Election Name: | 2015 Braintree District Council election |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2011 Braintree District Council election |
Previous Year: | 2011 |
Next Election: | Braintree District Council election, 2019 |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Seats For Election: | All 49 seats to Braintree District Council |
Majority Seats: | 25 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 47 |
Seats Before1: | 47 |
Seats1: | 44 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 37,922 |
Percentage1: | 47.2 |
Swing1: | 2.7 |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 9 |
Seats Before2: | 9 |
Seats2: | 2 |
Seat Change2: | 7 |
Popular Vote2: | 15,974 |
Percentage2: | 19.9 |
Swing2: | 7.5 |
Party3: | Halstead Residents Association |
Last Election3: | 1 |
Seats Before3: | 1 |
Seats3: | 2 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 2,458 |
Percentage3: | 3.1 |
Swing3: | 0.5 |
Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
Last Election4: | 2 |
Seats Before4: | 2 |
Seats4: | 1 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 9,082 |
Percentage4: | 11.3 |
Swing4: | 0.2 |
Party5: | UK Independence Party |
Last Election5: | 0 |
Seats Before5: | 0 |
Seats5: | 0 |
Popular Vote5: | 12,470 |
Percentage5: | 15.5 |
Swing5: | 12.6 |
Party6: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election6: | 0 |
Seats Before6: | 0 |
Seats6: | 0 |
Popular Vote6: | 2,125 |
Percentage6: | 2.6 |
Swing6: | 0.9 |
Map Size: | 300px |
Leader | |
Posttitle: | Leader after election |
Before Election: | Graham Butland |
Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
After Election: | Graham Butland |
After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
The 2015 Braintree District Council election was scheduled to take place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Following a boundary change, the number of wards was reduced from 30 to 26 and the number of councillors from 60 to 49.
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Labour gained one of these seats at a 2012 by-election.