Mendip local elections
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Mendip Council is elected every four years.
Contents |
[edit] Political control
Independent 1973 - 1976
No overall control 1976 - 1979
Independent 1979 - 1983
Conservative 1983 - 1987
No overall control 1987 - 2003
Conservative 2003 -
[edit] Council elections
Mendip Council election 1999
Mendip Council election 2003
[edit] By-election results
| Wells St Cuthberts By-Election 31 October 1996 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 390 | 32.8 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 300 | 25.3 | |||
| Labour | 298 | 25.1 | |||
| Independent | 111 | 9.3 | |||
| Independent | 90 | 7.6 | |||
| Majority | 90 | 7.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,189 | 35.0 | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Frome Badcox By-Election 25 September 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 516 | 45.7 | +45.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 355 | 31.4 | -24.7 | ||
| Conservative | 259 | 22.9 | -21.0 | ||
| Majority | 161 | 14.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,130 | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Street North By-Election 23 April 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 386 | 39.4 | +3.3 | ||
| Labour | 281 | 28.0 | -2.0 | ||
| Conservative | 214 | 21.3 | +12.3 | ||
| Independent Labour | 114 | 11.3 | +11.3 | ||
| Majority | 115 | 11.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,005 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Frome Keyford By-Election 11 October 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 389 | 35.9 | -11.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 350 | 32.3 | -5.3 | ||
| Conservative | 317 | 29.2 | |||
| UK Independence | 29 | 2.7 | +2.7 | ||
| Majority | 39 | 3.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,085 | 30.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Beckington and Rode By-Election 10 June 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stan Wilson | 538 | 50.3 | +10.6 | |
| Conservative | Robert Pearson | 529 | 49.5 | -10.6 | |
| Majority | 9 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,067 | 56.8 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Frome Berkley Down By-Election 16 March 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ros Meikle | 439 | 55.0 | +10.7 | |
| Conservative | Robert Smitherman | 359 | 45.0 | -10.7 | |
| Majority | 80 | 10.0 | |||
| Turnout | 798 | 20.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Frome Keyford By-Election 20 April 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alvin Horsfall | 487 | 63.2 | +36.6 | |
| Labour | David Oakensen | 128 | 16.6 | -3.1 | |
| Conservative | Pamelita Lee | 104 | 13.5 | -4.0 | |
| UK Independence | Colin McManee | 51 | 6.6 | +6.6 | |
| Majority | 359 | 46.6 | |||
| Turnout | 770 | 20.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
