2015 United Kingdom local elections

2015 United Kingdom local elections

7 May 2015

278 of 405 councils in Great Britain
6 directly elected mayors
Turnout65%
  First party Second party
 
Leader David Cameron Ed Miliband
Party Conservative Labour
Leader since 6 December 2005 25 September 2010
Seats before 8,295 seats
161 councils
7,155 seats
118 councils
Projected vote share 35%
6%
29%
2%
Seats won (2015) 5,521
163 councils
2,278
74 councils
Councillors (after) 8,779
193 councils
6,885
115 councils
Net change (notional) 541
32 councils
203
3 councils

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Nick Clegg Nigel Farage
Party Liberal Democrats UKIP
Leader since 18 December 2007 5 November 2010
Seats before 2,263 seats
10 councils
369 seats
0 councils
Projected vote share 11%
2%
13%
4%
Seats won (2015) 658
4 councils
202
1 council
Councillors (after) 1,809
6 councils
496
1 council
Net change (notional) 411
4 councils
176
1 council

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.