2015 Lewes District Council election

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

2015 Lewes District Council election

7 May 2015 (2015-05-07)
All 41 seats to Lewes District Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Con LD Grn Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Green Last election 22 seats, 37.8% 18 seats, 33.7% 0 seats, 7.6% Seats won 24 11 3 Seat change 2 7 3 Popular vote 35,938 24,817 10,955 Percentage 34.5% 23.8% 10.5% Swing 3.3% 9.9% 2.9%   Fourth party Fifth party   Ind UKIP Party Independent UKIP Last election 1 seat, 4.8% 0 seats, 3.1% Seats won 2 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 6,805 14,137 Percentage 6.5% 13.6% Swing 1.7% 10.5%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Results summary

Lewes District Council election, 2015[2]
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	39	24	3	1	2	58.5%	34.5%	35,938	3.3%
	Liberal Democrats	36	11	1	8	7	26.8%	23.8%	24,817	9.9%
	Green	26	3	3	0	3	7.3%	10.5%	10,955	2.9%
	Independent	9	2	1	0	1	4.9%	6.5%	6,805	1.7%
	UKIP	27	1	1	0	1	2.4%	13.6%	14,137	10.5%
	Labour	21	0	0	0		0%	11.0%	11,479	1.9%

Ward results

Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Barcombe & Hamsey

Barcombe & Hamsey[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Isabelle Linington	511	41.3	–3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Joyce Hughes	492	39.8	+2.6
	Green	Neil del Strother	233	18.9	+0.9
Majority			19	1.5	–6.1
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chailey & Wivelsfield

Chailey & Wivelsfield (2 seats)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sharon Davy *	1,686	48.7	–9.2
	Conservative	Cyril Sugarman *	1,169	–
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Alison Dunford	893	25.8	+6.3
	UKIP	Pascal Atkins	463	13.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Iantha Kirkup	444	–
	Green	Holly Atkins	417	12.1	–0.8
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ditchling & Westmeston

Ditchling & Westmeston[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tom Jones *	1,032	67.0	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Don McBeth	259	16.8	+0.8
	Green	Tom Beament	162	10.5	–14.1
	Labour	Vincent Tickner	88	5.7	N/A
Majority			773	50.2	+15.5
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Saltdean & Telscome Cliffs

East Saltdean & Telscome Cliffs (3 seats)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Wayne Botting	1,875	43.7	–6.2
	Conservative	Ron Maskell *	1,825	–
	Conservative	Andy Smith *	1,654	–
	Labour	Alan Ford	923	21.5	–2.1
	Labour	Christine Robinson	875	–
	Labour	Laurence O'Connor	864	–
	UKIP	David Michael Burgess	685	16.0	N/A
	UKIP	Lyn Mills	613	–
	UKIP	Josh Palmer	520	–
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Marriott Ackroyd	432	10.1	–16.5
	Green	Sarah Rosalind Hitchings	378	8.8	N/A
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingston

Kingston[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Vic Ient	576	44.4	+3.0
	Conservative	Nick Robinson	423	32.6	–1.7
	Green	Luci McGovern	297	22.9	+11.0
Majority			153	11.8	+4.7
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lewes Bridge

Lewes Bridge (2 seats)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Daisy Cooper	905	27.5	–10.9
	Green	Joanna Katherine Emma Carter	677	20.6	–9.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Tregea Lamb	641	–
	Independent	Matt Kent	540	16.4	N/A
	Labour	Denzil Jones	529	16.1	–0.8
	Labour	Gill Short	447	–
	Green	Robert Lewis Heath	410	–
	Conservative	Brenda Gough	395	12.0	–2.6
	Conservative	Frances Tufnell	359	–
	UKIP	Deborah Anna Cooke	240	7.3	N/A
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Lewes Castle

Lewes Castle (2 seats)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Green	Susan Jean Murray	767	28.4	–1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Chartier *	764	28.3	–11.8
	Green	Annabella Sarah Ashby	703	–
	Liberal Democrats	David Michael Gray *	612	–
	Labour	Linda Drabble	448	16.6	–1.1
	Labour	Philippa Thompson	439	–
	Independent	Jacqueline Bishop	384	14.2	N/A
	Conservative	Marion Fuller	336	12.4	–
	Conservative	Jane Slater	273	–
	Independent	Rod Crocker	207	–
Turnout
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lewes Priory

Lewes Priory (3 seats)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Ruth O'Keeffe *	2,702	49.5	+3.0
	Green	Tony Rowell	1,141	20.9	+7.0
	Independent	Stephen Alfred Catlin	1,111	–
	Green	Imogen Makepeace	1,001	–
	Independent	Graham John Mayhew	999	–
	Green	Adam Kenneth Barker	909	–
	Labour	Louis Blair	647	11.8	+1.4
	Labour	Pam Lewis	564	–
	Liberal Democrats	John Stockdale	521	9.5	–7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Richard Burgess	518	–
	Labour	Gaby Weiner	491	–
	Conservative	Cynthia Orwell	453	8.3	–0.8
	Conservative	Roy Burman	406	–
	Liberal Democrats	Will Elliott	401	–
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Newhaven Denton & Meeching

Newhaven Denton & Meeching (3 seats)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Roger Amy *	1,327	28.1	–17.4
	Conservative	Bill Giles	1,040	22.0	–3.4
	UKIP	Simon Barnes	997	21.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Paul Grover	919	–
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Frederick Corbett	877	–
	Conservative	Amber Robertson	849	–
	UKIP	Laurence Alexander Pulling	816	–
	UKIP	Lawrence Shaun Steer	690	–
	Labour	Doug Johnson	607	12.9	–2.3
	Labour	Jan Woodling	576	–
	Green	John Roderick McGarrie	413	8.8	–5.1
	Independent	Rod Main *	336	7.1	N/A
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Newhaven Valley

Newhaven Valley (2 seats)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Lynn Carr *	616	36.1	–15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Saunders *	604	–
	Conservative	Tony Bradbury	468	27.4	+0.2
	UKIP	Terence John Kelly	437	25.6	+4.8
	UKIP	George Robert Cork	397	–
	Conservative	Melvyn Simmons	322	–
	Green	Amy Macconnachie	184	10.8	N/A
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Newick

Newick[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jim Sheppard *	1,019	65.2	–
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Edward Spain	419	26.8	+14.1
	Green	Anthony Shuster	125	8.0	+1.6
Majority			600	38.4	–11.1
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ouse Valley & Ringmer

Ouse Valley & Ringmer (3 seats)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Frederick Gardiner *	1,535	29.2	–4.1
	Conservative	Paul Gander *	1,526	29.0	–1.6
	Conservative	Richard John Turner	1,230	–
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Carr	1,186	–
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Ost	1,048	–
	Conservative	Alan Lawson Scott	965	–
	Green	Johnny Denis	864	16.4	+0.4
	UKIP	Ian Wilson	696	13.2	+4.9
	Labour	Peter Stephen Hambly	641	12.2	+0.4
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Peacehaven East

Peacehaven East (2 seats)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Nigel Enever	1,116	41.5	–16.1
	Conservative	Jackie Harrison-Hicks *	1,082	–
	Labour	Nicky Easton	628	23.4	–8.5
	UKIP	Phil Howson *	621	23.1	N/A
	UKIP	Su Bratchie	590	–
	Labour	Rotney O'Shea	479	–
	Green	Fraser Colin Addecott	176	6.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Wilma Joyce Shaw	146	5.4	–5.2
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Peacehaven North

Peacehaven North (2 seats)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Andy Loraine	1,024	40.1	–0.9
	Conservative	Elayne Merry *	845	–
	Labour	Ann Harrison	516	20.2	–0.5
	UKIP	Brian William Griffiths	466	18.2	N/A
	UKIP	Clive Rowland Hickman	394	–
	Independent	Sue Griffiths	196	7.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Roger John Leach	178	7.0	–13.1
	Green	Tobias Benedict Eoghan Madden	175	6.8	N/A
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Peacehaven West

Peacehaven West (2 seats)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Dave Neave	1,030	39.5	–18.1
	Conservative	Robbie Robertson *	845	–
	UKIP	Ian Verdun Buchanan	590	22.6	N/A
	Labour	Richard Collings	567	21.8	–7.4
	UKIP	Kit Griffiths	448	–
	Green	Antonia Thornhill Madden	215	8.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Scott	203	7.8	–5.4
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Plumpton, Streat, East Chiltington & St John (Without)

Plumpton, Streat, East Chiltington & St John (Without)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Jane Osborne *	607	44.2	–7.2
	Conservative	Nancy Bikson	565	41.1	–0.2
	Green	Daniel Charles Antony Renton	202	14.7	N/A
Majority			42	3.1	–7.1
Turnout			949
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Seaford Central

Seaford Central (2 seats)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Bill Bovington	936	30.7	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen John Gauntlett *	821	26.9	–2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rahnuma Hayder	632	–
	Conservative	Bill Webb	605	–
	UKIP	Terry Goodman	504	16.5	+7.2
	Labour	Penny Lower	458	15.0	+5.1
	UKIP	Eric Charles Woodward	350	–
	Green	Lesley Barnes Orr	334	10.9	+2.2
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Seaford East

Seaford East (2 seats)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tony Nicholson *	1,018	30.9	–12.3
	Conservative	Julian Peterson	838	–
	Liberal Democrats	Stefano Diella	789	24.0	–6.0
	UKIP	Alan Norman Latham	667	20.3	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Milton Gaze	619	–
	UKIP	Peter Michael Leeming	571	–
	Independent	Phil Boorman	330	10.0	N/A
	Labour	Mathew Paul Basford	301	9.1	–2.0
	Green	Nicola McGilligan	186	5.7	N/A
	Green	Roger Murray	116	–
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Seaford North

Seaford North (2 seats)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paul Franklin *	1,012	32.4	–2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Lambert	941	30.2	+2.5
	Conservative	David Neech	833	–
	Liberal Democrats	Adam McLean	809	–
	UKIP	Gill Hart	505	16.2	+5.3
	UKIP	Deborah Anne Holt	401	–
	Labour	Elaine Sammarco	391	12.5	–1.5
	Green	George Stephen Briley	272	8.7	N/A
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Seaford South

Seaford South (2 seats)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sam Adeniji *	1,148	41.0	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Olivia Honeyman	856	30.6	–8.2
	Conservative	Rob Chambers	853	–
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Martin Cairns	789	–
	UKIP	Rita Mary Boswell	434	15.5	+4.3
	Green	Guy McQueen	362	12.9	N/A
	UKIP	Alyssa Roberts	74	–
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Seaford West

Seaford West (2 seats)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Rob Blackman	1,252	45.2	+5.2
	Conservative	Linda Wallraven	1,122	–
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Neil Honeyman	752	27.1	–7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Cheryl Lesley White	686	–
	UKIP	Linda Christine Lord	531	19.2	+2.9
	UKIP	Peter Albert Charlton	437	–
	Green	Michael McCoy	236	8.5	N/A
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
2. "District Council Elections – 7 May 2015". lewes.gov.uk. Lewes District Council. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2020.