West Somerset District Council elections

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Map showing the composition of West Somerset Council as of the last election in 2015. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey, UK Independence Party in purple and Labour in red. West Somerset UK local election 2015 map.svg
Map showing the composition of West Somerset Council as of the last election in 2015. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey, UK Independence Party in purple and Labour in red.

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. [1]

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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: [2]

Party in controlYears
Independent 19731995
No overall control 19952003
Conservative 20032007
Independent 20072011
Conservative 20112019

Leadership

The leaders of the council from 1998 to 2019 were: [3] [4]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Steven Pugsley Independent 19982003
Conservative 20032006
Christine Lawrence Conservative 20062007
Keith Ross Independent May 2007May 2010
Tim Taylor Conservative 19 May 201010 May 2015
Anthony Trollope-Bellew Conservative 20 May 201531 Mar 2019

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after each council election, click on the year for full details of each election.

Year Conservative Independent UK Independence Party Labour Liberal Democrats (including predecessor parties) Independent Conservative Residents VacantNotes
1973 [5] 327011000
1976 [5] 428000000
1979 [5] 325001030New ward boundaries [6]
1983 [5] 427001000
1987 [5] 626000000
1991 [7] 522031001
1995 [8] 912082100
1999 [9] 158051002New ward boundaries [10]
2003 [11] 189022000
2007 [12] 1316011000
2011 [2] 197020000New ward boundaries [13]
2015 [14] 213310000

District result maps

By-elections

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; [15] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning party
Minehead South by-election 14 November 1996 Ind. Conservative Conservative
Quantock Vale by-election 17 July 1997 Conservative Independent
Minehead North by-election 23 April 1998 Independent Conservative
Porlock and Oare by-election 23 October 1998 Conservative Independent
Williton by-election 8 December 1999 Labour Conservative
Aville Vale by-election 13 July 2000 Labour Conservative
Old Cleeve by-election 7 July 2005 Independent Independent
Alcombe East by-election 1 May 2008 Conservative Conservative
Minehead South by-election 16 April 2009 Independent Independent
Dunster and Timberscombe by-election 23 March 2017 Conservative Liberal Democrats

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