# 2015 South Derbyshire District Council election

The 2015 South Derbyshire District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of South Derbyshire District Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections.

## Election result

After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 24
* Labour 12

### Ward by ward

South Derbyshire Local Election Result 2015 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 24 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 66.7 | 44.7 | 22,724 |
| Labour | 12 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 33.3 | 31.2 | 15,875 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 10,731 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 1,084 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 428 |

## Ward results

Aston-on-Trent :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Neil Atkin | 2009 | 43.4 |
| | Conservative | Hilary Coyle | 1921 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Watson | 1742 | |
| | UKIP | Alan Graves | 952 | 20.6 |
| | Labour | Andrew Kempton | 879 | 19.0 |
| | Labour | Paul Bickerton | 800 | |
| | Labour | Paul Sturges | 703 | |
| | UKIP | Jill FitzPatrick | 693 | |
| | UKIP | Ann Graves | 673 | |
| | Green | Marianne Bamkin | 428 | 9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Hills | 357 | 7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Church Gresley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Trevor Southerd | 1459 | 38.0 |
| | Conservative | Stuart Swann | 1357 | 35.3 |
| | Labour | Gordon Rhind | 1305 | |
| | Labour | Benjamin Stuart | 1269 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Henry | 1240 | |
| | Conservative | Oliver Clark | 1188 | |
| | UKIP | Ted Peake | 1023 | 26.6 |
| | UKIP | Graham Prime | 706 | |
| | UKIP | Craig Robinson | 625 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Etwall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Lisa Brown | 2277 | 65.9 |
| | Conservative | David Muller | 1774 | |
| | Labour | John McCallum | 686 | 19.8 |
| | Labour | Maureen Timmins | 562 | |
| | UKIP | Elaine Mellor | 493 | 14.3 |
| | UKIP | Rachel Roberts | 251 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Hatton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Andrew Roberts | 729 | 52.8 |
| | Labour | Chris Lee | 437 | 31.7 |
| | UKIP | Michael Harbut | 214 | 15.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Hilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Amy Plenderleith | 2791 | 57.5 |
| | Conservative | Julie Patten | 2570 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Billings | 2539 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Cooper | 1219 | 25.1 |
| | Labour | David Peacock | 1127 | |
| | Labour | Toni Rogers | 885 | |
| | UKIP | Tim Day | 848 | 17.5 |
| | UKIP | Donna Horton | 569 | |
| | UKIP | Alice Stott | 455 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Linton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Bob Wheeler | 1032 | 38.7 |
| | Conservative | John Grant | 1028 | |
| | Labour | Kath Lauro | 798 | 29.9 |
| | UKIP | David Gunn | 726 | 27.2 |
| | Labour | Alan Jones | 660 | |
| | UKIP | Louise Howells | 519 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Deborah Johnson | 111 | 4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lorraine Johnson | 102 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Melbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Harrison | 1692 | 48.2 |
| | Conservative | Jim Hewlett | 1564 | |
| | Labour | Jane Carroll | 1040 | 29.6 |
| | Labour | Eastre Leedham | 712 | |
| | UKIP | Jon Bray | 498 | 14.2 |
| | UKIP | Martin FitzPatrick | 486 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John James | 279 | 8.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Midway :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Paul Dunn | 1486 | 38.6 |
| | Labour | John Wilkins | 1411 | |
| | Labour | Robert Pearson | 1399 | |
| | Conservative | Shirley Peacock | 1390 | 36.1 |
| | Conservative | Jason Duncan | 1309 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Churchill | 1279 | |
| | UKIP | Barry Appleby | 977 | 25.4 |
| | UKIP | Peter Powell | 858 | |
| | UKIP | David Smith | 784 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Newhall and Stanton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sean Bambrick | 1683 | 41.9 |
| | Labour | Kev Richards | 1519 | |
| | Labour | Linda Stuart | 1471 | |
| | Conservative | Barry Woods | 1366 | 34.0 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Pratt | 1027 | |
| | Conservative | Roland Salt | 992 | |
| | UKIP | Brian Shuttlewood | 972 | 24.2 |
| | UKIP | Lorrae Gee | 926 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Repton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Stanton | 1883 | 62.7 |
| | Conservative | Peter Smith | 1797 | |
| | Labour | Brian Cox | 685 | 22.8 |
| | Labour | Fiona Wilks | 647 | |
| | UKIP | James Ault | 434 | 14.5 |
| | UKIP | Karen Prime | 338 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Seales :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Margaret Hall | 1371 | 45.3 |
| | Conservative | Peter Smith | 1797 | |
| | Labour | Steve Frost | 1005 | 33.2 |
| | Labour | Graham Knight | 925 | |
| | UKIP | Ian Mellor | 650 | 21.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
Stenson :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Manjit Chahal | 1087 | 52.8 |
| | Labour | David Shepherd | 1073 | |
| | Conservative | Jordan Kerry | 600 | 29.1 |
| | Conservative | James Coyle | 545 | |
| | UKIP | Richard Gee | 372 | 18.2 |
| | UKIP | Ian Crompton | 239 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Swadlincote :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sandra Wyatt | 1347 | 38.2 |
| | Conservative | Robert Coe | 1308 | |
| | Labour | Neil Tilley | 1300 | 36.8 |
| | Labour | Vonnie Heath | 1280 | |
| | Labour | Mick Mulgrew | 1202 | |
| | Conservative | Shane Roberts | 1083 | |
| | UKIP | Aaron Keightly | 881 | 25.0 |
| | UKIP | Ray Tipping | 848 | |
| | UKIP | Andrew Wakeling | 736 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Willington and Findern :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Martyn Ford | 1437 | 54.4 |
| | Conservative | Andrew MacPherson | 1333 | |
| | Labour | Jonathan England | 680 | 25.8 |
| | UKIP | Margaret Benfield | 523 | 19.8 |
| | Labour | Peter Bonnell | 499 | |
| | UKIP | Thomas Liscombe | 409 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Woodville :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Kim Coe | 1443 | 32.7 |
| | Labour | Steve Taylor | 1431 | 32.7 |
| | Conservative | Gilliam Farrington | 1317 | |
| | Labour | Sue Taylor | 1239 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Stevenson | 1236 | |
| | UKIP | Mike Dawson | 1168 | 26.7 |
| | Labour | Malc Gee | 1167 | |
| | UKIP | Lee Stockburn | 839 | |
| | UKIP | Alan Watts | 739 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Wilkinson | 337 | 7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |