2015 South Holland District Council election

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

Results

South Holland District Council Election Result 2015^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	28	4	1	+3	75.68	59.65	42,672	+4.15%
Independent	7	1	5	-4	18.92	24.60	17,596	-12.63%
UKIP	2	2	0	+2	5.40	13.47	9,632	+12.39%
Green	0	-	-	0	0.00	0.85	608	+0.56%
Liberal Democrats	0	-	-	0	0.00	0.75	538	-1.00%
Labour	0	-	-	0	0.00	0.68	486	-0.18%
Lincolnshire Independent	0	-	1	-1	0.00	0.00	0	-1.80%

Council composition

Following the last election in 2011, the composition of the council was:

↓
25	11	1
Conservative	Independent	LI

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
28	7	2
Conservative	Independent	UKIP

LI - Lincolnshire Independents

Ward results

Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas

Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas (3 seats)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	James Astill	1,396	36.7
Conservative	Angela Harrison	1,201
Independent	Bryan Alcock*	1,017	26.8
Conservative	Jennifer Head	968
UKIP	Peter Bird	903	23.8
Independent	Paul Barrett	635
Green	Brian Sumner	483	12.7
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Donington, Quadring and Gosberton

Donington, Quadring and Gosberton (3 seats)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Robert Clark*	2,268	57.5
Independent	Jane King*	1,677	42.5
Conservative	Colin Johnson	1,657
Conservative	Roger Neal	1,043	1,043
Conservative hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Fleet

Fleet (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Coupland	720	62.0
	Independent	Paul Chapman	371	32.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Ramkaran	70	6.0
Majority			349	30.0	+12.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gedney

Gedney (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joanne Reynolds	588	47.5	−0.7
	UKIP	Andrew Parks	406	32.8
	Independent	Sarah Wilkinson*	245	19.8	−32.0
Majority			182	14.7
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Holbeach Hurn

Holbeach Hurn (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Worth	719	68.9
	Independent	Richard Crowley	324	31.1
Majority			395	37.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holbeach Town

Holbeach Town (3 seats)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Francis Biggadike*	1,902	46.3
Conservative	Tracey Carter	1,304
UKIP	Paul Foyster	1,290	31.4
Conservative	Rita Rudkin*	1,215
Independent	Martin Howard	918	22.3
Conservative hold		Swing
UKIP gain from Independent		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Long Sutton

Long Sutton (3 seats)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Jack Tyrrell	2,076	56.2
Conservative	Laura Eldridge	1,922
Independent	Andy Tennant*	1,620	43.8
Independent	David Wilkinson*	1,567
Independent	Jeanne Sibley	1,039
Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Moulton, Weston and Cowbit

Moulton, Weston and Cowbit (3 seats)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Anthony Casson*	1,953	39.4
Conservative	Andrew Woolf*	1,650
Conservative	Rodney Grocock*	1,326
UKIP	Emily Bates	1,198	24.2
Independent	James Scarsbrook	847	17.1
Labour	Wojciech Kowalewski	486	9.8
Liberal Democrats	Mary Lane	468	9.5
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Pinchbeck and Surfleet

Pinchbeck and Surfleet (3 seat)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Elizabeth Sneath*	2,074	54.3
Conservative	James Avery*	1,952
Conservative	Sally-Ann Slade*	1,908
UKIP	Geoffrey Garner	1,161	30.4
Independent	David Turp	583	15.3
Independent	Douglas Dickens	378
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Spalding Castle

Spalding Castle (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Taylor*	681	65.8	+1.8
	Independent	Mark le Sage	229	22.1
	Green	Martin Blake	125	12.1	−5.8
Majority			451	43.7	−2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spalding Monks House

Spalding Monks House (2 seats)
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent	Angela Newton*	1,398	43.1	−3.4
Conservative	George Aley	1,026	31.7	−2.2
UKIP	Dave Maltby	817	25.2
Independent hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Spalding St. Johns

Spalding St. Johns (2 seats)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Jack McLean	1,017	39.6
Independent	Graham Dark*	821	31.9
UKIP	Robert Gibson	733	28.5
Independent	Roger Perkins*	421
Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Spalding St. Marys

Spalding St. Marys (2 seats)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Harry Drury	1,178	47.0
Conservative	Gary Porter*	1,084
UKIP	Richard Fairman	805	32.1
Independent	Robert West	523	20.9
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Spalding St. Pauls

Spalding St. Pauls (2 seats)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	David Ashby*	889	50.7
UKIP	Peter Williams	865	49.3
Conservative	Glynis Scalese	767
Conservative hold		Swing
UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Spalding Wygate

Spalding Wygate (2 seats)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Roger Gambba-Jones*	1,355	64.0
Conservative	Christine Lawton*	1,267
Independent	Anthony Cronin	763	36.0
Independent	Geraldine Scholes	626
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Sutton Bridge

Sutton Bridge (2 seats)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	Christopher Brewis*	839	45.0
Independent	Michael Booth*	755
Conservative	Shirley Giles	539	28.9
Conservative	Victoria Hills	525
UKIP	John Scarlett	485	26.0
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Brewis was previously elected as a Lincolnshire Independent.

The Saints

The Saints (1 seat)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Michael Seymour*	839	67.0
Independent	Valerie Gemmell	413	33.0
Conservative hold		Swing

Whaplode and Holbeach St. Johns

Whaplode and Holbeach St. Johns (2 seats)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Michael Pullen	1,270	56.7
Conservative	Malcolm Chandler*	1,232
UKIP	Karl Richardson	969	43.3
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2015 - South Holland".

[TEC-1] "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.

[2] "Local Elections Archive Project - 2015 - South Holland".

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