# 2015 North Somerset Council election

North Somerset unitary council is elected every four years, with fifty councillors to be elected. Since the first election to the unitary authority in 1995, the council has either been under Conservative party control, or no party has held a majority. The Conservatives gained a majority at the 2007 election and have retained control since then. At the 2015 election, the outcome was as follows:
| Party | Councillors |
| Conservatives | 36 |
| Independents | 6 |
| Liberal Democrats | 4 |
| Labour | 3 |
| Greens | 1 |

## Ward results

An asterisk * indicates an incumbent seeking re-election.

### Backwell

Backwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Karen Barclay* | 1,873 | 68.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison Crawford | 880 | 32.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 993 | 36.03 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2753 | 75.67 | +24.17 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
In the 2011 election Karen Barclay won the seat as an Independent but switched to Conservative

### Banwell & Winscombe

Banwell & Winscombe (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ann Harley* | 2,063 | 46.9 |
| | Conservative | Jerry O'Brien | 1,616 | 36.7 |
| | North Somerset First Independents | Steven Bridges | 773 | 17.6 |
| | Green | Catherine Parmenter | 772 | 17.5 |
| | North Somerset First Independents | Paul Bateman | 706 | 16.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Judith Hayes | 651 | 14.8 |
| | Labour | Timothy Powell | 485 | 11.0 |
| | Labour | Christy Cooney | 434 | 9.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 72.14 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Blagdon & Churchill

Blagdon & Churchill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Wells* | 1,439 | 60.5 |
| | Green | Laurence Carruthers | 585 | 24.6 |
| | Labour | Thomas Watson-Follett | 356 | 15.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 75.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Clevedon East

Clevedon East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | David Shopland* | 812 | 36.2 |
| | Conservative | Jon Middleton | 717 | 32.0 |
| | Labour | Kevin O'Brien | 378 | 16.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Caroline Cherry | 337 | 15.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 65.9 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |

### Clevedon South

Clevedon South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Garner* | 1,231 | 54.8 | |
| | Labour | Nicola Barton | 623 | 27.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Neale | 391 | 17.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 64.95 | +24.45 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Clevedon Walton

Clevedon Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Colin Hall* | 1,414 | 53.1 | |
| | Independent | Graham Watkins | 840 | 31.5 | |
| | Labour | Ivy Cameron | 409 | 15.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 75.24 | +14.44 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Clevedon West

Clevedon West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Blades* | 1,078 | 47.9 | |
| | Independent | Jane Geldart | 612 | 27.2 | |
| | Labour | Stuart Hale | 559 | 24.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 68.66 | +19.36 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Clevedon Yeo

Clevedon Yeo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Erica Blades | 1,338 | 58.0 | |
| | Labour | Michael Harriot | 551 | 23.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bronno Van Der Holt | 418 | 18.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 68.87 | +28.67 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Congresbury

Congresbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Thomas Leimdorfer* | 1,269 | 55.7 | |
| | Conservative | Samantha Pepperall | 787 | 34.5 | |
| | Labour | Paul Doolan | 222 | 9.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 71.92 | +20.22 |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |

### Gordano Valley

Gordano Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nigel Ashton* | 1,426 | 52.3 | |
| | UKIP | David Withers | 350 | 12.8 | |
| | Independent | Carl Francis-Pester* | 343 | 12.6 | |
| | Labour | Katherine Everitt | 338 | 12.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Neale | 270 | 9.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 77.08 | +27.08 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Hutton and Locking

Hutton & Locking (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Terence Porter* | 2,127 | 52.9 | |
| | Conservative | Elfan Ap Rees* | 1,583 | 39.4 | |
| | North Somerset First Independents | Michael Solomon | 1,364 | 33.9 | |
| | Labour | Sarah Clayton | 754 | 18.8 | |
| | Labour | Peter Williams | 632 | 15.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 71.06 | +24.76 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Long Ashton

Long Ashton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Charles Cave | 2,546 | 49.8 | |
| | Conservative | Catherine Stowey | 2,351 | 46.0 | |
| | Labour | David Johnson | 1,220 | 23.9 | |
| | Green | Stuart McQuillan | 1,216 | 23.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Bramhall | 1,148 | 22.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Huw James | 246 | 4.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 76.86 | +30.96 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Nailsea Golden Valley

Nailsea Golden Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Andrew Cole* | 1,890 | 69.3 | |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Blatchford* | 838 | 30.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 80.06 | +20.36 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Nailsea West End

Nailsea West End :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | James Tonkin | 1,251 | 56.8 |
| | Conservative | Teresa Kemp* | 951 | 43.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 73.18 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |

### Nailsea Yeo

Nailsea Yeo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mary Blatchford* | 998 | 42.0 | |
| | Independent | Julie Day | 993 | 41.8 | |
| | Labour | Peter Harris | 385 | 16.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 70.3 | +20.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Nailsea Youngwood

Nailsea Youngwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Angela Barber | 1,169 | 55.1 |
| | Independent | Sarah Hearne | 953 | 44.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 74.34 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Pill

Pill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Donald Davies* | 1,370 | 56.6 | |
| | Conservative | Martyn Stowey | 526 | 21.7 | |
| | Independent | Nanette Kirsen | 525 | 21.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 69.68 | +26.28 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Portishead East

Portishead East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Oyns | 1,665 | 48.1 | |
| | Conservative | David Pasley* | 1,589 | 46.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daisy Bickley | 742 | 21.5 | |
| | Labour | Anthony Hill | 699 | 20.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Lord | 586 | 16.9 | |
| | Independent | Arthur Terry* | 530 | 15.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 65.4 | +22.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
At the previous election Arthur Terry won the old single member ward of Portishead East for the Conservatives but stood as an Independent in 2015. David Pashley was the sitting councillor for the old Portishead Coastal ward.

### Portishead North

Portishead North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Reyna Knight* | 1,399 | 49.0 | |
| | North Somerset First Independents | Roger Whitfield | 499 | 17.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Temple | 486 | 17.0 | |
| | Labour | John Farnham | 472 | 16.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 72.67 | +21.67 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Portishead South

Portishead South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Burden | 1,349 | 55.9 | |
| | Labour | Terry Lester | 536 | 22.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Christopherson | 527 | 21.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 73.51 | +27.51 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Portishead West

Portishead West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Felicity Baker* | 2,426 | 45.9 | |
| | Conservative | David Jolley* | 2,212 | 41.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Mason | 1,204 | 22.8 | |
| | Labour | Paul Dunn | 921 | 17.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive Hall | 888 | 16.8 | |
| | North Somerset First Independents | Beverley Langdale | 871 | 16.5 | |
| | North Somerset First Independents | Geoffrey Hardman | 711 | 13.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 73.57 | +24.47 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Weston-super-Mare Bournville

Weston-super-Mare Bournville (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Clayton | 1,415 | 44.6 | |
| | Labour | Ian Parker* | 1,392 | 43.9 | |
| | Conservative | Michal Kus | 592 | 18.7 | |
| | Conservative | Stephen Williams | 585 | 18.4 | |
| | North Somerset First Independents | Roseana Warwick | 478 | 15.1 | |
| | North Somerset First Independents | Gillian Ashworth | 425 | 13.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | June How | 348 | 11.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elliot Stephen | 347 | 10.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.51 | +21.61 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Weston-Super-Mare Central

Weston-super-Mare Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mike Bell* | 1,292 | 41.1 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Nightingale | 1,133 | 36.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Payne* | 977 | 31.1 | |
| | Conservative | Susan Creasey | 947 | 30.1 | |
| | Labour | Richard Holcombe | 651 | 20.7 | |
| | Labour | Neil Norton | 642 | 20.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.15 | +14.65 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Robert Payne was elected as a councillor for the old Weston-Super-Mare West at the 2011 election.

### Weston-Super-Mare Hillside

Weston-super-Mare Hillside (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Canniford* | 1,875 | 47.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Crockford-Hawley* | 1,841 | 46.8 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Horler | 839 | 21.3 | |
| | Conservative | Stephen Anderson | 800 | 20.3 | |
| | UKIP | Andrew Gray | 654 | 16.6 | |
| | Labour | David Drinkwater | 476 | 12.1 | |
| | Labour | Dorothy Agassiz | 442 | 11.2 | |
| | Green | Peter Waldschmidt | 340 | 8.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 59.95 | +16.85 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Weston-Super-Mare Kewstoke

Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lisa Pilgrim* | 2,304 | 48.0 | |
| | Conservative | Rosslyn Willis* | 2,029 | 42.3 | |
| | UKIP | Stuart Davies | 1,149 | 23.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugh Eckett | 796 | 16.6 | |
| | Labour | Stephanie Baber | 790 | 16.5 | |
| | Labour | Annabelle Chard | 776 | 16.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Harrison | 669 | 13.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.5 | +24.07 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Weston-Super-Mare Mid Worle

Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Cleland* | 627 | 31.7 | |
| | Labour | Simon Stokes | 519 | 26.2 | |
| | UKIP | Anita Spencer-Johns | 516 | 26.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Cordingley | 184 | 9.3 | |
| | North Somerset First Independents | Michael Kellaway-Marriott | 135 | 6.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 63.61 | +25.51 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Weston-Super-Mare Milton

Weston-super-Mare Milton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard Tucker* | 1,419 | 31.5 | |
| | Conservative | Martin Williams | 1,279 | 28.4 | |
| | Conservative | Ian Porter | 1,262 | 28.0 | |
| | Labour | Michael Lyall | 1,194 | 26.5 | |
| | UKIP | Stewart Ogborne | 737 | 16.3 | |
| | North Somerset First Independents | John Christopher | 529 | 11.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Gosden | 441 | 9.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joan Dunne | 391 | 8.7 | |
| | North Somerset First Independents | James Willis-Boden | 385 | 8.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 66.81 | +31.51 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Weston-Super-Mare North Worle

Weston-super-Mare North Worle (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Marcia Pepperall | 1,506 | 36.1 | |
| | North Somerset First Independents | Derek Mead | 1,229 | 29.4 | |
| | Conservative | David Poole | 1,165 | 27.9 | |
| | Labour | Denise Hunt | 772 | 18.5 | |
| | Labour | John Carson | 750 | 18.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Moon | 641 | 15.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 67.33 | +29.13 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | North Somerset First Independents gain from Conservative | North Somerset First Independents gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Weston-Super-Mare South Worle

Weston-super-Mare South Worle (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Crew* | 1,721 | 43.2 | |
| | Conservative | David Hitchins* | 1,591 | 39.9 | |
| | Labour | Angela Bolitho | 1,014 | 25.4 | |
| | Labour | Alan Peak | 937 | 23.5 | |
| | North Somerset First Independents | Anita Smith | 689 | 17.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Kingsbury | 686 | 17.2 | |
| | North Somerset First Independents | Julian Norris | 624 | 15.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 62.77 | +24.67 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Weston-super-Mare Uphill

Weston-super-Mare Uphill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Bryant* | 1,308 | 29.7 | |
| | Independent | John Ley-Morgan | 1,114 | 25.3 | |
| | UKIP | Keith Morris | 984 | 22.3 | |
| | Conservative | Clive Webb* | 797 | 18.1 | |
| | North Somerset First Independents | Kenneth Perrett | 704 | 16.0 | |
| | Labour | Ann Kesteven | 677 | 15.4 | |
| | Labour | Carole Bressington | 654 | 14.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tina Roberts | 512 | 11.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jason Green | 505 | 11.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 67.84 | +22.14 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Weston-Super-Mare Winterstoke

Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sarah Codling | 1,093 | 41.7 | |
| | Conservative | Dawn Payne* | 880 | 33.6 | |
| | UKIP | Christopher Childs | 690 | 26.3 | |
| | Labour | Catherine Gibbons-Antonopoulos | 631 | 24.1 | |
| | Labour | Alan Baber | 585 | 22.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Exon | 310 | 11.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glyn Hayes | 230 | 8.8 | |
| | North Somerset First Independents | Cyril King | 226 | 8.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.26 | +17.96 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Wick St Lawrence and St Georges

Wick St Lawrence and St Georges :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ruth Jacobs | 1,033 | 45.8 |
| | North Somerset First Independents | Ian Rowland | 529 | 23.5 |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Scholes | 433 | 19.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Alen | 260 | 11.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 64.42 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Winford

Winford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nicolas Wilton | 1,303 | 52.9 | |
| | Independent | Hugh Gregor* | 1,160 | 47.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 143 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 73.54 | +28.24 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Wrington

Wrington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Deborah Yamanaka* | 1,168 | 46.1 | |
| | Conservative | Annabel Tall* | 1,119 | 44.2 | |
| | Labour | Patrick Cooney | 246 | 9.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 77.93 | +20.53 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Annabel Tall had been elected as a Conservative councillor for the Yatton ward in the 2011 election.

### Yatton

Yatton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jill Iles* | 1,789 | 36.5 | |
| | Conservative | Judith Hadley | 1,578 | 32.2 | |
| | Independent | Neil Petersen | 1,442 | 29.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wendy Griggs | 1,289 | 26.3 | |
| | Green | Massimo Morelli | 917 | 18.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Edwards | 764 | 15.6 | |
| | Labour | Richard Westwood | 553 | 11.3 | |
| | Labour | Hedley Woods | 352 | 7.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 74.97 | +24.17 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |