2015 Gedling Borough Council election explained

Election Name:2015 Gedling Borough Council election
Country:England
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:2011 Gedling Borough Council election
Previous Year:2011
Next Election:2019 Gedling Borough Council election
Next Year:2019
Seats For Election:All 41 seats to Gedling Borough Council
Majority Seats:21
Election Date:7 May 2015
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats Before1:31
Seats1:25
Seat Change1:-6
Popular Vote1:51,256
Percentage1:39.2%
Swing1:-7.5%
Party2:Conservative Party (UK)
Seats Before2:15
Seats2:15
Seat Change2:0
Popular Vote2:48,067
Percentage2:36.8%
Swing2:-1.1%
Party3:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Seats Before3:3
Seats3:1
Seat Change3:-2
Popular Vote3:7,687
Percentage3:5.9%
Swing3:-5.4%

An election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect all members of Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England as part of the English local elections coinciding with the 2015 General Election. Each councillor serves a four-year term of office.[1]

Following Boundary Commission recommendations boundary change took place for this election to provide for 19 wards, many of which are two or three-member, thus electing 41 councillors.[2] [3]

Results

Summary of Results

Labour Party candidates won a majority, exceeding the 21 member threshold needed to reach majority party status, formerly having 64% of councillors. The Conservative group was formerly the opposition party on the council, holding 15 seats out of 50 on the larger council between 2011 and 2015. The remainder of councillors comprised Liberal Democrat members, formerly holding 3 seats on the council from 2011 to 2015, returned 1 of the council's 41 councillors.

Ward Results

Woodthorpe

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scheduled Elections. Scheduled Elections. Gedling Borough Council. 2014-02-09.
  2. Web site: LGBCE Gedling. Gedling (FER). LGBCE. 2014-02-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221152545/http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/east-midlands/nottinghamshire/gedling-fer. 21 February 2014. dead.
  3. Web site: STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION . 2015-04-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150416164328/http://www.gedling.gov.uk/media/documents/councillorsmeetings/elections/Statement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated%20-%20Gedling%20Wards.pdf . 16 April 2015 . dmy .