2015 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election
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All 67 seats to East Riding of Yorkshire Council
34 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Last election 53, 79.1% 6, 9.0% 3, 4.5%
Seats won 51 6 5
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady Increase 2
Popular vote 67,241 39,700 15,799
Percentage 37.1% 21.9% 8.7%
Swing Decrease 3.1% Decrease 0.4% Decrease 3.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party UKIP Liberal Democrats
Last election 0, 0.0% 3, 4.5%
Seats won 3 2
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 1
Popular vote 34,069 17,900
Percentage 18.8% 9.9%
Swing Increase 18.3% Decrease 4.9%
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

The 2015 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of East Riding of Yorkshire Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across the country. All 67 seats were contested. The Conservatives retained control of the council, surpassing the 34-seat majority threshold with 51 seats, down 2 from the last election.

Election result

2015 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election result[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 51 2 4 –2 76.1 37.1 67,241 –3.1%
  Labour 6 1 1 0 9.0 21.9 39,700 –0.4%
  UKIP 3 3 0 3 4.5 18.8 34,069 +18.3%
  Liberal Democrats 2 0 1 –1 3 9.9 17,900 –4.9
  Independent 5 3 1 2 7.5 8.7 15,799 –3.1%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 3,544 –0.8%
  Beverley Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.4 2,485 +1.4%
  Yorkshire First 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 554 +0.3%

Ward results

Beverley Rural

Beverley Rural (3 seats)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Parnaby 4,012 41.1 +1.9
Conservative Phyllis Pollard 3,738
Conservative Bradley Birmingham 3,438
UKIP Gary Shores 1,615 16.6 +16.6
Labour Wendy Cross 1,591 16.3 –3.1
Labour Jan Davis 1,446
Liberal Democrats Alison Healy 1,305 13.4 –2.0
Green Phil Grimes 1,234 12.6 +12.6
Labour Cherry Walton 1,192
Total votes 19,571
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bridlington Central and Old Town

Bridlington Central and Old Town (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Burton 1,925 34.0 +4.9
UKIP Malcolm Milns 1,653 29.2 +29.2
Labour Peter Astell 1,355 23.9 –3.9
Labour John Morton 920
Liberal Democrats Mike Heslop-Mullens 733 12.9 +7.3
Total votes 6,586
Conservative hold Swing
UKIP gain from SDP Swing

Bridlington North

Bridlington North (3 seats)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Harrap 3,115 36.1 –31.3
Conservative Chris Matthews 2,505
UKIP Thelma Milns 2,185 25.3 +25.3
Conservative John Wilkinson 1,904
Labour Ronnie Morrison 1,796 20.8 –11.8
Independent Terry Dixon 1,533 17.8 +17.8
Total votes 13,038
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

Bridlington South

Bridlington South (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP David Robson 1,891 29.5 +15.7
Labour Shelagh Finlay 1,836 28.6 –2.5
Conservative Margaret Chadwick 1,775 27.7 –3.9
Conservative Chad Chadwick 1,713
Conservative John Copsey 1,713
Labour Colin Croft 1,537
Labour Jackie Heffer 1,259
Independent Timothy Norman 498 7.8 –6.9
Liberal Democrats Geofrey Ormerod 419 6.5 –2.4
Total votes 10,928
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Cottingham North

Cottingham North (2 seats)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Rosamund Jump 1,710 35.4 +35.4
Independent Geraldine Mathieson 1,397
Conservative Eric Roustoby 1,253 26.0 –28.7
Conservative Angus West 1,163
Labour Daniel Marten 976 20.2 –5.2
Labour Lynne Petersen 851
UKIP Colin Shores 614 12.7 +12.7
Liberal Democrats Phillip Redshaw 274 5.7 –14.2
Liberal Democrats Patricia Ellis 254
Total votes 8,492
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Cottingham South

Cottingham South (2 seats)[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Helen Green 2,077 46.7 +7.9
Conservative Mike Medini 1,675
Labour Alexander Duke 1,518 34.1 +7.9
Labour Julia Marten 1,490
Liberal Democrats Win Knight 853 19.2 –15.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Weighill 582
Total votes 8,195
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Dale

Dale (3 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Galbraith 4,609 38.0 –6.4
Conservative Pat Smith 3,904
Conservative Richard Meredith 3,786
Independent Coleen Gill 2,952 24.3 –3.1
Labour Richard Newlove 1,719 14.2 +0.6
UKIP Howard Floyd 1,709 14.1 +14.1
Labour Ian Hardy 1,388
Liberal Democrats Jack Brown 1,145 9.4 –5.1
Labour Simon Pickering 1,088
Liberal Democrats Frank Beill 832
Total votes 23,132
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Driffield and Rural

Driffield and Rural (3 seats)[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Symon Fraser 2,977 38.7 –3.4
Conservative Barbara Hall 2,965
Conservative Felicity Temple 2,568
Labour Joyce Fletcher 1,604 20.9 –1.3
Labour David Credland 1,473
Labour Paul Rounding 1,447
UKIP Neil Tate 1,434 18.6 +18.6
Independent Stephen Poessl 989 12.9 +12.9
Independent Matt Rogers 816
Liberal Democrats Marcus Ramshaw 687 8.9 –2.4
Independent Kevin Stack 385
Total votes 17,345
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

East Wolds and Coastal

East Wolds and Coastal (3 seats)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Evison 4,185 40.9 –13.7
Conservative Jonathan Owen 3,788
Conservative Margaret Chapman 3,366
UKIP Peter Watts 2,080 20.3 +20.3
Labour Douglas Hope 1,527 14.9 –2.5
Green Mike Jackson 1,393 13.6 –5.1
Labour Felicity Walmsley 1,334
Liberal Democrats Moira Ormerod 1,040 10.2 +0.9
Total votes 18,713
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Goole North

Goole North (2 seats)[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Moore 1,994 36.8 +5.9
Independent Josie Head 1,771 32.7 +15.1
UKIP David Jeffreys 1,654 30.5 +30.5
Labour Gillian Boatman 1,615
Total votes 7,034
Labour hold Swing
Independent gain from East Yorkshire Independents Swing

Goole South

Goole South (2 seats)[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mally Boatman 1,317 39.8 –2.6
Labour Pat O'Neil 1,182
UKIP Barbara Jeffreys 1,006 30.4 +30.4
UKIP Mark Green 914
Conservative Liz Sargeantson 672 20.3 –1.3
Conservative Robert Lingard 589
Independent Kevin Flynn 314 9.5 –8.3
Total votes 5,994
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hessle

Hessle (3 seats)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Phil Davison 2,337 32.8 –1.5
Labour Paul Hogan 2,260 31.7 +0.6
Labour Iain Billinger 2,194
Labour Renee Sheehan 2,028
Liberal Democrats David Nolan 1,990
Liberal Democrats Margot Sutton 1,958
Conservative Edward Liddell 1,282 18.0 –2.8
Conservative Richard Lamb 1,126
Conservative Richard McConnell 1,084
UKIP Jim Chapman 1,053 14.8 +14.8
UKIP Mark Fox 906
UKIP Ben Fuller 871
Independent Phil Withers 187 2.6 –2.5
Total votes 19,276
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Howden

Howden (1 seat)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charlie Bayram 1,644 59.9 +16.6
Labour Bernard Singleton 639 23.3 +6.6
Liberal Democrats Alan Luckraft 463 16.9 –23.0
Total votes 2,746
Conservative hold Swing

Howdenshire

Howdenshire (3 seats)[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Victoria Aitken Unopposed
Conservative Linda Bayram Unopposed
Conservative Nigel Wilkinson Unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Mid Holderness

Mid Holderness (3 seats)[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Holtby 3,516 46.1 –2.9
Conservative Peter Turner 3,019
Conservative Brian Skow 2,628
UKIP Andy Weaver 2,170 28.5 +28.5
Labour Mary Carrick 1,936 25.4 –6.4
Labour Nidge Thornton 1,865
Labour David Beech 1,823
Total votes 16,957
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Minster and Woodmansey

Minster and Woodmansey (3 seats)[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Elvidge 3,050 34.3 +1.1
Conservative Kerri Harold 2,947
Conservative Dominic Peacock 2,469
Labour Alan Ablett 2,341 26.3 –1.5
Labour Ann Willis 2,256
Labour George McManus 2,042
UKIP Brian Render 1,579 17.8 +17.8
Beverley Party Howard Tomlinson 1,306 14.7 +14.7
Beverley Party Derek Schultz 1,021
Liberal Democrats Judy Jones 613 6.9 –6.8
Liberal Democrats Stewart Willie 480
Total votes 20,104
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

North Holderness

North Holderness (2 seats)[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Barbara Jefferson 2,283 38.1 –12.8
Independent John Whittle 1,487
Conservative Guy Miller 1,205 20.1 –13.2
UKIP Sean Gaughan 1,083 18.1 +18.1
Conservative David Thorne 950
Labour Michael Smallwood 869 14.5 –1.3
Labour John Youle 631
Yorkshire First Lee Walton 554 9.2 +9.2
Total votes 9,062
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Pocklington Provincial

Pocklington Provincial (3 seats)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kay West 4,542 44.2 +4.6
Conservative Stephen Lane 4,426
Conservative Claude Mole 4,118
Labour Fiona Bruce 2,054 20.0 +3.3
Labour Tony Williams 2,040
UKIP Sue Woodcock 2,001 19.5 +19.5
Labour Cynthia Collier 1,997
Liberal Democrats Sue Taylor 1,684 16.4 +3.0
Total votes 22,862
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Snaith, Airmyn, Rawcliffe and Marshland

Snaith, Airmyn, Rawcliffe and Marshland (2 seats)[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Barrett 2,848 54.5 –11.7
Conservative Caroline Fox 2,740
Labour Ian Blackburn 1,245 23.8 –10.0
UKIP Ron Thornton 1,133 21.7 +21.7
Labour Terence Smith 1,004
Total votes 8,970
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

South East Holderness

South East Holderness (3 seats)[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Hodgson 2,406 34.9 –4.1
Conservative Lyn Healing 2,400
Conservative Jackie Cracknell 2,313
UKIP Paddy Fisher 2,043 29.6 +29.6
Labour Pat Beech 1,783 25.9 +5.2
Labour Jed Lee 1,591
Labour Matthew Lloyd 1,531
Independent Dave Edwards 660 9.6 –18.3
Total votes 14,727
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

South Hunsley

South Hunsley (2 seats)[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julie Abraham 4,281 71.6 +0.6
Conservative Vanessa Walker 3,185
Labour Chay Bell 989 16.5 –0.2
Labour Helen Wise 852
Liberal Democrats Tom Nolan 711 11.9 –0.5
Liberal Democrats Emma Dolman 579
Total votes 10,597
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

South West Holderness

South West Holderness (3 seats)[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Dennis 3,062 37.6 +1.8
Conservative Mike Bryan 2,704
Conservative Sue Steel 2,368
Labour Neil Black 2,190 26.9 +5.0
UKIP Terry West 2,108 25.9 +25.9
Labour Steve Gallant 1,987
Labour Brian Stockdale 1,815
Independent Sarah Rommell 775 9.5 –20.1
Total votes 17,009
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

St Mary's

St Mary's (3 seats)[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elaine Aird 3,069 29.7 –0.4
Conservative Bryan Pearson 2,721
Conservative Irene Charis 2,456
Labour Ben Cooper 1,910 18.5 0.0
Labour Paul McGrath 1,669
Labour David Sweet 1,560
UKIP Walter Sweeney 1,399 13.5 +13.5
Liberal Democrats Denis Healy 1,215 11.7 –6.2
Beverley Party Christine Harrod 1,179 11.4 +11.4
Liberal Democrats Neil Bant 1,124
Liberal Democrats David Horsley 1,039
Beverley Party Beate Willar 998
Beverley Party Robert Begnett 978
Green Peter Dack 917 8.9 –2.9
Independent Alistair Crompton 660 6.4 –15.3
Independent Neil Harris 393
Total votes 23,287
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Tranby

Tranby (2 seats)[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mary-Rose Hardy 2,114 41.0 +7.3
Conservative Mary Kingston 1,773 34.4 +13.4
Liberal Democrats Patrick Gradwell 1,607
Conservative Yvonne Hetherington 1,424
Labour Daniel Palmer 1,267 24.6 –8.6
Labour Dermot Rathbone 1,058
Total votes 9,243
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Willerby and Kirk Ella

Willerby and Kirk Ella (3 seats)[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Shaun Horton 3,815 47.0 +0.8
Conservative Gary McMaster 3,003
Conservative Dee Sharpe 2,902
UKIP Mick Burchill 1,744 21.5 +21.5
UKIP Michael Whitehead 1,588
Labour Roger Coates 1,499 18.5 +2.4
UKIP Stephen Kersey 1,473
Labour Judy Dickinson 1,156
Labour Lee Wise 1,064
Liberal Democrats Peter Gardiner 1,060 13.1 –16.5
Liberal Democrats Lilian McCobb 929
Liberal Democrats Tony McCobb 908
Total votes 21,141
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Wolds Weighton

Wolds Weighton (3 seats)[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Rudd 4,148 40.4 –4.8
Conservative Andy Burton 3,778
Conservative Mike Stathers 3,344
UKIP Andy Strangeway 1,915 18.7 +18.7
Labour Andrew Boothroyd 1,485 14.5 +0.5
Independent Peter Hemmerman 1,467 14.3 +14.3
Labour Joy Thompson 1,388
Liberal Democrats Dale Needham 1,247 12.2 +3.4
Labour William Thompson 1,108
Total votes 19,880
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

References

General

Specific

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    "Local election results 2011: East Riding". Local Elections Archive Project. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
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