2015 South Gloucestershire Council election

2015 South Gloucestershire Council election
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All 70 seats on the South Gloucestershire Council
36 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Con
LD
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 34 seats, 42.0% 21 seats, 25.5%
Seats won 40 16
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 5
Popular vote 62,019 32,725
Percentage 41.5% 21.9%
Swing Decrease 0.5pp Decrease 3.6pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Lab
UKIP
Party Labour UKIP
Last election 15 seats, 29.8% 0 seats, 0.6%
Seats won 14 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady 0
Popular vote 35,914 15,245
Percentage 24.0% 10.2
Swing Decrease 5.8pp Increase 9.6pp
Map showing the results of the election in each ward. Colours denote the winning party as shown in the main table of results.
Council control before election

NOC

 Council control after election

Conservative

The 2015 South Gloucestershire Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of South Gloucestershire Council in England as part of nationwide local elections.[1]

For the first time since the creation of South Gloucestershire, the Conservatives took an overall majority with 40 of the 70 seats.[2] This was the second one-party majority in the history of South Gloucestershire, after the Lib Dems' 1999-2003 control.

  1. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  2. ^ "2015 district election results". South Gloucestershire Council. Archived from the original on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2017.