2015 Maldon District Council election explained

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]

Result

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]

Ward results

Wickham Bishops & Woodham

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Upcoming elections & referendums . 12 April 2015 . The Electoral Commission . https://web.archive.org/web/20150315102043/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums . 15 March 2015 . live.
  2. Web site: Three Heybridge Patriots make a stand against unsustainable housing British National Party . 10 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160817160501/http://www.bnp.org.uk/news/regional/three-heybridge-patriots-make-stand-against-unsustainable-housing . 17 August 2016 . dead . dmy-all .