North Somerset Council elections

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North Somerset Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of North Somerset, England. Until 1 April 1996 it was a non-metropolitan district called Woodspring, in the county of Avon.

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Council elections

Political groupCouncillors
200320072011201520192023 [1] Current
Conservative 24434236131313
Independent 36761287
Liberal Democrat 235641099
Labour 1035361010
Green 1111478
Portishead Independents ----433
Total61616150505050

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

District result maps

By-election results

1995–1999

Weston-Super-Mare South By-Election 28 November 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,23258.1
Liberal Democrats 63530.0
Conservative 1788.4
Independent 743.5
Majority59728.1
Turnout 2,11935.8
Labour hold Swing

1999–2003

Kewstoke By-Election 25 January 2001 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Porter27932.7-20.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Bibb22926.8-3.0
Independent Anthony Horry19623.0+23.0
Labour Stephen Lyall14917.5+1.0
Majority505.9
Turnout 85336.0
Conservative hold Swing
Weston-Super-Mare West By-Election 30 August 2001 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Bell81144.4+8.2
Conservative Clive Webb65135.9-9.0
Independent Malcolm Timmis20511.2+11.2
Labour Chris Belton-Reed1618.8-10.7
Majority1608.5
Turnout 1,82825.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Yatton By-Election 25 October 2001 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Kehoe59329.2-4.7
Conservative Stanley Vyce53426.3+6.7
Independent Ralph James49624.4-10.7
Labour Douglas May41020.2+8.8
Majority592.9
Turnout 2,03329.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2003–2007

Easton-In-Gordano By-Election 11 November 2004 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carl Francis-Pester43144.3-17.1
Liberal Democrats Wendy Griggs36937.9+15.0
Labour Derek Waters17417.9+2.2
Majority626.4
Turnout 97444.0
Conservative hold Swing
Portishead Redcliffe Bay By-Election 3 February 2005
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Johnston47643.8+4.0
Conservative David Pasley43439.9-20.3
UKIP Anthony Butcher11810.8+10.8
Labour 595.4+5.4
Majority423.9
Turnout 1,08745.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Portishead West By-Election 1 June 2006 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Jolley48838.9+20.8
Liberal Democrats Jean Lord45236.1+36.1
Labour Patricia Gardener20516.4+16.4
Independent Reyna Knight1088.6-73.3
Majority362.8
Turnout 1,25349.0
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Yatton By-Election 1 June 2006 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Wendy Griggs81231.1+1.3
Independent Anthony Moulin74928.7-5.8
Conservative Jill Iles67826.0+3.5
Independent Hilary Burn26710.2+10.2
Labour Bryan Moore1044.0-9.1
Majority632.4
Turnout 2,61038.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Pill By-Election 7 September 2006 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Nanette Kirsen36033.9+33.9
Labour Pauline Robertson35333.2-28.0
Liberal Democrats David Neale20219.0+3.4
Conservative Anne-Marie Gregory14713.8-9.3
Majority70.7
Turnout 1,06240.0
Independent gain from Labour Swing

2007–2011

North Worle (3) By-Election 7 June 2007 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Judd946
Conservative Steven Edwards920
Conservative Marcia Pepperall904
Liberal Democrats Ronald Moon513
Liberal Democrats Richard Skinner498
Liberal Democrats Peter Hardaway494
Labour Barbara Francis268
Labour Brian Grace234
Labour Simon Stokes218
Independent Laurence Orme157
UKIP Mary Brown154
Turnout 5,30626.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Weston Super Mare Clarence and Uphill By-Election 18 December 2008 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Amratlal Patel47827.5-33.6
Independent John Ley-Morgan47727.5+27.5
Liberal Democrats Paula Howell42124.3-4.1
Independent Sidney Carter22813.1+13.1
Labour Josephine Bateman1327.6-2.9
Majority10.1
Turnout 1,73624.6
Conservative hold Swing
Hutton and Locking By-Election 4 June 2009 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Porter1,41164.9-4.2
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Bindon51123.5+2.8
Labour Timothy Taylor25311.6+1.4
Majority90041.4
Turnout 2,17542.7
Conservative hold Swing

2011–2015

Backwell By-Election 8 September 2011 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Geoff Coombs81661.7
Conservative Peter Burden31423.7
Labour Terry Connell1249.4
Liberal Democrats Nick Alderton695.2
Majority50237.9
Turnout 1,32328.3
Independent hold Swing

2015–2019

North Worle By-Election 31 August 2017 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Denise Estelle Hunt58936.4
Conservative James Davies52532.4
Liberal Democrats Alan Stuart Rice26516.4
Independent Richard Geoffrey Skinner1328.2
UKIP Anita Christine Maria Spencer-Johns1086.7
Majority640.4
Turnout 1,61925.6
Labour gain from North Somerset First Independents

2019-2023

Portishead East: 6 May 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Portishead Ind. Caroline Davinia Goddard 768 40.4 -30.6
Conservative David Harry Collingwood Oyns60932.1+14.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Anthony Welton30316.0N/A
Labour Sophie Ann Davies21911.5+3.2
Turnout 1,89934.15–1.81
Registered electors 5,701
Portishead Ind. hold Swing

[22]

Congresbury & Puxton: 22 July 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Phil Neve 594 64.5 N/A
Conservative Samantha Pepperall27029.3+15.7
Labour Dawn Parry576.2-25.8
Majority32435.2N/A
Turnout 92228.6-10.7
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Increase2.svg24.4

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  2. ↑ The District of Woodspring (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
  3. ↑ The Avon and Somerset (Areas) Order 1983
  4. ↑ The Bristol, Wansdyke and Woodspring (Areas) Order 1984
  5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  6. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The District of North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "North Somerset". BBC News Online . Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  8. ↑ "Political and committee structure". North Somerset Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  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 17 August 2003. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  12. ↑ "Weston By Election Result". North Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 8 July 2003. 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. 1 2 "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.
  21. ↑ Brain, Nicholas (1 September 2017). "North Worle by-election" (PDF). North Somerset Council. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  22. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). n-somerset.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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