West Berkshire Council election, 2015

The 2015 West Berkshire Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of West Berkshire Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party retained overall control of the council.^[2]

Background

At the last election in 2011, the Conservatives won a majority of seats, with 39 councillors, compared to 13 for the Liberal Democrats. No other parties had representation on the council. Two by-elections were held between the 2011 and 2015 elections, both being retained by the Conservatives.

Results

Aldermaston^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Dominic Boeck	1,087	66%	14%
	Liberal Democrat	James Spackman	390	24%	4%
	Labour	Leslie Cooper	159	10%	10%
Majority			697	42%	17%
Turnout			1,636	75%	24%
	Conservative hold		Swing	9%

Basildon^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alan Law	1,390	70%	7%
	Liberal Democrat	Laura Rose Coyle	583	30%	7%
Majority			807	40%	14%
Turnout			1,973	80%	22%
	Conservative hold		Swing	7%

Birch Copse (3 seats)^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Anthony Chadley	2,638
	Conservative	Emma Webster	2,319
	Conservative	Anthony Linden	2,288
	Labour	Cara Benda	1,134
	Labour	Senan Hartney	991
	Labour	Clive Taylor	965
	Liberal Democrat	Judith Cooper	445
	Liberal Democrat	David Cooper	441
Turnout			11,221	73%	30%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bucklebury (2 seats)^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Graham Pask	2,621
	Conservative	Quentin Webb	2,125
	Liberal Democrat	Emma Spriggs	778
	Liberal Democrat	Janette Miranda	611
	Labour	Charlie Hindhaugh	283
Turnout			6,418	77%	22%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burghfield (2 seats)^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Carol Jackson-Doerge	1,652
	Conservative	Ian Morrin	1,455
	Liberal Democrat	Royce Longton	1,362
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Morse	892
	Labour	James Lees	429
Turnout			5,790	71%	19%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Calcot (3 seats)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Richard Somner	2,458
	Conservative	Peter Argyle	2,326
	Conservative	Manohar Gopal	2,241
	Labour	Charles Croal	1,252
	Labour	Gordon Lewis	1,183
	Labour	Kate Butler	1,116
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Farrant	359
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Prime	336
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Hood	296
Turnout			11,567	67%	29%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

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