North Somerset local elections
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North Somerset Council is elected every four years.
Contents |
[edit] Political control
No overall control 1995 - 1999
Conservative 1999 - 2003
No overall control 2003 - 2007
Conservative 2007 - present
[edit] Council elections
North Somerset Council election, 1999
North Somerset Council election, 2003
North Somerset Council election, 2007
[edit] By-election results
| Weston-Super-Mare South By-Election 28/11/1996 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 1,232 | 58.1 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Yatton By-Election 25/10/2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Easton-In-Gordano By-Election 11/11/2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Carl Francis-Pester | 431 | 44.3 | -17.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Portishead West By-Election 01/06/2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Jolley | 488 | 38.9 | +20.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat 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 Democrat | 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 | ||||
