Taunton Deane local elections
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Taunton Deane Council is elected every four years.
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[edit] Political control
No overall control 1973 - 1976
Conservative 1976 - 1991
Liberal Democrat 1991 - 1999
No overall control 1999 - 2003
Conservative 2003 -
[edit] Council elections
Taunton Deane Council election 1999
Taunton Deane Council election 2003
[edit] By-election results
| Lynford By-Election 1 May 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,191 | 44.0 | +15.2 | ||
| Labour | 981 | 36.6 | -21.6 | ||
| Conservative | 530 | 19.6 | +6.2 | ||
| Majority | 2,172 | 7.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,702 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Taunton Halcon By-Election 1 May 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,100 | 43.9 | +0.8 | ||
| Labour | 826 | 33.0 | -12.5 | ||
| Conservative | 578 | 23.1 | +11.6 | ||
| Majority | 274 | 10.9 | |||
| Turnout | 2,504 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Bishops Lydeard By-Election 10 July 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 395 | 49.6 | +35.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 338 | 42.5 | -4.0 | ||
| Labour | 63 | 7.9 | -7.8 | ||
| Majority | 57 | 7.1 | |||
| Turnout | 796 | 36.8 | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Monument By-Election 21 March 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Chris Tolchard | 430 | 65.3 | -0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Henley | 228 | 34.7 | +10.0 | |
| Majority | 202 | 30.6 | |||
| Turnout | 658 | 40.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Ruishton and Creech By-Election 14 November 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 576 | 40.3 | -1.7 | ||
| Conservative | 518 | 36.3 | -0.4 | ||
| Independent | 334 | 23.4 | +2.1 | ||
| Majority | 58 | 4.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,428 | 44.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Taunton Eastgate By-Election 5 May 2005 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,030 | 51.5 | +9.0 | ||
| Conservative | 621 | 31.1 | +0.6 | ||
| Labour | 347 | 17.4 | +1.6 | ||
| Majority | 409 | 20.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,998 | 58.9 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Taunton Monument By-Election 5 May 2005 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 701 | 58.8 | -13.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 491 | 41.2 | +13.3 | ||
| Majority | 210 | 17.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,192 | 72.4 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Wellington Rockwell Green and West By-Election 5 May 2005 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 1,157 | 38.5 | +10.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 1,132 | 37.7 | +7.6 | ||
| Labour | 717 | 23.9 | +8.1 | ||
| Majority | 25 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,006 | 71.4 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Taunton Blackbrook & Holway By-Election 4 May 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Smith | 1,326 | 75.3 | +26.8 | |
| Conservative | Martin Seamark | 436 | 24.7 | -9.9 | |
| Majority | 890 | 50.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,762 | 35.9 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
