2015 United Kingdom local elections

2015 United Kingdom local elections
← 2014 7 May 2015 2016 →
All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 49 out of 55 unitary authorities,
194 out of 201 district councils, and 6 directly elected mayors
Turnout65%[1]
  First party Second party
  David Cameron Ed Miliband
Leader David Cameron Ed Miliband
Party Conservative Labour
Leader since 6 December 2005 25 September 2010
Swing Increase6% Decrease2%
Projected vote-share 35% 29%
Councils 163 74
Councils +/– Increase32 Decrease3
Councillors 5,521 2,278
Councillors +/– Increase541 Decrease203
  Third party Fourth party
  Nick Clegg Nigel Farage
Leader Nick Clegg Nigel Farage
Party Liberal Democrats UKIP
Leader since 18 December 2007 5 November 2010
Swing Decrease2%[a] Decrease4%
Projected vote-share 11% 13%
Councils 4 1
Councils +/– Decrease4 Increase1
Councillors 658 202
Councillors +/– Decrease411 Increase176
The results in England. White areas indicate elections were not held here in 2015.

The 2015 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 7 May 2015, the same day as the general election for the House of Commons.

With the exception of those areas that have had boundary changes, the council seats up for election in England were last contested in the 2011 local elections. To date these are the last local elections to coincide with a general election in the United Kingdom.

  1. ^ Daniel Wainwright (9 April 2019). "Council elections: Why don't people vote?". Retrieved 20 April 2019.


Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).