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 & St James

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 & Whipton

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) – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Exeter_City_Council_election