Sedgemoor local elections

Sedgemoor District Council in Somerset, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 1999, 50 councillors have been elected from 25 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Sedgemoor Council election, 1999 (boundary changes increased the number of seats by one)^[3]

Sedgemoor Council election, 2007

Brent North By-Election 30 September 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		293	77.7	+4.6
	Labour		84	22.3	-4.6
Majority			209	55.4
Turnout			377	24.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Huntspill & Pawlett By-Election 1 June 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		556	51.1	+18.4
	Conservative		533	48.9	+4.3
Majority			23	2.2
Turnout			1,089	40.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Brent North By-Election 17 January 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		426	64.5	-8.6
	Liberal Democrat		203	30.8	+30.8
	Labour		16	2.4	-24.5
	UKIP		15	2.3	+2.3
Majority			223	33.7
Turnout			660	40.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridgwater Quantock By-Election 10 July 2003^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		660	51.0	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat		453	35.0	+4.3
	Labour		180	13.9	-8.6
Majority			207	16.0
Turnout			1,293	26.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheddar and Shipham By-Election 5 May 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,689	50.4	+2.6
	Independent		1,663	49.6	+49.6
Majority			26	0.8
Turnout			3,352
	Conservative hold		Swing