The 2019 Somerset West and Taunton District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Somerset West and Taunton District Council in Somerset, England. This was the first election since the West Somerset District Council and Taunton Deane merged, with the whole council being up for election.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 30 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 50.9 | 41.0 | 29,257 | N/A | |
| Independent | 14 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 23.7 | 14.7 | 10,458 | N/A | |
| Conservative | 10 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 17.0 | 30.7 | 21,928 | N/A | |
| Labour | 3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5.1 | 7.9 | 5,668 | N/A | |
| Green | 2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3.4 | 5.0 | 3,595 | N/A | |
| UKIP | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 0.6 | 411 | N/A | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Paul Bolton | 236 | 37.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nicole Hawkins* | 204 | 32.7 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Keenan | 119 | 19.1 | ||
| Labour | Andrew Mountford | 68 | 10.9 | ||
| Majority | 32 | 5.2 | |||
| Turnout | 631 | 32.4 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Hazel Prior-Sankey* | 1,072 | 75.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Francesca Smith* | 833 | 58.8 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Boyden | 242 | 17.1 | ||
| Conservative | David Reed | 236 | 16.7 | ||
| Labour | Peter Ernest | 179 | 12.6 | ||
| Majority | 591 | 41.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,443 | 31.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Hunt | 1,857 | 58.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Nicholls* | 1,513 | 47.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Habib Farbahi* | 1,433 | 45.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Bev Fernandes | 1,400 | 44.0 | ||
| Conservative | Jean Allgrove | 463 | 14.6 | ||
| Conservative | Nicholas Clark | 402 | 12.6 | ||
| Conservative | Jackie Wright | 316 | 9.9 | ||
| Majority | 33 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 3,193 | 47.0 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Hassall | 317 | 46.8 | ||
| Conservative | Oliver Green | 258 | 38.1 | ||
| Labour | Sandra Newing-Griffiths | 103 | 15.2 | ||
| Majority | 59 | 8.7 | |||
| Turnout | 706 | 33.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Dave Durdan | 338 | 38.8 | ||
| Independent | Kelly Durdan | 302 | 34.7 | ||
| Conservative | Simon Hutchings | 292 | 33.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nick O'Donnell | 288 | 33.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Sutcliffe | 254 | 29.2 | ||
| Conservative | Denise Webber* | 179 | 20.6 | ||
| Majority | 10 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 884 | 38.0 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Nick Thwaites* | 550 | 72.0 | ||
| Green | Caitlin Collins | 214 | 28.0 | ||
| Majority | 236 | 44.0 | |||
| Turnout | 788 | 41.0 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Steven Pugsley* | 732 | 82.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Levinge | 153 | 17.3 | ||
| Majority | 579 | 65.4 | |||
| Turnout | 901 | 47.2 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Booth | 665 | 59.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Federica Smith-Roberts* | 660 | 58.8 | ||
| Conservative | Roger Ryan* | 279 | 24.9 | ||
| Conservative | Sharon Fussell | 237 | 21.1 | ||
| Labour | Stanley Ely | 161 | 14.3 | ||
| Labour | Liam Canham | 148 | 13.2 | ||
| Majority | 381 | 33.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,154 | 27.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Henley* | 663 | 64.9 | ||
| Conservative | John Williams* | 317 | 31.0 | ||
| Labour | Colin Croad | 42 | 4.1 | ||
| Majority | 346 | 33.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,040 | 47.6 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Peters | 380 | 39.1 | ||
| Independent | Ian Morrell* | 286 | 29.4 | ||
| Conservative | Henry Haslam | 230 | 23.7 | ||
| Labour | Matthew Ravenhill | 76 | 7.8 | ||
| Majority | 94 | 9.7 | |||
| Turnout | 978 | 44.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Gwil Wren* | 578 | 58.8 | ||
| Conservative | Steven Wort | 210 | 21.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Eddie Eatwell | 195 | 19.8 | ||
| Majority | 368 | 37.4 | |||
| Turnout | 989 | 47.4 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Hadley* | 422 | 37.0 | ||
| Independent | Craig Palmer | 411 | 36.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Kingston-James* | 359 | 31.4 | ||
| Conservative | Jean Parbrook* | 299 | 26.2 | ||
| Independent | Steven Heard | 295 | 25.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jill Dillamore | 294 | 25.7 | ||
| Majority | 52 | 4.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,150 | 33.4 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Terry Venner* | 386 | 54.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Glenys Harrison-Poole | 177 | 24.8 | ||
| Conservative | Andy Parbrook | 152 | 21.3 | ||
| Majority | 209 | 29.2 | |||
| Turnout | 728 | 37.6 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Roger Habgood* | 439 | 58.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Lithgow | 309 | 41.3 | ||
| Majority | 130 | 17.4 | |||
| Turnout | 792 | 35.7 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Phil Stone* | 1,362 | 75.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Buller | 1,090 | 60.8 | ||
| Conservative | William Coombes* | 455 | 25.4 | ||
| Conservative | Debbie House | 443 | 24.7 | ||
| Majority | 635 | 35.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,831 | 44.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline Ellis | 490 | 64.1 | ||
| Conservative | George Langford | 121 | 15.8 | ||
| Labour | Stuart Lyddon | 80 | 10.5 | ||
| UKIP | Robert Bryant | 74 | 9.7 | ||
| Majority | 369 | 48.3 | |||
| Turnout | 774 | 39.6 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Dixie Darch | 929 | 55.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ed Firmin | 818 | 49.2 | ||
| Independent | Jean Adkins* | 525 | 31.6 | ||
| Green | Alan Debenham | 478 | 28.8 | ||
| Conservative | Rod Williams | 448 | 27.0 | ||
| Conservative | Caroline Tucker* | 422 | 25.4 | ||
| Conservative | Edward Tucker | 373 | 22.4 | ||
| Labour | Jonathan Gray | 195 | 11.7 | ||
| Majority | 47 | 2.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,672 | 34.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Marcus Kravis | 757 | 48.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Pilkington* | 705 | 45.5 | ||
| Conservative | Martin Dewdney* | 514 | 33.2 | ||
| Conservative | Brenda Maitland-Walker* | 496 | 32.0 | ||
| Independent | Richard Lillis* | 401 | 25.9 | ||
| Majority | 191 | 12.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,576 | 40.7 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Benet Allen | 353 | 53.9 | ||
| Independent | Toni Bloomfield | 170 | 26.0 | ||
| Conservative | Gary Miele | 132 | 20.2 | ||
| Majority | 183 | 27.9 | |||
| Turnout | 664 | 37.9 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andy Milne | 466 | 49.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Scilla Barney | 308 | 32.9 | ||
| UKIP | Ivor Jones* | 163 | 17.4 | ||
| Majority | 158 | 16.8 | |||
| Turnout | 949 | 49.1 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Libby Lisgo* | 851 | 50.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Lee Baker | 689 | 40.8 | ||
| Labour | Brenda Weston | 658 | 39.0 | ||
| Labour | Bob Rawle | 657 | 38.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Sabel | 569 | 33.7 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Adkins* | 360 | 21.3 | ||
| Conservative | Marie Hill | 346 | 20.5 | ||
| Conservative | Nicholas Townsend* | 316 | 18.7 | ||
| Majority | 1 | 0.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,724 | 26.4 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Chris Morgan | Unopposed | |||
| Turnout | N/A | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Marcus Barr | 464 | 61.0 | ||
| Conservative | Janet Reed* | 137 | 18.0 | ||
| Labour | Kieran Canham | 80 | 10.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Kaye | 80 | 10.5 | ||
| Majority | 327 | 43.0 | |||
| Turnout | 777 | 38.3 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Rigby | 1,188 | 59.3 | ||
| Conservative | Anthony Trollope-Bellew* | 775 | 38.7 | ||
| Conservative | Mike Davis | 748 | 37.3 | ||
| Green | Clive Martin | 731 | 36.5 | ||
| Majority | 27 | 1.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,030 | 48.9 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Wakefield | 821 | 66.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Hill | 595 | 48.4 | ||
| Conservative | Mark Edwards* | 423 | 34.4 | ||
| Conservative | Chris Hill | 323 | 26.3 | ||
| Labour | Neil Guild | 119 | 9.7 | ||
| Majority | 172 | 14.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,243 | 46.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Coles* | 594 | 53.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Lees* | 571 | 51.1 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Martin-Scott* | 263 | 23.5 | ||
| Labour | Charlie Grabham | 230 | 20.6 | ||
| UKIP | Edmund Bailhache | 174 | 15.6 | ||
| Conservative | Ben Wong | 172 | 15.4 | ||
| Majority | 308 | 27.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,127 | 29.8 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Danny Wedderkopp* | 709 | 49.7 | ||
| Conservative | Catherine Herbert* | 581 | 40.7 | ||
| Independent | Nick Messarra | 514 | 36.0 | ||
| Conservative | Andy Sully* | 413 | 28.9 | ||
| Labour | Robert Noakes | 261 | 18.3 | ||
| Majority | 67 | 4.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,452 | 40.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Hugh Davies* | 1,260 | 61.9 | ||
| Independent | Ian Aldridge* | 946 | 46.5 | ||
| Independent | Loretta Whetler | 704 | 34.6 | ||
| Conservative | Dave Westcott* | 690 | 33.9 | ||
| Green | Mickie Ritchie | 431 | 21.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | James Russell | 381 | 18.7 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Whitehorn | 365 | 17.9 | ||
| Conservative | Stuart Dowding* | 345 | 17.0 | ||
| Majority | 14 | 0.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,044 | 37.5 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Wheatley | 550 | 50.4 | ||
| Independent | Janet Lloyd | 537 | 49.2 | ||
| Conservative | James Hunt* | 426 | 39.0 | ||
| Conservative | Wayne Battishill | 369 | 33.8 | ||
| Majority | 111 | 10.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,111 | 32.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Andrew Govier* | 723 | 61.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Lithgow | 495 | 41.9 | ||
| Conservative | John Thorne | 320 | 27.1 | ||
| Labour | Michael McGuffie | 316 | 26.8 | ||
| Conservative | Kevin Wendt | 208 | 17.6 | ||
| Majority | 175 | 14.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,199 | 31.8 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Vivienne Stock-Williams* | 441 | 53.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nancy Powell-Brace | 377 | 46.1 | ||
| Majority | 64 | 7.8 | |||
| Turnout | 851 | 39.2 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Marcia Hill* | 690 | 49.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Lees* | 619 | 44.5 | ||
| Labour | Mark Wood | 390 | 28.0 | ||
| Labour | Lisa Martin | 331 | 23.8 | ||
| Conservative | Greg Garner | 326 | 23.4 | ||
| Conservative | Rod Watson | 310 | 22.3 | ||
| Majority | 229 | 16.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,423 | 32.6 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Norman Cavill* | 739 | 47.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ray Tully | 713 | 45.9 | ||
| Green | Andy Pritchard | 671 | 43.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Eamonn Leniston | 625 | 40.2 | ||
| Conservative | Jason Woollacott | 593 | 38.2 | ||
| Conservative | Giuseppe Fraschini | 562 | 36.2 | ||
| Majority | 46 | 3.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,576 | 30.3 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Green win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Wedderkopp | 692 | 68.4 | ||
| Conservative | Patrick Berry* | 320 | 31.6 | ||
| Majority | 372 | 36.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,031 | 49.1 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Dave Mansell* | 1,070 | 59.1 | ||
| Independent | Mark Blaker | 893 | 49.0 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher Chanter | 430 | 23.8 | ||
| Conservative | Phillip Thorne | 383 | 21.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Danny Clark-Lowes | 318 | 17.6 | ||
| Independent | Bryn Wilson | 248 | 13.7 | ||
| Majority | 463 | 35.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,824 | 45.0 | |||
| Green win (new seat) | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Derek Perry | 648 | 55.3 | +21.0 | |
| Conservative | Sharon Fussell | 307 | 26.2 | -1.9 | |
| Independent | Neil Rudram | 155 | 13.2 | +13.2 | |
| Labour | Robert Noakes | 32 | 2.7 | -9.9 | |
| Green | Marguerite Paffard | 30 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 341 | 29.1 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Sully | 686 | 53.7 | +17.6 | |
| Conservative | Rod Williams | 493 | 38.6 | +21.2 | |
| Green | Alan Debenham | 67 | 5.2 | -13.3 | |
| Labour | Michael McGuffie | 31 | 2.4 | -5.1 | |
| Majority | 193 | 15.1 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Dawn Johnson | 781 | 55.5 | +7.1 | |
| Conservative | John Thorne | 583 | 41.4 | +7.0 | |
| Labour | Samuel Booker | 44 | 3.1 | -6.6 | |
| Majority | 198 | 14.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,417 | 50.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Griffiths | 500 | 44.9 | -0.6 | |
| Conservative | Martin Dewdney | 494 | 44.3 | +11.1 | |
| Independent | Richard Lillis | 120 | 10.8 | -15.1 | |
| Majority | 6 | 0.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,120 | 28.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Barrie Hall | 798 | 49.6 | -26.3 | |
| Conservative | Thomas Linnell | 678 | 42.1 | +16.7 | |
| Green | Catherine Parmenter | 133 | 8.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 120 | 7.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,610 | 37.1 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Tom Deakin | 489 | 56.9 | -11.5 | |
| Conservative | Ruth Harmon | 314 | 36.5 | +4.9 | |
| Green | Fran Hicks | 57 | 6.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 175 | 20.4 | |||
| Turnout | 863 | 40.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |  8.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Nicole Hawkins | 259 | 49.2 | +16.7 | |
| Conservative | Craig Coleman | 223 | 44.3 | +25.3 | |
| Labour | Shanti Roos | 21 | 4.0 | -6.9 | |
| Independent | Richard Lillis | 13 | 2.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 36 | 4.9 | |||
| Turnout | 518 | 25.6 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | 4.3 | |||
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South Somerset was a local government district in Somerset, England. The district covered an area of 370 square miles (958 km2) ranging from the borders with Devon, Wiltshire and Dorset to the edge of the Somerset Levels. It had a population of approximately 158,000. The administrative centre of the district was Yeovil.
Taunton Deane was a local government district with borough status in Somerset, England. Its council was based in Taunton.
West Somerset was a local government district in the English county of Somerset. The council covered a largely rural area, with a population of 34,900 in an area of 740 square kilometres (290 sq mi); it was the least populous non-unitary district in England. According to figures released by the Office for National Statistics in 2009, the population of West Somerset has the oldest average age in the United Kingdom at 52. The largest centres of population are the coastal towns of Minehead and Watchet (4,400).
Creech St Michael is a village and civil parish in Somerset, three miles east of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The parish straddles the M5 motorway and includes several scattered settlements. The village of Creech St Michael and the hamlets of Charlton, Creech Heathfield, and Ham lie east of the motorway. The hamlets of Adsborough, Coombe, Langaller, and Walford lie west of the motorway. The parish has a population of 2,416.
Combe Florey is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district, on the West Somerset Railway. The village has a population of 261. The parish includes the hamlet of Eastcombe which is a linear settlement along the A358 Taunton-Wiliton Road.
Ash Priors is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated 5 miles (8.0 km) north west of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The village has a population of 155.
Bathealton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Wellington and 8 miles (12.9 km) west of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The village has a population of 194.
Corfe is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated below the Blackdown Hills 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The village has a population of 253.
Curland is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The village has a population of 225. The parish includes the hamlet of Abbey Hill.
Halse is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 6 miles (9.7 km) north west of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The village has a population of 290.
Orchard Portman is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The village has a population of 150.
Otterford is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated on the Blackdown Hills, 7 miles (11.3 km) south of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The village has a population of 356.
Stoke St Mary is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south east of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district.
Tolland is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 9 miles (14.5 km) north west of Taunton, between the Brendon Hills and Quantock Hills, in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The parish has a population of 81.
Taunton Deane Borough Council in Somerset, England was elected every four years. The first elections to the council were held in 1973, ahead of it coming into being in 1974. The last election was held in 2015. The council was abolished in 2019 when the district merged with neighbouring West Somerset district to become Somerset West and Taunton.
West Somerset District Council in Somerset, England was elected every four years. The first elections to the council were held in 1973, ahead of it coming into being in 1974. The last election was held in 2015. The council was abolished in 2019 when the district merged with neighbouring Taunton Deane district to become Somerset West and Taunton. West Somerset had 28 councillors following its final boundary changes in 2011, 28 elected from 16 wards.
Wellington Without is a civil parish in the Somerset West and Taunton district of Somerset, England.
Somerset West and Taunton was a local government district in Somerset, England, from 2019 to 2023. It was established on 1 April 2019 by the Somerset West and Taunton Order 2018. The council replaced the Taunton Deane and West Somerset councils, which governed the same area from 1974.
The 2022 Somerset Council election took place on 5 May 2022. It was the inaugural election of the new unitary authority, Somerset Council, which replaced Somerset County Council on 1 April 2023. All 110 councillors were elected, representing the same divisions as the old county council, but with twice as many councillors representing each. The councillors elected first sat as members of the existing county council until its replacement by the new authority. The same councillors are now members of Somerset Council.
Somerset Council is the unitary authority for Somerset. It was established on 1 April 2023, replacing Somerset County Council and four district councils. The council's 110 councillors were previously elected to the county council in 2022, with a majority for the Liberal Democrat party.
