2015 United Kingdom local elections

none May 2014 2015 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom parliamentary no 2014 United Kingdom local elections 2014 2016 United Kingdom local elections 7 May 2015 2016 279 of 405 councils in England 6 directly elected mayors 65%Daniel Wainwright Council elections: Why don't people vote? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47666080?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/ceeqy0e9894t/england-local-elections-2019&link_location=live-reporting-story 20 April 2019 9 April 2019 Seats before Projected vote shareVoteShare All vote shares in the infobox are projected national vote shares calculated by the BBC. Seats won (2015) Councillors (after) Net change (notional) David Cameron official.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 David Cameron 6 December 2005 Conservative Party (UK) 8,295 seatshttps://www.theedkins.co.uk/uklocalgov/makeup2015.htm Local Council Political Compositions Keith Edkins 18 April 2025161 councils 35% 6% 5,521 163 councils 8,779https://www.theedkins.co.uk/uklocalgov/makeup2015ae.htm Local Council Political Compositions Keith Edkins 18 April 2025 193 councils 541 32 councils Ed Miliband election infobox.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Ed Miliband 25 September 2010 Labour Party (UK) 7,155 seats118 councils 29% 2% 2,278 74 councils 6,885 115 councils 203 3 councils Nick Clegg official portrait.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Nick Clegg 18 December 2007 Liberal Democrats (UK) 2,263 seats10 councils 11% 2% 658 4 councils 1,8096 councils 411 4 councils Nigel Farage (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Nigel Farage 5 November 2010 UK Independence Party 369 seats0 councils 13% 4% 202 1 council 4961 council 176 1 council English local elections 2015 map.svg The results in England. White areas indicate elections were not held here in 2015. The 2015 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 7 May 2015, the same day as the general election for the House of Commons. With the exception of those areas that have had boundary changes, the council seats up for election in England were last contested in the 2011 local elections. To date these are the last local elections to coincide with a general election in the United Kingdom. Background Elections would have been due in Northern Ireland given the previous elections to all 26 local councils in 2011, but these councils have since been scrapped and replaced by 11 super-councils, which had their inaugural elections in 2014. All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who will be aged 18 or over on the day of the election were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who will be temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) are also entitled to vote in the local elections,http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1694/schedule/made The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1 Legislation.gov.uk 13 October 2011 7 December 2012 although those who have moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. Those who are registered to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who has a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) are entitled to vote in the local elections at either address, as long as they are not in the same local government area.http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/register_to_vote/students.aspx 22 August 2013 aboutmyvote.co.uk Students dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130822035308/http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/register_to_vote/students.aspx 22 August 2013 http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/faq/voting-and-registration/i-have-two-homes.-can-i-register-to-vote-at-both-addresses I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses? The Electoral Commission 5 January 2011 7 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190507083825/https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/faq/voting-and-registration/i-have-two-homes.-can-i-register-to-vote-at-both-addresses dead Results Full results as reported by BBC News:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2015/results/councils Local Election Results 2015 - BBC News bbc.co.uk Party Councillors Councils Wonhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2015/councils Local Election Results 2015 - BBC News bbc.co.ukSeptember 2025 medicmedicAfterhttps://www.theedkins.co.uk/uklocalgov/makeup2015ae.htm Local Council Political Compositions Keith Edkins 30 March 2025+/-Change Because the number of council seats shifts every year due to boundary changes and local government reorganisation, changes are notional changes calculated by the BBC.WonAfter+/- Conservative Party (UK)5,5218,77954116319332 Labour Party (UK)2,2786,885203741153 Liberal Democrats (UK)6581,809411464 UK Independence Party202496176111 Scottish National Party colspan=1 Scotland There were no elections in Scotland in 2015.41602 Green Party of England and Wales871801000 Plaid Cymru colspan=1 Wales There were no elections in Wales in 2015.17000 Independent politician5801,53813206 No overall control colspan=3 368227 Total 9,326 20,273 — 278 405 — Analysis In 2015, direct elections were held in 279 of the 293 local districts in England: 36 metropolitan boroughs, 194 of the second-tier districts, and 49 of the unitary authorities.Chris Game, The forgotten local elections – Conservatives defy predictions in council votes too, The Conversation (May 11, 2015). There were no local elections in London, Scotland, or Wales.The English local government bodies which did not hold local elections were seven unitary authorities (Cornwall, Durham, the Isle of Wight, Northumberland, Isles of Scilly, Shropshire and Wiltshire), seven district and borough councils (Adur, Cheltenham, Fareham, Gosport, Hastings, Nuneaton and Bedworth and Oxford), and the 32 London boroughs. There were also six elections for directly elected mayors, as well as elections to many parish councils and town councils, and a few local referendums. As was the case in the simultaneously-held general election, the Conservative Party was considered the clear winners of the local elections, winning overall control of more than thirty local councils, mostly from councils that before the election had no overall control (i.e., no majority held by any one party). The Conservatives retained control of the Solihull and Trafford councils, the only two metropolitan boroughs that it held before the election, slightly increasing its majority on both. Among the unitary councils, the Conservatives won control of Bath and North East Somerset for the first time. As was the case in the general election, the Labour Party and Liberal Democrats performed poorly. Labour lost control of the Walsall metropolitan borough and the Plymouth and Stoke-on-Trent unitary authorities, both to no overall control. The Green Party of England and Wales lost their status as the largest party on Brighton and Hove City Council to Labour.Elections 2015: Green Party loses Brighton Council to Labour, BBC News (May 10, 2015). The UK Independence Party won control of the Thanet District Council, going from two to 33 seats on that council. This marked the first time that UKIP won control of a local council.Election 2015: UKIP controls Thanet Council, BBC News (May 10, 2015).David Feeney, Ukip wins control of its first UK council, Guardian (May 9, 2015). According to an analysis by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, more than three-quarters of councils across the UK are now under the majority control of the two largest parties, Conservative and Labour—the highest percentage since the 1970s local government reform.Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, Local elections analysis: Talk of multi-party England is premature, Local Government Chronicle (May 11, 2015). The dominance of the Conservative and Labour parties was not limited to control of councils, but also extended to a seat count, with the two parties holding 77% of seats, the highest since 1980. Rallings and Thrasher found that the decline of the Liberal Democrats accounted for part of this trend. They concluded that "much is said about multi-party Britain but it is time instead to talk about two-party local government." Metropolitan boroughs In 35 of the 36 English metropolitan borough councils, one-third of their seats were up for re-election. In Doncaster, all seats were up for re-election due to ward-boundary changes there. Council Previous control Result Details Barnsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Birmingham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Bolton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Bradford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Bury Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Calderdale No overall control (Con-Ind coalition with LD support) No overall control (Lab minority)Details Coventry Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Doncaster Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Dudley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Gateshead Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Kirklees No overall control (Labour minority) No overall control (Labour minority)Details Knowsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Leeds Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Liverpool Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Manchester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Newcastle upon Tyne Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details North Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Oldham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Rochdale Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Rotherham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details St Helens Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Salford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Sandwell Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Sefton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Sheffield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Solihull Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details South Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Stockport No overall control (LibDem-Ind minority) No overall control (LibDem-Ind minority)Details Sunderland Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Tameside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Trafford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Wakefield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Walsall No overall control (Labour minority) No overall control (Labour minority)Details Wigan Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Wirral Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Wolverhampton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Unitary authorities Whole council In 30 English unitary authorities the whole council was up for election. These were the last elections to the unitary authorities for Bournemouth and Poole, as they are set to be merged into one, along with the area covered by Christchurch District Council into one new authority in 2019. Council Previous control Result Details Bath and North East Somerset No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Bedford No overall control No overall control (Lab-LibDem coalition)Details Blackpool Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Bournemouth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Bracknell Forest Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Brighton and Hove No overall control (Green minority) No overall control (Labour minority)Details Central Bedfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Cheshire East Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Cheshire West and Chester Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Darlington Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details East Riding of Yorkshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Herefordshire No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Leicester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Luton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Medway Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Middlesbrough Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details North Lincolnshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details North Somerset Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Nottingham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Poole No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Redcar and Cleveland No overall control No overall control (Labour minority)Details Rutland Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details South Gloucestershire No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Stockton-on-Tees No overall control Labour Party (UK)Details Stoke-on-Trent Labour Party (UK) No overall control (Ind-Con-UKIP coalition)Details Telford and Wrekin Labour Party (UK) No overall control (Labour minority)Details Torbay Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details West Berkshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Windsor and Maidenhead Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details York Labour Party (UK) No overall control (Con-LibDem coalition)Details Third of council In 19 English unitary authorities one third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result Details Blackburn with Darwen Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Bristol No overall control No overall control (Lab minority)Details Derby Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Halton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Hartlepool Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Kingston upon Hull Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Milton Keynes No overall control No overall control (Lab minority)Details North East Lincolnshire No overall control No overall control (Lab-LibDem coalition)Details Peterborough No overall control No overall control (Con minority)Details Plymouth Labour Party (UK) No overall control (Lab-Con coalition)Details Portsmouth No overall control (Con with UKIP & Lab support) No overall control (Con with UKIP support)Details Reading Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Slough Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Southampton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Southend-on-Sea No overall control (Ind-Lab-LibDem coalition) No overall control (Ind-Lab-LibDem coalition)Details Swindon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Thurrock No overall control (Lab with UKIP support) No overall control (Lab minority)Details Warrington Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Wokingham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Non-metropolitan districts Whole council In 128 English district authorities the whole council was up for election. These were the last elections to councils in Christchurch, Corby, East Dorset, East Northamptonshire, Forest Heath, Kettering, North Dorset, Northampton, Purbeck, South Northamptonshire, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk Coastal, Taunton Deane, Waveney, Wellingborough, West Dorset and West Somerset. These councils are either being merged into larger districts, specifically those in Somerset and Suffolk at the 2019 local elections, while those in Northamptonshire and Dorset are due to have their county councils abolished and converted into 4 unitary authorities, with the new Dorset authorities electing in 2019 and the Northamptonshire authorities electing in 2020 - thus meaning all of the district and borough councillors in Northamptonshire have their terms extended for one year. Council Previous control Result Details Allerdale No overall control (Labour minority) No overall control (Labour minority)Details Arun Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Ashfield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Ashford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Aylesbury Vale Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Babergh No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Barrow-in-Furness Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Bassetlaw Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Blaby Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Bolsover Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Boston Conservative Party (UK) No overall control (Con-Ind coalition) Details Braintree Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Breckland Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Broadland Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Bromsgrove Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Broxtowe No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Canterbury Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Charnwood Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Chelmsford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Chesterfield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Chichester Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Chiltern Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Christchurch Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Copeland Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Corby Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Cotswold Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Dacorum Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Dartford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Derbyshire Dales Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Dover Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Eastbourne Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK)Details East Cambridgeshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details East Devon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details East Dorset Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details East Hampshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details East Hertfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details East Lindsey No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details East Northamptonshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details East Staffordshire No overall control Conservative Party (UK)DetailsEden No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Epsom and Ewell Epsom and Ewell Residents Association Epsom and Ewell Residents AssociationDetails Erewash Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Fenland Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Forest Heath Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Forest of Dean No overall control (Conservative minority) No overall control (Conservative minority)Details Fylde Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Gedling Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Gravesham Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Guildford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Hambleton Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Harborough Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details High Peak No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Hinckley and Bosworth Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Horsham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Kettering Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details King's Lynn and West Norfolk Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Lancaster No overall control (Labour-Green coalition) No overall control (Labour minority)Details Lewes No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Lichfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Maldon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Malvern Hills Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)DetailsMansfield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Melton Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Mendip Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Mid Devon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Mid Suffolk Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Mid Sussex Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details New Forest Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Newark and Sherwood No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details North Devon No overall control (LibDem-Ind coalition) No overall control (Con-Ind coalition)Details North Dorset Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details North East Derbyshire Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details North Kesteven Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details North Norfolk Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details North Warwickshire Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details North West Leicestershire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Northampton Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Oadby and Wigston Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK)Details Purbeck No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Ribble Valley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)DetailsRichmondshire No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Rother Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Rushcliffe Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Ryedale Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Scarborough No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Sedgemoor Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Selby Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Sevenoaks Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Shepway Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details South Bucks Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details South Derbyshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details South Hams Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details South Holland Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details South Kesteven Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details South Norfolk Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details South Northamptonshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details South Oxfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details South Ribble Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details South Somerset Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control (LibDem-Ind coalition)Details South Staffordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Spelthorne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details St Edmundsbury Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Stafford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Staffordshire Moorlands No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Stratford-on-Avon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Suffolk Coastal Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Surrey Heath Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Swale Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Taunton Deane No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Teignbridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Tendring Conservative Party (UK) No overall control (Con-Ind coalition)Details Test Valley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Tewkesbury Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Thanet No overall control UKIPDetails Tonbridge and Malling Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)DetailsTorridge No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Uttlesford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Vale of White Horse Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Warwick Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Waveney No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Waverley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Wealden Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Wellingborough Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details West Devon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details West Dorset Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details West Lindsey Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details West Somerset Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Wychavon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Wycombe Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Wyre Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Wyre Forest No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Third of council In 66 English district authorities one third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result Details Amber Valley Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Basildon No overall control (Con-UKIP coalition) No overall control (Con minority)Details Basingstoke and Deane No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Brentwood No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Broxbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Burnley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Cambridge Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Cannock Chase Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Carlisle Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Castle Point Conservative Party (UK)Defector gives power back to Conservatives Mansfield Katie 5 November 2014 The Echo NewsBank http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/11578782.Defector_gives_power_back_to_Conservatives/ 24 December 2014 Conservative Party (UK)Details Cherwell Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Chorley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Colchester No overall control (LibDem-Lab-Ind Coalition) No overall control (LibDem-Lab-Ind Coalition)Details Craven Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Crawley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Daventry Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Eastleigh Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK)Details Elmbridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Epping Forest Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Exeter Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Gloucester No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Great Yarmouth No overall control (Lab minority) No overall control (Lab minority)Details Harlow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Harrogate Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Hart No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Havant Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Hertsmere Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Huntingdonshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Hyndburn Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Ipswich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Lincoln Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Maidstone No overall control (Con minority) No overall control (LibDem-Ind minority)Details Mole Valley No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Newcastle-under-Lyme Labour Party (UK) No overall control (Lab minority)Details North Hertfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Norwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Pendle No overall control (Con-LibDem coalition) No overall control (Con-LibDem coalition)Details Preston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Redditch Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Reigate and Banstead Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Rochford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Rossendale Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Rugby Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Runnymede Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Rushmoor Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details St Albans No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details South Cambridgeshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details South Lakeland Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK)Details Stevenage Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Details Stroud No overall control (Lab-Green-LibDem coalition) No overall control (Lab-Green-LibDem coalition)Details Tamworth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Tandridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Three Rivers Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control (Con minority w/ Lab support)Details Tunbridge Wells Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Watford Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control (LibDem minority)Details Welwyn Hatfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details West Lancashire No overall control Labour Party (UK)Details West Oxfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Weymouth and Portland No overall control (Lab minority) No overall control (Con minority)Details Winchester No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Woking Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Worcester No overall control Conservative Party (UK)Details Worthing Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Details Mayoral elections Six direct mayoral elections were held. Local Authority Previous Mayor Mayor-elect Bedford Liberal Democrats (UK)Dave Hodgson (Liberal Democrats) Liberal Democrats (UK)Dave Hodgson (Liberal Democrats) Copeland NoneNew Posthttp://www.copeland.gov.uk/section/directly-elected-mayor A Directly Elected Mayor copeland.gov.uk 1 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20170204085221/http://www.copeland.gov.uk/section/directly-elected-mayor 4 February 2017 dead IndependentMike Starkie (Independent) Leicester Labour Party (UK)Sir Peter Soulsby (Labour) Labour Party (UK)Sir Peter Soulsby (Labour) Mansfield Mansfield Independent ForumTony Egginton (Mansfield Independent Forum) Mansfield Independent ForumKate Allsop (Mansfield Independent Forum) Middlesbrough Independent politicianRay Mallon (Independent) Labour Party (UK)Dave Budd (Labour) Torbay Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Oliver (Conservative) Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Oliver (Conservative) Local referendums results A local referendum in Bedfordshire was held on a proposal by Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner Olly Martins, to fund one hundred additional police officers through a 15.8% increase in the police precept (the portion of the council tax set by the police and crime commissioner). The proposal would provide an additional £4.5 million in revenue. The referendum was triggered because the proposed tax increase was above the 2% threshold. Voters decisively rejected the proposal, with 30.5% (91,086 votes) voting yes and 69.5% (207,551 votes) no.Bedfordshire Police council tax rise rejected at referendum, BBC News (May 11, 2015).Council Tax Referendum https://web.archive.org/web/20160804172427/http://www.bedford.gov.uk/advice_and_benefits/council_tax/council_tax_referendum.aspx 4 August 2016 , Bedford Borough Council.Kate Youde, 'No' vote in first council tax referendum, Local Government Chronicle (May 11, 2015). Notes References 30em collapsed local elections Category:Premiership of David Cameron Category:Ed Miliband