Election Name: | 2015 Maldon District Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Previous Election: | 2011 Maldon District Council election |
Previous Year: | 2011 |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Seats For Election: | All 31 seats to Maldon District Council |
Majority Seats: | 16 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats1: | 28 |
Party2: | UK Independence Party |
Seats2: | 1 |
Election Date: | 7 May 2015 |
Map Size: | 300px |
The 2015 Maldon District Council election took place on 7 May to elect all members of Maldon District Council in Essex, England, the same day as the other 2015 United Kingdom local elections and held simultaneously at the same polling places or via the optional combined return of two postal vote envelopes with the 2015 United Kingdom General Election.[1]
The governing group of Conservative councillors continued to have the same number of representatives with at least across all areas of the district - all bar two councillors are members of this political party as before the election. The Althorne and Southminster two-seat wards returned one other affiliated member each, the latter being a hold by an independent councillor and the former a gain by a member of UKIP (from a Conservative) both thus to co-represent the area in council meetings alongside a Conservative member. A Conservative gain of an independent affiliated seat in the district, one of those for Burnham on Crouch North completed the election in which 24 seats of 26 are held by members of the same governing party.
NB: The British National Party candidates stood under the description "Fighting Unsustainable Housing because we care" but were promoted as BNP candidates.[2]