Bath and North East Somerset Council elections

Guidlhall in Bath, headquarters of Bath and North East Somerset Council

Bath and North East Somerset Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset, England. The council is elected every four years by the first past the post system of election and currently consists of 59 councillors, representing 33 electoral wards.

Election results

Composition of the council ^[1]

Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Green	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Council established from the merger of Bath City Council and Wansdyke District Council (65 seats)
1995	16	22	27	0	0		No overall control
New ward boundaries (65 seats)
1999	16	17	30	0	2		No overall control
2003	26	6	29	0	4		No overall control
2007	31	5	26	0	3		No overall control
2011	29	5	29	0	2		No overall control
2015	37	6	15	2	5 [a]		Conservative
New ward boundaries (59 seats)
2019	11	5	37	0	6		Liberal Democrats
2023	3	7	41	3	8		Liberal Democrats

Council elections

• 1995 Bath and North East Somerset Council election ^[2]
• 1999 Bath and North East Somerset Council election (New ward boundaries) ^[3]
• 2003 Bath and North East Somerset Council election
• 2007 Bath and North East Somerset Council election ^[4]
• 2011 Bath and North East Somerset Council election
• 2015 Bath and North East Somerset Council election
• 2019 Bath and North East Somerset Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 6) ^[5]
• 2023 Bath and North East Somerset Council election

District result maps

• 
  1995 results map
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  1999 results map
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  2003 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2023 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of all by-elections; ^[6] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Abbey by-election	17 July 1997		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Weston by-election	19 February 1998		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Lansdown by-election	4 May 2000		Conservative		Conservative
Bathavon North by-election	12 October 2000		Conservative		Conservative
Lansdown by-election	11 July 2002		Conservative		Conservative
Walcot by-election	11 July 2002		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Radstock by-election	29 July 2010		Independent		Liberal Democrats
Chew Valley North by-election	15 November 2012		Conservative		Conservative
Bathavon North by-election	22 May 2014		Conservative		Conservative
Abbey by-election	17 November 2016		Green		Conservative
Walcot by-election	6 April 2017		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Newbridge by-election	4 May 2017		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
Kingsmead by-election	5 July 2018		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
Saltford by-election	16 January 2025		Liberal Democrats		Independent
Mendip by-election	3 July 2025		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Widcombe & Lyncombe by-election	9 October 2025		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats

References

1. 3 Independents, 2 Village Voice

1. "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
2. Colin Rallings, Michael Thrasher (2011). Bath & North East Somerset Council Election Results 1995-2011 (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University (Report). Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
3. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Bath and North East Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
4. "Local Election – Thursday, 3rd May, 2007". Bath & North East Somerset Council. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
5. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Bath and North East Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2018. Retrieved on 20 May 2020.
6. "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

External links

• Bath and North East Somerset Council