The 2015
Northampton Borough Council
Northampton Borough Council was the borough council and non-metropolitan district responsible for local government in the large town of Northampton in England. In 2021 the council was abolished and succeeded by West Northamptonshire Council; a uni ...
election took place on 7 May 2015 as a four-yearly public decision to elect all members of the council.
This took place on the same day as other
local elections
In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select office-holders in local government, such as mayors and councillors. Elections to positions within a city or town are often known as "municipal elections". Their form and conduct vary ...
and the
2015 United Kingdom general election
The 2015 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 7 May 2015 to elect 650 members to the House of Commons. It was the first and only general election held at the end of a Parliament under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. Loca ...
- when there is a general election on the same day as the local elections, turnout across the country is with fewer than 1% of exceptions higher than if there is no general election. Voters could cast between one and three votes depending on the number of councillors per
ward
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Division or unit
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.
Election result
Ward results
The number in brackets after the ward name is the number of councillors to be elected. An asterisk after the name (*) indicates the candidate was elected. Candidates are listed in order of number of votes. The wards and the numbers of candidates to be elected were both the same as for the 2011 borough election. There were 45 seats for election in total on the borough council, as in 2011.
NOTE: Ballot Papers and Turnout missing from the official records as at 14 May 2015 for East Hunsbury, Nene Valley, Rushmills, Upton and West Hunsbury.
References
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2015
2015 English local elections
May 2015 events in the United Kingdom
2015
File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...
2010s in Northamptonshire