2015 Mansfield District Council election

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All 36 seats to Mansfield District Council
19 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
	Lab	MIF	UKIP
Leader	Sonya Ward	Kate Allsop	Barry Answer
Party	Labour	Mansfield Independent Forum	UKIP
Leader's seat	Bull Farm and Pleasely Hill	Mayor	Abbott
Last election	24	10	0
Seats won	18	16	2
Seat change	8	6	2
Popular vote	20,493	16,119	3,204
Percentage	47.9%	37.7%	7.5%
Swing	0.1	2	6.2

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

No overall control

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

Council composition

As of November 2018, there are 17 Mansfield Independent Forum councilors, 17 Labour councillors, 2 Mansfield South Independent and 1 Conservative Party councilor. As such, the Mansfield Independent Forum have a majority of 1 seat on the council.

Overall election results

Mansfield District Council (summary of overall results)

1 Mayor elected, Mansfield Independent Forum
18 Labour Councillors
16 Mansfield Independent Forum Councillors
2 UKIP Councillors

Mansfield District 2015 election results^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	18	1	9	8	50		20,493
Mansfield Independent	16	7	1	6	44		16,119
UKIP	2	2	0	2	5		3,204
Independent	0	0	0		0	4	1,362
Conservative	0	0	0		0		1,259
Green	0	0	0		0		207
TUSC	0	0	0		0		120

Results by ward

Abbott

Abbott
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Barry Answer	705	53
	Labour	Donna Thomas	626	47
Turnout			1331	62.2
Majority			79	6	N/A
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Berry Hill

Berry Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Andrew Tristram	876	54
	Conservative	Clair Brown	503	31
	Labour	Mike Abbs	245	15
Turnout			1624	73
Majority			373	23	N/A
	Mansfield Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Brick Kiln

Brick Kiln
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Terry Clay	712	56
	Mansfield Independent	Michelle Witham	559	44
Turnout			1271	56.7
Majority			163	12	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Broomhill

Broomhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Ian Sheppard	543	51.9
	Labour	Denis O'Neill	504	48.1
Turnout			1047	46.2
Majority			39	3.8	N/A
	Mansfield Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Bull Farm & Pleasley

Bull Farm & Pleasley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sonya Ward	550	41.3
	Independent	Mick Colley	422	31.7
	UKIP	Samuel Kulasingham	357	27
Turnout			1329	56.4
Majority			128	23	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Carr Bank

Carr Bank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Stuart Wallace	576	53.6
	Labour	John Coxhead	500	46.4
Turnout			1076	56.6
Majority			76	7.2	N/A
	Mansfield Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Eakring

Eakring
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Stewart Rickersey	902	62
	Labour	Samantha Hartshorn	552	38
Turnout			1454	68.1
Majority			350	24	N/A
	Mansfield Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Grange Farm

Grange Farm
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Ron Jelley	685	45.2
	Independent	June Stendall	461	30.4
	Labour	Stuart Moody	370	24.4
Turnout			1516	64.5
Majority			224	14.8	N/A
	Mansfield Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Holly

Holly
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Martin Wright	979	66
	Labour	Mark Fretwell	505	34
Turnout			1484	61.6
Majority			474	32	N/A
	Mansfield Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Hornby

Hornby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joyce Bosnjak	660	51
	UKIP	David Hamilton	599	46
	TUSC	Paul Tooley-Onkonkwo	34	3
Turnout			1293	63
Majority			61	5	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Kings Walk

Kings Walk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Stephen Harvey	707	56.5
	Labour	James Gibson	544	43.5
Turnout			1251	57.8
Majority			163	13	N/A
	Mansfield Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

In May 2017, MDC Chairman, Councillor Stephen Harvey joined the Conservative Party and became the only Conservative member of the council

Kingsway

Kingsway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nick Bennett	523	41.6
	Mansfield Independent	Adrian Nita	364	28.9
	Conservative	Giovanni Loperfido	346	27.5
	Independent	Zenko Bilas	26	2
Turnout			1259	59.6
Majority			159	12.7	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Ladybrook

Ladybrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sally Higgins	624	58
	Mansfield Independent	Karen Garner	397	37
	TUSC	Nathan Glyn Millership Sharpe	56	5
Turnout			1077	46.2
Majority			227	21	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Lindhurst

Lindhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Roger Sutcliffe	914	62
	Labour	Alan Spencer	351	24
	Green	Jon Leighton	207	14
Turnout			1472	71.24
Majority			563	38	N/A
	Mansfield Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Ling Forest

Ling Forest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Bill Drewett	909	63
	Labour	Charles Hammersley	538	37
Turnout			1447	66.9
Majority			371	26	N/A
	Mansfield Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Manor

Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katrina Atherton	*uncontested*
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Market Warsop

Market Warsop
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Kerr	785	63
	Mansfield Independent	Sam Roach	468	37
Turnout			1253	52.9
Majority			317	26	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Maun Valley

Maun Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Michael Barton	951	63
	Labour	Colin Clayton	561	37
Turnout			1512	60
Majority			390	26	N/A
	Mansfield Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Meden

Meden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andy Wetton	932	71
	Mansfield Independent	Darren Kirk	384	29
Turnout			1316	61.5
Majority			548	42	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Netherfield

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sharon Adey	475	36
	Independent	Philip Shields	453	34
	UKIP	Andrea Hamilton	371	28
	TUSC	Karen Seymour	30	2
Turnout			1329	66.3
Majority			22	2	N/A
	Labour gain from Mansfield Independent		Swing	N/A

Newgate

Newgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Andy Sissons	523	55
	Labour	Paul Henshaw	431	45
Turnout			954	46.5
Majority			92	10	N/A
	Mansfield Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Newlands

Newlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Sid Walker	679	53
	Labour	Anna Drozdz	615	48
Turnout			1294	54
Majority			64	5	N/A
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Oakham

Oakham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Kevin Brown	452	34.6
	Labour	Denise Moody	441	33.85
	Conservative	Stephanie Stewardson	410	31.45
Turnout			1303	69.6
Majority			11	0.75	N/A
	Mansfield Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Oak Tree

Oak Tree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Vaughan Hopewell	552	61
	Mansfield Independent	Darren Bacon	351	39
Turnout			903	45.7
Majority			199	22	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Park Hall

Park Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ann Norman	820	62
	UKIP	John Pawlik	493	38
Turnout			1313	55.9
Majority			327	24	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Peafields

Peafields
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Wright	704	51	12.4
	Mansfield Independent	Lee Palmer	677	49	19.1
Turnout			1381	61
Majority			27	2	4
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Penniment

Penniment
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stuart Richardson	716	61
	Mansfield Independent	Paul Watkins	454	39
Turnout			1170	54.8
Majority			262	22	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Portland

Portland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Lohan	429	62
	Mansfield Independent	Maria Gibson	261	38
Turnout			690	24
Majority			168	26	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Racecourse

Racecourse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Steve Garner	821	66
	Labour	Chris Winterton	416	34
Turnout			1237	58.3
Majority			396	32	N/A
	Mansfield Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Ransom Wood

Ransom Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Smart	638	57
	UKIP	Paul Hollingworth	484	43
Turnout			1122	53.6
Majority			154	14	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Sandhurst

Sandhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	Dave Saunders	716	57
	Labour	Adrian Harpham	528	43
Turnout			1244	57.2
Majority			188	14	N/A
	Mansfield Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Sherwood

Sherwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sean McCallum	595	52
	Mansfield Independent	Paul Piercy	532	48
Turnout			1127	58.9
Majority			63	4	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Warsop Carrs

Warsop Carrs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Crawford	1,069	73
	Mansfield Independent	Foysal Choudhury	391	27
Turnout			1460	58.3
Majority			678	46	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Woodhouse

Woodhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Amanda Fisher	840	66
	Mansfield Independent	Linda Davidson	421	34
Turnout			1261	52.8
Majority			419	32	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Woodlands

Woodlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent	David Smith	569	57
	Labour	Christopher Revill	421	43
Turnout			990	56.2
Majority			148	14	N/A
	Mansfield Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Yeoman Hill

Yeoman Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lee Probert	721	50.1
	Mansfield Independent	Neil Williams	716	49.9
Turnout			1437	56.1
Majority			5	0.2	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Changes between 2015 and 2019

Yeoman Hill By-Election 8 September 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Coxhead	278	45.7	4.5
	Mansfield Independent	Neil Williams	148	24.3	25.5
	UKIP	David Hamilton	105	17.3	17.3
	Conservative	Daniel Redfern	41	6.7	6.7
	Independent	Phil Shields	36	5.9	5.9
Majority			130	21.3	21.1
Turnout			608	23.5%
	Labour hold		Swing

Warsop Carrs By-Election 24 November 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Burgin	285	47.9	25.3
	Independent	Debra Barlow	211	35.5	35.5
	UKIP	Raymond Forster	74	12.4	12.4
	Conservative	Daniel Redfern	25	4.2	4.2
Majority			74	12.4	33.6
Turnout			595	22.2%	-36.1
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^ "2015 Declarations for District Elections".

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