Somerset Council election, 2009
Elections to Somerset County Council took place on 4 June 2009, having been delayed from 7 May, in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. The result caused the council to change from a Liberal Democrat led administration to a Conservative controlled administration.
Results
| Somerset County Council election, 2009[1] |
| Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/- |
| |
Conservative |
35 |
11 |
0 |
+11 |
60.5% |
47 |
78,590 |
|
| |
Liberal Democrat |
21 |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
36.0% |
36.7 |
61,410 |
|
| |
Labour |
2 |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
3.5% |
4.9 |
8,185 |
|
| |
Independent |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
4.7 |
7,805 |
|
| |
UKIP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
3.3 |
5,573 |
|
| |
Green |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
2.5 |
4,228 |
|
| |
BNP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.86 |
1,441 |
|
| |
Senior Citizens Party |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.09 |
158 |
|
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