2015 Ribble Valley Borough Council election

The 2015 Ribble Valley Borough Council election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Ribble Valley Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Main article: Ribble Valley Borough Council elections
Ribble Valley Borough Council Elections, 2015
7 May 2015
40 OF 40 seats to Ribble Valley Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
LD
LAB
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Seats won 35 4 1
Seat change 2 2 1
Popular vote 27,161 4,507 10,655
Percentage 64.2% 10.6% 25.2%
Swing 5.2% 5.6% 10.9%
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

Summary

The 2015 Ribble Valley Borough elections saw the Labour Party gain its first elected Councillor for 12 years. It also saw the Conservative Party make gains on the Council at the expense of the Liberal Democrats who lost two net Councillors. The Borough elections was first time all wards in the Ribble Valley went up for election since 2011.

 Summary of the 2015 Ribble Valley Borough Election results
Political party Leader Councillors Votes
Candidates Total Gained Lost Net Of total (%) Total Of total (%) Change} (%)
Conservative David Cameron 37 35 3 1 2 87.5 27,161 64.2 5.2
Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg 10 4 1 3 2 10.0 4,507 10.6 5.6
Labour Ed Miliband 31 1 1 0 1 2.5 10,655 25.2 10.9

Ward results

Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley
Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jan Alcock 593 70.6 1.0
Labour Niall MacFarlane 247 29.4 12.3
Majority 347 41.2 13.3
Turnout 840 N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing 6.7

Alston and Hothershall
Alston and Hothershall (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jim Rogerson 806 42.0 0.7
Conservative David Smith 750 39.1 8.9
Labour Nicholas Anthony Madden 364 19.0 N/A
Majority 386 20.1 13.3
Turnout 1,920 N/A N/A
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Billington and Old Langho
Billington and Old Langho (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Alexis Atkinson 1026 45.9 9.7
Conservative Gerald Xavier Mirfin 786 33.2 1.2
Labour Phil Gedling 424 19.0 N/A
Majority 362 14.2 7.3
Turnout 2,236 N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn
Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rosie Elms 708 85.7 1.9
Labour Gill Rose 118 14.3 1.9
Majority 590 71.4 3.8
Turnout 826 N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing 1.9

Chatburn
Chatburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Kenneth Scott 588 76.5 1.0
Labour Michael John Rose 181 23.5 6.4
Majority 407 53.0 5.4
Turnout 769 N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing 2.7

Chipping
Chipping
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Hore 654 79.3 3.4
Labour Alan William Matthews 171 20.7 N/A
Majority 483 58.6 3.8
Turnout 825 N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing 4.4

Clayton-Le-Dale with Ramsgreave
Clayton-Le-Dale With Ramsgreave (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Ainsworth 1047 47.9 0.9
Conservative Doreen Taylor 748 34.2 3.6
Labour Charles Cathcart 392 17.9 4.5
Majority 356 16.3 8.2
Turnout 2,187 N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Derby and Thornley
Derby and Thornley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stuart Walter Carefoot 786 34.7 3.4
Conservative Jim White 687 30.4 2.7
Labour Greg Priest 423 18.7 4.3
Labour Nick Stubbs 366 16.1 N/A
Majority 264 11.7 1.7
Turnout 2,262 N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Dilworth
Dilworth (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Harvard Hinds 823 34.1 3.9
Conservative Rupert Keysell Swarbrick 786 32.5 3.7
Labour Mike Everett 428 17.7 6.6
Labour Kerry Frances Swinburne 380 15.7 7.2
Majority 358 14.8 2.9
Turnout 2,417 N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Edisford and Low Moor
Edisford and Low Moor (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sue Hind 583 27.8 14.9
Labour Maureen Anne Fenton 439 20.9 7.7
Labour Tom Wilkinson 396 18.9 8.5
Liberal Democrats Stewart Fletcher 360 17.2 3.9
Liberal Democrats Lynne Garvey 318 15.2 1.8
Majority 43 2.0 3.8
Turnout 2,096 N/A N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Gisburn and Rimington
Gisburn and Rimington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Sherras 568 70.6 N/A
Labour David Anthony Waters 237 29.4 N/A
Majority 331 41.2 N/A
Turnout 805 N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Langho
Langho (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paula Margaret Dobson 815 35.6 8.3
Conservative Alison Mary Brown 749 32.7 4.2
Labour Frank Joseph Harvard 374 16.3 2.9
Labour Anne Taylor 352 15.4 N/A
Majority 375 16.4 1.3
Turnout 2,290 N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Littlemoor
Littlemoor (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Knox 639 26.5 5.9
Liberal Democrats Mark French 475 19.7 2.3
Conservative Jean Hayes 465 19.3 0.3
Labour Sue Riley 452 18.7 5.8
Labour Elizabeth Walters 381 15.8 4.8
Majority 10 0.4 0.8
Turnout 2,412 N/A N/A
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Mellor
Mellor (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stella Maria Brunskill 1095 42.6 N/A
Conservative Noel Clifford Walsh 1092 42.5 N/A
Labour Elizabeth Webbe 385 15.0 N/A
Majority 707 27.5 N/a
Turnout 2,572 N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Primrose
Primrose (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mary Robinson 654 27.9 5.9
Liberal Democrats Allan Knox 629 26.8 2.3
Conservative Naomi Fern Chapelhow 393 16.8 0.3
Labour Andrew Jonathan Bedford 363 15.5 5.8
Labour Ron Corbin 304 13.0 4.8
Majority 236 10 0.8
Turnout 2,343 N/A N/A
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Read and Simonstone
Read and Simonstone (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Bennett 1099 50.2 8.8
Conservative Lesley Jayne Graves 679 31.0 10.0
Labour David Greenhough 411 18.8 N/A
Majority 268 12.2 17.3
Turnout 2,189 N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Ribchester
Ribchester
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Sayers 677 76.1 N/A
Labour Sarah-Jane Bryant 213 23.9 N/A
Majority 464 52.2 N/A
Turnout 890 N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Sabden
Sabden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ricky Newmark 432 53.1 26.7
Labour Jo Barlow 382 46.9 N/A
Majority 50 6.2 53.4
Turnout 814 N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing 36.8%

Salthilll
Salthill (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Frank Brown 745 30.8 10.2
Conservative Pam Dowson 491 20.3 6.8
Liberal Democrats Simon O'Rourke 400 16.5 0.5
Liberal Democrats Donna O'Rourke 332 13.7 3.7
Labour Michaela Campion 257 10.6 3.6
Labour Freddie Redfern 192 7.9 1.5
Majority 91 3.8 0.6
Turnout 2,417 N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

St Mary's
St Mary's (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Richard Geldard 644 23.8 3.4
Conservative Ruth Hargreaves 642 23.7 0.9
Liberal Democrats Kerry Fletcher 396 14.6 1.0
Labour Jordan Alexander Campion 376 13.9 5.2
Labour Lily Perrin 345 12.7 4.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Robinson 304 11.2 4.2
Majority 246 9.1 0.1
Turnout 2,707 N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Waddington and West Bradford
Waddington and West Bradford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Francis Elms N/A Uncontested N/A
Conservative Bridget Hilton N/A Uncontested N/A
Majority N/A N/A N/A
Turnout N/A N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Whalley
Whalley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joyce Holgate 1396 42.3 1.9
Conservative Terry Hill 1308 39.6 3.8
Labour Nick Furber 600 18.2 5.1
Majority 708 20.4 2.3
Turnout 3,304 N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Wilpshire
Wilpshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stuart Alan Hirst 982 43.8 1.1
Conservative Sue Bibby 859 38.3 3.2
Labour Elizabeth Clare Kellaway 400 17.8 4.1
Majority 459 21.5 6.3
Turnout 2,241 N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Wiswell and Pendleton
Wiswell and Pendleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert James Thompson 659 68.6 16.4
Labour Paul Anthony Atkinson 302 31.4 16.4
Majority 357 37.2 32.8
Turnout 961 N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing 16.4

References
  1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
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