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Taunton Deane Borough Council elections

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Taunton Deane Borough Council in Somerset, England was elected every four years. The first elections to the council were held in 1973, ahead of it coming into being in 1974. The last election was held in 2015. The council was abolished in 2019 when the district merged with neighbouring West Somerset district to become Somerset West and Taunton.

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Party in control		Years
	No overall control	1973–1976
	Conservative	1976–1991
	Liberal Democrats	1991–1999
	No overall control	1999–2003
	Conservative	2003–2007
	No overall control	2007–2015
	Conservative	2015–2019

Councillor		From	To
John Meikle	Conservative	1974	1991
Jefferson Horsley	Liberal Democrats	1991	4 May 2003
John Williams	Conservative	14 May 2003	16 May 2007
Ross Henley	Liberal Democrats	16 May 2007	13 May 2010
John Williams	Conservative	13 May 2010	31 Mar 2019

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,191	44.0	+15.2
	Labour	981	36.6	-21.6
	Conservative	530	19.6	+6.2
Majority		2,172	7.4
Turnout		2,702
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,100	43.9	+0.8
	Labour	826	33.0	-12.5
	Conservative	578	23.1	+11.6
Majority		274	10.9
Turnout		2,504
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	395	49.6	+35.7
	Liberal Democrats	338	42.5	-4.0
	Labour	63	7.9	-7.8
Majority		57	7.1
Turnout		796	36.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Taunton_Deane_local_elections

Taunton Deane Borough Council elections

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By-election results

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Tolchard	430	65.3	-0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Henley	228	34.7	+10.0
Majority			202	30.6
Turnout			658	40.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kim Cooper	576	40.3	-1.7
	Conservative		518	36.3	-0.4
	Independent		334	23.4	+2.1
Majority			58	4.0
Turnout			1,428	44.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Coles	1,030	51.5	+9.0
	Conservative	Roger Ryan	621	31.1	+0.6
	Labour	Martin Peters	347	17.4	+1.6
Majority			409	20.4
Turnout			1,998	58.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Hill	701	58.8	-13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Henley	491	41.2	+13.3
Majority			210	17.6
Turnout			1,192	72.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Clark	1,157	38.5	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Stock-Williams	1,132	37.7	+7.6
	Labour	David Mitton	717	23.9	+8.1
Majority			25	0.8
Turnout			3,006	71.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Smith	1,326	75.3	+26.8
	Conservative	Martin Seamark	436	24.7	-9.9
Majority			890	50.9
Turnout			1,762	35.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mollie Floyd	1,362	60.1	+4.0
	Conservative	Wendy Skene	778	34.3	-1.3
	UKIP	Dorothy Baker	127	5.6	+5.6
Majority			584	25.8
Turnout			2,267	50.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kelly Durdan	902	56.3	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Cilla Owen	700	43.7	+3.2
Majority			202	12.6
Turnout			1,602
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicci Court	523	51.0	+6.6
	Conservative	Tonia White	274	26.7	-1.2
	Labour	Martin Jevon	164	16.0	-11.6
	UKIP	Stephanie Lukins	64	6.2	+6.2
Majority			249	24.3
Turnout			1,025	25.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Swaine	390	43.7	-0.7
	Conservative	John Gage	253	28.4	+0.4
	Labour	Martin Jevon	190	21.3	-6.3
	UKIP	Charlene Sheriff	59	6.6	+6.6
Majority			137	15.3
Turnout			892	22.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Henley	440	71.2	+49.9
	Conservative	Giuseppe Farschini	164	22.5	-30.4
	Independent	Carl Bennyworth	39	6.3	N/A
Majority			276	48.7
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing