2015 City of York Council election


The 2015 City of York Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of City of York Council in England. 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. 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." Following talks between the political groups after the election, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats agreed to run the Council as a joint administration.

Election result

Ward results

Acomb ward

Bishopthorpe ward

The parishes of Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe

Clifton ward

Copmanthorpe ward

The parish of Copmanthorpe

Dringhouses and Woodthorpe ward

Fishergate ward

Fulford and Heslington ward

The parish of Fulford and part of the parish of Heslington

Guildhall ward

Haxby and Wigginton ward

The parishes of Haxby and Wigginton

Heworth ward

Heworth Without ward

The parish of Heworth Without

Holgate ward

Hull Road ward

Part of the parish of Heslington

Huntington and New Earswick ward

The parishes of Huntington and New Earswick
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Micklegate ward

Osbaldwick and Derwent ward

The parishes of Dunnington, Holtby, Kexby, Murton, and Osbaldwick

Rawcliffe and Clifton Without ward

The parishes of Clifton Without and Rawcliffe

Rural West York ward

The parishes of Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Hessay, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth with Knapton, Skelton, and Upper Poppleton

Strensall ward

The parishes of Earswick, Stockton-on-the-Forest, and Strensall with Towthorpe

Westfield ward

Wheldrake ward

The parishes of Deighton, Elvington, Naburn, and Wheldrake