2015 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2015 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect all members of Doncaster Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. Due to boundary changes all 55 seats were up for election.
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The election resulted in the Labour Party retaining control of the council, with a majority of 27 seats.
Result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
| Party | Previous council[2] | New council | |||
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| Labour | 48 | 41 | |||
| Conservative | 8 | 8 | |||
| Mexborough First | 3 | 3 | |||
| UKIP | 1 | 2 | |||
| Independent | 3 | 1 | |||
| Total | 63 | 55 | |||
| Working majority | 33 | 27 | |||
Ward results
The electoral division results are listed below.[3]
Spoilt ballots are not included in the below results.
Adwick and Carcroft ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Mounsey | 2,812 | 47.5 | ||
| Labour | Ted Kitchen | 2,649 | 44.7 | ||
| Labour | Rachel Hodson | 2,098 | 35.4 | ||
| UKIP | Ryan Morling | 1,720 | 29.0 | ||
| Green | David Carroll | 700 | 11.8 | ||
| Conservative | Keith Oades | 690 | 11.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Victor Butterfield | 622 | 10.5 | ||
| TUSC | Jason Fawley | 466 | 7.9 | ||
| Turnout | 53.7 | ||||
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Armthorpe ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tony Corden | 2,709 | 46.8 | ||
| Labour | Chris McGuinness | 2,496 | 43.1 | ||
| Labour | Sue McGuinness | 2,386 | 41.2 | ||
| UKIP | Nigel Berry | 2,260 | 38.2 | ||
| Conservative | Alexandra Laura Allen | 1,247 | 21.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia Cooney | 638 | 10.8 | ||
| Green | Mark Gray | 605 | 10.2 | ||
| Independent | John Raymond Lowndes | 575 | 9.7 | ||
| Turnout | 54.5 | ||||
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Balby South ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Healy | 1,867 | 48.2 | ||
| Labour | Nuala Mary Fennelly | 1,419 | 36.7 | ||
| UKIP | James Cotterill | 1,385 | 35.8 | ||
| Conservative | John Thomas Papworth | 906 | 23.4 | ||
| Green | David Ingram | 278 | 7.2 | ||
| TUSC | Robert James Green | 192 | 5.0 | ||
| Green | Jordan James Ingram | 162 | 4.2 | ||
| Turnout | 52.4 | ||||
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Bentley ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bill Mordue | 3,006 | 47.0 | ||
| Labour | Charlie Hogarth | 2,831 | 44.3 | ||
| Labour | Jane Nightingale | 2,760 | 43.2 | ||
| UKIP | Tony Ward | 2,046 | 32.0 | ||
| Conservative | Brian Woodhouse | 1,165 | 18.2 | ||
| Green | Christine Florence Platt | 700 | 10.9 | ||
| English Democrat | Keith John Hewitt | 634 | 9.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Rene Paterson | 508 | 7.9 | ||
| TUSC | Steven Flint | 446 | 7.0 | ||
| Turnout | 51.1 | ||||
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Bessacarr and Cantley ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Neil Gethin | 1,982 | 28.4 | ||
| Labour | Majid Khan | 1,864 | 26.7 | ||
| Conservative | Nick Allen | 1,821 | 26.1 | ||
| Labour | Bob Johnson | 1,744 | 25.0 | ||
| UKIP | Paul Coddington | 1,729 | 24.8 | ||
| UKIP | Paul Alexander Pickering | 1,504 | 21.6 | ||
| Conservative | Leon French | 1,425 | 20.4 | ||
| UKIP | Bernie Aston | 1,364 | 19.6 | ||
| Independent | Monty Cuthbert | 1,316 | 18.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Edwin Simpson | 920 | 13.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Brown | 867 | 12.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Dianna Simpson | 615 | 8.8 | ||
| Green | Doug Wright | 611 | 8.8 | ||
| English Democrat | Barbara Hewitt | 364 | 5.2 | ||
| Turnout | 62.6 | ||||
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Conisbrough ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nigel Ball | 3,642 | 55.2 | ||
| Labour | Sandra Mary Holland | 2,983 | 45.2 | ||
| Labour | Craig Bernard Sahman | 2,471 | 37.5 | ||
| UKIP | Deborah Cotterill | 2,026 | 30.7 | ||
| UKIP | Jonathan Ellis | 1,818 | 27.6 | ||
| UKIP | William Shaw | 1,477 | 22.4 | ||
| Conservative | Margaret Beard | 786 | 11.9 | ||
| Green | Andy Fisher | 474 | 7.2 | ||
| TUSC | Steve Williams | 424 | 6.4 | ||
| English Democrat | John Brennan | 405 | 6.1 | ||
| Turnout | 56.7 | ||||
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Edenthorpe and Kirk Sandall ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | David Nevett | 1,857 | 40.3 | ||
| Labour | Tony Revill | 1,687 | 36.6 | ||
| UKIP | Paul Bissett | 1,573 | 34.1 | ||
| UKIP | Fred Gee | 1,344 | 29.1 | ||
| Conservative | Christine Yvonne Allen | 926 | 20.1 | ||
| Independent | Karen Hampson | 536 | 11.6 | ||
| Independent | Anton Josef Fix | 245 | 5.3 | ||
| TUSC | Greg Beaumont | 117 | 2.5 | ||
| Turnout | 61.1 | ||||
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Edlington and Warmsworth ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Phil Cole | 2,337 | 51.8 | ||
| Labour | Elsie Butler | 2,158 | 47.9 | ||
| UKIP | Richard Coulthard | 1,295 | 28.7 | ||
| UKIP | Noel Middleton | 862 | 19.1 | ||
| Conservative | Liz Jones | 739 | 16.4 | ||
| Green | Bob Gilbert | 320 | 7.1 | ||
| Turnout | 58.5 | ||||
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Finningley ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jane Cox | 2,901 | 35.7 | ||
| Conservative | Allan Jones | 2,711 | 33.4 | ||
| Conservative | Steve Cox | 2,656 | 32.7 | ||
| UKIP | Ross Atkinson | 2,261 | 27.8 | ||
| Labour | Roni Chapman | 2,245 | 27.6 | ||
| Labour | Lynne Rothwell | 2,193 | 27.0 | ||
| UKIP | Guy Aston | 1,881 | 23.2 | ||
| Labour | Frank Jackson | 1,674 | 20.6 | ||
| UKIP | Karl Goodman | 1,476 | 18.2 | ||
| Green | Olivia Ruth Brabazon | 857 | 10.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Pratt | 668 | 8.2 | ||
| TUSC | Anthony Hadrian Blakesley | 256 | 3.2 | ||
| Turnout | 66.2 | ||||
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Hatfield ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Linda Curran | 2,691 | 40.9 | ||
| Labour | Pat Knight | 2,382 | 36.2 | ||
| UKIP | Jessie Credland | 2,375 | 36.1 | ||
| UKIP | Mick Glynn | 2,371 | 36.0 | ||
| Labour | Ron Powell | 1,916 | 29.1 | ||
| UKIP | Anne Rutherford | 1,746 | 26.5 | ||
| Conservative | Ben Wagstaff | 1,410 | 21.4 | ||
| Green | Ali Hurworth | 529 | 8.0 | ||
| Turnout | 58.1 | ||||
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Hexthorpe and Balby North ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Glyn Jones | 1,902 | 53.6 | ||
| Labour | Sue Wilkinson | 1,625 | 45.8 | ||
| UKIP | Mike Robertson | 1,382 | 39.0 | ||
| TUSC | Theresa Joan Rollinson | 405 | 11.4 | ||
| Turnout | 49.2 | ||||
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Mexborough ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexborough First | Andy Pickering | 2,811 | 47.4 | ||
| Mexborough First | Sean Gibbons | 2,802 | 47.3 | ||
| Mexborough First | Bev Chapman | 2,259 | 38.1 | ||
| Labour | Sue Phillips | 1,709 | 28.8 | ||
| Labour | Tracey Leyland-Jepson | 1,575 | 26.6 | ||
| Labour | David Holland | 1,273 | 21.5 | ||
| UKIP | Chris Haret | 980 | 16.5 | ||
| UKIP | Brian Whitmore | 896 | 15.1 | ||
| UKIP | Mick Reilly | 719 | 12.1 | ||
| Green | Ann Jackson Gilbert | 272 | 4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 52.3 | ||||
| Mexborough First hold | Swing | ||||
| Mexborough First hold | Swing | ||||
| Mexborough First hold | Swing | ||||
Norton and Askern ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alan Jones | 2,749 | 40.8 | ||
| Labour | Iris Beech | 2,649 | 39.3 | ||
| Labour | Austin William White | 2,522 | 37.4 | ||
| UKIP | Charles Morris | 2,242 | 33.2 | ||
| Conservative | Martin Drake | 1,914 | 28.4 | ||
| Conservative | Carol Greenhalgh | 1,572 | 23.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Adrian Jonathan McLeay | 787 | 11.7 | ||
| TUSC | Rhiannon Mary Bartlett | 405 | 6.0 | ||
| Turnout | 62.1 | ||||
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Roman Ridge ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kevin Rodgers | 2,033 | 40.2 | ||
| Labour | Pat Haith | 2,033 | 40.2 | ||
| UKIP | Jack Kelley | 1,163 | 23.0 | ||
| UKIP | Darius Cooper | 1,154 | 22.8 | ||
| Conservative | Doreen Woodhouse | 915 | 18.1 | ||
| Green | Stephen Platt | 503 | 9.9 | ||
| Green | Warren Peter Draper | 295 | 5.8 | ||
| TUSC | Ann-Louise Bayley | 120 | 2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 60.2 | ||||
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Rossington and Bawtry ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Rachael Blake | 2,653 | 36.0 | ||
| Independent | John Cooke | 2,233 | 30.3 | ||
| UKIP | Clive Stone | 1,885 | 25.6 | ||
| Labour | Graham Keith Guest | 1,744 | 23.6 | ||
| Conservative | Martin Damian Greenhalgh | 1,714 | 23.3 | ||
| Labour | Robert Reid | 1,611 | 21.8 | ||
| UKIP | Mike Volante | 1,593 | 21.6 | ||
| Independent | Richard Cooper-Holmes | 1,242 | 16.8 | ||
| Green | Kelly Maria Connolly | 1,047 | 14.2 | ||
| Independent | Ali Harper | 828 | 11.2 | ||
| Turnout | 58.1 | ||||
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Sprotbrough ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Cynthia Anne Ransome | 2,306 | 38.4 | ||
| Conservative | Jonathan Wood | 2,165 | 36.0 | ||
| Labour | Tony Bryan | 1,889 | 31.4 | ||
| Labour | Andrew Bosmans | 1,631 | 27.2 | ||
| UKIP | Frank Calladine | 1,077 | 17.9 | ||
| UKIP | Phyllis Calladine | 968 | 16.1 | ||
| Green | Lynette Chipp | 704 | 11.7 | ||
| Turnout | 66.8 | ||||
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Stainforth and Barnby Dun ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Ken Keegan | 1,747 | 43.6 | ||
| Labour | George Derx | 1,295 | 32.3 | ||
| UKIP | John Waggitt | 1,059 | 26.4 | ||
| UKIP | Keith Jaques | 1,037 | 25.9 | ||
| Conservative | Terry Taylor | 824 | 20.5 | ||
| Green | Veronica Jane Maxwell | 273 | 6.8 | ||
| TUSC | Mary Jackson | 143 | 3.6 | ||
| Turnout | 56.1 | ||||
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Thorne and Moorends ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Susan Jane Durant | 2,412 | 36.3 | ||
| Labour | Joe Blackham | 2,292 | 34.5 | ||
| Labour | Mark Houlbrook | 2,248 | 33.9 | ||
| Community Group | Martin Williams | 1,963 | 29.6 | ||
| UKIP | Kevin Abell | 1,643 | 27.2 | ||
| UKIP | Kim Parkinson | 1,618 | 26.8 | ||
| UKIP | Shaun Hirst | 1,331 | 22.0 | ||
| Community Group | Lyndsey Clark | 1,029 | 17.0 | ||
| Conservative | John Brown | 882 | 14.6 | ||
| Community Group | Stewart Rayner | 805 | 13.3 | ||
| TUSC | Brenda Nixon | 207 | 3.4 | ||
| Turnout | 54.3 | ||||
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Tickhill and Wadworth ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Alan Smith | 1,686 | 30.6 | ||
| Conservative | James Vincent Hart | 1,644 | 29.9 | ||
| Labour | Shane McLeavey | 1,493 | 27.1 | ||
| Independent | Nigel John Cannings | 1,396 | 25.4 | ||
| Labour | Carrie Wilson | 1,374 | 25.0 | ||
| UKIP | Rebecca Walters | 1,223 | 22.2 | ||
| UKIP | Ian Stewart | 1,069 | 19.4 | ||
| Turnout | 67.3 | ||||
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Town ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | John McHale | 2,662 | 43.2 | ||
| Labour | Sue Knowles | 2,633 | 42.8 | ||
| Labour | Dave Shaw | 2,591 | 42.1 | ||
| UKIP | Roy Penketh | 1,500 | 24.4 | ||
| UKIP | Dene Clark-Flannigan | 1,452 | 23.6 | ||
| Conservative | Maurice Field | 1,306 | 21.2 | ||
| Green | Anna Symington | 972 | 15.8 | ||
| TUSC | Mev Akram | 394 | 6.4 | ||
| TUSC | Joseph Henry | 296 | 4.8 | ||
| Turnout | 51.8 | ||||
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Wheatley Hills and Intake ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Eva Hughes | 2,898 | 43.1 | ||
| Labour | Jane Kidd | 2,806 | 41.7 | ||
| Labour | Paul Wray | 2,661 | 39.6 | ||
| UKIP | Mick Andrews | 1,990 | 29.6 | ||
| UKIP | Alistair Gerald Brogan | 1,677 | 24.9 | ||
| UKIP | Michelle Goodman | 1,482 | 22.0 | ||
| Conservative | Neil Saran Srivastava | 1,106 | 16.5 | ||
| Green | Jane Louise Masheter | 562 | 8.4 | ||
| TUSC | Lee Jonathan Jepson | 233 | 3.5 | ||
| Independent | Richie Vallance | 193 | 2.9 | ||
| Turnout | 52.4 | ||||
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References
- "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- "Doncaster". BBC. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- "Local Elections 2015". Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- Mason, Kate (8 May 2015). "RESULT: Local Election Doncaster". Sheffield Star. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
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