North Somerset Council elections

North Somerset is a unitary authority in Somerset, England. Until 1 April 1996 it was a non-metropolitan district in Avon.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]^[2]

Non-metropolitan district

Party in control		Years
	Conservative	1973-1996

Unitary authority

Party in control		Years
	No overall control	1995-1996
	Liberal Democrats	1996-1999
	Conservative	1999-2003
	No overall control	2003-2007
	Conservative	2007–present

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Woodspring District Council election, 1973
Woodspring District Council election, 1976
Woodspring District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Woodspring District Council election, 1980
Woodspring District Council election, 1982
Woodspring District Council election, 1983 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
Woodspring District Council election, 1984 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
Woodspring District Council election, 1986
Woodspring District Council election, 1987
Woodspring District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[6]

Unitary authority elections

North Somerset Council election, 1995
North Somerset Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)^[7]^[8]^[9]
North Somerset Council election, 2003
North Somerset Council election, 2007
North Somerset Council election, 2011 (New ward boundaries)^[10]
North Somerset Council election, 2015 (New ward boundaries)^[11]

District result maps

2003 results map
2007 results map
2011 results map

By-election results

1995-1999

Weston-Super-Mare South By-Election 28 November 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	1,232	58.1
	Liberal Democrat	635	30.0
	Conservative	178	8.4
	Independent	74	3.5
Majority		597	28.1
Turnout		2,119	35.8
	Labour hold	Swing

1999-2003

Kewstoke By-Election 25 January 2001^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ian Porter	279	32.7	-20.9
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Bibb	229	26.8	-3.0
	Independent	Anthony Horry	196	23.0	+23.0
	Labour	Stephen Lyall	149	17.5	+1.0
Majority			50	5.9
Turnout			853	36.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weston-Super-Mare West By-Election 30 August 2001^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Bell	811	44.4	+8.2
	Conservative	Clive Webb	651	35.9	-9.0
	Independent	Malcolm Timmis	205	11.2	+11.2
	Labour	Chris Belton-Reed	161	8.8	-10.7
Majority			160	8.5
Turnout			1,828	25.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Yatton By-Election 25 October 2001^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Kehoe	593	29.2	-4.7
	Conservative	Stanley Vyce	534	26.3	+6.7
	Independent	Ralph James	496	24.4	-10.7
	Labour	Douglas May	410	20.2	+8.8
Majority			59	2.9
Turnout			2,033	29.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2003-2007

Easton-In-Gordano By-Election 11 November 2004^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Carl Francis-Pester	431	44.3	-17.1
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Griggs	369	37.9	+15.0
	Labour	Derek Waters	174	17.9	+2.2
Majority			62	6.4
Turnout			974	44.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Portishead Redcliffe Bay By-Election 3 February 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Johnston	476	43.8	+4.0
	Conservative	David Pasley	434	39.9	-20.3
	UKIP	Anthony Butcher	118	10.8	+10.8
	Labour		59	5.4	+5.4
Majority			42	3.9
Turnout			1,087	45.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Portishead West By-Election 1 June 2006^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Jolley	488	38.9	+20.8
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Lord	452	36.1	+36.1
	Labour	Patricia Gardener	205	16.4	+16.4
	Independent	Reyna Knight	108	8.6	-73.3
Majority			36	2.8
Turnout			1,253	49.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Yatton By-Election 1 June 2006^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Griggs	812	31.1	+1.3
	Independent	Anthony Moulin	749	28.7	-5.8
	Conservative	Jill Iles	678	26.0	+3.5
	Independent	Hilary Burn	267	10.2	+10.2
	Labour	Bryan Moore	104	4.0	-9.1
Majority			63	2.4
Turnout			2,610	38.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Pill By-Election 7 September 2006^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Nanette Kirsen	360	33.9	+33.9
	Labour	Pauline Robertson	353	33.2	-28.0
	Liberal Democrat	David Neale	202	19.0	+3.4
	Conservative	Anne-Marie Gregory	147	13.8	-9.3
Majority			7	0.7
Turnout			1,062	40.0
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

2007-2011

North Worle (3) By-Election 7 June 2007^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip Judd	946
	Conservative	Steven Edwards	920
	Conservative	Marcia Pepperall	904
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Moon	513
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Skinner	498
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Hardaway	494
	Labour	Barbara Francis	268
	Labour	Brian Grace	234
	Labour	Simon Stokes	218
	Independent	Laurence Orme	157
	UKIP	Mary Brown	154
Turnout			5,306	26.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Weston Super Mare Clarence and Uphill By-Election 18 December 2008^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Amratlal Patel	478	27.5	-33.6
	Independent	John Ley-Morgan	477	27.5	+27.5
	Liberal Democrat	Paula Howell	421	24.3	-4.1
	Independent	Sidney Carter	228	13.1	+13.1
	Labour	Josephine Bateman	132	7.6	-2.9
Majority			1	0.1
Turnout			1,736	24.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hutton and Locking By-Election 4 June 2009^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Terence Porter	1,411	64.9	-4.2
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Bindon	511	23.5	+2.8
	Labour	Timothy Taylor	253	11.6	+1.4
Majority			900	41.4
Turnout			2,175	42.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

Backwell By-Election 8 September 2011^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Geoff Coombs	816	61.7
	Conservative	Peter Burden	314	23.7
	Labour	Terry Connell	124	9.4
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Alderton	69	5.2
Majority			502	37.9
Turnout			1,323	28.3
	Independent hold		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ "England council elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
↑ The District of Woodspring (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
↑ The Avon and Somerset (Areas) Order 1983
↑ The Bristol, Wansdyke and Woodspring (Areas) Order 1984
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "North Somerset". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
↑ "Political and committee structure". North Somerset Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2010. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ "Kewstoke By-Election Result". North Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 2003-08-17. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
↑ "Weston By Election Result". North Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 2003-07-08. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
↑ "Tories win Richmondshire". guardian.co.uk. 26 October 2001. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
↑ "Sons of Cornwall make sole byelection gain". guardian.co.uk. 12 November 2004. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
1 2 "Tories make byelection gains". guardian.co.uk. 2 June 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
↑ "Labour slumps in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. 8 September 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). North Somerset District Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). North Somerset Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
↑ "Election results". North Somerset Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
↑ "Elections and voting". North Somerset Council. Retrieved 9 September 2011.

External links

Council elections within the ceremonial county of Somerset

Somerset County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Bath and North East Somerset Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Mendip District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North Somerset Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Sedgemoor District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

South Somerset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Taunton Deane Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

West Somerset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Avon County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Bath City Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 Abolished

Wansdyke District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Unitary authorities of England

Districts	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isles of Scilly Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

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