2015 Ashfield District Council election

The 2015 Ashfield District Council election took place on 7 May 2015, to elect members of Ashfield District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Overall election results

Ashfield District Council (Summary of Overall Results)

Within Ashfield District Council 2015^[2]

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	34	22			-2	62.9	35.1	21,002
	Liberal Democrats	23	5			-1	14.3	19.7	11,813
	Conservative	19	4	4	0	+4	11.4	13.6	8,178
	Independent	12	2			+1	5.7	7.9	4,720
	UKIP	16	0	0	0	0	0	14.1	8,436
	Selston Parish Independents	4	2	0	0	0	5.7	5.3	3,181
	Hucknall First Community Forum	7	0	0	0	0	0	2.8	1,660
	Green	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	775
	TUSC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	151

Ashfield District Council - Results by Ward

Abbey Hill

Abbey Hill (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joanne Donnely	480	35.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Meakin	316	23.2
	UKIP	Moira Sansom	281	20.7
	Conservative	Shaun Hartley	184	13.5
	Independent	Warren Nuttall	99	7.3
Turnout			1,360	57.7

Annesley & Kirkby Woodhouse

Annesley & Kirkby Woodhouse (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Madden	1,569	25.2
	Labour	Don Davis	1,377	22.1
	Labour	Donna Gilbert	1,208	19.4
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Hare	1,098	17.6
	UKIP	Wendy Harvey	1,022	16.4
Turnout			6,234	66.6

Ashfields

Ashfields (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Hollis	914	49.4
	Labour	Mike Hollis	487	26.3
	Conservative	John Baker	267	14.4
	Independent	Eric Hetherington	184	9.9
Turnout			1,852	65.3

Carsic

Carsic (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Cathy Mason	904	63.3
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Williamson	305	21.5
	Conservative	Rachel Saxelby	221	15.5
Turnout			1,429	50.6

Central & New Cross

Central & New Cross (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Amanda Brown	1,221	27.8
	Labour	Tim Brown	1,139	26.0
	UKIP	Ian Stokes	758	17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha Deakin	701	16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Barrie Hickman	601	13.7
Turnout			4,387	51.9

Hucknall Central

Hucknall Central (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lachlan Morrison	1,363	21.5
	Labour	Nicolle Ndiweni	1,196	18.9
	Conservative	Alex Cullin	932	14.7
	UKIP	Thomas Irvine	860	13.6
	Conservative	Dan Tysoe	652	10.3
	UKIP	Steven Sadler	652	10.3
	Hucknall First Community Forum	Jim Blagden	240	3.8
	Hucknall First Community Forum	Dave Shaw	229	3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Cotham	205	3.2
Turnout

Hucknall North

Hucknall North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mick Murphy	1,820	13.9
	Labour	Rachel Bissett	1,797	13.8
	Conservative	Ben Bradley	1,673	12.8
	Labour	James Grundy	1,517	11.6
	Conservative	Rebecca-Anne Cullin	1,513	11.6
	Labour	Ian Morrison	1,509	11.6
	UKIP	Michael Ashton	1,067	8.2
	Hucknall First Community Forum	John Wilmott	741	5.7
	Hucknall First Community Forum	Rachael Clarke	506	3.9
	Hucknall First Community Forum	Robert Gow	482	3.7
	Green	Lisa Brown	435	3.3
Turnout

Hucknall South

Hucknall South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lauren Mitchell	1,434	23.2
	Labour	Keir Morrison	1,218	19.7
	Conservative	Trevor Peat	1,028	16.6
	Conservative	Tony Arnold	1,023	16.5
	UKIP	Alison Irvine	879	14.2
	Hucknall First Community Forum	Trevor Locke	343	5.5
	Hucknall First Community Forum	John Stout	261	4.2
Turnout

Hucknall West

Hucknall West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kevin Thomas Rostance	1,753	14.0
	Conservative	Phil Rostance	1,657	13.3
	Labour	Chris Baron	1,641	13.1
	Conservative	Anthony Rostance	1,633	13.1
	Labour	Danielle Chance	1,550	12.4
	Labour	Kerry Humphreys	1,511	12.1
	UKIP	Jeffery Mills	1,060	8.5
	UKIP	Ray Young	725	5.8
	Hucknall First Community Forum	Jean Toseland	336	2.7
	Hucknall First Community Forum	Harry Toseland	333	2.7
	Hucknall First Community Forum	Ian Young	302	2.4
Turnout

Huthwaite & Brierley

Huthwaite & Brierley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Lee Anderson	1,168
	Labour	Glenys Maxwell	1,147
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Walters	742
	Liberal Democrats	Mandy Hernon	728
	Conservative	Rob Della-Spina	709
	Independent	Anna-Marie Wilson	442
	Independent	Mark Mellor	423
	Independent	Malc Hull	371
	Green	Roger Morton	236
Turnout

Jacksdale

Jacksdale (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Christian Chapman	562	35.39
	Labour	Elizabeth Mays	537	33.82
	Selston Parish Independents	David Martin	489	30.79
Turnout			1588

Kingsway

Kingsway (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Mike Smith	762
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Braddow	754
Turnout

Kirby Cross & Portland

Kirby Cross & Portland (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Cheryl Butler	769
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Bell	586
	UKIP	Tony Brown	499
	Green	Mark Harrison	104
Turnout

Larwood

Larwood (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Jason Zadrozny	842
	Labour	Linford Gibbons	479
	Conservative	Paul Sheridan	246
	UKIP	Austin Hernon	224
Turnout

Leamington

Leamington (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	David Griffiths	986
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Jones	407
Turnout

Selton

Selton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Selston Parish Independents	Beverley Turner	1,977
	Independent	Samuel Wilson	1,427
	Selston Parish Independents	Christine Quinn-Wilcox	738
	Labour	John Robert Stocks	617
	Labour	Steve Mays	564
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Gibson	306
	TUSC	Tom Hunt	95
Turnout

Skegby

Skegby (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Brewer	1,121
	Labour	Paul Roberts	971
	Liberal Democrats	Olive Parkes	958
	UKIP	Barbara Harris	948
	Labour	Christine Kirkham	936
	Independent	Margaret Patrick	400
Turnout

St Marys

St Marys (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Jim Aspinall	653
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Carswell	487
	Independent	Ray Buttery	326
	Conservative	Paul Saxelby	273
	TUSC	April Holmes	56
Turnout

Stanton Hill & Teversal

Stanton Hill & Teversal (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Smith	637
	Labour	Kevin Ball	467
	Independent	Trish Phillips	365
Turnout

Summit

Summit ward (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Knight	1,172
	Labour	Jackie James	1,152
	UKIP	Janet Jeanes	838
	Independent	John Baird	635
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Zadrozny	359
	Independent	Russell Wyke	233
Turnout

Sutton Junction & Harlow Wood

Sutton Junction & Harlow Wood ward (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Steven Carroll	661
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Gent	655
	Conservative	Sarah Heeley	430
Turnout

The Dales

The Dales ward (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Helen Hollis	750
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Smith	731
Turnout

Underwood

Underwood ward (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Selston Parish Independents	Robert Sears-Piccavey	715
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy O'Brien	456
	Conservative	Michelle Sims	315
	Labour	Ricky-Lee Cooke	306
Turnout

Changes between 2015 and 2019

Christine Quinn-Wilcox (Selston Independents) retained a Selston seat for the Selston Independents in the 26 November 2015 by-election.

In November 2015 Independent Councillor Jason Zadrozny (Larwood), along with Liberal Democrats Councillors Tom Hollis (Ashfields) and Rachel Madden (Annesley & Kirkby Woodhouse) formed the Ashfield Independents party.^[3] These were joined by former Liberal Democrats Councillors Anthony Brewer (Skegby),^[4] Christian Chapman (Jacksdale)^[5] and Helen Smith (Stanton Hill & Teversal),^[6] Labour Councillors Helen Hollis (The Dales),^[7] Glenys Maxwell (Huthwaite and Brierley)^[8] and Selston Independents Councillors Christine Quinn-Wilcox (Selston)^[9] and Robert Sears-Piccavey (Underwood)^[10]

John Wilmott (Ashfield Independents) gained a Hucknall North seat from the Conservatives in the 12 October 2017 by-election.^[11]

On 20 March 2018 Labour councillors Lee Anderson (Huthwaite and Brierley) and Chris Baron (Hucknall West) changed affiliation to the Conservatives, and Steve Carroll (Sutton Junction and Harlow Wood) left Labour to sit as an Independent.^[12]^[13]

In April 2018 Labour Councillors Amanda Brown (Central and New Cross), Tim Brown (Central and New Cross) and Joanne Donnelly (Abbey Hill) left the Labour Group to sit as Independents.^[13]

As a result of the above changes on the 26 April 2018 The Ashfield Independents and Independents joined by the Conservatives forced a vote of no confidence in the Labour leadership and replaced Labour leader Councillor Cheryl Butler with Jason Zadrozny of the Ashfield Independents.^[13]

As of the 1st May 2018 the current make up of the Council is Labour 14 (-8), Ashfield Independents 11 (+11), Conservative Party 5 (+2), Independents 5 (+3) and Liberal Democrats 0 (-5).^[14]

References

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
^ https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2015/301/
^ "Ashfield councillors make new political party". Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ "Councillor details - Councillor Tony Brewer". democracy.ashfield-dc.gov.uk. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ "Councillor details - Councillor Christian Chapman". democracy.ashfield-dc.gov.uk. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ "Councillor details - Councillor Helen-Ann Smith". democracy.ashfield-dc.gov.uk. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ "Councillor details - Councillor Helen Hollis". democracy.ashfield-dc.gov.uk. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ "Councillor details - Councillor Glenys Maxwell". democracy.ashfield-dc.gov.uk. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ "Councillor details - Councillor Christine Quinn-Wilcox". democracy.ashfield-dc.gov.uk. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ "Councillor details - Councillor Robert Sears-Piccavey". democracy.ashfield-dc.gov.uk. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ "Hucknall North Ward By Election - Ashfield District Council". www.ashfield.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ "Councils Map | LocalCouncils.co.uk". localcouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Barlow, Jamie (26 April 2018). "New leader of Ashfield District Council is Jason Zadrozny". nottinghampost. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ "Your Councillors". democracy.ashfield-dc.gov.uk. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

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

[2] ttps://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2015/301/

[3] "Ashfield councillors make new political party". Retrieved 1 May 2018.

[4] "Councillor details - Councillor Tony Brewer". democracy.ashfield-dc.gov.uk. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

[5] "Councillor details - Councillor Christian Chapman". democracy.ashfield-dc.gov.uk. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

[6] "Councillor details - Councillor Helen-Ann Smith". democracy.ashfield-dc.gov.uk. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

[7] "Councillor details - Councillor Helen Hollis". democracy.ashfield-dc.gov.uk. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

[8] "Councillor details - Councillor Glenys Maxwell". democracy.ashfield-dc.gov.uk. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

[9] "Councillor details - Councillor Christine Quinn-Wilcox". democracy.ashfield-dc.gov.uk. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

[10] "Councillor details - Councillor Robert Sears-Piccavey". democracy.ashfield-dc.gov.uk. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

[11] "Hucknall North Ward By Election - Ashfield District Council". www.ashfield.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

[12] "Councils Map | LocalCouncils.co.uk". localcouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

[:0-13] Barlow, Jamie (26 April 2018). "New leader of Ashfield District Council is Jason Zadrozny". nottinghampost. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

[14] "Your Councillors". democracy.ashfield-dc.gov.uk. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

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