May 2015 local election results

151 candidates contested all 36 seats at Stratford-on-Avon District Council elections on Thursday 7 May.

The results are as follows:

Alcester and Rural – Turnout 73.7%
Sue Adams - Conservative * - 1557 Elected
Karyl Rees - Liberal Democrat - 426
James Wilkinson – Labour - 221

Alcester Town – Turnout 64.1%
Lise Evans – Green - 94
Andrew Foster – Labour - 225
Susan Juned - Liberal Democrat - 578
Eric Payne - Conservative* - 1071 Elected

Avenue – Turnout 56.54%
Mark Griffiths – Green - 102
Maurice Howse - Conservative* - 511 Elected
John Insoll - Liberal Democrat - 179
Stephen Raven – Labour - 196
Juliet Short - Stratford First Independent* - 203

Bidford East – Turnout 65.74%
Tony Kent – Labour - 356
Anthony McIsaac - Liberal Democrat - 154
Daren Pemberton - Conservative * - 964 Elected
Graham Porter – UKIP - 302

Bidford West and Salford ­– Turnout 71.5%
Mark Cargill - Conservative* - 1150 Elected
Neil Lawrence – UKIP - 361
Huw Roberts – Labour - 411

Bishop's Itchington – Turnout 70.1%
Penny Freedman – Labour - 287
Pat Hotson – Green - 196
Christopher Kettle - Conservative* - 1341 Elected
Judith Klinkenberg - Liberal Democrat - 175

Bishopton – Turnout 66.9%
Victoria Alcock - Liberal Democrat - 711
Lara Jeffries – Green - 143
Charles Roe – Labour - 169
Robert Vaudry - Conservative* - 745 Elected

Brailes and Compton – Turnout 77.3%
Claire Balmer – Labour - 308
Stephen Gray - Conservative* - 1569 Elected
Laura Nelson - Liberal Democrat - 306

Bridgetown – Turnout 73.77%
Ian Fradgley - Liberal Democrat* - 888
Debbie Griffiths – Green - 167
Lynda Organ - Conservative* - 1087 Elected
Graham Thompson – Labour - 214

Clopton – Turnout 58.81%
Jason Fojtik – Labour – 330 Elected
Bill Lowe - Stratford First Independent - 188
Robert Massey – Green - 58
George Matheou - Conservative* - 289
Richard Vos - Liberal Democrat - 229

Ettington – Turnout 78.2%
Gem Douglas – Green - 117
Bruce Robertson - Liberal Democrat - 251
Christopher Scotter – Labour - 184
Philip Seccombe - Conservative* - 1435 Elected
Steven Stinton – UKIP - 209

Guildhall – Turnout 72.8%
Neil Basnett - Stratford First Independent - 198
Peter Chaddock – Green - 154
Jenny Fradgley - Liberal Democrat* - 746 Elected
Andrew Henderson – Labour - 195
Eden Lee – Conservative - 651

Harbury – Turnout 72.4%
Jacqui Harris – Conservative – 931 Elected
Harry Lesser – Labour - 207
Janice Montague - Liberal Democrat - 696
David Watkin – Green - 147

Hathaway – Turnout 57.5%
Maureen Ashfield – Labour - 202
Denise Harris – Conservative – 458
Peter Moorse - Liberal Democrat* - 464 Elected
Peter Pettifor – Green - 143

Henley-in-Arden – Turnout 71.28%
Tracy Doherty – Labour - 276
Sheila Price - Liberal Democrat - 197
John Stott – Green - 213
Stephen Thirlwell - Conservative* - 1624 Elected

Kineton – Turnout 71.9%
Rob Ballantyne – Green - 137
Marcus Forbes-McGlen - Liberal Democrat - 180
Chris Mills - Conservative* - 1245 Elected
Janice Sewell – Labour - 173
James Synge – UKIP - 281

Kinwarton – Turnout 75.9%
Lynn Bowring - Liberal Democrat - 415
Mike Gittus - Conservative* - 1173 Elected
Martin Tipping – Labour - 147

Long Itchington and Stockton – Turnout 71.4%
David Booth - Liberal Democrat - 280
Dave Riches - Conservative* - 1455 Elected
Sheila Ford – Labour – 415

Napton and Fenny Compton – Turnout 75.2%
Mark Andrioli – Labour - 239
Susan Roderick - Liberal Democrat - 281
Neill Toyne – UKIP - 329
Chris Williams - Conservative* - 1123 Elected

Quinton – Turnout 69.8%
Mike Brain - Conservative* - 1134 Elected
Sue Main – UKIP - 229
Anne Parker - Liberal Democrat - 174
Emma Rowlands – Labour - 159

 
Red Horse – Turnout 77.9%
Bart Dalla Mura – Conservative – 1317 Elected
Edward Fila – UKIP - 320
Nina Knapman - Liberal Democrat - 202
Stuart Payne – Labour - 273

Shipston North – Turnout 72.66%
Richard Henderson – UKIP - 293
Jeff Kenner - Labour* - 550
Rosie Parker – Green - 165
Chris Saint - Conservative* - 1158 Elected

Shipston South – Turnout 73.4%
Jo Barker – Conservative – 756 Elected
Richard Cheney - Liberal Democrat* - 740
David Passingham – Green - 90
Mark Pilbeam – UKIP - 203
Jackie Warner – Labour - 294

Shottery – Turnout 74.4%
Bill Dowling - Liberal Democrat* - 559
Robert Freedman – Labour - 156
Dominic Giles – Green - 158
Molly Giles – Conservative – 815 Elected
Kate Himmens – UKIP - 178

Snitterfield – Turnout 76.8%
John Hartigan – Labour - 196
Hebe Hetherington – Green - 211
Peter Richards - Conservative* - 1488 Elected
Diane Walden - Liberal Democrat - 251

Southam North – Turnout 66%
James Briggs – Labour - 397
Tony Bromwich - Conservative* - 852 Elected
Jonathan Bush – UKIP - 257
Janet Cox - Liberal Democrat - 160

 
Southam South – Turnout 68.7%
Andy Crump - Conservative* - 1051 Elected
Patrick Jenkins – Green - 122
Andrew Patrick - Liberal Democrat - 80
Amanda Sanders – UKIP - 246
Jane Soni – Labour - 331

Studley with Mappleborough Green – Turnout 69.6%
Wayne Bates – Labour - 275
Justin Kerridge - Conservative* - 871 Elected
Victoria Parker – Green - 94
Hazel Wright - Liberal Democrat* - 793

Studley with Sambourne – Turnout 67.6%
Paul Beaman - Liberal Democrat* - 628
Karen Brown – Labour – 364
Eric Holder - Independent* - 111
Susan Jones – UKIP - 207
Nick Moon – Conservative – 655 Elected
Karen Varga – Green - 44

Correction for Tanworth-in-Arden District ward

The Returning Officer has identified an administrative error resulting in the declared result for Tanworth-in-Arden District Ward containing transposed totals for second to fourth place.  While for legal reasons the declared result cannot be altered, it is accepted that the correct votes cast were as follows:

Tanworth-in-Arden – Turnout 70.5%
George Atkinson - Conservative* - 1308 Elected
Manjit Kaur – Labour - 129
William Maurice - Liberal Democrat - 93
Peter Oakley – UKIP* - 355

Apologies have been issued to all the candidates and agents for any inconvenience or embarrassment that this may have caused.

Tiddington – Turnout 77.8%
Philip Applin – Conservative - 896
Daniel Douglas – Green - 107
Marion Morgan – Labour - 167
Kate Rolfe - Liberal Democrat* - 1086 Elected

Welcombe – Turnout 71.8%
Wendy Fojtik – Labour - 164
Trevor Honychurch - Liberal Democrat - 282
Tony Jefferson - Conservative* - 659 Elected
Keith Lloyd - Stratford First Independent* - 579
Duncan Parker – Green - 104

 
Welford-on-Avon – Turnout 78.1%
Pater Barnes - Independent* - 975 Elected
Vanessa Lowe – Conservative - 964
Cat Price – Labour - 116

Wellesbourne East – Turnout 74.24%
Stephen England – Green - 128
David Johnston - Liberal Democrat* - 641
Dominic Mafham – Labour - 177
Anne Parry - Conservative* - 1138 Elected
Frank Rietz – UKIP - 228

Wellesbourne West – Turnout 74.2%
Jacqueline Abbott – Labour - 178
Nicola Carpenter – Green - 113
Danny Kendall - Conservative* - 1082 Elected
Dave Sibert - Liberal Democrat - 441

 
Wootton Wawen – Turnout 71.2%
Richard Dean - Liberal Democrat - 232
Barry Doherty – Labour - 193
Cassie Humphries – Green - 154
Simon Lawton – Conservative – 1168 Elected
Brett Parsons – UKIP - 380

Voting took place on the new electoral wards, moving from 53 Councillors to 36.

Current Councillors are denoted by an asterisk.


Overall turnout: 71.4%

The current political standings of the Council's 36 seats are:

Conservatives - 31 seats

Liberal Democrats - 3 seats

Labour – 1 seat

Independent – 1 seat