Sedgemoor District Council 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]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1995
No overall control	1995 - 1999
Conservative	1999 - present

Council elections

Sedgemoor District Council election, 1999 (boundary changes increased the number of seats by one)^[3]
Sedgemoor District Council election, 2003
Sedgemoor District Council election, 2007
Sedgemoor District Council election, 2011
Sedgemoor District Council election, 2015

District result maps

2015 results map

By-election results

1999-2003

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

2003-2007

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

Berrow By-Election 20 January 2005^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		340	57.2	-0.5
	Liberal Democrat		254	42.8	+0.5
Majority			86	14.4
Turnout			594	32.1
	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

References

↑ "Boundary Changes in Sedgemoor". Sedgemoor District Council. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
↑ "Sedgemoor". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
↑ "Sedgemoor". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
↑ "Declaration of result of poll". Districk of Sedgemoor. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
↑ "Tories celebrate Hackney council win". guardian.co.uk. 2005-01-21. Retrieved 2009-07-29.

By-election results

External links

Sedgemoor District Council

Council elections within the ceremonial county of Somerset

Somerset County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Bath and North East Somerset Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Mendip District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North Somerset Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Sedgemoor District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

South Somerset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Taunton Deane Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

West Somerset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Avon County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Bath City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Wansdyke District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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