2015 Arun District Council election

The Arun District Council elections, 2015 took place on Thursday 7 May 2015, electing all 54 members of the council, and taking place alongside a general election and other local elections in England.

2015 Arun District Council election

7 May 2015
All 54 council seats 28 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats UKIP Last election 48 seats, 50.9% 4 seats, 18.7% 0 seats, 8.5% Seats won 42 5 4 Seat change 4 1 4 Popular vote 38,322 12,627 20,695 Percentage 41.6% 13.7% 22.5% Swing 9.3% 5.0% 14.0%
Winner of each seat at the 2015 Arun District Council election
Previous Largest Party before election Conservative Subsequent Largest Party Conservative

From the previous election, the council had undergone boundary changes which had reduced their number by 2. One councillor in Bersted had defected from the Liberal Democrats to the Green Party, bringing in the first Green councillor on Arun since the authority was formed in 1973.

Following the elections, the Conservatives held control of the council for their 12th term of office, with Cllr Gill Brown continuing as leader.

Election result

Arun District Council Election Result 2015

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	42	1	5	-4	77.8%	41.6%	38,322	-9.3%
	Liberal Democrats	5	2	1	+1	9.3%	13.7%	12,627	-5.0%
	UKIP	4	4	0	+4	7.4%	22.5%	20,695	+14.0%
	Independent	2	1	0	+1	3.7%	7.7%	7,081	+3.4%
	Labour	1	0	2	-2	1.9%	10.9%	9,999	-4.9%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0%	3.6%	3,341	+3.6%

Ward results

Aldwick East

Aldwick East (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Bence*	1,619
	Conservative	Gillian Brown*	1,536
	UKIP	Michael Warden	919
	Independent	Malcolm Daniells	705
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wells	688
Turnout				73.57
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aldwick West

Aldwick West (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Hitchens*	1,962
	Conservative	Jacqui Maconachie*	1,397
	UKIP	John Wedderburn	1122
	Liberal Democrats	Kenton Batley	698
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Gale	635
Turnout				69.05
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Angmering & Findon

Angmering & Findon (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bicknell*	2,963
	Conservative	Dudley Wensley*	2,325
	Conservative	Andrew Cooper*	2,212
	UKIP	Mark Dyson	1418
	Liberal Democrats	David Bliss	998
	Labour	Alison Baker	887
	Green	Lionel Smith	796
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Taylor	706
Turnout				72.78
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Arundel & Walberton

Arundel & Walberton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Dendle*	2,691
	Conservative	Norman Dingemans*	2,448
	Conservative	Robert Wheal	1,994
	Independent	Jeremy Johnstone	1166
	UKIP	Tricia Wales	1151
	Labour	Christopher Wood	938
Turnout				72.94
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barnham

Barnham (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Ballard	1,994
	Conservative	Christopher Hughes	1,644
	Conservative	John Charles*	1,491
	UKIP	Tony Dixon	1187
	Independent	Ian Truin	1115
	UKIP	Graham Draper	1041
	Green	Isabel Thurston	1033
	Labour	Alwyn Dow	710
Turnout				68.70
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Beach

Beach (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Walsh*	1,671
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Purchese	1,434
	Conservative	Jill Long	786
	Labour	Steve McConnell	260
	Labour	Ron Felpts	245
Turnout				67.73
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Bersted

Bersted (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Bence	1,625
	UKIP	Ann Rapnik	1,497
	Conservative	Jacqueline Pendleton	1,156
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Woodall	798
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Dawes	795
	Liberal Democrats	James Young	667
	Green	Simon McDougall*	647
	Green	Susan Livett	577
	Green	Martin Lury	525
Turnout				58.36
	Conservative hold		Swing
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Brookfield

Brookfield (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Gammon*	1,363
	Conservative	Mick Warren	1,029
	UKIP	Geoff Holloway	825
	Labour	Bill Mears	521
	Liberal Democrats	Anchorette Parvin-Blackstone	509
	Labour	Mary Mears	444
Turnout				62.69
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Courtwick with Toddington

Courtwick with Toddington (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marian Ayers	1,415
	UKIP	Victoria Rhodes	991
	Labour	Mike Northeast*	876
	Labour	Anthony Squires	866
	Labour	George O'Neill	709
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Foster	694
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Graydon	469
	Liberal Democrats	David Leggatt	375
	Independent	David Jones	368
Turnout				56.30
	Conservative hold		Swing
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

East Preston

East Preston (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Bower*	2,921
	Conservative	Terence Chapman*	2,909
	Conservative	Mike Clayden	2,326
	UKIP	Teresa Bullock	1439
	Labour	Tony Dines	1081
Turnout				72.90
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Felpham East

Felpham East (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Edwards	1,586
	Conservative	Paul English*	1,283
	UKIP	Richard Eldred	961
	Liberal Democrats	Michelle Hibbert	599
	Liberal Democrats	William Blanchard-Cooper	457
Turnout				69.84
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Felpham West

Felpham West (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gill Madeley*	1,505
	Conservative	Elaine Stainton*	1,186
	UKIP	Graham Jones	960
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Chapman	498
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Thorpe	429
Turnout				69.67
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ferring

Ferring (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Elkins*	1,950
	Conservative	Colin Oliver-Redgate*	1,699
	UKIP	Helen O'Connor-Dixon	762
	Labour	Steve O'Donnell	523
	Labour	Michael Brown	476
Turnout				76.67
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hotham

Hotham (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Reynolds	849
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Wells	770
	Liberal Democrats	Janina Cooper	593
	Labour	Pauline Nash	340
	Labour	Simon Mouatt	326
	Green	David Meagher	289
	Green	Conrad Meagher	262
Turnout				51.79
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marine

Marine (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jim Brooks*	994
	Conservative	Dougal Maconachie	857
	UKIP	Martin Lineham	774
	Labour	Richard Dawson	631
Turnout				50.80
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Middleton-on-Sea

Middleton-on-Sea (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Oakley	1,651
	Conservative	Paul Wotherspoon	1,354
	UKIP	Joan Phillips	1063
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Hearn	524
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Toovey	498
Turnout				72.80
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Orchard

Orchard (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Oppler*	963
	Conservative	Leonard Brown*	884
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Toovey	693
	Labour	Jan Cosgrove	596
	Labour	Michelle White	430
		Pawel Kozuchowski	93
Turnout				54.56
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pagham

Pagham (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anita Dawn Hall*	1,894
	Conservative	Ashvinkumar Patel*	1,374
	UKIP	Tony Sutcliffe	1365
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Morrish	749
	Liberal Democrats	Jeanette Warr	505
Turnout				70.70
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pevensey

Pevensey (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Dillon	802
	Independent	Sandra Daniells	778
	Independent	Adam Cunard	691
	Labour	Roger Nash*	578
	Labour	Gilbert Cockburn	464
Turnout				54.60
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

River

River (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Buckland	1,239
	Conservative	George Blampied	1,172
	UKIP	Colin Cates	1,009
	Independent	Malcolm Belchamber	1002
	Labour	Alan Butcher	844
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Rickeard	751
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Tester	608
	Labour	Bernie May	600
	Green	David Austin	576
	Labour	Maralyn May	570
Turnout				57.03
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing

Rustington East

Rustington East (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emma Neno	1,509	30.7%
	Conservative	Graham Tyler*	1,394	28.4%
	UKIP	Stewart England	802	16.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Bennett	421	8.6%
	Labour	Adrian Midgley	413	8.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Richards	378	7.7%
Turnout			4,917	68.13
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rustington West

Rustington West (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phillipa Bower	2,362
	Conservative	Pauline Harrison-Horn	2,284
	Conservative	Stella Porter	1,847
	UKIP	Paul Davis	1267
	Independent	Alison Cooper	860
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Purchese	808
	Labour	Nigel Stapley	801
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Calvert	675
		Joby Akira	203
Turnout				70.29
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yapton

Yapton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Haymes*	1,962
	UKIP	Derek Ambler	1,183
	Conservative	Gary Markwell	1125
Turnout				65.50
	Conservative hold		Swing
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing