2015 South Oxfordshire District Council election

2015 South Oxfordshire District Council election
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Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Popular vote 65,861 21,296 17,865
Percentage 50.65% 16.38% 13.74%
 
Party Henley Residents Independent
Popular vote 3,370 4,863
Percentage 2.59% 3.74%
Wards of South Oxfordshire District Council

The 2015 South Oxfordshire District Council election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect members of South Oxfordshire District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.[1]

Elections were held for all seats on the council. After the 2011 South Oxfordshire District Council election the Boundary Commission for England had revised South Oxfordshire's district ward boundaries and reduced the number of seats from 48 to 36. the 2015 elections were the first to be held for the new revised wards.

A total of 96,644 votes were cast at polling stations and 13,527 postal votes were received. This amounted to a 66.5% turnout.[2]

The Conservative Party won 33 of the 36 new seats. The Labour Party, Liberal Democrats and Henley Residents Group each won one seat. No other party or independent candidate won any seats. The Conservative Party kept overall control of the council,[3] with its majority increased to 30.[4]

  1. ^ "Have you voted yet?". Henley Standard. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Election statistics 2015". South Oxfordshire District Council. 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Tories triumph across the board". Henley Standard. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Election Results by Political Party". South Oxfordshire District Council. 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2018.