2015 UK local government election
2015 Bath and North East Somerset Council election
First party
Second party
Third party
Con
LD
Lab
Leader
Tim Warren
Paul Crossley
John Bull
Party
Conservative
Liberal Democrats
Labour
Leader's seat
Mendip
Southdown
Paulton
Last election
29 seats, 36.9%
29 seats, 34.8%
5 seats, 17.9%
Seats won
37
15
6
Seat change
8
14
1
Popular vote
63,614
42,472
24,819
Percentage
37.5%
25.0%
14.6%
Swing
0.6%
9.8%
3.3%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Ind
Grn
VV
Leader
Nathan Hartley
None
None
Party
Independent
Green
Village Voice
Leader's seat
Did not stand
None
None
Last election
2 seats, 3.6%
0 seats, 6.7%
Did not contest
Seats won
3
2
2
Seat change
1
2
2
Popular vote
9,519
22,506
2,001
Percentage
5.6%
13.3%
1.2%
Swing
2.0%
6.6%
1.2%
Map showing the composition of Bath and North East Somerset Council following the election. Blue showing
Conservative , Red showing
Labour , Yellow showing
Liberal Democrats , Grey showing
Independents , Green showing
Greens and Pale Green showing Village Voice. Striped wards have mixed representation.
Council control before election
No overall control (Lib Dem minority)
Council control after election
Conservative
St John the Evangelist church being used as a polling station for Kingsmead ward
The 2015 Bath and North East Somerset Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Bath and North East Somerset Council in England.[ 1] [ 2] This coincided with other local elections and the 2015 general election .
Election results
Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 2015[ 3]
Party
Candidates
Votes
Stood
Elected
Gained
Unseated
Net
% of total
%
No.
Net %
Conservative
65
37
11
3
8
56.9%
37.5%
63,614
0.6%
Liberal Democrats
65
15
2
16
14
23.1%
25.0%
42,472
9.8%
Labour
44
6
1
0
1
9.2%
14.6%
24,819
3.3%
Independent
20
3
1
0
1
4.6%
5.6%
9,519
2%
Green
43
2
2
0
2
3.1%
13.3%
22,506
6.6%
Village Voice
2
2
2
0
2
3.1%
1.2%
2,001
N/A
UKIP
12
0
0
0
0%
2.8%
4,719
2.7%
Left Unity
2
0
0
0
0%
0.0%
53
N/A
Ward results
The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 2011 elections , not taking into account any party defections or by-elections. Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).
Abbey
Bathavon North
Bathavon South
Bathavon West
Bathwick
Chew Valley North
Chew Valley South
Clutton
Combe Down
Farmborough
High Littleton
Keynsham East
Keynsham North
Keynsham South
Kingsmead
Lambridge
Lansdown
Lyncombe
Mendip
Midsomer Norton North
Midsomer Norton Redfield
Newbridge
Odd Down
Oldfield
Paulton
Peasedown
Publow and Whitchurch
Radstock
Saltford
Southdown
Timsbury
Twerton
Walcot
Westfield
Westmoreland
Weston
Widcombe
By-elections between 2015 and 2019
Abbey
Walcot
Newbridge
Kingsmead
References