2015 North Warwickshire Borough Council election

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2015 North Warwickshire Borough Council election
  2011 7 May 2015 2019  

All 35 seats to North Warwickshire Borough Council
18 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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Party Conservative Labour
Seats before1718
Seats after2213
Seat changeIncrease2.svg5Decrease2.svg5
Popular vote14,02511,373
Percentage40.3%32.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg9.7%Decrease2.svg15.0%

 Third party
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Party UKIP
Seats before0
Seats after0
Seat changeSteady2.svg
Popular vote8,255
Percentage23.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg23.1%

North Warwickshire UK ward map 2015.svg
Results of the 2015 North Warwickshire Borough council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

North Warwickshire Borough Council 2015.svg
Composition of the council after the election.

Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Conservative

On 7 May 2015, an election took place to elect members of the North Warwickshire Borough Council in England. [1] It was held on the same day as other local elections. It saw the Conservative Party gaining control of the council.

The previous election saw Labour narrowly gaining control of the council. This election saw the Conservatives gaining 5 seats from Labour. UKIP had significant gains in the popular vote increasing their share by over 23%, although they did not win any seats. [2]

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References

  1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  2. "Local Elections Result 2015 - North Warwickshire". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 29 November 2020.