2015 West Somerset District Council election

The 2015 West Somerset District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of West Somerset District Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party remained in overall control of the council.

Election result

West Somerset local election result 2015^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	21	2	0	+2	75.0	52.1	14,378	+4.7%
Independent	3	1	5	-4	10.7	15.2	4,198	-17.2%
UKIP	3	3	0	+3	10.7	5.1	1,420	+5.1%
Labour	1	0	1	-1	3.6	8.1	2,232	+1.1%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	16.5	4,566	+5.4%
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	818	+0.8%

Ward results

Alcombe (2 seats)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Thomas	576
	UKIP	Adrian Behan	487
	Labour	Andy Lewis	422
	Independent	Ian Melhuish	405
	Green	Venetia Moore	306
Turnout			2,196	61.9	+28.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	UKIP gain from Independent		Swing

Brendon Hills^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Turner	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carhampton & Withycombe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Maitland-Walker	472	65.3	−1.0
	Green	Klina Jordan	251	34.7	+34.7
Majority			221	30.6	−2.0
Turnout			723	75.1	+24.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crowcombe & Stogumber^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Trollope-Bellew	581	74.9	+20.1
	Green	Miriam Robertson	195	25.1	+6.0
Majority			386	49.7	+21.1
Turnout			776	77.8	+24.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dulverton and District (2 seats)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce Heywood	1,060
	Conservative	Nicholas Thwaites	976
	Green	Cherry Bird	433
Turnout			2,469	73.0	+21.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Dunster and Timberscombe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Leaker	424	59.6	+1.7
	Green	Dave Gurnett	288	40.4	+13.8
Majority			136	19.1	−10.2
Turnout			712	72.7	+25.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Greater Exmoor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steven Pugsley	670	88.4
	Green	Caitlin Collins	88	11.6
Majority			582	76.8
Turnout			758	74.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Minehead Central (3 seats)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mandy Chilcott	883
	Conservative	Andrew Hadley	848
	UKIP	Ivor Jones	583
	Labour	Lesley Culverhouse	469
	Green	Carol Stone	403
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Dillamore	388
Turnout			3,574	62.3	+29.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	UKIP gain from Independent		Swing

Minehead North (2 seats)^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	David Archer	unopposed
UKIP	Terry Venner	unopposed
Conservative hold		Swing
UKIP gain from Independent		Swing

Minehead South (2 seats)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Parbrook	766
	Independent	Tom Hall	590
	Labour	Maureen Smith	385
	Green	David Taylor	355
Turnout			2,096	68.1	+26.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Old Cleeve (2 seats)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Dewdney	756
	Conservative	Richard Lillis	625
	Green	Mickie Ritchie	524
Turnout			1,905	73.7	+27.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Porlock and District (2 seats)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karen Mills	755
	Conservative	Rollo Clifford	639
	UKIP	Susan Bamford	350
	Green	Mo Dewdney	306
	Green	Jon Freeman	248
Turnout			2,298	72.5	+24.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Quantock Vale (2 seats)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Morgan	665
	Conservative	Susan Goss	570
	Independent	Paul Tipney	478
	Green	Katherine Attwater	299
Turnout			2,012	72.8	+27.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Watchet (3 seats)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Westcott	936
	Conservative	Rosemary Woods	630
	Labour	Peter Murphy	563
	Independent	Loretta Whetlor	550
	Conservative	David Chadwick	506
	Green	Izzy Silvester	462
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Bowden	430
	Independent	Cosmo Johnson	404
	Labour	Robin Nuttall	393
Turnout			4,874	64.8	+26.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

West Quantock^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Dowding	573	75.3	+4.7
	Green	Jamie Robertson	188	24.7	−4.7
Majority			385	50.6	+9.5
Turnout			761	82.1	+27.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Williton (2 seats)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hugh Davies	915
	Independent	Ian Aldridge	546
	Conservative	Robert McDonald	467
	Independent	Guy Denton	310
	Green	Sally Lowndes	220
Turnout			2,458	64.6	+25.1
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

By-elections between 2015 and 2019

A by-election was held in Dunster and Timberscombe ward on 23 March 2017 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Bryan Leaker.^[2] Leaker's vacated seat was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Peter Pilkington, with a 49.7% share of the vote.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "District Election Results 2015 - West Somerset Council". www.westsomersetonline.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
^ "By election called after West Somerset Councillor Bryan Leaker resigns". Somerset County Gazette. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
^ "Dunster and Timberscombe by-election". West Somerset Council. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

[results-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "District Election Results 2015 - West Somerset Council". www.westsomersetonline.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

[resigns-2] "By election called after West Somerset Councillor Bryan Leaker resigns". Somerset County Gazette. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

[by-election-3] "Dunster and Timberscombe by-election". West Somerset Council. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

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