Sedgemoor District Council elections
Appearance
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 | |
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style="background-color: Template:No overall control/meta/color" | | No overall control | 1973–1976 |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | 1976–1995 |
style="background-color: Template:No overall control/meta/color" | | No overall control | 1995–1999 |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | 1999–present |
Council elections
- 1973 Sedgemoor District Council election
- 1976 Sedgemoor District Council election
- 1979 Sedgemoor District Council election (New ward boundaries)[3]
- 1983 Sedgemoor District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[4]
- 1987 Sedgemoor District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[5]
- 1991 Sedgemoor District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[6]
- 1995 Sedgemoor District Council election
- 1999 Sedgemoor District Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by one)[7][8]
- 2003 Sedgemoor District Council election
- 2007 Sedgemoor District Council election
- 2011 Sedgemoor District Council election (New ward boundaries)[9]
- 2015 Sedgemoor District Council election
- 2019 Sedgemoor District Council election
District result maps
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1999 results map
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2003 results map
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2007 results map
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2011 results map
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2015 results map
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2019 results map
By-election results
1999-2003
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | 293 | 77.7 | +4.6 | ||
Labour | 84 | 22.3 | −4.6 | ||
Majority | 209 | 55.4 | |||
Turnout | 377 | 24.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 556 | 51.1 | +18.4 | ||
Conservative | 533 | 48.9 | +4.3 | ||
Majority | 23 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,089 | 40.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | 426 | 64.5 | −8.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | 660 | 51.0 | +4.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 453 | 35.0 | +4.3 | ||
Labour | 180 | 13.9 | −8.6 | ||
Majority | 207 | 16.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,293 | 26.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | 340 | 57.2 | −0.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 254 | 42.8 | +0.5 | ||
Majority | 86 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 594 | 32.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
- ^ The District of Sedgemoor (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
- ^ The Avon and Somerset (Areas) Order 1983
- ^ The Sedgemoor and Taunton Deane (Areas) Order 1984
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ "Sedgemoor". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Sedgemoor (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Sedgemoor (Electoral Changes) Order 2011. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
- ^ "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.