2015 Exeter City Council election
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Map showing the results of the 2015 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows the Conservatives. Wards in grey had no election. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2015 Exeter City Council election took place on 7 May 2015, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Exeter, Devon, England.[3] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Results summary
[edit]2015 Exeter City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 9 | 69.2 | 20 | 29 | 72.5 | 16,671 | 36.4 | -1.4 | ||
Conservative | 4 | 30.8 | 6 | 10 | 25.0 | 15,139 | 33.1 | +7.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 4,941 | 10.8 | +1.0 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4,595 | 10.0 | -4.7 | ||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4,252 | 9.3 | -0.9 | ||
Left Unity | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 76 | 0.2 | +0.1 | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 62 | 0.1 | -0.8 | ||
BNP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 47 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
Results by ward
[edit]Alphington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | John Harvey | 1,645 | 35.2% | |
Labour | Rachel Purtell | 1,509 | 32.3% | |
UKIP | Dutch Dudgeon | 554 | 11.9% | |
Liberal Democrats | Rod Ruffle | 530 | 11.3% | |
Green | Andrew Bell | 435 | 9.3% | |
Majority | 136 | 2.9% | ||
Turnout | 4,700 | 70.79% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Cowick
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Paul Bull | 1,261 | 40.3% | |
Conservative | Louis Ten-Holter | 1,021 | 32.6% | |
UKIP | Peter Boardman | 456 | 14.6% | |
Green | Emily Marsay | 191 | 6.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | Sandy Chenore | 185 | 5.9% | |
TUSC | Lily Cooper | 16 | 0.5% | |
Majority | 240 | 7.7% | ||
Turnout | 3,154 | 71.28% | ||
Labour hold |
Duryard
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Percy Prowse | 1,267 | ||
Labour | John Chilvers | 560 | ||
Green | David Barker-Hahlo | 387 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Aiden Graham | 175 | ||
UKIP | Anne Back | 121 | ||
TUSC | Luke Pilling | 19 | ||
Majority | 707 | 28.0% | ||
Turnout | 2,540 | 77.23 | ||
Conservative hold |
Exwick
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Philip Bialyk | 1,893 | 43.8% | |
Conservative | Alex Gewanter | 1,201 | 27.8% | |
UKIP | Lawrence Harper | 646 | 15.0% | |
Green | Mark Shorto | 339 | 7.9% | |
Liberal Democrats | Aldo Visibelli | 211 | 4.9% | |
TUSC | Andrew Duncan | 27 | 0.6% | |
Majority | 692 | 16.0% | ||
Turnout | 4,348 | 66.44% | ||
Labour hold |
Heavitree
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Greg Sheldon | 1,247 | 37.9% | |
Conservative | Aric Gilinsky | 903 | 27.8% | |
UKIP | Steve Jones | 485 | 14.8% | |
Green | Ditch Townsend | 357 | 10.9% | |
Liberal Democrats | Jackie Holdstock | 295 | 9.0% | |
Majority | 344 | 10.5% | ||
Turnout | 3,305 | 74.88 | ||
Labour hold |
Mincinglake
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Emma Morse | 1,260 | 46.1% | |
Conservative | John Murphy | 776 | 28.4% | |
UKIP | Brian Jeffery | 415 | 15.2% | |
Green | Lizzie Woodman | 162 | 5.9% | |
Liberal Democrats | Nick Sutton | 121 | 4.4% | |
Majority | 484 | 17.7% | ||
Turnout | 2,747 | 66.69% | ||
Labour hold |
Priory
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Kate Hannan | 1,991 | 46.3% | |
Conservative | Paul Kenny | 1,161 | 27.0% | |
UKIP | Peter Cook | 608 | 14.1% | |
Green | Alex Taylor | 319 | 7.4% | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Chun | 200 | 4.6% | |
Left Unity | Matteo Mazzoleni | 24 | 0.6% | |
Majority | 830 | 19.3% | ||
Turnout | 4,345 | 63.41% | ||
Labour hold |
St Davids
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Christine Buswell | 834 | 26.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Mitchell | 799 | 25.4% | |
Conservative | Charles Beaty | 766 | 24.3% | |
Green | Isaac Price-Sosner | 638 | 20.2% | |
UKIP | Graham Stone | 114 | 3.6% | |
Majority | 35 | 1.1% | ||
Turnout | 3,169 | 56.64 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats |
St Leonards
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Natalie Vizard | 1,178 | 37.4% | |
Conservative | Stephanie Warner | 1,156 | 36.7% | |
Green | Alysa Freeman | 219 | 7.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | Morten Buus | 426 | 13.5% | |
UKIP | Adrian Rogers | 168 | 5.3% | |
Majority | 22 | 0.7% | ||
Turnout | 3,161 | 79.08% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative |
St Loyes
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | David Henson | 1,486 | 44.2% | |
Labour | Steve Frank | 911 | 27.1% | |
UKIP | Alison Sheridan | 449 | 13.4% | |
Liberal Democrats | Sally Wilcox | 282 | 8.4% | |
Green | Neil Gratton | 234 | 7.0% | |
Majority | 575 | 17.1% | ||
Turnout | 3,389 | 70.40% | ||
Conservative hold |
St Thomas
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Hannah Packham | 1,253 | 36.9% | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Fullam | 1,106 | 32.5% | |
Conservative | Georgia Drinkwater | 622 | 18.3% | |
Green | Kay Powell | 348 | 10.2% | |
BNP | Chris Stone | 47 | 1.4% | |
Left Unity | David Parks | 24 | 0.7% | |
Majority | 147 | 4.3% | ||
Turnout | 3,463 | 69.12% | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats |
Topsham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Rob Newby | 2,105 | 53.7% | |
Labour | Eliot Wright | 1,023 | 26.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Hobden | 451 | 11.5% | |
Green | John Moreman | 342 | 8.7% | |
Majority | 1,082 | 27.6% | ||
Turnout | 3,961 | 74.82% | ||
Conservative hold |
St Thomas
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Rosie Denham | 1,751 | 45.7% | |
Conservative | Ruth Smith | 1,030 | 26.9% | |
UKIP | Valerie Angus | 579 | 15.1% | |
Green | Mark Cox | 281 | 7.3% | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Matuszczyk | 160 | 4.2% | |
Left Unity | Ed Potts | 28 | 0.7% | |
Majority | 721 | 18.8% | ||
Turnout | 3,865 | 66.75% | ||
Labour hold |
References
[edit]- ^ Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2015". Local Elections Archive Project.
- ^ Exeter City Council [@ExeterCouncil] (8 May 2015). "Exeter City Councils political make up is now 29 Lab, 10 Con and 1 LibDem" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 3 June 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.