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2015 Colchester Borough Council election

The 2015 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect one third of the members of Colchester Borough Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections and as the General Election. Colchester Borough Council is made up of 60 councillors: 20 councillors were up for election.

Prior to the elections, Liberal Democrat councillor for New Town ward, Theresa Higgins, was appointed Mayor of Colchester for a term of one-year.

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4
249423
Liberal DemocratsLabourIndConservative

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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209427
Liberal DemocratsLabourIndConservative

The Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Labour Party and Green Party all stood a full slate of 20 candidates. UKIP stood 15 candidates and 3 independents (including a candidate with the description 'Patriotic Socialist Party') stood for election.

With 30 seats required for a dead-heat majority (of 0), no single grouping of councillors remained in overall control of policy decision-making. Conservatives fell 3 short this time whereas at the last election a five-becoming-six seat deficit existed during the four-year term for the largest grouping which had been the Liberal Democrats.

2015 Colchester Borough Council election
Conservative13465.0142745.028,02340.1+6.5
Liberal Democrats3415.0172033.313,82719.8–3.2
Labour315.06915.012,94018.5+2.3
Independent15.0346.71,5432.4–0.5
UKIP00.0000.07,77511.1–4.7
Green00.0000.05,7678.2–0.4

No turnout figures were provided by the council.

PartyCandidateVotes%.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
Labour1,95850.3+10.3
Conservative85822.0+8.7
UKIP52113.4−9.1
Liberal Democrats40610.4−9.2
Green1523.9+0.3
1,10028.3+10.8
3,895
Labour hold0.8
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative1,91359.7+5.3
UKIP56917.8−10.7
Liberal Democrats2919.1+4.2
Labour2879.0+1.3
Green1454.5−1.3
1,34441.9+14.4
3,205
Conservative hold8.0
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative1,66735.9+11.8
Liberal Democrats1,17225.2−0.5
Green98221.2+4.0
Labour82117.7−0.1
49510.7N/A
4,642
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats6.2

No UKIP candidate as previous (-15.0).

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative96438.0+9.3
Liberal Democrats67026.4−6.1
Labour43317.1+0.5
Green31912.6−2.2
UKIP1485.8−1.6
29411.6N/A
2,534
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats7.7
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative67359.8−6.9
UKIP17715.7N/A
Liberal Democrats11510.2−2.7
Labour11510.2−3.4
Green464.1−2.6
49644.1−9.0
1,126
Conservative holdN/A
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative2,02365.4−0.1
Labour39612.8+0.2
Green33710.9−1.8
Liberal Democrats33710.9+2.6
1,62752.6+0.8
3,093
Conservative hold0.2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative97958.6−2.1
Liberal Democrats25715.4+6.4
Labour17010.2+0.4
UKIP1629.7−5.1
Green1046.2+0.4
72243.2−2.7
1,672
Conservative hold4.1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent1,59236.9−15.2
Conservative1,19227.7+15.3
Labour47911.1+1.4
Liberal Democrats46610.6+2.6
UKIP3959.2−4.1
Green1874.3+0.1
4009.2−29.6
4,311
Independent hold15.3
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative2,10138.4+7.4
Liberal Democrats1,76932.3−8.4
Labour70712.9+5.2
UKIP5339.7−5.1
Green3686.7+0.9
3326.1N/A
5,478
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats7.9
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats1,28932.1−9.5
Conservative83420.8+8.4
Labour77219.2+4.4
Green63115.7+2.3
UKIP49312.3−5.8
45511.3−12.2
3,71956.3+27.3
Liberal Democrats hold9.0
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative2,26951.1−6.8
Liberal Democrats96721.8+0.6
Labour52211.8±0.0
UKIP48911.0N/A
Green1964.4−4.7
1,30229.3−7.4
4,443
Conservative hold3.7
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative1,51735.2+14.6
Liberal Democrats1,15725.9−7.9
UKIP75716.9−5.0
Labour73616.5−2.2
Green2515.6+1.6
3609.3N/A
4,418
Conservative hold11.3
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour1,46248.8−12.8
Conservative71523.9+8.1
Liberal Democrats44714.9+3.0
Green37012.4+1.7
74724.9−20.9
2,994
Labour hold10.5
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats1,17331.2−8.5
Conservative97626.0+10.8
UKIP77020.5−4.9
Labour60016.0+2.6
Green2416.4−0.1
1975.2−9.2
3,760
Liberal Democrats hold9.7
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative1,86142.8+12.6
Liberal Democrats1,61137.0+3.3
Labour61614.2+4.0
Green2616.0+0.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

No UKIP candidate as previous (-20.8).

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative1,87342.8+1.5
UKIP1,31332.5−5.0
Labour53513.2+0.8
Liberal Democrats1944.8+1.3
Green1293.2−2.1
Conservative hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative1,57854.7−7.1
UKIP37012.8N/A
Labour30610.6−2.0
Liberal Democrats2659.2+0.8
Green2047.1−10.1
Independent1515.2N/A
Patriotic Socialist120.4N/A
Conservative hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative2,15451.9+0.8
UKIP98823.8−3.8
Labour4029.7+1.0
Green3308.0+1.5
Liberal Democrats2786.7+2.6
Conservative hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats66844.9−8.1
Labour32822.1+2.7
Conservative27118.2−3.1
Green1308.7+2.2
UKIP906.1N/A
Liberal Democrats hold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour1,29540.9−11.8
Conservative1,25139.5+7.6
Green32510.3+1.1
Liberal Democrats2959.3+2.3
Labour hold

In June 2015, in accordance with the Local Government Act 1972, Conservative councillor Mark Cable "ceased to be a member of the council" after failing to attend a council meeting since December 2014 (6 months). A by-election was called and the ward was subsequently held by the Conservatives.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative54577.9+8.6
UKIP608.6N/A
Liberal Democrats578.1−1.6
Labour385.4−4.3
70029.1−5.1
Conservative holdN/A
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