Election Name: | 2015 South Gloucestershire Council election |
Popular Vote4: | 35,914 |
Percentage4: | 24.0% |
Swing4: | 5.8 |
Party5: | UK Independence Party |
Seats5: | 0 |
Seat Change5: | 0 |
Popular Vote5: | 15,245 |
Percentage5: | 10.2 |
Swing5: | 9.6 |
Map Size: | 320px |
Seats4: | 14 |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | NOC |
After Election: | Conservative |
Last Election1: | 34 seats, |
Last Election2: | 21 seats, |
Last Election4: | 15 seats, |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2011 South Gloucestershire Council election |
Previous Year: | 2011 |
Next Election: | 2019 South Gloucestershire Council election |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Seats For Election: | All 70 seats on the South Gloucestershire Council |
Majority Seats: | 36 |
Election Date: | 7 May 2015 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats1: | 40 |
Party4: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seat Change1: | 6 |
Popular Vote1: | 62,019 |
Percentage1: | 41.5% |
Swing1: | 0.5 |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats2: | 16 |
Seat Change2: | 5 |
Popular Vote2: | 32,725 |
Percentage2: | 21.9% |
Swing2: | 3.6 |
Last Election5: | 0 seats, |
Image1: | Con |
Image4: | Lab |
Image5: | UKIP |
The 2015 South Gloucestershire Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of South Gloucestershire Council in England as part of nationwide local elections.[1]
For the first time since the creation of South Gloucestershire, the Conservatives took an overall majority with 40 of the 70 seats.[2] This was the second one-party majority in the history of South Gloucestershire, after the Lib Dems' 1999-2003 control.