2015 South Gloucestershire Council election - Wikipedia

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2015 South Gloucestershire Council election

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All 70 seats on the South Gloucestershire Council 36 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Con LD Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 34 seats, 42.0% 21 seats, 25.5% Seats won 40 16 Seat change 6 5 Popular vote 62,019 32,725 Percentage 41.5% 21.9% Swing 0.5pp 3.6pp   Third party Fourth party   Lab UKIP Party Labour UKIP Last election 15 seats, 29.8% 0 seats, 0.6% Seats won 14 0 Seat change 1 0 Popular vote 35,914 15,245 Percentage 24.0% 10.2 Swing 5.8pp 9.6pp
Map showing the results of the election in each ward. Colours denote the winning party as shown in the main table of results.
Council control before election NOC Council control after election Conservative

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.

South Gloucestershire Council election, 2015^[2]

Party	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	40	6	0	6	57.1	41.5	62,019	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	16	0	5	5	22.8	21.9	32,725	3.6
	Labour	14	0	1	1	20.0	24.0	35,914	5.8
	UKIP	0	0	0	±0	0.0	10.2	15,245	9.6
	Independent	0	0	0	±0	0.0	1.1	1,601	0.4
	Green	0	0	0	±0	0.0	1.0	1,568	0.1
	TUSC	0	0	0	±0	0.0	0.2	372