Bath and North East Somerset Council elections

The council chamber in the Guildhall, Bath

Bath and North East Somerset Council is elected every four years, the 2011 was followed by the latest election in 2015. The first election was in 1995, creating a shadow authority which ran in parallel with existing councils until taking power in April 1996.

The council consists of 65 councillors, 32 from Bath, 6 each from the Norton Radstock and Keynsham areas, and 21 others.

Political control

Main article: Bath and North East Somerset Council

The number of councillors by party was:

Party		2015		2011		2007		2003		1999		1995
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Conservative Party	37	+8	29	-3	31	+5	26	+10	16	=	16
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color" |	Liberal Democrats	15	-14	29	+3	26	-3	29	-1	30	+2	28
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Labour Party	5	+1	4	-1	5	-1	6	-11	17	-4	21
	Labour Co-op	1	=	1	+1	0	=	0	=	0
bgcolor="Template:Independent Labour/meta/color" |	Independent Labour							0	-2	2	+2
	Green	2	+2	0	=	0	=	0	=	0	=	0
	Independent	3	+1	2	=	2	-2	4	+4	0	=	0
	No party, just Peasedown	2	+2
	No party			0	-1	1	+1
	Control:	Conservative		NOC (Con/LD Joint 1st)		NOC (Con 1st)		NOC (LD 1st)		NOC (LD 1st)		NOC (LD 1st)

Council elections

• Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 1995
• Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries)
• Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 2003
• Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 2007
• Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 2011
• Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 2015

By-election results

Bathavon North by-election 22 May 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Gazzard	1047	37.6	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dorian Baker	712	25.6	-6.8
	Labour	George Aylett	353	12.7	-2.8
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Justin Temblett-Wood	353	12.7	-2.3
	UKIP	Hugo Jenks	316	11.4	+11.4
Majority			335
Turnout			2,781	46.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Abbey By-Election 17 July 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		643	45.0	-0.5
	Conservative		561	39.2	+6.1
	Labour		166	11.6	-6.7
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales		60	4.2	+4.2
Majority			82	5.8
Turnout			1,430	31.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Weston By-Election 19 February 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		867	45.4	-5.5
	Conservative		841	44.1	+17.8
	Labour		151	7.9	-8.9
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales		27	1.4	-4.5
	Council Tenants against sell off		22	1.2	+1.2
Majority			26	1.3
Turnout			1,908	46.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lansdown By-Election 4 May 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		777	52.1	-5.2
	Liberal Democrats		517	34.7	+2.8
	Labour		101	6.8	-3.9
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales		96	6.4	+6.4
Majority			260	17.4
Turnout			1,491	39.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bathavon North By-Election 12 October 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		993	50.5	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats		699	35.6	+6.5
	Labour		273	13.9	-3.7
Majority			294	14.9
Turnout			1,965	34.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lansdown By-Election 11 July 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		667	56.1	-1.2
	Liberal Democrats		417	35.1	+3.2
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales		62	5.2	+5.2
	Labour		42	3.5	-7.2
Majority			250	21.0
Turnout			1,188	31.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Walcot By-Election 11 July 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		478	36.9	-1.9
	Conservative		386	29.8	+4.4
	Labour		276	21.3	+0.0
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales		116	9.0	+9.0
	Other		39	3.0	+3.0
Majority			92	7.1
Turnout			1,295	29.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

External links

• Bath and North East Somerset Council
• Ward map: Local Elections 2007 – Bath and North East Somerset, Andrew Teale's Local Election Results website