# 2015 Northampton Borough Council election

The 2015 Northampton Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 as a four-yearly public decision to elect all members of the council. This took place on the same day as other local elections and the 2015 United Kingdom general election - when there is a general election on the same day as the local elections, turnout across the country is with fewer than 1% of exceptions higher than if there is no general election. Voters could cast between one and three votes depending on the number of councillors per ward.

## Election result

Northampton Local Election Result 2015 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.8 | 41.9 | 55,411 |
| Labour | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 37.8 | 31.5 | 41,704 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4.4 | 11.7 | 15,471 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 13,458 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 2,424 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 3,582 |
| Northampton - Save Our Public Services | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1,014 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 279 |
| Eccentric Party of Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 63 |

## Ward results

The number in brackets after the ward name is the number of councillors to be elected. An asterisk after the name (*) indicates the candidate was elected. Candidates are listed in order of number of votes. The wards and the numbers of candidates to be elected were both the same as for the 2011 borough election. There were 45 seats for election in total on the borough council, as in 2011.
NOTE: Ballot Papers and Turnout missing from the official records as at 14 May 2015 for East Hunsbury, Nene Valley, Rushmills, Upton and West Hunsbury.
Abington (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Tony Ansell | 1,661 | 38.8 |
| | Labour | Zoe Smith | 1,567 | 36.6 |
| | Labour | Jamal Alwahabi | 1,366 | |
| | Conservative | Iftikhar Choudary | 888 | |
| | Green | Drew Gray | 719 | 16.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jill Panebianco | 339 | 7.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Regina Rogolska | 185 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,286 | 58.86 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Billing (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Andrew Kilbride | 1,670 | 39.3 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Malpas | 1,605 | |
| | Labour | Anthea Mitchell | 1,198 | 28.2 |
| | UKIP | Leesa Rogers | 1,045 | 24.6 |
| | Labour | Winston Strachan | 967 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tahmina Chaudhury | 338 | 8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,084 | 61.64 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Boothville (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jamie Lane | 1,458 | 60.3 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Hrebert | 699 | 28.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Garlick | 260 | 10.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,462 | 72.86 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Brookside (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Clement Chunga | 979 | 48.4 |
| | Conservative | Irum Choudary | 511 | 25.3 |
| | UKIP | Martin de Rosario | 403 | 19.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Fuller | 130 | 6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,039 | 52.95 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Castle (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Danielle Stone | 2,198 | 47.9 |
| | Labour | Anamul Haque | 1,783 | |
| | Labour | Muna Cali | 1,753 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Kellett | 1,073 | 23.4 |
| | Conservative | Gregory Lunn | 938 | |
| | Green | Julie Hawkins | 932 | 20.3 |
| | Conservative | Nahar Begum | 919 | |
| | Green | Stuart Town | 762 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aktar Hussein | 987 | 8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,436 | 50.32 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Delapre & Briar Hill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Julie Davenport | 1,883 | 27.8 |
| | Conservative | Graham Walker* | 1,676 | 24.7 |
| | Labour | Victoria Culbard* | 1,579 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Cullis | 1,428 | |
| | UKIP | Kate Truax | 1,355 | 20.0 |
| | Labour | Walter Wlodzimierz | 1,337 | |
| | Conservative | Minesh Kalaria | 1,234 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brendan Glynane | 1,132 | 16.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Ford | 984 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicola Hedges | 870 | |
| | Northampton - Save Our Public Services | Norman Adams | 462 | 6.8 |
| | BNP | Mark Plowman | 266 | 3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,556 | 56.03 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Eastfield (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Gowen | 794 | 37.0 |
| | Conservative | Roy Hickey | 722 | 33.6 |
| | UKIP | Colin Bricher | 457 | 21.3 |
| | Green | Anthony Lochmuller | 105 | 4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Farhana Khan | 70 | 3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,388 | 38.77 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
East Hunsbury (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brandon Eldred | 3,312 | 65.1 |
| | Conservative | Philip Larratt | 2,636 | |
| | Labour | Anne Wishart | 1,099 | 21.6 |
| | Labour | James Wishart | 815 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Alexander | 676 | 13.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Headlands (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Arthur McCutcheon | 1,124 | 51.6 |
| | Conservative | Naz Islam | 793 | 36.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Irene Markham | 261 | 12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,233 | 63.08 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Kings Heath (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Teresa Eales | 709 | 44.1 |
| | Conservative | Paul; Clark | 352 | 24.8 |
| | UKIP | Matthew Jones | 381 | 23.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fern Conroy | 117 | 7.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,614 | 49.85 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Kingsley (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Catherine Russell | 876 | 36.9 |
| | Conservative | Samuel Rumens | 726 | 30.6 |
| | UKIP | Beverley Mennell | 423 | 17.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marianne Taylor | 285 | 12.0 |
| | Eccentric Party of Great Britain | Lord Bungle | 63 | 2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,388 | 60.92 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Kingsthorpe (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sally Beardsworth | 924 | 34.7 |
| | Conservative | Michael O'Connor | 776 | 29.2 |
| | UKIP | Alan Hames | 449 | 16.9 |
| | Labour | Barry Kirkby | 410 | 15.4 |
| | Green | Stephen Miller | 101 | 3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,663 | 72.23 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Nene Valley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Hill | 2,444 | 42.4 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Nunn | 2,102 | |
| | UKIP | Michael Jones | 1,129 | 19.6 |
| | Labour | Joseph Atkins | 846 | 14.7 |
| | Labour | Denise O'Hora | 807 | |
| | Independent | Liam Costello | 783 | 13.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Crake | 568 | 9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
New Duston (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Matthew Goldby | 2,507 | 41.4 |
| | Conservative | John Caswell | 2,181 | |
| | UKIP | Daniel Guild | 1,355 | 22.4 |
| | Labour | Alan Kingston | 1,067 | 17.6 |
| | Labour | Timothy Jeche | 727 | |
| | Independent | David Huffadine-Smith | 425 | 7.0 |
| | Green | Lian Allen | 373 | 6.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julia Maddison | 329 | 5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,409 | 69.54 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Obelisk (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Samuel Shaw | 532 | 33.0 |
| | UKIP | Tom Appleyard | 454 | 28.2 |
| | Labour | Paul Joyce | 400 | 24.8 |
| | Independent | Justin Brown | 139 | 8.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trini Crake | 86 | 5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,617 | 66.74 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Old Duston (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Timothy Hadland | 1,985 | 43.1 |
| | Conservative | Suresh Patel | 1,316 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Gardner | 916 | 19.9 |
| | UKIP | Dusan Torbica | 889 | 19.3 |
| | Labour | Geraldine Tandoh | 841 | |
| | Northampton - Save Our Public Services | David Green | 552 | 12.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Conroy | 268 | 5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,326 | 65.59 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Park (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mary Markham | 1,622 | 58.0 |
| | Labour | Mark Wall | 621 | 22.2 |
| | UKIP | Roger Feist | 370 | 13.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Axel Landmann | 182 | 6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,813 | 76.44 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Parklands (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Hallam | 1,527 | 59.0 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Miah | 540 | 20.9 |
| | UKIP | Karim El-Ayoubi | 359 | 13.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Torpy | 161 | 6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,604 | 70.66 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Phippsville (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Anna King | 799 | 35.4 |
| | Labour | Stephen O'Connor | 689 | 30.5 |
| | UKIP | Mark Unwin | 307 | 13.6 |
| | Green | Marcus Rock | 238 | 10.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pamela Varnsverry | 225 | 10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,713 | 55.24 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Rectory Farm (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Hill | 814 | 38.9 |
| | Labour | Glash Uddin | 631 | 30.2 |
| | UKIP | Toni Walker | 505 | 24.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cella Burge | 142 | 6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,117 | 57.37 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Riverside (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Stephen Hibbert | 799 | 42.0 |
| | Labour | Tipu Rahman | 568 | 29.9 |
| | UKIP | Thomas Harrison | 420 | 22.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Arterton | 114 | 6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,912 | 54.69 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Rushmills (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Penelope Flavell | 1,212 | 52.3 |
| | Labour | Janet Phillips | 601 | 25.9 |
| | UKIP | Max Titmuss | 315 | 13.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Schofield | 188 | 8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Semilong (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Les Marriott | 642 | 38.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Ukdall | 489 | 29.1 |
| | Conservative | Laura Eldred | 301 | 17.9 |
| | UKIP | Ian Gibbins | 247 | 14.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,700 | 49.42 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Spencer (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Gareth Eales | 866 | 42.8 |
| | Conservative | Tim Armit | 452 | 22.3 |
| | UKIP | Irene McGowan | 428 | 21.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sadik Chaudhury | 279 | 13.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,038 | 56.67 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Spring Park (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Rahman | 954 | 35.3 |
| | UKIP | Robin Fruish | 691 | 25.6 |
| | Labour | Philippa Smith | 650 | 24.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Beardsworth | 251 | 9.3 |
| | Green | Daniel Kelsey | 142 | 5.3 |
| | BNP | Raymond Beasley | 13 | 0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,716 | 72.27 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
St Davids (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Nazim Choudary | 708 | 40.8 |
| | Conservative | Arthur Newbury | 478 | 27.6 |
| | UKIP | Michael Baker | 448 | 25.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Taylor | 101 | 5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,747 | 54.10 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
St James (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Rufia Ashraf | 725 | 39.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jill Hope | 454 | 24.6 |
| | Conservative | Phillip Buchan | 382 | 20.7 |
| | UKIP | David Lewis | 281 | 15.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,858 | 54.58 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Sunnyside (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nilesh Parekh | 1,007 | 52.7 |
| | Labour | Titus Ajayi | 546 | 28.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Paterson | 358 | 18.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,941 | 60.54 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Talavera (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dennis Meredith | 1,368 | 30.9 |
| | Labour | Janice Duffy | 1,342 | 30.3 |
| | Labour | Andrew Porter | 1,106 | |
| | UKIP | John Allen | 955 | 21.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Veronica Meredith | 910 | |
| | Conservative | Francesca King | 764 | 17.2 |
| | Conservative | Julie Rolfe | 576 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,022 | 52.45 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Trinity (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jane Birch | 515 | 29.7 |
| | Conservative | Arif Rahman | 370 | 21.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Hoare | 366 | 21.1 |
| | UKIP | John Howsam | 249 | 14.4 |
| | Green | Anthony Clarke | 234 | 13.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,739 | 57.51 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Upton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alan Bottwood | 1,755 | 62.8 |
| | Conservative | Brian Sargeant | 1,522 | |
| | Labour | Leanne Ward | 699 | 25.0 |
| | Labour | Repon Miah | 578 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Jones | 340 | 12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | No data | No data |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
West Hunsbury (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brian Oldham | 1,666 | 70.5 |
| | Labour | Alan Smith | 478 | 20.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cerri Glynane | 220 | 9.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | No data | No data |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Westone (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Matthew Lynch | 1,318 | 56.0 |
| | Labour | Toby Birch | 722 | 30.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Markham | 315 | 13.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,355 | 67.51 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |