VOTING for the new Stratford District Council electoral wards took place on Thursday (May 7) with a reduction in the number of councillors from 53 to 36.
The results were as follows:
Current councillors are denoted by an asterisk.
Alcester and Rural Turnout: 73.7 per cent
Sue Adams (Cons)* – 1,557 votes ELECTED
Karyl Rees (Lib Dem) – 426
James Wilkinson (Lab) – 221
Alcester Town Turnout: 64.1 per cent
Lise Evans (Green) – 94
Andrew Foster (Lab) – 225
Susan Juned (Lib Dem) – 578
Eric Payne (Cons)*- 1,079 ELECTED
Avenue Turnout: 56.54 per cent
Mark Griffiths (Green) – 102 votes
Maurice Howse (Cons)* – 511 ELECTED
John Insoll (Lib Dem) – 179
Stephen Raven (Lab) – 196
Juliet Short (Stratford First Independent) – 203
Bidford East Turnout: 65.74 per cent
Tony Kent (Lab) – 356 votes
Anthony McIsaac (Lib Dem) – 154
Daren Pemberton (Cons)* – 964 ELECTED
Graham Porter (UKIP) – 302
Bidford West and Salford Turnout: 71.5 per cent
Mark Cargill (Cons)* – 1,150 votes ELECTED
Neil Lawrence (UKIP) – 361
Huw Roberts (Lab) – 411
Bishop’s Itchington Turnout: 70.1 per cent
Penny Freedman (Lab) – 287
Pat Hotson (Green) – 196
Christopher Kettle (Cons)* – 1,341 ELECTED
Judith Klinkenberg (Lib Dem) – 175
Bishopton Turnout: 66.9 per cent
Victoria Alcock (Lib Dem) – 711 votes
Lara Jeffries (Green) – 143
Charles Roe (Lab) – 169
Robert Vaudry (Cons)* – 745 ELECTED
Brailes and Compton Turnout: 77.3 per cent
Claire Balmer (Lab) – 308 votes
Stephen Gray (Cons)* – 1,569 ELECTED
Laura Nelson (Lib Dem) – 306
Bridgetown Turnout: 73.77 per cent
Ian Fradgley (Lib Dem)* – 888 votes
Debbie Griffiths (Green) – 167
Lynda Organ (Cons)* – 1,087 ELECTED)
Graham Thompson (Lab) – 214
Clopton Turnout: 58.81 per cent
Jason Fojtik (Lab) – 330 votes ELECTED
Bill Lowe (Stratford First Independent)* – 188
Robert Massey (Green) – 58
George Matheou (Cons)* – 289
Richard Vos (Lib Dem) – 229
Ettington Turnout: 78.2 per cent
Gem Douglas (Green) – 117 votes
Bruce Robertson (Lib Dem) – 251
Christopher Scotter (Lab) – 184
Philip Seccombe (Cons)* – 1,435 ELECTED
Steven Stinton (UKIP) – 209
Guildhall Turnout: 72.8 per cent
Neil Basnett (Stratford First Independent) – 198 votes
Peter Chaddock (Green) – 154
Jenny Fradgley (Lib Dem)* – 746 ELECTED
Andrew Henderson (Lab) – 195
Eden Lee (Cons) – 651
Harbury Turnout: 72.4 per cent
Jacqui Harris (Cons) – 931 votes ELECTED
Harry Lesser (Lab) – 207
Janice Montague (Lib Dem) – 696
David Watkin (Green) – 147
Hathaway Turnout: 57.5 per cent
Maureen Ashfield (Lab) – 202 votes
Denise Harris (Cons) – 458
Peter Moorse (Lib Dem)* – 464 ELECTED
Peter Pettifor (Green) – 143
Henley-in-Arden Turnout: 71.28 per cent
Tracy Doherty (Lab) – 276 votes
Sheila Price (Lib Dem) – 197
John Stott (Green) – 213
Stephen Thirlwell (Cons)* – 1,624 ELECTED
Kineton Turnout: 71.9 per cent
Rob Ballantyne (Green) – 137 votes
Marcus Forbes-McGlen (Lib Dem) – 180
Chris Mills (Cons)* – 1,245 ELECTED
Janice Sewell (Lab) – 173
James Synge (UKIP) – 281
Kinwarton Turnout: 75.9 per cent
Lynn Bowring (Lib Dem) – 415 votes
Mike Gittus (Cons)* – 1,173 ELECTED
Martin Tipping (Labour) – 147
Napton and Fenny Compton Turnout:75.2 per cent
Mark Andrioli (Lab) – 239 votes
Susan Roderick (Lib Dem) – 281
Neill Toyne (UKIP) – 329
Chris Williams (Cons)* – 1,123 ELECTED
Quinton Turnout: 69.8 per cent
Mike Brain (Cons)* – 1,134 votes ELECTED
Sue Main (UKIP) – 229
Anne Parker (Lib Dem) – 174
Emma Rowlands (Lab) – 159
Red Horse Turnout: 77.9 per cent
Bart Dalla Mura (Cons) – 1,317 votes ELECTED
Edward Fila (UKIP) – 320
Nina Knapman (Lib Dem) – 202
Stuart Payne (Lab) – 273
Shipston North Turnout: 72.66 per cent
Richard Henderson (UKIP) – 293 votes
Jeff Kenner (Lab) – 550
Rosie Parker (Green) – 165
Chris Saint (Cons)* – 1,158 ELECTED
Shipston South Turnout: 73.4 per cent
Jo Barker (Cons) – 756 votes ELECTED
Richard Cheney (Lib Dem)* – 740
David Passingham (Green) – 90
Mark Pilbeam (UKIP) – 203
Jackie Warner (Lab) – 294
Shottery Turnout: 74.4 per cent
Bill Dowling (Lib Dem)* – 559 votes
Robert Freedman (Lab) – 156
Dominic Giles (Green) – 158
Molly Giles (Cons) – 853 ELECTED
Kate Himmens (UKIP) – 178
Snitterfield Turnout: 76.8 per cent
John Hartigan (Lab) – 196 votes
Hebe Hetherington (Green) – 211
Peter Richards (Cons)* – 1,488 ELECTED
Diane Walden (Lib Dem) – 251
Southam North Turnout: 66 per cent
James Briggs (Lab) – 397 votes
Tony Bromwich (Cons)* – 852 ELECTED
Jonathan Bush (UKIP) – 257
Janet Cox (Lib Dem) – 160
Southam South Turnout:68.7 per cent
Andy Crump (Cons)* – 1,051 votes ELECTED
Patrick Jenkins (Green) – 122
Andrew Patrick (Lib Dem) – 80
Amanda Sanders (UKIP) – 246
Jane Soni (Lab) – 331
Studley with Mappleborough Green Turnout: 69.6 per cent
Wayne Bates (Lab) – 275 votes
Justin Kerridge (Cons)* – 871 ELECTED
Victoria Parker (Green) – 94
Hazel Wright (Lib Dem)* – 793
Studley with Sambourne Turnout: 67.6 per cent
Paul Beaman (Lib Dem)* – 628 votes
Karen Somner-Brown (Lab) – 364
Eric Holder (Independent)* – 111
Susan Jones (UKIP) – 207
Nick Moon (Cons) – 655 ELECTED
Karen Varga (Lab) – 44
Tanworth-in-Arden Turnout: 70.5 per cent
George Atkinson (Cons)* – 1,308 votes ELECTED
Manjit Kaur (Lab) – 129
William Maurice (Lib Dem) – 93
Peter Oakley (UKIP)* – 355
Tiddington Turnout: 77.8 per cent
Philip Applin (Cons) – 896 votes
Daniel Douglas (Green) – 107
Marion Morgan (Lab) – 167
Kate Rolfe (Lib Dem)* – 1,086 ELECTED
Welcombe Turnout: 71.8 per cent
Wendy Fojtik (Lab) – 164 votes
Trevor Honychurch (Lib Dem) – 282
Tony Jefferson (Cons)* – 659 ELECTED
Keith Lloyd (Stratford First Independent)* – 579
Duncan Parker (Green) – 104
Welford-on-Avon Turnout: 78.1 per cent
Peter Barnes (Independent)* – 975 votes ELECTED
Vanessa Lowe (Cons) – 964
Cat Price (Lab) – 116
Wellesbourne East Turnout: 74.24 per cent
Stephen England (Green) – 128 votes
David Johnston (Lib Dem)* – 641
Dominic Mafham (Lab) – 177
Anne Parry (Cons)* – 1,138 ELECTED
Frank Rietz (UKIP) – 228
Wellesbourne West Turnout: 74.2 per cent
Jacqueline Abbott (Lab) – 178 votes
Nicola Carpenter (Green) – 113
Danny Kendall (Cons)* – 1,082 ELECTED
Dave Sibert (Lib Dem) – 441
Wootton Wawen Turnout: 71.2 per cent
Richard Dean (Lib Dem) – 232 votes
Barry Doherty (Lab) – 193
Cassie Humphries (Green) – 154
Simon Lawton (Cons) – 1,168 ELECTED
Brett Parsons (UKIP) – 380
Overall Turnout: 71.4 per cent
The current political standings of Stratford District Council’s 36 seats are:
Conservatives – 31 seats
Liberal Democrats – 3 seats
Labour – 1 seat
Independent – 1 seat
