The 2015 Thanet District Council election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect all 56 seats on

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, as part of the

2015 United Kingdom local elections The 2015 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 7 May 2015, the same day as the general election for the House of Commons. With the exception of those areas that have had boundary changes, the council seats up for election in Engla ...

taking place simultaneously with the 2015 General Election. The

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won control of the council, becoming the governing group, the first time UKIP had won control of any type of local government unit above the level of a civil parish council, whether London Borough, Metropolitan Borough, Unitary Authority, Non-Metropolitan Borough or a District Council.

Overall results

After the election the composition of the council was:

Results by ward

Listed below are the results in each of the 23 wards of Thanet District Council. Each ward elects 2 or 3 councilors, with the exception of Kingsgate ward, which only elects one member.

Beacon Road

Birchington North

Birchington South

Bradstowe

Central Harbour

Cliffsend and Pegwell

Cliftonville East

Cliftonville West

Dane Valley

Eastcliffe

Garlinge

Kingsgate

Margate Central

Nethercourt

Newington

Northwood

Salmestone

Sir Moses Montefiore

St Peters

Thanet Villages

Viking

Westbrook

Westgate-on-Sea

References

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