# 2015 Aylesbury Vale District Council election

The 2015 Aylesbury Vale District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Aylesbury Vale District Council in Buckinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2011. The Conservative Party remained in overall control of the council.

## Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 68%.
Aylesbury Vale local election result 2015 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 43 | +7 | 72.9 | 44.0 | 76,413 | -5.0% |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | -8 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 26,920 | -9.8% |
| UKIP | 4 | +1 | 6.8 | 21.8 | 37,886 | +7.1% |
| Labour | 2 | +1 | 3.4 | 7.2 | 12,454 | -0.1% |
| Independent | 1 | -1 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3,724 | -1.0% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.4 | 16,282 | +9.0% |

## Ward results

Aston Clinton and Stoke Mandeville (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Collins | 2,701 | |
| | Conservative | William Chapple | 2,664 | |
| | Conservative | Carole Paternoster | 2,591 | |
| | UKIP | Philip Yerby | 1,853 | |
| | UKIP | Geoffrey Baile | 1,532 | |
| | UKIP | Lesley Baile | 1,429 | |
| | Labour | Martin Abel | 770 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil Stuart | 766 | |
| | Green | Huseyin Caglayan | 710 | |
| | Green | Cameron Kaye | 604 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,620 | 76 |
Bedgrove (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Tom Hunter-Watts | 1,638 | |
| | Conservative | Mark Winn | 1,568 | |
| | UKIP | Angelicka Bignell | 746 | |
| | UKIP | Daneil Lewis | 662 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glenda Reynolds | 598 | |
| | Independent | Philip Gomm | 579 | |
| | Labour | Lyn Griffiths | 546 | |
| | Green | Matthew Edwards | 288 | |
| | Green | Alexander Attridge | 199 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,824 | 77 |
Buckingham North (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Simon Cole | 1,358 | |
| | Conservative | Timothy Mills | 1,259 | |
| | Labour | Ruth Newell | 803 | |
| | UKIP | Nicholas Shipp | 595 | |
| | Labour | Christine Strain-Clark | 590 | |
| | Green | Dinah Barton | 413 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,018 | 60 |
Buckingham South (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Robin Stuchbury | 1,478 | |
| | Conservative | Howard Mordue | 1,307 | |
| | Conservative | Florence Hunter | 962 | |
| | Labour | Jon Harvey | 873 | |
| | UKIP | Nicola Adams | 315 | |
| | UKIP | Louise Howitt | 290 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,225 | 65 |
Central and Walton (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Barbara Russel | 1,075 | |
| | Conservative | Edward Sims | 944 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Baldwin | 752 | |
| | Labour | Michael Padmore | 625 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marcus Rogers | 570 | |
| | UKIP | Gavin Richardson | 567 | |
| | UKIP | Joshua Richardson | 481 | |
| | Labour | Grzegorz Popek | 427 | |
| | Green | Christian Kaye | 280 | |
| | Green | Colin Bloxham | 211 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,932 | 66 |
Coldharbour (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steven Lambert | 1,781 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Smith | 1,280 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Cole | 1,260 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Jarvis | 1,226 | |
| | Conservative | Zulifqar Ahmed | 1,128 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Hughes | 1,068 | |
| | UKIP | Deborah Huntley | 958 | |
| | UKIP | Roger Huntley | 860 | |
| | UKIP | Brian Wright | 751 | |
| | Labour | Zard Khan | 571 | |
| | Green | Jerdrzej Kulig | 305 | |
| | Green | Stephen Brown | 259 | |
| | Green | Alice Haylock | 221 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,668 | 66 |
Edlesborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Chris Poll | unopposed | | |
Elmhurst (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raj Khan | 729 | |
| | UKIP | Andrew Hetherington | 666 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Niknam Hussain | 652 | |
| | Labour | David Caldwell | 632 | |
| | Conservative | Ammer Raheel | 604 | |
| | UKIP | Janet Reynolds | 567 | |
| | Labour | Gary Paxton | 516 | |
| | Conservative | Kevin Rogers | 496 | |
| | Green | Suzannah McCarthy | 220 | |
| | Green | Zachary-Rhys Nuttall | 131 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,213 | 59 |
Gatehouse (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anders Christensen | 1,047 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tuffail Hussain | 993 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Moore | 959 | |
| | UKIP | Philip Hayes | 932 | |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Lumley | 882 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Samantha Pullen | 879 | |
| | UKIP | Dorren Merridan | 792 | |
| | Conservative | Mark Roberts | 784 | |
| | Labour | Lucio Tangi | 774 | |
| | UKIP | Frederick Merridan | 770 | |
| | Green | Deborah King | 345 | |
| | Green | Matthias Fiest | 273 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,430 | 56 |
Great Brickhill and Newton Longville (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Neil Blake | 2,099 | |
| | Conservative | Benjamin Everitt | 1,986 | |
| | UKIP | Deborah Howard | 727 | |
| | Green | Timothy Welch | 683 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,495 | 73 |
Great Horwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Beville Stanier | 1,323 | 71.4 |
| | Green | Alexandra Stubbings | 529 | 28.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 794 | 42.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,852 | 73 |
Grendon Underwood and Brill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Cartwright | 1,068 | 54.7 |
| | UKIP | James McBeth | 427 | 21.9 |
| | Green | Nicholas Jones | 246 | 12.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gareth Davies | 213 | 10.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 641 | 32.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,954 | 73 |
Haddenham and Stone (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Judith Brandis | 2,677 | |
| | Conservative | Brian Foster | 2,075 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Edmonds | 1,681 | |
| | Green | David Lyons | 1,063 | |
| | Independent | Mark Bale | 1,037 | |
| | UKIP | Thomas Newton | 1,031 | |
| | UKIP | Jonathan Evred | 931 | |
| | Independent | Kenneth Brown | 848 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Melling | 771 | |
| | Green | Gregory Smith | 673 | |
| | UKIP | Kevin Wise | 600 | |
| | Green | Jonathan Green | 575 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,962 | 72 |
Long Crendon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mike Hawkett | 1,083 | 58.7 |
| | Green | Michael Le Brun | 265 | 14.4 |
| | UKIP | Colin Evered | 257 | 13.9 |
| | Labour | Margaret Liggett | 240 | 13.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 818 | 44.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,845 | 72 |
Luffield Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Warren Whyte | 952 | 63.9 |
| | Green | Nicola Smith | 330 | 22.1 |
| | UKIP | Evangeline Wise | 208 | 14.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 622 | 41.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,490 | 68 |
Mandeville and Elm Farm (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Susanne Chapple | 1,955 | |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Bloom | 1,784 | |
| | Conservative | Roger King | 1,683 | |
| | UKIP | Heather Adams | 1,047 | |
| | UKIP | Kim Birchinall | 980 | |
| | UKIP | Amiee Gibson | 895 | |
| | Labour | Philip Jacques | 798 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Lloyd | 644 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Sherwell | 582 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Vernon | 506 | |
| | Green | Coral Simpson | 416 | |
| | Green | Gregory Smith | 405 | |
| | Green | Haidee Harrison | 376 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,071 | 66 |
Marsh Gibbon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Angela Macpherson | 1,026 | 56.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Metherell | 413 | 22.6 |
| | UKIP | Andrew Good | 389 | 21.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 613 | 33.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,828 | 71 |
Oakfield and Bierton (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julie Ward | 1,221 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison Harrison | 1,093 | |
| | Conservative | Mary Stamp | 1,059 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Gwilliams | 1,031 | |
| | Conservative | Denise Summers | 1,019 | |
| | UKIP | Sheila Cotton | 1,004 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Willis | 929 | |
| | UKIP | Martin Norris | 771 | |
| | UKIP | Ann Day | 758 | |
| | Labour | Robert McNickle | 676 | |
| | Green | Joanne Hodge | 420 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,981 | 69 |
Oakley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Rand | 1,280 | 78.4 |
| | UKIP | William Bate | 353 | 21.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 927 | 56.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,633 | 75 |
Pitstone and Cheddington (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sandra Jenkins | 2,035 | |
| | Conservative | Derek Town | 1,810 | |
| | Green | Johanna Wheeler | 839 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Evershed | 715 | |
| | UKIP | Robyn Adams | 679 | |
| | Green | Mary Hodgkiss | 456 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,534 | 72 |
Quainton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Kevin Hewson | 1,023 | 54.6 |
| | Independent | Robert Hunter | 432 | 23.1 |
| | UKIP | James Styles | 418 | 22.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 591 | 31.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,873 | 76 |
Riverside (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | UKIP | Christopher Adams | 1,142 | |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Lewis | 988 | |
| | UKIP | Andrew Huxley | 918 | |
| | Conservative | Samantha North | 895 | |
| | UKIP | Graham Cadle | 828 | |
| | Conservative | Nadeem Gulraiz | 716 | |
| | Labour | Josephine Caldwell | 566 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shoshana Willetts | 495 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Farrow | 486 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Azam | 471 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,505 | 57 |
Southcourt (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Agoro | 772 | |
| | Labour | Mark Bateman | 604 | |
| | Conservative | Akhmad Hussain | 586 | |
| | UKIP | Roy Black | 560 | |
| | Conservative | Sarah Sproat | 547 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sally-Anne Jarvis | 522 | |
| | UKIP | Brett Steptowe | 432 | |
| | Labour | Tanya Warshaw | 398 | |
| | Green | Clare Butler | 152 | |
| | Green | Richard Eckersely | 93 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,666 | 57 |
Steeple Claydon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Chilver | 933 | 56.0 |
| | UKIP | Frank Mahon | 449 | 27.0 |
| | Green | Emma Simpson | 284 | 17.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 484 | 29.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,666 | 69 |
Stewkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Janet Blake | 1,221 | 63.4 |
| | Green | Hannah Lett | 422 | 21.9 |
| | UKIP | Amethyst Sharman | 284 | 14.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 799 | 41.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,927 | 74 |
Tingewick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Patrick Fealey | 1,154 | 65.0 |
| | UKIP | Simon Strutt | 340 | 19.1 |
| | Green | Rory Hodgson | 282 | 15.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 814 | 45.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,776 | 69 |
Waddesdon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Paul Irwin | 799 | 50.2 |
| | UKIP | Gary Good | 402 | 25.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Vick | 392 | 24.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 397 | 25.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,593 | 70 |
Walton Court and Hawkslade (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | UKIP | Brian Adams | 805 | |
| | Conservative | Gary Powell | 714 | |
| | Conservative | Sophie Vaughan-Evans | 702 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ranula Takodra | 659 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steven Kennell | 648 | |
| | Labour | Luke Warshaw | 567 | |
| | UKIP | Jason Wise | 538 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,633 | 60 |
Watermead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ashley Bond | 825 | 49.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lisa Smith | 494 | 29.5 |
| | UKIP | Heather Elliott | 354 | 21.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 331 | 19.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,673 | 72 |
Wendover and Halton (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Stephen Bowles | 2,374 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Strachan | 2,168 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Southam | 1,820 | |
| | UKIP | Susan Hetherington | 1,392 | |
| | UKIP | Desmond Anning | 1,359 | |
| | UKIP | Marc Ruggles | 1,124 | |
| | Green | Tom Hodge | 1,057 | |
| | Green | Christopher Peeler | 974 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lloyd Harris | 828 | |
| | Green | William Spencer | 504 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,600 | 73 |
Wing :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Dorothea Glover | 1,210 | 75.5 |
| | UKIP | Barry Walton | 392 | 24.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 818 | 51.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,602 | 70 |
Wingrave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Peter Cooper | 828 | 46.8 |
| | Conservative | Richard Withey | 540 | 30.5 |
| | UKIP | Nicholas Griffin | 208 | 11.8 |
| | Green | Mark Wheeler | 194 | 11.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 288 | 16.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,770 | |
Winslow (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Llewellyn Monger | 1,545 |
| | Conservative | Susan Renshell | 1,351 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Cawte | 1,248 |
| | Conservative | Brian Speed | 973 |
| | UKIP | Amy Howitt | 394 |
| | UKIP | Margaret Price | 324 |
| | Green | Frazer Payne | 309 |
| | Green | Mary Hunt | 276 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,420 |

## Changes between 2015 and 2019
### By-elections
#### Grendon Underwood and Brill

A by-election was held in Grendon Underwood and Brill on 23 December 2015 after the death of Conservative councillor and former leader of the council John Cartwright. The seat was held for the Conservatives by Cameron Branston with a majority of 51 votes over Liberal Democrat Julian Newman.
Grendon Underwood and Brill by-election 23 December 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Cameron Branston | 326 | 43.5 | −11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julian Newman | 275 | 36.7 | +25.8 |
| | UKIP | Gary Good | 148 | 19.8 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 51 | 6.8 | −26.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 749 | 28.8 | −44 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

#### Elmhurst

A by-election was held in Elmhurst on 6 April 2017 after the resignation of UK Independence Party councillor Andy Hetherington. The seat was won for the Liberal Democrats by Susan Morgan with a majority of 634 seats over Labour's Gary Andrew Paxton.
Elmhurst by-election 6 April 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Morgan | 785 | 63.5 | +37.9 |
| | Labour | Gary Andrew Paxton | 151 | 12.2 | −10.0 |
| | Conservative | Ammer Raheel | 147 | 11.9 | −9.3 |
| | UKIP | Philip Peter Gomm | 111 | 9.0 | −14.4 |
| | Green | Nigel Antony Foster | 43 | 3.5 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 634 | 51.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,244 | 27 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP | Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP | Swing | | |

#### Wendover and Halton

A by-election was held in Wendover and Halton on 4 May 2017 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Andrew Southam. This was held alongside the Buckinghamshire County Council election on the same date. The seat was won for the Conservatives by Richard Allan Newcombe with a majority of 823 seats over Labour's Cath Collier.
Wendover and Halton by-election 4 May 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Richard Allan Newcombe | 1,240 | 51 |
| | Labour | Cath Collier | 417 | 17 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ashley Richard Morgan | 298 | 12 |
| | UKIP | Des Anning | 273 | 11 |
| | Green | Tom Peter Hodge | 227 | 9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,455 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

#### Central & Walton

A by-election was held in Central & Walton on 22 March 2018 following the resignation in February of Conservative councillor Edward Sims. The Liberal Democrats' Waheed Raja gained the seat.

#### Quainton

A by-election is expected in Quainton following the death of Kevin Hewson (Conservative) in February 2018.

### Changes in affiliation

Tom Hunter-Watts left the Conservative Party and on 5 May 2017 joined the Lib Dems.
On 9 May 2017, all three of UKIP's remaining councillors left the party.