2015 Torridge District Council election explained

The 2015 Torridge District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Torridge District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections and the 2015 UK General Election hence turnout was much higher than usual Local Elections.

Results

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Results by ward

Appledore

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Conservative	Andrew Eastman	791
	UKIP	Kenneth Davis	548
	Green	Peter Hames	426
	Independent	Barry Edwards	382
	Conservative	James Jackson	314
Turnout				70.5
	Conservative hold
	UKIP gain from Independent

Bideford East

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Conservative	Mervyn Langmead	1378
	UKIP	Sam Robinson	935
	UKIP	Gaston Dezart	845
	Labour	Ruth Craigie	709
	Independent	Pauline Davies	569
	Green	Stephen Pagett	561
Turnout				61.11
	Conservative hold
	UKIP gain from Conservative
	UKIP gain from Independent

Bideford North

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Green	Peter Christie	1313
	Conservative	Dermot McGeough	928
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Johns	843
	Conservative	Philip Pester	763
	Independent	Douglas Bushby	634
	Labour	Anne Brenton	616
	Labour	Michael James	536
Turnout				65.33
	Green hold
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Bideford South

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Conservative	Simon Inch	947
	Conservative	Anthony Inch	932
	Labour	David Brenton	801
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wootton	798
	Labour	Joseph Day	636
	Labour	James Craigie	594
Turnout				57.75
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

Broadheath

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Conservative	Peter Watson	Uncontested
	Conservative hold

Clinton

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Independent	Richard Wiseman	618
	Green	William Douglas-Mann	333
Turnout				77.15
	Independent hold

Clovelly Bay

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	UKIP	Robin Julian	Uncontested
Turnout
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats

Coham Bridge

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Conservative	Philip Hackett	703
	Independent	Gloria Tabor	368
Turnout				82.17
	Conservative hold

Forest

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Conservative	Zygmunt Gregorek	694
	Green	Jonathan Middleton	333
Turnout				74.98
	Conservative hold

Hartland and Bradworthy

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Independent	Anna Dart	1114
	UKIP	Alan Whittle	598
	Green	Jill Maynard	567
Turnout				71.9
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

Holsworthy

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Conservative	Ian Parker	1194
	Conservative	Kenith Carroll	816
	UKIP	Brian Alchorn	629
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Ratledge	464
	Green	John Sanders	371
Turnout				69.44
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Kenwith

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Conservative	Alison Boyle	656
	UKIP	Derek Sargent	299
Turnout				74.29
	Conservative hold

Monkleigh and Littleham

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Independent	Phil Pennington	410
	Conservative	Benjamin Parry	346
	Green	Ruth Funnell	192
Turnout				77.38
	Independent hold

Northam

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Conservative	Jane Whittaker	1,285
	Conservative	John Himan	1,162
	UKIP	Richard Hancock	1,062
	Independent	Richard Miller	945
	Labour	Irene Rowe	764
Turnout				69.86
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	UKIP gain from Conservative

Orchard Hill

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Conservative	John Langton-Lockton	515
	UKIP	Christopher Leather	505
Turnout				74.14
	Conservative gain from Independent

Shebbear and Langtree

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Conservative	David Hurley	900
	Green	Gillian Douglas-Mann	290
Turnout				76.42
	Conservative hold

Tamarside

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Independent	Kenneth James	Uncontested
	Independent hold

Three Moors

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Conservative	Rosemary Lock	705
	Green	Colin Jones	335
Turnout				76.52
	Conservative hold

Torrington

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Independent	Margaret Brown	986
	Green	Cathrine Simmons	901
	UKIP	Roger Darch	841
	Conservative	Sharon Claydon	786
	Conservative	Harold Martin	736
	UKIP	John Pitts	659
	Green	Keith Funnell	627
	Labour	Penelope Hewitt	496
Turnout				64.65
	Independent hold
	Green gain from Conservative
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats

Two Rivers

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Conservative	James Morrish	Uncontested
	Conservative hold

Waldon

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Independent	Robert Hicks	572
	Independent	James Lowe	427
Turnout				75.82
	Independent hold

Westward Ho!

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Conservative	Peter le Maistre	528
	Independent	Roger Tisdale	473
	Green	Christopher Jordan	311
Turnout				71.20
	Conservative gain from Independent

Winkleigh

Party!Candidate!Votes!%

	Conservative	Betty Boundy	664
	Independent	Gail Flockhart	356
	Liberal Democrats	John Kane	182
	Green	Jacob Glanville	152
Turnout				77.97
	Conservative gain from Independent

By-elections

Holsworthy (8 November 2018)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Upcoming elections & referendums . 26 April 2015 . The Electoral Commission . https://web.archive.org/web/20150315102043/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums . 15 March 2015 . live.