2015 Taunton Deane Borough Council election

2015 UK local government election March 2015 March 2015 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2015 Taunton Deane Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red, UKIP in purple and Independents in grey. The 2015 Taunton Deane Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect all members (councillors) of Taunton Deane Borough Council in Somerset, England. The council changed from being under no overall control to a Conservative majority having won 36 seats, while local Liberal Democrats took by keeping existing seats 14. Labour candidates won two seats, and the UK Independence Party won one, with the three remaining held by Independent candidates.http://www1.tauntondeane.gov.uk/tdbcsites/elections/cmelec.asp Election results from 7th May 2015 Taunton Deane Borough Council 15 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150515225826/http://www1.tauntondeane.gov.uk/tdbcsites/elections/cmelec.asp 15 May 2015 dead After the 2011 elections, the council was under no overall control, with the Conservatives having 28 seats, exactly half, while the Liberal Democrats took 23. The remaining five seats were split between Labour and Independents councillors.http://www.tauntondeane.gov.uk/irj/go/km/docs/CouncilDocuments/TDBC/Documents/Past%20Election%20Results/Borough%20Council%20Ward%20Councillor%20Elections%20May%202011.pdf Borough Council Election: 5 May 2011 Taunton Deane Borough Council PDF 28 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160315082138/http://www.tauntondeane.gov.uk/irj/go/km/docs/CouncilDocuments/TDBC/Documents/Past%20Election%20Results/Borough%20Council%20Ward%20Councillor%20Elections%20May%202011.pdf 15 March 2016 dead Results Seats held: Conservative Party, 36 64.3 #0087DC Liberal Democrats, 14 25.0 #FDBB30 Independents, 3 5.4 #DDDDDD Labour Party, 2 3.6 #DC241f UKIP, 1 1.8 #70147A Taunton Deane Borough CouncilElection result: 2015 Conservative Party (UK) 36 8 0 +8 64.3 43.2 49,934 Liberal Democrats (UK) 14 0 9 –9 25.0 34.3 39,608 Independent (politician) 3 1 0 +1 5.4 4.6 5,310 Labour Party (UK) 2 0 1 –1 3.6 8.0 9,268 United Kingdom Independence Party 1 1 0 +1 1.8 1.2 1,349 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 8.6 9,939 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 93 References 2015 Category:2010s in Somerset Taunton Deane Category:May 2015 in the United Kingdom