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The2015 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect all members ofDoncaster Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as otherlocal elections. Due to boundary changes all 55 seats were up for election.
The election resulted in theLabour Party retaining control of the council, with a majority of 27 seats.
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
| Party | Previous council[2] | New council | |||
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| Labour | 48 | 41 | |||
| Conservative | 8 | 8 | |||
| Mexborough First | 3 | 3 | |||
| UKIP | 1 | 2 | |||
| Independent | 3 | 1 | |||
| Total | 63 | 55 | |||
| Working majority | 33 | 27 | |||
Theelectoral division results are listed below.[3]
Spoilt ballots are not included in the below results.
| 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 | 53.7 | ||||
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| 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 | 54.5 | ||||
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| 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 | 52.4 | ||||
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| 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 | 51.1 | ||||
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| 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 | 62.6 | ||||
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| 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 | 56.7 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | 61.1 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | 58.5 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | 66.2 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | 58.1 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | 49.2 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | 52.3 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | 62.1 | ||||
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| 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 | 60.2 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | 58.1 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | 66.8 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | 56.1 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | 54.3 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | 67.3 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | 51.8 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | 52.4 | ||||
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