Local Elections 2015
Local Elections 2015 was held on 7 May 2015. 9,389 seats were filled across 6,027 wards and divisions in 315 councils, from 30,763 candidates. Conservative Party won 5,568, The Labour Party won 2,304 and Liberal Democrats won 662.
- Date
- 7 May 2015
- Seats filled
- 9,389
- Candidates
- 30,763
- Councils
- 315
| Party | Candidates | Seats won | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 8,710 | 5,568 | 11,115,361 | 39.4% |
| The Labour Party | 7,033 | 2,304 | 7,885,937 | 28.0% |
| Liberal Democrats | 4,323 | 662 | 2,897,759 | 10.3% |
| Independent | 1,510 | 354 | 931,988 | 3.3% |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 4,121 | 202 | 3,068,328 | 10.9% |
| Independent / other | 391 | 102 | 293,952 | 1.0% |
| Green Party | 3,553 | 84 | 1,582,665 | 5.6% |
| MIF | 24 | 12 | 14,138 | 0.1% |
| LincsInd | 20 | 8 | 20,091 | 0.1% |
| CityInd | 16 | 7 | 14,712 | 0.1% |
| LIB | 38 | 6 | 14,336 | 0.1% |
| Scottish National Party | 5 | 5 | 21,685 | 0.1% |
| IBIS | 6 | 5 | 12,329 | 0.0% |
| CIIP | 6 | 4 | 7,815 | 0.0% |
| Nonsuch | 3 | 3 | 6,202 | 0.0% |
| MF | 3 | 3 | 6,019 | 0.0% |
| S&G RA | 7 | 3 | 4,960 | 0.0% |
| RA E&E | 3 | 3 | 3,797 | 0.0% |
| WERRA | 3 | 3 | 3,481 | 0.0% |
| EWycombe | 4 | 3 | 2,306 | 0.0% |
| RIG | 5 | 3 | 2,132 | 0.0% |
| PoolePpl | 7 | 2 | 9,201 | 0.0% |
| MBI | 15 | 2 | 9,148 | 0.0% |
| Molesey | 3 | 2 | 5,045 | 0.0% |
| EDevon | 3 | 2 | 4,648 | 0.0% |
| WSuffolk | 7 | 2 | 4,498 | 0.0% |
| Ashford | 10 | 2 | 4,149 | 0.0% |
| CC(Hart) | 2 | 2 | 4,077 | 0.0% |
| HRI | 2 | 2 | 3,623 | 0.0% |
| OWRRA | 2 | 2 | 3,468 | 0.0% |
| TDWGRA | 2 | 2 | 3,463 | 0.0% |
| RIRG | 3 | 2 | 2,886 | 0.0% |
| Selston | 2 | 2 | 2,692 | 0.0% |
| JustPsdn | 2 | 2 | 2,001 | 0.0% |
| ICHC | 18 | 1 | 13,506 | 0.0% |
| NSom1st | 9 | 1 | 7,496 | 0.0% |
| Moorlnds | 15 | 1 | 6,504 | 0.0% |
| Rochford | 8 | 1 | 5,659 | 0.0% |
| Eston | 6 | 1 | 5,415 | 0.0% |
| Morley Borough Independents | 1 | 1 | 4,271 | 0.0% |
| Council | Wards / divisions | Seats filled | Largest party | Its seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allerdale | 31 | 56 | Labour | 28 |
| Amber Valley | 15 | 15 | Conservative | 14 |
| Arun | 23 | 54 | Conservative | 42 |
| Ashfield | 23 | 35 | Labour | 22 |
| Ashford | 35 | 43 | Conservative | 34 |
| Aylesbury Vale | 33 | 59 | Conservative | 43 |
| Babergh | 27 | 43 | Conservative | 31 |
| Barnet | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Barnsley | 21 | 21 | Labour | 19 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 13 | 36 | Labour | 27 |
| Basildon | 14 | 14 | Conservative | 8 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 21 | 21 | Conservative | 16 |
| Bassetlaw | 25 | 48 | Labour | 33 |
| Bath & North East Somerset | 37 | 65 | Conservative | 37 |
| Bedford | 27 | 40 | Conservative | 15 |
| Birmingham | 40 | 41 | Labour | 29 |
| Blaby | 18 | 39 | Conservative | 29 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 21 | 21 | Labour | 15 |
| Blackpool | 21 | 42 | Labour | 29 |
| Bolsover | 20 | 37 | Labour | 32 |
| Bolton | 20 | 22 | Labour | 14 |
| Boston | 15 | 30 | Conservative | 13 |
| Bournemouth | 18 | 52 | Conservative | 49 |
| Bracknell Forest | 18 | 42 | Conservative | 41 |
| Bradford | 30 | 30 | Labour | 17 |
| Braintree | 26 | 49 | Conservative | 44 |
| Breckland | 27 | 49 | Conservative | 42 |
| Brentwood | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 11 |
| Bridgend | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Brighton & Hove | 21 | 54 | Labour | 23 |
| Bristol, City of | 24 | 24 | Labour | 12 |
| Broadland | 27 | 47 | Conservative | 43 |
| Bromsgrove | 30 | 31 | Conservative | 18 |
| Broxbourne | 10 | 10 | Conservative | 9 |
| Broxtowe | 20 | 44 | Conservative | 27 |
| Burnley | 15 | 16 | Labour | 10 |
| Bury | 17 | 17 | Labour | 10 |
| Calderdale | 17 | 17 | Conservative | 10 |
| Cambridge | 14 | 14 | Labour | 8 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Camden | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Cannock Chase | 15 | 15 | Conservative | 9 |
| Canterbury | 21 | 39 | Conservative | 31 |
| Carlisle | 18 | 18 | Labour | 10 |
| Castle Point | 14 | 14 | Conservative | 10 |
| Central Bedfordshire | 31 | 59 | Conservative | 53 |
| Charnwood | 28 | 52 | Conservative | 41 |
| Chelmsford | 24 | 57 | Conservative | 52 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Cherwell | 17 | 17 | Conservative | 14 |
| Cheshire East | 52 | 82 | Conservative | 53 |
| Cheshire West & Chester | 45 | 74 | Labour | 37 |
| Chesterfield | 19 | 48 | Labour | 38 |
| Chichester | 29 | 48 | Conservative | 42 |
| Chiltern | 25 | 40 | Conservative | 35 |
| Chorley | 15 | 15 | Labour | 8 |
| Christchurch | 11 | 25 | Conservative | 21 |
| Colchester | 20 | 20 | Conservative | 13 |
| Copeland | 25 | 51 | Labour | 29 |
| Corby | 12 | 29 | Labour | 24 |
| Cornwall | 2 | 2 | Labour | 1 |
| Cotswold | 32 | 34 | Conservative | 24 |
| County Durham | 4 | 4 | Labour | 3 |
| Coventry | 18 | 18 | Labour | 14 |
| Craven | 13 | 13 | Conservative | 9 |
| Crawley | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 9 |
| Dacorum | 25 | 51 | Conservative | 46 |
| Darlington | 20 | 50 | Labour | 29 |
| Dartford | 17 | 44 | Conservative | 34 |
| Daventry | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 12 |
| Derby | 17 | 17 | Labour | 11 |
| Derbyshire | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Derbyshire Dales | 25 | 39 | Conservative | 29 |
| Doncaster | 21 | 55 | Labour | 41 |
| Dover | 21 | 45 | Conservative | 25 |
| Dudley | 24 | 24 | Conservative | 13 |
| Durham | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| Durham | 2 | 2 | Labour | 2 |
| Ealing | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| East Cambridgeshire | 19 | 39 | Conservative | 36 |
| East Devon | 32 | 59 | Conservative | 37 |
| East Dorset | 16 | 29 | Conservative | 24 |
| East Hampshire | 38 | 44 | Conservative | 42 |
| East Hertfordshire | 30 | 50 | Conservative | 50 |
| East Lindsey | 37 | 55 | Conservative | 33 |
| East Northamptonshire | 22 | 40 | Conservative | 37 |
| East Riding Of Yorkshire | 26 | 67 | Conservative | 51 |
| East Staffordshire | 21 | 39 | Conservative | 25 |
| Eastbourne | 9 | 27 | Liberal Democrats | 18 |
| Eastleigh | 14 | 14 | Liberal Democrats | 12 |
| Eden | 30 | 38 | Conservative | 21 |
| Elmbridge | 21 | 21 | Conservative | 13 |
| Enfield | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Epping Forest | 18 | 18 | Conservative | 17 |
| Epsom And Ewell | 13 | 38 | Ind | 22 |
| Erewash | 19 | 47 | Conservative | 30 |
| Exeter | 13 | 13 | Labour | 9 |
| Fenland | 24 | 39 | Conservative | 34 |
| Fife | 2 | 2 | SNP | 2 |
| Flintshire | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Forest Heath | 14 | 27 | Conservative | 21 |
| Forest Of Dean | 27 | 48 | Conservative | 21 |
| Fylde | 21 | 54 | Conservative | 35 |
| Gateshead | 22 | 22 | Labour | 19 |
| Gedling | 19 | 41 | Labour | 25 |
| Gloucester | 11 | 11 | Conservative | 8 |
| Gravesham | 18 | 43 | Conservative | 23 |
| Great Yarmouth | 13 | 13 | Conservative | 8 |
| Greenwich | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Guildford | 22 | 48 | Conservative | 35 |
| Halton | 19 | 19 | Labour | 18 |
| Hambleton | 17 | 28 | Conservative | 27 |
| Hampshire | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Harborough | 25 | 37 | Conservative | 29 |
| Harlow | 11 | 12 | Labour | 7 |
| Harrogate | 19 | 19 | Conservative | 13 |
| Hart | 11 | 12 | Conservative | 8 |
| Hartlepool | 11 | 11 | Labour | 9 |
| Havant | 10 | 10 | Conservative | 10 |
| Herefordshire | 53 | 53 | Conservative | 29 |
| Hertsmere | 15 | 39 | Conservative | 37 |
| High Peak | 28 | 43 | Conservative | 23 |
| Highland | 1 | 1 | SNP | 1 |
| Hinckley And Bosworth | 16 | 34 | Conservative | 21 |
| Horsham | 22 | 44 | Conservative | 39 |
| Huntingdonshire | 18 | 18 | Conservative | 16 |
| Hyndburn | 12 | 12 | Labour | 9 |
| Ipswich | 16 | 18 | Labour | 10 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Kent | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Kettering | 17 | 36 | Conservative | 27 |
| King's Lynn And West Norfolk | 42 | 62 | Conservative | 50 |
| Kingston Upon Hull | 19 | 19 | Labour | 17 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 2 | 2 | Liberal Democrats | 2 |
| Kirklees | 23 | 24 | Labour | 13 |
| Knowsley | 21 | 22 | Labour | 22 |
| Lambeth | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Lancaster | 27 | 60 | Labour | 29 |
| Leeds | 33 | 34 | Labour | 22 |
| Leicester | 21 | 54 | Labour | 52 |
| Leicestershire | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Lewes | 21 | 41 | Conservative | 24 |
| Lichfield | 22 | 47 | Conservative | 41 |
| Lincoln | 11 | 11 | Labour | 8 |
| Liverpool | 30 | 31 | Labour | 29 |
| Luton | 19 | 48 | Labour | 35 |
| Maidstone | 19 | 19 | Conservative | 11 |
| Maldon | 17 | 31 | Conservative | 28 |
| Malvern Hills | 22 | 38 | Conservative | 23 |
| Manchester | 32 | 32 | Labour | 32 |
| Mansfield | 36 | 36 | Labour | 19 |
| Medway | 22 | 54 | Conservative | 35 |
| Melton | 16 | 28 | Conservative | 26 |
| Mendip | 34 | 47 | Conservative | 32 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 2 | 2 | Labour | 2 |
| Mid Devon | 24 | 42 | Conservative | 28 |
| Mid Suffolk | 30 | 40 | Conservative | 29 |
| Mid Sussex | 26 | 54 | Conservative | 54 |
| Middlesbrough | 20 | 46 | Labour | 33 |
| Milton Keynes | 19 | 19 | Conservative | 13 |
| Mole Valley | 14 | 15 | Conservative | 12 |
| Neath Port Talbot | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| New Forest | 34 | 60 | Conservative | 58 |
| Newark And Sherwood | 21 | 39 | Conservative | 24 |
| Newcastle Upon Tyne | 26 | 28 | Labour | 23 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 21 | 21 | Labour | 11 |
| Newham | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Norfolk | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| North Devon | 27 | 43 | Conservative | 19 |
| North Dorset | 19 | 33 | Conservative | 27 |
| North East Derbyshire | 25 | 53 | Labour | 34 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 15 | 16 | Labour | 9 |
| North Hertfordshire | 16 | 16 | Conservative | 14 |
| North Kesteven | 26 | 43 | Conservative | 28 |
| North Lincolnshire | 17 | 43 | Conservative | 26 |
| North Norfolk | 34 | 48 | Conservative | 33 |
| North Somerset | 35 | 50 | Conservative | 36 |
| North Tyneside | 20 | 20 | Labour | 18 |
| North Warwickshire | 17 | 35 | Conservative | 22 |
| North West Leicestershire | 38 | 38 | Conservative | 25 |
| Northampton | 33 | 45 | Conservative | 26 |
| Norwich | 13 | 15 | Labour | 10 |
| Nottingham | 20 | 55 | Labour | 52 |
| Oadby And Wigston | 10 | 26 | Liberal Democrats | 19 |
| Oldham | 20 | 20 | Labour | 16 |
| Oxfordshire | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Pendle | 17 | 18 | Conservative | 9 |
| Perth and Kinross | 2 | 2 | SNP | 2 |
| Peterborough | 19 | 20 | Conservative | 11 |
| Plymouth | 19 | 19 | Conservative | 10 |
| Poole | 16 | 42 | Conservative | 32 |
| Portsmouth | 14 | 14 | Conservative | 9 |
| Preston | 19 | 19 | Labour | 11 |
| Purbeck | 13 | 25 | Conservative | 20 |
| Reading | 15 | 15 | Labour | 9 |
| Redcar & Cleveland | 22 | 59 | Labour | 29 |
| Redditch | 10 | 11 | Conservative | 9 |
| Reigate & Banstead | 18 | 18 | Conservative | 16 |
| Ribble Valley | 24 | 40 | Conservative | 35 |
| Richmondshire | 24 | 34 | Conservative | 21 |
| Rochdale | 20 | 20 | Labour | 15 |
| Rochford | 13 | 13 | Conservative | 11 |
| Rossendale | 12 | 14 | Conservative | 7 |
| Rother | 20 | 38 | Conservative | 31 |
| Rotherham | 21 | 22 | Labour | 19 |
| Rugby | 14 | 14 | Conservative | 8 |
| Runnymede | 14 | 15 | Conservative | 13 |
| Rushcliffe | 25 | 44 | Conservative | 34 |
| Rushmoor | 13 | 14 | Conservative | 10 |
| Rutland | 16 | 26 | Conservative | 17 |
| Ryedale | 20 | 30 | Conservative | 20 |
| Salford | 20 | 20 | Labour | 17 |
| Sandwell | 24 | 24 | Labour | 24 |
| Scarborough | 25 | 50 | Conservative | 26 |
| Sedgemoor | 23 | 48 | Conservative | 35 |
| Sefton | 22 | 23 | Labour | 15 |
| Selby | 19 | 31 | Conservative | 22 |
| Sevenoaks | 26 | 54 | Conservative | 49 |
| Sheffield | 28 | 28 | Labour | 21 |
| Shepway | 13 | 30 | Conservative | 22 |
| Slough | 14 | 14 | Labour | 10 |
| Solihull | 17 | 17 | Conservative | 14 |
| Somerset | 2 | 4 | Conservative | 3 |
| South Bucks | 12 | 28 | Conservative | 27 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 19 | 19 | Conservative | 16 |
| South Derbyshire | 15 | 36 | Conservative | 24 |
| South Gloucestershire | 35 | 70 | Conservative | 40 |
| South Hams | 20 | 31 | Conservative | 25 |
| South Holland | 18 | 37 | Conservative | 28 |
| South Kesteven | 30 | 56 | Conservative | 45 |
| South Lakeland | 18 | 18 | Liberal Democrats | 10 |
| South Norfolk | 36 | 46 | Conservative | 40 |
| South Northamptonshire | 27 | 42 | Conservative | 35 |
| South Oxfordshire | 21 | 36 | Conservative | 33 |
| South Ribble | 23 | 50 | Conservative | 29 |
| South Somerset | 39 | 60 | Liberal Democrats | 29 |
| South Staffordshire | 25 | 49 | Conservative | 43 |
| South Tyneside | 18 | 18 | Labour | 18 |
| Southampton | 16 | 16 | Conservative | 8 |
| Southend-On-Sea | 17 | 19 | Conservative | 13 |
| Southwark | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Spelthorne | 13 | 39 | Conservative | 35 |
| St Albans | 20 | 20 | Conservative | 15 |
| St Edmundsbury | 31 | 45 | Conservative | 36 |
| St. Helens | 16 | 17 | Labour | 15 |
| Stafford | 23 | 40 | Conservative | 29 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 27 | 56 | Conservative | 35 |
| Stevenage | 13 | 13 | Labour | 8 |
| Stockport | 21 | 21 | Conservative | 7 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 26 | 56 | Labour | 32 |
| Stoke On Trent | 37 | 44 | Labour | 21 |
| Stratford-On-Avon | 36 | 36 | Conservative | 31 |
| Stroud | 18 | 18 | Conservative | 6 |
| Suffolk | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Suffolk Coastal | 26 | 42 | Conservative | 37 |
| Sunderland | 25 | 25 | Labour | 24 |
| Surrey Heath | 16 | 40 | Conservative | 36 |
| Swale | 24 | 47 | Conservative | 32 |
| Swansea | 3 | 3 | Labour | 3 |
| Swindon | 19 | 19 | Conservative | 11 |
| Tameside | 19 | 19 | Labour | 17 |
| Tamworth | 10 | 10 | Conservative | 8 |
| Tandridge | 14 | 14 | Conservative | 12 |
| Taunton Deane | 26 | 56 | Conservative | 36 |
| Teignbridge | 25 | 46 | Conservative | 29 |
| Telford & Wrekin | 30 | 53 | Labour | 27 |
| Tendring | 35 | 60 | Conservative | 23 |
| Test Valley | 24 | 48 | Conservative | 38 |
| Tewkesbury | 22 | 38 | Conservative | 33 |
| Thanet | 23 | 56 | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 33 |
| Three Rivers | 13 | 13 | Conservative | 9 |
| Thurrock | 16 | 16 | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 7 |
| Tonbridge And Malling | 24 | 54 | Conservative | 48 |
| Torbay | 15 | 36 | Conservative | 25 |
| Torridge | 23 | 36 | Conservative | 19 |
| Trafford | 21 | 21 | Conservative | 13 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 16 | 17 | Conservative | 17 |
| Uttlesford | 22 | 39 | Conservative | 23 |
| Vale Of White Horse | 24 | 38 | Conservative | 29 |
| Wakefield | 21 | 21 | Labour | 17 |
| Walsall | 20 | 20 | Conservative | 11 |
| Wandsworth | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Warrington | 19 | 19 | Labour | 14 |
| Warwick | 22 | 46 | Conservative | 31 |
| Warwickshire | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Watford | 12 | 13 | Labour | 6 |
| Waveney | 23 | 48 | Conservative | 27 |
| Waverley | 29 | 57 | Conservative | 53 |
| Wealden | 35 | 55 | Conservative | 50 |
| Wellingborough | 16 | 36 | Conservative | 27 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 16 | 16 | Conservative | 12 |
| West Berkshire | 30 | 52 | Conservative | 48 |
| West Devon | 18 | 31 | Conservative | 21 |
| West Dorset | 24 | 42 | Conservative | 30 |
| West Lancashire | 18 | 18 | Labour | 11 |
| West Lindsey | 20 | 36 | Conservative | 24 |
| West Oxfordshire | 16 | 17 | Conservative | 16 |
| West Somerset | 16 | 28 | Conservative | 21 |
| Westminster | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Weymouth and Portland | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 9 |
| Wigan | 25 | 25 | Labour | 23 |
| Wiltshire | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Winchester | 20 | 20 | Conservative | 16 |
| Windsor & Maidenhead | 23 | 57 | Conservative | 54 |
| Wirral | 22 | 22 | Labour | 14 |
| Woking | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 10 |
| Wokingham | 18 | 18 | Conservative | 18 |
| Wolverhampton | 20 | 20 | Labour | 16 |
| Worcester | 11 | 11 | Conservative | 8 |
| Worthing | 11 | 11 | Conservative | 11 |
| Wychavon | 32 | 45 | Conservative | 39 |
| Wycombe | 28 | 60 | Conservative | 47 |
| Wyre | 24 | 50 | Conservative | 36 |
| Wyre Forest | 12 | 33 | Conservative | 23 |
| York | 21 | 47 | Labour | 15 |
