West Somerset District Council elections

West Somerset District Council in Somerset, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2011, 28 councillors have been elected from 16 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control		Years
style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Independent	1973–1995
style="background-color: Template:No overall control/meta/color" \|	No overall control	1995–2003
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	2003–2007
style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Independent	2007–2011
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	2011–2019

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after each council election, click on the year for full details of each election.

Year	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:UK Independence Party/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Independent Conservative/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Residents Association/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|		Notes
Year	Conservative	Independent	UK Independence Party	Labour	Liberal Democrats (including predecessor parties)	Independent Conservative	Residents	Vacant	Notes
1973^[3]	3	27	0	1	1	0	0	0
1976^[3]	4	28	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979^[3]	3	25	0	0	1	0	3	0	New ward boundaries^[4]
1983^[3]	4	27	0	0	1	0	0	0
1987^[3]	6	26	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991^[5]	5	22	0	3	1	0	0	1
1995^[6]	9	12	0	8	2	1	0	0
1999^[7]	15	8	0	5	1	0	0	2	New ward boundaries^[8]
2003^[9]	18	9	0	2	2	0	0	0
2007^[10]	13	16	0	1	1	0	0	0
2011^[2]	19	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	New ward boundaries^[11]
2015^[12]	21	3	3	1	0	0	0	0
	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:UK Independence Party/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Independent Conservative/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Residents Association/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|

District result maps

1999 results map
2003 results map
2007 results map
2011 results map
2015 results map

By-elections

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;^[13] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election	Date	Incumbent party
Minehead South by-election	14 November 1996 style="width: 2px; background-color: #DDEEFF;" data-sort-value="Independent Conservative" \|	Ind. Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Quantock Vale by-election	17 July 1997 style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
Minehead North by-election	23 April 1998 style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Porlock and Oare by-election	23 October 1998 style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
Williton by-election	8 December 1999 style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Aville Vale by-election	13 July 2000 style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Old Cleeve by-election	7 July 2005 style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
Alcombe East by-election	1 May 2008 style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Minehead South by-election	16 April 2009 style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
Dunster and Timberscombe by-election	23 March 2017 style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats

References

^ "Councillors — General Information". West Somerset Council. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "West Somerset District Council Election Results 1973 -2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
^ The District of West Somerset (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
^ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. 4 May 1991.
^ "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections". The Times. 6 May 1995.
^ "West Somerset". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of West Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
^ "West Somerset". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The West Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2011. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ "District Election Results 2015". West Somerset Council. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 27 November 2011.

External links

West Somerset District Council

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[general-1] "Councillors — General Information". West Somerset Council. Retrieved 26 November 2011.

[gain-2] "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.

[handbook-3] "West Somerset District Council Election Results 1973 -2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

[4] The District of West Somerset (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976

[election91-5] "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. 4 May 1991.

[complete-6] "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections". The Times. 6 May 1995.

[change-7] "West Somerset". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 November 2011.

[8] slation.gov.uk - The District of West Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[hold-9] "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 November 2011.

[gain2007-10] "West Somerset". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2011.

[11] slation.gov.uk - The West Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2011. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

[results2015-12] "District Election Results 2015". West Somerset Council. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

[byelection-13] "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 27 November 2011.

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