2015 Waverley Borough Council election

The 2015 Waverley Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Waverley Borough Council in England as one of the 2015 local elections, held simultaneously with the General Election.^[1]^[2]

Results

In 2011 Conservatives won all seats except one won by an independent, but saw in the four years three defections of councillors opposed to the group's intra-borough priorities.^[3]

Defections considered, the 2015 result saw the same number of Conservatives returned to the council, with areas of politically-standing residents associations winning three seats compensating, as the bulk of opposition, for the loss of three Independent seats across the borough to Conservatives. There was only one other party represented, UKIP, in the form of Diane James, MEP, who lost her majority in single-seat Elstead to a Conservative, her winning denomination in the last election. An independent picked up a seat to balance the majority, Conservative, grouping as the same as immediately before the election.^[4]^[5]

Waverley Borough Council Election, 2015
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	53	4	4	0	93	52	47004
Residents	3	3	0	+3	5	5	4662
Independent	1	1	3	-2	2	7	6396
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	15	13591
Labour	0	0	0	0	0	13	11341
UKIP	0	0	1	-1	0	5	4142
Green	0	0	0	0	0	3	2760
Something Else	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	485

Ward by ward

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Alfold, Cranleigh Rural and Ellens Green (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Kevin Deanus	678
	UKIP	John Armstrong	178
	Labour	Connor Carey	113
	Independent	Peter Hartley	109
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackheath & Wonersh (1 seat) (uncontested)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Michael Goodridge	0
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bramley, Busbridge and Hascombe (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Maurice Byham	1893
	Conservative	Thomas Seaborne	1707
	Labour	Carles Martinez	555
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chiddingfold and Dunsfold (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Simon Inchbald	1445
	Conservative	John Gray	1306
	Labour	Tony Johnson	460
	UKIP	Ian Mitchell	418
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cranleigh East (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mary Foryszewski	1652
	Conservative	Jeanette Stennett	1600
	Conservative	Stewart Stennett	1570
	Lib Dems	Ken Reed	901
	Lib Dems	Richard Cole	879
	Lib Dems	Ruth Reed	831
	Independent	David Inman	600
	Labour	Mark West	509
	Labour	Mark Liversedge	490
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cranleigh West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Patricia Ellis	1269
	Conservative	Brian Ellis	1155
	Lib Dems	Louise Jones	685
	Lib Dems	Chris Tew	515
	Labour	Lynda Macdermott	321
	Labour	Daniel Nunn	192
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dockenfield & Tilford (2 seats) (uncontested)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Brian Adams	0
	Conservative	Ged Hall	0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elstead and Thursley (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jennifer Else	1593
	Conservative	David Else	1376
	Independent	Bryn Morgan	846
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ewhurst (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Val Henry	703
	UKIP	Diane James	406
	Lib Dems	Gus Reed	137
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Farnham Bourne (2 seats) (uncontested)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Carole Cockburn	N/A
	Conservative	Martin Lear	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Farnham Castle (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Farnham Residents	John Williamson	1043
	Conservative	Paddy Blagden	797
	Lib Dems	Stewart Edge	736
	Conservative	Geoffrey Swann	641
	Labour	Celia Sandars	458
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Residents gain from Conservative		Swing

Farnham Firgrove (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jill Hargreaves	1260
	Conservative	Sam Pritchard	934
	Green	Jon Austen	733
	Lib Dems	Sylvia Jacobs	716
	Labour	David Savage	426
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Farnham Hale & Heath End (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mike Hodge	1170
	Conservative	Denise Le Gal	917
	Independent	David Beaman	696
	Lib Dems	Mary Hunt	523
	Labour	Rebecca Kaye	501
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Farnham Moor Park (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Stephen Hill	1086
	Independent	Andy Macleod	1006
	Conservative	Rachel Morris	918
	Lib Dems	Judith Edge	638
	Labour	David Watts	437
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Farnham Shortheath & Boundstone (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Munro	1064
	Farnham Residents	Kika Mirylees	958
	Conservative	John Ward	806
	Farnham Residents	Jane Sinclair	781
	Labour	Joan Anniballi	337
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Residents gain from Conservative		Swing

Farnham Upper Hale (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Farnham Residents	John Fraser	1061
	Conservative	Julia Potts	927
	Farnham Residents	Jerry Hyman	819
	Conservative	Donal O'Neill	724
	Labour	Carole Thomas	328
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Residents gain from Conservative		Swing

Farnham Weybourne and Badshot Lea (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Christopher Storey	985
	Conservative	Nabeel Nasir	964
	Lib Dems	William Marshall	816
	UKIP	Mike Bryan	748
	Labour	Andrew Jones	453
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Farnham Wrecclesham and Rowledge (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Pat Frost	1429
	Conservative	Robert Ramsdale	1281
	Independent	Mark Wescott	688
	Labour	Anthony Watts	555
	UKIP	Jim Burroughs	517
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Godalming Binscombe (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Hunter	999
	Conservative	Liz Wheatley	898
	Lib Dems	Paul Rivers	738
	Labour	Stephen Williams	677
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Godalming Central and Ockford (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Andrew Bolton	1180
	Conservative	Simon Thornton	1024
	Labour	George Davies	743
	Something New	Paul Robinson	485
	UKIP	Brian Egan	437
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Godalming Charterhouse (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Tony Gordon-Smith	1260
	Conservative	Stefan Reynolds	1067
	Green	James Coope	708
	Labour	Eleanor Griffiths	549
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Godalming Farncombe and Catteshall (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ross Welland	1152
	Conservative	Nick Williams	1030
	Lib Dems	Penny Rivers	712
	Green	Shirley Wardell	518
	Labour	Robert Park	465
	Labour	Michael Williams	448
	Lib Dems	Patrick Haveron	345
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Godalming Holloway (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter Martin	1844
	Conservative	Tom Martin	1688
	Labour	Luis Pullen	770
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haslemere Critchmere and Shottermill (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jim Edwards	1658
	Conservative	Carole King	1508
	Conservative	Libby Piper	1417
	Lib Dems	Jacqueline Keen	1075
	Lib Dems	Peter Nicholson	794
	Lib Dems	John Robini	762
	Labour	Shaf Hansraj	563
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haslemere East and Grayswood (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Stephen Mulliner	2052
	Conservative	Robert Knowles	1966
	Conservative	David Round	1818
	Independent	Lesley Banfield	1128
	Lib Dems	Elizabeth Pamplin	879
	Labour	Paul Croshaw	605
	UKIP	Gail Weingartner	543
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hindhead (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter Isherwood	1416
	Conservative	Christiaan Hesse	1380
	Green	Sasha Brooks	408
	Green	Susan Ryland	393
	Lib Dems	Jerome Davidson	373
	Lib Dems	Geoffrey Whitby	325
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milford (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Denis Leigh	1436
	Conservative	Bob Upton	845
	Independent	Jack Lee	808
	UKIP	Guy Jones	521
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shamley Green and Cranleigh North (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mike Band	819
	Lib Dems	Fabian Cole	211
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Witley and Hambledon (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Nick Holder	1440
	Conservative	Anna James	1204
	Independent	David Hall	515
	Labour	Yvonne Manning	386
	UKIP	Rosaleen Egan	374
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^ "Residents now the opposition after landslide Tory victory" Get Surrey, website of the Surrey Advertiser/Guardian/Herald Group. Accessed 2015-05-21.
^ 2011 results WBC. Accessed 21 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b Election results showing gains and losses WBC. Accessed 2015-05-21
^ Waverley councillors showing 53, 3, 1 split Archived 17 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine WBC. 10 May 2015. Accessed 21 May 2015.

[TEC-1] "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

[2] "Residents now the opposition after landslide Tory victory" Get Surrey, website of the Surrey Advertiser/Guardian/Herald Group. Accessed 2015-05-21.

[3] 2011 results WBC. Accessed 21 May 2015.

[offlres-4] Election results showing gains and losses WBC. Accessed 2015-05-21

[5] Waverley councillors showing 53, 3, 1 split Archived 17 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine WBC. 10 May 2015. Accessed 21 May 2015.

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