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2015 Ribble Valley Borough Council election

Ribble Valley Borough Council Elections, 2015

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40 of 40 seats to Ribble Valley Borough Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Con LD LAB Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Seats won 35 4 1 Seat change 2 2 1 Popular vote 27,161 4,507 10,655 Percentage 64.2% 10.6% 25.2% Swing 5.2% 5.6% 10.9%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2015 Ribble Valley Borough Council election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Ribble Valley Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

The 2015 Ribble Valley Borough elections saw the Labour Party gain its first elected Councillor for 12 years. It also saw the Conservative Party make gains on the Council at the expense of the Liberal Democrats who lost two net Councillors. The Borough elections was first time all wards in the Ribble Valley went up for election since 2011.

Summary of the 2015 Ribble Valley Borough Election results

Political party		Leader	Councillors						Votes
			Candidates	Total	Gained	Lost	Net	Of total (%)	Total	Of total (%)	Change} (%)
	Conservative	David Cameron	37	35	3	1	2	87.5	27,161	64.2	5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Clegg	10	4	1	3	2	10.0	4,507	10.6	5.6
	Labour	Ed Miliband	31	1	1	0	1	2.5	10,655	25.2	10.9

Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jan Alcock	593	70.6	1.0
	Labour	Niall MacFarlane	247	29.4	12.3
Majority			347	41.2	13.3
Turnout			840	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.7

Alston and Hothershall (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Rogerson	806	42.0	0.7
	Conservative	David Smith	750	39.1	8.9
	Labour	Nicholas Anthony Madden	364	19.0	N/A
Majority			386	20.1	13.3
Turnout			1,920	N/A	N/A
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Billington and Old Langho (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Alexis Atkinson	1026	45.9	9.7
	Conservative	Gerald Xavier Mirfin	786	33.2	1.2
	Labour	Phil Gedling	424	19.0	N/A
Majority			362	14.2	7.3
Turnout			2,236	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosie Elms	708	85.7	1.9
	Labour	Gill Rose	118	14.3	1.9
Majority			590	71.4	3.8
Turnout			826	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.9

Chatburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Kenneth Scott	588	76.5	1.0
	Labour	Michael John Rose	181	23.5	6.4
Majority			407	53.0	5.4
Turnout			769	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.7

Chipping

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Hore	654	79.3	3.4
	Labour	Alan William Matthews	171	20.7	N/A
Majority			483	58.6	3.8
Turnout			825	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.4

Clayton-Le-Dale With Ramsgreave (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Ainsworth	1047	47.9	0.9
	Conservative	Doreen Taylor	748	34.2	3.6
	Labour	Charles Cathcart	392	17.9	4.5
Majority			356	16.3	8.2
Turnout			2,187	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Derby and Thornley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Walter Carefoot	786	34.7	3.4
	Conservative	Jim White	687	30.4	2.7
	Labour	Greg Priest	423	18.7	4.3
	Labour	Nick Stubbs	366	16.1	N/A
Majority			264	11.7	1.7
Turnout			2,262	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dilworth (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Harvard Hinds	823	34.1	3.9
	Conservative	Rupert Keysell Swarbrick	786	32.5	3.7
	Labour	Mike Everett	428	17.7	6.6
	Labour	Kerry Frances Swinburne	380	15.7	7.2
Majority			358	14.8	2.9
Turnout			2,417	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edisford and Low Moor (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Hind	583	27.8	14.9
	Labour	Maureen Anne Fenton	439	20.9	7.7
	Labour	Tom Wilkinson	396	18.9	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Fletcher	360	17.2	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Garvey	318	15.2	1.8
Majority			43	2.0	3.8
Turnout			2,096	N/A	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Langho (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paula Margaret Dobson	815	35.6	8.3
	Conservative	Alison Mary Brown	749	32.7	4.2
	Labour	Frank Joseph Harvard	374	16.3	2.9
	Labour	Anne Taylor	352	15.4	N/A
Majority			375	16.4	1.3
Turnout			2,290	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Littlemoor (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Knox	639	26.5	5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mark French	475	19.7	2.3
	Conservative	Jean Hayes	465	19.3	0.3
	Labour	Sue Riley	452	18.7	5.8
	Labour	Elizabeth Walters	381	15.8	4.8
Majority			10	0.4	0.8
Turnout			2,412	N/A	N/A
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Primrose (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Robinson	654	27.9	5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Knox	629	26.8	2.3
	Conservative	Naomi Fern Chapelhow	393	16.8	0.3
	Labour	Andrew Jonathan Bedford	363	15.5	5.8
	Labour	Ron Corbin	304	13.0	4.8
Majority			236	10	0.8
Turnout			2,343	N/A	N/A
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Read and Simonstone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Bennett	1099	50.2	8.8
	Conservative	Lesley Jayne Graves	679	31.0	10.0
	Labour	David Greenhough	411	18.8	N/A
Majority			268	12.2	17.3
Turnout			2,189	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sabden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ricky Newmark	432	53.1	26.7
	Labour	Jo Barlow	382	46.9	N/A
Majority			50	6.2	53.4
Turnout			814	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	36.8%

Salthill (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Frank Brown	745	30.8	10.2
	Conservative	Pam Dowson	491	20.3	6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Simon O'Rourke	400	16.5	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Donna O'Rourke	332	13.7	3.7
	Labour	Michaela Campion	257	10.6	3.6
	Labour	Freddie Redfern	192	7.9	1.5
Majority			91	3.8	0.6
Turnout			2,417	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

St Mary's (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Richard Geldard	644	23.8	3.4
	Conservative	Ruth Hargreaves	642	23.7	0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Kerry Fletcher	396	14.6	1.0
	Labour	Jordan Alexander Campion	376	13.9	5.2
	Labour	Lily Perrin	345	12.7	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Robinson	304	11.2	4.2
Majority			246	9.1	0.1
Turnout			2,707	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whalley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joyce Holgate	1396	42.3	1.9
	Conservative	Terry Hill	1308	39.6	3.8
	Labour	Nick Furber	600	18.2	5.1
Majority			708	20.4	2.3
Turnout			3,304	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wilpshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Alan Hirst	982	43.8	1.1
	Conservative	Sue Bibby	859	38.3	3.2
	Labour	Elizabeth Clare Kellaway	400	17.8	4.1
Majority			459	21.5	6.3
Turnout			2,241	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wiswell and Pendleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert James Thompson	659	68.6	16.4
	Labour	Paul Anthony Atkinson	302	31.4	16.4
Majority			357	37.2	32.8
Turnout			961	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.4