# 2015 Warrington Borough Council election

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

## Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
| 40 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| Labour | Labour Co-op | Lib Dem | Con | T |
After the election the composition of the council was:
| 39 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| Labour | Labour Co-op | Lib Dem | Con | T |

## Results

2015 Warrington Borough Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Labour | 12 | 1 | 63.16 | 27 | 39 | 68.42 | 36,697 | 38.49 | 0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 2 | 2 | 10.53 | 7 | 9 | 15.79 | 16,456 | 17.26 | 0 |
| | Conservative | 3 | 2 | 15.79 | 2 | 5 | 8.77 | 27,349 | 28.68 | 0 |
| | Labour Co-op | 2 | 1 | 10.53 | 1 | 3 | 5.26 | 3,874 | 4.06 | 0 |
| | TUSC | 0 | | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.75 | 562 | 0.59 | 0 |
| | UKIP | 0 | | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9,021 | 9.46 | 0 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,389 | 1.46 | 0 |

## Ward Results
### Appleton

Appleton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter John Walker* | 3,605 | 55.40 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Levy | 2,902 | 44.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 77.25 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Bewsey and Whitecross

Bewsey and Whitecross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Stephen Parish* | 2,837 | 60.89 |
| | Conservative | Sonia Boggan | 702 | 15.07 |
| | UKIP | Michael Byrne | 692 | 14.85 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Timmis | 347 | 7.45 |
| | TUSC | Daniel Warren | 81 | 1.74 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,659 | 50.28 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Birchwood

Birchwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Chris Fitzsimmons* | 2,404 | 45.06 |
| | Conservative | Nigel Balding | 1,549 | 29.03 |
| | UKIP | Michael Robert Amos Johnson | 827 | 15.50 |
| | Green | Tracey Valentine | 288 | 5.40 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Diane Oliver | 267 | 5.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 64.35 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Burtonwood and Winwick

Burtonwood and Winwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Joyce* | 1,926 | 58.67 |
| | Conservative | Frank Richard Allen | 1,062 | 32.35 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Stephen Littler | 295 | 8.99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 65.47 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft

Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sue Bland* | 3,024 | 48.54 |
| | Labour | Cathy Mitchell | 2,674 | 42.92 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eddie Stone | 532 | 8.54 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 73.20 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Fairfield and Howley

Fairfield and Howley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Anthony Higgins* | 2,864 | 56.14 |
| | UKIP | Phillip Henshaw | 937 | 18.37 |
| | Conservative | Helena Campbell | 826 | 16.19 |
| | Green | Lyndsay McAteer | 407 | 7.98 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Oldbury | 68 | 1.33 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.23 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Grappenhall and Thellwall

Grappenhall and Thelwall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Biggin* | 2,583 | 43.24 |
| | Conservative | Constantine Biller | 1,879 | 31.45 |
| | Labour | Thomas Jennings | 1,216 | 20.36 |
| | Green | Andrew Yelland | 296 | 4.96 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 76.26 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Great Sankey North

Great Sankey North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour Co-op | Dan Price* | 1,510 | 41.44 |
| | Conservative | Mike Foxall | 1,027 | 28.18 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Smith | 524 | 14.38 |
| | UKIP | Mal Lingley | 423 | 11.61 |
| | Green | Stephanie Davies | 160 | 4.39 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 72.36 |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Labour Co-op gain from Labour |

### Great Sankey South

Great Sankey South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jean Carter* | 3,017 | 54.26 |
| | Conservative | Maxine Thomson | 1,945 | 34.98 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Hockenhull | 348 | 6.26 |
| | TUSC | Andrew Ford | 250 | 4.50 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 68.38 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Latchford East

Latchford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour Co-op | Hans Josef Mundry* | 2,364 | 63.53 |
| | Conservative | Harish Sharma | 561 | 15.08 |
| | UKIP | Sidney Simmons | 558 | 15.00 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Price | 238 | 6.40 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 56.25 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold |

### Latchford West

Latchford West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Maureen McLaughlin* | 1,808 | 47.34 |
| | Conservative | Philip Marshall | 1,004 | 26.29 |
| | UKIP | Gerrard Hall | 605 | 15.84 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruper George Stephen Budgen | 327 | 8.56 |
| | TUSC | Shelley Jean Bennett | 75 | 1.96 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 64.00 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Lymm

Lymm :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Kathryn Buckley | 2,995 | 39.81 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian George Marks* | 2,483 | 33.00 |
| | Labour | Christine Zastawny | 1,418 | 18.85 |
| | UKIP | Frederick Clark | 628 | 8.34 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 75.66 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats |

### Orford

Orford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kate Hannon* | 2,864 | 66.20 |
| | UKIP | Ian Richards | 1,138 | 26.31 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edgar John Davies | 324 | 7.49 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 55.13 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Penketh and Cuerdley

Penketh and Cuerdley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Linda Susan Dirir* | 2,683 | 52.55 |
| | Conservative | Samuel Baxter | 2,167 | 42.44 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Farrington Gowland | 256 | 5.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 74.00 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Poplars and Hulme

Poplars and Hulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Stephen Roberts* | 2,471 | 59.19 |
| | UKIP | Trevor Nicholls | 923 | 22.11 |
| | Conservative | Francine Elizabeth Leslie | 659 | 15.78 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shanise Oldbury | 122 | 2.92 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.79 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Poulton North

Poulton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Graham Friend* | 2,624 | 54.28 |
| | UKIP | Barbara Ruth Johnson | 1,376 | 28.47 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Joan Bradshaw | 834 | 17.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 62.00 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Rixton and Woolston

Rixton and Woolston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Paul Bretherton* | 2,395 | 47.45 |
| | Conservative | Robin Sloan | 1,498 | 29.68 |
| | UKIP | Geoff Siddall | 914 | 18.11 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diana Grylls | 241 | 4.77 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 68.26 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Stockton Heath

Stockton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Stephen Taylor | 1,526 | 40.42 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Raymond | 1,157 | 30.65 |
| | Labour | Karen Mundry | 854 | 22.62 |
| | Green | Kenneth Robin Wilson | 238 | 6.31 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 76.05 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats |

### Whittle Hall

Whittle Hall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Faisal Rashid* | 2,961 | 42.02 |
| | Conservative | Julian Craddock | 2,023 | 28.71 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allan Keith Bird | 1,905 | 27.03 |
| | TUSC | Adam Hemsley | 158 | 2.24 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 69.03 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |