Election Result for 7 May 2015
State of the Parties: Labour Control
| Party | Council Seats Before |
Defending | Stood | Held | Gain | Lost | Overall Change |
Council Seats After |
| Labour (Party Votes: 79,409) |
38 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| Conservative (Party Votes: 46,611) |
21 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Liberal Democrat (Party Votes: 13,572) |
6 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| Green Party (Party Votes: 10,446) |
1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent (Party Votes: 195) |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (Party Votes: 632) |
0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) (Party Votes: 14,919) |
0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
