Bath and North East Somerset Council elections

Bath and North East Somerset is a unitary authority in Somerset, England. It was created on 1 April 1996 replacing Bath, Wansdyke and Avon County Council.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1995 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control		Years
	No overall control	1995-2015
	Conservative	2015-present

Council elections

Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 1995
Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 2003
Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 2007^[4]
Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 2011
Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 2015

The number of councillors by party was:

Party		2015^[5]		2011^[6]		2007^[4]		2003^[7]		1999^[8]		1995^[9]
	Conservative Party	37	+8	29	-2	31	+5	26	+10	16	=	16
	Liberal Democrats	15	-14	29	+3	26	-3	29	-1	30	+2	28
	Labour Party	5	+1	4	-1	5	-1	6	-11	17	-4	21
	Labour Co-op	1	=	1	+1	0	=	0	=	0
	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)

By-election results

Bathavon North by-election 22 May 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Gazzard	1047	37.6	+0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Dorian Baker	712	25.6	-6.8
	Labour	George Aylett	353	12.7	-2.8
	Green	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 Democrat		643	45.0	-0.5
	Conservative		561	39.2	+6.1
	Labour		166	11.6	-6.7
	Green		60	4.2	+4.2
Majority			82	5.8
Turnout			1,430	31.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Weston By-Election 19 February 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		867	45.4	-5.5
	Conservative		841	44.1	+17.8
	Labour		151	7.9	-8.9
	Green		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 Democrat hold		Swing

Lansdown By-Election 4 May 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		777	52.1	-5.2
	Liberal Democrat		517	34.7	+2.8
	Labour		101	6.8	-3.9
	Green		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 Democrat		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 Democrat		417	35.1	+3.2
	Green		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 Democrat		478	36.9	-1.9
	Conservative		386	29.8	+4.4
	Labour		276	21.3	+0.0
	Green		116	9.0	+9.0
	Other		39	3.0	+3.0
Majority			92	7.1
Turnout			1,295	29.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ Rob Clements (10 May 1995). "The local elections of 4 May 1995". House of Commons Library. Research Paper 95/59. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Bath and North East Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
1 2 "Local Election – Thursday, 3rd May, 2007". Bath & North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
↑ "Bath and North East Somerset Council (All Wards) - Thursday, 7th May, 2015". Bath and North East Somerset. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
↑ "Local Election – Thursday, 5th May, 2011". Bath & North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
↑ "Local Election – Thursday, 1st May, 2003". Bath & North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
↑ "Local Election – Thursday, 6th May, 1999". Bath & North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
↑ "Bath and North East Somerset Council results". Bath Chronicle. May 1995.

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

Council elections within the ceremonial county of Somerset

Somerset County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Bath and North East Somerset Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Mendip District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North Somerset Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Sedgemoor District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

South Somerset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Taunton Deane Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

West Somerset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Avon County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Bath City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Wansdyke District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Unitary authorities of England

Districts	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Councils	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall Derby Durham Darlington East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Local elections	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

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