# 2015 Scarborough Borough Council election

The 2015 Scarborough Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Scarborough Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

## Results summary

2015 Scarborough Borough Council election :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 32.5 | 20,158 |
| Labour | 14 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 21.9 | 13,581 |
| UKIP | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 21.6 | 13,408 |
| Independent | 3 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 8.3 | 5,137 |
| Green | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 4 | 10.5 | 6,522 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.2 | 3,233 |
| National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0.0 | 11 |

## Ward results
### Castle

Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Janet Jefferson* | 872 | 51.1 | −18.8 |
| | Labour | Paul Cross | 628 | 36.8 | −2.1 |
| | UKIP | Barret Wilson | 402 | 23.6 | N/A |
| | Green | Jason Mullen | 380 | 22.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Anthony Fawcett | 327 | 19.2 | −8.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,707 | 54 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Cayton

Cayton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Simon Green* | 1,100 | 43.7 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative | Roberta Swiers | 1,054 | 41.9 | +3.7 |
| | Labour | James Brace | 745 | 29.6 | +7.5 |
| | UKIP | Nicholas Henderson | 673 | 26.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,534 | 71 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Central

Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Billing* | 706 | 42.9 | +3.9 |
| | Labour | Eric Broadbent* | 590 | 35.9 | +2.0 |
| | UKIP | Deborah McDonald | 344 | 20.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Brenda Kaye | 340 | 20.7 | +3.4 |
| | UKIP | Timothy Thorne | 332 | 20.2 | N/A |
| | Green | Christopher Phillips | 234 | 14.2 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacob Cook | 194 | 11.8 | −17.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,646 | 51 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Danby

Danby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Clive Pearson | 686 | 55.1 | −16.6 |
| | Labour | Joan Snape | 207 | 16.6 | −11.7 |
| | Green | Annette Hudspith | 145 | 11.6 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Michael King | 145 | 11.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Dawson | 63 | 5.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,253 | 74 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Derwent Valley

Derwent Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Jeffels* | 1,435 | 55.7 | −2.7 |
| | Conservative | Heather Phillips* | 873 | 33.9 | +0.1 |
| | Labour | Colin Challen** | 581 | 22.5 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Lee Crowley | 569 | 22.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Lockwood | 454 | 17.6 | −4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,583 | 72 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Colin Challen was a sitting councillor for Castle ward.

### Eastfield

Eastfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tony Randerson* | 713 | 36.3 | +8.1 |
| | Labour | John Warburton | 596 | 30.4 | +5.5 |
| | UKIP | Jonathan Dodds | 564 | 28.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | Joanne Maw | 563 | 28.7 | +1.7 |
| | UKIP | Jordan Seston | 535 | 27.3 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Arthur Healy | 522 | 26.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Calvin Simmons | 349 | 17.8 | +8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Johannes Zegstroo* | 219 | 11.2 | −25.8 |
| | Green | Josh Foskett | 118 | 6.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,963 | 49 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats | UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Esk Valley

Esk Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Guy Coulson* | 1,384 | 55.7 | −11.6 |
| | Conservative | Phillip Trumper | 939 | 37.8 | −15.0 |
| | Labour | John Chilton | 562 | 22.6 | +1.0 |
| | Labour | Caroline Willder | 448 | 18.0 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Kenneth Hordon | 435 | 17.5 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Lawrence Waller | 346 | 13.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,501 | 71 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Falsgrave Park

Falsgrave Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Ritchie* | 724 | 35.9 | −2.3 |
| | Labour | Liz Colling | 628 | 31.1 | N/A |
| | Independent | Patricia Marsburg* | 500 | 24.8 | −14.7 |
| | UKIP | Deirdre Abbott | 477 | 23.6 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Deirdre Bowen | 466 | 23.1 | N/A |
| | Green | Stuart Noble | 291 | 14.4 | −3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Ellis | 250 | 12.4 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,037 | 56 | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Filey

Filey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Mike Cockerill* | 1,554 | 48.1 | −17.8 |
| | UKIP | Sam Cross* | 1,168 | 36.2 | −19.3 |
| | UKIP | Colin Haddington* | 1,103 | 34.1 | −18.1 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Viney | 1,004 | 31.1 | −21.1 |
| | UKIP | John Casey | 907 | 28.1 | N/A |
| | Green | Nicholas Harvey | 587 | 18.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,295 | 61 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | UKIP gain from Independent | UKIP gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | UKIP gain from Conservative | UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Fylingdales

Fylingdales :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jane Mortimer* | 630 | 52.0 | −19.6 |
| | Labour | Judith Dennett | 277 | 22.9 | −5.5 |
| | UKIP | John Thistle | 218 | 18.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Peter Jordan | 86 | 7.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,215 | 70 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Hertford

Hertford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Godfrey Allanson* | 1,300 | 49.7 | −0.9 |
| | Conservative | Michelle Donohue-Moncrieff* | 1,230 | 47.0 | +22.1 |
| | UKIP | Janine Robinson | 890 | 34.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Patricia Walker | 729 | 27.9 | −39.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,628 | 65 | |
| | Conservative gain from Green | Conservative gain from Green | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lindhead

Lindhead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Backhouse* | 964 | 73.9 | −3.4 |
| | Labour | Andrew Leak | 340 | 26.1 | +14.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,331 | 74 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Mayfield

Mayfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Chance* | 1,014 | 41.9 | +0.4 |
| | Labour | Gerald Dennett | 961 | 39.7 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Jane Kenyon-Miller* | 875 | 36.2 | −14.5 |
| | UKIP | Neil Kipling | 668 | 27.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,430 | 65 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Mulgrave

Mulgrave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Marie Harland* | 795 | 40.9 | −18.0 |
| | Conservative | John Nock | 558 | 28.7 | N/A |
| | Independent | John Armsby* | 494 | 25.4 | −27.3 |
| | UKIP | John Dickinson | 410 | 21.1 | N/A |
| | Labour | Diane Jeuda | 353 | 18.2 | −5.9 |
| | Labour | Aileen Peake | 309 | 15.9 | N/A |
| | Green | Neil Bye | 212 | 10.9 | N/A |
| | Independent | Connie Peach | 188 | 9.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,944 | 70 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Newby

Newby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Jenkinson* | 1,260 | 36.5 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | Vanda Inman | 1,102 | 31.9 | +9.3 |
| | Conservative | Luke Backhouse | 1,034 | 29.9 | −0.5 |
| | UKIP | Andrew Smith | 1,026 | 29.7 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Graham Snelson | 833 | 24.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Thomas Miller | 761 | 22.0 | −5.9 |
| | Green | Helen Kindness | 686 | 19.9 | +5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph Hagan | 503 | 14.6 | +2.0 |
| | Independent | Deborah Wiles | 403 | 11.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,460 | 68 | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### North Bay

North Bay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Neil Price | 726 | 37.2 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative | Martin Smith* | 462 | 23.7 | −6.4 |
| | UKIP | Guy Smith | 452 | 23.2 | −2.1 |
| | Conservative | Ros Fox | 443 | 22.7 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Susan Johnson | 417 | 21.4 | N/A |
| | Green | Katy Graley | 340 | 17.4 | +4.9 |
| | Independent | Jo Swift | 210 | 10.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,954 | 57 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Northstead

Northstead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Carl Maw | 748 | 37.9 | +3.8 |
| | UKIP | Norman Murphy* | 624 | 31.6 | −3.7 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Kay | 586 | 29.7 | +9.6 |
| | Independent | Peter Popple* | 550 | 27.9 | −19.0 |
| | UKIP | Bryan Thomas | 336 | 17.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Cook | 263 | 13.3 | +5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,975 | 64 | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | UKIP gain from Independent | UKIP gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Ramshill

Ramshill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Steve Siddons* | 773 | 43.2 | +16.3 |
| | Green | Mark Vesey | 550 | 30.7 | +10.0 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Simmons | 452 | 25.2 | −6.1 |
| | UKIP | Stuart Abbott | 420 | 23.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Teddy Sulman | 407 | 22.7 | −6.2 |
| | UKIP | Chris Daniels | 392 | 21.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | John-Paul Zegstroo | 196 | 10.9 | −12.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,795 | 61 | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Scalby, Hackness and Staintondale

Scalby, Hackness and Staintondale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Derek Bastiman* | 1,305 | 50.9 | −9.0 |
| | Conservative | Hazel Lynskey | 1,097 | 42.8 | −8.0 |
| | UKIP | Stuart Walker | 631 | 24.6 | N/A |
| | Labour | Subash Sharma** | 495 | 19.3 | N/A |
| | Green | John Munro | 387 | 15.1 | −3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,568 | 76 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Subash Sharma was a sitting councillor for North Bay ward.

### Seamer

Seamer :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Helen Mallory* | 1,162 | 46.2 | +3.5 |
| | UKIP | Roxanne Murphy* | 906 | 36.0 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kayleigh Bradley | 499 | 19.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bob Jackman | 403 | 16.0 | −3.0 |
| | Green | Michael Cutler | 373 | 14.8 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,546 | 68 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | UKIP gain from Independent | UKIP gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Stepney

Stepney :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lynn Bastiman* | 640 | 28.9 | +0.7 |
| | Green | Dilys Cluer* | 628 | 28.4 | −5.0 |
| | UKIP | Mark Harland | 542 | 24.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | Andy Lee | 461 | 20.8 | −0.2 |
| | Green | David Hugh-Malone | 433 | 19.6 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | Colin Barnes | 429 | 19.4 | +4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alix Bartlett-Cook | 166 | 7.5 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,217 | 66 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |

### Streonshalh

Streonshalh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rob Barnett | 681 | 36.4 | +7.1 |
| | Conservative | Sandra Turner* | 555 | 29.7 | −8.6 |
| | UKIP | Mike Ward | 550 | 29.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | Paul Tulloch | 469 | 25.1 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Clegg* | 421 | 22.5 | −10.0 |
| | Green | Amanda Smith | 214 | 11.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,879 | 54 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Weaponness

Weaponness :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Fox* | 743 | 36.9 | −13.8 |
| | Conservative | Callam Walsh | 677 | 33.6 | −18.9 |
| | Labour | Chris Head | 528 | 26.2 | +8.5 |
| | UKIP | Sean Hunter | 392 | 19.5 | −3.0 |
| | Green | David King | 360 | 17.9 | +3.3 |
| | UKIP | Frank Wright | 327 | 16.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Natasha Cook | 316 | 15.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,019 | 70 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Whitby West Cliff

Whitby West Cliff :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Joseph Plant* | 833 | 44.2 | −6.0 |
| | Conservative | Alf Abbott* | 721 | 38.3 | −1.4 |
| | Labour | Noreen Wilson | 622 | 33.0 | +10.6 |
| | Labour | Heather Relf | 580 | 30.8 | +10.3 |
| | UKIP | Derek Robinson | 505 | 26.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,895 | 60 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Woodlands

Woodlands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard Moody | 648 | 34.8 | −8.6 |
| | Independent | William Chatt* | 554 | 29.8 | −13.8 |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Kelly | 425 | 22.8 | +2.7 |
| | UKIP | Phil McDonald | 397 | 21.3 | −4.8 |
| | UKIP | John Elwell-Sutton | 355 | 19.1 | N/A |
| | Green | Gabrielle Naptali | 202 | 10.9 | +1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jackie Bowdidge | 110 | 5.9 | −2.2 |
| | National Front | Trisha Scott | 11 | 0.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,869 | 57 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |