2015 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election

The 2015 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect all members of the council of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections and coincided with the 2015 United Kingdom general election.

Election result

The election saw an eight-seat enlargement of local Conservatives' running group, having been the designation of the absolute majority of winning candidates hence governing group since 2007; the results saw four Independent (politician)s one of whom had defected in the previous term overturned, the latter in the same way as two UKIP councillors — and two Liberal Democrats lost to Conservatives. All wards of the United Kingdom in this borough consequently were served by Conservative councillors save for Old Windsor choosing its two delegates to be from Old Windsor Residents Association and three-member Pinkneys Green at the opposite end of the borough which elected one Liberal Democrat, topping the poll by seven votes ahead of two Conservatives it elected and 312 votes ahead of the runner-up. Having run the council from 1995-1997 and 2003-2007, the party's single councillor represented a record low for the party, meaning the resident's association mentioned became the formal opposition. Not elected was Ewan Larcombe who in 2011 founded the National Flood Prevention Party in Horton and Wraysbury and took his position regarding the intense 2013-2014 and dynamic of the River Thames since construction of the Jubilee River, its corollary protecting most of the borough;^[2]

Windsor and Maidenhead Local Election Result 2015^[3]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	54	8	0	+8	94.7	58.9	100,175	+0.8%
OWRA	2	0	0	0	3.5	2.0	3,468	+1.0%
Liberal Democrats	1	0	2	-2	1.8	18.9	32,070	-6.2%
Labour	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	17,073	+0.3%
UKIP	0	0	2	-2	0	4.0	6,777	+3.9%
Independent	0	0	4	-4	0	3.7	6,380	-1.0%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3,468	+1.3%
National Flood Prevention Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	743	New

Wards

Ascot and Cheapside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Hilton	2,011
	Conservative	Lilly Evans	1,985
	Liberal Democrats	Tamasin Barnbrook	420
	Green	Lucas Ruzo	347
	Labour	Mark Olney	305
	Liberal Democrats	David Imperiali	301
Turnout				74.05

Belmont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip Love	2,107
	Conservative	Marion Mills	1,875
	Conservative	Lisa Targowska	1,627
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Craggs	914
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Hickley	694
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Mackay	693
	Green	John Barron	668
	Labour	Ian Smith	665
	Labour	Nigel Smith	620
	UKIP	Paul De Luca	460
Turnout				68.77

Bisham and Cookham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Kellaway	2,255
	Conservative	Gerry Clark	2,180
	Conservative	MJ Saunders	1,995
	Liberal Democrats	Mandy Brar	1584
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Hewer	1044
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Nye	793
	Labour	Jane Collisson	314
	Labour	Richard Penston	296
	Labour	Graham Lee	256
Turnout				77.7

Boyn Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Stuart Carroll	1,992
	Conservative	Claire Stretton	1,903
	Conservative	Paul Lion	1,901
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Holness	974
	Liberal Democrats	Norma Herdson	867
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hill	866
	Green	Rachel Cook	683
	Labour	Louise Raffo	652
	Labour	Mark Wilson	495
Turnout

Bray
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Burbage	2,661
	Conservative	David Coppinger	2,478
	Conservative	Leo Walters	2,280
	UKIP	Tina Thomas	558
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Adams	506
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Stockton	424
	Labour	Andrew Foakes	402
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Acker	401
	Labour	Dudley Targett	385
	Labour	Ashok Sharma	375
Turnout

Castle Without
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jack Rankin	1,886
	Conservative	Wesley Richards	1,856
	Conservative	Shamsul Shelim	1,561
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Edwards	621
	Labour	Fiona Dent	553
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Hinds	501
	Labour	Michelle Boundy	494
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Wood	485
	Labour	Yvonne Olney	433
	Independent	Margery Thorogood	287
	Independent	David Eglise	275
	Independent	Raewyn Porteous	228
Turnout				67.89
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Clewer East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Bowden	1,341
	Conservative	Eileen Quick	1,141
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Clemo	591
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Tisi	504
	Labour	Janet Campbell	451
	UKIP	Simon Lowe	422
Turnout				66.13
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Clewer North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Collins	1,712
	Conservative	Nicola Pryer	1,546
	Conservative	Hashim Bhatti	1,464
	Independent	Wisdom Da Costa	1251
	Independent	Carole Da Costa	1205
	Independent	Kevin Chapman	1100
	Labour	Antony Matthews	718
	Independent	Jennifer Wilby	398
	Independent	Terry Wilby	234
Turnout				66.77
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Clewer South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Airey	1,250
	Conservative	Edward Wilson	861
	UKIP	Tom Bursnall	454
	Labour	Mulle Price	410
	UKIP	Donald Sanver	296
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Fagence	272
	Liberal Democrats	John Edwards	264
	Independent	Chris Beale	189
Turnout				62.58

Cox Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ross McWilliams	2,170
	Conservative	Clive Bullock	2,133
	Conservative	Paul Brimacombe	2,085
	Liberal Democrats	Bruce Adams	910
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Black	835
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Jones	725
	UKIP	Lance Carter	692
	Labour	Margaret Horner	498
	Labour	Robert Horner	455
	Labour	Elsie Neil	364
Turnout				71.38

Datchet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jesse Grey	1,438
	Conservative	Gary Muir	1,369
	Labour	Jennifer Ward	523
	Liberal Democrats	Linda O'Flynn	478
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy O'Flynn	420
Turnout				64.38

Eton and Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Malcolm Alexander	503
	Liberal Democrats	Virginia Fussey	460
Turnout				69.14

Eton Wick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Samantha Rayner	657
	Labour	Peter Shearman	358
	Independent	Peter Lawless	290
Turnout				72.73
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Furze Platt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Derek Sharp	1,998
	Conservative	Hari Sharma	1,845
	Conservative	Mohammed Ilyas	1,669
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Payman	957
	UKIP	David Butcher	787
	Liberal Democrats	Humaira Khan	783
	Labour	Chris Harding	750
	Liberal Democrats	Cynthia Pitteway	692
Turnout				68.84

Horton and Wraysbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Rayner	1,712
	Conservative	John Lenton	1,545
	National Flood Prevention Party	Ewan Larcombe	743
	Labour	Peter Ward	404
	Liberal Democrats	Parvis Jamieson	209
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wilkinson	146
Turnout				66.78

Hurley and Walthams
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Maureen Hunt	2,163
	Conservative	David Evans	2,143
	Conservative	Carwyn Cox	1,990
	Liberal Democrats	John Iles	544
	Labour	Patrick McDonald	484
	Labour	Jessica Bisset	453
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Werner	404
	Labour	Sara Reeves	396
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Zuldt	287
Turnout				73.01

Maidenhead Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Jenner	2,167
	Conservative	Simon Dudley	2,116
	Conservative	Adam Smith	1,995
	Liberal Democrats	Saghir Ahmed	685
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Newbound	653
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Keay	604
	Labour	Robert Barclay	562
	Labour	Colin Fowles	529
	Green	Craig McDermott	517
	UKIP	Nadine Wilkinson	499
Turnout				68.33

Oldfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Hill	2,199
	Conservative	Derek Wilson	2,153
	Conservative	Asghar Majeed	1,995
	Labour	Louise Clarke	860
	UKIP	Edmund Holliday	785
	Labour	Geoffrey Cutting	778
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Bermange	731
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Johnstone	649
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Tyler	514
Turnout				59.97

Old Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	OWRA	Lynne Jones	1,785
	OWRA	Malcolm Beer	1,683
	Conservative	Elizabeth Cudd	553
	Conservative	Hamish Macmillam	488
	UKIP	Lucas Crane	216
	UKIP	Bruno Haine	190
	Labour	Roy Reeves	145
	Labour	Ahamed Mashoor	136
Turnout				73.83

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Natasha Airey	1,549
	Conservative	Phillip Bicknell	1,331
	Liberal Democrats	Amarjeet Bhamra	383
	Labour	Laura Binnie	380
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Hinds	317
	Green	Simon Beer	290
	UKIP	Peter Bishop	274
	UKIP	Nicole Fowler	206
	Independent	Jon Davey	198
	Independent	Franco De Luca	121
Turnout				73.74

Pinkneys Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Werner	1,854
	Conservative	Charles Hollingsworth	1,847
	Conservative	Marius Gilmore	1,625
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Bond	1542
	Conservative	Shez Courtenay-Smith	1542
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Baskerville	1535
	UKIP	John Radley	446
	Labour	Jennifer Cooper	382
	Labour	Hilary Brodie	316
Turnout				75.04

Sunningdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christine Bateson	2,159
	Conservative	Sayonara Luxton	1,669
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Grant-Adamson	327
	Liberal Democrats	Sonya Lippold	308
	Labour	Anne Brindle	277
Turnout				71.66

References

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
^ National Flood Prevention Party, political party PP1713 Electoral Commission. Accessed 11 June 2014.
^ "Borough Election Results 2015 - By Ward". The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Retrieved 9 May 2015.

[TEC-1] "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.

[2] National Flood Prevention Party, political party PP1713 Electoral Commission. Accessed 11 June 2014.

[3] "Borough Election Results 2015 - By Ward". The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Retrieved 9 May 2015.

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