2015 Hull City Council election

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Map of the results of the 2015 Hull council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Uncontested in cream. Kingston upon Hull UK 2015 Local Election map.svg
Map of the results of the 2015 Hull council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Uncontested in cream.

The 2015 Hull City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

One third of the council was up for election and Labour retained control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was [2]

Ward results

No elections were held in Bricknell, St Andrews, Southcoates East and Southcoates West wards.

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References

  1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  2. "Local election results 2015". Hull City Council. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 July 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.