Somerset County Council elections

Somerset County Council in England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2001, 58 councillors have been elected from 58 wards.

Political control

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]

Party in control		Years
	Conservative	1973–1985
	No overall control	1985–1989
	Conservative	1989–1993
	Liberal Democrats	1993–2001
	No overall control	2001–2005
	Liberal Democrats	2005–2009
	Conservative	2009–present

Council elections

• 1973 Somerset County Council election
• 1977 Somerset County Council election
• 1981 Somerset County Council election (boundary changes)[2]
• 1985 Somerset County Council election
• 1989 Somerset County Council election
• 1993 Somerset County Council election
• 1997 Somerset County Council election
• 2001 Somerset County Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by one)[3]
• 2005 Somerset County Council election
• 2009 Somerset County Council election
• 2013 Somerset County Council election
• 2017 Somerset County Council election

County result maps

• 
  2001 results map
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  2005 results map
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  2009 results map
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  2013 results map
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  2017 results map

By-election results

1997-2001

Minehead By-Election 30 July 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative		1,428	42.6	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats		1,125	33.6	-1.4
	Labour		798	23.8	-5.8
Majority			303	9.0
Turnout			3,351	37.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lydeard By-Election 28 October 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative		948	68.2	+28.7
	Liberal Democrats		442	31.8	-14.0
Majority			506	36.4
Turnout			1,390	28.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2005-2009

Mendip North East By-Election 1 May 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Matthew Ellis	1,568	51.2	+6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Hasell	1,497	48.8	+9.7
Majority			71	2.4
Turnout			3,065	43.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shepton Mallett By-Election 29 May 2008[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Margaret Robinson	950	47.4	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Witcombe	783	39.1	+5.5
	Labour	Christopher Inchley	271	13.5	-15.5
Majority			167	8.3
Turnout			2,004	29.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2009–2013

Shepton Mallett By-Election 5 May 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Parham	1,307	41.3
	Liberal Democrats	Garfield Kennedy	892	28.2
	Labour	Chris Inchley	711	22.5
	Green	Ian Forster	256	8.1
Majority			415	13.1
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Petherton By-Election 5 May 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Maxwell	1,333	53.6
	Conservative	Paul Thompson	943	37.9
	Green	Ian Greenfield	108	4.3
	UKIP	Godfrey Davey	104	4.2
Majority			390	15.7
Turnout				42.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Brent By-Election 1 December 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Denbee	1,285	58.0
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Groves	932	42.0
Majority			353	15.9
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

2013–2017

Frome North By-Election 25 September 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Linda Oliver	1,163	47.7
	Liberal Democrats	Damon Hooton	836	34.3
	Labour	Catherine Richardson	163	6.7
	Independent	Adrian Dobinson	139	5.7
	Green	Les Spalding	139	5.7
Majority			327	13.4
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Taunton North By-Election 7 May 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Adkins	1,298	29.9
	Liberal Democrats	Barrie Hall	976	22.5
	Labour	Libby Lisgo	927	21.4
	UKIP	Robert Bainbridge	814	18.8
	Green	Alan Debenham	326	7.5
Majority			322	7.4
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

1. "Somerset". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
2. The County of Somerset (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
3. "Somerset". BBC Online. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
4. "New Faces Join Mendip District Council". Mendip District Council. 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2010-03-18.

• By-election results

External links

• Somerset County Council