Taunton Deane Borough Council elections

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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.

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Political control

From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2019, political control of the council was held by the following parties: [1]

Party in controlYears
No overall control 19731976
Conservative 19761991
Liberal Democrats 19911999
No overall control 19992003
Conservative 20032007
No overall control 20072015
Conservative 20152019

Leadership

The leaders of the council from 1974 to 2019 were: [2] [3]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
John Meikle Conservative 19741991
Jefferson Horsley Liberal Democrats 19914 May 2003
John Williams Conservative 14 May 200316 May 2007
Ross Henley Liberal Democrats 16 May 200713 May 2010
John Williams Conservative 13 May 201031 Mar 2019

John Williams also served as leader of the shadow authority for Somerset West and Taunton during 20182019 ahead of the new council coming into force, but was unsuccessful in securing a seat on the new council at its first elections in May 2019. [4]

Council elections

District result maps

By-election results

1995-1999

Lynford By-Election 1 May 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 1,19144.0+15.2
Labour 98136.6-21.6
Conservative 53019.6+6.2
Majority2,1727.4
Turnout 2,702
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Taunton Halcon By-Election 1 May 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 1,10043.9+0.8
Labour 82633.0-12.5
Conservative 57823.1+11.6
Majority27410.9
Turnout 2,504
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bishops Lydeard By-Election 10 July 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 39549.6+35.7
Liberal Democrats 33842.5-4.0
Labour 637.9-7.8
Majority577.1
Turnout 79636.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

1999-2003

Monument By-Election 21 March 2002 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Tolchard43065.3-0.5
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Henley22834.7+10.0
Majority20230.6
Turnout 65840.0
Conservative hold Swing
Ruishton and Creech By-Election 14 November 2002 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kim Cooper57640.3-1.7
Conservative 51836.3-0.4
Independent 33423.4+2.1
Majority584.0
Turnout 1,42844.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2003-2007

Taunton Eastgate By-Election 5 May 2005 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Coles1,03051.5+9.0
Conservative Roger Ryan62131.1+0.6
Labour Martin Peters34717.4+1.6
Majority40920.4
Turnout 1,99858.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Taunton Monument By-Election 5 May 2005 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Hill70158.8-13.3
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Henley49141.2+13.3
Majority21017.6
Turnout 1,19272.4
Conservative hold Swing
Wellington Rockwell Green and West By-Election 5 May 2005 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Clark1,15738.5+10.5
Liberal Democrats Vivienne Stock-Williams1,13237.7+7.6
Labour David Mitton71723.9+8.1
Majority250.8
Turnout 3,00671.4
Conservative hold Swing
Taunton Blackbrook & Holway By-Election 4 May 2006 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Smith1,32675.3+26.8
Conservative Martin Seamark43624.7-9.9
Majority89050.9
Turnout 1,76235.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2007-2011

Comeytrowe By-Election 1 May 2008 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mollie Floyd1,36260.1+4.0
Conservative Wendy Skene77834.3-1.3
UKIP Dorothy Baker1275.6+5.6
Majority58425.8
Turnout 2,26750.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Ruishton and Creech By-Election 2 October 2008 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kelly Durdan90256.3+6.8
Liberal Democrats Cilla Owen70043.7+3.2
Majority20212.6
Turnout 1,602
Conservative hold Swing
Lyngford By-Election 15 October 2009 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nicci Court52351.0+6.6
Conservative Tonia White27426.7-1.2
Labour Martin Jevon16416.0-11.6
UKIP Stephanie Lukins646.2+6.2
Majority24924.3
Turnout 1,02525.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Lyngford By-Election 28 January 2010 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ben Swaine39043.7-0.7
Conservative John Gage25328.4+0.4
Labour Martin Jevon19021.3-6.3
UKIP Charlene Sheriff596.6+6.6
Majority13715.3
Turnout 89222.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2011-2019

Blackdown by-election 15 December 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ross Henley44071.2+49.9
Conservative Giuseppe Farschini16422.5-30.4
Independent Carl Bennyworth396.3N/A
Majority27648.7
Turnout
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

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