2015 Southampton City Council election - Wikipedia

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2015 Southampton City Council election

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A third of seats to Southampton City Council 23 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Independent Seats won 12 8 1 Seats after 26 20 2 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 35,085 34,928 2,498 Percentage 34.2 34.1 2.4 Swing 7.1% 3.6% 1.6%
Map showing the election results. Each ward represents 1 seat
Majority party before election Labour Majority party after election Labour

The 2015 Southampton City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Southampton City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 26 (-2)
• Conservative 20 (+2)
• Councillors Against Cuts 2

Just one week after the election, newly re-elected Labour councillor for Redbridge, Andrew Pope, who had represented the area since 2011, left Labour to sit as an independent, citing concerns he had with the leader of the council, Simon Letts, who he accused of "putting his own position ahead of the people of Southampton" and of lacking "vision and strong leadership".^[1]

Southampton Council is elected in thirds, which means all comparisons are to the corresponding 2011 Southampton Council election.

Southampton Local Election Result 2015

Party	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	2	0	2	50.0	34.1	34,928	3.6
	Labour	7	0	3	3	43.8	34.2	35,085	7.1
	Independent	1	1	0	1	6.3	2.4	2,498	1.6
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	12.4	12,728	New
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	8.6	8,786	6.2
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	7.2	7,414	6.6
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	1,021	1.9

Comparison to Local Election Result 2014
Party	Votes %	+/-
	Labour	34.2	0.1
	Conservative	34.1	3.0
	UKIP	12.4	2.7
	Green	8.6	3.2
	Liberal Democrats	7.2	0.8
	Independent	2.4	1.1
	TUSC	1.0	1.8