Election Name: | 2015 Mansfield District Council election |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2011 Mansfield District Council election |
Previous Year: | 2011 |
Next Election: | 2019 Mansfield District Council election |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Seats For Election: | All 36 seats to Mansfield District Council |
Majority Seats: | 19 |
Election Date: | 7 May 2015 |
Image1: | Lab |
Leader1: | Sonya Ward |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Leaders Seat1: | Bull Farm and Pleasely Hill |
Last Election1: | 24 |
Seats1: | 18 |
Seat Change1: | 8 |
Popular Vote1: | 20,493 |
Percentage1: | 47.9% |
Swing1: | 0.1 |
Leader2: | Kate Allsop |
Party2: | Mansfield Independent Forum |
Color2: | DDDDDD |
Leaders Seat2: | Mayor |
Last Election2: | 10 |
Seats2: | 16 |
Seat Change2: | 6 |
Popular Vote2: | 16,119 |
Percentage2: | 37.7% |
Swing2: | 2 |
Image3: | UKIP |
Leader3: | Barry Answer |
Party3: | UKIP |
Leaders Seat3: | Abbott |
Last Election3: | 0 |
Seats3: | 2 |
Seat Change3: | 2 |
Popular Vote3: | 3,204 |
Percentage3: | 7.5% |
Swing3: | 6.2 |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Labour |
After Election: | No overall control |
The 2015 Mansfield District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Mansfield District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
As of November 2018, there are 17 Mansfield Independent Forum councilors, 17 Labour councillors, 2 Mansfield South Independent and 1 Conservative Party councilor. As such, the Mansfield Independent Forum have a majority of 1 seat on the council.
In May 2017, MDC Chairman, Councillor Stephen Harvey joined the Conservative Party and became the only Conservative member of the council