North Somerset local elections

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North Somerset Council is elected every four years.

Contents 1 Political control 2 Council elections 3 By-election results 4 External links

[edit] Political control

No overall control 1995 - 1999

Conservative 1999 - 2003

No overall control 2003 -

[edit] Council elections

North Somerset Council election 1999

North Somerset Council election 2003

[edit] By-election results

Weston-Super-Mare South By-Election 28/11/1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,232	58.1
	Liberal Democrats		635	30.0
	Conservative		178	8.4
	Independent		74	3.5
Majority			597	28.1
Turnout			2,119	35.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Kewstoke By-Election 25/01/2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Porter	279	32.7	-20.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bibb	229	26.8	-3.0
	Independent	Anthony Horry	196	23.0	+23.0
	Labour	Stephen Lyall	149	17.5	+1.0
Majority			50	5.9
Turnout			853	36.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weston-Super-Mare West By-Election 30/08/2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Bell	811	44.4	+8.2
	Conservative	Clive Webb	651	35.9	-9.0
	Independent	Malcolm Timmis	205	11.2	+11.2
	Labour	Chris Belton-Reed	161	8.8	-10.7
Majority			160	8.5
Turnout			1,828	25.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Yatton By-Election 25/10/2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Kehoe	593	29.2	-4.7
	Conservative	Stanley Vyce	534	26.3	+6.7
	Independent	Ralph James	496	24.4	-10.7
	Labour	Douglas May	410	20.2	+8.8
Majority			59	2.9
Turnout			2,033	29.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Easton-In-Gordano By-Election 11/11/2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carl Francis-Pester	431	44.3	-17.1
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Griggs	369	37.9	+15.0
	Labour	Derek Waters	174	17.9	+2.2
Majority			62	6.4
Turnout			974	44.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Portishead Redcliffe Bay By-Election 03/02/2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Johnston	476	43.8	+4.0
	Conservative	David Pasley	434	39.9	-20.3
	UK Independence	Anthony Butcher	118	10.8	+10.8
	Labour		59	5.4	+5.4
Majority			42	3.9
Turnout			1,087	45.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Portishead West By-Election 01/06/2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Jolley	488	38.9	+20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Lord	452	36.1	+36.1
	Labour	Patricia Gardener	205	16.4	+16.4
	Independent	Reyna Knight	108	8.6	-73.3
Majority			36	2.8
Turnout			1,253	49.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Yatton By-Election 01/06/2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Griggs	812	31.1	+1.3
	Independent	Anthony Moulin	749	28.7	-5.8
	Conservative	Jill Iles	678	26.0	+3.5
	Independent	Hilary Burn	267	10.2	+10.2
	Labour	Bryan Moore	104	4.0	-9.1
Majority			63	2.4
Turnout			2,610	38.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Pill By-Election 07/09/2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nanette Kirsen	360	33.9	+33.9
	Labour	Pauline Robertson	353	33.2	-28.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Neale	202	19.0	+3.4
	Conservative	Anne-Marie Gregory	147	13.8	-9.3
Majority			7	0.7
Turnout			1,062	40.0
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

[edit] External links

• North Somerset Council