Cotswold District Council election, 2015

Cotswold District Council Election, 2015

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All 34 seats to Cotswold District Council
First party Second party   Leader Lynden Stowe Joe Harris Party Conservative Liberal Democrat Leader since 9 May 2006 October 2014 Leader's seat Campden and Vale Cirencester St Michael's Last election 27 12 Seats before 30 11 Seats won 24 10 Popular vote 26,442 16,105 Percentage 54.8% 33.4%
Map of results of 2015 election, with Cirencester shown inset.
Leader of the Council before election Lynden Stowe Conservative Leader of the Council after election Lynden Stowe Conservative

Lynden Stowe
Conservative

Lynden Stowe
Conservative

The 2015 Cotswold District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect all members of Cotswold District Council in England. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was substantially up across the district due to the election being held on the same day as the general election and other local elections in England.

Boundary changes had reduced the number of seats from 44 to 34, making exact comparisons with 2011 difficult. The election produced a slightly reduced majority for the ruling Conservative Group but other than a single gain by the Liberal Democrats to produce this result no other ward changed hands.

A by-election was held on Thursday 29 September 2016 for the Stow ward due to the death of Conservative Councillor Barry Dare. The subsequent election was won by the Liberal Democrats.

A by-election was held on Thursday 9 February 2017 for the Fairford North ward due to the resignation of Conservative councillor Abigail Beccle. The subsequent election was won by the Liberal Democrats.