2015 Sevenoaks District Council election
The 2015 Sevenoaks District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the
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Independent candidate
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Boundary changes triggered by the Sevenoaks (Electoral Changes) Order 2014 came into force at this election. The wards which were affected were: Hartley and Hodsoll Street; Ash and New Ash Green; Otford and Shoreham; Enysford; Swanley Christchurch and Swanley Village; Hextable; Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway; Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone; Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge; and Westerham and Crockham Hill.[2]
Summary results
Party | Candidates | Seats | Change[n 1] | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 54 | 49 | 2 | 70,261 | 63.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 20 | 2 | 0 | 10,775 | 9.8 | |
Labour | 25 | 1 | 3 | 12,009 | 10.9 | |
UKIP
|
8 | 1 | 1 | 4,351 | 4.0 | |
Independent[n 2] | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1,790 | 1.6 | |
Green | 25 | 10,039 | 9.1 | |||
Independent Voice - Community Focus[n 3] | 2 | 809 | 0.7 | |||
Libertarian | 1 | 43 | 0.0 | |||
Total | 138 | 54 | 0 | 110,077 | 100.0 |
Ward results
Ash and New Ash Green
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cameron Clark | 1,775 | 25.5 | ||
Conservative | Alan Pett | 1,630 | 23.4 | ||
Conservative | Claire Pearsall | 1,586 | 22.8 | ||
Labour | Mary Bainbridge | 715 | 10.3 | ||
Green | Mark Skelton | 646 | 9.3 | ||
Green | Norah Skelton | 602 | 8.7 | ||
Total votes | 6,954 | ||||
Majority | 871 | 12.5 | |||
Rejected ballots | 37 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,315 | 71.0 | |||
Registered electors | 4,671 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James London | 2,365 | 24.9 | ||
Conservative | Anna Firth | 2,337 | 24.6 | ||
Conservative | Robert Piper | 2,166 | 22.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Elaine Coupe | 703 | 7.4 | ||
Green | Sarah White | 696 | 7.3 | ||
Green | Marcus Fry | 622 | 6.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bob Coupe | 611 | 6.4 | ||
Total votes | 9,500 | ||||
Majority | 1463 | 15.4 | |||
Rejected ballots | 69 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,742 | 74.3 | |||
Registered electors | 5,033 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Cowden and Hever
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matthew Dickins | 919 | 80.3 | ||
UKIP
|
Lorraine Millgate | 225 | 19.7 | ||
Total votes | 1,144 | ||||
Majority | 694 | 60.7 | |||
Rejected ballots | 49 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,193 | 73.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,621 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Crockenhill and Well Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP
|
Steve Lindsay | 398 | 34.7 | ||
Conservative | Shanker Gaire | 327 | 28.5 | ||
Labour | Rachel Waterton | 271 | 23.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philip Hobson | 87 | 7.6 | ||
Green | Aliye Batmaz | 63 | 5.5 | ||
Total votes | 1,146 | ||||
Majority | 71 | 6.2 | |||
Rejected ballots | 4 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,150 | 73.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,563 | ||||
UKIP win (new seat)
|
Dunton Green and Riverhead
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kim Bailey | 1,410 | 31.4 | ||
Conservative | Cameron Brown | 1,292 | 28.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Beard | 383 | 8.5 | ||
No description
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Ian Bayley | 376 | 8.4 | ||
Labour | Nick Dineen | 370 | 8.2 | ||
Green | Maya Forth | 346 | 7.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Sheridan | 275 | 6.1 | ||
Libertarian | Daniel Welstead | 43 | 1.0 | ||
Total votes | 4,495 | ||||
Majority | 909 | 20.2 | |||
Rejected ballots | 20 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,601 | 71.1 | |||
Registered electors | 3,657 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Edenbridge North and East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stuart McGregor | 1,553 | 36.5 | ||
Conservative | John Scholey | 1,473 | 34.6 | ||
Labour | Kathryn Parish | 621 | 14.6 | ||
Green | Hill Harris | 611 | 14.3 | ||
Total votes | 4,258 | ||||
Majority | 852 | 20.0 | |||
Rejected ballots | 44 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,569 | 67.9 | |||
Registered electors | 3,786 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Edenbridge South and West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margot McArthur | 1,094 | 30.5 | ||
Conservative | Alan Layland | 1,053 | 29.4 | ||
Labour | Bob Howes | 426 | 11.9 | ||
UKIP
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Stephen Peddie | 426 | 11.9 | ||
Green | Sue Rule | 298 | 8.3 | ||
Labour | James Parish | 286 | 8.0 | ||
Total votes | 3,583 | ||||
Majority | 627 | 17.5 | |||
Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,107 | 65.7 | |||
Registered electors | 3,205 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Eynsford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Horwood | 780 | 70.6 | ||
Labour | Madeleine Marshall | 154 | 13.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tony Clayton | 100 | 9.0 | ||
Green | Sarah Perkins | 71 | 6.4 | ||
Total votes | 1,105 | ||||
Majority | 626 | 56.7 | |||
Rejected ballots | 13 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,119 | 75.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,481 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Farningham, Horton Kirby and South Darenth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip McGarvey | 1,408 | 33.9 | ||
Conservative | Ingrid Chetram | 1,321 | 31.8 | ||
Labour | Kevin Flack | 568 | 13.7 | ||
Green | Hilary Harding | 478 | 11.5 | ||
Labour | Amy McEnroe | 375 | 9.0 | ||
Total votes | 4,150 | ||||
Majority | 753 | 18.1 | |||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,672 | 69.4 | |||
Registered electors | 3,848 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Fawkham and West Kingsdown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Faye Parkin | 1,729 | 24.4 | ||
Conservative | Ian Bosley | 1,664 | 23.5 | ||
Conservative | Pat Bosley | 1,636 | 23.1 | ||
Green | Christopher Russell | 527 | 7.4 | ||
Labour | James Weekes | 514 | 7.3 | ||
Labour | John Smifey | 508 | 7.2 | ||
Green | Mark Lindop | 506 | 7.1 | ||
Total votes | 7,084 | ||||
Majority | 1109 | 15.7 | |||
Rejected ballots | 88 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,368 | 69.1 | |||
Registered electors | 4,875 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Halstead, Knockholt and Badgers Mount
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Grint | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Gary Williamson | Unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Hartley and Hodsoll Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Gaywood | 2,380 | 30.4 | ||
Conservative | Larry Abraham | 2,272 | 29.0 | ||
Conservative | John Kelly | 1,921 | 24.6 | ||
UKIP
|
Vince Sewell | 1250 | 16.0 | ||
Total votes | 7,823 | ||||
Majority | 671 | 8.6 | |||
Rejected ballots | 121 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,626 | 75.1 | |||
Registered electors | 4,826 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Hextable
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dee Morris | 1,237 | 32.1 | ||
Independent
|
Darren Kitchener | 1,089 | 28.2 | ||
Conservative | John Pike | 835 | 21.6 | ||
Labour | Melvyn George | 394 | 10.2 | ||
Green | Phil Levy | 303 | 7.9 | ||
Total votes | 3,858 | ||||
Majority | 254 | 6.6 | |||
Rejected ballots | 28 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,433 | 72.5 | |||
Registered electors | 3,354 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat)
|
Kemsing
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Reay | 1,155 | 30.1 | ||
Conservative | Lorraine Stack | 1,090 | 28.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Robarts | 706 | 18.4 | ||
UKIP
|
Roger Williams | 596 | 15.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Wassell | 289 | 7.5 | ||
Total votes | 3,836 | ||||
Majority | 384 | 10.0 | |||
Rejected ballots | 24 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,464 | 73.9 | |||
Registered electors | 3,333 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Lake | Unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Otford and Shoreham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michelle Lowe | 1,416 | 29.4 | ||
Conservative | John Edwards-Winser | 1,357 | 28.1 | ||
UKIP
|
Chris Heath | 500 | 10.4 | ||
Green | Philip Otto | 322 | 6.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alistair Macpherson | 304 | 6.3 | ||
Green | Philip Dodd | 293 | 6.1 | ||
Labour | Colin Baker | 235 | 4.9 | ||
Labour | Nevile Fourie | 198 | 4.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lise Michaelides | 198 | 4.1 | ||
Total votes | 4,823 | ||||
Majority | 857 | 17.8 | |||
Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,755 | 77.0 | |||
Registered electors | 3,580 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Penhurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paddy Cooke | 790 | 53.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Streatfield | 501 | 33.8 | ||
Green | Joy Rosendale | 191 | 12.9 | ||
Total votes | 1,482 | ||||
Majority | 289 | 19.5 | |||
Rejected ballots | 23 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,506 | 75.4 | |||
Registered electors | 1,998 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Seal and Weald
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julia Thornton | 1,363 | 34.8 | ||
Conservative | Roddy Hogarth | 1,351 | 34.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Michaelides | 443 | 11.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Hudson | 380 | 9.7 | ||
Green | Linda Walker | 376 | 9.6 | ||
Total votes | 3,913 | ||||
Majority | 908 | 23.2 | |||
Rejected ballots | 34 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,297 | 72.1 | |||
Registered electors | 3,187 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Sevenoaks Eastern
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Purves | 951 | 27.2 | ||
Conservative | Edward Parson | 792 | 22.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Walshe | 711 | 20.3 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Arnold | 636 | 18.2 | ||
Green | John Cornwell | 408 | 11.7 | ||
Total votes | 3,498 | ||||
Majority | 81 | 2.3 | |||
Rejected ballots | 43 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,117 | 69.5 | |||
Registered electors | 3,044 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Sevenoaks Kippington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Avril Hunter | 1,846 | 39.2 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Eyre | 1,845 | 39.1 | ||
Green | Chelsea Hodkinson | 322 | 6.8 | ||
Green | Steve Plater | 263 | 5.6 | ||
Labour | Thomas Geldard | 248 | 5.3 | ||
Labour | Theodore Michael | 191 | 4.1 | ||
Total votes | 4,715 | ||||
Majority | 1,523 | 32.3 | |||
Rejected ballots | 43 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,730 | 74.5 | |||
Registered electors | 3,664 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Sevenoaks Northern
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jonathan Krogdahl | 954 | 25.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Merilyn Canet | 952 | 25.9 | ||
Conservative | Paul Towell | 927 | 25.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Iain Porter | 844 | 23.0 | ||
Total votes | 3,677 | ||||
Majority | 25 | 0.7 | |||
Rejected ballots | 72 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,180 | 67.6 | |||
Registered electors | 3,226 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Sevenoaks Town and St John's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Fleming | 1,726 | 21.1 | ||
Conservative | Simon Raikes | 1,608 | 19.7 | ||
Conservative | Graham Clack | 1,537 | 18.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sue Camp | 840 | 10.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Fay Margo | 808 | 9.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Doreen Kinsler | 689 | 8.4 | ||
Green | John Harris | 585 | 7.2 | ||
UKIP
|
Brian Shirreff | 383 | 4.7 | ||
Total votes | 8,176 | ||||
Majority | 697 | 8.5 | |||
Rejected ballots | 37 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,389 | 69.7 | |||
Registered electors | 4,859 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Swanley Christchurch and Swanley Village
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Barnes | 1,792 | 23.6 | ||
Conservative | Simon Raikes | 1,564 | 20.6 | ||
Conservative | Graham Clack | 1,557 | 20.5 | ||
Labour | Gillian Fittock | 862 | 11.4 | ||
Labour | Ngozi Marsh | 704 | 9.3 | ||
Labour | Collins Fadare | 699 | 9.2 | ||
Green | Brian Thomas | 400 | 5.3 | ||
Total votes | 7,578 | ||||
Majority | 695 | 9.2 | |||
Rejected ballots | 51 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,074 | 69.0 | |||
Registered electors | 4,457 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Swanley St Mary's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lesley Dyball | 729 | 25.5 | ||
Labour | Michael Hogg | 618 | 21.6 | ||
Conservative | Ray Morris | 614 | 21.5 | ||
Labour | Elizabeth Komolafe | 595 | 20.8 | ||
Independent Voice - Community Focus | John Underwood | 300 | 10.5 | ||
Total votes | 2,856 | ||||
Majority | 4 | 0.1 | |||
Rejected ballots | 51 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,757 | 55.3 | |||
Registered electors | 3,176 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Swanley White Oak
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Laurence Ball | 1,166 | 17.5 | ||
Conservative | Nina Rosen | 1,098 | 16.5 | ||
Conservative | James Halford | 1,080 | 16.2 | ||
Labour | Mark Fittock | 694 | 10.4 | ||
Labour | Joanne Frawley | 679 | 10.2 | ||
Labour | Angela George | 670 | 10.0 | ||
Independent Voice - Community Focus | Janet Sargeant | 509 | 7.6 | ||
Green | Robert Woodbridge | 282 | 4.2 | ||
Green | John Jones | 262 | 3.9 | ||
Green | Shen Batmaz | 229 | 3.4 | ||
Total votes | 6,669 | ||||
Majority | 386 | 5.8 | |||
Rejected ballots | 54 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,725 | 57.4 | |||
Registered electors | 4,746 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Westerham and Crockham Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kevin Maskell | 1,115 | 29.7 | ||
Conservative | Diana Esler | 990 | 26.4 | ||
UKIP
|
Carol Mackay | 573 | 15.3 | ||
Labour | Neil Proudfoot | 414 | 11.0 | ||
Green | Amelie Boleyn | 337 | 9.0 | ||
Independent
|
Anthony Holman | 325 | 8.7 | ||
Total votes | 3,754 | ||||
Majority | 417 | 11.1 | |||
Rejected ballots | 25 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,481 | 72.1 | |||
Registered electors | 3,443 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Notes
- ^ Due to boundary changes since the last council election, seat change numbers may be skewed.
- ^ Including one candidate without a party description
- ^ Independent Voice - Community Focus was a political party formed in time for the 2015 local elections. Its leader was Janet Sargeant, who stood in the Swanley White Oak ward. The party was deregistered in November 2016.[3]
References
- ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ "The Sevenoaks (Electoral Changes) Order 2014" (PDF). Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "Independent Voice-Community Focus [De-registered 12/10/16]". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- Sevenoaks District Council. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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