2015 City of York Council election

The 2015 City of York Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of City of York Council in England.[1] The whole council was up for election. Turnout was substantially up across the city due to the election being held on the same day as the general election and other local elections in England.

City of York Council Election, 2015
7 May 2015
All 47 seats to City of York Council
24 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Dafydd Williams Chris Steward Keith Aspden
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since 11 December 2014 19 December 2013 11 May 2013
Leader's seat Heworth Rural West York Fulford and Heslington
Last election 26 10 8
Seats before 21 10 9
Seats won 15 14 12
Seat change 11 4 4
Popular vote 59,164 65,507 55,331
Percentage 25.6% 28.3% 23.9%
Swing 12.0% 6.0% 2.5%
Map of results of 2015 election
Leader of the Council before election

Dafydd Williams
Labour

 Leader of the Council after election

Chris Steward
Conservative

Since the previous election in 2011 a review of ward boundaries had affected some wards, although the total number of councillors remained at 47. The following wards remained unchanged from 2011: Acomb, Bishopthorpe, Dringhouses and Woodthorpe, Haxby and Wigginton, Holgate, Huntington and New Earswick, Micklegate, Strensall, Westfield and Wheldrake. All other wards saw boundary changes and a new ward, Copmanthorpe, was created from the former Rural West York Ward.

The election saw heavy losses for the ruling Labour Party, which had won overall control of the council in 2011, losing more than 40% of the 26 seats won at the previous election. Several senior Labour councillors were defeated including the party's deputy leader Tracey Simpson-Laing and Cabinet members Dave Merrett and Linsay Cunningham.[2] The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Greens all made gains and two Independent councillors were also elected. A record number of new councillors were elected, almost half of the entire Council, with the York Press reporting that "of the 47 seats contested, 25 were won by candidates with council experience while 22 were won by debutants."[3] Following talks between the political groups after the election, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats agreed to run the Council as a joint administration.[4]

Election result
City of York Council election 2015
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Labour 47 15 n/a n/a -11 31.9% 25.6% 59,164 -12.0%
  Conservative 47 14 n/a n/a +4 29.8% 28.3% 65,507 +6.0%
  Liberal Democrats 47 12 n/a n/a +4 25.5% 23.9% 55,331 -2.5%
  Green 47 4 n/a n/a +2 8.5% 15.6% 36,114 +3.4%
  Independent 10 2 n/a n/a +1 4.3% 3.5% 7,986 +3.0%
  UKIP 9 0 n/a n/a 0 0% 2.3% 5,432 +2.2%
  TUSC 8 0 n/a n/a 0 0% 0.7% 1,711 +0.6%

Ward results

Acomb ward
Acomb [5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Stuart Barnes 1,462 17.9 -13.5
Conservative Keith Myers 1,440 17.7 +5.8
Labour Tracey Simpson-Laing * 1292 15.9 -14.6
Conservative Jason Brown 1286 15.8 +5.2
UKIP Vincent Scaum 679 8.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Reuban Mayne 636 7.8 +3.4
Green Alice Rowan 506 6.2 +2.9
Liberal Democrats John Ballantine 462 5.7 +2.7
Green Andy Wilson 382 4.7 +1.8
Turnout 67.3 +25.1
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
* Represented the Acomb ward of City of York Council, 1999–2015 [7]

Bishopthorpe ward

The parishes of Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe

Bishopthorpe [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Galvin * 1,274 49.3 -0.7
Independent Carole Green 606 23.4 N/A
Labour Bob Scrase † 407 15.7 +10.3
Green David Williams 154 6.0 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Daniel Khan 144 5.6 -21.3
Turnout 77.5 +19.6
Conservative hold Swing
* Represented the Copmanthorpe ward of City of York Council, 1999–2003, and the Bishopthorpe ward of City of York Council, 2007–2015 [7]
† Represented the Holgate ward of York City Council, 1992–1996, and the Holgate ward of City of York Council, 1995–2003 [8] [7]

Clifton ward
Clifton [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Danny Myers 1,554 20.2 1.7
Labour Margaret Wells 1,175 15.2 -1.8
Conservative Bill Gambold 826 10.7 3.7
Conservative Jan Powell 705 9.1 2.3
Green Candy Spillard 658 8.5 -0.2%
Green John Walford 584 7.6 2.1%
Liberal Democrats Tobie Abel 550 7.1 0.3%
Independent Ken King * 479 6.2 N/A
UKIP David Scullion 465 6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Derek Wann 302 3.9 -0.9
Independent David Scott † 279 3.6 N/A
TUSC Martin Readle 131 1.7 N/A
Turnout 60.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
* Represented the Bootham ward of York City Council, 1982–1996, the Fishergate division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1985–1989, the Bootham ward of City of York Council, 1995–2003, and the Clifton ward of City of York Council, 2003–2015 [8] [9] [7]
† Represented the Clifton ward of City of York Council, 2003–2015 [7]

Copmanthorpe ward

The parish of Copmanthorpe

Copmanthorpe [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative David Carr 1,339 50.6
Liberal Democrats Richard Brown 689 26.1
Labour David Horton * 432 16.3
Green Jennifer Aitken 184 7
Turnout 2644 75.7
Conservative win (new seat)
* Represented the Acomb ward of York City Council, 1986–1996, and the Acomb ward of City of York Council, 1995–2015 [8] [7]

Dringhouses and Woodthorpe ward
Dringhouses and Woodthorpe [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Ann Reid * 3,104 16.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Fenton 2,649 14.2
Liberal Democrats Ashley Mason 2,368 12.7
Conservative Daniel Donnor 1728 9.2
Conservative Matthew Litten 1569 8.4
Conservative Matt Freckelton 1461 7.8
Labour Gerard Hodgson † 1238 6.6
Labour Rita Milne 1159 6.2
Labour William Owen 1022 5.5
UKIP Paul Abbott 792 4.2
Green Bronwen Gray 635 3.4
Green John Gray 512 2.7
Green Caleb Wooding 459 2.5
Turnout 18696 72.4 +21.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
* Represented the Foxwood ward of York City Council, 1990–1996, the Foxwood ward of City of York Council, 1995–2003, and the Dringhouses and Woodthorpe ward of City of York Council, 2003–2015 [8] [7]
† Represented the Dringhouses and Woodthorpe ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015

Fishergate ward
Fishergate [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green Andy D'Agorne * 2,241 27.1
Green Dave Taylor † 1,997 24.1
Labour George Norman 974 11.8
Labour Susan Watson 785 9.5
Conservative Hugo Graham 587 7.1
Conservative Margaret Redfern 573 6.9
UKIP Thomas Turton 315 3.8
Liberal Democrats Charlie Kingsbury 275 3.3
Liberal Democrats Shawn Imeson 154 1.9
TUSC Jamie Chatfield 103 1.2
Turnout 8274 66.2 +17.5
Green hold Swing
Green hold Swing
* Represented the Fishergate ward of City of York Council, 2003–2015 [7]
† Represented the Fishergate ward of City of York Council, 2007–2015 [7]

Fulford and Heslington ward

The parish of Fulford and part of the parish of Heslington

Fulford and Heslington [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Keith Aspden * 1,188 55.6 6.8
Conservative Calum Stewart 437 20.5 5.6
Labour Geoff Fletcher 355 16.6 -14.2
Green Tess McMahon 156 5.6 -
Turnout 2136 70.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
* Represented the Fulford ward of City of York Council, 2003–2015 [7]

Guildhall ward
Guildhall [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green Denise Craghill 1,895 12.5
Labour James Flinders 1,625 10.7
Labour Janet Looker * 1,621 10.7
Labour Kate Pilling 1407 9.3
Green Andy Law 1253 8.3
Conservative Jan Keenan 1209 8.0
Conservative Jack Robinson 1112 7.3
Green June Tranmer 1060 7.0
Conservative Janette Robinson 984 6.5
Liberal Democrats Nick Love 672 4.4
UKIP John Brittlebank 520 3.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Green 511 3.4
Independent Brian Watson † 416 2.7
Independent Gordon Campbell-Thomas 386 2.5
Liberal Democrats Derek Waudby 254 1.7
TUSC Andrew Dickenson 214 1.4
Turnout 53.8
Green gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
* Represented the Guildhall division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1985–1996, and the Guildhall ward of City of York Council, 1995–2015 [9] [7]
† Represented the Acomb ward of York City Council, 1979–1984, the Guildhall ward of York City Council, 1988–1996, the Acomb division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1981–1989, and the Guildhall ward of City of York Council, 1995–2015 [8] [9] [7]

Haxby and Wigginton ward

The parishes of Haxby and Wigginton

Haxby and Wigginton [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Ian Cuthbertson * 2,707 13.8
Conservative Tony Richardson † 2,640 13.4
Conservative John Gates 2,582 13.1
Liberal Democrats Martin Crosby 2432 12.4
Conservative Roy Watson-Smith 2395 12.2
Liberal Democrats Sue Willer 2113 10.7
Labour Ian Craven 1129 5.7
Labour Stephen Johnstone 963 4.9
Labour Denise Bowgett ‡ 926 4.7
Green Alan Robertshaw 606 3.1
Independent Neil Wyatt 420 2.1
Green Erin Donovan 414 2.1
Green Henry Hale 344 1.7
Turnout 19671 71.7 +23.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
* Represented the Strensall ward of City of York Council, 2003–2007, and the Haxby and Wigginton ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015 [7]
† Represented the Haxby and Wigginton ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015
‡ Represented the Holgate ward of City of York Council, 2007–2011 [7]

Heworth ward
Heworth [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Barbara Boyce * 2,166 14.1 -4.8
Labour Christina Funnell † 2,101 13.6 -4.5
Labour Dafydd Williams ‡ 2,001 13 -4.9
Conservative Jennifer Gambold 1448 9.4 0.2
Conservative Teri Rhodes 1377 9 -
Green Jessica Dixon 1283 8.4 3.4
Conservative Terry Smith 1174 7.7 N/A
Green Nicola Normandale 1047 6.8 2.3
Green Ginevra Gordon 907 5.9 N/A
UKIP Kenneth Guest 907 5.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ian Packington 696 4.5 -0.5
Liberal Democrats Benedict Rich 480 3.1 -0.6
Liberal Democrats Matthew Smithson 385 2.5 -0.9
TUSC Nigel Smith 276 1.8 -0.5
Turnout 61.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
* Represented the Heworth ward of City of York Council, 2009–2015 [7]
† Represented the Heworth ward of City of York Council, 2007–2015 [7]
‡ Represented the Westfield ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015

Heworth Without ward

The parish of Heworth Without

Heworth Without [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Nigel Ayre * 1,420 52.4 -0.2
Conservative Andrew Whitney 603 22.3 -2.1
Labour Simon Winch 374 13.8 -2.1
UKIP Fred Bowron 163 6.0 N/A
Green Doug Doherty 150 5.5 1.1
Turnout 75.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
* Represented the Heworth Without ward of City of York Council, 2007–2015 [7]

Holgate ward
Holgate [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Sonja Crisp * 2,183 12.5 -6.4
Labour Mary Cannon 2,037 11.7 -5.3
Labour Fiona Derbyshire 1,789 10.2 -5.1
Conservative Adam Cook 1516 8.7 3.4
Green Pam Hanley 1273 7.3 3.5
Conservative Kirsten Ovenden 1221 7 2.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Adamson 1018 5.8 -5
Conservative Petra Sobotkova 957 5.5 N/A
Green Andreas Heinemeyer 954 5.5 2.4
UKIP Judith Morris 924 5.3 N/A
Green Peter Harris 876 5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Matthew Reid 849 4.9 -5.3
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Morely 812 4.6 -5.2
Independent Christian Vassie † 729 4.2 N/A
TUSC Gwen Vardigans 326 1.9 N/A
Turnout 65.7 21.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
* Represented the Holgate ward of City of York Council, 2007–2015 [7]
† Represented the Wheldrake ward of City of York Council, 2003–2011 [7]

Hull Road ward

Part of the parish of Heslington

Hull Road [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Neil Barnes * 1,999 13.6
Labour Hilary Shepherd 1,672 11.4
Labour David Levene † 1,599 10.9
Green John Cossham 1408 9.6
Conservative Cameron Smith 1256 8.6
Conservative Bethany Wright 1237 8.4
Conservative Jordan Hennessy 1195 8.1
Green John Heawood 1031 7.0
Green Stuart Maule 857 5.8
UKIP Keith Anderson 667 4.5
Liberal Democrats Rachel Edwards 609 4.1
Liberal Democrats Tom Davies 492 3.4
Liberal Democrats Lizzy Roberts 457 3.1
TUSC Megan Ollerhead 201 1.4
Turnout 14680 44.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
* Represented the Hull Road ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015
† Represented the Heslington ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015

Huntington and New Earswick ward

The parishes of Huntington and New Earswick

Huntington and New Earswick [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Keith Orrell * 2,885 16.1
Liberal Democrats Chris Cullwick 2,859 16.0
Liberal Democrats Carol Runciman † 2,814 15.7
Labour Michael Healy 1427 8.0
Conservative Susan Vaughan 1388 7.7
Conservative Tet Powell 1263 7.0
Labour Lucas Pearce 1136 6.3
Conservative Gavin Shillito 1133 6.3
Labour Jason Rose 1132 6.3
Green Charles Everett 693 3.9
Green Clive Woolley 621 3.5
Green Clive Millard 569 3.2
Turnout 17920 63.7 +23.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
* Represented the Huntington and New Earswick ward of City of York Council, 2003–2015 [7]
† Represented the Huntington and New Earswick ward of City of York Council, 1999–2015 [7]

Micklegate ward
Micklegate [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Johnny Hayes 2,843 15.6
Labour Julie Gunnell * 2,393 13.2
Green Lars Kramm 1,919 10.6
Labour Nicholas Button 1611 8.9
Green Mark Havercroft 1526 8.4
Green Helen Johnson 1495 8.2
Labour Dave Merrett † 1425 7.8
Conservative Marc Ilinson 1332 7.3
Conservative William Hanbury 1105 6.1
Conservative Paul Healey ‡ 1091 6.0
Liberal Democrats Martin Bartlett § 466 2.6
Liberal Democrats Carlotta Allum 448 2.5
Liberal Democrats Aileen Hingston 290 1.6
TUSC Amanda Robinson 236 1.3
Turnout 69.5 +22.4
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
* Represented the Micklegate ward of City of York Council, 2007–2015 [7]
† Represented the Bishophill ward of York City Council, 1982–1996, the Bishophill ward of City of York Council, 1995–2003, and the Micklegate ward of City of York Council, 2003–2015 [8] [7]
‡ Represented the Rural West York ward of City of York Council, 2007–2015 [7]
§ Represented the Holgate ward of City of York Council, 2003–2007 [7]

Osbaldwick and Derwent ward

The parishes of Dunnington, Holtby, Kexby, Murton, and Osbaldwick

Osbaldwick and Derwent [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jenny Brooks * 1,989 25.9
Independent Mark Warters † 1,167 15.2
Conservative Robin Dickson ‡ 1162 15.1
Liberal Democrats Rosalind Maggs 934 12.2
Labour Callum Shannon 684 8.9
Labour Mark Windmill 458 6.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Hill 421 5.5
Green Sally Brooks 400 5.2
Green Derek Bennett 310 4.0
Turnout 7675 71.5
Conservative hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
* Represented the Derwent ward of City of York Council, 2007–2015 [7]
† Represented the Osbaldwick ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015
‡ Represented the Fishergate division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1989–1993 [9]

Rawcliffe and Clifton Without ward

The parishes of Clifton Without and Rawcliffe

Rawcliffe and Clifton Without [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Peter Dew 2,325 13.9
Conservative Stuart Rawlings 2,085 12.4
Conservative Samuel Lisle 1,905 11.4
Labour Linsay Cunningham * 1662 10.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Shrimpton 1576 9.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Waudby † 1561 9.3
Labour Neil McIlveen * 1441 8.6
Liberal Democrats Samantha Waudby 1407 8.4
Labour Ian Panter 1347 8.0
Green Caroline Boreham 556 3.3
Green Rodney Bell 481 2.9
Green Robin Brabham 426 2.5
Turnout 16772 65.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative hold Swing
* Represented the Skelton, Rawcliffe, and Clifton Without ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015
† Represented the Rawcliffe and Skelton ward of City of York Council, 1999–2003, and the Skelton, Rawcliffe, and Clifton Without ward of City of York Council, 2003–2007 [7]

Rural West York ward

The parishes of Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Hessay, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth with Knapton, Skelton, and Upper Poppleton

Rural West York [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ian Gillies * 2,428 28.4
Conservative Chris Steward † 2,052 24.0
Liberal Democrats Jayne Bradley 1022 12.0
Labour Paul Kind 663 7.8
Independent Joseph Watt ‡ 661 7.7
Labour Victoria Prior 541 6.3
Liberal Democrats Gareth Morgan 454 5.3
Green Sally Hind 373 4.4
Green Gillian Cossham 358 4.2
Turnout 8552 73.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
* Represented the Rural West York ward of City of York Council, 2007–2015 [7]
† Represented the Rural West York ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015
‡ Represented the Skelton, Rawcliffe, and Clifton Without ward of City of York Council, 2003–2011 [7]

Strensall ward

The parishes of Earswick, Stockton-on-the-Forest, and Strensall with Towthorpe

Strensall [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Paul Doughty * 2,385 29.3
Conservative Helen Douglas † 1,886 23.1
Liberal Democrats Tony Fisher ‡ 1369 16.8
Liberal Democrats David Goodall 775 9.5
Labour Ann Moxon 605 7.4
Labour John Gorner 574 7.0
Green Robbie Bennett 314 3.9
Green Matthew Durrant 245 3.0
Turnout 8153 67.4 +25.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
* Represented the Strensall ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015
† Represented the Clifton ward of City of York Council, 2007–2015 [7]
‡ Represented the Haxby West ward of Ryedale District Council, 1987–1996 [10]

Westfield ward
Westfield [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Andrew Waller * 2,866 18.2
Liberal Democrats Susan Hunter 2,369 15.0
Liberal Democrats Sheena Jackson 2,106 13.7
Labour Louise Corson 1564 9.9
Labour Stephen Burton † 1464 9.3
Labour Reece Goscinski 1185 7.5
Conservative Andrew Brooks 784 5.0
Conservative Victoria Donnor 770 4.9
Conservative Helen Steward 655 4.2
Green Alison Webb 650 4.1
Green Catherine Heinemeyer 575 3.6
Green Sebastian Butterworth 545 3.5
TUSC John Handforth 224 1.4
Turnout 15757 58.5 +20.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
* Represented the Westfield ward of York City Council, 1994–1996, and the Westfield ward of City of York Council, 1999–2011 and 2014–2015 [8] [7]
† Represented the Westfield ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015

Wheldrake ward

The parishes of Deighton, Elvington, Naburn, and Wheldrake

Wheldrake [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Susan Mercer 1,638 64.1 +7.9
Labour Caroline Hind 405 15.8 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Stott 281 11.0 -15.5
Green William Dyson 232 9.1% +5.3
Turnout 2556 76.4 +22.8
Conservative hold Swing

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