2015 Tendring District Council election

The 2015 Tendring District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Tendring District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

2015 Tendring District Council election

7 May 2015 (2015-05-07)
60 seats 31 seats seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative UKIP Independent Last election 33 0 5 Seats before 33 0 5 Seats won 23 22 6 Seat change 10 22 1 Popular vote 43,039 26,832 9,023 Percentage 37.4 23.3 7.8 Swing 2.3 21.4 0.8   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Labour Holland Residents Tendring First Last election 8 3 8 Seats before 8 3 8 Seats won 4 3 1 Seat change 4 7 Popular vote 19,366 4,812 8,198 Percentage 16.8 4.2 7.1 Swing 1.8 0.1 5.2   Seventh party Eighth party   Party Liberal Democrats Green Last election 2 0 Seats before 2 0 Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 1,995 1,894 Percentage 1.7 1.6 Swing 8.3 1.1
Tendring UK 2015 Council Election
Majority party before election Conservative Majority party after election No overall control

Results summary

2015 Tendring District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	60	23	2	12	10	38.3	37.4	43,039	-2.3
	UKIP	37	22	22	0	22	36.7	23.3	26,832	+21.4
	Independent	7	6	2	1	1	10.0	7.8	9,023	-0.8
	Labour	46	4	1	5	4	6.7	16.8	19,366	-1.8
	Holland Residents	3	3	0	0		5.0	4.2	4,812	+0.1
	Tendring First	11	1	0	7	7	1.7	7.1	8,198	-5.2
	Liberal Democrats	4	1	0	1	1	1.7	1.7	1,995	-8.3
	Green	5	0	0	0		0.0	1.6	1,894	-1.1

Ward results

Alresford

Alresford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Scott	828	68.8	−6.1
	Conservative	Angela Rothwell	265	22.0	+5.9
	Labour	Terry Ripo	110	9.1	+0.2
Majority			563	46.8
Turnout			1,203	72.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	6.0

Alton Park

Alton Park (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Peter Cawthorn	794	51.3	N/A
	UKIP	Alex Porter	641	41.4	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Graham Caines	465	30.0	−29.6
	Labour Co-op	Delia Aldis	455	29.5	−27.3
	Conservative	Mary Mersh	400	25.8	−19.5
	Conservative	Brian Mersh	340	22.0	−16.3
Turnout				50.3
	UKIP gain from Labour Co-op
	UKIP gain from Labour Co-op

Ardleigh and Little Bromley

Ardleigh and Little Bromley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Stock	985	77.4	+23.3
	Labour	Pamela Watson	288	22.6	N/A
Majority			699	54.8
Turnout			1,273
	Conservative hold

Beaumont and Thorpe

Beaumont and Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Land	902	67.2	+24.1
	UKIP	Chris Cotter	272	20.3	N/A
	Labour	Alan Roebuck	169	12.6	N/A
Majority			630	46.9
Turnout			1,343
	Conservative gain from Independent

Bockings Elm

Bockings Elm (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	John Chittock	1,180	54.9	N/A
	UKIP	Ted Whitmore	869	40.4	N/A
	Conservative	Siggy Challinor	815	37.9	−0.9
	Conservative	Stuart Morgan	724	33.7	−1.4
	Labour	Colin Watson	362	16.8	−6.6
	Labour	Fiona Hayes	349	16.2	−6.6
Turnout
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats
	UKIP gain from Conservative

Bradfield, Wrabness and Wix

Bradfield, Wrabness and Wix

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Zoe Fairley	723	51.8	−6.6
	UKIP	Mark Morsley	399	28.6	N/A
	Labour	Graham Ford	273	19.6	N/A
Majority			324	23.3
Turnout
	Conservative hold

Brightlingsea

Brightlingsea (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jayne Chapman	2,451	64.8	+0.4
	Independent	Graham Steady	2,185	57.8	−5.4
	Independent	Karen Yallop	1,520	40.2	+3.3
	Conservative	Alan Goggin	1,473	39.0	−2.8
	Conservative	Vivien Chapman	1,197	31.7	+1.4
	Conservative	Elizabeth Edey	786	20.8	+1.3
	Green	Bev Maltby	633	16.7	N/A
	Labour	Carol Carlsson Browne	633	16.7	−7.1
	Labour	Rebecca Collins	464	12.3	N/A
Turnout
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Conservative

Bursville

Burrsville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Mick Skeels	531	41.6	N/A
	Conservative	Pam Sambridge	520	40.7	−15.3
	Labour	Wayne Tearle	146	11.4	−8.6
	Green	Chris Southall	80	6.3	−1.9
Majority			11	0.9
Turnout			1,277
	UKIP gain from Conservative

Frinton

Frinton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Giles Watling	1,269	59.5	−1.2
	Conservative	Nick Turner	1,137	53.3	−3.0
	Tendring First	Terry Allen	701	32.9	−6.9
	UKIP	Jack Parsons	681	31.9	N/A
	Labour	Susan Morley-Souter	246	11.5	+3.4
	Labour	Mark Morley-Souter	230	10.8	+3.5
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Golf Green

Golf Green (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Kevin Watson	1,185	55.3	N/A
	UKIP	Roy Raby	1,135	53.0	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Dan Casey	618	28.9	−18.2
	Labour Co-op	Nick Brown	508	23.7	−15.2
	Conservative	Beverly Moule	425	19.8	−19.0
	Conservative	Anne Alexander	412	19.2	−13.1
Turnout
	UKIP gain from Labour Co-op
	UKIP gain from Labour Co-op

Great and Little Oakley

Great and Little Oakley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Howard	405	35.2	N/A
	Conservative	Steve Harris	319	27.7	−11.6
	UKIP	Andy Erskine	261	23.7	+5.0
	Labour	John McAllister	166	14.4	N/A
Majority			86	7.5	N/A
Turnout			1,151
	Independent gain from Tendring First

Great Bentley

Great Bentley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynda McWilliams	785	64.4	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Taylor	304	24.9	−7.2
	Labour	Louise Armstrong	130	10.6	N/A
Majority			481	39.5
Turnout			1,219
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.9

Hamford

Hamford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Anne Davis	917	43.3	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Platt	829	38.2	−8.9
	Conservative	Vanda Watling	761	36.0	−5.6
	UKIP	Christopher Shepherd	652	30.8	N/A
	Tendring First	Iris Johnson	504	23.8	−18.8
	Tendring First	Paul Clifton	341	16.1	−18.8
	Labour	Bryan Whitcomb	229	10.8	−5.8
Turnout
	UKIP gain from Tendring First
	Conservative hold

Harwich East

Harwich East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivan Henderson	686	65.0	+5.9
	Conservative	Angela Purbrick	370	35.0	+9.7
Majority			316	30.0
Turnout			1,056
	Labour hold		Swing	1.9

Harwich East Central

Harwich East Central (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Garry Calver	946	49.3	−1.6
	Conservative	Barry Brown	758	39.5	−2.9
	Labour	Dave McLeod	757	39.5	−4.4
	Conservative	Robert Day	698	36.4	−3.0
	UKIP	Simon Ashley	678	35.3	+11.8
Turnout
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Harwich West

Harwich West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ricky Callender	865	38.8	−6.6
	UKIP	John Brown	779	35.0	N/A
	Labour	Pamela Morrison	761	34.2	−12.1
	Conservative	Sean Fay	710	31.9	−5.1
	Labour	John Hawkins	673	30.2	−7.5
	UKIP	John Thurlow	668	30.0	N/A
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	UKIP gain from Labour

Harwich West Central

Harwich West Central (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jo Henderson	1,206	60.4	+13.5
	Labour	Maria Fowler	988	49.5	N/A
	Conservative	Darrell Howard	921	46.1	+6.4
	Conservative	Susannah Marie	880	44.1	+11.1
Turnout
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Haven

Haven

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Holland Residents	Joy Broderick	1,041	80.2	+9.5
	Conservative	Andrea Cossens	257	19.8	−9.5
Majority			784	60.4
Turnout			1,298
	Holland Residents hold		Swing	9.5

Holland and Kirby

Holland and Kirby (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Cossens	956	40.2	+3.2
	Tendring First	Robert Bucke	850	35.7	−21.3
	UKIP	Richard Everett	820	34.5	N/A
	Conservative	Pamela Walford	766	32.2	+4.6
	UKIP	Karl Whillier	617	25.9	N/A
	Tendring First	Chris Keston	476	20.0	−34.5
	Labour	Dave Bolton	274	11.5	−3.3
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Tendring First
	Tendring First hold

Homelands

Homelands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Laurie Gray	583	52.1	N/A
	Conservative	Mick Page	535	47.9	+1.3
Majority			48	4.4
Turnout			1,118
	UKIP gain from Conservative

Lawford

Lawford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Val Guglielmi	1,190	62.8	+11.3
	Conservative	Andy Baker	1,143	60.3	+16.6
	Labour	Richard Kenny	580	30.6	+1.6
	Labour	Jo Richardson	476	25.1	N/A
	Green	Eleanor Gordon	399	21.1	−0.9
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Little Clacton and Weeley

Little Clacton and Weeley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Jeffrey Bray	984	45.2	N/A
	Conservative	Mike Brown	897	41.2	+1.9
	Conservative	Anita Bailey	836	38.4	±0.0
	UKIP	Sandy White	710	32.6	N/A
	Tendring First	Pete De-Vaux Balbirnie	494	22.7	−17.8
	Tendring First	Mavis De-Vaux Balbirnie	430	19.8	−15.9
Turnout
	UKIP gain from Tendring First
	Conservative hold

On 10 May 2015, UKIP's Jeff Bray resigned from the party and sat as an Independent for the remainder of his term.

Manningtree, Mistley, Little Bentley and Tendring

Manningtree, Mistley, Little Bentley and Tendring (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Coley	1,299	64.9	+12.8
	Conservative	Carlo Guglielmi	1,245	62.2	+12.5
	Green	Duncan Gordon	782	39.1	+11.2
	Labour	Cameron Scott	675	33.7	N/A
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Peter Bruff

Peter Bruff (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Lis Bennison	836	50.4	N/A
	UKIP	Andrew Pemberton	679	40.9	N/A
	Conservative	Gwen Mitchell	652	39.3	−3.9
	Conservative	Sara Richardson	538	32.4	−8.9
	Labour	Joseph Freebody	360	21.7	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Harper	252	15.2	−21.5
Turnout
	UKIP gain from Conservative
	UKIP gain from Conservative

Pier

Pier (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Honeywood	618	37.1	−10.2
	UKIP	Mohammad Khan	609	36.6	N/A
	UKIP	Graham Townley	607	36.5	N/A
	Conservative	Sue Honeywood	591	35.5	−11.1
	Labour	Wendy Davidson	473	28.4	+1.8
	Labour	Gary McNamara	432	25.9	+3.7
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	UKIP gain from Conservative

Ramsey and Parkeston

Ramsey and Parkeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tanya Ferguson	390	36.9	−4.0
	UKIP	Anthony Colbourne	388	36.7	+12.2
	Labour	Charlie Powell	278	26.3	−8.4
Majority			2	0.2
Turnout			1,056
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.1

Rush Green

Rush Green (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Mary Newton	870	52.1	N/A
	UKIP	Leonard Sibbald	751	44.9	N/A
	Conservative	Danny Mayzes	540	32.3	−16.6
	Conservative	Andy Wood	439	26.3	−20.2
	Labour	Pia Smith	385	23.0	−14.2
	Labour	Steve Smith	357	21.4	−12.8
Turnout
	UKIP gain from Conservative
	UKIP gain from Conservative

St. Bartholomews

St. Bartholomews (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Holland Residents	Colin Winfield	1,903	80.5	+5.5
	Holland Residents	K.T. King	1,868	79.0	+7.5
	Conservative	Alan Bailey	553	23.4	−6.1
	Conservative	Lizi Ninnim	403	17.1	−6.9
Turnout
	Holland Residents hold
	Holland Residents hold

St. James

St. James (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Martin Hughes	933	47.6	N/A
	Conservative	Chris Griffiths	848	43.3	−15.1
	Conservative	Maurice Alexander	770	39.3	−15.4
	UKIP	Teresa O'Hara	741	40.3	N/A
	Labour	Denis Barry-Smith	385	19.6	+0.1
	Independent	Tony Fawcett	244	12.4	N/A
Turnout
	UKIP gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

St. John's

St. John's (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Mick Skeels	1,234	64.5	N/A
	Conservative	Chris Amos	818	42.8	−4.0
	Conservative	Bernard Leatherdale	680	35.6	−6.9
	Labour	Samantha Atkinson	503	26.3	−8.7
	Labour	Eve Casey	348	18.2	−11.1
	Green	Rosie Dodds	241	12.6	+4.0
Turnout
	UKIP gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

St. Marys

St. Marys (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	John Hones	1,081	52.4	N/A
	UKIP	Mark Stephenson	973	47.2	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Bleach	593	28.7	−9.1
	Conservative	Eileen Sills	580	28.1	−2.6
	Labour	Clive Baker	465	22.5	−5.6
	Labour	Norman Jacobs	435	21.1	−4.3
Turnout
	UKIP gain from Conservative
	UKIP gain from Tendring First

St. Osyth and Point Clear

St. Osyth and Point Clear (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Talbot	1,159	57.0	+11.1
	Independent	John White	1,059	52.1	+6.5
	Conservative	Rita Bailey	635	31.2	−3.7
	Conservative	Kristian Brown	579	28.5	+0.1
	Labour	Tracey Osben	362	17.8	−8.2
	Labour	Jon Salisbury	273	13.4	−5.7
Turnout
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

St. Pauls

St. Pauls (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	John Mooney	944	40.4	N/A
	Conservative	Andy Massey	838	35.9	−7.0
	Tendring First	Pierre Oxley	766	32.8	−26.8
	UKIP	Mike Vaughan-Chatfield	760	32.5	N/A
	Tendring First	Ann Oxley	754	32.3	−26.2
	Conservative	Jonathan Norman	611	26.2	−12.8
Turnout
	UKIP gain from Tendring First
	Conservative gain from Tendring First

Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead and Great Bromley

Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead and Great Bromley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosemary Heaney	1,613	75.9	+10.8
	Conservative	Fred Nicholls	1,502	70.7	+14.7
	Labour	Janet Smith	625	29.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Smith	611	24.0	−16.8
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Walton

Walton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Bridget Poonian	759	40.9	N/A
	Conservative	Margaret Miles	618	33.3	−12.9
	UKIP	Ben Smith	544	29.3	N/A
	Conservative	Antony Pugh	459	24.8	−15.3
	Labour	Gary Henderson	338	18.2	−6.8
	Tendring First	David Oxley	337	18.2	−16.7
	Tendring First	Jack Robertson	327	17.6	−6.0
	Labour	Keith Henderson	325	17.5	−6.0
Turnout
	UKIP gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold