2015 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election

2015 local election in England, UK

The 2015 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Stoke-on-Trent City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and the general election.

Election result

After the election, results were as follows: Labour 21, City Independents 14, Conservative 7, UKIP 2. The Labour Party lost 14 seats, with gains for the Conservatives, City Independents and UKIP.

Stoke-on-Trent Local Election Result 2015
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	21	1	15	-14	47.72	32.16	40,597	+10,906
	City Independents	14	14	0	+14	31.81	22.15	22,793	+22,793
	Conservative	7	6	0	+6	15.90	22.19	28,020	+16,591
	UKIP	2	2	0	+2	4.54	14.64	18,490	+16,608
	Independent	0	0	8	-8	0.00	3.45	3,547	-9,602
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.30	2,911	+2,911
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.05	1,332	-5,157
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.85	1,084	+598
	The British Voice	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.06	82	+82
Turnout								126221	+61364

Ward results

Abbey Hulton and Townsend

Abbey Hulton and Townsend (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Richard Broughan	1489	25.38
	City Independents	Melanie Baddeley	1449	24.70
	Labour	Gwen Hassall	1208	20.59
	Labour	Adrian Knapper	918	15.65
	Green	Dave Muller	410	6.99
	Green	Luke Bellamy	392	6.68
Majority			241	0.68
Turnout				47.0
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing
	City Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Baddeley, Milton and Norton

Baddeley, Milton and Norton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jack Brereton	3,102	16.66
	Conservative	Dave Evans	2,125	11.41
	City Independents	Anthony Munday	2,099	11.27
	UKIP	Colin Rushton	2049	11.00
	Conservative	Judy Wagg	1896	10.18
	Labour	Paul William Humphreys	1654	8.88
	Labour	Tina Natalello	1475	7.92
	Independent	Gary Elsby	1420	7.63
	City Independents	Kelsey Stair	1381	7.42
	Labour	Javid Iqbal Najmi	1073	5.76
	TUSC	Nicey Keen	347	1.86
Majority			50	0.14
Turnout			18621	85.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	City Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Bentilee and Ubberley

Bentilee and Ubberley (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sheila Pitt*	1089	19.79
	Labour	Stephen Funnell	1059	19.25
	UKIP	Brendan Kelly	1052	19.12
	UKIP	Scott Stevenson	902	16.39
	City Independents	Alan Joinson	701	12.74
	City Independents	Sharon Edwards	617	11.21
	The British Voice	David Leese	82	1.49
Majority			7	0.13
Turnout			5502	39.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Birches Head and Central Forest Park

Birches Head and Central Forest Park (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	City Independents	Jean Bowers	1994	25.27
	City Independents	Sabrina Bowers	1464	18.55
	Labour	Mark Meredith	1298	16.45
	Labour	Shirley Kliment-Temple	1176	14.90
	Conservative	Lorraine Whalley	877	11.11
	Conservative	Phil Whalley	748	9.48
	Liberal Democrats	Kieran Clarke	334	4.23
Majority			166	2.10
Turnout			7891	52.1
	City Independents gain from Independent		Swing
	City Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Blurton East

Blurton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joan Bell	726	28.81
	UKIP	Jacqueline Mountford	657	26.07
	Conservative	Christine Warren	615	24.40
	City Independents	Brian Ward	493	14.90
	TUSC	Neil Singh	29	1.15
Majority			69	2.74
Turnout			2520
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Blurton West and Newstead

Blurton West and Newstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lloyd Brown	883	43.20
	UKIP	Adam Mountford	506	24.76
	Conservative	James Vernon	433	21.18
	City Independents	Arthur Burton	171	8.37
	TUSC	Matt Wright	51	2.50
Majority			377	18.44
Turnout			2044
	Labour hold		Swing

Boothen and Oakhill

Boothen and Oakhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andy Platt	746	30.92
	UKIP	Mick Harold	681	28.22
	Independent	Alan Barrett	402	16.66
	Green	Martin Parker	201	8.33
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Grocock	193	8.00
	City Independents	Grant Barnes	190	7.87
Majority			65	2.70
Turnout			2413	52.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Bradeley and Chell Heath

Bradeley and Chell Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gurmeet Kallar	896	44.58
	UKIP	Mike Lucking	788	39.20
	City Independents	Duncan Walker	326	16.22
Majority			108	5.38
Turnout			2010	51.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Broadway and Longton East

Broadway and Longton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Robinson	799	37.06
	UKIP	Richard Bennett	711	32.98
	Conservative	Hayley Delanchy	594	27.55
	TUSC	Liat Norris	52	2.41
Majority			88	4.08
Turnout			2156
	Labour hold		Swing

Burslem Central

Burslem Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Dutton	919	49.25
	City Independents	Stirling Dunn	477	25.56
	Conservative	Thomas Roster	470	25.19
Majority			442	23.69
Turnout			1866	44.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Burslem Park

Burslem Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joy Garner	795	37.17
	UKIP	Martin Bayley-Spencer	685	32.02
	Conservative	Laura Hoult	453	21.18
	Green	Jacob Davies	206	9.63
Majority			80	5.15
Turnout			2139	50.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Dresden and Florence

Dresden and Florence
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	City Independents	Lilian Dodd	877	36.51
	Labour	Arif Hussain	829	34.51
	Conservative	Shakeel Mohammed	607	25.27
	TUSC	Jacob Davies	89	3.71
Majority			48	2.00
Turnout			2402
	City Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Eaton Park

Eaton Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	City Independents	Rita Dale	1227	60.71
	Labour	Terry Crowe	794	39.29
Majority			433	21.42
Turnout			2021	55.1
	City Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Etruria and Hanley

Etruria and Hanley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Majid Khan	925	54.90
	UKIP	Mohammad Iqbal	437	25.93
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Morris	177	10.50
	Green	Kevin Burke	146	8.66
Majority			488	28.97
Turnout			1685	53.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Fenton East

Fenton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Shotton	706	30.71
	UKIP	Tony Williams	652	28.36
	Independent	Alan Gerrard	587	25.53
	Conservative	Nicholas Jellyman	354	15.40
Majority			54	2.35
Turnout			2299
	Labour hold		Swing

Fenton West and Mount Pleasant

Fenton West and Mount Pleasant
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Mick Bell	770	32.57
	Independent	Cheryl Gerrard	719	30.41
	Labour	Muhammad Aumir	503	21.28
	Conservative	Stephanie Booth	321	13.58
	TUSC	Chris Parton	51	2.16
Majority			51	2.16
Turnout			2364
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing

Ford Green and Smallthorne

Ford Green and Smallthorne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Candi Chetwynd	796	35.94
	Conservative	Richard Brereton	712	32.14
	City Independents	Rob Reynolds	707	31.92
Majority			84	3.80
Turnout			2215	47.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Goldenhill and Sandyford

Goldenhill and Sandyford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Martin Garner	965	45.20
	Conservative	Jonathan Jellyman	589	27.59
	City Independents	Steve Taylor	581	27.21
Majority			376	17.61
Turnout			2135	49.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Chell and Packmoor

Great Chell and Packmoor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	City Independents	Ann James	2071	27.50
	City Independents	Janine Bridges	2003	26.60
	Conservative	Andrew Beech	1380	18.32
	Labour	Lynn Watkins	1243	16.51
	Labour	Abul Azad	834	11.07
Majority			623	8.28
Turnout			7531	55.0
	City Independents gain from Labour		Swing
	City Independents gain from Independent		Swing

Hanford and Trentham

Hanford and Trentham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	City Independents	Terence Follows	2301	19.68
	Conservative	Daniel Jellyman	2000	17.10
	City Independents	Peter Hayward	1900	16.25
	Conservative	Megan Tilsley	1563	13.37
	Labour	Mark Glover-Jones	1078	9.22
	UKIP	Julia Evans	1054	9.01
	Labour	Paul Singh	902	7.71
	UKIP	Harold Gregory	896	7.66
Majority			1000	0.85
Turnout			11694
	City Independents gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Hanley Park and Shelton

Hanley Park and Shelton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Amjid Wazir	974	64.04
	Green	Said Karimi	211	13.87
	City Independents	Janet Tinsley	205	13.48
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Slight	131	8.61
Majority			763	50.17
Turnout			1521	37.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Hartshill and Basford

Hartshill and Basford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Shaun Pender	1095	40.01
	Conservative	Sam Richardson	646	23.60
	UKIP	Sharon Hemmings	509	18.60
	Green	Thomas Holland	229	8.37
	City Independents	Rob Ledgar	153	5.59
	Liberal Democrats	Maxine Morrow	105	3.84
Majority			449	16.41
Turnout			2737	56.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Hollybush and Longton West

Hollybush and Longton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kath Banks	965	41.42
	City Independents	Shaun Bennett	729	31.29
	Conservative	Lorraine Beardmore	540	23.18
	TUSC	Kris Caci	96	4.12
Majority			236	10.13
Turnout			2330
	Labour hold		Swing

Joiners Square

Joiners Square
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alastair Watson	752	41.80
	UKIP	Gulzar Ahmed	417	23.18
	City Independents	David Walley	345	19.18
	Green	Glyn Wade	156	8.67
	Liberal Democrats	Waqas-Ur Rashid	129	7.17
Majority			335	18.62
Turnout			1799
	Labour hold		Swing

Lightwood North and Normacot

Lightwood North and Normacot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sadaqat Maqsoom	1277	45.25
	Labour	Bagh Ali	1126	39.90
	Independent	Alan Lear	419	14.85
Majority			151	5.35
Turnout			2822
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Little Chell and Stanfield

Little Chell and Stanfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	City Independents	David Conway	1018	44.83
	Labour	Sarah Watson	843	37.12
	UKIP	Mohammad Naeem	410	18.05
Majority			175	7.71
Turnout			2271
	City Independents gain from Independent		Swing

Meir Hay

Meir Hay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Craig Beardmore	832	35.80
	Labour	David Williams	802	34.51
	UKIP	Umar Ghalani	592	25.47
	TUSC	Lee Stockley	98	4.22
Majority			30	1.29
Turnout			2324
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Meir North

Meir North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ruth Rosenau	832	39.32
	UKIP	Phil Smith	687	32.47
	Conservative	Margaret Brown	498	23.53
	TUSC	Andy Bentley	99	4.68
Majority			145	6.85
Turnout			2116
	Labour hold		Swing

Meir Park

Meir Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Abi Brown	1997	75.33
	Labour	Kamran Sabir	654	24.67
Majority			1343	50.66
Turnout			2651
	Conservative hold		Swing

Meir South

Meir South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Debbie Wheeldon	746	39.20
	UKIP	Eric Martin	451	23.70
	Conservative	Stephen Brown	422	22.18
	City Independents	John Ayres	242	12.72
	TUSC	John Morrey	42	2.21
Majority			295	15.50
Turnout			1903
	Labour hold		Swing

Moorcroft

Moorcroft
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mohammed Pervez	1153	54.88
	City Independents	Neil Day	465	22.13
	Conservative	John Francis	343	16.33
	Green	Sean Adam	140	6.66
Majority			688	32.75
Turnout			2101
	Labour hold		Swing

Penkhull and Stoke

Penkhull and Stoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	City Independents	Randolph Conteh	1209	42.68
	Labour	Daniel Cunningham	745	26.30
	Conservative	Hannah Lawrence	521	18.39
	Green	Elaine Holland	279	9.85
	Liberal Democrats	Liam Perez	79	2.79
Majority			464	16.38
Turnout			2833
	City Independents gain from Independent		Swing

Sandford Hill

Sandford Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Olwen Hamer	911	38.96
	UKIP	John Davis	855	36.57
	Conservative	Lisa Li	463	19.80
	TUSC	Lucy Williams	109	4.66
Majority			56	2.39
Turnout			2338
	Labour hold		Swing

Sneyd Green

Sneyd Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	City Independents	Joanne Powell-Beckett	742	34.45
	Labour	Debra Gratton	724	33.61
	Conservative	Beth Peake	688	31.94
Majority			18	0.84
Turnout			2154
	City Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Springfields and Trent Vale

Springfields and Trent Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	City Independents	Jackie Barnes	790	32.05
	UKIP	Mick Bednarski	695	28.19
	Labour	Mubsira Aumir	614	24.91
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Grocock	184	7.46
	Green	Adam Colclough	182	7.38
Majority			95	3.86
Turnout			2465
	City Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Tunstall

Tunstall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	City Independents	Lee Wanger	969	47.36
	Labour	Mohammed Matloob	797	38.95
	Conservative	Ian Horton	280	13.69
Majority			172	8.41
Turnout			2046
	City Independents gain from Independent		Swing

Weston Coyney

Weston Coyney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ross Irving	674	27.67
	Labour	Nicola Howell	575	23.60
	UKIP	Bruce Reed	545	22.37
	Green	Jan Zablocki	359	14.74
	City Independents	Cheryl Barnett	262	10.76
	TUSC	Mandy Marfleet	21	0.86
Majority			99	4.07
Turnout			2436
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

"Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.

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