Election Name: | 2015 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Country: | England |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2014 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2017 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2017 |
Seats For Election: | All 55 seats to Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 28 |
Election Date: | 7 May 2015 |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats1: | 41 |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats2: | 8 |
Party4: | Mexborough First |
Seats4: | 3 |
Party5: | UK Independence Party |
Seats5: | 2 |
Map Size: | 300px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Labour |
After Election: | Labour |
The 2015 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect all members of Doncaster Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. Due to boundary changes all 55 seats were up for election.
The election resulted in the Labour Party retaining control of the council, with a majority of 27 seats.
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
valign=centre colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council[2] | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
48 | 41 | ||||
8 | 8 | ||||
Mexborough First | 3 | 3 | |||
1 | 2 | ||||
3 | 1 | ||||
Total | 63 | 55 | |||
Working majority |
The electoral division results are listed below.[3]
Spoilt ballots are not included in the below results.