North Somerset Council elections

North Somerset Unitary Council in Somerset, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 1999, 61 councillors have been elected from 36 wards.^[1]

Political control

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

Party in control		Years
	No overall control	1995-1999
	Conservative	1999-2003
	No overall control	2003-2007
	Conservative	2007–present

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

• Woodspring District Council election, 1973
• Woodspring District Council election, 1976
• Woodspring District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• Woodspring District Council election, 1983 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
• Woodspring District Council election, 1987 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
• Woodspring District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[6]

Unitary authority elections

• North Somerset Council election, 1995
• North Somerset Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)^[7][8]
• North Somerset Council election, 2003
• North Somerset Council election, 2007
• North Somerset Council election, 2011 (New ward boundaries)^[9]
• North Somerset Council election, 2015 (New ward boundaries)^[10]

District result maps

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  2003 results map

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  2007 results map

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  2011 results map

By-election results

1995-1999

Weston-Super-Mare South By-Election 28 November 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,232	58.1
	Liberal Democrat		635	30.0
	Conservative		178	8.4
	Independent		74	3.5
Majority			597	28.1
Turnout			2,119	35.8
	Labour hold		Swing

1999-2003

Kewstoke By-Election 25 January 2001[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Porter	279	32.7	-20.9
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Bibb	229	26.8	-3.0
	Independent	Anthony Horry	196	23.0	+23.0
	Labour	Stephen Lyall	149	17.5	+1.0
Majority			50	5.9
Turnout			853	36.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weston-Super-Mare West By-Election 30 August 2001[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Bell	811	44.4	+8.2
	Conservative	Clive Webb	651	35.9	-9.0
	Independent	Malcolm Timmis	205	11.2	+11.2
	Labour	Chris Belton-Reed	161	8.8	-10.7
Majority			160	8.5
Turnout			1,828	25.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Yatton By-Election 25 October 2001[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Kehoe	593	29.2	-4.7
	Conservative	Stanley Vyce	534	26.3	+6.7
	Independent	Ralph James	496	24.4	-10.7
	Labour	Douglas May	410	20.2	+8.8
Majority			59	2.9
Turnout			2,033	29.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2003-2007

Easton-In-Gordano By-Election 11 November 2004[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carl Francis-Pester	431	44.3	-17.1
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Griggs	369	37.9	+15.0
	Labour	Derek Waters	174	17.9	+2.2
Majority			62	6.4
Turnout			974	44.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Portishead Redcliffe Bay By-Election 3 February 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Johnston	476	43.8	+4.0
	Conservative	David Pasley	434	39.9	-20.3
	UKIP	Anthony Butcher	118	10.8	+10.8
	Labour		59	5.4	+5.4
Majority			42	3.9
Turnout			1,087	45.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Portishead West By-Election 1 June 2006[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Jolley	488	38.9	+20.8
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Lord	452	36.1	+36.1
	Labour	Patricia Gardener	205	16.4	+16.4
	Independent	Reyna Knight	108	8.6	-73.3
Majority			36	2.8
Turnout			1,253	49.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Yatton By-Election 1 June 2006[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Griggs	812	31.1	+1.3
	Independent	Anthony Moulin	749	28.7	-5.8
	Conservative	Jill Iles	678	26.0	+3.5
	Independent	Hilary Burn	267	10.2	+10.2
	Labour	Bryan Moore	104	4.0	-9.1
Majority			63	2.4
Turnout			2,610	38.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Pill By-Election 7 September 2006[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nanette Kirsen	360	33.9	+33.9
	Labour	Pauline Robertson	353	33.2	-28.0
	Liberal Democrat	David Neale	202	19.0	+3.4
	Conservative	Anne-Marie Gregory	147	13.8	-9.3
Majority			7	0.7
Turnout			1,062	40.0
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

2007-2011

North Worle (3) By-Election 7 June 2007[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Judd	946
	Conservative	Steven Edwards	920
	Conservative	Marcia Pepperall	904
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Moon	513
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Skinner	498
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Hardaway	494
	Labour	Barbara Francis	268
	Labour	Brian Grace	234
	Labour	Simon Stokes	218
	Independent	Laurence Orme	157
	UKIP	Mary Brown	154
Turnout			5,306	26.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Weston Super Mare Clarence and Uphill By-Election 18 December 2008[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amratlal Patel	478	27.5	-33.6
	Independent	John Ley-Morgan	477	27.5	+27.5
	Liberal Democrat	Paula Howell	421	24.3	-4.1
	Independent	Sidney Carter	228	13.1	+13.1
	Labour	Josephine Bateman	132	7.6	-2.9
Majority			1	0.1
Turnout			1,736	24.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hutton and Locking By-Election 4 June 2009[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Porter	1,411	64.9	-4.2
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Bindon	511	23.5	+2.8
	Labour	Timothy Taylor	253	11.6	+1.4
Majority			900	41.4
Turnout			2,175	42.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

Backwell By-Election 8 September 2011[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Geoff Coombs	816	61.7
	Conservative	Peter Burden	314	23.7
	Labour	Terry Connell	124	9.4
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Alderton	69	5.2
Majority			502	37.9
Turnout			1,323	28.3
	Independent hold		Swing

References

1. "Political and committee structure". North Somerset Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
2. "England council elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
3. The District of Woodspring (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
4. The Avon and Somerset (Areas) Order 1983
5. The Bristol, Wansdyke and Woodspring (Areas) Order 1984
6. legislation.gov.uk - The Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
7. "North Somerset". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
8. legislation.gov.uk - The District of North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
9. legislation.gov.uk - The North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2010. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
10. legislation.gov.uk - The North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
11. "Kewstoke By-Election Result". North Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 2003-08-17. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
12. "Weston By Election Result". North Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 2003-07-08. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
13. "Tories win Richmondshire". guardian.co.uk. 26 October 2001. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
14. "Sons of Cornwall make sole byelection gain". guardian.co.uk. 12 November 2004. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
15. "Tories make byelection gains". guardian.co.uk. 2 June 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
16. "Labour slumps in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. 8 September 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
17. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). North Somerset District Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
18. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). North Somerset Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
19. "Election results". North Somerset Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
20. "Elections and voting". North Somerset Council. Retrieved 9 September 2011.

• By-election results

External links

• North Somerset Council