# 2015 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2015 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect all members of Doncaster Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Due to boundary changes all 55 seats were up for election.
The election resulted in the Labour Party retaining control of the council, with a majority of 27 seats.

## Result

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
| Party | Party | Previous council | New council |
| | Labour | 48 | 41 |
| | Conservative | 8 | 8 |
| | Mexborough First | 3 | 3 |
| | UKIP | 1 | 2 |
| | Independent | 3 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 63 | 55 | 55 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 33 | 27 |

## Ward results

The electoral division results are listed below.
Spoilt ballots are not included in the below results.

### Adwick and Carcroft ward

Adwick and Carcroft :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Mounsey | 2,812 | 47.5 | |
| | Labour | Ted Kitchen | 2,649 | 44.7 | |
| | Labour | Rachel Hodson | 2,098 | 35.4 | |
| | UKIP | Ryan Morling | 1,720 | 29.0 | |
| | Green | David Carroll | 700 | 11.8 | |
| | Conservative | Keith Oades | 690 | 11.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Victor Butterfield | 622 | 10.5 | |
| | TUSC | Jason Fawley | 466 | 7.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.7 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Armthorpe ward

Armthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tony Corden | 2,709 | 46.8 | |
| | Labour | Chris McGuinness | 2,496 | 43.1 | |
| | Labour | Sue McGuinness | 2,386 | 41.2 | |
| | UKIP | Nigel Berry | 2,260 | 38.2 | |
| | Conservative | Alexandra Laura Allen | 1,247 | 21.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Cooney | 638 | 10.8 | |
| | Green | Mark Gray | 605 | 10.2 | |
| | Independent | John Raymond Lowndes | 575 | 9.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 54.5 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Balby South ward

Balby South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Healy | 1,867 | 48.2 | |
| | Labour | Nuala Mary Fennelly | 1,419 | 36.7 | |
| | UKIP | James Cotterill | 1,385 | 35.8 | |
| | Conservative | John Thomas Papworth | 906 | 23.4 | |
| | Green | David Ingram | 278 | 7.2 | |
| | TUSC | Robert James Green | 192 | 5.0 | |
| | Green | Jordan James Ingram | 162 | 4.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.4 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Bentley ward

Bentley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bill Mordue | 3,006 | 47.0 | |
| | Labour | Charlie Hogarth | 2,831 | 44.3 | |
| | Labour | Jane Nightingale | 2,760 | 43.2 | |
| | UKIP | Tony Ward | 2,046 | 32.0 | |
| | Conservative | Brian Woodhouse | 1,165 | 18.2 | |
| | Green | Christine Florence Platt | 700 | 10.9 | |
| | English Democrat | Keith John Hewitt | 634 | 9.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rene Paterson | 508 | 7.9 | |
| | TUSC | Steven Flint | 446 | 7.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.1 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Bessacarr and Cantley ward

Bessacarr and Cantley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Neil Gethin | 1,982 | 28.4 | |
| | Labour | Majid Khan | 1,864 | 26.7 | |
| | Conservative | Nick Allen | 1,821 | 26.1 | |
| | Labour | Bob Johnson | 1,744 | 25.0 | |
| | UKIP | Paul Coddington | 1,729 | 24.8 | |
| | UKIP | Paul Alexander Pickering | 1,504 | 21.6 | |
| | Conservative | Leon French | 1,425 | 20.4 | |
| | UKIP | Bernie Aston | 1,364 | 19.6 | |
| | Independent | Monty Cuthbert | 1,316 | 18.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edwin Simpson | 920 | 13.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Brown | 867 | 12.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dianna Simpson | 615 | 8.8 | |
| | Green | Doug Wright | 611 | 8.8 | |
| | English Democrat | Barbara Hewitt | 364 | 5.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 62.6 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Conisbrough ward

Conisbrough ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nigel Ball | 3,642 | 55.2 | |
| | Labour | Sandra Mary Holland | 2,983 | 45.2 | |
| | Labour | Craig Bernard Sahman | 2,471 | 37.5 | |
| | UKIP | Deborah Cotterill | 2,026 | 30.7 | |
| | UKIP | Jonathan Ellis | 1,818 | 27.6 | |
| | UKIP | William Shaw | 1,477 | 22.4 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Beard | 786 | 11.9 | |
| | Green | Andy Fisher | 474 | 7.2 | |
| | TUSC | Steve Williams | 424 | 6.4 | |
| | English Democrat | John Brennan | 405 | 6.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 56.7 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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### Edenthorpe and Kirk Sandall ward

Edenthorpe and Kirk Sandall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Nevett | 1,857 | 40.3 | |
| | Labour | Tony Revill | 1,687 | 36.6 | |
| | UKIP | Paul Bissett | 1,573 | 34.1 | |
| | UKIP | Fred Gee | 1,344 | 29.1 | |
| | Conservative | Christine Yvonne Allen | 926 | 20.1 | |
| | Independent | Karen Hampson | 536 | 11.6 | |
| | Independent | Anton Josef Fix | 245 | 5.3 | |
| | TUSC | Greg Beaumont | 117 | 2.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 61.1 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Edlington and Warmsworth ward

Edlington and Warmsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Phil Cole | 2,337 | 51.8 | |
| | Labour | Elsie Butler | 2,158 | 47.9 | |
| | UKIP | Richard Coulthard | 1,295 | 28.7 | |
| | UKIP | Noel Middleton | 862 | 19.1 | |
| | Conservative | Liz Jones | 739 | 16.4 | |
| | Green | Bob Gilbert | 320 | 7.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 58.5 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Finningley ward

Finningley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jane Cox | 2,901 | 35.7 | |
| | Conservative | Allan Jones | 2,711 | 33.4 | |
| | Conservative | Steve Cox | 2,656 | 32.7 | |
| | UKIP | Ross Atkinson | 2,261 | 27.8 | |
| | Labour | Roni Chapman | 2,245 | 27.6 | |
| | Labour | Lynne Rothwell | 2,193 | 27.0 | |
| | UKIP | Guy Aston | 1,881 | 23.2 | |
| | Labour | Frank Jackson | 1,674 | 20.6 | |
| | UKIP | Karl Goodman | 1,476 | 18.2 | |
| | Green | Olivia Ruth Brabazon | 857 | 10.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Pratt | 668 | 8.2 | |
| | TUSC | Anthony Hadrian Blakesley | 256 | 3.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 66.2 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Hatfield ward

Hatfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Linda Curran | 2,691 | 40.9 | |
| | Labour | Pat Knight | 2,382 | 36.2 | |
| | UKIP | Jessie Credland | 2,375 | 36.1 | |
| | UKIP | Mick Glynn | 2,371 | 36.0 | |
| | Labour | Ron Powell | 1,916 | 29.1 | |
| | UKIP | Anne Rutherford | 1,746 | 26.5 | |
| | Conservative | Ben Wagstaff | 1,410 | 21.4 | |
| | Green | Ali Hurworth | 529 | 8.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 58.1 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | UKIP win (new seat) | UKIP win (new seat) | UKIP win (new seat) | UKIP win (new seat) | UKIP win (new seat) |

### Hexthorpe and Balby North ward

Hexthorpe and Balby North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Glyn Jones | 1,902 | 53.6 | |
| | Labour | Sue Wilkinson | 1,625 | 45.8 | |
| | UKIP | Mike Robertson | 1,382 | 39.0 | |
| | TUSC | Theresa Joan Rollinson | 405 | 11.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.2 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Mexborough ward

Mexborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Mexborough First | Andy Pickering | 2,811 | 47.4 |
| | Mexborough First | Sean Gibbons | 2,802 | 47.3 |
| | Mexborough First | Bev Chapman | 2,259 | 38.1 |
| | Labour | Sue Phillips | 1,709 | 28.8 |
| | Labour | Tracey Leyland-Jepson | 1,575 | 26.6 |
| | Labour | David Holland | 1,273 | 21.5 |
| | UKIP | Chris Haret | 980 | 16.5 |
| | UKIP | Brian Whitmore | 896 | 15.1 |
| | UKIP | Mick Reilly | 719 | 12.1 |
| | Green | Ann Jackson Gilbert | 272 | 4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.3 |
| | Mexborough First hold | Mexborough First hold | Swing | |
| | Mexborough First hold | Mexborough First hold | Swing | |
| | Mexborough First hold | Mexborough First hold | Swing | |

### Norton and Askern ward

Norton and Askern :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Jones | 2,749 | 40.8 | |
| | Labour | Iris Beech | 2,649 | 39.3 | |
| | Labour | Austin William White | 2,522 | 37.4 | |
| | UKIP | Charles Morris | 2,242 | 33.2 | |
| | Conservative | Martin Drake | 1,914 | 28.4 | |
| | Conservative | Carol Greenhalgh | 1,572 | 23.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adrian Jonathan McLeay | 787 | 11.7 | |
| | TUSC | Rhiannon Mary Bartlett | 405 | 6.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 62.1 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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### Roman Ridge ward

Roman Ridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kevin Rodgers | 2,033 | 40.2 | |
| | Labour | Pat Haith | 2,033 | 40.2 | |
| | UKIP | Jack Kelley | 1,163 | 23.0 | |
| | UKIP | Darius Cooper | 1,154 | 22.8 | |
| | Conservative | Doreen Woodhouse | 915 | 18.1 | |
| | Green | Stephen Platt | 503 | 9.9 | |
| | Green | Warren Peter Draper | 295 | 5.8 | |
| | TUSC | Ann-Louise Bayley | 120 | 2.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 60.2 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Rossington and Bawtry ward

Rossington and Bawtry :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rachael Blake | 2,653 | 36.0 | |
| | Independent | John Cooke | 2,233 | 30.3 | |
| | UKIP | Clive Stone | 1,885 | 25.6 | |
| | Labour | Graham Keith Guest | 1,744 | 23.6 | |
| | Conservative | Martin Damian Greenhalgh | 1,714 | 23.3 | |
| | Labour | Robert Reid | 1,611 | 21.8 | |
| | UKIP | Mike Volante | 1,593 | 21.6 | |
| | Independent | Richard Cooper-Holmes | 1,242 | 16.8 | |
| | Green | Kelly Maria Connolly | 1,047 | 14.2 | |
| | Independent | Ali Harper | 828 | 11.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 58.1 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | UKIP win (new seat) | UKIP win (new seat) | UKIP win (new seat) | UKIP win (new seat) | UKIP win (new seat) |

### Sprotbrough ward

Sprotbrough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Cynthia Anne Ransome | 2,306 | 38.4 | |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Wood | 2,165 | 36.0 | |
| | Labour | Tony Bryan | 1,889 | 31.4 | |
| | Labour | Andrew Bosmans | 1,631 | 27.2 | |
| | UKIP | Frank Calladine | 1,077 | 17.9 | |
| | UKIP | Phyllis Calladine | 968 | 16.1 | |
| | Green | Lynette Chipp | 704 | 11.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 66.8 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Stainforth and Barnby Dun ward

Stainforth and Barnby Dun :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ken Keegan | 1,747 | 43.6 | |
| | Labour | George Derx | 1,295 | 32.3 | |
| | UKIP | John Waggitt | 1,059 | 26.4 | |
| | UKIP | Keith Jaques | 1,037 | 25.9 | |
| | Conservative | Terry Taylor | 824 | 20.5 | |
| | Green | Veronica Jane Maxwell | 273 | 6.8 | |
| | TUSC | Mary Jackson | 143 | 3.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 56.1 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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### Thorne and Moorends ward

Thorne and Moorends :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Susan Jane Durant | 2,412 | 36.3 | |
| | Labour | Joe Blackham | 2,292 | 34.5 | |
| | Labour | Mark Houlbrook | 2,248 | 33.9 | |
| | Community Group | Martin Williams | 1,963 | 29.6 | |
| | UKIP | Kevin Abell | 1,643 | 27.2 | |
| | UKIP | Kim Parkinson | 1,618 | 26.8 | |
| | UKIP | Shaun Hirst | 1,331 | 22.0 | |
| | Community Group | Lyndsey Clark | 1,029 | 17.0 | |
| | Conservative | John Brown | 882 | 14.6 | |
| | Community Group | Stewart Rayner | 805 | 13.3 | |
| | TUSC | Brenda Nixon | 207 | 3.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 54.3 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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### Tickhill and Wadworth ward

Tickhill and Wadworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alan Smith | 1,686 | 30.6 | |
| | Conservative | James Vincent Hart | 1,644 | 29.9 | |
| | Labour | Shane McLeavey | 1,493 | 27.1 | |
| | Independent | Nigel John Cannings | 1,396 | 25.4 | |
| | Labour | Carrie Wilson | 1,374 | 25.0 | |
| | UKIP | Rebecca Walters | 1,223 | 22.2 | |
| | UKIP | Ian Stewart | 1,069 | 19.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 67.3 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Town ward

Town ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John McHale | 2,662 | 43.2 | |
| | Labour | Sue Knowles | 2,633 | 42.8 | |
| | Labour | Dave Shaw | 2,591 | 42.1 | |
| | UKIP | Roy Penketh | 1,500 | 24.4 | |
| | UKIP | Dene Clark-Flannigan | 1,452 | 23.6 | |
| | Conservative | Maurice Field | 1,306 | 21.2 | |
| | Green | Anna Symington | 972 | 15.8 | |
| | TUSC | Mev Akram | 394 | 6.4 | |
| | TUSC | Joseph Henry | 296 | 4.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.8 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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### Wheatley Hills and Intake ward

Wheatley Hills and Intake :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eva Hughes | 2,898 | 43.1 | |
| | Labour | Jane Kidd | 2,806 | 41.7 | |
| | Labour | Paul Wray | 2,661 | 39.6 | |
| | UKIP | Mick Andrews | 1,990 | 29.6 | |
| | UKIP | Alistair Gerald Brogan | 1,677 | 24.9 | |
| | UKIP | Michelle Goodman | 1,482 | 22.0 | |
| | Conservative | Neil Saran Srivastava | 1,106 | 16.5 | |
| | Green | Jane Louise Masheter | 562 | 8.4 | |
| | TUSC | Lee Jonathan Jepson | 233 | 3.5 | |
| | Independent | Richie Vallance | 193 | 2.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.4 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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