# 2015 Gedling Borough Council election

An election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect all members of Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England as part of the English local elections coinciding with the 2015 General Election. Each councillor serves a four-year term of office.
Following Boundary Commission recommendations boundary change took place for this election to provide for 19 wards, many of which are two or three-member, thus electing 41 councillors.

## Results
### Summary of Results

Labour Party candidates won a majority, exceeding the 21 member threshold needed to reach majority party status, formerly having 64% of councillors. The Conservative group was formerly the opposition party on the council, holding 15 seats out of 50 on the larger council between 2011 and 2015. The remainder of councillors comprised Liberal Democrat members, formerly holding 3 seats on the council from 2011 to 2015, returned 1 of the council's 41 councillors.
Gedling Borough 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % |
| | Labour | 41 | 25 | - | - | - | 61.0% | 39.2% | 51,256 | - |
| | Conservative | 41 | 15 | - | - | - | 36.6% | 36.8% | 48,067 | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | 22 | 1 | - | - | - | 2.4% | 5.9% | 7,687 | - |
| | UKIP | 41 | 0 | - | - | - | 0.0% | 16.3% | 21,228 | - |
| | Green | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | 0.0% | 1.3% | 1,645 | - |
| | Independent | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | 0.0% | 0.5% | 636 | - |
| | TUSC | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 0.0% | 0.1% | 94 | - |

## Ward Results
### Bestwood St Albans

Bestwood St Albans (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Denis Beeston | 1,143 | 27.7 |
| | Conservative | Tammy Bisset | 884 | 19.1 |
| | Labour | Ron McCrossen | 859 | 18.5 |
| | Conservative | Lucy Shipley | 756 | 16.3 |
| | UKIP | Dawn Rood | 521 | 11.2 |
| | UKIP | Simon Rood | 473 | 10.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Calverton

Calverton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Boyd Elliott | 1,610 | 15.6 |
| | Conservative | Paul Stirland | 1,432 | 13.9 |
| | Conservative | Jane Walker | 1,357 | 13.2 |
| | Labour | Mike Hope | 1,246 | 12.1 |
| | Labour | Nick Quilty | 1,162 | 11.3 |
| | Labour | Pat Marks | 1,112 | 10.8 |
| | UKIP | Patrica Rutt | 706 | 6.8 |
| | UKIP | Robin Rutt | 683 | 6.6 |
| | UKIP | Grant Withers | 662 | 6.4 |
| | Independent | Pat Bosworth | 348 | 3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Carlton

Carlton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Nicki Brooks | 1,362 | 26.1 |
| | Labour | Paul Wilkinson | 1,119 | 21.4 |
| | Conservative | Robert Dawson | 798 | 15.3 |
| | Conservative | Bernard Leaper | 706 | 13.5 |
| | UKIP | Sally Cook | 509 | 9.7 |
| | UKIP | Steve Cook | 501 | 9.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Whitaker | 128 | 2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michel Flor-Henry | 105 | 2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Carlton Hill

Carlton Hill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jim Creamer | 1,924 | 17.3 |
| | Labour | Paul Feeney | 1,865 | 16.7 |
| | Labour | Alex Scroggie | 1,705 | 15.3 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Trout | 982 | 8.8 |
| | Conservative | April Jackson | 949 | 8.5 |
| | Conservative | Irene Trout | 909 | 8.2 |
| | UKIP | Frank Browett | 791 | 7.1 |
| | UKIP | Patricia Browett | 733 | 6.6 |
| | UKIP | Nina Peterson-Tait | 638 | 5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Talbot | 251 | 2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jenet Dudley | 212 | 1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Patterson | 186 | 1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Cavendish

Cavendish (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Gary Gregory | 953 | 18.7 |
| | Labour | Emily Bailey | 943 | 18.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Dunkin | 630 | 12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Hughes | 612 | 12.0 |
| | Conservative | Tanya Hinds | 599 | 11.7 |
| | UKIP | Charles Jansan | 503 | 9.9 |
| | Conservative | Terry Pepper | 490 | 9.6 |
| | UKIP | Deva Kumarasiri | 373 | 7.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Colwick

Colwick (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Meredith Lawrence | 566 | 41.4 |
| | Conservative | James Faulconbridge | 515 | 37.7 |
| | UKIP | Benjamin Scott-Nelson | 204 | 14.9 |
| | Green | Jean Katimertzis | 81 | 5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Coppice

Coppice (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Marje Paling | 1,250 | 21.1 |
| | Labour | Henry Wheeler | 1,191 | 20.1 |
| | Conservative | Ged Clarke | 1,024 | 17.3 |
| | Conservative | Julie Catkin | 1,017 | 17.1 |
| | UKIP | David Voce | 575 | 9.7 |
| | UKIP | Anthony Hall | 542 | 9.1 |
| | Green | Jim Stuart | 170 | 2.9 |
| | Green | Margret Vince | 164 | 2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Daybrook

Daybrook (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter Barnes | 1,392 | 28.5 |
| | Labour | Sandra Barnes | 1,344 | 27.6 |
| | Conservative | David Ward | 584 | 12.0 |
| | Conservative | Gerald Kenwood | 534 | 11.0 |
| | UKIP | Andrew Brierley | 514 | 10.5 |
| | UKIP | James Gamble | 509 | 10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Dumbles

Dumbles (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Helen Greensmith | 1,265 | 67.3 |
| | Labour | John Bailey | 390 | 20.7 |
| | UKIP | Wes Stala | 226 | 12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Ernehale

Ernehale (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Roxanne Ellis | 1,068 | 18.5 |
| | Labour | David Ellis | 1,060 | 18.4 |
| | Conservative | Vanessa Faulconbridge | 911 | 15.8 |
| | Conservative | Natalie Sharpe | 893 | 15.5 |
| | UKIP | John Hart | 575 | 10.0 |
| | UKIP | Lee Waters | 501 | 8.7 |
| | Green | Jeannie Thompson | 180 | 3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jason Stansfield | 164 | 2.8 |
| | Independent | Paul Key | 145 | 2.5 |
| | Independent | Desmond Peet | 143 | 2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Swift | 137 | 2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Gedling

Gedling (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jenny Hollingworth | 1,176 | 20.1 |
| | Conservative | Alan Bexon | 994 | 17.0 |
| | Labour | Lynda Pearson | 927 | 15.9 |
| | Conservative | Tony Pitman | 693 | 11.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maggie Dunkin | 652 | 11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin White | 448 | 7.7 |
| | UKIP | Philip Pritchard | 381 | 6.5 |
| | UKIP | Piero Loi | 375 | 6.4 |
| | Green | Paul Sergent | 203 | 3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Netherfield

Netherfield (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | William Clarke | 1,183 | 25.6 |
| | Labour | Barbara Miller | 1,128 | 24.4 |
| | Conservative | Maureen Cook | 524 | 11.4 |
| | Conservative | Valerie Skerritt | 473 | 10.3 |
| | UKIP | Gary Bird | 462 | 10.0 |
| | UKIP | Sacha Loi | 381 | 8.3 |
| | Green | Nick Martin | 276 | 6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nora Crossland | 100 | 2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marguerite Wright | 88 | 1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Newstead Abbey

Newstead Abbey (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Chris Barnfather | 3,126 | 23.4 |
| | Conservative | Bruce Andrews | 2,944 | 22.1 |
| | Conservative | Colin Powell | 2,590 | 19.4 |
| | Labour | Caro Wright | 1,213 | 9.1 |
| | Labour | David Ringwood | 968 | 7.3 |
| | Labour | Michael Towers | 909 | 6.8 |
| | UKIP | Raj Chandran | 659 | 4.9 |
| | UKIP | Christina Stala | 508 | 3.8 |
| | UKIP | Rhea Waters | 431 | 3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Phoenix

Phoenix (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Ellwood | 885 | 17.4 |
| | Labour | Kathryn Fox | 876 | 17.2 |
| | Labour | Cheryl Hewlett | 844 | 16.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive Towsey-Hinton | 743 | 14.6 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Richardson | 473 | 9.3 |
| | UKIP | Graham Roebuck | 449 | 8.8 |
| | UKIP | Fran Loi | 432 | 8.5 |
| | Conservative | Gwen White | 398 | 7.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Plains

Plains (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Carol Pepper | 1,982 | 14.7 |
| | Conservative | John Parr | 1,975 | 14.6 |
| | Conservative | Sarah Hewson | 1,924 | 14.2 |
| | Labour | Desmond Gibbons | 1,520 | 11.2 |
| | Labour | Errol Henry | 1,397 | 10.3 |
| | Labour | John Butterworth | 1,390 | 10.3 |
| | UKIP | Gillian Barker | 754 | 5.6 |
| | UKIP | John Barlow | 739 | 5.5 |
| | UKIP | Peter Foulkes | 633 | 4.7 |
| | Green | Kathy Read | 295 | 2.2 |
| | Green | Jim Norris | 273 | 2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vera West | 259 | 1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Max Beeken | 197 | 1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raymond Poynter | 187 | 1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Porchester

Porchester (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Bob Collis | 2,323 | 18.0 |
| | Labour | John Truscott | 2,224 | 17.2 |
| | Labour | Muriel Weisz | 2,084 | 16.1 |
| | Conservative | Eric Collin | 1,665 | 12.9 |
| | Conservative | Ashley Foster | 1,405 | 10.9 |
| | Conservative | Linda Foster | 1,397 | 10.8 |
| | UKIP | Mark Brinsley-Day | 683 | 5.3 |
| | UKIP | Allan Hare | 627 | 4.9 |
| | UKIP | Gloria Roberts | 504 | 3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Redhill

Redhill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael Payne | 1,449 | 23.5 |
| | Labour | Pauline Allan | 1,406 | 22.8 |
| | Conservative | Sam Smith | 1,141 | 18.5 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Walker | 1,092 | 17.7 |
| | UKIP | George Rose | 551 | 8.9 |
| | UKIP | Philip Smith | 523 | 8.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Trent Valley

Trent Valley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Kevin Doyle | 1,206 | 20.0 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Poole | 1,170 | 19.4 |
| | Labour | Jeanette Johnson | 906 | 15.0 |
| | Labour | Margaret Strong | 809 | 13.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard M$^{ac}$Duff Fife | 584 | 9.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Flynn | 534 | 8.9 |
| | UKIP | Colin Blandamer | 426 | 7.1 |
| | UKIP | Pat Blandamer | 398 | 6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Woodthorpe

Woodthorpe (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Viv McCrossen | 1,396 | 21.3 |
| | Conservative | Michael Adams | 1,379 | 21.0 |
| | Conservative | Suzanne Prew-Smith | 1,301 | 19.8 |
| | Labour | Rob Pearson | 1,229 | 18.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Swift | 316 | 4.8 |
| | UKIP | Paul Marshall | 296 | 4.5 |
| | UKIP | Sandra Marshall | 277 | 4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Minna Patterson | 269 | 4.1 |
| | TUSC | Ian Mansell | 94 | 1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |