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]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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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 | ||
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