Bristol City Council election, 2015

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24 OF 70 seats (One Third) to Bristol City Council
36 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Green
Seats won	30	16	13
Seat change	1	1	7
Popular vote	45,535	31,376	36,503
Percentage	30.77%	21.2%	24.67%
Swing	1.86%	2.11%	8.97%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Liberal Democrat	UKIP	Independent
Seats won	10	1	0
Seat change	6		1
Popular vote	19,328	12,585	608
Percentage	13.06%	8.5%	0.41%
Swing	3.73%	2.76%	1.35%

Council control before election

No Overall Control

Council control after election

No Overall Control

The 2015 Bristol City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Bristol City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

In March 2015, the only Independent Councillor on Bristol City Council defected to the Conservatives. This meant that the Conservatives increased their number of seats from the previous Council despite making no gains in the May election.

After the 2015 local election, the political make up of the council was as follows:

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