2019 Sedgemoor District Council election

The 2019 Sedgemoor District Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2019 as a four-yearly election to elect all members (councillors) of Sedgemoor District Council in the English county of Somerset. The principal town in the district is Bridgwater accounting for 15 of the 48 councillors elected. The election was part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2019. Following the election, Sedgemoor District Council became the only district council in Somerset still under Conservative control.[1]

Map of the results of the 2019 Sedgemoor District Council election.

Results

Sedgemoor District Council election, 2019

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	28	0	7	-7
	Labour	12	2	0	+2
	Liberal Democrats	7	6	0	+6
	Independent	1	1	0	+1
	Green	0	0	0	-

Ward Results

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Axevale

Axevale (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Liz Scott	581	39.9	0.6
	Conservative	Graham Godwin-Pearson	513
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Hasler	360	24.7	6.5
	Green	Stewart Conning	357	24.5	7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Wardman	287
	Labour	Julia Timothy	158	10.9	0.1
Turnout				44.96
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Berrow

Berrow (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tony Grimes	349	66.2	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Baum	126	23.9	11.8
	Labour	Amit Shah	52	10.9	N/A
Turnout				46.19
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridgwater Dunwear

Bridgwater Dunwear (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Diogo Rodrigues	344	40.8	5.8
	Labour	Alexia Bartlett	233
	Conservative	Suria Aujla	222	26.3	1.0
	Conservative	Pele Barnes	199
	UKIP	Richard Scammell	189	22.4	3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna King	89	10.5	3.3
Turnout				25.20
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Bridgwater Eastover

Bridgwater Eastover (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tony Heywood	371	60.2	11.8
	Labour	Li Gibson	359
	Conservative	Susan Bristowe	168	27.3	7.9
	Conservative	Jonathan Fraser-Howells	151
	Liberal Democrats	Toran Shaw	77	12.5	3.9
Turnout				22.08
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bridgwater Fairfax

Bridgwater Fairfax (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Graham Granter	483	46.5	3.9
	Labour	Alex Glassford	383
	Labour	Hilary Bruce	355
	Conservative	Mike Cresswell	312	30.1	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Baker	243	23.4	3.0
	Conservative	Helen Marsh	234
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Nickolls	231
Turnout				20.13
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bridgwater Hamp

Bridgwater Hamp (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Leigh Redman	382	51.8	5.3
	Labour	Elizabeth Leavy	305
	Independent	Adrian Moore	249	33.7	N/A
	Independent	Stephen Austen	201
	Conservative	Paul Mills	107	14.5	28.4
	Conservative	David Filmer	104
Turnout				22.26
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bridgwater Victoria

Bridgwater Victoria (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Julie Cordiner	338	50.8	16.1
	Conservative	Lance Duddridge	328	49.2	12.2
	Labour	Mick Lerry	318
	Conservative	John Harwood	259
Turnout				20.61
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridgwater Westover

Bridgwater Westover (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kathryn Pearce	466	53.2	7.6
	Labour	Brian Smedley	447
	Conservative	Gareth Lewis	242	27.6	9.0
	Conservative	Michael Asher	235
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Nickolls	168	19.2	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Roland Lee	123
Turnout				25.68
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bridgwater Wyndham

Bridgwater Wyndham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gill Slocombe	694	60.2	5.5
	Conservative	Rachael Lilley	602
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Johnstone	260	22.5	2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Waghorn	237
	Labour	Stuart Ridewood	199	17.3	8.3
	Labour	Inika Palaram	196
Turnout				38.51
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burnham Central

Burnham Central (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Harvey	580	34.2	5.7
	Conservative	Sue Barber	553	32.6	3.7
	Conservative	Alistair Hendry	546
	Conservative	Edith Rowley	530
	Liberal Democrats	Alasdair Elrick	499
	Liberal Democrats	Ganesh Gudka	491
	Independent	Michael Clarke	356	21.0	15.3
	Labour	Corey Miller	206	12.2	N/A
Turnout				35.16
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burnham North

Burnham North (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Clayton	876	44.4	0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Murphy	781	39.6	14.8
	Conservative	Mike Facey	762
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Groves	702
	Liberal Democrats	Simonds Milner	685
	Conservative	Cheryl Burnett	672
	Labour	Andy Ballard	316	16.0	N/A
Turnout				48.28
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cannington and Wembdon

Cannington and Wembdon (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ian Dyer	898	56.2	2.2
	Conservative	Brian Bolt	733
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Beasley	403	25.2	2.3
	Labour	Gemma Shanahan	297	18.6	N/A
Turnout				43.24
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheddar and Shipham

Cheddar and Shipham (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Riches	861	33.4	3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Methley	816
	Independent	Paul Fineran	728	28.3	N/A
	Conservative	Jeff Savage	674	26.2	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Shaban	671
	Conservative	Dawn Hill	649
	Conservative	Peter Downing	618
	Labour	Nick Persaud	311	12.1	4.1
Turnout				30.01
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

East Poldens

East Poldens (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Duncan McGinty	288	50.1	16.5
	Independent	Camael King	207	36.0	N/A
	Labour	Stephen Oxbrow	80	13.9	N/A
Turnout				42.09
	Conservative hold		Swing

Highbridge and Burnham Marine

Highbridge and Burnham Marine (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Bayliss	457	30.4	12.5
	Conservative	Janet Keen	454	30.2	4.0
	Conservative	Alan Matthews	384
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Weavell	383
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Carey	381
	Independent	Roger Keen	345	23.0	1.5
	Conservative	Kathy Jones	322
	Labour	John Fones	246	16.4	1.0
	Labour	Sue Park	246
	Labour	Joji Mathew	212
Turnout				25.15
	Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Huntspill and Pawlett

Huntspill and Pawlett (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Woodman	359	72.4	11.2
	Labour	Liam Tucker	137	27.6	N/A
Turnout				33.50
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kings Isle

Kings Isle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Anthony Betty	762	46.7	2.9
	Conservative	Liz Perry	676
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Senior	476	29.2	3.4
	Labour	Lianne Vessier	392	24.0	N/A
Turnout				34.10
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knoll

Knoll (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Bob Filmer	847	55.5	0.9
	Conservative	Andrew Gilling	704
	Liberal Democrats	Mae Pleydell-Pearce	535	35.1	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Gore	419
	Labour	Jean Buckler	143	9.4	N/A
Turnout				42.15
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Petherton

North Petherton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Revans	1,447	48.8	18.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Wong	1,064
	Conservative	Alan Bradford	944	31.9	4.8
	Conservative	Sue Hickmet	598
	Labour	Linda Hyde	572	19.3	1.0
	Conservative	Vanda Crow	566
Turnout				37.51
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Puriton and Woolavington

Puriton and Woolavington (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mark Healey	525	46.0	7.2
	Conservative	Barrie Crow	462
	Liberal Democrats	James Ashby	382	33.5	N/A
	Labour	Chelsea Chadwick	234	20.5	3.0
	Labour	Gary Tucker	196
Turnout				32.57
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Quantocks

Quantocks (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Julie Pay	790	61.5	8.6
	Conservative	Michael Caswell	787
	Labour	Maggy Layton	495	38.5	16.7
Turnout				44.56
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wedmore and Mark

Wedmore and Mark (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Polly Costello	845	52.5	5.5
	Conservative	Will Human	726
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Keen	649	40.3	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Prior	563
	Labour	Graham McLelland	117	7.3	5.9
Turnout				49.59
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Poldens

West Poldens (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stuart Kingham	458	66.9	3.0
	Labour	Alison Borman	227	33.1	N/A
Turnout				42.13
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Sedgemoor District Council". BBC. BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
2. "Sedgemoor District Council election held on May 2nd 2019". Sedgemoor District Council. Sedgemoor District Council. Retrieved 4 August 2019.