2015 St Albans City and District Council election

2015 St Albans City and District Council election

7 May 2015
20 of the 58 seats to St Albans City and District Council 30 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Seats after 32 16 8 Seat change 3 1 2 Popular vote 35,047 18,468 14,870 Percentage 43.6% 23.0% 18.5%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Green Seats after 2 1 Seat change Popular vote 2,183 5,055 Percentage 2.7% 6.3%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

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

Summary Results

St Albans City and District Council election, 2015

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	31	0	1	1	53.4%	43.6%	35,047
	Liberal Democrats	16	2	0	2	27.6%	23.0%	18,468
	Labour	8	0	2	2	13.8%	18.5%	14,870
	Independent	2	0	0		3.4%	2.7%	2,183
	Green	1	0	0		1.7%	6.3%	5,055
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0%	5.9%	4,736
	TUSC	0	0	0		0.0%	> 0.1%	28

Ward results

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Ashley

Ashley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad Zia	1,306	29.5	−13.0
	Labour	Anne Lyons	1,248	28.2	+0.5
	Conservative	Emre Kaya	1,193	27.0	+13.0
	Green	Robert Whitford	360	8.1	+1.5
	UKIP	Charles Mason	313	7.0	−2.2
Majority			58	1.3	−13.5
Turnout			4,420	74.8	+28.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Batchwood

Batchwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Smith	1,368	33.8	+11.5
	Labour	Martin Leach	1,348	33.3	−15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Needham	654	16.2	+6.7
	UKIP	Matthew Dovey	378	9.3	−2.5
	Green	Lee Evans	300	7.4	−0.3
Majority			20	0.5	−26.4
Turnout			4,048	73.8	+32.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Clarence

Clarence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Rowlands	1,606	39.3	+6.8
	Conservative	Barry Sumpter	1,375	33.6	+9.0
	Labour	Jane Cloke	683	16.7	−3.8
	Green	Charis Jennings	399	9.8	−5.8
	TUSC	Keith Hussey	28	0.7	+0.1
Majority			231	5.6	−2.3
Turnout			4,091	78.3	+33.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Colney Heath

Colney Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Brazier	1,421	43.8	+2.5
	Conservative	Stella Nash	994	30.6	+11.2
	Labour	John Paton	417	12.8	−2.2
	UKIP	Christopher Thorpe	255	7.9	−10.7
	Green	Timothy Robinson	159	4.9	−0.8
Majority			427	13.2
Turnout			3,246	73.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cunningham

Cunningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Donald	1,233	35.2	+2.7
	Conservative	Michael Roth	936	26.7	+6.9
	Labour Co-op	John Metcalf	743	21.2	−1.3
	UKIP	Alan Malin	371	10.6	−8.0
	Green	Rebecca Hurst	217	6.2	−0.4
Majority			297
Turnout				70.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Harpenden East

Harpenden East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Wakely	2,020	49.9	+5.9
	Independent	Phillipa Martyn	829	20.5	−10.4
	Labour Co-op	Rosemary Ross	632	15.6	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul De Kort	571	14.1	+1.4
Majority			1,191
Turnout				73.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpenden North

Harpenden North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Pawle	2,179	53.7	+7.8
	Independent	John Chambers	565	13.9	−1.5
	Labour	Linda Spiri	524	12.9	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Aileen King	467	11.5	+0.1
	Green	William Day	324	8.0	N/A
Majority			1,614
Turnout				75.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpenden South

Harpenden South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Ellis	2,756	66.4	−6.5
	Labour	George Fraser	600	14.5	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Tattersfield	503	12.1	−0.7
	Independent	John Hansen	293	7.1	N/A
Majority			2,156
Turnout				77.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpenden West

Harpenden West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Chichester-Miles	2,670	60.9	−6.7
	Labour Co-op	David Lawlor	633	14.4	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Phillips	582	13.3	−2.1
	Independent	Paul Howe	496	11.3	N/A
Majority			2,037
Turnout				75.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

London Colney

London Colney

	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Farrell	1,434	38.9	+8.0
	Labour	Jacob Quagliozzi	1,737	35.9	−4.0
	Conservative	Simon Calder	882	9	+4.3
	UKIP	Colin Botterill	587	12.1	−6.7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Anna Kinnersley	198	4.1	−0.5
Majority			145
Turnout				67.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Marshalswick North

Marshalswick North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carolyn Bolton	1,443	37.5	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Churchard	1,326	34.5	−1.9
	Labour	Richard Harris	485	12.6	+2.0
	UKIP	Michael Hollins	337	8.8	−8.4
	Green	James Lomas	256	6.7	−0.6
Majority			117
Turnout				75.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Marshalswick South

Marshalswick South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Salih Gaygusuz	1,915	44.5	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Pedroz	1,055	24.5	+5.2
	Labour	Vivienne Windle	721	16.8	−5.9
	Green	Miriam Gilbert	391	9.1	−1.1
	UKIP	David Dickson	217	5.0	−4.2
Majority			860
Turnout				80
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park Street

Park Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Wright	1,519	37.2	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jadwiga Baillie	1,203	29.4	−10.7
	UKIP	Paul Tilyard	593	14.5	−5.8
	Labour Co-op	Martin McGrath	587	14.4	+5.0
	Green	Lesley Baker	185	4.5	+1.0
Majority			316
Turnout				71.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Redbourn

Redbourn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Wright	2,075	58.2	−4.2
	Labour	Nicholas Pullinger	541	15.2	−3.8
	UKIP	Daragh Cahalane	400	11.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Morton	337	9.5	−0.4
	Green	Joseph French	210	5.9	−2.9
Majority			1,534
Turnout				72.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandridge

Sandridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Leonard	1,703	58.2	+12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stefania Estacchini	501	17.1	+2.2
	Labour	Michael Gary-Higgings	415	14.2	+2.3
	Green	Paul Quinn	305	10.4	+1.5
Majority			1,202
Turnout				76.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sopwell

Sopwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eileen Harris	1,347	34.7	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Poor	1,055	27.2	−6.1
	Conservative	Panagiotis Yfantoudas	880	22.7	+10.0
	UKIP	Valerie Hargrave	315	8.1	−4.5
	Green	Gail Jackson	282	7.3	+0.5
Majority			292
Turnout				72.3
	Labour hold		Swing

St Peters

St Peters

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Campbell	1,634	35.6	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Jones	1,250	27.2	+3.2
	Labour	Alexander Veitch	778	16.9	−3.8
	Green	Jill Mills	741	16.1	−7.5
	UKIP	Michael Douglas	191	4.2	−1.9
Majority			384
Turnout				73.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Stephen

St Stephen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Winstone	2,078	50.3	+13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Ross	920	22.3	+2.4
	UKIP	Peter Whitehead	527	12.8	−12.1
	Labour	Janet Blackwell	442	10.7	+1.5
	Green	Lydia El-Khouri	163	3.9	−4.0
Majority			1,158
Turnout				76.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Verulam

Verulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jessica Chivers	2,183	48.0	+14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Trisha Windsor-Williams	1,298	28.5	−9.3
	Labour Co-op	Michael Bartlet	533	11.7	+3.0
	Green	Mark Ewington	282	6.2	−1.7
	UKIP	Colin Donald	252	5.5	−6.1
Majority			885
Turnout				82.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wheathampstead

Wheathampstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sandra Wood	2,244	60.2	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Harriet Sherlock	746	20.0	−0.9
	Labour Co-op	Gavin Ross	456	12.2	+2.7
	Green	Ian Troughton	283	7.6	−7.9
Majority			1,498
Turnout				75.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
2. "St Albans City & District Council - 07th May 2015 District Council Election Results". Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2021.