2015 Exeter City Council election
{{Short description|2015 UK local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2015 Exeter City Council election{{cite web|url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2015/172/|author=Andrew Teale|work=Local Elections Archive Project|title=Local Election Results 2015}}{{cite tweet |user=ExeterCouncil |number=596691968903774209 |author=Exeter City Council |date=8 May 2015 |title=Exeter City Councils political make up is now 29 Lab, 10 Con and 1 LibDem |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210603045216/https://twitter.com/ExeterCouncil/status/596691968903774209 |archive-date=3 June 2021}}
| country =
| type = Parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour = yes
| previous_election = 2014 Exeter City Council election
| previous_year = 2014
| next_election = 2016 Exeter City Council election
| next_year = 2016
| seats_for_election = 13 of the 40 seats to Exeter City Council
| majority_seats = 20
| election_date = 7 May 2015
| party1 = Labour Party (UK)
| seats_before1 = 27
| seats1 = 9
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}2
| seats_after1 = 29
| popular_vote1 = 16,671
| percentage1 = 36.4%
| party2 = Conservative Party (UK)
| seats_before2 = 10
| seats2 = 4
| seat_change2 = {{nochange}}
| seats_after2 = 10
| popular_vote2 = 15,139
| percentage2 = 33.1%
| party3 = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| seats_before3 = 3
| seats3 = 0
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}}2
| seats_after3 = 1
| popular_vote3 = 4,796
| percentage3 = 10.5%
| map_image = Exeter UK local election 2015 map.svg
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = Map showing the results of the 2015 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows the Conservatives. Wards in grey had no election.
| title = Council control
| posttitle = Council control after election
| before_election = Labour
| after_election = Labour
}}
The 2015 Exeter City Council election took place on 7 May 2015, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Exeter, Devon, England.{{Cite web|url=http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums |title=Upcoming elections & referendums |access-date=12 April 2015 |work=The Electoral Commission | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150315102043/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums | archive-date= 15 March 2015 | url-status= live}} This was on the same day as other local elections.
Results summary
{{Election summary partial council net begin|title = 2015 Exeter City Council election}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 9
|net = {{increase}} 2
|seats % = 69.2
|other seats = 20
|total seats = 29
|total seats % = 72.5
|votes = 16,671
|votes % = 36.4
|plus/minus = -1.4
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 4
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 30.8
|other seats = 6
|total seats = 10
|total seats % = 25.0
|votes = 15,139
|votes % = 33.1
|plus/minus = +7.4
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 0
|net = {{decrease}} 2
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 1
|total seats = 1
|total seats % = 2.5
|votes = 4,941
|votes % = 10.8
|plus/minus = +1.0
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = UKIP
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 4,595
|votes % = 10.0
|plus/minus = -4.7
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 4,252
|votes % = 9.3
|plus/minus = -0.9
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Left Unity (UK)
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 76
|votes % = 0.2
|plus/minus = +0.1
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 62
|votes % = 0.1
|plus/minus = -0.8
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = British National Party
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 47
|votes % = 0.1
|plus/minus = ±0.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
Results by ward
=Alphington=
{{Election box begin no change |title=Alphington}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Harvey
|votes = 1,645
|percentage = 35.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Rachel Purtell
|votes = 1,509
|percentage = 32.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Dutch Dudgeon
|votes = 554
|percentage = 11.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Rod Ruffle
|votes = 530
|percentage = 11.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Andrew Bell
|votes = 435
|percentage = 9.3%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 136
|percentage = 2.9%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 4,700
|percentage = 70.79%
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Cowick=
{{Election box begin no change |title=Cowick}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Bull
|votes = 1,261
|percentage = 40.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Louis Ten-Holter
|votes = 1,021
|percentage = 32.6%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Peter Boardman
|votes = 456
|percentage = 14.6%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Emily Marsay
|votes = 191
|percentage = 6.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Sandy Chenore
|votes = 185
|percentage = 5.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|candidate = Lily Cooper
|votes = 16
|percentage = 0.5%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 240
|percentage = 7.7%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 3,154
|percentage = 71.28%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Duryard=
{{Election box begin no change |title=Duryard & St.James}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Percy Prowse
|votes = 1,267
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Chilvers
|votes = 560
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = David Barker-Hahlo
|votes = 387
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Aiden Graham
|votes = 175
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Anne Back
|votes = 121
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|candidate = Luke Pilling
|votes = 19
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 707
|percentage = 28.0%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 2,540
|percentage = 77.23
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Exwick=
{{Election box begin no change |title=Exwick}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Philip Bialyk
|votes = 1,893
|percentage = 43.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alex Gewanter
|votes = 1,201
|percentage = 27.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Lawrence Harper
|votes = 646
|percentage = 15.0%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Mark Shorto
|votes = 339
|percentage = 7.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Aldo Visibelli
|votes = 211
|percentage = 4.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|candidate = Andrew Duncan
|votes = 27
|percentage = 0.6%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 692
|percentage = 16.0%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 4,348
|percentage = 66.44%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Heavitree=
{{Election box begin no change |title=Heavitree}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Greg Sheldon
|votes = 1,247
|percentage = 37.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Aric Gilinsky
|votes = 903
|percentage = 27.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Steve Jones
|votes = 485
|percentage = 14.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Ditch Townsend
|votes = 357
|percentage = 10.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Jackie Holdstock
|votes = 295
|percentage = 9.0%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 344
|percentage = 10.5%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 3,305
|percentage = 74.88
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Mincinglake=
{{Election box begin no change |title=Mincinglake & Whipton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Emma Morse
|votes = 1,260
|percentage = 46.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Murphy
|votes = 776
|percentage = 28.4%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Brian Jeffery
|votes = 415
|percentage = 15.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Lizzie Woodman
|votes = 162
|percentage = 5.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Nick Sutton
|votes = 121
|percentage = 4.4%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 484
|percentage = 17.7%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 2,747
|percentage = 66.69%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Priory=
{{Election box begin no change |title=Priory}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kate Hannan
|votes = 1,991
|percentage = 46.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Kenny
|votes = 1161
|percentage = 27.0%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Peter Cook
|votes = 608
|percentage = 14.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Alex Taylor
|votes = 319
|percentage = 7.4%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Kevin Chun
|votes = 200
|percentage = 4.6%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Left Unity (UK)
|candidate = Matteo Mazzoleni
|votes = 24
|percentage = 0.6%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 830
|percentage = 19.3%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 4,345
|percentage = 63.41%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=St Davids=
{{Election box begin no change |title=St Davids}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Christine Buswell
|votes = 834
|percentage = 26.5%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Kevin Mitchell
|votes = 799
|percentage = 25.4%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Beaty
|votes = 766
|percentage = 24.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Isaac Price-Sosner
|votes = 638
|percentage = 20.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Graham Stone
|votes = 114
|percentage = 3.6%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 35
|percentage = 1.1%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 3,169
|percentage = 56.64
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=St Leonards=
{{Election box begin no change |title=St Leonards}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Natalie Vizard
|votes = 1,178
|percentage = 37.4%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephanie Warner
|votes = 1,156
|percentage = 36.7%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Alysa Freeman
|votes = 219
|percentage = 7.0%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Morten Buus
|votes = 426
|percentage = 13.5%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Adrian Rogers
|votes = 168
|percentage = 5.3%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 22
|percentage = 0.7%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 3,161
|percentage = 79.08%
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=St Loyes=
{{Election box begin no change |title=St Loyes}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Henson
|votes = 1,486
|percentage = 44.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Steve Frank
|votes = 911
|percentage = 27.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Alison Sheridan
|votes = 449
|percentage = 13.4%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Sally Wilcox
|votes = 282
|percentage = 8.4%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Neil Gratton
|votes = 234
|percentage = 7.0%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 575
|percentage = 17.1%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 3,389
|percentage = 70.40%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=St Thomas=
{{Election box begin no change |title=St Thomas}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Hannah Packham
|votes = 1,253
|percentage = 36.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Adrian Fullam
|votes = 1,106
|percentage = 32.5%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Georgia Drinkwater
|votes = 622
|percentage = 18.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Kay Powell
|votes = 348
|percentage = 10.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Chris Stone
|votes = 47
|percentage = 1.4%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Left Unity (UK)
|candidate = David Parks
|votes = 24
|percentage = 0.7%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 147
|percentage = 4.3%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 3,463
|percentage = 69.12%
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Topsham=
{{Election box begin no change |title=Topsham}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Rob Newby
|votes = 2,105
|percentage = 53.7%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Eliot Wright
|votes = 1,023
|percentage = 26.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Sheila Hobden
|votes = 451
|percentage = 11.5%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = John Moreman
|votes = 342
|percentage = 8.7%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 1,082
|percentage = 27.6%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 3,961
|percentage = 74.82%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=St Thomas=
{{Election box begin no change |title=St Thomas}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Rosie Denham
|votes = 1,751
|percentage = 45.7%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ruth Smith
|votes = 1,030
|percentage = 26.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Valerie Angus
|votes = 579
|percentage = 15.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Mark Cox
|votes = 281
|percentage = 7.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Mike Matuszczyk
|votes = 160
|percentage = 4.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Left Unity (UK)
|candidate = Ed Potts
|votes = 28
|percentage = 0.7%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 721
|percentage = 18.8%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 3,865
|percentage = 66.75%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2015}}
{{Devon elections}}