Local Election Results 2015
Taunton Deane
Whole council up for election.
Other results for Taunton Deane:
2003
2007
2011
By-elections for Taunton Deane (may be incomplete): 5th May 2005 (Monument; Taunton Eastgate; Wellington Rockwell Green & W.)
— 4th May 2006 (Taunton Blackbrook & Holway)
— 1st May 2008 (Comeytrowe)
— 2nd October 2008 (Ruishton & Creech)
— 15th October 2009 (Taunton Lyngford)
— 28th January 2010 (Taunton Lyngford)
— 2nd May 2013 (Taunton Halcon)
— 3rd October 2013 (Taunton Halcon)
— 14th April 2016 (Taunton Halcon)
— 15th December 2016 (Blackdown)
— 5th April 2018 (Wiveliscombe & West Deane)
Results for Somerset county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
24360 |
38.0% |
36 |
| Liberal Democrat |
18401 |
28.7% |
14 |
| Green Party |
9939 |
15.5% |
0 |
| Labour |
6211 |
9.7% |
2 |
| Independent |
3699 |
5.8% |
3 |
| UK Independence Party |
1349 |
2.1% |
1 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
93 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Ian Morrell |
Ind |
810 |
30.4% |
| Julia Blatchford |
C |
723 |
27.1% |
| Justine Baker |
LD |
566 |
21.3% |
| Tonia White |
C |
414 |
|
| Peter Prior-Sankey |
Ind |
367 |
|
| Matthew Ravenhill |
Lab |
300 |
11.3% |
| Alan Foyle |
LD |
277 |
|
| Vanessa Burtchaell |
Grn |
264 |
9.9% |
| Jane Warmington |
C |
1613 |
40.2% |
| Peter Watson |
C |
1608 |
|
| Alison Gunner |
C |
1289 |
|
| Clive Martin |
Grn |
835 |
20.8% |
| John Hassall |
LD |
799 |
19.9% |
| Robin Bainbridge |
UKIP |
766 |
19.1% |
| Clare Denning |
LD |
727 |
|
| Michael Palmer |
LD |
568 |
|
| Charlotte Edwards |
C |
744 |
52.9% |
| John Wakefield |
LD |
299 |
21.3% |
| Michael Canham |
Ind |
211 |
15.0% |
| Caroline Freedman |
Grn |
152 |
10.8% |
| Roger Habgood |
C |
859 |
57.7% |
| Adrian Dyke |
LD |
432 |
29.0% |
| Rob Gully |
Grn |
198 |
13.3% |
| Mollie Floyd |
LD |
1549 |
43.6% |
| Simon Nicholls |
LD |
1520 |
|
| Habib Farbahi |
LD |
1430 |
|
| Jean Allgrove |
C |
1128 |
31.7% |
| Sharon Grant |
C |
963 |
|
| Hilary Jefferson |
C |
912 |
|
| Joe Garbett |
Grn |
484 |
13.6% |
| Kevin Terry |
Lab |
395 |
11.1% |
| Gwilym Wren |
C |
780 |
59.3% |
| Kate Burrows |
Grn |
268 |
20.4% |
| Danny Clark-Lowes |
LD |
267 |
20.3% |
| Christopher Hill |
C |
775 |
63.4% |
| Paul Tooze |
LD |
257 |
21.0% |
| Chris Lloyd |
Grn |
190 |
15.5% |
| John Williams |
C |
937 |
66.6% |
| Val Withstandley |
LD |
247 |
17.6% |
| Oscar Power |
Grn |
130 |
9.2% |
| Madelaine Spears |
Lab |
92 |
6.5% |
| Phil Stone |
LD |
910 |
46.5% |
| Duncan Cossey |
C |
844 |
43.1% |
| Gill Slattery |
LD |
837 |
|
| Bob Tyler |
C |
729 |
|
| Jon Machen |
Grn |
204 |
10.4% |
| Jean Adkins |
C |
692 |
51.6% |
| Andy Sully |
C |
591 |
|
| Paul Escott |
LD |
381 |
28.4% |
| Edward Firmin |
LD |
376 |
|
| John Ainsworth |
Grn |
267 |
19.9% |
| Dave Durdan |
C |
1040 |
40.2% |
| Kelly Durdan |
C |
1006 |
|
| Mike Marshall |
LD |
1002 |
38.7% |
| Simon Hutchings |
LD |
803 |
|
| Devon Pritchard |
Grn |
286 |
11.0% |
| Tam McFarlane |
Lab |
262 |
10.1% |
| Nick Townsend |
C |
1010 |
43.0% |
| Caroline Tucker |
C |
1001 |
|
| Gideon Amos |
LD |
721 |
30.7% |
| Margaret Senior |
LD |
663 |
|
| Roy Snelling |
Grn |
337 |
14.4% |
| Jonathan Gray |
Lab |
280 |
11.9% |
| Hazel Prior-Sankey |
LD |
1364 |
35.2% |
| Fran Smith |
LD |
870 |
|
| Bill Coombes |
C |
794 |
20.5% |
| Aaron Miller |
C |
768 |
|
| Eric Bussell |
C |
750 |
|
| Peter Smith |
LD |
671 |
|
| John Barlow |
Grn |
598 |
15.4% |
| Faye Markham |
Lab |
574 |
14.8% |
| Adrian Prior-Sankey |
Ind |
542 |
14.0% |
| Richard Lees |
LD |
656 |
34.6% |
| Simon Coles |
LD |
623 |
|
| Jason Woollacott |
C |
507 |
26.8% |
| Lily Wong |
C |
469 |
|
| Claire Williams |
Grn |
371 |
19.6% |
| David Smith |
Lab |
360 |
19.0% |
| Jeff Horsley |
LD |
1141 |
36.4% |
| Danny Wedderkopp |
LD |
1031 |
|
| Sue Lees |
LD |
964 |
|
| Henry Haslam |
C |
941 |
30.0% |
| Roderick Watson |
C |
853 |
|
| George Pineda-Langford |
C |
797 |
|
| Chris Salter |
Grn |
582 |
18.6% |
| Estelle Smillie |
Lab |
468 |
14.9% |
| Jeff Mohun |
Lab |
415 |
|
| Brenda Weston |
Lab |
382 |
|
| Christopher Appleby |
LD |
1012 |
40.4% |
| Federica Smith |
LD |
1001 |
|
| Roger Ryan |
C |
891 |
35.5% |
| Timothy Slattery |
LD |
889 |
|
| Livvi Grant |
C |
851 |
|
| Clare Marsden |
Grn |
605 |
24.1% |
| Catherine Herbert |
C |
1101 |
47.3% |
| Terry Beale |
C |
1074 |
|
| Anna Courtenay |
LD |
625 |
26.8% |
| Rene Kilner |
LD |
536 |
|
| Gavin Rees |
Grn |
325 |
13.9% |
| Colin Croad |
Lab |
279 |
12.0% |
| Michael Adkins |
C |
659 |
21.3% |
| Libby Lisgo |
Lab |
601 |
19.5% |
| Tom Aldridge |
UKIP |
583 |
18.9% |
| Chris Booth |
LD |
570 |
18.5% |
| Kenneth Hayward |
C |
543 |
|
| Bruce Nottrodt |
C |
521 |
|
| Barrie Hall |
LD |
512 |
|
| Bob Rawle |
Lab |
485 |
|
| Bob Symons |
LD |
438 |
|
| Barbara O'Connor |
Lab |
405 |
|
| Craig Rossiter |
Grn |
332 |
10.7% |
| Ben Swaine |
Ind |
251 |
8.1% |
| Nicola Messenger |
Ind |
244 |
|
| Steve German |
TUSC |
93 |
3.0% |
| Terry Hall |
C |
1441 |
43.4% |
| Stephen Martin-Scott |
C |
1387 |
|
| Patrick Berry |
C |
1289 |
|
| Alan Wedderkopp |
LD |
1237 |
37.3% |
| Rosemary Sabel |
LD |
1162 |
|
| Sarah Wakefield |
LD |
1124 |
|
| Hannah Grensted |
Grn |
641 |
19.3% |
| Tom Davies |
C |
915 |
33.1% |
| Marcia Hill |
LD |
885 |
32.0% |
| John Gage |
C |
784 |
|
| Patricia Mayhew |
C |
772 |
|
| Louise James |
LD |
740 |
|
| Paul Partington |
LD |
616 |
|
| Nicholas Bickford |
Lab |
511 |
18.5% |
| Martin Jevon |
Lab |
508 |
|
| Alan Debenham |
Grn |
454 |
16.4% |
| Marcus Prouse |
Lab |
451 |
|
| Mark Edwards |
C |
793 |
61.3% |
| Helen Wells |
LD |
266 |
20.6% |
| Liz Harvey |
Lab |
123 |
9.5% |
| John Jurgensen |
Grn |
112 |
8.7% |
| James Hunt |
C |
877 |
38.9% |
| Gary James |
C |
844 |
|
| Ross Henley |
LD |
840 |
37.2% |
| Peter Critchard |
LD |
650 |
|
| Charles Biscoe |
Lab |
282 |
12.5% |
| Zoe Ainsworth-Grigg |
Grn |
258 |
11.4% |
| Andrew Govier |
Lab |
967 |
42.7% |
| William Brown |
C |
582 |
25.7% |
| John Thorne |
C |
563 |
|
| Cliff Marsh |
Lab |
411 |
|
| Sarah Lithgow |
LD |
370 |
16.3% |
| Justin Rivett |
Grn |
344 |
15.2% |
| Janet Reed |
C |
1531 |
40.9% |
| Bob Bowrah |
C |
1469 |
|
| Vivienne Stock-Williams |
C |
1310 |
|
| Mark Lithgow |
LD |
828 |
22.1% |
| Janet Lloyd |
LD |
766 |
|
| Jill Mitton |
Lab |
717 |
19.2% |
| Jem McCluskey |
Grn |
664 |
17.8% |
| Llewe Culver-Evans |
LD |
578 |
|
| Norman Cavill |
C |
1290 |
36.6% |
| Richard Parrish |
C |
1057 |
|
| Denise Webber |
C |
960 |
|
| Ray Tully |
Ind |
804 |
22.8% |
| David Akerman |
LD |
738 |
20.9% |
| Andy Pritchard |
Grn |
692 |
19.6% |
| Bernie Withams |
LD |
609 |
|
| Eddie Gaines |
Ind |
1081 |
39.2% |
| Steve Ross |
Ind |
1000 |
|
| Michael Ball |
C |
893 |
32.4% |
| Susan Levinge |
LD |
439 |
15.9% |
| Maguerite Paffard |
Grn |
346 |
12.5% |
| Mario Laghos |
LD |
226 |
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