Camelot (ward)

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Camelot is a former electoral ward of the defunct South Somerset District Council in Somerset, England. It is one of the wards that made up the former parliamentary constituency of Somerton and Frome.

Camelot covers an area of 3,380 hectares (8,400 acres) and in 2011 a population of 2,742 was recorded. [1]

A rural ward, the A303 road passes through; it contains the villages of Marston Magna, Rimpton, Sparkford, Queen Camel, West Camel and Weston Bampfylde. [2]

The ward is represented by one councillor, currently this is Michael Lewis, a member of the Conservative Party who was re-elected in the district elections of 2015, with 68% of the vote. [3]

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References

  1. Office for National Statistics Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Camelot - Population Density (2011 Census)
  2. Ordnance Survey Archived 23 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Election maps
  3. "Election results for Camelot, 7 May 2015". South Somerset District Council. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2015.


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