2015 Winchester City Council election

2015 Winchester City Council election
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20 of the 57 seats to Winchester City Council
29 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before 28 25
Seats won 16 4
Seats after 33 22
Seat change Increase6 Decrease4
Popular vote 27,734 16,534
Percentage 49.11 29.27
Results by Ward
Council control before election

No Overall Control

 Council control after election

Conservative

The 2015 Winchester City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Winchester City Council in England.[1] In total, 20 out of 57 council seats were up for election. The Conservatives gained majority control of Winchester City Council from No Overall Control, following the defection of two former Conservative councillors to the Liberal Democrats in 2014.[2]

After the election, the composition of Winchester City Council was:[3]

  1. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Two Conservative Councillors join the Liberal Democrats | Winchester & Chandler's Ford". Winchester Liberal Democrats. 2014. Archived from the original on 27 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  3. ^ "District Election Results May 2015". Winchester City Council. 2015. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.