2015 North Somerset Council election

2015 North Somerset Council election

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All 50 seats to North Somerset Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Con Ind LD Party Conservative Independent Liberal Democrats Last election 42 seats, 44.4% 7 seats, 13.7% 6 seats, 18.7% Seats won 36 5 4 Seat change 6 2 2 Popular vote 68,171 13,941 24,319 Percentage 44.0% 9.0% 15.7% Swing 0.4% 4.7% 3.1%   Fourth party Fifth party   Lab Grn Party Labour Green Last election 5 seats, 20.3% 1 seat, 1.6% Seats won 3 1 Seat change 2 - Popular vote 27,417 5,111 Percentage 17.7% 3.3% Swing 2.6% 0.6%
Map of the results of the 2015 North Somerset council election. Conservatives in blue, independent in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Green Party in green.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

North Somerset unitary council is elected every four years, with fifty councillors to be elected. Since the first election to the unitary authority in 1995, the council has either been under Conservative party control, or no party has held a majority. The Conservatives gained a majority at the 2007 election and have retained control since then. At the 2015 election, the outcome was as follows:^[1]