labour	Caroline Hexter	715	22.26	8.52
Majority			957	29.79	1.76
Turnout			3,102
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pennington

Pennington (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael White	1,505	52.09	6.51
	Conservative	Penelope Jackman	1,413
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Davies	832	28.79	1.31
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas McGeorge	586
	Labour	Margaret Humphreys	552	19.10	6.93
Majority			673	23.29	7.81
Turnout			2,889
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ringwood East & Sopley

Ringwood East & Sopley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emma Lane	Unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ringwood North

Ringwood North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lorna Ford	1,801	37.25	17.89
	Conservative	Michael Thierry	1,706
	Labour	Peter Kelleher	1,445	29.89	11.22
	UKIP	Rosalind Mills	868	17.95	17.95
	Green	Timothy Rowe	720	14.89	1.37
Majority			356	7.36	29.11
Turnout			4,834
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ringwood South

Ringwood South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Rippon-Swaine	1,680	48.56	1.04
	Conservative	Jeremy Heron	1,639
	Green	Julian Konczak	988	28.56	0.53
	Labour	Desmond Williams	791	22.86	1.57
Majority			692	20.00	0.51
Turnout			3,459
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Totton Central

Totton Central (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louise Cerasoli	1,461	46.46	13.13
	Conservative	Brian Lucas	1,126
	Labour	Alan Goodfellow	621	19.75	19.75
	UKIP	Frances Orchard	598	19.02	19.02
	UKIP	Ronald Scrivens	581
	Green	Callum O'Driscoll	464	14.75	14.75
Majority			840	26.71	7.52
Turnout			3,144
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Totton East

Totton East (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Coombes	1,155	35.88	5.54
	Conservative	Arthur Davis	1,018
	UKIP	William Rogers	720	22.36	7.43
	UKIP	Robert Menhennet	691
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Brunsdon	632	19.63	10.10
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Shaw	533
	Labour	David Moran	399	12.39	1.51
	Green	Helen Field	273	8.48	8.48
	Green	Joanna Tidbury	229
	TUSC	Jean Walker	40	1.24	1.24
Majority			435	13.51	1.83
Turnout			3,219
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Totton North

Totton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dean Britton	1,291	44.65	10.34
	Conservative	Neville Penman	1,099
	UKIP	Ian Molyneux	638	22.06	22.06
	UKIP	Melvyn Molyneux	590
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Martin	492	17.01	27.99
	Labour	Martin Grist	470	16.25	16.25
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Pratt	440
Majority			653	22.58	12.60
Turnout			2,891
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Totton South

Totton South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Harrison	1,348	39.31	5.88
	Conservative	Leonard Harris	979	28.55	9.79
	Conservative	Michael Southgate	829
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Rackham	603
	UKIP	Graham Barrett	536	15.63	15.63
	UKIP	Donna-Marie Legg	485
	Labour	Elizabeth Chell	304	8.86	8.86
	Green	Alan Weeks	262	7.64	8.82
	Green	Lorella Weeks	178
Turnout			3,429
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Totton West

Totton West (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Brooks	1,322	50.78	9.57
	Conservative	David Russell	1,031
	UKIP	Christopher Lagdon	715	27.46	27.46
	Labour	Peter Dance	566	21.74	21.74
Majority			607	23.31	2.60
Turnout			2,603
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^ "Electoral Services". New Forest District Council. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2015 - New Forest". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
^ "2015 Quadrennial District Election Results". New Forest District Council. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

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

[2] "Electoral Services". New Forest District Council. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

[3] "Local Elections Archive Project - 2015 - New Forest". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2020.

[:0-4] "2015 Quadrennial District Election Results". New Forest District Council. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

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