# 2015 Eastbourne Borough Council election

The 2015 Eastbourne Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and the general election.

## Result

Eastbourne local election result 2015 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 18 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 66.7 | 35.5 | 18,688 | -3.9 |
| Conservative | 9 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 33.3 | 30.2 | 15,879 | -7.8 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15.2 | 7,972 | +14.0 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 5,326 | -0.3 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 4,379 | -2.3 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 367 | +0.2 |

## Ward Results

Devonshire (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Bannister | 2,287 | 41.9 | −7.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Wallis | 2,022 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Holt | 1,920 | | |
| | Conservative | Simon Herbert | 861 | 15.8 | −6.1 |
| | Labour | Angela Bennett | 855 | 15.7 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative | Steve Hobbs | 831 | | |
| | UKIP | David Greenwood | 798 | 14.6 | n/a |
| | Labour | Dave Brinson | 776 | | |
| | Conservative | James Hopkins | 736 | | |
| | UKIP | Colin Horscroft | 688 | | |
| | UKIP | Bob Lacey | 647 | | |
| | Labour | Gerry Stonestreet | 584 | | |
| | Green | Alex Lea | 531 | 9.7 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Keith Gell | 129 | 2.4 | −2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hampden Park (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pat Hearn | 1,921 | 38.2 | −11.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jim Murray | 1,635 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Swansborough | 1,546 | | |
| | Conservative | Simon Howe | 954 | 19.0 | −5.6 |
| | UKIP | Paul Brown | 887 | 17.6 | n/a |
| | UKIP | Barry Wright | 828 | | |
| | Conservative | Tom Liddiard | 790 | | |
| | Conservative | Matthew Ireland | 772 | | |
| | Labour | Eleanor Lambert | 626 | 12.4 | −4.3 |
| | Labour | Helen Key | 551 | | |
| | Labour | Douglas Skelly | 532 | | |
| | Green | Ivor Hueting | 407 | 8.1 | −1.0 |
| | Independent | David Poole | 238 | 4.7 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Langney (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Shuttleworth | 2,389 | 47.3 | −5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Troy Tester | 1,929 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Harun Miah | 1,920 | | |
| | Conservative | Gloria Barker | 1,032 | 20.4 | −6.4 |
| | Conservative | Paul Gosling | 962 | | |
| | Conservative | Alex Richards | 961 | | |
| | UKIP | Ian Garbutt | 930 | 18.4 | n/a |
| | UKIP | Christopher Holloway | 848 | | |
| | Labour | Lee Comfort | 441 | 8.7 | −1.6 |
| | Labour | Martin Howie | 373 | | |
| | Labour | Roy Noble | 336 | | |
| | Green | Pippa Oliphant | 260 | 5.1 | −4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Meads (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Smart | 2,573 | 42.4 | −10.1 |
| | Conservative | Barry Taylor | 2,416 | | |
| | Conservative | Kathy Smethers | 2,347 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Callaghan | 1,399 | 23.0 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Madell | 1,372 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Fisher | 1,186 | | |
| | UKIP | Michael Dean | 803 | 13.2 | +3.7 |
| | Green | Sally Boys | 713 | 11.7 | +2.2 |
| | UKIP | Alan Thornton | 642 | | |
| | UKIP | William Smith | 626 | | |
| | Labour | Lucette Davies | 582 | 9.6 | +−0.0 |
| | Labour | Lisa Gillette | 545 | | |
| | Labour | Dennis Scard | 519 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Old Town (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Coles | 2,613 | 37.1 | −9.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Ungar | 2,514 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Dow | 2,273 | | |
| | Conservative | Anne Angel | 2,241 | 31.8 | −1.3 |
| | Conservative | Graham Buchanan | 1,830 | | |
| | Conservative | Vivienne De Havilland-Geraghty | 1,492 | | |
| | Green | Rob Clarke | 898 | 12.7 | +0.6 |
| | UKIP | Robert Harper | 680 | 9.7 | n/a |
| | Labour | Paul Richards | 612 | 8.7 | +0.7 |
| | Labour | Jean Couture | 530 | | |
| | Labour | Sharon Wentworth | 477 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Ratton (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Colin Belsey | 2,441 | 40.9 | −13.3 |
| | Conservative | Colin Murdoch | 2,011 | | |
| | Conservative | Tony Freebody | 1,904 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Beckmann | 1,628 | 27.3 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Neilson | 1,370 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Howarth | 1,148 | | |
| | UKIP | David Alfred | 924 | 15.5 | n/a |
| | UKIP | Brian McIntyre | 866 | | |
| | UKIP | Helen Hill | 807 | | |
| | Labour | John Lambert | 640 | 10.7 | −0.1 |
| | Labour | Anne Grigg | 466 | | |
| | Labour | John Wentworth | 380 | | |
| | Green | John Oliphant | 336 | 5.6 | −6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St Anthony's (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Tutt | 2,658 | 45.3 | −13.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gill Mattock | 2,272 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dean Sabri | 2,081 | | |
| | Conservative | Nick Ansell | 1,465 | 24.9 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative | Danielle Perry | 1,032 | | |
| | Conservative | Robert Findon | 1,008 | | |
| | UKIP | Terence Grant | 928 | 15.8 | n/a |
| | UKIP | Jayne Palmer | 849 | | |
| | UKIP | Amanda Sheehan | 773 | | |
| | Labour | Jackie Ferguson | 498 | 8.5 | −1.9 |
| | Labour | Alan Battrum | 478 | | |
| | Labour | Ian Culshaw | 418 | | |
| | Green | Hugh Norris | 325 | 5.5 | −2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Sovereign (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Raymond Blakeborough | 2,707 | 40.9 | −7.4 |
| | Conservative | Penny di Cara | 2,366 | | |
| | Conservative | Gordon Jenkins | 2,219 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Leggett | 1,684 | 25.4 | −4.8 |
| | UKIP | Nicola Burton | 1,395 | 21.1 | n/a |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nick Maskelyne | 1,360 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Somers | 1,287 | | |
| | UKIP | Paul Keeble | 1,081 | | |
| | UKIP | Jean Spencer | 984 | | |
| | Labour | Richard Goude | 514 | 7.8 | −1.3 |
| | Labour | Samantha Lyster | 463 | | |
| | Labour | Sarah Richards | 437 | | |
| | Green | Robert Sier | 321 | 4.8 | −7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Upperton (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pat Rodohan | 2,109 | 38.4 | +2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sammy Choudhury | 1,900 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Salsbury | 1,831 | | |
| | Conservative | Annabelle West | 1,605 | 29.3 | −15.5 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Platt | 1,562 | | |
| | Conservative | Diane Mulkeirins | 1,529 | | |
| | UKIP | Charlotte Clifford | 627 | 11.4 | n/a |
| | Green | Alex Hough | 588 | 10.7 | −0.3 |
| | UKIP | Clive Jennings | 583 | | |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Goude | 558 | 10.2 | +2.1 |
| | Labour | Matthew Quanstrom | 513 | | |
| | UKIP | Rita Rolt | 503 | | |
| | Labour | Simon Miller | 498 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

## By-elections between 2015 and 2019

Sovereign by-election 24 November 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Metcalfe | 1,276 | 65.2 | +24.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Howarth | 528 | 27.0 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | Louis Thorburn | 152 | 7.8 | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 748 | 38.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,956 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |