| Party | 2015 votes | 2015 share | since 2013 |
| Conservative | 325 | 30.3% | +0.4% |
| Liberal Democrat | 311 | 29.0% | from nowhere |
| Labour | 220 | 20.5% | +1.8% |
| UKIP | 89 | 8.3% | -23.5% |
| Mebyon Kernow | 85 | 7.9% | -11.8% |
| Green | 31 | 2.9% | from nowhere |
| Independent | 13 | 1.2% | from nowhere |
| Total votes | 1,074 | 100% |
Swing if meaningful UKIP to Conservative ~12% since 2013
Council now 37 Liberal Democrat, 36 Independent, 30 Conservative, 8 Labour, 6 UKIP, 4 Mebyon Kernow, 1 Green, 1 Unspecified
Durham, Shotton & South Hetton - Labour hold
| Party | 2015 votes | 2015 share | since 2013 "top" | since 2013 "average" | since 2008 "top" | since 2008 "average" |
| Labour | 595 | 52.5% | -4.0% | -7.4% | +0.3% | -0.5% |
| North East | 214 | 18.9% | from nowhere | from nowhere | from nowhere | from nowhere |
| UKIP | 131 | 11.6% | from nowhere | from nowhere | from nowhere | from nowhere |
| Liberal Democrat | 107 | 9.4% | from nowhere | from nowhere | -7.1% | -5.0% |
| Conservative | 67 | 5.9% | from nowhere | from nowhere | from nowhere | from nowhere |
| Green | 19 | 1.7% | from nowhere | from nowhere | from nowhere | from nowhere |
| Independents | -43.4% | -40.1% | -31.3% | -32.5% | ||
| Total votes | 1,133 | 72% | 77% | 48% | 50% |
Swing not meaningful
Council now 96 Labour, 17 Independent, 9 Liberal Democrat, 4 Conservative
West Oxfordshire, Witney North - Conservative hold
| Party | 2015 B votes | 2015 B share | since 2015 | since 2014 | since 2012 | since 2011 |
| Conservative | 264 | 33.9% | -15.7% | -9.6% | -19.9% | -20.3% |
| Liberal Democrat | 201 | 25.8% | +19.8% | +14.2% | +11.6% | +8.6% |
| Green | 136 | 17.5% | +3.1% | -10.2% | -0.1% | -11.2% |
| Labour | 114 | 14.6% | -3.9% | -2.7% | +0.2% | from nowhere |
| UKIP | 64 | 8.2% | -3.3% | from nowhere | from nowhere | from nowhere |
| Total votes | 779 | 35% | 75% | 53% | 71% |
Swing Conservative to Liberal Democrat ~18% since May, ~12% since 2014, ~16% since 2012 and ~14½% since 2011
Council now 41 Conservative, 4 Labour, 4 Liberal Democrat
West Mainland – Orkney – Death of Alistair Gordon (elected as No Description, defected to Orkney Manifesto Group). He was the leader and a founder of the Orkney Manifesto Group.
2012: Johnston 427, Gordon 322, Moar 287, Tierney 249, Scott 238, Muir 132, Appleby 74, Granère 73, Ward 33 (winners: Johnston, Gordon, Tierney, Moar on 7th count; final count Tierney 359, Moar 353, Scott 314 for 2 seats)
2007: Moar 545, Gordon 400, Scott 242, Crichton 203, Tom Flett 135, Ian Flett 88, Shearer 83, Conservative 68, Gilmour 12 (winners: Moar, Gordon, Scott, Crichton on 7th count; final count Scott 369, Crichton 320, T. Flett 250 for two seats) The Conservative candidate was the only partisan candidate in Orkney that year.
Barbara Foulkes (Independent)
Fiona Grahame (Scottish Green Party)
Rachael King (Orkney Manifesto Group)
OMG 593 votes (51.4%)
Ind 446 votes (38.6%)
Grn 115 votes (10.0%)
