| Election Name: | 2015 Stevenage Borough Council election[1] [2] |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Stevenage Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2016 Stevenage Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Seats For Election: | 13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 20 |
| Election Date: | 7 May 2015 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 33 |
| Seats1: | 8 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Seats After1: | 30 |
| Popular Vote1: | 15,815 |
| Percentage1: | 38.2% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 3 |
| Seats2: | 1 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Seats After2: | 6 |
| Popular Vote2: | 14,923 |
| Percentage2: | 36.0% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 3 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seats After3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 3,082 |
| Percentage3: | 7.4% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Labour |
| After Election: | Labour |
The by-thirds 2015 Stevenage Borough Council election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect one third (thirteen) of the members (councillors) of the council, one for each ward, as part of the 2015 United Kingdom local elections held simultaneously with the 2015 General Election.[3] The up for election were last contested in 2011. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since 1973.
In the previous result the changes were that Labour party candidates gained two Conservative-held seats and a Liberal Democrat took a Labour councillor-held seat.[4] As shown in the 2012 table this meant the total of councillors stood as 31, 4 and 4 for these party groups, the governing group being that of Labour councillors. This election saw three seats in that group convert to the now largest formal opposition group of councillors, local Conservatives.
| Stevenage Borough Council election, 2015[5] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
| Won | Not up | Total | ± | Votes | % | ||
| Labour | 8 | 22 | 30 | -3 | 15815 | 39 | |
| Conservative | 4 | 2 | 6 | +3 | 14923 | 36 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3082 | 8 | |
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 566 | 1 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2225 | 5 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4297 | 11 | |
| Total | 13 | 26 | 39 | - | 40908 | - | |
| Turnout | 71.4 | ||||||
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