Election Name: | 2015 Hart District Council Election |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Seats For Election: | 12 seats to Hart District Council |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2014 Hart District Council election |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2016 Hart District election |
Next Year: | 2016 |
Majority Seats: | 17 |
Election Date: | 7 May 2015 |
Country: | England |
Before Election: | No overall control |
After Election: | No overall control |
Party3: | Community Campaign (Hart) |
Seats3: | 2 |
Seats Before3: | 9 |
Seats After3: | 8 |
Seat Change3: | -1 |
Seats2: | 2 |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 9 |
Seats After2: | 8 |
Seat Change2: | -1 |
Seats1: | 8 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 14 |
Seats After1: | 16 |
Seat Change1: | +2 |
The 2015 Hart District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Hart District Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections. Prior to this elections, the Conservatives held a plurality with 14 seats but did not hold a majority, whilst the Liberal Democrats and Community Campaign (Hart) both had 8 seats. The remaining seat was held by an independent.
These were the second elections to be held with the new boundaries after the 2014 elections, which saw the Conservatives elected the largest party but without a majority, while Community Campaign (Hart) and the Liberal Democrats won nine seats each alongside won independent candidate. As such, the council remained under no overall control.
n the 2015 election, the Conservatives were the only party to make gains, winning two new seats, one each from the Liberal Democrats and Community Campaign Hart, with no other changes. The council remained under no overall control. As well as the three party groups on the council, one independent from Hook Ward remained but was not up for election until 2018.
The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections. Most wards only had one seat up for election, but several had two.