2015 – 7th May – Kenilworth Town Council Elections

Abbey (5 seats)

Candidate	Party	Votes
*Michael Francis Coker	Conservative	1580
*George Reginald Illingworth	Conservative	1516
Rowena Ann Hill	Conservative	1481
Helen Delaney	Conservative	1406
*Katherine Sara Dickson	Liberal Democrats	1378
James Maher	Conservative	1239
John Richard Whitehouse	Lib-Dems	1217
Alison Rita Margaret Tyler	Lib-Dems	1165
Andrew Tulloch	Lib-Dems	1131
Andrew Brierley	Lib-Dems	1042
Joshua Payne	Labour	743
Rhiannon Freguelli	Trade Union & Social Coalition	241

Park Hill (6 seats)

Candidate	Party	Votes
*Dave John Shilton	Conservative	2873
*Felicity Gena Bunker	Conservative	2777
*Andrew James Mobbs	Conservative	2709
Richard John Hales	Conservative	2599
*Shirley Beatrice Shilton	Conservative	2475
*Michael Charles Hitchins	Conservative	2344
Jeremy Eastaugh	Labour	1736

St John’s (6 seats)

Candidate	Party	Votes
Patricia May Cain	Conservative	2448
*Richard Ivor Davies	Conservative	2383
Marilyn Bates	Conservative	2356
*John Anthony Cooke	Conservative	2341
Alastair Bates	Conservative	2248
Clive Nelson	Conservative	1718
Richard Guy Dickson	Lib-Dems	1615
Gillian Ann Palmer	Lib-Dems	1431
Richard Grimes	Labour	1161
Lynn Annette Pollard	Lib-Dems	1115
Mary Latham Harrison	Lib-Dems	1088
Nicholas Hoten	Labour	1065
Ian Malcolm Fenwick	Lib-Dems	1061
Peter Joseph Shiels	Labour	1036
John Steven Wilson	Lib-Dems	939

LANDSLIDE FOR CONSERVATIVES

It was hardy a contest in the town election this year, which left only one non-Tory on the council. Lib-Dem, Kate Dickson was the soul survivor, retaining her seat in Abbey ward.

In Park Hill, if it wasn’t for Jeremy Eastaugh of the Labour Party, there wouldn’t have been an election at all. With six seats up for grabs, only seven candidates stood. The Lib-Dems deeming it a Tory stronghold, so wasn’t worth contesting. They were dead right.

Lib-Dem, Patrick Ryan, who had been on the council (Abbey Ward) for the last 12 years, did not seek re-election. He first stood in a town election way back in 1987, and was eventually elected to the council from 1991 to 1999.

Following retirements and resignations, the Conservatives have seven newcomers to Jubilee House. Helen Delaney and Rowena Hill in Abbey, Richard Hales in Park Hill, and Pat Cain, Marilyn Bates, Alastair Bates and Clive Nelson in St. John’s. John Cooke will become the leader of the council and Michael Coker, the Mayor.

Kenilworth Town Councillors

16 Conservatives (Coker, Cooke, Cain, Davies, Bates, Bates, Nelson, D. Shilton, S. Shilton, Bunker, Mobbs, Hales, Hitchins, Illingworth, Hill, Delaney)

1 Liberal Democrats (Dickson)

Mayors