Somerset County Council elections

Somerset County Council in England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2001, 58 councillors have been elected from 58 wards.

Political control

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
Conservative	1973 - 1985
No overall control	1985 - 1989
Conservative	1989 - 1993
Liberal Democrats	1993 - 2001
No overall control	2001 - 2005
Liberal Democrats	2005 - 2009
Conservative	2009 - present

Council elections

Somerset County Council election, 1977
Somerset County Council election, 2001 (boundary changes increased the number of seats by one)^[2]
Somerset County Council election, 2005
Somerset County Council election, 2009
Somerset County Council election, 2013

County result maps

2013 results map

By-election results

1997-2001

Minehead By-Election 30 July 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,428	42.6	+7.2
	Liberal Democrat		1,125	33.6	-1.4
	Labour		798	23.8	-5.8
Majority			303	9.0
Turnout			3,351	37.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lydeard By-Election 28 October 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		948	68.2	+28.7
	Liberal Democrat		442	31.8	-14.0
Majority			506	36.4
Turnout			1,390	28.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

2005-2009

Mendip North East By-Election 1 May 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Ellis	1,568	51.2	+6.9
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Hasell	1,497	48.8	+9.7
Majority			71	2.4
Turnout			3,065	43.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shepton Mallett By-Election 29 May 2008^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Robinson	950	47.4	+10.0
	Liberal Democrat	Rachel Witcombe	783	39.1	+5.5
	Labour	Christopher Inchley	271	13.5	-15.5
Majority			167	8.3
Turnout			2,004	29.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Somerset". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
↑ "Somerset". BBC Online. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
↑ "New Faces Join Mendip District Council". Mendip District Council. 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2010-03-18.

By-election results

External links

Somerset County Council

Council elections within the ceremonial county of Somerset

Somerset County Council	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

English County Council Elections

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