Bath and North East Somerset Council elections
Bath and North East Somerset is a unitary authority in Somerset, England. It was created on 1 April 1996 replacing Bath, Wansdyke and Avon County Council.[1]
Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1995 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
No overall control | 1995-2015 | |
Conservative | 2015-present |
Council elections
- Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 1995
- Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries)[3]
- Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 2003
- Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 2007[4]
- Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 2011
- Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 2015
The number of councillors by party was:
Party | 2015[5] | 2011[6] | 2007[4] | 2003[7] | 1999[8] | 1995[9] | ||||||
Conservative Party | 37 | +8 | 29 | -2 | 31 | +5 | 26 | +10 | 16 | = | 16 | |
Liberal Democrats | 15 | -14 | 29 | +3 | 26 | -3 | 29 | -1 | 30 | +2 | 28 | |
Labour Party | 5 | +1 | 4 | -1 | 5 | -1 | 6 | -11 | 17 | -4 | 21 | |
Labour Co-op | 1 | = | 1 | +1 | 0 | = | 0 | = | 0 | |||
Independent Labour | 0 | -2 | 2 | +2 | ||||||||
Green | 2 | +2 | 0 | = | 0 | = | 0 | = | 0 | = | 0 | |
Independent | 3 | +1 | 2 | = | 2 | -2 | 4 | +4 | 0 | = | 0 | |
No party, just Peasedown | 2 | +2 | ||||||||||
No party | 0 | -1 | 1 | +1 | ||||||||
Control: | Conservative | NOC (Con/LD Joint 1st) |
NOC (Con 1st) |
NOC (LD 1st) |
NOC (LD 1st) |
NOC (LD 1st) |
By-election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terry Gazzard | 1047 | 37.6 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Dorian Baker | 712 | 25.6 | -6.8 | |
Labour | George Aylett | 353 | 12.7 | -2.8 | |
Green | Justin Temblett-Wood | 353 | 12.7 | -2.3 | |
UKIP | Hugo Jenks | 316 | 11.4 | +11.4 | |
Majority | 335 | ||||
Turnout | 2,781 | 46.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | 643 | 45.0 | -0.5 | ||
Conservative | 561 | 39.2 | +6.1 | ||
Labour | 166 | 11.6 | -6.7 | ||
Green | 60 | 4.2 | +4.2 | ||
Majority | 82 | 5.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,430 | 31.5 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | 867 | 45.4 | -5.5 | ||
Conservative | 841 | 44.1 | +17.8 | ||
Labour | 151 | 7.9 | -8.9 | ||
Green | 27 | 1.4 | -4.5 | ||
Council Tenants against sell off | 22 | 1.2 | +1.2 | ||
Majority | 26 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,908 | 46.3 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 777 | 52.1 | -5.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 517 | 34.7 | +2.8 | ||
Labour | 101 | 6.8 | -3.9 | ||
Green | 96 | 6.4 | +6.4 | ||
Majority | 260 | 17.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,491 | 39.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 993 | 50.5 | -2.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 699 | 35.6 | +6.5 | ||
Labour | 273 | 13.9 | -3.7 | ||
Majority | 294 | 14.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,965 | 34.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 667 | 56.1 | -1.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 417 | 35.1 | +3.2 | ||
Green | 62 | 5.2 | +5.2 | ||
Labour | 42 | 3.5 | -7.2 | ||
Majority | 250 | 21.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,188 | 31.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | 478 | 36.9 | -1.9 | ||
Conservative | 386 | 29.8 | +4.4 | ||
Labour | 276 | 21.3 | +0.0 | ||
Green | 116 | 9.0 | +9.0 | ||
Other | 39 | 3.0 | +3.0 | ||
Majority | 92 | 7.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,295 | 29.4 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ Rob Clements (10 May 1995). "The local elections of 4 May 1995". House of Commons Library. Research Paper 95/59. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Bath and North East Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- 1 2 "Local Election – Thursday, 3rd May, 2007". Bath & North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
- ↑ "Bath and North East Somerset Council (All Wards) - Thursday, 7th May, 2015". Bath and North East Somerset. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ↑ "Local Election – Thursday, 5th May, 2011". Bath & North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ↑ "Local Election – Thursday, 1st May, 2003". Bath & North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
- ↑ "Local Election – Thursday, 6th May, 1999". Bath & North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
- ↑ "Bath and North East Somerset Council results". Bath Chronicle. May 1995.
External links
- Bath and North East Somerset Council
- Ward map: Local Elections 2007 – Bath and North East Somerset, Andrew Teale's Local Election Results website
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