2015 Wellingborough Borough Council election

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2015 Wellingborough Borough Council election
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  2011 7 May 20152019 

All 36 seats in the Wellingborough Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Conservative Labour
Last election279
Seats won279
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote18,37511,766
Percentage46.429.7

Wellingborough UK local election 2015 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2015 Wellingborough Borough Council elections.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2015 Borough Council of Wellingborough election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Borough Council of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, UK. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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References

  1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.