2015 Test Valley Borough Council election

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All 48 seats to Test Valley Borough Council 24 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent Last election 36 12 0 Seats won 38 9 1 Seat change 2 3 1 Popular vote 31,775 15,933 3,317 Percentage 44.30% 22.21% 4.62%
Council control before election Conservatives Council control after election Conservatives

The 2015 Test Valley Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Test Valley Borough Council in England.^[1][2] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Test Valley Borough Council Election, 2015

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	38	3	1	2	79.16	44.30	31,775	12.02
	Liberal Democrats	9	0	3	3	18.75	37.07	15,933	10.54
	UKIP	0				0	15.49	11,114	12.19
	Labour	0				0	8.95	6,426	3.57
	Independent	1	0	2	2	2.08	4.62	3,317	3.23
	Green	0	0			0	4.40	3,161	3.6
Total		48						34536

Note that in the previous election, Liberal Democrat candidate Sally Lamb stood as an Independent, receiving 27.20% of the vote share.

Abbey (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Richards	1,195	39.12	2.99
	Conservative	Clive Collier	1,076
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Lamb	865	28.32	12.20
	Liberal Democrats	John Critchley	716
	UKIP	Paul Welch	335	10.96	10.96
	Labour	Stuart Bannerman	334	10.93	3.62
	Green	Lucy Best	325	10.64	10.64
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alamein (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil North	1,960	40.96	6.33
	Conservative	Alexander Brook	1,677
	Conservative	Tracey Preston	1,570
	UKIP	Connor Docherty	865	19.66	19.66
	Liberal Democrats	Len Gates	768	16.05	20.53
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Hughes	688
	Liberal Democrats	Amy Bower	686
	Labour	Andy Fitchet	648	13.54	2.57
	Labour	Ben Kinross	569
	Labour	Michael Mumford	504
	Green	Adam Timby	468	9.78	9.78
	Green	Joshua Cussen	418
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ampfield and Braishfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Hatley	1,052	69.94	1.45
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Anderson	314	20.87	3.34
	Labour	Arthur Stevens	138	9.17	1.90
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Note that Ben Few Brown had been the Conservative incumbent in the previous election

Amport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ben Few Brown	851	64.17
	UKIP	Christine Forrester	475	35.82	35.82
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Anna (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Flood	1,527	71.96	8.32
	Conservative	Graham Stallard	1,256
	UKIP	Timothy Rolt	299	14.09	3.56
	Liberal Democrats	Josie Msonthi	296	13.94	4.75
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackwater (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Bailey	1,865	54.54	14.89
	Conservative	Nick Adams-King	1,653
	UKIP	Kim Bigwood	521	15.23	15.23
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Green	486	14.21	8.64
	Liberal Democrats	Nik Daas	445
	Green	Gill Tunney	341	9.97	9.97
	Labour	Peter Sowerby	206	6.02	1.69
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bourne Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Giddings	905	70.75	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Gates	204	15.94	n/a
	UKIP	William McCabe	170	13.29
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broughton and Stockbridge (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Boulton	1,799	49.00	18.62
	Conservative	Daniel Busk	1,291
	Independent	Harry Paul	1,031	28.08	28.08
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Treadwell	841	22.90	13.00
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Charlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Carr	670	57.41	1.21
	UKIP	Norman Woods	293	25.10	0.53
	Independent	Richard Kidd	204	17.48	17.48
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chilworth, Nursling and Rownhams (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Bundy	2,190	49.96	12.86
	Conservative	Nigel Anderdon	2,074
	Conservative	Alison Finlay	1,931
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Richards	895	20.41	0.22
	UKIP	Iain Bell	812	18.52	18.52
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Ward	517
	Labour	Gerald Whitaker	486	11.08	5.89
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Rowles	462
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cupernham (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Baverstock	1,367	46.68	0.02
	Conservative	John Ray	1,183	40.40	0.16
	Conservative	Teresa Hibberd	1,148
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Burnage	1,121
	Labour	Stuart Copping	378	12.90	0.15
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Dun Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Jeffrey	905	67.38	0.12
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Treadwell	438	32.61	0.12
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harewood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Drew	1,086	80.20	13.07
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony McCabe	268	19.79	13.07
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harroway (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carl Borg-Neal	1,903	42.30	6.03
	Conservative	Karen Hamilton	1,761
	Conservative	Brian Page	1,545
	UKIP	Simon Hession	1,066	23.69	4.18
	Labour	Madeleine Fairweather	869	19.31	0.20
	Green	Laura Marriner	660	14.67	14.67
	Green	Barbara Mitchell	513
	Green	Lance Mitchell	377
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kings Somborne and Michelmersh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Ward	1,093	65.17	6.07
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Cosier	384	22.89	5.86
	UKIP	Richard Scott	200	11.92	11.92
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Millway (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Zilliah Brooks	2,080	41.68	14.05
	Conservative	Sandra Hawke	1,812
	Conservative	Jim Neal	1,545
	UKIP	Mo Cleary	877	17.57	4.52
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Ecclestone	638	12.78	3.94
	Green	Carol Bartholomew	602	12.06	12.06
	Labour	Jeffrey Davey	586	11.74	2.73
	Green	Dean Marriner	490
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Fifield	569	382
	Independent	Tony Hooke	207	4.14	4.14
	Independent	Alex Gillies	205
	Independent	Steve McKellar	195
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Baddesley (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Tupper	1,584	37.40	17.29
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Cosier	1,534
	Liberal Democrats	Celia Dowden	1,522
	Conservative	Andrew Milligan	1,382	32.63	2.10
	Conservative	Harmeet Brar	1,005
	Conservative	Phil Williams	973
	UKIP	Paul Cadier	816	19.26	19.26
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Over Wallop^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Hope	Unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penton Bellinger (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Lashbrook	1,734	58.38	17.56
	Conservative	Pam Mutton	1,254
	UKIP	Barry Hodgson	693	23.33	23.33
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Carpenter	543	18.28	18.28
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Romsey Extra (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Hibberd	1,123	38.06	16.80
	Conservative	Alison Johnston	1,053
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Dunleavey	609	20.64	13.76
	Liberal Democrats	John Parker	520
	UKIP	Alex Briggs	359	12.16	12.16
	Green	Ian Callaghan	330	11.18	11.18
	Independent	Richard Buss	302	10.23	10.23
	Labour	Barney Jones	227	7.69	3.03
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mary's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iris Andersen	1,638	35.27	5.63
	Conservative	John Cockaday	1,289
	Conservative	David Denny	1,245
	UKIP	Daniel Emmerson	922	19.85	5.39
	UKIP	Peter Mather	855
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Bird	806	17.35	10.31
	UKIP	Vincent McGarry	794
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Long	724
	Labour	Alan Cotter	684	14.72	3.34
	Labour	Nicole Gentleman	635
	Liberal Democrats	Sheryl Scott-Clarke	536
	Labour	Alan Wright	504
	Green	Catherine Hosen	435	9.36	9.36
	Independent	Russell Tarrant	159	3.42	3.42
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Tadburn (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Cooper	1,737	48.06	4.40
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hurst	1,371
	Conservative	Nick Michell	1,007	27.86	8.91
	Conservative	Matthew Southey	781
	UKIP	Roy Bishop	477	13.19	13.19
	Labour	Carolyn Nixson	393	10.87	0.10
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Valley Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Dowden	2,238	53.52	7.63
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Beesley	1,966
	Liberal Democrats	Kath Tilling	1,803
	Conservative	Tim England	1,483	35.46	3.38
	Conservative	Anne Winstanley	1,388
	Conservative	Ryan Sutton	1,116
	UKIP	Sarah Morgan	460	11.00	11.00
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Winton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Lynn	1,995	35.42	7.74
	Conservative	Jan Lovell	1,899
	Conservative	Jan Budzynski	1,653
	UKIP	Marley Spicer	1,130	20.06	0.21
	Labour	Adam Jones	1,024	18.18	3.72
	Liberal Democrats	Sid Dajani	920	16.33	5.76
	Independent	Nick Thirsk	563	9.99	9.99
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing