West Somerset District Council elections

Map showing the composition of West Somerset Council as of the last election in 2011. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey and Labour in red.

West Somerset District Council in Somerset, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2011, 28 councillors have been elected from 16 wards.[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in control Years
Independent 1973 - 1995
No overall control 1995 - 2003
Conservative 2003 - 2007
Independent 2007 - 2011
Conservative 2011 - present

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 1999 and 2011 elections.[2][3]

Year Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats Others Vacant Notes
1991[5] 5 22 3 1 0 1
1995[6] 9 10 8 2 3 0
1999[3] 15 8 5 1 0 0 New ward boundaries[7]
2003[8] 18 9 2 2 0 0
2007[9] 13 16 1 1 0 0
2011[2] 19 7 2 0 0 0 New ward boundaries[10]
2015

District result maps

By-elections

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[11] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election Date Incumbent party Winning party
Minehead South 14 November 1996 Conservative Conservative
Quantock Vale 17 July 1997 Conservative Independent
Minehead North 23 April 1998 Independent Conservative
Porlock & Oare 23 October 1998 Conservative Independent
Williton by-election 8 December 1999 Labour Conservative
Aville Vale by-election 13 July 2000 Labour Conservative
Old Cleeve by-election 7 July 2005 Independent Independent
Alcombe East by-election 1 May 2008 Conservative Conservative
Minehead South by-election 16 April 2009 Independent Independent

References

  1. ↑ "Councillors — General Information". West Somerset Council. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  3. 1 2 "West Somerset". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  4. ↑ The District of West Somerset (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  5. ↑ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. 4 May 1991.
  6. ↑ "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections". The Times. 6 May 1995.
  7. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of West Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  9. ↑ "West Somerset". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  10. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The West Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2011. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 27 November 2011.

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