2015 Uttlesford District Council election

The 2015 Uttlesford District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Uttlesford District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

2015 Uttlesford District Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	23	0	9	9		42.7	32,514	15.6
	R4U	9	9	0	9		25.3	19,279	New
	Liberal Democrats	6			2		15.7	12,000	15.2
	Independent	1			1		5.0	3,835	1.9
	Labour	0	0	0			7.1	5,440	0.7
	UKIP	0					3.1	2,331	New
	Green	0					1.1	807	New
Total		39						76,206

Ward Results

Ashdon

Ashdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Howard Rolfe	575	46.6	−24.6
	R4U	Daniel Starr	533	43.2	New
	UKIP	Barry Tyler	125	10.1	New
Majority
Turnout			1,233	77.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broad Oak and the Hallingburys

Broad Oak and the Hallingburys (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Artus	1,136	46.4
	Conservative	Lesley Wells	1,056
	UKIP	David Allum	586	24.0
	Labour	Bill McCarthey	273	11.2
	R4U	Amanda Brown	228	9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Dyer	223	9.1
	R4U	Susan Tait	123
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Clavering

Clavering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Oliver	871	61.6	−18.5
	R4U	Alan Storah	417	29.5	New
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha Dunn	126	8.9	−11.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Debden & Wimbish

Debden & Wimbish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tina Knight	631	53.3
	R4U	Stewart Luck	338	28.6
	Labour	Janet Grogan	111	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick O'Brien	103	8.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elsenham & Henham

Elsenham & Henham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Parr	1,009	46.6	−10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rory Gleeson	912
	Independent	Petrina Lees	590	27.3	New
	Conservative	Anthony Goodwin	455	21.0	−16.7
	Conservative	Liam Hithersay	444
	Labour	Hilary Todd	110	5.1	−2.5
	Labour	Lillian Adams	102
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Felsted & Stebbing

Felsted & Stebbing (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Marie Felton	1,061	38.3
	Conservative	Alan Mills	1,007
	Independent	Richard Silcock	667	24.1
	UKIP	Anna McNicoll	415	15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Thawley	311	11.2
	UKIP	Alan Stannard	247
	Labour	Humphrey Barbier	218	7.9
	Labour	David Sowter	191
	R4U	Grace Jackson	95	3.4
	R4U	Tom Jackson	76
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Flitch Green & Little Dunmow

Flitch Green & Little Dunmow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephanie Harris	727	63.3
	R4U	Winnie Mustafa	243	21.2
	Labour	Yad Zanganah	112	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Fran Richards	66	5.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Great Dunmow North

Great Dunmow North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Davey	876	41.7
	Conservative	Paul Davies	856
	R4U	Alexander Armstrong	795	37.8
	R4U	Sue Gilbert	673
	Labour	Coral Glennie	249	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Morgan	182	8.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Dunmow South & Barnston

Great Dunmow South & Barnston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Graham Barker	1,412	44.1
	Conservative	Eric Hicks	1,364
	Conservative	Victor Ranger	1,273
	R4U	Ian Brown	1,066	33.3
	R4U	Keith Mackman	1,019
	R4U	Milan Milovanociv	842
	Labour	Gerard Darcy	379	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Caton	344	10.7
	Labour	Duncan Sargant	319
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hatfield Heath

Hatfield Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mark Lemon	599	48.4	−39.8
	Conservative	Thomas Flack	571	46.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Juliet Richards	67	5.4	−6.4
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

High Easter & The Rodings

High Easter & The Rodings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susan Baker	974	74.1
	R4U	Sandra Lloyd	205	15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Iris Evans	135	10.3
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Littlebury, Chesterford & Wenden Lofts

Littlebury, Chesterford & Wenden Lofts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Redfern	1,020	37.9
	Conservative	Robert Chambers	984
	Independent	Janet Menell	850	31.6
	Independent	Joanna Francis	564
	R4U	Belinda Irons	524	19.5
	R4U	Patrick Hawke-Smith	499
	Labour	Phillip Leighton	295	11.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Newport

Newport (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	R4U	Joanna Parry	1,028	29.0	New
	R4U	Neil Hargreaves	1,004	28.4	New
	Conservative	Jeremy Rose	624	17.6	−10.4
	Conservative	John Moran	601	17.0	−7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Dyer	285	8.1	−18.4
Majority
Turnout
	R4U gain from Conservative		Swing
	R4U gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Saffron Walden Audley

Saffron Walden Audley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	R4U	Sharon Morris	880	33.7
	R4U	Barbara Light	815
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Hibbs	692	26.5
	Conservative	Douglas Perry	657	25.2
	Conservative	Alastair Walters	651
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Shibata	290
	Labour	John Evans	204	7.8
	Green	Mary Sawtell	179	6.9
	Labour	Dave O'Brian	137
Majority
Turnout
	R4U gain from Conservative		Swing
	R4U gain from Conservative		Swing

Saffron Walden Castle

Saffron Walden Shire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	R4U	Heather Asker	914	40.5
	R4U	Richard Freeman	735
	Conservative	Bob Eastham	617	27.3
	Conservative	David Sadler	559
	Labour	Arthur Coote	305	13.5
	Labour	Simon Trimnell	268
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Hughes	233	10.3
	UKIP	Stephanie Law	188	8.3
Majority
Turnout
	R4U gain from Conservative		Swing
	R4U gain from Conservative		Swing

Saffron Walden Shire

Saffron Walden Shire (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	R4U	John Lodge	1,624	37.2
	R4U	Paul Fairhurst	1,346
	R4U	Aisha Anjum	1,329
	Conservative	Sandra Eden	1,064	24.4
	Conservative	Benjamin Balliger	1,010
	Conservative	Michael Nelson	978
	Labour	Yvonne Morton	505	11.6
	Green	Triliby Roberts	474	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sonia Sault	453	10.4
	Labour	Adrian Williamson	353
	Independent	Patrick Boland	240	5.5
Majority
Turnout
	R4U gain from Conservative		Swing
	R4U gain from Conservative		Swing
	R4U gain from Conservative		Swing

Stansted North

Stansted North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Dean	1,177	47.4
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Sell	1,051
	Conservative	John Salmon	998	40.2
	Conservative	Mike Clarke	761
	Labour	Ian Davies	310	12.5
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Stansted South & Birchanger

Stansted South & Birchanger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Farthing	828	38.7
	Conservative	Thom Goddard	756
	Liberal Democrats	Melvin Caton	697	32.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lori Flawn	500
	Labour	John Wadham	265	12.4
	R4U	Anthony Gerard	198	9.2
	R4U	David Parry	168
	Green	Karmel Stannard	154	7.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Stort Valley

Stort Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Loughlin	639	53.7	−2.6
	Conservative	Alexis Beeching	551	46.3	+2.6
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Takeley

Takely

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Gordon	1,495	35.2
	Conservative	Derek Jones	1,384
	Conservative	Howard Ryles	867
	R4U	Natalie Sullivan	857	20.2
	UKIP	Sharron Coker	770	18.1
	R4U	Peter Emsden	599
	Labour	Terry Brandon	426	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kimber	380	8.9
	Independent	Geoff Bagnall	325	7.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Thaxted & the Eastons

Thaxted & the Eastons (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Foley	1,198	45.9
	Conservative	John Freeman	1,182	45.3
	Conservative	Aaron Menuhin	913
	Liberal Democrats	Antoinette Wattebot	827
	Labour	Judith Pretty	231	8.8
	Labour	Jon Spencer	157
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

The Sampfords

The Sampfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Howell	814	62.0
	R4U	Sarfaz Anjum	274	20.9
	Labour	Peter Donovan	124	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Hudson	100	7.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing