Local elections were held for South Ribble Borough Council on 7 May 2015, the same day as the 2015 United Kingdom general election and other 2015 United Kingdom local elections. Local elections are held every four years with all councillors up for election in multi-member electoral wards.
Boundary review
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England reviewed the local boundaries of South Ribble Borough Council in 2014.[1]
The number of councillors elected to South Ribble council was reduced to 50, from the wards outlined below. The changes were made official by The South Ribble (Electoral Changes) Order 2014.[2]
| Ward | Number of councillors |
|---|---|
| Bamber Bridge East | 2 |
| Bamber Bridge West | 2 |
| Broad Oak | 2 |
| Broadfield | 2 |
| Buckshaw and Worden | 2 |
| Charnock | 2 |
| Coupe Green and Gregson Lane | 2 |
| Earnshaw Bridge | 2 |
| Farington East | 2 |
| Farington West | 2 |
| Hoole | 2 |
| Howick and Priory | 3 |
| Leyland Central | 2 |
| Longton and Hutton | 3 |
| Lostock Hall | 3 |
| Middleforth | 3 |
| Moss Side | 2 |
| New Longton and Hutton East | 2 |
| Samlesbury and Walton | 2 |
| Seven Stars | 2 |
| St. Ambrose | 2 |
| Walton-le-Dale East | 2 |
| Walton-le-Dale East | 2 |
Ward Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Foster | 1,051 | 30.7 | ||
| Labour | Caleb Tomlinson | 947 | 27.7 | ||
| Conservative | Taylor James | 710 | 20.7 | ||
| Conservative | Rita Hughes | 714 | 20.9 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mick Higgins | 1,127 | 31.0 | ||
| Labour | Dave Watts | 1,021 | 28.1 | ||
| Conservative | Josephine Nelson | 752 | 20.7 | ||
| Conservative | Kathleen Yates | 736 | 20.2 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mick Titherington | 1,373 | 35.6 | ||
| Labour | Matthew Tomlinson | 1,292 | 33.4 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Moon | 614 | 16.0 | ||
| Conservative | Edward Hardy | 582 | 15.1 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lee Bennet | 1,382 | 33.4 | ||
| Conservative | Jim Marsh | 1,371 | 33.1 | ||
| Labour | Mark Bradley | 794 | 19.2 | ||
| Green | Graham Dixon | 592 | 14.3 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Clifford Hughes | 1,663 | 19.8 | ||
| Conservative | Jacqui Mort | 1,473 | 17.5 | ||
| Conservative | Noreen Blow | 1,403 | 16.7 | ||
| Labour | Lee Graham | 1359 | 16.2 | ||
| Labour | Stuart Cook | 1330 | 15.8 | ||
| Labour | Sue Prynn | 1330 | 14.1 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anthony Green | 1,068 | 26.0 | ||
| Conservative | Mary Green | 1,041 | 25.3 | ||
| Labour | James Harrison | 689 | 16.8 | ||
| Labour | Peter Holker | 645 | 15.7 | ||
| UKIP | Bernard Rodgers | 353 | 8.6 | ||
| UKIP | Linda Rodgers | 314 | 7.6 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rose Smith | 1,739 | 32.7 | ||
| Conservative | Phil Smith | 1,604 | 30.1 | ||
| Labour | Anne Brown | 637 | 12.0 | ||
| Labour | Geoff Key | 607 | 11.4 | ||
| Green | Charles Henshaw | 324 | 6.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Julie Hartley | 224 | 4.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Hartley | 182 | 3.4 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Barrie Yates | 1,295 | 34.4 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Mullineux | 1,187 | 31.5 | ||
| Labour | Graham Davies | 701 | 18.6 | ||
| Labour | Andy Bennison | 583 | 15.5 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ian Watkinson | 824 | 25.5 | ||
| Labour | Elizabeth Mawson | 788 | 24.4 | ||
| Conservative | Dorothy Garner | 752 | 23.3 | ||
| Conservative | Melvyn Gardner | 689 | 21.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Young | 181 | 5.6 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bill Evans | 959 | 24.7 | ||
| Conservative | Susan Snape | 816 | 21.0 | ||
| Conservative | Cathy Roper | 701 | 18.1 | ||
| Labour | Dave Wynn | 680 | 17.5 | ||
| UKIP | Patricia Taylor | 409 | 10.5 | ||
| UKIP | Walter Taylor | 314 | 8.1 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Claire Hamilton | 1,049 | 24.7 | ||
| Labour | Derek Forrest | 1,011 | 23.8 | ||
| Conservative | Pete Aspinall | 815 | 19.2 | ||
| Conservative | Ann Pearmain | 738 | 17.4 | ||
| Green | Tom Bidwell | 322 | 7.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gwendoline Schofield | 187 | 4.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Valentine | 119 | 2.8 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Walton | 1,045 | 29.0 | ||
| Conservative | Karen Walton | 919 | 25.5 | ||
| Labour | Emma Buchanan | 709 | 19.7 | ||
| Labour | Barbara Davis | 540 | 15.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Judith Davidson | 255 | 7.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Howarth | 134 | 3.7 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jane Bell | 1,321 | 35.6 | ||
| Labour | Fred Heyworth | 919 | 22.7 | ||
| Conservative | Louise Gough | 677 | 18.3 | ||
| Conservative | Tony Green | 597 | 16.1 | ||
| UKIP | David Duxbury | 273 | 7.4 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Clark | 1,940 | 20.8 | ||
| Conservative | Colin Coulton | 1,937 | 20.8 | ||
| Conservative | Jon Hesketh | 1,743 | 18.7 | ||
| UKIP | Julie Buttery | 817 | 8.8 | ||
| Labour | Neil Scanlan | 673 | 7.2 | ||
| Labour | Carol Wooldridge | 532 | 5.7 | ||
| Labour | Michael Kelly | 520 | 5.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Barker | 458 | 5.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Moore | 415 | 4.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Crewe | 296 | 3.2 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ken Jones | 1,017 | 27.6 | ||
| Labour | Sue Jones | 993 | 26.9 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher Hardman | 664 | 18.0 | ||
| Conservative | Lee Gregson | 560 | 15.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gareth Armstrong | 299 | 8.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Cassell | 155 | 4.2 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Suthers | 887 | 27.3 | ||
| Conservative | John Rainsbury | 765 | 23.5 | ||
| UKIP | Ann Holmes | 394 | 12.1 | ||
| UKIP | Shirley Parkinson | 349 | 10.7 | ||
| Labour | James Minall | 346 | 10.6 | ||
| Labour | Terri Yates | 334 | 10.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Crewe | 105 | 3.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Hubberstey | 73 | 2.2 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Caroline Moon | 1,444 | 29.2 | ||
| Conservative | Alan Ogilvie | 1,312 | 26.6 | ||
| Labour | John Gillooly | 963 | 19.5 | ||
| Labour | Ruth Wynn | 853 | 17.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alexander Howarth | 202 | 4.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Doris Pimblett | 334 | 3.3 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Howarth | 1,650 | 14.8 | ||
| Conservative | David Bird | 1,585 | 14.2 | ||
| Conservative | Rebecca Noblet | 1,547 | 13.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Pimblett | 1479 | 13.2 | ||
| Conservative | Alistair Woollard | 1372 | 12.3 | ||
| Labour | David Bennett | 1173 | 10.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Angela Turner | 1130 | 10.1 | ||
| UKIP | John Carruthers | 678 | 6.1 | ||
| Green | Henshaw Sandy | 560 | 5.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Harry Hancock | 1,650 | 26.5 | ||
| Conservative | Linda Woollard | 973 | 20.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Young | 957 | 19.9 | ||
| Conservative | Frances Walker | 901 | 18.8 | ||
| Labour | Robert Taylor | 698 | 14.5 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Nathan | 1,148 | 29.5 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Nelson | 1,085 | 27.8 | ||
| Labour | Linda Parry | 879 | 22.6 | ||
| Labour | Alex Watson | 785 | 20.1 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jonathon Woodcock | 751 | 23.9 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Wharton | 747 | 23.7 | ||
| Labour | Malcolm Donoghue | 711 | 22.6 | ||
| Conservative | Alan Pearmain | 609 | 19.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Katherine Hesketh-Holt | 206 | 6.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Marion Hancock | 122 | 3.9 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Keith Martin | 1,754 | 18.0 | ||
| Labour | Jim Patten | 1,635 | 16.8 | ||
| Labour | David Wooldridge | 1,573 | 16.1 | ||
| Conservative | Jenny Hothersall | 1280 | 13.1 | ||
| Conservative | Joan Burrows | 1239 | 12.7 | ||
| Conservative | Clarke Steele | 1110 | 11.4 | ||
| UKIP | Neil Anyon | 787 | 8.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Maria McCann | 364 | 3.7 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrea Ball | 1,123 | 28.7 | ||
| Conservative | Barbara Nathan | 950 | 24.3 | ||
| Labour | Steve Bennett | 937 | 23.9 | ||
| Labour | Phil Entwistle | 906 | 23.1 | ||
See also
References
- ^ "South Ribble". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "The South Ribble Electoral Changes Orde". Legislation.gov. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
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