West Somerset local elections

West Somerset District Council in Somerset, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2011, 28 councillors have been elected from 16 wards.[1]

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Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in control Years
Independent 1973 - 1995
No overall control 1995 - 2003
Conservative 2003 - 2007
Independent 2007 - 2011
Conservative 2011 - present

Council elections

Summary of the results of recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election.

Year Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats Others
1995[3] 9 10 8 2 3
1999[4] 15 8 5 1 0
2003[5] 18 9 2 2 0
2007[6] 13 16 1 1 0
2011[2] 19 7 2 0 0

By-elections

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[7] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election Date Incumbent party Winning party
Minehead South 14 November 1996 Conservative Conservative
Quantock Vale 17 July 1997 Conservative Independent
Minehead North 23 April 1998 Independent Conservative
Porlock & Oare 23 October 1998 Conservative Independent
Williton by-election 8 December 1999 Labour Conservative
Aville Vale by-election 13 July 2000 Labour Conservative
Old Cleeve by-election 7 July 2005 Independent Independent
Alcombe East by-election 1 May 2008 Conservative Conservative
Minehead South by-election 16 April 2009 Independent Independent

References

  1. ^ "Councillors - General Information". West Somerset Council. http://www.westsomersetonline.gov.uk/Council---Democracy/Councillors---General-Information. Retrieved 26 November 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/40uf.stm. Retrieved 26 November 2011. 
  3. ^ "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections". The Times. 6 May 1995. 
  4. ^ "West Somerset". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote_99/locals_99/html/constituency/293.stm. Retrieved 27 November 2011. 
  5. ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/323.stm. Retrieved 27 November 2011. 
  6. ^ "West Somerset". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/40uf.stm. Retrieved 27 November 2011. 
  7. ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/byelections/index.htm. Retrieved 27 November 2011. 

External links

West Somerset Council elections
Council elections