All 47 seats to City of York Council 24 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Dafydd Williams
Chris Steward
Keith Aspden
Party
Labour
Conservative
Liberal Democrats
Leader since
11 December 2014
19 December 2013
11 May 2013
Leader's seat
Heworth
Rural West York
Fulford and Heslington
Last election
26
10
8
Seats before
21
10
9
Seats won
15
14
12
Seat change
11
4
4
Popular vote
59,164
65,507
55,331
Percentage
25.6%
28.3%
23.9%
Swing
12.0%
6.0%
2.5%
Map of results of 2015 election
Leader of the Council before election
Dafydd Williams
Labour
Leader of the Council after election
Chris Steward
Conservative
The 2015 City of York Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of City of York Council in England.[1] The whole council was up for election. Turnout was substantially up across the city due to the election being held on the same day as the general election and other local elections in England.
Since the previous election in 2011 a review of ward boundaries had affected some wards, although the total number of councillors remained at 47. The following wards remained unchanged from 2011: Acomb, Bishopthorpe, Dringhouses and Woodthorpe, Haxby and Wigginton, Holgate, Huntington and New Earswick, Micklegate, Strensall, Westfield and Wheldrake. All other wards saw boundary changes and a new ward, Copmanthorpe, was created from the former Rural West York Ward.
The election saw heavy losses for the ruling Labour Party, which had won overall control of the council in 2011, losing more than 40% of the 26 seats won at the previous election. Several senior Labour councillors were defeated including the party's deputy leader Tracey Simpson-Laing and Cabinet members Dave Merrett and Linsay Cunningham.[2] The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Greens all made gains and two Independent councillors were also elected. A record number of new councillors were elected, almost half of the entire Council, with the York Press reporting that "of the 47 seats contested, 25 were won by candidates with council experience while 22 were won by debutants."[3] Following talks between the political groups after the election, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats agreed to run the Council as a joint administration.[4]
^"Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
^"Senior figures in York lose council seats". BBC News. 9 May 2015. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
^Aitchison, Gavin (9 May 2015). "22 fresh faces bring hope of a new era at York council". York Press. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
^Aitchison, Gavin (18 May 2015). "Tories & Lib Dems to run York - Chris Steward to be leader - Labour ousted - First policies revealed". York Press. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
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