Somerset_County_Council_elections

Somerset Council elections

Local election in England

Somerset Council elections are held every four years to elect Somerset Council, the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England. From 1889 until 2023 the council was called Somerset County Council and it was an upper tier county council, with district-level functions being provided by the area's district councils. The districts were all abolished with effect from 1 April 2023, at which point the county council became a unitary authority, taking on the functions of the abolished district councils. The county council changed its name to Somerset Council to coincide with the change in its powers.^[1] There are 110 councillors, elected from 54 wards.^[2]

By-election results

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Party in control		Years
	Conservative	1974–1985
	No overall control	1985–1989
	Conservative	1989–1993
	Liberal Democrats	1993–2001
	No overall control	2001–2005
	Liberal Democrats	2005–2009
	Conservative	2009–2022
	Liberal Democrats	2022–2023

Councillor		From	To
Cathy Bakewell	Liberal Democrats	2001	16 May 2007
Jill Shortland	Liberal Democrats	16 May 2007	24 Jun 2009
Ken Maddock	Conservative	24 Jun 2009	16 May 2012
John Osman	Conservative	16 May 2012	7 May 2017
David Fothergill	Conservative	24 May 2017	25 May 2022
Bill Revans^[6]	Liberal Democrats	25 May 2022

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,428	42.6	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	1,125	33.6	-1.4
	Labour	798	23.8	-5.8
Majority		303	9.0
Turnout		3,351	37.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	948	68.2	+28.7
	Liberal Democrats	442	31.8	-14.0
Majority		506	36.4
Turnout		1,390	28.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Ellis	1,568	51.2	+6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Hasell	1,497	48.8	+9.7
Majority			71	2.4
Turnout			3,065	43.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Somerset_County_Council_elections

Somerset Council elections

Political control

Leadership

Council elections

County result maps

By-election results

1997–2001

2005–2009

2009–2013

2013–2017

2017–2022

2022–2027

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Robinson	950	47.4	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Witcombe	783	39.1	+5.5
	Labour	Christopher Inchley	271	13.5	-15.5
Majority			167	8.3
Turnout			2,004	29.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Parham	1,307	41.3
	Liberal Democrats	Garfield Kennedy	892	28.2
	Labour	Chris Inchley	711	22.5
	Green	Ian Forster	256	8.1
Majority			415	13.1
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Maxwell	1,333	53.6
	Conservative	Paul Thompson	943	37.9
	Green	Ian Greenfield	108	4.3
	UKIP	Godfrey Davey	104	4.2
Majority			390	15.7
Turnout				42.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Denbee	1,285	58.0
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Groves	932	42.0
Majority			353	15.9
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Linda Oliver	1,163	47.7
	Liberal Democrats	Damon Hooton	836	34.3
	Labour	Catherine Richardson	163	6.7
	Independent	Adrian Dobinson	139	5.7
	Green	Les Spalding	139	5.7
Majority			327	13.4
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Adkins	1,298	29.9
	Liberal Democrats	Barrie Hall	976	22.5
	Labour	Libby Lisgo	927	21.4
	UKIP	Robert Bainbridge	814	18.8
	Green	Alan Debenham	326	7.5
Majority			322	7.4
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Johnson	1,677	63.2	+15.6
	Conservative	Ruth Harmon	886	33.4	-6.4
	Labour	Michael McGuffie	92	3.5	-2.4
Majority			791	29.8
Turnout			2,655
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	11.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Messenger	1,247	54.8	*N/A*
	Conservative	David Hall	614	27	N/A
	Green	Ewan Jones	415	18.2	N/A
Majority			633	27.8	N/A
Turnout			2,276	28.3	-31.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Richard John Page	1,212	50.12
	Conservative	David Hall	878	36.31
	Labour	Gregory Lawrence Chambers	174	7.20
	Green	Matthew Francis Geen	154	6.37
Majority			334	13.81
Turnout			2,428	27.98	–15.34
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing