Election Name: | 2015 Sheffield City Council election |
Flag Image: | Coat of arms of Sheffield City Council.png |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2014 Sheffield City Council election |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2016 |
Next Year: | 2016 |
Seats For Election: | One third of seats (28 of 84) to Sheffield City Council |
Majority Seats: | 43 |
Election Date: | 7 May 2015 |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats1: | 21 |
Seat Change1: | 0 |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats2: | 5 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
Seats4: | 1 |
Seat Change4: | 0 |
Party5: | United Kingdom Independence Party |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Map Size: | 400px |
Majority party | |
Posttitle: | Majority party after election |
Before Election: | Labour |
After Election: | Labour |
Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 7 May 2015, the same day as the UK general election and local Parish Council elections. There were 28 seats up for election, one of the three councillors from each ward.
Source.[1]
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | +/- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | align=center | 59 | align=center | 59 | align=center | 0 | |
Liberal Democrats | align=center | 18 | align=center | 17 | align=center | 1 | |
Greens | align=center | 4 | align=center | 4 | align=center | 0 | |
UKIP | align=center | 3 | align=center | 4 | align=center | 1 | |
Total | 84 | 84 | |||||
Working majority |