2015 Exeter City Council election

2015 Exeter City Council election[1][2]
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13 of the 40 seats to Exeter City Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before 27 10 3
Seats won 9 4 0
Seats after 29 10 1
Seat change Increase2 Steady Decrease2
Popular vote 16,671 15,139 4,796
Percentage 36.4% 33.1% 10.5%
Map showing the results of the 2015 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows the Conservatives. Wards in grey had no election.
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

Labour

The 2015 Exeter City Council election took place on 7 May 2015, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Exeter, Devon, England.[3] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

2015 Exeter City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 9 Increase 2 69.2 20 29 72.5 16,671 36.4 -1.4
  Conservative 4 Steady 30.8 6 10 25.0 15,139 33.1 +7.4
  Liberal Democrats 0 Decrease 2 0.0 1 1 2.5 4,941 10.8 +1.0
  UKIP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 4,595 10.0 -4.7
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 4,252 9.3 -0.9
  Left Unity 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 76 0.2 +0.1
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 62 0.1 -0.8
  BNP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 47 0.1 ±0.0

Results by ward

Alphington

Alphington
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Harvey 1,645 35.2%
Labour Rachel Purtell 1,509 32.3%
UKIP Dutch Dudgeon 554 11.9%
Liberal Democrats Rod Ruffle 530 11.3%
Green Andrew Bell 435 9.3%
Majority 136 2.9%
Turnout 4,700 70.79%
Conservative gain from Labour

Cowick

Cowick
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Paul Bull 1,261 40.3%
Conservative Louis Ten-Holter 1,021 32.6%
UKIP Peter Boardman 456 14.6%
Green Emily Marsay 191 6.1%
Liberal Democrats Sandy Chenore 185 5.9%
TUSC Lily Cooper 16 0.5%
Majority 240 7.7%
Turnout 3,154 71.28%
Labour hold

Duryard

Duryard & St.James
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Percy Prowse 1,267
Labour John Chilvers 560
Green David Barker-Hahlo 387
Liberal Democrats Aiden Graham 175
UKIP Anne Back 121
TUSC Luke Pilling 19
Majority 707 28.0%
Turnout 2,540 77.23
Conservative hold

Exwick

Exwick
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Philip Bialyk 1,893 43.8%
Conservative Alex Gewanter 1,201 27.8%
UKIP Lawrence Harper 646 15.0%
Green Mark Shorto 339 7.9%
Liberal Democrats Aldo Visibelli 211 4.9%
TUSC Andrew Duncan 27 0.6%
Majority 692 16.0%
Turnout 4,348 66.44%
Labour hold

Heavitree

Heavitree
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Greg Sheldon 1,247 37.9%
Conservative Aric Gilinsky 903 27.8%
UKIP Steve Jones 485 14.8%
Green Ditch Townsend 357 10.9%
Liberal Democrats Jackie Holdstock 295 9.0%
Majority 344 10.5%
Turnout 3,305 74.88
Labour hold

Mincinglake

Mincinglake & Whipton
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Emma Morse 1,260 46.1%
Conservative John Murphy 776 28.4%
UKIP Brian Jeffery 415 15.2%
Green Lizzie Woodman 162 5.9%
Liberal Democrats Nick Sutton 121 4.4%
Majority 484 17.7%
Turnout 2,747 66.69%
Labour hold

Priory

Priory
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Kate Hannan 1,991 46.3%
Conservative Paul Kenny 1,161 27.0%
UKIP Peter Cook 608 14.1%
Green Alex Taylor 319 7.4%
Liberal Democrats Kevin Chun 200 4.6%
Left Unity Matteo Mazzoleni 24 0.6%
Majority 830 19.3%
Turnout 4,345 63.41%
Labour hold

St Davids

St Davids
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Christine Buswell 834 26.5%
Liberal Democrats Kevin Mitchell 799 25.4%
Conservative Charles Beaty 766 24.3%
Green Isaac Price-Sosner 638 20.2%
UKIP Graham Stone 114 3.6%
Majority 35 1.1%
Turnout 3,169 56.64
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

St Leonards

St Leonards
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Natalie Vizard 1,178 37.4%
Conservative Stephanie Warner 1,156 36.7%
Green Alysa Freeman 219 7.0%
Liberal Democrats Morten Buus 426 13.5%
UKIP Adrian Rogers 168 5.3%
Majority 22 0.7%
Turnout 3,161 79.08%
Labour gain from Conservative

St Loyes

St Loyes
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative David Henson 1,486 44.2%
Labour Steve Frank 911 27.1%
UKIP Alison Sheridan 449 13.4%
Liberal Democrats Sally Wilcox 282 8.4%
Green Neil Gratton 234 7.0%
Majority 575 17.1%
Turnout 3,389 70.40%
Conservative hold

St Thomas

St Thomas
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Hannah Packham 1,253 36.9%
Liberal Democrats Adrian Fullam 1,106 32.5%
Conservative Georgia Drinkwater 622 18.3%
Green Kay Powell 348 10.2%
BNP Chris Stone 47 1.4%
Left Unity David Parks 24 0.7%
Majority 147 4.3%
Turnout 3,463 69.12%
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Topsham

Topsham
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Rob Newby 2,105 53.7%
Labour Eliot Wright 1,023 26.1%
Liberal Democrats Sheila Hobden 451 11.5%
Green John Moreman 342 8.7%
Majority 1,082 27.6%
Turnout 3,961 74.82%
Conservative hold

St Thomas

St Thomas
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Rosie Denham 1,751 45.7%
Conservative Ruth Smith 1,030 26.9%
UKIP Valerie Angus 579 15.1%
Green Mark Cox 281 7.3%
Liberal Democrats Mike Matuszczyk 160 4.2%
Left Unity Ed Potts 28 0.7%
Majority 721 18.8%
Turnout 3,865 66.75%
Labour hold

References

  1. ^ Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2015". Local Elections Archive Project.
  2. ^ Exeter City Council [@ExeterCouncil] (8 May 2015). "Exeter City Councils political make up is now 29 Lab, 10 Con and 1 LibDem" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 3 June 2021 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.