2015 Wisbech Town Council election

The Wisbech Town Council elections were held the same time as the 2015 United Kingdom local elections. It used the new boundaries from The Fenland (Electoral Changes) Order 2014^[1]

2015 Wisbech Town Council election

7 May 2015
All 18 seats to Wisbech Town Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Last election ? seats, ?% ? seats, ?% ? seats, ?% Seats won 14 0 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Independent UKIP Green Last election seats, % 0 seats, % Seats before 0 Seats won 2 2 0 Seat change - Popular vote - Percentage % %

A Ward results

Key

• = sitting councillor

^[2]

Clarkson ^[3](2 seats) Election May 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Cox	382
	Conservative	Vivian Mary MacRae	331
	UKIP	Norman Adrian Booth	289
	UKIP	Leslie Reid	230
	Labour	Ann Rosemary Purt	204
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkgate Election ^[4](2 seats) May 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert McLaren	469
	Conservative	Garry Paul Tibbs	419
	UKIP	David Roy Patrick	400
	UKIP	Kevin Robert Castlemaine	367
	Conservative	Anthony Martin Clee	99
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Medworth Election ^[5](2 seats) May 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Tierney*	568
	Conservative	Michael Hill*	409
	UKIP	Andrew Lambrou	237
	UKIP	Paul Newton Edwards	212
	Conservative
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Peckover Election ^[6](2 seats) May 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Colin Oliver	664
	Conservative	Jessica Anne Oliver	528
	UKIP	Nick Meekins	446
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Octavia Hill (4 seats) Election May 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samantha Hoy	997
	Conservative	Stephen John Brunton	905
	Conservative	David Hodgson	884
	Conservative	Peter William Human	798
	UKIP	Susan Lesley Carson	650
	UKIP	Andrew Peter Hunt	629
	UKIP	Paul Sydney Clapp	600
	Labour	Ketlina Lanka	493
	Labour	Kathleen Doris Dougall	444
	Labour	Dean Lyndon Reeves	301
	Green	Susan Ann Kerr	267
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Staithe Election (2 seats) May 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Schooling	505
	Conservative	Irina Kumalane	492
	UKIP	Caroline Rosalie Smith	465
	Labour	Reginald Martin Mee	296
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waterlees Village (4 seats) Election May 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Virginia Bucknor	860
	Independent	Michael Bucknor	839
	UKIP	Alan Lay	739
	UKIP	Brenda Lay	732
	Conservative	Raymond George Pearson	565
	Independent	Sandra Dawn Skinner	562
	Conservative	Aigars Balsevics	543
	Conservative	Carole Thomas	537
Majority			188
Turnout				22.62
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	UKIP hold		Swing
	UKIP gain from Independent		Swing

References

1. "2014". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
2. "2015 elections". www.fenland.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
3. "Clarkson" (PDF). www.fenland.gov.uk.
4. "Kirkgate" (PDF). www.fenland.gov.uk.
5. "Medworth" (PDF). www.fenland.gov.uk.
6. "Peckover" (PDF). www.fenland.gov.uk.