2015 South Somerset District Council election

The 2015 South Somerset District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of South Somerset District Council in Somerset, England.[1] This is on the same day as the general election, and other local elections.

Map of the results of the 2015 South Somerset District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in grey.

The Liberal Democrats have had control of the council since 1987 and won the previous election in 2011 with a 2-seat majority.[2]

Candidates by Ward

South Somerset District Council continued to be made up of 60 councillors elected across 39 wards. The Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats both fielded 58 candidates, Labour fielded 31 candidates, the Green Party 11, the UK Independence Party 8 and there were 5 independents.[3]

Incumbent candidates are denoted *.

Blackdown Ward

Seats contested: 1

Blackdown Ward[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Martin John Wale	923	59%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel John Petrie Mermagen	388	25%
	UKIP	Neil Arnold	246	16%
Turnout			1557
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackmoor Vale Ward

Seats contested: 2

Blackmoor Vale Ward[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Wallace*	1738	32%
	Conservative	Tim Inglefield*	1477	27%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Place	1245	23%
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Dyke-Bracher	756	14%
	Labour	Joanna Susan Penberthy	275	5%
Turnout			5491
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bruton Ward

Seats contested: 1

Bruton Ward[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Anna Mary Groskop*	843	56%
	Liberal Democrats	Abi Baker	310	20%
	Green	Ewan Jones	246	16%
	Labour	Matthew Hooberman	114	8%
Turnout			1513
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brympton Ward

Seats contested: 2

Brympton Ward[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sarah Helena Lindsay	1426	25%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Jeremy Seib*	1421	25%
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Louise Dunn	1257	22%
	Conservative	Josh Williams	1202	21%
	Labour	Glen James Graham	459	8%
Turnout			5765
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Burrow Hill Ward

Seats contested: 1

Burrow Hill Ward[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Derek Yeomans*	878	62%
	Liberal Democrats	Pippa Mestraud	399	28%
	Labour	Sam Foulder-Hughes	148	10%
Turnout			1425
	Conservative hold		Swing

Camelot Ward

Seats contested: 1

Camelot Ward[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mike Lewis*	1121	68%
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Ashton	251	15%
	UKIP	Christopher Hill	181	11%
	Labour	Ann Margaret Reeder	106	6%
Turnout			1121
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cary Ward

Seats contested: 2

Cary Ward[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Nick Weeks*	1627	27%
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Hobhouse*	1432	24%
	Conservative	Barry Moorhouse	1298	22%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Arnold	971	16%
	Green	Richard Tabor	482	8%
	Labour	Megan Sarah Rose Summerville	207	3%
Turnout			6017
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chard Avishayes Ward

Seats contested: 1

Chard Avishayes Ward[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Garry Frederick Shortland	440	36%
	Conservative	Peter Amey	402	33%
	Independent	Cath Morrison	223	18%
	Labour	Graham Forsyth	148	12%
Turnout			1213
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chard Combe Ward

Seats contested: 1

Chard Combe Ward[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Amanda Jane Broom	514	46%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Warwick	450	40%
	Green	Jon Lewes	148	13%
Turnout			1112
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chard Crimchard Ward

Seats contested: 1

Chard Crimchard Ward[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Kenton*	863	66%
	Conservative	Paul Bradly	445	34%
Turnout			1308
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chard Holyrood Ward

Seats contested: 1

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Chard Holyrood Ward[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Paul Baker	699
	Conservative	Brennie Halse*	670
Turnout			1369
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Chard Jocelyn Ward

Seats contested: 1

Chard Jocelyn Ward[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Dave Bulmer*	596	50%
	Conservative	Irene Glynn	360	30%
	Liberal Democrats	Melanie Ann Cherry Hudson	237	20%
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Coker Ward

Seats contested: 1

Coker Ward[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gina Seaton*	1755	29%
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy Bakewell*	1529	26%
	Conservative	Rod Jones	1464	25%
	Liberal Democrats	Mick Clark	1216	20%
Turnout			5964
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Crewkerne Ward

Seats contested: 3

Crewkerne Ward[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Best*	2050	17%
	Conservative	Marcus Morton Barrett	1827	15%
	Liberal Democrats	Angie Singleton*	1555	13%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Christopher Pailthorpe	1498	12%
	Conservative	Adam Keen	1369	11%
	Conservative	Andrew John Newman Simkins	1286	10%
	Labour	Martin John Bailey	797	6%
	Green	Katy Limmer	696	6%
	Green	Ben Keiron Hartshorn	672	5%
	Green	Nathan Harmer-Taylor	626	5%
Turnout			12376
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Curry Rivel Ward

Seats contested: 1

Curry Rivel Ward[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tiffany Ann Martha Osborne	826	52%
	Independent	Terry Mounter*	601	38%
	Labour	Alan John Martin	148	9%
Turnout			1575
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Eggwood Ward

Seats contested: 1

Eggwood Ward[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Michael Maxwell*	787	53%
	Conservative	Jonathan Edward Edgington	687	47%
Turnout			1474
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hamdon Ward

Seats contested: 1

Hamdon Ward[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Seal*	905	57%
	Conservative	Christopher Edward Price	681	43%
Turnout			1586
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ilminster Ward

Seats contested: 2

Ilminster Ward[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Ann Goodall*	1253	21%
	Liberal Democrats	Val Keitch	1108	19%
	Conservative	Stuart Richard Shepherd	1011	17%
	Conservative	Sean Clarke	1037	18%
	UKIP	Don Kinder	689	12%
	Green	Henry Peter Lansdown	460	8%
	Labour	Paul John Sellers	306	5%
Turnout			5864
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Islemoor Ward

Seats contested: 1

Islemoor Ward[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sue Steele*	1129	66%
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Pearce	417	25%
	Labour	Geoff Mchugh	155	9%
Turnout			1701
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ivelchester Ward

Seats contested: 1

Ivelchester Ward[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Tony Capozzoli*	922	53%
	Conservative	Richard Foley Dale	600	35%
	Liberal Democrats	Theo Whitaker	206	12%
Turnout			1728
	Independent hold		Swing

Langport and Huish Ward

Seats contested: 1

Langport and Huish Ward[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Clare Aparicio Paul	1652	41%
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Mary Frances Gadd	473	29%
	Green	Cara Ann Naden	295	18%
	Labour	Sean Adam Dromgoole	199	12%
Turnout			1652
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Martock Ward

Seats contested: 2

Martock Ward[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Neil Brian Bloomfield	1610	29%
	Conservative	Graham Harold Middleton*	1513	27%
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick John Palmer*	1126	20%
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Ingram	809	15%
	Labour	Chris Bragg	469	8%
Turnout			5527
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Milborne Port Ward

Seats contested: 1

Milborne Port Ward[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Joanne Dyke-Bracher	766	45%
	Conservative	Lucy Wallace*	765	45%
	Labour	David Harry Lowe	184	11%
Turnout			1715
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Neroche Ward

Seats contested: 1

Neroche Ward[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Linda Patricia Vijeh*	893	57%
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Dawson	371	24%
	UKIP	Clive Mark Rust	313	20%
Turnout			1577
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northstone Ward

Seats contested: 1

Northstone Ward[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David John Norris	1200	62%
	Liberal Democrats	Grahame Sydney Baker	527	27%
	Labour	Keith Laurence O'Boyle	200	10%
Turnout			1927
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parrett Ward

Seats contested: 1

Parrett Ward[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Ric Pallister*	785	52%
	Conservative	Mark Alexander Keating	728	48%
Turnout			1513
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

South Petherton Ward

Seats contested: 2

South Petherton Ward[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Adam James Dance	1688	37%
	Liberal Democrats	Crispin Kenneth Raikes	1564	34%
	Conservative	Barry Walker*	1347	29%
Turnout			4599
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Michael's Ward

Seats contested: 1

St. Michael's Ward[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Roundell-Greene*	699	52%
	Conservative	Alexander Priest	653	48%
Turnout			1352
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tatworth and Forton Ward

Seats contested: 1

Tatworth and Forton Ward[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Andrew Turpin*	608	38%
	Conservative	Russ Wardell	552	35%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Munday	435	27%
Turnout			1595
	Independent hold		Swing

Tower Ward

Seats contested: 1

Tower Ward[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mike Beech*	947	62%
	Green	Oliver Hugh Arnold Dowding	274	18%
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Nye	241	16%
	Labour	Adrian Carter	73	5%
Turnout			1535
	Conservative hold		Swing

Turn Hill Ward

Seats contested: 1

Turn Hill Ward[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Shane Pledger*	1071	58%
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Diane Jukes	635	34%
	Labour	Alan Peter Rose	142	8%
Turnout			1848
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wessex Ward

Seats contested: 2

Wessex Ward[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Dean Ruddle	2114	52%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Richard John Page	1326	33%
	Labour	Frankie Ashton	589	15%
Turnout			4029
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wincanton Ward

Seats contested: 2

Wincanton Ward[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Colin Winder*	1235	25%
	Conservative	Nick Colbert*	1231	17%
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Carroll	821	17%
	UKIP	Mark Anthony Vallance	531	11%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Elizabeth Denton	512	11%
	Green	John Frederick Holman	307	6%
	Labour	Tim Daniel	223	5%
Turnout			4860
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Windwhistle Ward

Seats contested: 1

Windwhistle Ward[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sue Osborne*	818	55%
	Liberal Democrats	John Dyke	469	32%
	UKIP	George Bernard Munro Elliott	196	13%
Turnout			1483
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yeovil Central Ward

Seats contested: 3

Yeovil Central Ward[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Arnold Gubbins*	1329	17%
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Kendall*	1308	17%
	Liberal Democrats	Kaysar Mahmud Hussain	1132	15%
	Conservative	David John Byrne	1013	13%
	Conservative	Linda Jane Gage	872	11%
	Conservative	Bridget Mary Philomena Spender	777	10%
	Labour	Mark Gordon Lambden	626	8%
	Labour	Terry Lavin	581	8%
Turnout			7638
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Yeovil East Ward

Seats contested: 3

Yeovil East Ward[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Lock*	1349	19%
	Liberal Democrats	David Charles Recardo*	1097	16%
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Stickland	981	14%
	UKIP	Godfrey Davey	706	10%
	Conservative	Nick Rousell	571	8%
	Conservative	Ann Needle	538	8%
	Labour	Bill Byrd	534	8%
	Conservative	Morley Keith Waddleton	528	7%
	Labour	Sharon Anne Stafford	442	6%
	Labour	Murray William Shepstone	330	5%
Turnout			7076
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Yeovil South Ward

Seats contested: 3

Yeovil South Ward[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Charles Marshall Field	2036	17%
	Conservative	Nigel James Gage*	2008	16%
	Conservative	Sam McAllister	1776	15%
	Liberal Democrats	Kris Castle	1691	14%
	Liberal Democrats	Nagaraja Akkisetty	1376	11%
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Dugald Thomson Czapiewski	1227	10%
	Labour	Joe Conway	866	7%
	Labour	Terry Ledlie	622	5%
	Labour	Martin Ronald Bailey	615	5%
Turnout			12217
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Yeovil West Ward

Seats contested: 3

Yeovil West Ward[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	John Ernle Clark	1364	16%
	Liberal Democrats	Wes Read*	1347	16%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Barry Smith	1072	13%
	Conservative	Mick Beales	1049	13%
	Conservative	Ash Strelling	954	11%
	Conservative	David Keith Tolley	851	10%
	UKIP	Tony Turner	844	10%
	Labour	Dan Marks	462	6%
	Labour	Colin John Rose	431	5%
Turnout			8374
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Yeovil Without Ward

Seats contested: 3

Yeovil Without Ward[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Lock	1655	16%
	Conservative	Gye Charles Bower Dibben	1610	15%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham John Oakes*	1603	15%
	Conservative	Teresa Anne Bond	1588	15%
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Annette Lock	1476	14%
	Conservative	Teresa Sienkiewicz	1187	11%
	Green	Gary Young	747	7%
	Labour	Sue Pitman	661	6%
Turnout			10527
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

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