2015 Waveney District Council election

2015 UK local government election

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
	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

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

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