2015 Waveney District Council election

Map of the results

The 2015 Waveney District Council election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect all 48 members of Waveney District Council in England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Before the election, the Conservatives were one seat short of a majority, with 24 (exactly half) of the seats. Labour had 20 seats, the Green Party had one seat, two seats were held by independents and one seat was vacant. ^[2]

Following the election, 27 seats were held by the Conservatives, 20 by Labour and one by the Green Party, giving the Conservatives a majority. ^[2]

Results summary

Waveney District Council election, 2015

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	27	4	0	4	56.2	40.9	48,803	+4.2
	Labour	20	0	3	3	41.7	38.5	45,974	+7.0
	Green	1	0	0		2.1	11.4	13,613	-2.7
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	6.8	8,156	-1.7
	Independent	0	0	1	1	0.0	1.5	1,756	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	0.8	1,010	-3.6

References

1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
2. "Summary of WDC results 2015". Waveney District Council website. Waveney District Council. Retrieved 14 March 2016.^{[ permanent dead link ]}