# 2015 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election

The 2015 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect just under one third of members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in England as one of the English local elections coinciding with the 2015 General Election, four of the smaller wards of the 17 forming the borough (which had fewer than 3 members each) had no election in 2015. A second-tier local authority, an election is held in three years out of four (on the by-thirds basis) electing councillors for a four-year term - in the year without elections the all-out elections to the top-tier local authority, Norfolk County Council are held.

## Election results

No gains from any party group to any other took place across the 13 seats up for election: 8 held by the Conservatives and 5 were held by Labour. The council remained in no overall control of any single party grouping and local Labour councillors continued to form the single largest group.
Great Yarmouth Borough Council Election, 2015 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 28.7 | 10,137 |
| Conservative | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 36.3 | 12,833 |
| UKIP | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 29.1 | 10,277 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 1,793 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 305 |

## Ward results
### Bradwell North

Bradwell North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Carl Smith | 1,549 | 44.0 | +5.2 |
| | UKIP | Maurice Joel | 995 | 28.2 | −7.5 |
| | Labour | Christina Horne | 829 | 23.5 | −2.1 |
| | Green | Brian Callan | 151 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bradwell South and Hopton

Bradwell South and Hopton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Grant | 1,414 | 40.4 | +12.3 |
| | UKIP | Susan Hacon | 1,073 | 30.7 | −18.4 |
| | Labour | Colleen Walker | 882 | 25.2 | +2.4 |
| | Green | Kenneth Peterson | 130 | 3.7 | +3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Caister North

Caister North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Penelope Carpenter | 964 | 40.0 | +6.5 |
| | UKIP | Lynne Connell | 777 | 32.3 | −5.7 |
| | Labour | Gary Boyd | 547 | 22.7 | −0.8 |
| | Green | Sarah Bloomfield | 122 | 5.1 | 0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Caister South

Caister South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Demetris Mavroudis | 872 | 34.8 | +8.4 |
| | UKIP | Paul Hammond | 824 | 32.8 | −7.4 |
| | Labour | Gillian Himpleman | 662 | 26.4 | +0.5 |
| | Green | Harry Webb | 150 | 6.0 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Central and Northgate

Central and Northgate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Leanne Davis | 1,141 | 38.4 | +6.7 |
| | UKIP | Christopher Walch | 978 | 32.9 | −13.4 |
| | Conservative | Emma Flaxman-Taylor | 731 | 24.6 | +8.2 |
| | Green | Michael Jarvis | 110 | 3.7 | −1.9 |
| | Patriotic Socialist Party | Matthew McDonnell | 11 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Claydon

Claydon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bernard Williamson | 1,182 | 37.5 | −1.1 |
| | UKIP | Philip Grimmer | 939 | 29.8 | −13.3 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Greenacre | 876 | 27.8 | +9.4 |
| | Green | Amanda Webb | 154 | 4.9 | +4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Fleggburgh

Fleggburgh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Haydn Thirtle | 781 | 52.5 | −28.6 |
| | UKIP | Emma Swann | 279 | 18.8 | +18.8 |
| | Green | Charlotte Eve | 245 | 16.5 | +16.5 |
| | Labour | Brian Pilkington | 182 | 12.2 | −6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lothingland

Lothingland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian Lawn | 1,199 | 42.8 | +4.4 |
| | UKIP | Matthew Dinsdale | 934 | 33.3 | −8.7 |
| | Labour | Christine Williamson | 561 | 20.0 | +0.4 |
| | Green | Tracey White | 110 | 3.9 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Magdalen

Magdalen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brain Walker | 1,308 | 41.7 | −3.5 |
| | UKIP | Michael Monk | 871 | 27.8 | −7.9 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Vaughan | 840 | 26.8 | +7.8 |
| | Green | Aidan Rump-Smith | 116 | 3.7 | +3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Nelson

Nelson :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kerry Robinson-Payne | 1,155 | 44.9 | +5.3 |
| | UKIP | Lorraine Lodge | 801 | 31.2 | −11.0 |
| | Conservative | George Rogers | 509 | 19.8 | +7.5 |
| | Green | Diana Freshwater | 105 | 4.1 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Ormesby

Ormsby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ronald Hanton | 997 | 40.6 | −8.4 |
| | UKIP | Clayton Greene | 624 | 25.4 | −2.3 |
| | Labour | Jonh Simmons | 425 | 17.3 | −6.0 |
| | Independent | James Shrimplin | 305 | 12.4 | +12.4 |
| | Green | John Mallett | 102 | 4.2 | +4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Barbara Wright | 764 | 36.3 | −16.0 |
| | Conservative | Bryan Watts | 660 | 31.4 | −16.3 |
| | UKIP | Hayden Turner | 554 | 26.3 | +26.3 |
| | Green | Patricia Bardwell | 125 | 5.9 | +5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### West Flegg

West Flegg :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mary Coleman | 1,441 | 52.6 | −17.5 |
| | UKIP | Alexander Monk | 628 | 22.9 | +22.9 |
| | Labour | Stacey Nash | 499 | 18.2 | −11.7 |
| | Green | Joe Ridley | 173 | 6.3 | +6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |