2015 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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7 May 2015 (2015-05-07)

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24 out of 72 seats for Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
37 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Pete Lowe	Patrick Harley	Unknown
Party	Labour	Conservative	UKIP
Seats before	41	25	7
Seats won	11	13	0
Seats after	40	26	7
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	52,046	58,026	35,727
Percentage	33.74		23.16

	Fourth party

Leader	Will Duckworth
Party	Green
Seats before	1
Seats won	0
Seats after	1
Seat change
Popular vote	6,608
Percentage	4.28

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 2015 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections, as well as the election of MPs for Dudley South, Dudley North, Halesowen and Rowley Regis and Stourbridge.

Results

2015 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council^[2]

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	24	13	1	0	1	54.17	37.62	58,026	0
	Labour	24	11	0	1	1	45.83	33.74	52,046	0
	UKIP	24	0	0	0		0.00	23.16	35,727	0
	Green	24	0	0	0		0.00	4.28	6,608	0
	Liberal Democrats	4	0	0	0		0.00	0.96	1,485	0
	Independent	1	0	0	0		0.00	0.24	366	0
	Totals	101	24				100.00	100.00	154,258

Ward Results

* - Incumbent Candidate

Amblecote

Amblecote Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon James Tyler	3,079	44.95
	UKIP	Pete Lee	1,776	25.93
	Labour	Sikandar Ahmed	1,716	25.05
	Green	Christian Devi Kiever	238	3.47
Rejected ballots			41	0.60
	Conservative hold

Belle Vale

Belle Vale Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon Phipps	2,728	39.42
	Labour	Liz Keenan	2,533	36.60
	UKIP	Graema Anthony Jack Lloyd	1,279	18.48
	Green	Gemma Louise Thompson	329	4.75
Rejected ballots			51	0.74
	Conservative hold

Brierley Hill

Brierley Hill Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rachel Naomi Harris*	2,351	42.89
	Conservative	Kamran Razzaq	1,429	26.07
	UKIP	Carl James Owen	1,409	25.70
	Green	Gordon Christopher Elcock	275	5.02
Rejected ballots			18	0.33
	Labour hold

Brockmoor & Pensnett

Brockmoor & Pensnett Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Karen Mary Jordan*	2,069	39.93
	Conservative	Sue Greenaway	1,593	30.74
	UKIP	Jennifer Louise Bernadette Hill	1,374	26.51
	Green	Ben Sweeney	127	2.45
Rejected ballots			19	0.37
	Labour hold

Castle & Priory

Castle & Priory Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ken Finch*	3,011	47.00
	UKIP	Philip Ather Wimlett	1,695	26.46
	Conservative	Daryl Brian Millward	1,481	23.12
	Green	Alexander John Kendall	202	3.15
Rejected ballots			18	0.28
	Labour hold

Coseley East

Coseley East Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Melvyn Mottram	2,276	41.14
	UKIP	Craig Peter Winyard	1,684	30.44
	Conservative	Martin Richard Duffield	1,399	25.28
	Green	Jon Hartless	159	2.87
Rejected ballots			15	0.27
	Labour hold

Cradley & Wollescote

Cradley & Wollescote Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard John Body	2,602	43.54
	Conservative	Alan Harry Hopwood	1,704	28.51
	UKIP	Lee John Sargeant	1,427	23.88
	Green	Dennis Anthony Neville	218	3.65
Rejected ballots			25	0.42
	Labour hold

Gornal

Gornal Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anne Elizabeth Millward	2,443	34.45
	Labour	Stuart Turner*	2,292	32.32
	UKIP	Andrew John Elton Parsons	2,203	31.07
	Green	Ryan James Virgo	124	1.75
Rejected ballots			29	0.41
	Conservative gain from Labour

Halesowen North

Halesowen North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Karen Elizabeth Shakespeare*	2,497	39.04
	Labour	Ian McGarry	2,337	36.54
	UKIP	Nathan Paul Hunt	1,288	20.14
	Green	Jogn Payne	231	3.61
Rejected ballots			43	0.67
	Conservative hold

Halesowen South

Halesowen South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Taylor*	3,633	50.77
	Labour	John Lewis	1,815	25.36
	UKIP	James Alexander Apperley	1,148	16.04
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Alan Campbell	293	4.09
	Green	Tim Weller	219	3.06
Rejected ballots			48	0.67
	Conservative hold

Hayley Green & Cradley South

Hayley Green & Cradley South Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jeff Hill	2,879	43.61
	Labour	Malcolm David Freeman	1,840	27.87
	UKIP	Michael William Forsyth	1,222	18.51
	Independent	Adrian John Turner	366	5.54
	Green	Colin Royle	242	3.67
Rejected ballots			52	0.79
	Conservative hold

Kingswinford North & Wall Heath

Kingswinford North & Wall Heath Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicola Faye Richards	3,672	49.65
	Labour	Lynn Edwina Boleyn	1,944	26.28
	UKIP	Karl Sean Reynolds	1,553	21.00
	Green	Luke Stuart Harrison	196	2.65
Rejected ballots			31	0.42
	Conservative hold

Kingswinford South

Kingswinford South Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Philip Miller	3,828	53.00
	Labour	Shaz Saleem	1,678	23.23
	UKIP	Peter Charles Hillman	1,356	18.78
	Green	Vicky Duckworth	326	4.51
Rejected ballots			34	0.47
	Conservative hold

Lye & Stourbridge

Lye & Stourbridge North Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mohammed Hanif*	2,143	35.89
	Conservative	Asan Mishaq	1,937	32.44
	UKIP	Wendy Wilde	1,646	27.57
	Green	Andi Mohr	218	3.65
Rejected ballots			27	0.45
	Labour hold

Netherton, Woodside & St. Andrews's

Netherton, Woodside & St. Andrews's Wars^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Qadar Zada*	2,113	34.63
	UKIP	Stephen Daniels	1,474	24.16
	Green	Bill McCornish	1,288	21.11
	Conservative	Chris Neale	1,201	19.69
Rejected ballots			25	0.41
	Labour hold

Norton Ward

Norton Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Heather Rogers*	3,795	52.62
	Labour	Mike Crannage	1,527	21.17
	UKIP	David Jolyan Stroud Powell	1,023	14.18
	Liberal Democrats	Vic Hanson	429	5.95
	Green	Pam Archer	414	5.74
Rejected ballots			34	0.33
	Conservative hold

Pedmore & Stourbridge East

Pedmore & Stourbridge East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Marshall Kettle*	3,862	53.51
	Labour	Julie Elizabeth Baines	1,673	23.18
	UKIP	David Jolyan Stroud Powell	1,023	14.34
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Paul Hanson	357	4.95
	Green	Liz Tilly	254	3.52
Rejected ballots			35	0.51
	Conservative hold

Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood

Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jackie Cowell*	2,072	35.95
	UKIP	Dean Horton	1,750	30.37
	Conservative	Sue Ridney	1,660	28.80
	Green	Martin Richard Cotterell	259	4.49
Rejected ballots			22	0.38
	Labour hold

Sedgley

Sedgley Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tina Marion Westwood	2,914	42.89
	UKIP	Marcia Vera Harris	1,874	27.58
	Labour	Sue Ridney	1,779	26.18
	Green	Emma Caroline Harrison	193	2.84
Rejected ballots			34	0.50
	Conservative hold

St. James

St. James's Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mary Roberts*	2,641	44.74
	UKIP	Philip Andrew Rowe	1,642	27.82
	Conservative	Jack Anthony Spriggs	1,398	23.68
	Green	Adrian Denis Crossen	186	3.15
Rejected ballots			38	0.61
	Labour hold

St. Thomas's

St. Thomas's Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Glenis Louise Simms	3,351	57.07
	UKIP	Helen Louise Wimlett	1,310	22.31
	Conservative	Lila Redfern	918	15.63
	Green	Christian Green	258	4.39
Rejected ballots			35	0.60
	Labour hold

Upper Gornal & Woodsetton

Upper Gornal & Woodsetton Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Adam Michael Aston*	2,256	37.03
	Conservative	Doreen Ameson	1,864	30.59
	UKIP	Fiona Jane Evans	1,795	29.46
	Green	Daniel James Brookes	154	2.53
Rejected ballots			24	0.39
	Labour hold

Wollaston & Stourbridge Town

Wollaston & Stourbridge Town Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steve Clark	3,075	43.40
	Labour	Serena Craigle	1,956	27.61
	UKIP	Maxim Lowe	1,141	16.1
	Green	Lawrence Rowlett	461	6.51
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Hanson	406	5.73
Rejected ballots			46	0.65
	Conservative hold

Wordsley

Wordsley Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Matt Rogers	3,037	43.93
	Labour	William Peter Cody	2,071	29.96
	UKIP	John Alexander Christian MacLeod	1,623	23.48
	Green	Catherine Mary Maguire	161	2.33
Rejected ballots			21	0.30
	Conservative hold

References

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y "Local Election 2015 - All Wards Results Summary" (PDF). dudley.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2023.

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