2015 Warrington Borough Council election

2015 UK local government election

2015 Warrington Borough Council election

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19 out of 57 seats for Warrington Borough Council
29 seats needed for a majority
|  | First party  | Second party  | Third party

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Party  | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Conservative
Seats before  | 40  | 11  | 3
Seats won  | 12  | 2  | 3
Seats after  | 39  | 9  | 5
Seat change  | 1  | 2  | 2
Popular vote  | 36,697  | 16,456  | 27,349
Percentage  | 38.49  | 17.26  | 28.68

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party
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Party  | Labour Co-op | TUSC
Seats before  | 2  | 1
Seats won  | 2  | 0
Seats after  | 3  | 1
Seat change  | 1  |
Popular vote  | 3,874  | 562
Percentage  | 4.06  | 0.59

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Results of the 2015 Warrington Borough Council election

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| Council control before election

Labour

| Council control after election

Labour

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

## Council Composition

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Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓  40 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1

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Labour | Labour Co-op | Lib Dem | Con | T

After the election the composition of the council was:

↓  39 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1

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Labour | Labour Co-op | Lib Dem | Con | T

## Results

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2015 Warrington Borough Council election[2]

Party  | This election  | Full council  | This election
Seats  | Net  | Seats %  | Other | Total  | Total %  | Votes  | Votes %  | +/−
| Labour | 12  | 1  | 63.16  | 27  | 39 | 68.42  | 36,697  | 38.49  | 0
| Liberal Democrats | 2  | 2  | 10.53  | 7  | 9 | 15.79  | 16,456  | 17.26  | 0
| Conservative | 3  | 2  | 15.79  | 2  | 5 | 8.77  | 27,349  | 28.68  | 0
| Labour Co-op | 2  | 1  | 10.53  | 1  | 3 | 5.26  | 3,874  | 4.06  | 0
| TUSC | 0  |  | 0.00  | 1  | 1 | 1.75  | 562  | 0.59  | 0
| UKIP | 0  |  | 0.00  | 0  | 0 | 0.00  | 9,021  | 9.46  | 0
| Green | 0  |  | 0.00  | 0  | 0 | 0.00  | 1,389  | 1.46  | 0

## Ward Results

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### Appleton

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Appleton[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Liberal Democrats | Peter John Walker*  | 3,605  | 55.40
| Conservative | Jonathan Levy  | 2,902  | 44.60
Turnout |  | 77.25
| Liberal Democrats hold

### Bewsey and Whitecross

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Bewsey and Whitecross[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Stephen Parish*  | 2,837  | 60.89
| Conservative | Sonia Boggan  | 702  | 15.07
| UKIP | Michael Byrne  | 692  | 14.85
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Timmis  | 347  | 7.45
| TUSC | Daniel Warren  | 81  | 1.74
Turnout | 4,659  | 50.28
| Labour hold

### Birchwood

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Birchwood[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Chris Fitzsimmons*  | 2,404  | 45.06
| Conservative | Nigel Balding  | 1,549  | 29.03
| UKIP | Michael Robert Amos Johnson  | 827  | 15.50
| Green | Tracey Valentine  | 288  | 5.40
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Diane Oliver  | 267  | 5.00
Turnout |  | 64.35
| Labour hold

### Burtonwood and Winwick

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Burtonwood and Winwick[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | John Joyce*  | 1,926  | 58.67
| Conservative | Frank Richard Allen  | 1,062  | 32.35
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Stephen Littler  | 295  | 8.99
Turnout |  | 65.47
| Labour hold

### Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft

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Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Conservative | Sue Bland*  | 3,024  | 48.54
| Labour | Cathy Mitchell  | 2,674  | 42.92
| Liberal Democrats | Eddie Stone  | 532  | 8.54
Turnout |  | 73.20
| Conservative hold

### Fairfield and Howley

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Fairfield and Howley[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Anthony Higgins*  | 2,864  | 56.14
| UKIP | Phillip Henshaw  | 937  | 18.37
| Conservative | Helena Campbell  | 826  | 16.19
| Green | Lyndsay McAteer  | 407  | 7.98
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Oldbury  | 68  | 1.33
Turnout |  | 51.23
| Labour hold

### Grappenhall and Thellwall

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Grappenhall and Thelwall[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Liberal Democrats | Michael Biggin*  | 2,583  | 43.24
| Conservative | Constantine Biller  | 1,879  | 31.45
| Labour | Thomas Jennings  | 1,216  | 20.36
| Green | Andrew Yelland  | 296  | 4.96
Turnout |  | 76.26
| Liberal Democrats hold

### Great Sankey North

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Great Sankey North[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour Co-op | Dan Price*  | 1,510  | 41.44
| Conservative | Mike Foxall  | 1,027  | 28.18
| Liberal Democrats | Roy Smith  | 524  | 14.38
| UKIP | Mal Lingley  | 423  | 11.61
| Green | Stephanie Davies  | 160  | 4.39
Turnout |  | 72.36
| Labour Co-op gain from Labour

### Great Sankey South

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Great Sankey South[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Jean Carter*  | 3,017  | 54.26
| Conservative | Maxine Thomson  | 1,945  | 34.98
| Liberal Democrats | David Hockenhull  | 348  | 6.26
| TUSC | Andrew Ford  | 250  | 4.50
Turnout |  | 68.38
| Labour hold

### Latchford East

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Latchford East[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour Co-op | Hans Josef Mundry*  | 2,364  | 63.53
| Conservative | Harish Sharma  | 561  | 15.08
| UKIP | Sidney Simmons  | 558  | 15.00
| Liberal Democrats | Timothy Price  | 238  | 6.40
Turnout |  | 56.25
| Labour Co-op hold

### Latchford West

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Latchford West[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Maureen McLaughlin*  | 1,808  | 47.34
| Conservative | Philip Marshall  | 1,004  | 26.29
| UKIP | Gerrard Hall  | 605  | 15.84
| Liberal Democrats | Ruper George Stephen Budgen  | 327  | 8.56
| TUSC | Shelley Jean Bennett  | 75  | 1.96
Turnout |  | 64.00
| Labour hold

### Lymm

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Lymm[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Conservative | Kathryn Buckley  | 2,995  | 39.81
| Liberal Democrats | Ian George Marks*  | 2,483  | 33.00
| Labour | Christine Zastawny  | 1,418  | 18.85
| UKIP | Frederick Clark  | 628  | 8.34
Turnout |  | 75.66
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

### Orford

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Orford[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Kate Hannon*  | 2,864  | 66.20
| UKIP | Ian Richards  | 1,138  | 26.31
| Liberal Democrats | Edgar John Davies  | 324  | 7.49
Turnout |  | 55.13
| Labour hold

### Penketh and Cuerdley

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Penketh and Cuerdley[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Linda Susan Dirir*  | 2,683  | 52.55
| Conservative | Samuel Baxter  | 2,167  | 42.44
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Farrington Gowland  | 256  | 5.01
Turnout |  | 74.00
| Labour hold

### Poplars and Hulme

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Poplars and Hulme[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Stephen Roberts*  | 2,471  | 59.19
| UKIP | Trevor Nicholls  | 923  | 22.11
| Conservative | Francine Elizabeth Leslie  | 659  | 15.78
| Liberal Democrats | Shanise Oldbury  | 122  | 2.92
Turnout |  | 53.79
| Labour hold

### Poulton North

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Poulton North[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Graham Friend*  | 2,624  | 54.28
| UKIP | Barbara Ruth Johnson  | 1,376  | 28.47
| Liberal Democrats | Sandra Joan Bradshaw  | 834  | 17.25
Turnout |  | 62.00
| Labour hold

### Rixton and Woolston

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Rixton and Woolston[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Paul Bretherton*  | 2,395  | 47.45
| Conservative | Robin Sloan  | 1,498  | 29.68
| UKIP | Geoff Siddall  | 914  | 18.11
| Liberal Democrats | Diana Grylls  | 241  | 4.77
Turnout |  | 68.26
| Labour hold

### Stockton Heath

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Stockton Heath[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Conservative | Stephen Taylor  | 1,526  | 40.42
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Raymond  | 1,157  | 30.65
| Labour | Karen Mundry  | 854  | 22.62
| Green | Kenneth Robin Wilson  | 238  | 6.31
Turnout |  | 76.05
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

### Whittle Hall

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Whittle Hall[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Faisal Rashid*  | 2,961  | 42.02
| Conservative | Julian Craddock  | 2,023  | 28.71
| Liberal Democrats | Allan Keith Bird  | 1,905  | 27.03
| TUSC | Adam Hemsley  | 158  | 2.24
Turnout |  | 69.03
| Labour hold

## References

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1. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Local Election Results 2015 - Warrington Borough Council" (PDF). warrington.gov.uk.

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