The 2015 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect just under one third of members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in England as one of the English local elections coinciding with the 2015 General Election, four of the smaller wards of the 17 forming the borough (which had fewer than 3 members each) had no election in 2015. A second-tier local authority, an election is held in three years out of four (on the by-thirds basis) electing councillors for a four-year term - in the year without elections the all-out elections to the top-tier local authority, Norfolk County Council are held.[1]

Election results

No gains from any party group to any other took place across the 13 seats up for election: 8 held by the Conservatives and 5 were held by Labour. The council remained in no overall control of any single party grouping and local Labour councillors continued to form the single largest group.[2]

Great Yarmouth Borough Council Election, 2015
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 15 0 0 0 38 28.7 10,137
  Conservative 14 0 0 0 36 36.3 12,833
  UKIP 10 0 0 0 26 29.1 10,277
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 1,793
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 305

Ward results

Bradwell North

Bradwell North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carl Smith 1,549 44.0 +5.2
UKIP Maurice Joel 995 28.2 -7.5
Labour Christina Horne 829 23.5 -2.1
Green Brian Callan 151 4.3 +4.3
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Bradwell South and Hopton

Bradwell South and Hopton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Grant 1,414 40.4 +12.3
UKIP Susan Hacon 1,073 30.7 -18.4
Labour Colleen Walker 882 25.2 +2.4
Green Kenneth Peterson 130 3.7 +3.7
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Caister North

Caister North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Penelope Carpenter 964 40.0 +6.5
UKIP Lynne Connell 777 32.3 -5.7
Labour Gary Boyd 547 22.7 -0.8
Green Sarah Bloomfield 122 5.1 0.0
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Caister South

Caister South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Demetris Mavroudis 872 34.8 +8.4
UKIP Paul Hammond 824 32.8 -7.4
Labour Gillian Himpleman 662 26.4 +0.5
Green Harry Webb 150 6.0 -1.5
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Central and Northgate

Central and Northgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leanne Davis 1,141 38.4 +6.7
UKIP Christopher Walch 978 32.9 -13.4
Conservative Emma Flaxman-Taylor 731 24.6 +8.2
Green Michael Jarvis 110 3.7 -1.9
Patriotic Socialist Party Matthew McDonnell 11 0.4 +0.4
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Claydon

Claydon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bernard Williamson 1,182 37.5 -1.1
UKIP Philip Grimmer 939 29.8 -13.3
Conservative Margaret Greenacre 876 27.8 +9.4
Green Amanda Webb 154 4.9 +4.9
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Fleggburgh

Fleggburgh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Haydn Thirtle 781 52.5 -28.6
UKIP Emma Swann 279 18.8 +18.8
Green Charlotte Eve 245 16.5 +16.5
Labour Brian Pilkington 182 12.2 -6.7
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Lothingland

Lothingland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Lawn 1,199 42.8 +4.4
UKIP Matthew Dinsdale 934 33.3 -8.7
Labour Christine Williamson 561 20.0 +0.4
Green Tracey White 110 3.9 +3.9
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Magdalen

Magdalen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brain Walker 1,308 41.7 -3.5
UKIP Michael Monk 871 27.8 -7.9
Conservative Kevin Vaughan 840 26.8 +7.8
Green Aidan Rump-Smith 116 3.7 +3.7
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Nelson

Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kerry Robinson-Payne 1,155 44.9 +5.3
UKIP Lorraine Lodge 801 31.2 -11.0
Conservative George Rogers 509 19.8 +7.5
Green Diana Freshwater 105 4.1 -1.7
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Ormesby

Ormsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Hanton 997 40.6 -8.4
UKIP Clayton Greene 624 25.4 -2.3
Labour Jonh Simmons 425 17.3 -6.0
Independent James Shrimplin 305 12.4 +12.4
Green John Mallett 102 4.2 +4.2
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barbara Wright 764 36.3 -16.0
Conservative Bryan Watts 660 31.4 -16.3
UKIP Hayden Turner 554 26.3 +26.3
Green Patricia Bardwell 125 5.9 +5.9
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

West Flegg

West Flegg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mary Coleman 1,441 52.6 -17.5
UKIP Alexander Monk 628 22.9 +22.9
Labour Stacey Nash 499 18.2 -11.7
Green Joe Ridley 173 6.3 +6.3
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. ^ Election Results GYBC. Accessed 23 May 2015
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