2015 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2015 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1][2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results

Ashton Hurst ward

Ashton Hurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Glover 2,548 49.19
Conservative Liam Billington 2,077 40.10
Green Charlotte Hughes 555 10.71
Majority 471 9.09
Turnout 5,180 58
Labour hold Swing

Ashton St. Michael's ward

Ashton St. Michael's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Yvonne Cartey 2,621 57.95
Conservative Christine Liley 1,283 28.37
Green Nigel Rolland 619 13.69
Majority 1,338 29.58
Turnout 4,523 52
Labour hold Swing

Ashton Waterloo ward

Ashton Waterloo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lorraine Whitehead 2,382 48.03
Conservative Sam Daniels 1,240 25.01
UKIP Peter Howarth 1,063 21.44
Green Andrew Threlfall 274 5.53
Majority 1,142 23.03
Turnout 4,959 57
Labour hold Swing

Audenshaw ward

Audenshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maria Bailey 2,832 52.15
UKIP Maurice Jackson 1,988 36.61
Green Mark Stanley 526 9.69
Communist Paul Ward 84 1.55
Majority 844 15.54
Turnout 5,430 60
Labour hold Swing

Denton North East ward

Denton North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Allison Gwynne 2,560 51.81
UKIP Dennis Connor 1,219 24.67
Conservative Carol White 918 18.58
Green Gerard Boyd 244 4.94
Majority 1,341 27.14
Turnout 4,941 57
Labour hold Swing

Denton South ward

Denton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Fowler 2,092 43.59
Independent Carl Simmons 1,152 24.01
UKIP Adrienne Shaw 719 14.98
Conservative Zoe Gallacher 654 13.63
Green Mark Stanfield 132 2.75
TUSC Dean Kavanagh 50 1.04
Majority 940 19.59
Turnout 4,799 57
Labour hold Swing

Denton West ward

Denton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brenda Warrington 3,369 56.98
Conservative Thomas Dunne 1,843 31.17
Green Gareth Hayes 488 8.25
TUSC Robert Heap 213 3.60
Majority 1,526 25.81
Turnout 5,913 62
Labour hold Swing

Droylsden East ward

Councillor Kieran Quinn died on Christmas Day 2017.[3]

Droylsden East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Kieran Quinn 2,826 54.12
UKIP Peter Harris 1,698 32.52
Green John McCarthy 399 7.64
Independent Sarah Delaney 299 5.73
Majority 1,128 21.60
Turnout 5,222 58
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Droylsden West ward

Droylsden West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Holland 2,881 54.39
UKIP Max Bennett 1,338 25.26
Conservative Gill Westhead 766 14.46
Green Andrew Climance 312 5.89
Majority 1,543 29.13
Turnout 5,297 58
Labour hold Swing

Dukinfield ward

Dukinfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Taylor 2,416 48.98
UKIP John Cooke 1,204 24.41
Conservative David Liley 961 19.48
Green Julie Wood 352 7.14
Majority 1,212 24.57
Turnout 4,933 52
Labour hold Swing

Dukinfield / Stalybridge ward

Dukinfield / Stalybridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Sweeton 2,720 54.50
UKIP Wayne Jones 1,821 36.49
Green Mo Ramzan 450 9.02
Majority 899 18.01
Turnout 4,991 58
Labour hold Swing

Hyde Godley ward

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Hyde Godley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Betty Affleck 2,194 47.75
UKIP Gail Jones 1,256 27.33
Conservative Mohammed Iqbal 790 17.19
Green Nick Koopman 297 6.46
TUSC Peter Jones 58 1.26
Majority 938 20.41
Turnout 4,595 53
Labour hold Swing

Hyde Newton ward

Hyde Newton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Helen Bowden 2,816 51.54
UKIP Philip Chadwick 1,993 36.48
Green Andrew Highton 655 11.99
Majority 823 15.06
Turnout 5,464 54
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Hyde Werneth ward

Hyde Werneth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Bell 2,754 49.28
Labour Debbie Boulton 2,422 43.34
Green Jean Smee 412 7.37
Majority 332 5.94
Turnout 5,588 64
Conservative hold Swing

Longdendale ward

Longdendale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Gillian Peet 2,228 48.58
Conservative David Tyler 1,741 37.96
Green Brierley Irene 617 13.45
Majority 487 10.62
Turnout 4,586 58
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Mossley ward

Idu Miah resigned after ten months in office, his seat was retained for Labour by Tafheen Sharif at the 2016 local elections.[4]

Mossley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Idu Miah 2,251 43.03
Independent Dean Aylett 1,162 22.21
Conservative Dominic Johnson 1,042 19.92
Green Christine Clark 544 10.40
Liberal Democrats Martin Kiely 232 4.44
Majority 1,089 20.82
Turnout 5,231 60
Labour Co-op hold Swing

St Peter's ward

St Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave McNally 2,943 62.79
UKIP Raymond Dunning 732 15.62
Conservative Laura Martin 611 13.04
Green Trevor Clarke 328 7.00
TUSC Deej Johnson 73 1.56
Majority 2,211 47.17
Turnout 4,687 50
Labour hold Swing

Stalybridge North ward

Stalybridge North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adrian Pearce 2,258 43.31
Conservative Colin White 1,466 28.12
UKIP Angela McManus 1,090 20.91
Green Dave Bradbury 399 7.65
Majority 792 15.19
Turnout 5,213 54
Labour hold Swing

Stalybridge South ward

Stalybridge South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clive Patrick 2,627 51.86
Labour Dorothy Cartwright 1,842 36.36
Green Paul White 597 11.78
Majority 785 15.50
Turnout 5,066 59
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Elections, 2015". englishelections.org.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Staff writer (26 December 2017). "Tributes to Tameside Council leader who died on Christmas Day". BBC News. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  4. ^ Baxter, Trevor (13 April 2016). "Shock resignation for councillor just 10 months into second term". Mossley Correspondent. Retrieved 4 January 2018.