The 2019 Bath and North East Somerset Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Bath and North East Somerset Council in England.

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2019 Bath and North East Somerset Council election

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All 59 seats to Bath and North East Somerset Council 30 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Con Leader Dine Romero Tim Warren Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Leader's seat Southdown Mendip (defeated) Last election 15 seats, 25.0% 37 seats, 37.5% Seats won 37 11 Seat change 22 26 Popular vote 42,682 24,460 Percentage 43.7% 25.0% Swing 18.7% 12.5%   Third party Fourth party   Ind Lab Leader N/A Robin Moss Party Independent Labour Leader's seat N/A Westfield Last election 3 seats, 5.6% 6 seats, 14.6% Seats won 6 5 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 5,308 12,340 Percentage 5.4% 12.6% Swing 0.2% 2.0%
Map showing the results of the 2019 Bath and North East Somerset Council elections. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour, Yellow showing Liberal Democrats and Grey showing Independents. Striped wards have mixed representation.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Liberal Democrats

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The Liberal Democrats took control of the council in 2019, winning thirty-seven seats with a working majority of seven.

Bath and North East Somerset Council held local elections on 2 May 2019 along with councils across England as part of the 2019 local elections. The council elects its members in all-out elections, with all its councillors up for election every four years.^[1][2] Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2015. In that election, thirty-seven Conservative councillors, fifteen Liberal Democrat councillors, six Labour councillors, five independent councillors and two Green councillors were elected. In subsequent by-elections, the Liberal Democrats gained one seat from the Conservatives and one seat from the Green Party.^[3][4] Conservative councillor Martin Veal resigned from his party in March 2019 to run as an independent after his party did not select him as a candidate.^[5]

Following the 2015 election, the council was controlled by the Conservative Party, although previously the council had been under no overall control since its creation in 1996. In the New Statesman, the journalist Stephen Bush wrote that if the Conservatives maintained control of Bath and North East Somerset in 2019, it would represent a strong national performance for the party.^[6] Conservative peer Robert Hayward predicted that the Liberal Democrats would gain several seats on the council from the Conservatives due to a "Brexit penalty".^[7][8]

A boundary change in 2018 meant that the number of councillors fell to 59 from the 65 under previous boundaries, and the number of electoral wards reduced from 37 to 33.^[9] Most retained electoral wards have their boundaries adjusted so the number of electors per councillor is roughly similar.^[10][11]

The election was contested by full slates of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, with 49 Labour candidates, 29 Green Party candidates, 12 independent candidates (including one candidate with no description), 11 candidates for the Bath North East Somerset Independent Group, and five UK Independence Party candidates.^[12] Two of the independent councillors re-elected in 2019 identified as "No politics, just Peasedown" when elected in 2015.^[13]

After the previous election the composition of the council was:

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

After the election the composition of the council was:

As the wards were newly created, comparisons with previous elections are not possible. All percentages are calculated as the proportion of valid votes won by each councillor.

Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).